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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1898
Page
3
Local notices require snow removal on sidewalks by 9 a.m. with strict enforcement. New Year events include Y M C A reception and Library Hall program. Road supervisors must file bonds and oaths within set days. Warren Centennial book sales and county office changes noted.
Community items from Warren include visits by the Misses Childs of Pittsburg and the engagement of Miss Bessie King and James P. Rogers. A wedding at the bride’s father’s home in Warren is announced, with other social events, club meetings, and literary purchases noted along with a railway project and a local fire sale.
A nostalgic sketch recalls Warren in December 1865 during court week amid oil excitement. Describes Ed Dugan the omnibus driver, frontline streets, mills and jails, the Tanner block, and social life from New Year revels to raftsmen on a rising river. Mentions notable locals, churches, schools, and theater as the town buzzed with activity.
List of transfers including Lydia Stranagan to Mary Scramblin in Columbus for 350 dollars, John Finley to Scramblin for 550, Eliza Bedone to Jane Horn for 625, Esther Cable to William Hunter in Corydon for 1000, Almond Blood to William Hodges in Pine Grove for 575, R C Blodgett to Hellen Mattison in Sugar Grove for 1000, and Elston estate to Sarah Bradley in Clarendon for 200.
Notices list multiple wedding pairs across Pennsylvania and New York including Arthur B. Taylor and Genevieve Krantz in Pittsfield Pa Nellie Scholton and J W Bennett Bear Lake Pa A E Tompsett and Minnie Black Triumph Warren Co Pa Walter L Downing and Hannah Pryor Franklin Pa Herman Rose and Verna Owen Goshen NY.
Obituaries for Julia H. Davis aged 72 8 months living in Warren N Y from Watkins N Y with service in Warren and burial in Watkins. Charles Parmiee 33, in N Y City buried in Warren. Mrs Mervin W Curtis 48 of North Dakota buried in Sugar Grove Pa. Mrs Caroline Woodford East Hickory Pa and Anna Lund Warren wife of Peter Lund aged 65. Also a brief oil industry report noting December declines in field activity and production with Elk Fork West Virginia wells and Watsonville pool among affected areas in Oil City Derrick.
1897-1898 greeting from G H Humason at the First M E Church Prayer Room in Duluth Minnesota. He offers brotherly sympathy and love as the old year ends and the new begins, urging goodness and acts of kindness for Christ's sake. He quotes the Bible verse 3 John 2 and signs midnights message.
Stop and See fresh stock at Dixson's Grade Drug and Variety Store featuring desks games albums vases toys cups and saucers watches jewelry clocks musical instruments frames perfumes toilet sets and more all priced 10 to 30 percent below Warren prices. Visit before you buy for genuine bargains this holiday season.
One hundred dollars reward offers for any catarrh cure failure. F J Cheney Co of Toledo presents Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials from local wholesale druggists EST TRUAX WALDING KINNAN MARVIN endorsing the firm. Cure advertised as internal with blood and mucous surface action. Price 75 cents per bottle. testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills also marketed.
A Victorian style advertisement urges sensible living and thrift and promotes Jacob Keller the Tailor at Second and Liberty streets. It claims latest winter cloths are now in and encourages moderate living and avoiding despair.
Advertises wedding invitations and calling cards at the Mart office with neat work at low prices. Claims a superior Miller lamp available and promotes a large assortment at Fehman Bros. Also seeks 500 men for tailored suits with new cloths and the lowest prices.
Continent? of water during disease halted by Dr E DETCHON S Diuretic. Cures children and adults. Sold by Noyes drug store Warren Pa. Oyster and fish available at Riverside Fish and Co corner Hickory and Third with George Smith as manager.
Correspondence from Our Special Reporters lists residents’ activities and visits. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor return to Tiona from vacation with Celia Root. students advance to various schools. Edinboro Normal student Arthur Hunter visits home. gatherings include New Year Ball by Mr. T. Griffin with about fifty two couples. several families travel to Sugar Run Crossingville and North Clarendon for holidays.
Wrightsville reports wintry New Year weather. Local notes include injuries to J A McArthur and burial of Mrs. McIntyre, with Daniel Gross accompanying the remains. Mrs. Warren Chipman remains very low. G E Beal returns from Cleveland to study. School opens after vacation. Fred Milspaw brings home a bride. Putnamville area mentions Nels Peterson, John Preston, Wm Curtis, Ruth and Mabel Knapp visiting Warren, and several local calls and visits New Years Day.
Advertises South American Nervine as a universal cure for weak stomachs and broken nerves with guarantees of no failure or disappointment. Promotes sales by Hertzel and Saner, druggists, Warren Pennsylvania, and mentions Keller the Tailor for winter styles. Also touts White Cloud Flour and a large wallpaper stock by W Crowland and Sons with carpet cleaning and laundry services in Warren.
Advert says Winson Merit Laxa Tea is a plain thorough tonic that builds the system. Sold and guaranteed by all druggists with samples free. Prices listed as 10 and 25 cents.
Mrs Casemere offers low priced repairs with first class work. She sews rips and patches garments so they look better than new. Located next hallway to the MAIL office at 305 Second St, available at all times by call.
Fragmented OCR text references programs at the Matt office and an instruction to prepare and enter, yielding little readable context. The readable fragment hints at a briefing or schedule about office activities and attire, but specifics are unclear.
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