Local notices and community items from Warren area
March items include Lent cues and first robin as spring nears. Farmington sale notice by Judge Johnson. The Prodigal's Return discussed at Baptist Church. Washington's Birthday closings noted. F. W. Miller & Co. dissolves. Geo. P. Orr & Co. continues. Warren High School exhibition moved to June. L. A. Rogers promotes flour and feed. Baptist Literary and Musical Union meets at Mrs. I. S. Alden's home. Warren Fire Department benefit praised. Gardner troupe performs Legion of Honor. Mrs. Caldwell to sing at Roscoe Hall March 14. J. J. Baish opens a shoe shop above Vlindt's. Old Warren paper from 1825 found. Burgess Jonasson & Co. pipe manufactory to move to Cumberland Md around April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington
Johnson
Baptist Church
Washington
F. W. Miller & Co
Warren
Geo. P. Orr & Co
Warren High School
L. A. Rogers
Market Street
J. J. Baish
Fisher Block
Vlindt
Front Street
O H Hunter opens large new dress goods shop
An immense line of Hamburg Sdgings and Insertings Irish Point new white Dress Goods Ginghams and Seersuckers just opened by O H Hunter and Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
O. H. Hunter & Son
Notable items from local ads and Newark play review
Notices advertise wallpaper at A A Davis Co and baby carriages with job offers for a 12 year old helper and a general housemaid at O H Hunter’s. A March 4 theater bill presents A Life’s Mistake by Caufman’s Troupe, plus a Newark Advertiser critique praising Caufman and Miss Kate D Peil in leading roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caufman
Newark Advertiser
Grand Opera House
Lazare
Kate D. Peil
Lea d’ Argeles
Mr. Caufman
Sara van Leer
Clara Selbrook
Resolutions of Respect for G B Evans of Warren Council
Resolutions of Respect honor G B Evans member of Warren Council R T of T dated February 23 1882 express sympathy to his family and request charter draped in mourning for thirty days. Minutes to record and publish in Warren Man and Ledger. presented to the family by P Greenland J M Davis and J A Eichenberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Council
R.T. of
G. B. Evans
Warren Man and Ledger
P. Greenland
J. M. Davis
J. A. Eichenberg
Personal notes and visits headlined in local items
Personal notes mention Dr. and Mrs. A Boyd of Colorado visiting niece Mrs. H R Eldred, I G Morse improving after sickness, and Mrs. Walter Kinsky visiting sister Mrs M Haas. H P Hunter plans a New York trip for spring goods while Hunter and Son advertise bargains. An old blacksmith, Mr Page, keeps hammering iron after 53 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Boyd
Colorado
Russeliburg
H. R. Eldred
I. G. Morse
Walter Kinsky
Warren
M. Haas
West Tupper Street
Buffalo Sunday News
H. P. Hunter
New York
Hunter & Son
Page
Robbery at Postmaster Office Enters Through Back Door
Postmaster Allen awoke to a night theft at his office. The intruders drilled into a large steam fireproof safe, wetting its contents with water from the lining. About $17 from Walkerman's stand and $20 to $30 in the drawer were taken, plus stamps worth roughly $1,400. Two chisels and a brace were found missing. two young men who bought cigars late are suspects. The hole measured about three eighths of an inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Walkerman
Post Office Department
Robinson
Post
Utter
Jamestown
Greenland
Ellicott Town Liquor Board Sees Prohibition Beat Back
In Chautauqua County three commissioner board votes determined liquor licenses. Ellicott, once without a license board, faced renewed temperance defeat with 1 194 votes for license and 929 for no license out of 2 123 ballots. Board remains two to one against licenses for another year, leaving dry policy in place and temperance strength in Jamestown noted as dominant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua County
Board of Excise
Ellicott
Jamestown
John T. Wilson
J. H. Clark
Warren County
Meadville Elects Republican Mayor and Council
Meadville voters last Tuesday chose W. 8. Harper as mayor by 700 votes and three of four aldermen, plus three of four council members and three of five school directors, restoring Republican control of the council and school board. The new council favors sewers and paved streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
Harper
Titusville
James H. Caldwell
H. C. Bloss
Treatrer
Oil City
Col. A. J. Greenfield
George Parker
Franklin
George Allen
George Maloney
Corry
T. A. Allen
Acknowledgment of Help From Warren Friends
