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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1887
Page
3
Local column recaps sleighing, diary prompts, theatre plans, club meetings, and church week program. Mentions John Langdale grocery, Mrs S Green in Kinzua, Shakespeare Club, Warren Library gifts, O. C. V. A. plans, daily papers, and social visits across Warren and nearby towns with brief personal notices and upcoming events.
A New Year’s Eve program at the Swedish Lutheran church on December 31 1886 featured Pastor N G Johnson and his wife with the congregation. Rev Hummersgold of Buffalo gave an address and a gift distribution followed from a Christmas tree. Decorations were prepared by Mrs N G Johnson Mrs Peter Holmes Samuel Carlson and Andrew Hijete. The event was enjoyed by all ages and remembered for years.
Insurance agents commenced a business on January first as successors of Knapp and Cable. They retain the Beaty block office and same companies with Mr Mitchell handling external work and Mr Messner managing office duties. The team is strong and expected to insure Kies in safe companies and in a satisfactory manner.
The Original Jubilee Singers perform at the Court House on January 6 to raise funds for disabled soldiers. The local paper urges attendance as a good deed and notes ongoing appeals for soldier rations. Also advertised are boot and shoe bargains, oil cloths, and oysters at nearby shops.
The second annual exhibition of the Western Pennsylvania Poultry and Pet Stock Association in Armory Hall December 28 to 31 drew about 200 entries including Plymouth Rock Leghorn Cochin Brahma game and turkey varieties plus geese pigeons and fowls. Judge G O Brown of Baltimore praised the display while noting many birds failed to meet standards and receipts covered expenses only partially. Principal exhibitors included Angerer Wetmore Hickman Slater Harris from Conewango N Y and Elkins Kennedy N Y. H L Green lands Warren displayed taxidermy work.
Warren pauses on New Year day as trade slows after Christmas. E. O. F. S. Society ladies issue invitations and host calls, with a lively evening dance at Mrs. Rockwell’s parlors. Mrs. L. D. Wetmore and Mrs. O. H. Hunter entertain nearby friends while gentlemen visit for a free lunch.
Local notices highlight wholesale prices from J Bayer for apricots and Honey Drop Sugar Corn and Succotash by P J Bayer. C H Meacham & Co advertise as old line insurers in the United States and England. A Ruhlman opens a new room opposite the Carver House with fresh stock, and Wendle’s carries the largest wall paper selection with latest designs.
The Hoffman block rooms offer reading rooms with newspapers and magazines. Eligibility ranges from associate membership at $1 annually for young men 14 or older of good character to active membership with voting rights for evangelical church members at $1. Sustaining membership is $5, life membership $50, with life and sustaining holders also enrolled as active members. Applications via the membership committee, forms from Secretary McKee, and monthly committee meetings determine admission.
The regular Warren Circle gathering met Monday in the library room with about 25 members. Papers read included a character sketch of Cardinal Wolsey by Laura Snyder, England’s relation to the American Colonies by F. H. Langworthy, and Life and Times of Dr. Johnson by A. D. Wood. The College Day question was referred to a committee.
News reaches that Supt Arird of Youngsville died last night January 3 of typhoid fever. He was 37. Funeral will be held in Youngsville on Thursday at 1 PM.
Holiday event in Sugar Grove features recitations and songs by scholars. A platform with a Merry Christmas arch and a star lighted with tapers decorates the stage. A miniature ship glides across the platform with many presents, and each scholar receives a gift. Pastor and family praised the evening as a perfect success.
Stoneham notes a calm holiday with no public New Year celebration. Rev and Mrs Webster left for Belle Valley. Charles Schimelfing visited Elk County. Elbridge Peirce returned home with his parents. Sunday school under Mrs E R Peirce reports fifty nine members and a praise service was held Sunday. Charles Bell and Cora Fisk wed at Warren last Friday.
A special meeting at the Court House on Saturday Jan 15 at 1 pm will decide on sending a delegate to the State Board of Agriculture meeting in Harrisburg Jan 25 26 1887. The program includes an address on the Food of Hawks and Owls and a discussion on repealing the scalp or bounty act of June 23 1885. The act pays bounties for hawk owl fox mink and wildcat scalps and has cost counties about 75000 annually. The Feb 26 session will cover the fertilizer question with an address by Hon John W Hickman and charted soil-plant food data.
Last night Jan 3 Burgess Morck Clerk Meacham and all members were present. Attorney Higgins represented Mrs Christina Hanson who was injured by a fall on an icy walk in front of C P Henrys store last December and may sue if not settled. Police force to two night beats 6 pm to 6 am with Utter east and Foster west. Fire suggestions referred to Fire Committee and Chief Engineer. Various bills and fines listed with totals and payrolls.
Jan 1 item notes include Emery Mudge’s late arrival and visitors Mrs. George Tyler and daughter of Randolph NY, plus sister Mrs. G D Cummings. Will Deming visits grandmother while at Allegheny College Meadville. A J Deming and wife go to Erie for New Year. Apple buyers pay 30 to 45 cents per bushel. Mr. Stanley’s feed mill nearly ready. Rev Shirk to begin meetings next Sunday evening. Lumbermen stack logs for sleighing. M A Myers loses a horse Christmas morning. White ribbon society grows. many fine sleighing turnout on streets. Dom Pedro.
