Warren Mail notes and local updates in January 1896
Subscriptions due dates urged to readers of The Warren Mail. Warren Library Association annual meeting slated for Jan 13 at 7 30, with officers elected. Warren Lodge Elks to stage Feb events featuring Dr McAlpin C Crandall Black Marines and Arion Club. Plans for a new double track iron Pennam railroad bridge about 60 000 cost and widening in Pleasant township. County officials changes include Judge Marsh stepping down, Judge Sandstrom taking the bench, Meyers handling county funds, auditors preparing annual accounts, with no other changes noted. Judge Gunnison presiding over civil cases in Erie court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Warren Library Association
Homer
Warren
Pennam Railroad Co
Pleasant Township
Av Court
J. A. Spetz
James Logan
Gunnison
Erie
Local Social Notes and Arrivals Spark Warren News
Mrs M Beecher returns from the East while CHAPIN HALL ill with diphtheria but improving. Several visitors and residents travel to Philadelphia and Kan e. new foreman at Struthers Iron Works. Western Penna Press Club meets. Democratic candidates for County Commissioner announced. Jamestown fire chief named. injuries to P&E engineer Joseph Walkerman. Dr and Mrs Baker host a noted reception with detailed staff and attendees and elegant refreshments.
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M. Beecher
Chapin Hall
News Force
James Mair
Philadelphia
J. R. Mitchell
Glade Run
Kane
Capt. Peirce
Lizzie
Greaves
Erie
J. H. Mitchell
Hartford
Janaway
Eugene Mitchell
Warren
New York
F. H. Rockwell
Theo. H. Messner
W.S. Carnahan
Jamestown
Joseph Walkerman
P. & E. Railroad
W. M. Baker
Aroline Arnett
W. F. Henry
Anna Rockwell
Tillie Richie
Florence Hall
L. D. Galligan
Anna Neill
Josephine Weible
Tidioute
Various Local Business and Community Notes
Community notices report cold weather, a closing out sale at Northrop's, new bakery by Ed Giesenbrecht in the Rogers block, and a Samuels Bros. store sale to Smart & Silberberg. Local oil, tanning, and railroad updates include the Crawford County Press Association formation, W.N.Y. & P. promotions for L J Archer, and Pennsylvanian oil report with declines in new production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Public Library
Miss Weiss
Royal Java
Golden Rio
Arabian Media
Boston
Berger & Hall’s
Titusville Oil Exchange
Rogers Block
Ed. Giesenbrecht
Ackley & Wheelock
Samuels Bros
Warren
Smart & Silberberg
Oil City
Smethport Miner
Fredonia
Local Church Meetings Highlight Yearly Session
The Presbyterian regular meeting reported a $800 deficit from 1894 wiped out by generous giving. A permanent pledges committee was formed with W. D. Brown as chairman. Trustees and treasurer re-elected. The Week of Prayer is observed with five meetings in the lecture room. First Lutheran saw two student preachers and officers installed. G A R post installed officers. Woman's Relief Corps installed new officers. Unclaimed letter notice for P. S. Fritts at Dugall, Warren Co. Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Copeland
J. P. Jefferson
M. W. Jefferson
W. D. McLaren
Col. Parmlee
First Lutheran
First Lutheran Church of
Warren
Will Bauer
Philadelphia
Ernest Trabert
Chicago
A. Hertzel
George Reig
Frank Schuler
C.J. Frantz
Trabert
Wilkesbarre
A. B. Markley
Jamestown
N. Y
Warren Church
C. A. Waters
Eben N. Ford
R. H. Smith
J. E. Wheeler
W. L. Wickoff
S. H. Davis
E. M. Pierce
L. T. Borchers
A. Cook
Mr. Kerr
James Berger
A. Ritzenthaler
J. M. Siegfried
C. H. Greenland
Republican Primaries Planned for Warren County
Warren Pa January 7 1896 Republican County Committee urges vigilantes and voters to nominate a full ticket at primaries on January 25 for borough and township officers to be elected February 18. Certificates must be signed sworn and filed by January 28 with county commissioners.