John Schmarz of Warren Pennsylvania thanks his friends from Warren and vicinity for aid after an injury. He notes $194 received through Mr. Fred Baltzinger and expresses lasting gratitude for their support and goodwill toward his family. Dated February 27, 1882. Also mentions school books and AA Davis sons catalog items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt
Warren and
Fred Baltzinger
Railroad news and talks of 1882 railway expansion
The piece notes reduced force on the P and E road and 1.1 million dollars for U S mail service between New York and Chicago. It mentions lower operating costs due to light snow and rising American rail equipment popularity. It reports orders for steel rails, plans to extend lines to Pittsburg through Jefferson county, a Warren meeting on March 7, and payroll changes at Erie Railway with drafts. It details a Trillion of seat safety and a new Tionesta and Allegheny River Railroad planned to connect Sheffield to Oil City. It lists officers of the Pittsburgh Bradford and Buffalo Railway for 1882.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Italy
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley
Pittsburg
Jefferson County
Warren
Erie Railway Company
Tionesta & Allegheny River Railroad
Sheffield
Philadelphia & Erie
Tionesta Creek
Allegheny River
Oil City
Pennsylvania Railroad
Buffalo Express
Pittsburgh, Bradford & Buffalo Railway Company
Chas. W. Mackey
Franklin
J. M. Dickey
J. W. Rowland
Ermlenton
W.J. Welsh
Theo. 8. Wilson
Clarion
W. D. Reed
Foxburg
KE. M. Armstrong
Howard D. Campbell
Edward Kennerdell
A. D. Cowels
Train Hits Nitroglycerine Wagon Near Ross Mills Crossing
A southbound passenger train on the Dun Kirk Allegheny Valley line struck a wagon loaded with nitro glycerine at Ross Mills crossing three miles south of Garland. The wagon broke apart and one horse was killed after being severely injured. observers feared a possible explosion. The incident prompted warnings from locals about glycerine dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tivusville
Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley
Pittsburg
Nelson
Bean
Ross Mills Crossing
Garland
Election results and local officials across multiple townships
The notice lists elected officers across Warren and neighboring boroughs including Burgess, Council, School Directors, Assessors, Constables, Justices of the Peace, Judges of Election, Inspectors of Election, Auditors, and Treasurers. It also notes local happenings such as candidates canvassing, a potential schoolhouse petition, a new oil discovery talk, and community updates from Wetmore and Ludlow with brief personal notes and upcoming events.
County and Vicinity News Tin Seventeen Items
A collection of notes from Hickory to Warren County covers local projects. Hickory crosses a new bridge. Meadville builds an Episcopal church. farm wages $17-$20 monthly with board. Franklin funds a home for Rev Dr Eaton. Titusville trials scientific temperance textbooks. Crawford County elects a lady school director. Lee returns from Limestone. two Sugar Grove graduates become doctors. Chandler's Valley fundraiser nets $124.28 for Rev L McIntyre. Jamestown builds a fine house with Erie contractor. a Meadville bank depositor recovery noted. lakes navigation and Mackinaw ice conditions compare 1881. Russsellburg weighs school additions. grasshoppers and caterpillars seen. Barnes' saw mill burns with $2,500 loss. Kinzua item on wagon road clarified. Warren gold and silver assay excitement, Eldorado speculation. Titusville leader Brother Bless backs ticket then laments loss and jokes of Dakota move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
Derrick Meadville
North East Sun
Franklin Friends
Eaton
Titusville
Crawford County
Warren County
Lee
Limestone Township
Sugar Grove
Frank W. Whitcomb
James Def. Arters
Buffalo College
Chandler's Valley
L. McIntyre
United Brethren Church
Chandler's Valleys
Geo. W. Tew
Jamestown
Old Congregational Church
Beebe
Bufffalo
J. J. Hogan
Erie
Sanford Tennant
Erie County
First National Bank of
Russellburg
Jamestown Democrat
Barnes
Lower
Sheffield
Kinzua
R. R. Co
Warren
Garland
Philadelphia
Franklin
Brother Bless
Titusville Herald
Curtius
Herod
Caldwell
Dakota
Bradford field January production report shows decline
The Bradford field reports January production at 59 336 barrels, down 3 029 barrels daily. Average Bradford pipeline output stands at 55 006 barrels with January production 10 281 barrels per day less than August. Eighteen wells were abandoned in January. producers' committee calls this its final report.
