Winter telegram style notes and social notices
A collection of brief items from a local paper notes Lent dates March 6 to April 20, sleighing cold and ice conditions, court sessions, social events at churches and a reception hosted by Mrs Brown, plus local business moves and obituary quips about ice and skating. Olga Sutter to perform in Warren with musicians touring Jamestown and surrounding towns.
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S. K. Hale & Son
Hale & Tipp
Merchant Tailors
Tripp
Erman
Entre Nousciety
Smith
Ilkesbarre
Warren
Len
Ind
Jamestown Democrat
Iss Olga Sutter
Jamestown
Unkirk
Cleveland
Germany
Liss Sutter
Laban Lodge elects officers and dedicates new lodge room
At a late meeting of Laban Lodge Knights of Honor the six month term officers were elected Dictator Dr J E Berkstresser Vice Dictator Lew A Phillips Assistant Dictator Nelson Ensworth Chaplain Rev Fite Guide H R Bartlett Reporter A Merrill F Reporter W38 Leffard Treasurer George Ensworth Guardian John Finley Sentinel G Gruber Trustees Will Smith Nelson Ensworth IT W McNitt Representative Laban Hazeltine The officers will be publicly installed by Geo A Post Susquehanna Depot Grand Dictator of Penn a next Monday evening Jan 14 The new lodge room will be dedicated at this time Exercises begin 730 All invited Also chromes photographic views frames mouldings fittings offered by Wri Smith ta at low prices.
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Laban Lodge
Knights of Honor
J. E. Berkstresser
Lew A. Phillips
Nelson Ensworth
Rev. Fite
H. R. Bartlett
A. Merrill
W. McNitt
Laban Hazeltine
Geo. A. Post
Susquehanna
Depot
Penn’a
Warren County Court House Opens with Furnished Offices
County officers move into the new Court House with Prothonotary Waters Clerk Russell Captain Alexander Treasurer Barnes Sheriff Brace and judges to use an unfinished room for special courts or juries. Offices feature vaults pigeon holes bank style desks and private retiring spaces as finances remain in good shape.
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Court House
Waters
Russell
Capt
Alexander
Register and Recorder's Office
Barnes
Warren
Sheffield
Sheriff Brace
Seaboard Pipe Line Project Aims to Free Producers
The Seaboard Pipe Line Company backed by the Producers' Union plans a 230 mile oil pipeline from the Oil Regions through Butler Cambria Blair Huntingdon Franklin Cumberland and Adams counties to Curtis Creek near Baltimore. General E Haupt of Baltimore leads the enterprise with a Maryland terminus at the Baltimore harbor and a max pipeage price of forty cents per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard Pipe Line Company
Producers’ Union
General E. Haupt
Baltimore
Butler County
Curtis Creek
Anne Arundel County
Annapolis
Maryland
Curtis’ Creek
Marine Hospital
Butler
Cambria
Blair
Huntingdon
Franklin
Cumberland
Adams
Pennsylvania
Carrell
Jurisdiction of teachers over pupils extends beyond school
The law states teachers share authority with parents over pupil conduct beyond school walls and session times. Jurisdiction begins when pupils leave home for school and ends upon their return. Teachers are not responsible for misconduct en route, though they may punish if informed.
Trailing dresses and public life in a New Year note
An Erie penny press column reflects on congregational singing, trailing dresses, and a New Year’s social scene. It notes Reverend John Hall in New York, comments on healthful dress reform, and critiques current Republican gubernatorial prospects versus a trusted statesman. It also records New Year observations in Erie with hostess hospitality and a moving song by Col. Vincent, ending with wishes for health and prosperity.
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Hayes
John Hall
56Th Street
5Th Avenue
New York
State Street
New England
Kingdom of Heaven
Cincinnati
South
Erie
Warren
Col. T. B. Vincent
Hon. G. I. Ball
Mr. K
Joe
Seasonal notes from Wrightsville about weather and events
The Wrightsville letter for January 1 1878 reports festive scenes and fine weather during Christmas, Swedes holding temperance meetings, a fatal accident involving a horse and a tobacco choke, quarrels over cards in a shop, and upcoming wintry weather as the new year begins.
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Eps. Mart
L. P. Bennett
Sugar Grove
John Pike
David Bull
Wrightsville
Rail line nears Salamanca opening as Meadvill e grows
The Rochester and State Line Railroad nears completion to Salamanca with a planned January opening. Meadville reports rapid progress with new business blocks and homes. A State Deputy has formed six Good Templar lodges in Crawford County and thirteen statewide in a month. A bill may convert Erie Marine Hospital into a workhouse for the northwestern district. The Derrick notes rising production despite dwindling shipments and improving roads as new wells start. A Grand Valley Teachers Institute is set for Jan 25–26 with lectures on education. W. D. Wann plans a Jan 24 concert via telephone across Fredonia to Dunkirk. Professor Miller will lecture on teaching methods at Sheffield next Friday, with instruction by Supt. Thompson. Temperance insurance via the Temperance M. B. Association promises lower risk and costs for temperance advocates. D. G. Morse, Warren, Pa., is agent. Gough plans a year abroad for rest amid exhausted lectures.
