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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1874
Page
3
Warren residents welcomed 1874 with warm weather and lively visiting. About 40 ladies hosted New Year gatherings observing local option, while men politely declined liquor and enjoyed oysters. Visitors from Jamestown and Fredonia added to the festivity, with playful portraits drawn of guests seen from a passing window.
Town gatherings marked New Year greetings with calls at Mr Beatty’s Glade and a Roscoe Hall Sociable Dance benefiting Warren Orchestra netting over 80 dollars. In Erie, Rev J F Spaulding was consecrated bishop elect for Colorado Wyoming and New Mexico with a large clergy presence and formal ceremonies.
A reporter catalogs numerous so called clubs among local ladies, naming host homes from Crandall to Kent and detailing Mrs Crandall, Eunice Green, Miss Shattuck, Miss Mary Getz, Miss Clara Cowan, and many others. The piece catalogs attendees at each house while noting the social pattern and the phrase square meal over square drink.
The week started with fine sleighing and abundant wood and provisions arriving in town. Rain on Friday ruined the sleighing, while a German named Lessler attacked a prisoner, injuring Flannigan. Lessler was jailed and Flannigan recovering, prompting calls for an insane asylum and stronger local law enforcement. Mr. Lafayette Thompson of Pine Grove brought a four year old speckled deer from the Tioc-nesta area, noted as a curiosity, with a possible all white buck rumored nearby.
Dr Newbold of Irvine died suddenly in Philadelphia last week after months of ill health. The exact cause is not known but is believed to be paralysis.
Fisk and Hatch, noted New York bankers who suspended operations at the onset of the panic, are among the first to resume as conditions ease. They were warmly congratulated by many friends for reopening and continuing their financial services.
A brief explanation defends actions at Farmington’s Local Institute after a weathered adjournment. Byron Sutherland criticized publication of the first resolution while A S Thompson notes misrepresentation and urges copying of the clarification. Old Times in Warren County recalls 1812–1821 price collapses and debt woes that reshaped land and labor values in the county.
In Lorrsville on December 19 the Debating and Literary Society held readings led by De Forest Wheelock and Charles Pierce with Miss Ava Ayling and others. A formal debate is planned, praised as beneficial for youth and urged by Hon. Daniel Lott and local supporters.
Mr M J Carr has bought out John Heible to operate the billiard room below the Carver House. He plans to fit it up in fine style and make it attractive and orderly for all who play this pleasant game.
Joseph Clayton opens a new shoe shop opposite Shaffer’s Saloon near Carver House. Described as a first class work man, he promises prompt service on soles and uppers and invites customers to call.
The Warren Musical Association will hold a meeting at their Hall on Wednesday evening January 7 1874 at 7 oclock. A full attendance is requested.
Wallace G. Shutt suffered a broken leg while loading a timber stick in Pleas ant Township last Saturday. He was taken to Boon Magee's where Dr. Stewart spliced the bones in an allopathic operation.
The legislature meets next Tuesday and the Governor's Message will likely be read by Wednesday. The first session under the New Constitution is expected to be pivotal in shaping laws and establishing harmony. The Helping Hand Building and Loan Association holds its first annual meeting January 10 at 7 15 P M at Dinsmoor Reeves office for officer elections and other business. A new steamer undergoes practice runs under engineer Mr Arp and performed well.
The couple celebrated fifty years of marriage in their Youngsville home with nine children and a 39 member, four grandchild family. A sixty pound squash and a fifty year old apple tree featured in the feast while W P Davis of Johnstown provided a florid bouquet and a cake with hands and 1824 frost work. The occasion ended with music in the parlor and a serenade by the Youngsville Cornet Band.
The review praises a Moran painting showing Green River cliff and a red sandstone butte. It contrasts blue clouds with sunlit peaks near the White Mountains and lauds the artist for faithfully rendering Great West geography and brilliant sky colors. The scene embodies motion, color, and a grand desert mood.
One of The Christian at Work agents, T De Witt Talmage, reportedly secured 384 subscriptions in about eighty hours of work. The advertiser touts a fine paper and superb chromos as backing and calls for more agents with free samples and terms. Office 102 Chambers Street, New York.
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