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Hogrs. Republican Co
Warren
Republican County Committee
Warren County
E. W. Parshall
J. W. Albrecht
Warren Borough Primaries and Nominations Details
Republican borough primaries set for Saturday January 25 1896 from 4 to 8 PM to nominate borough and ward officers with election on Tuesday February 18 1896 Positions include justice of the peace auditor high constable school directors town council assessor and others by ward First Ward at court house Second Ward at wagon shop Third Ward at town hall Fourth Ward at Struthers hose house Fifth Ward at Meads barn Sixth Ward at hotel The note ends with an advertising line stating Our customers are our best advertisers. That’s our opinion of our coffee.
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Borough of Warren
Court House
Wagon Shop
Town Hall
Struthers Hose House
Mead’s Barn
E. W. Parshall
Warren
Warren Town Council considers new water works plan
The Warren borough council discussed a proposed water works system with estimated cost 60 000 to 70 000 and revenue about 15 000 yearly. A bond increase to 100 000 was approved for a borough owned water system with voter approval at the February election.
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Warren
Boro
Wheelock
Conewango
Meredith
Messenger
Vision of the Shepherds tribute to a life of service
The sermon honors Albert D. Wood posthumously, praising a life devoted to higher ideals. It describes his field as work and his flocks as others he aided, stressing his deep religious vision, public spirit, and efforts for social betterment. He led the Social Science Club and supported libraries and culture, urging selfless action and humane citizenship.
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Matt
Albert D. Wood
Social Science Club
Public Library
Warren
Stephen Blackpool
Law Limits Funeral Attendance and Local Charities Sell Calendars
A 1895 act restricts attendance at funerals for deaths from cholera and other diseases to near adult relatives, with pallbearers allowed in. Randolphs Children’s Home issues a 1896 calendar to fund 146 children, priced at $1, to be mailed by Secretary Merrill. Sterlingworth Inn and Kent House in Lakewood are merged under one management led by President John C. Brady with planned improvements.
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Randolph
N. Y
Treasury
Charles Merrill
Kent House
Lakewood
John C. Brady
Wanted Homes for Two Boys and One Girl
WANTED homes for two boys aged nine and ten and a girl age eight. ALLEGHENY SPRINGS HOTEL OPEN We announce the hotel at Allegheny Sulphur Springs will be open for boarders all winter. Apply to Chas A W Nason at the hotel or Irvine, Warren Co Pa. Ask our customers about Sea Foam Flour. It cant be beat. Berger Hall Mra 70 cents per hundred. Feed 70 cents. These are our prices for strictly A No.1 goods. Note change in our list in this issue. Warren Mills Co.
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Allegheny Springs
Allegheny Sulphur Springs
Chas. A. W. Nason
Irvine
Warren Co. Pa
Berger & Hall
Warren Mills Co
Dwinnell, Wright & Co
Boston
Warren
Perry & Cameron
Flushing
Michigan
Chamberlain
Morris & Mallen
P. B. Canfield
Corydon
Thompson Hill News Notes And Local Moves
School started after a four week vacation. Miss Mabel Clark visits Mrs. James Marsh in Russell. G J King of Jackson Run visits relatives here. Thomas Cooper of Lander injured in a barn fall. Miss Hettie Preston of Lander ill. Laverne Hinsdale rents Noah Knapp’s farm. A petition to establish a local Post Office circulates. Grangers of Farmington had an oyster dinner. Charles Williams and Will Grunder headed to the lumber woods. Beware lamp wick protector swindle. Barton visits Lander then returns home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Hill
Mabel Clark
James Marsh
Russell
G. J. King
Jackson Run
Thomas Cooper
Lander
Hettie Preston
Laverne Hinsdale
Noah Knapp
Farmington
Charles Williams
Will Grunder
Lumber Woods
Lampwick
John Barton
Irvington M E Sunday school elects officers for year
The Irvington M E Sunday school elected Wm. A. Maines as Supt and Nelson J. Ault as Asst Supt for the coming year. Chas. J. Swanson is Librarian with Thomas Perks as Asst Librarian, Louisa Swanson as Secy and Mrs P. O'Brian as Treasurer.