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Rochester and State Line
Salamanca
Meadville
Geo. W. Brown
Youngsville
Good Templar
Crawford County
Marine Hospital
Erie
North
Grand Valley
Dunkirk Journal
W. D. Wann
Fredonia
Supt. Thompson
Farmington Hosts Teachers Institute Dec 1877 adjourns
A Teachers Local Institute met in Farmington on December 28 1877 with F M Knapp elected chairman and J J Knapp secretary. The event featured geography and arithmetic lessons, a debate on boarding round, and unanimous resolutions urging uniform county texts and noting thanks to the M E church. A register lists present and past teachers and directors.
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Farmington
F. M. Knapp
J. J. Knapp
M. E
Supt. Thompson
M. E. Church
Alice Brown
Lillie Love
C. D. Airid
D. A. Airid
H. Airid
W. M. Creal
Geo. A Frazine
F. E. Fay
Wim.s. Marsh
J.J. Knapp
Sec’y
Drummers Upset Oil Districts Stir Calls for Local Support
The Venango Spectator notes Parker City Daily urging residents to back local merchants against itinerant drummers flooding oil regions and causing merchant stagnation. It urges buying local, even as some merchants print elsewhere, while hinting at the Southern claims commission with a March 10 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venango Spectator
Parker City Daily
Parker
Dr King’s New Discovery Offered Free Trial Bottles
Free trial bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and bronchial issues are promoted as a cure for severe colds throat and lung ailments. The ad claims thousands cured and urges immediate use, with Morck & Co selling the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Morck & Co
Mather Dies at Sugar Grove Senior Partner of Local Firm
In Sugar Grove on January 6 an obituary notes the death of James Mather aged about 45. He was senior partner of Mather and Dennison, a husband and father of six, a good neighbor and sincere friend. He leaves a wife and six children.
Flour and grain items listed with weights and sacks
An 1878 notice lists various flour sacks and grain products including White Wheat Flour sacks Amber Flour barrels in sacks Amber Flour sacks Corn Meal Middlings Oats and Oil Meal. It reads as a corrected record from Johnson White & Co and mentions Legal Tender and winter wheat sacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson, White & Co
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Home Matters
Fir
Union
Ase
Richard
Judea
Earth
Jerusalem
Christ
Simeon
O. H. Hunter & On
Peter Arp
Samuel Alcorn
Jas
Geary Wun
Hill
Murphy
Libbie Moran
O. C. Allem
P. M
Mar
H. Hunter & Son
Mr. Dunham
Stone & Noyes
Variety Hall
Mr. Moll
Louis Sweitzer
O. H. Hunter & Son
Wri Smita’s
RB. H. Johnson
Seaboard Pipe Line
S. Burgess’ Store
First National Bank
Jonn Siil
Sill, Spencer & Co
Warren, Pa
Wixter
Corpis & Korey
R. H. Jownson
Ring
R. H. Jounson
Temperance M. B. Association
Temperance People
D. G. Morse
Gough
Will Smith’s
R. H. Johnson
Johnny Reb
Smethport
Hatch
A. B. Armstrong
Maarried
Kirberger
Glade
Fred Kirberger
Warren Retail Markets
Henry
Fami
Rio
Uck
Carolina
Iter
J. C. Caspar
Suens
Water Street
Honhart
First National Bank of Warren
M. Beecher
Independent
Cook
Boston
Joseph Cook
James R. Osgood & Co
Worcester
J. B. Lippincott & Co
Philadelphia
Orijor
Sol Kbytinge
Moody and Sankey
Lincoln
Ritchie
United States
Charles Sumner
Grant
Wilson
Edwin M. Stanton
Abraham Lincoln
F. J. Carpenter
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New York City
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Warren and
RS. J. C. Caspar
Water St
Pan Missagget
Paris
Iito
J. C, Caspar
C. H. Hunter & Son
Dress Coods
Co. H. Hunter & Son
Will Smith
Warren Pa
Mrs
Mrs. Phelps
Birs. Phelps
Excelsior
Hickory Street
Union School House
Arrea
Rowland
WM. A. Greaves
Ortrait
Episcopal Church
Linhia
Geheovves and
Ratt Tcens
Ladies Burrs
Mink
Saul
River Mink
Parmlee & Henry
WriRh M
Trushel & Mintzer
B. Nesmith & Son
Cheay
Cas
Bank
P. J. Trushel
A. Mintzer
Tod
DR. Warner
Corse
MISS
T. Dagght Es A. li
Keystone Block
Wells & Noyes
J. F. Wells &Co
Ww. M. Ss. Mixed Paints
J. F. Wells
Noyes
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