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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1888
Page
3
A late 1800s Warren page memoir notes Year Eighty-Eight's start with resolutions and New Year reflections. It lists diary prompts, legal notices, shop ads, church events, and early January town updates including meetings, club readings, school reopens, and local commerce announcements.
In town last week Dr C C Hill of Leverings Ohio. Will H Allen returns to Philadelphia. Thos E Flint from Elmira visits Warren. Mrs McCalmont visiting Washington DC and may return this week. Kate C Cobham MD formerly of the place returns to Dayton after Erie and Warren trip. Hon W B Benedict from Enterprise reports oil region delayed by shutdown and freeze. Flora Collins confined with a cold but hopes to resume duties. Judge Trunkey reports good health. Fred Wetmore of Bayville Norfolk VA sends oysters. Mr and Mrs M Strelitz received New Year gift, a feminine companion arriving last Friday. Rev J M Thoburn from Calcutta expects June return with a native, Ruth’s sister. Brown-haired blue-eyed Emma doing nicely. All’s well.
The Keystone Clothing Company advertises their Merchant Tailoring Department with low prices for clothing to measure in 1887. Trousers to order over six to eight dollars and suits from twenty two dollars and up. Cutting department led by M. Strelitz. Call and inspect their line of cloths. It will fully repay you.
Hunter and Jarvis locates at 326 Water Street claim to offer exclusive access to bargain goods in New York and Boston. They announce a resident buyer ready to act quickly on current sales.
Miss Banks delivers a promising elocutionary performance as Joan of Arc with a pleasing voice and clear articulation. The program notes praise the cast and announce next week’s show A Bunch of Keys with Mari etta Nesh as Teddy and Lauri as the Landlord plus Mackie as Grimesey.
The annual event last Tuesday December 27 drew about 500 attendees. Supt. Lindsey led with Rev. Holmes and others while J. P. Jefferson read a yearly statistics report. Jug-smashing yielded candy and fruit for children as funds supported missionary work and a student at Middle University.
Last week brought heavy snow and a deep freeze with two feet of snow in parts and fast sleighing. The river froze and lumbermen stayed busy while wind and cold dominated days. Meanwhile Gooprick and FrauMan advertise discount fancy crockery and sets as Christmas stock clears.
The Warren County Farmer's Club celebrated its fourth year December 31 at the Court House. Officers reported a growing membership, a $112.12 treasury, and $147.80 in books bought for $100. A practical agricultural library was installed with local support, and members were urged to attend meetings and use the library, which is shared with the public at a small rental.
Local office advertises old papers for sale at low prices to attract buyers. Items include assorted documents and archival scraps suitable for researchers and collectors. The notice emphasizes affordability and immediate pickup options.
Proprietors of the Jamestown Worsted Mills hosted a dinner last Friday for 600 workers to celebrate major additions to the mill. A hall ornament featured a portrait of Mr. Blaine with the motto Protection to Home Industries.
A poem recalls the Stranger Year with roses and snows and asks how long the smiles will last. It contrasts the warmth of the New Year with the furrowed face of the old year, noting the charm yet lingering sorrow.
On New Year’s Day observed in a city with shops mostly closed. Society reporters note few calls and many guests at the Young Men’s Christian Association, with a skate outing among notable attendees. The piece mentions Mrs. A D Wood, Rev Holmes, Mrs Stone and others, and a Monday evening party at Thomas Keeler’s High Street residence.
County and vicinity items note municipal expenses about $19 000 for Bradford in 1887 and delayed free delivery for Titusville due to funds. Also reports a Mt. Jewett grocer's disappearance and death, a Kane fire in a hotel basement, a Sheffield Gas stock increase vote, a Erie child death from a broken glass, oil well drilling delays, tax rebate suits in Erie county, railroad promotions, teacher institutes, police and sanitation signals, and December oil well totals with increases in finished wells and declines in new production and dry holes.