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M. E. Sunday School
Wm. A. Maines
Nelson J. Ault
Chas. J. Swanson
Thomas Perks
Louisa Swanson
Sec
P. O’brian
Treas
Kelly
J. W. Hughes
M. E. Church
Holmstrom
Logan
Ohio
Charles Gillespie
Warren Mead
Erie
Laurie L. O’brian
A. B. McCormick
Dunn’s Eddy School House
McC
Alexander Christie
Tidioute
Leap year party lights up Tidioute social scene
In Encampment Hall revelers mark leap year with social dancing and late-night gaiety as young men and women celebrate. New Year’s calls by Misses Dunn Dawson Ellen Clarke Clara Siggins Mabie and Weible precede the festive flurry with friends in attendance.
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Dunn
Dawson
Ellen Clarke
Clara Siggins
Mabie
Weible
Bear Lake
C. F. VanEps
Mary A. VanEps
S. S. St. John
C. F. Graham
Cassius Parkhurst
Alice van- Eps
St. John’s
Columbus Lodge No
A. M
C. L. Chadwick
W. M
C. E. Walker
S.W
S. T. Cady
J. W
James Smith
Treas
W. H. Muzzy
Sec’y
C. C. Thompson
Warren
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement with 100 Dollar Reward
One hundred dollars reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio praised by West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists. Cure taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle. Testimonials free.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co. Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
O. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Ohio
Teachers Institute program at U B Church Chandlers Valley
Local institute to be held January 18 at the U B Church Chandlers Valley with a full program of songs papers recitations and duets. Speakers include Miss Rex ford Prof. Banton and J A Younie among others and the editor invites all families to attend.
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U. B
Chandlers Valley
Spillman
Mary Skinner
Lennie Warner
Iva Rhinehart
Mary Darling
Rexford
Jessie Burlin
C. E. Dupree
F. M. Patchen
General Practitioner Office Ad in Sill Building
Advertising a general practitioner with office in the Sill building at Third and Liberty streets. Specializes in diseases of women nervous disorders and stomach troubles. Office hours 10 to 12 A.M. and 2 to 4 P.M.
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Sill Building
Third
Liberty Streets
Mrs Louisa C Casemere Opens Warren Cleaners
Mrs Louisa C Casemere opens a clothes cleaning business at 305 Second Street Warren offering prompt service with a new French dry cleaning process for evening wear and all clothes. Ladies wraps remodeled and plush work featured. Also promotes One Minute Cough Cure and local products from Berger Hall.
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Louisa C. Casemere
Second Street
Warren
Glenn Dillon Marriage Notice in Buffalo
In Buffalo New York January 4 1896 Stephen B Glenn of Chicago and Sadie Dillon of Warren wed. Tuttle Corl notice in Jamestown New York January 4 1896 Eugene H Tuttle of Erie and Laura C Corl of Warren united in marriage.
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Glenn — Dillon
Buffalo, N. Y
Stephen B. Glenn
Chicago
Sadie Dillon
Warren
Obituaries: Margaret B Janaway Samuel Hillas Eunice Hamlin
Obituaries note Margaret B. Janaway of Warren aged about 30 died after a brief illness. Funeral at 4 P.M. on High Street and burial in Princeton New Jersey. Samuel Hillas of Glade Run, 69, died of consumption with a G A R funeral at 2 P.M. Eunice Hamlin, 91, died in Conewango at a local residence.
Clarion State Normal School Nears Ninth Year Milestone
The Clarion State Normal School will complete its ninth year as a state institution. Nearly 400 graduates have entered Pennsylvania public schools, including county and city superintendents and principals in many boroughs. The record reflects credit for a much older institution.