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Bradford
G I Mead's Clothing Store Attracts Fashionable Shoppers
A busy shop opposite the Carver House. Rush Bartlett, the Cutter, handles a full workload. Mead specializes in imported goods and fine cloths and offers high quality suits with prompt service at low prices.
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G. I. Mead
Carver House
Rush Bartlett
Mead
Pomona Grange to Hold March Meeting in Warren County
Pomona Grange No 10 of Warren County Pa will meet March 17 and 18 at Garland Grange Hall with Dr Calder Worthy Lecturer of State Grange expected to speak Friday and Saturday. He formerly led the State Agricultural College for ten years and a public lecture Friday evening is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomona Grange
Warren Co
Garland Grange Hall
Calder
State Grange
State Agricultural College
Bro
C. A. Rosen
Warren County
Spring Creek Station
Wm. A. Mean
Sec’y
List of Names Pending Dead Letter Office Action
All names listed, including Alexander, Maggie Bolan, Nellie Cowles, J. Coultebaugh, G. W. Dixsone, Mary Grame, John Hendley, Hezel, Howell, Johanson, Kribil, Lindblad, Lentz, James Morris, Wilso Nilsson, Neilson, Peterson, Page, Phillips, Minnie Smithers, George Stevenson, Lawrence Smitt, Telder, Tasker, Wilson Young, Wach, Wheeler, Werle, Hy, are among addressees not claimed within four weeks and will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
North Clarendon County Correspondence Keeps Spring Hopes Alive
Latest from New Oil Town notes lively expectations this spring with Allen & Co. hardware store near completion and tradesmen like N B Wright, Mr Brown, W E Ralston reporting strong business. A three year old boy died after a scalding accident. buried at Warren. Election night turnout shifts as Clarendonites gain a 12 vote majority.
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Allen & Co
N. B. Wright
Mr. Brown
W. E. Ralston
Z.T. Weaver
Ingram
Warren
Mr. Black
Fulkerson Vs. Stevenson & Co
Esquire Brennen
Stonehamites
Clarendonites
Clarendon
Stoneham
W.C. Kerr
D. Cook
Mr. Cook
G. H. Fourl
Bradford House
Ben Tobias
Henry House
Local business changes and railroad progress reported
H J Montgomery buys Lesler's livery stable and keeps same location. Albert Cobb returns home to Warren after illness. John the barber leases a lot by O J Cosper's billiard room for a barber shop. Joe Hale leases adjacent lot for a meat market. Geer & Co of Corry to stock Mrs Powell's store room and run a wholesale tobacco operation. goods at depot. Tuttletown railroad bridge nears completion with two spans done. track to Kinzua in about three weeks. Rev Carpenter holds revival meetings at Corydon with strong turnout. Jamieson well yields fifteen barrels daily. Vanscoy well at Wrina, 500 feet deep, about one mile from village. Dukes & Harris building a rig on lot 13 near Wolf Run head. Fogle building rigs for Brown & Baxter near White Gravel run and for H A Jamieson at Company Mill run mouth.