A soldiers' monument will be erected in Butler's public square opposite the Court House. A new post office named Cheerful opens in Clarion county between Fryburg and Shippenville. The Steubenville Board of Education bans pupils from carrying pistols revolvers or other dangerous weapons to school.
A late sermon urges neighbors to clear snow from sidewalks for safety and access, arguing it aids the disabled and elderly. It proposes a town gym or club of young men to organize shoveling, employing the unemployed and fostering neighborly duty. La Beute NeiGe.
Charles J. Fraser, a prominent oil man from Oil City, was fatally wounded when his gun discharged while he pulled it through a fence hole on December 26. The revolver’s charge and wads hit his abdomen, and he died within hours. The incident is cited as a cautionary tale on careless handling.
The Keystone Clothing Company of Warren Pa offers heavy discounts to close out winter stock. Men’s fur caps 90c, fur stiff hats 1.25, all wool corkscrew suits 7.50, cheap overcoats 1.88, all wool overcoats 4.50, dress overcoats 7, all $15 suits and $15 overcoats reduced to 10.00, and everything at 50 percent off. Purchasers urged to select early.
A serious crash occurred last Saturday four miles west of Meadville on the Atlantic road. The Thunderbolt passenger train and freight No. 23 collided on a curve, killing five and injuring 25 to 30. Conductor and engineer of the freight bear blame. Stevens among the deceased, first passenger fatality in 17 years.
The Teachers Local Institute meets in Youngsville January 27 and 28 with devotional exercises, addresses, and multiple sessions. Speakers include Rev. T. W. Douglass, Hon. W. H. Shortt, A. B. Miller, and Prof. Crawford. Activities cover history teaching, geography, physiology, spelling, drawing, music, and arithmetic led by instructors Maggie Day Lizzie Jackson Florence Silverthorn Alzada Haupin Alta Thompson and others.
Arrangements made for advance yearly subscriptions at reduced clubbing prices on a list of newspapers and magazines including the New York Tribune Times Sun Herald Philadelphia Press Harper's Godey's Scribner's Century and more with postage free to any post office. Prices shown are per publication and both with and without postage. Payment required with order and changes must be made to the periodicals. Sample copies available and multiple titles may be taken at reduced rates.
Bel Bros announces a three day sale offering fifty percent off manufacturer prices on hosiery underwear table linens cloaks wraps and shawls. items include assorted hosiery lots underwear many wool fabrics and table linens with prices and values listed for each lot. sale runs Tuesday through Thursday January 3rd to 5th.
A large Dec 24 event at Averill school house featured a Christmas tree with Santa Claus, music by Miss Knight and Rev Haddock attended by Miss Rosetta Turner who was praised for organizing the program. Guests from nearby towns joined, and a hearty lunch followed the band performance.
Snow 18 inches deep blankets the area as families travel for holidays. A new 11 pound boy and an 18 pound girl emerge at local farms, while residents visit relatives in Hamilton Jamestown and Washington. Local events include a crowded M E Church Christmas celebration and moves like Clint Baker to Spartansburg.
The Relief Association thanks kind friends for contributing to 43 Christmas baskets aiding about 230 people. They express personal thanks to officers, canvassers, basket preparers, Warren press for help to the poor. Mrs. J. M. Davins, President.
The Wrights who settled Freehold township in Warren County over 50 years ago gave Wrightsville its name. Jude, Sybil, Roxy, Quartus, and Lester Wright are noted, with Lester now 84 and frail and Quartus having died in Vineland, New Jersey. Surviving descendants continue the family’s enterprising reputation.
The article notes prominent renal and bladder diseases in city mortality lists, citing Bright's disease, diabetes, gravel, and enuresis. It praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic diuretic to aid early-stage troubles and relief for dyspepsia, debility, constipation, malarial and rheumatic symptoms, while promising price-competitive, first-quality goods from Goopricu & FIHLMAN.
In Busti New York on December 25 1887 John W Wilson and Miss Bessie J Fuller both of Sugar Grove Pennsylvania were married by Rev J G Ginader.
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