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Clarion State Normal School
The
Normal
Pennsylvania
Mont Taylor Held Over Post Office Robbery Charge
Mont Taylor was caught near Bear Lake and brought before Commissioner Hazeltine in Jamestown. He was committed to Little Valley jail to await a hearing on the Panama post office robbery charge.
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Mont Taylor
Panama
Bear Lake
Hazeltine
Jamestown
Little Valley
Hood's Sarsaparilla Testimonials and Humorous Exchange
Testimonials extol Hood's Sarsaparilla as blood purifying and health restoring, claiming appetite and strength gains and permanent cures for diseases from impure blood. Hood's Pills for liver and bowels are praised for prompt relief. A humorous exchange follows with Jack and Bess about a four-in-hand party and a tying request.
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Hood
Jack
Bess
No-to-bac tobacco cure offered as life saver
An advertisement touts No-to-bac as a guaranteed tobacco habit cure with money-back promise. It claims to strengthen nerves and vigor, and lists The Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago and New York offices, plus Siegfried & Co. in Warren as sellers. Also promotes sulphur water delivery, De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles, and Jacob Keller the Tailor with new fall and winter cloths.
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Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
Randolph St
New York
de Witt
F. H. Dixson
Maple Plank for Gang Plank Sold By C McMullen
200 green or seasoned sound hard maple planks surfaced one side and squared ends. Require price per plank in cash. Size 214 inches thick 12 inches wide and 16 feet long. Seller C McMullen Rock Glen Wyoming Co NY.
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C. McCmullen
Rock Glen
Wyoming Co
N. Y
Patent Spring flour and related goods advertised
Fragmentary OCR shows ads for patent spring flour and electric light related products with prices such as 25¢ to 4.00 for multiple sacks and unit pricing per hundred. The text is garbled but indicates consumer goods promotions and notices.
Northrop's Closing Sale Promises Winter Bargains
A compact ad section notes closing sale offerings at Northrop's with cut prices on Arctic wear and winter footwear. The page also promotes Dermal and patent remedies like Ayer's Pills and One Minute Cough Cure, plus jokes and anecdotes from the era.
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Ayer
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Warren, PA
Home Matters
Sarah Thompson
Stone
Allie Thompson
Minneapolis
East Warren
Louis H. Greenland
Bessie Greenland
H. P. Lorentzin
Busy Reader
Northrop
Crawford County
Crawford County Press Association
A. W. McCoy
Meadville
J. M. Bloss
Titusville
A. F. Moses
Cambridge
Secetary
A.C. Joy
Warren Co. Sunday School Association
M. E. Church of
Iteer
L. J. Archer
Brocton
Mirror
Sheffield
Glade Brookston
W. E. Henderson
F.h.rockwell & Co
Penn Tanning Co
Sheffield Warren Democrat
Andrew Wickstrom
Allen Block
Jacob Keller
Fehlman’s
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Brann
Alden
Main Street
East Water Street
Royal Street
Warren Boro
Cedar Street
Sycamore
I. Ss. Alden
A. A. Davis
Health Board
Man
A. D. Wood
Arthur R. Taylor
Eden
Browning
E. N. Smith
Irvington
DR. L. Sayles
C. H. Hunter & Son
Cash Bargain Dry Goods Store
Second St
A. A. Davis & CO
Tnd
Noyes’ Drug Store
Jacos Keller
Warren Mills
Pew
Qld
St. Louis
Morris & Mullen, Warren and
Noyes Drug Store
Adam
Eve
Mammoth Sale
the Warren Savings Bank
A. J. Hazeltine
O. W. Beaty
G. B. Ensworth
G. H. Jackson
C. W. Beaty
L. B. Wood
James Clark
Charles W. Stone
M. Burham
W. M. Lindsey
L. R. Freeman
C. Sigel
N. K. Wendelboe
Liberty St
Olean
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