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Powell
Tuttletown
Kinzua
Carpenter
Corydon
Jamieson
Vanscoy
Wrina
Duke & Harris
Wolf Run
Fogle
Brown & Baxter
White Gravel Run
Chappel Fork
H. A. Jamieson
Company Mill Run
New Dry Goods Firm Opens in Town Block
Davidge & Co. opens a dry goods store in the Horton Crary block. Mr Davidge, formerly of H C Co and from New York, brings experience to the local trade. The Forks saw mill of KE Barnes was burned Feb 22, blamed on edger friction. loss limited due to its dilapidated condition. Socials and visits noted with local residents and neighbors, including a surprise birthday at the Parsonage where gifts and a purse were presented to the pastor and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidge & Co
Horton, Crary & Co
Davidge
New York City
KE. Barnes
Forks
Barnes
J. A. Culbertson
Allegheny Spring
Mary Wood
Friends
Louie Lash
Lee House
Louie
G. W
Local notes and community updates from February 23 1582
Ben Offerlee’s wife gave birth to twins a boy and a girl. The post office may move. Harry Wade lost a horse. The vacant Robinson House is now occupied. A dance at Wade's Hall drew young people. Willard White, Esq. returns. Mrs Gross funeral held at White's Hall after long illness. Rumors tied to Irvine house purchase and Davis planning move to Hawks building. Calls for capable school directors and smarter school governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben.Offerlee
Harry Wade
Robinson
Wade
Willard White
Oil activity and new wells in Bradford area
Oil closed at 82 percent bid as large shipments leave Kane. A West Branch well uses wire rope and pulleys instead of a walking beam. Allegany field shows light wells and dry holes with fewer good wells than last month. Warren county remains key for oil territory while Tidioute district yields 200 to 500 barrels daily. Ed Clapp plans a 2500 foot well on Henderson farm. Grandin and Beaty seek a 3000 foot well on Fagundas farm to probe another oil rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane
West Branch
Bradford
Star
Allegany
Warren County
Tidioute Oil
Ed. Clapp
Henderson Farm
Triumph
Grandin & Beaty
Fagundas
McNett & Son Undertakers Hatch Jackson
In Warren on February 21 1882 E B Hatch of Glade wed Besey Harmon Jackson of McFarlan Cook: In Warren on January 10 1882 Wm McFarlan wed Maury Cook both of Watson Pa.
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McFarlan—Cook
Warren
Jan
D. M. Baumgardner
Wm. McFarlan
Maury Cook
Watson, Pa
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Warren Mail
Variety Hall
Warren, Pa
Hazeltine & CO
Home Matters
A. A. Davis & Co
O. H. Hunter’s
L. G. Noyes
Roscoe Hall
Lumbermen's Association
L. D. Wetmore
S. W. Davis
L. P
B. W. Rogers
W. Waters
Thomas Keelor
H. W. Brown
North Clarendon
G. W. Campbell
Mr. Curtis
Ludlow
L. B. Wood
Grand Valley
Mr. Clark
Grandin Bros
Tidioute
James A. Wood