Two Alarms reported since last issue. A minor rear garret blaze at C C Thompson’s home was put out with water. Early Sunday Sam Dunn's shout revealed a fire at Mrs Hinton’s Creek house above Third Street, destroying the home and damaging Mrs Newell’s adjacent house. eight volunteers fought the blaze. Both residences and furniture were insured.
Last Friday night a lamp exploded in Geo Falkman’s Glade home. Miss Bertha Falkman suffered singed hair and cuts from flying glass and temporary deafness. The incident follows another blast earlier, blamed on poor oil, and the family restrained the fire with the tablecloth as the boys helped.
O H Hunter & Son offer very low prices on wraps furs shawls quilts dress goods and novelties. Call this week to view bargains with many items priced at cost and other real bargains available.
The Jamestown Journal notes Rev. John Peate, D. D., of the M E Church, united 100 couples in marriage in Jamestown during 1886, about two fifths of all local weddings. The article attributes this to his near Pennsylvania home and bricklaying work. Hay prices vary with form and distance. A local ad seeks cash for rags and old rubber shoes in winter and spring.
Judge Jackson of the U S Court at Columbus Ohio orders the original owners ex Senator John Fertig and partners to be restored to their 600 acre Macksburg district oil tract after the defendants Laing Gertler and McDonald misled them about a test well. The court denounces such deceitful practices and awards profits since the sale with Warren attorney 8 T Neill praised for successful outcome.
The Jamestown Journal describes the 55th wedding anniversary of Seth Cheney and wife of Kiantone. Cheney, 77, still plays the violin with vigor, and Mrs. Cheney, daughter of the late Benjamin Jones, married January 8, 1832, by Judge E. T. Foote. They settled on the family farm. Cheney is a successful farmer who did lumbering and other work and has amassed a comfortable fortune. Three sons—Nelson, Matthew B., and Mark E.—live nearby or have notable roles, with Matthew B. a Nebraska legislator. The couple is highly respected and favored with many friends and well wishes.
J M Wimner of Lewistown announces he has excess small pictures left by James Banks 1882 after Banks failed to return originals and died by falling from the Presbyterian Church. He asks owners from Warren Franklin Oil City to send name and address with five cents to recover their pictures. Papers in Franklin and Oil City urged to copy.
Raw, fried and stewed oysters served at a moment’s notice in all shapes at Ruhlman’s new room opposite the Carver House.
The note chronicles quiet Christmas in Wrightsville with family gatherings and a reunion at N F Wrights. A birth occurs at J Sliters, a Swedish church program concludes with music, Rev J P Burns leads evening meetings, and chandeliers brighten sermons. Death of Mrs Dennison mentioned. Sugar Grove visits rise.
A stormy year start finds Co L S C members visiting the Misses Thomas home to welcome the new year. More social rounds at Miss Alice Aurelius home with music games and refreshments. Various local people mentioned: Miss Hattie Barber, Miss Minnie Thacher, Miss Hattie Axtell, D Arird, Fannie French, G H Jackson, Prof Webber, and others. Gas company dispute spurs formation of People's Fuel Gas Company with $50,000 capital. Also legal action between Ezra Cooper, S B Benson, and Mrs Dunn ongoing. Local ads note city market meats and tailored clothing available in Warren and Union City areas.
North Clarendon post office gains presidential class with salary up to 1000. DuBois plans to take inheritance tax case to Supreme Court. Pattison grants March 24 respite for a local official. Penn R R sells Southern excursion tickets through May 31 1887. Jamestown reports 146 marriages in a year, about half of state total. Apple farmers hold fruit. prices rise to 2.00–2.35 per barrel. Travelers note rail travellers to Jamestown and Olean for Booth show. crowds surpass 400 seen by out-of-town guests. Willowdale Creamery reports 1886 milk 1 095 402 pounds, butter 47 236 pounds at 9 320 21. Road project advances from Grand Valley to Kerr and Hale’s Mill reducing travel distance by three miles via new D A V P grade to ease hill climbs.
A list of wedding announcements across Warren and surrounding areas dated December 22 to 31 1886. Couples include Jennings Truby Bell Fisk Moore Highhouse Imel Arthur Franklin Kinney Wilson Holcomb Strickland Davis Hunter Elden Dixon Gormley Cummings Patchin McBride Parker, with locations from Warren Jamestown Tidioute and surrounding Pennsylvania towns.
Died Petrea Greenlund in Warren at 51 years 10 months 6 days. G Frank Hulse in Warren at 29 after consumption. Mrs Ira Dennison of Sugar Grove about 40. Mrs Betsey Clark of Columbus over 90. Funeral services held at home and burial in Meadville after travel Monday.
Many friends mourn the death of Emma Herridon who died at her residence Sunday evening after a nine week illness. Born March 10, 1853, she was the daughter of Chauncy Cobb and lived in Warren earlier with a time in New York. She left four children after her husband James Herridon died in 1879. She returned to Warren with her children and built a home through her earnings. Survived by six brothers and three sisters, with many relatives, the funeral was at the M E Church with Rev. Bignell, and the interment followed at Oakland Cemetery beside her mother.
New markets offer half price on select cloaks with values ranging from 3 to 10 dollars. Boucle Astrachan, Plush and Cloth Wraps marked down 40 percent. One $25 Plush Lacque reduced to 16 dollars, remaining $35 Plushes cut to 26 dollars.
The advertisement urges buyers to seize January cloak stock as prices will be set to ensure sale. It stresses large volume sales with no profit to the seller and claims any gain to go to customers, emphasizing quick action and value.
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