C. S. Morris
Hiram Andrews
Horn Bros
Gilbert Turner
Ed. French
Ames
Judge Wetmore
Brown
Messrs
Andrews
Wood
Rogers
Clark
Davis
Keeler
Morris
Wetmore
National Association
New Jersey
Messrs. Brown, Campbell
John Schmarz
A.A. Davis & Co
Railroad Record
Warren Borough
Burgess
Stries
G. N. Parmlee
H. A. Jamieson BJ. Page
Bwoge
L. D. Wetmer
L. T. Borebers
F. Barnhart
J. A. Bell
Messa
John Clark
R. Gallagher
Henry Pccoseeseosenee
K.P. King
Geo. Ensworth
C. H. Noyes
J. H. Graham
E. F. Hodges
J. N. Lacy
G. H. Ames
H. Davis
Stokes Tee Frank Metzgar
Anna Ee J. Offerlee
A. Hertzel
M. B. Dunham
W. Randall
Constable
G. C. James
Justice
Beeman
Roman Schnurr
M. D. Waters
W. C. James
A. H. McKelvy
O. F. Hoffman
W. King
A. H. Lacy
A. Mintzer
C. P. Northrop
Columbus Borough
George
Yates
O. D. Loveland
Chatuncey Spencer
C. A. Blakeslee
W. B. Sutliff
J. Kinsmay
R. Marvin
N.S. Carrier
G. F. Allen
Lee Crosby
M. P. Osborne
John Vaugeene
Frank Howard
A. P. Stevens
Eli Dewey
Chauncey Spencer
Charles Pierce
Tidioute Borough
T. W. Irvine
D. Baker
W.J. Grandin
A. Dunn
W. C. Gillett
H. Evans
R. Taggart
J. B. Jennings Tie Volte
H. Juellhart
Peter McKey
J. L. Grandin
Jahn Hunter
A. W. Couse
Fred Walz
J. T. Morris
D. W. Clark
M. Ross
Youngsville
W. F. Siggins
J. W. Agrelius
R. P. Davis
L. C. Arnott
S. L. Blodgett
GA. Jackson
R. A. Siggins
W.J. Davis
W. J. Davis
J. A. Jackson
N. M. Thatcher
W. Kiler
C. V. Kinnear
B. J. Jackson
H. C. Kinnear
W. D. Kinnear
C. Hazard
G. McKee
Brokenstraw Township
John Cooney
J. R. Dickinson
John Akins
Levi Rowley
W. H. Clark
G. W. Coover
Hugh Duprey
Benj. Duprey
S. Mead
R. G. Mead
M. Crocker
T. W. Dempsey
M. Croll
W. H. Metzgar
C. McKinney
Conewango Township
H. Lilly
J. Crocker
George Grosch
Martin Amann
A. Shutt
D. Grunder
J. A. Buck
John Porter
H. K. Siggins
Samuelson
L. Leonhart
Lincoln
George Weiler
Corydon Township
N. J. Whitcomb
Ira Williams
J. W. Platt
L. D. Flatt
Benj. Crooks
J. R. Brown
Jesse Green
L.S. Merrihew
Win
Postman
S. P. Shearman
KR. Case
Columbus Township
Cherry Grove Township
Peter Johnson
John Sorenson
J. M Dickenson
C. B. Nobles
Harry Sweet
E. M. Farnsworth
J. Farnsworth
J. F F. Swoop
Nash Abbott
E. Farnsworth
Deerfield Township
Charles Covell
W. R. Crippen
George Gunn
George Bimber
D. L. McKean
John Pierce
M. Devore
A. J. Covell
W.W. Connely
R. D. Morrison
G. H. Bimber
T. H. Russell
Eldred Township
Albert Oviatt
G. W. Peck
L. M. Proper
N. J. McIntyre
W. H. Maultby
W.ray
Daniel McCue
J. M. Proper
L. C. Boyd
B. F. Wallace
John McIntyre
F. A. Wood
Elk Township
Joseph Clendenning
G. H. Marsh
G. H. Nobbs
L. H. Walling
D. Gilman
A. Lounsbery
James Roper
A. C. Clendenning
W. Holman
P. F. McMahon
George Nobbs
W.S. Holman
A. C. Marsh
J. F. Mack
J. Lesh
W.S. McMahon
Freehold Township
J. T. Barker
Walker
Fr. M. Thompson
James Brookmire
John Lake
Co. Wright
S. Warner
Edgar Estey
Joseph Eastman
N. J. Casper
O. P. Tuttle
Farmington Township
R. F E. Miller
W. &. Brown
J. J. Wheeler
R. L. Gardner
N. Preston
A. D. McGregor
H. Cramer
P. P. Putnam
H. McKitrick
James Currie
A. Cramer
O. J. Gunning
Leroy Strong
J. H. King
J. G. Pentz
T. A. McDonald
Wim. Garber
Wm. Merkle
J. McDonald
Joseph Goldthwait
J. Shanley
G. F. Turner
L. Bimber
John Myers
J. P. Houser
John Shanley
C. S. Richardson
Eliza Conway
Wilhelmina Schoelkopf
Mead Township
J. W. Heath
Jas. Clark
James Monroe
Edward Reid
H. J. Banser
H. W. Kyser
Thomas Mooney
D. W. Brennan
W. P. Nutting
Max Koch
A. P. Trushel
W.J. White
L. E. McNett
Alson Rogers
Pleasant Township
J. C. Krible
Wm. Highhouse
M. Acks
C. F. Sill
John Grunder
Wm. Yagle
Philip Herizel
John Smith
N. Sill
John Dible
N. Dietch
Pittsfield Township
Rufus
Pine Grove Township
James Sumner
L. A. Chase
S. H. Briggs
Wim. Brown
W. W. Hodges
Asa Carr
W. W. Slone
Charles Chase
D. M. Martin
T.C. Hunt
T. M. Howard
Charlies Jones
George Walkley
J. J. Russell
Sheffield Township
R.C. Wright
Frank Barnes
John Alley
George Horton
Jerry Crary
John McNair
S. Andrews
J. T. Osgood
George Dickinson
Thos
Farnsworth
John Denyer
H. C. Barnes
C. W. R. Redeker
A. P. Smedley
L. E. Dixson
Spring Creek Township
George Tucker
E. W. Mudge
W. M. Jackson
A. H. Olmstead
J. W. Mallory
South West Township
T. J. Shepherd
J. A. Perry
W. B. Benedict
C. C. Merritt
W.P. Langworthy
H. Bills
E. Simccux
M. Dunham
M. T. Dibble
P. N. Robinson
James Campbell
C. H. Ley, Sr
M.J. Allison
Sugar Grove Township
J. B. Langdon
J. A. Abbott
S. Jagger
O. D. Mattison
C. J. Samuelson
F. L. Thayer
J. Hi. Nichols
Wm. Cummings
Green Clark
M. G. Denigan
H. D. Buell
Charities Jones
A. M. McDonald
Wilbur Mix
Ludlow Telephonics
Valentine
A. P. Wetmore
Wild Cat
Wetmore Station
Gus
Hamilton Township
Mary Keefers
S. Vance
Lyman Palmiter
Morrison William Anderson
Syman Palimiter
L. Vance
Andrew Libby
M. Spaulding
David Curtis
J. W. Cobbett
J C. Ho
Henry W. Soule
Aagennehs
Lemuel Soule
A. Bartholomew
J. R. Northrup
Peelas
John Sly
Lyman Palimiter
John Gibb Overser
John Gibbs
Bae Eerste
Ane
H. E. Byham
G. P. Foulkrood
Sly
John Backus
Backus
Pennsylvania
Cortez
Hoffman
John Swanson
Old Hill & Palmer Mill
Grand Central
Bell
A. A. Davis & Co.’s
New Spring Goods
Grange Meeting
D. C. Allen, P, M
Krinzua
Union School
Anon
J.C. Hatton
Conewango
Samson
Young—Brown
James Rea
Wesley J. Young
Effie §. Brown
Eldred
Brown—Straup
Kelly’s Hill
James Brown
Sarah Bk, Straup
Manville
Conneautville
Belle
Thomas L. Manville
John
Mary Davenport
Smith
Pleasant Tp
Willie Smith
Schirck
Michael Schirck
Margaret Schirck
Thomas
Chicago
Jamesh. Thomas
Nellie Morrison
A. L. Morrison
Frankie
James
Joanna Ingram
Brands
Robert A. Brands
Bro’s
Wlave
Virginia
Warren Hotel
Alexander Wallace
Planer and
Schenk
Fifth Street
Liberty Streets
Co. i. Mead
Ers
Warren, Pa., Co
R. D. Bartlett
G.I. Mead
City Music Store
Homas L. Manville
Warren, Penna General Agent
Kranich & Bach’s Pianos