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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1877
Page
3
The Warren Mail reports a deep snow season with six foot drifts in the streets and cold weather. Local notes include school term start, church sociables, theatre bills, and a survey of oil wells with several producing sites. Community events list a donation for Rev. Hulbert and civic updates on audits and municipal life.
The remains of Mrs. Duggan daughter of Mr. O H Hunter were brought from Charleston by her husband and father last week and buried in Oakland Cemetery, followed by many relatives and friends.
A lively, fragmentary column on heavy snow in Warren describes four feet of drifted snow on roofs and streets, trains delayed on the P and E Railroad, lumbermen halted by woods depth, and playful lines about sleighing and snow poems. A playful aside notes liverymen enjoy the season while a lone horseman remains popular with the girls.
At a late meeting of Laban Lodge No 52 Warren the officers for the term were installed led by P D W E Smith and D W Cowan with H L Lord A D Dr Berkstresser and others serving as officers and trustees. The order claims over 9000 members and reports a profitable savings plan and a $2000 death benefit.
Miss Phoebe Couzins of St Louis lectured to a fair audience last Friday and spoke again Saturday evening. The next lecture will be by C H Noyes on Friday evening December 26 on the subject Cornplanter. Noyes gave fine lectures last winters and we expect this will be one of his best. Be sure to attend.
A Jamestown Journal note recalls the 1877 New Year calling with no liquors on ladies’ tables, a custom long observed in Warren as well. The item also advertises Geo Ball & Co for children's dress needs at a modest price.
The advertisement notes a wide stock of mouldings suitable for frames and all kinds of pictures, advertised as very cheap at Will Smith's shop.
A brief note promotes Geo Ball and Co as the place to visit for stylish hats. The ad invites readers to shop for fashionable headwear at the store.
Last Tuesday's election produced returning board tallies for Warren Savines banks including Citizens National Youngsville Savinees and First National with listings of directors and officers. The report covers bank histories from 1864 to 1877, deposits, loans, and leadership changes, plus local notices on culture, infrastructure, and accidents.
A Wisconsin editor after Tilden bragged about buying a range replacing old cooking methods. He explains how a scientific range, costing 160 acres of land, transformed meals. An amusing exaggeration follows about failed repairs, then notes the invention remains a patent.
Unclaimed letters listed include J. W. Bowie Gilbert E. Fredenburg John Fin G. W. Gillson Miss Amy Holt Miss Cora Holt J. K. Harris Samuel Hazlett Hopkins Wright & Co Miss Maggie I. Inn Miss Beng L. Miller Oty Mason Prof C. W. Smith Jack Victorelle Miss Mary Wood. All not called for within four weeks will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. R Dannison P. M.
Local Forest County officials seek teams to haul bark from the Brookston tannery yard with bids sought from contractors in Brookston and nearby towns. Eligible bidders must meet scale and safety requirements and provide proof of insurance.
Geo Ball and Co adds jobbing trade to retail department selling clothing furnishings hats caps gloves hosiery neckwear and related items to dealers at wholesale like New York firms with reasonable terms for responsible parties.
Last Tuesday afternoon a horse attached to a sleigh panicked near Burgess store, throwing a lady and baby out. The horse then ran down the sidewalk scattering bystanders toward Carver House corner where Miss Ida Russell slipped and was knocked down. She suffered a broken bone in her left leg and a forehead bruise but is rapidly recovering with Dr Bartholomew tending the fracture.
List of jurors drawn for the February term of court starting Monday February 5 with names by township including Sugar Grove Glade Corydon Tidioute Warren Pleasant Deerfield Brokenstraw Youngeville Eldred Pine Grove Sheffield Spring Creek Farmington Freehold Pittsfield Columbus Mead and others listed.
The Oil City Derrick catalogs 2300 wells completed in 1876 with about 2000 pumpers and roughly 3000 additional barrels daily. Daily production rose from 27000 to 25000 by month start, while consumption rose from 28000 to 31000 35000 barrels. Average monthly production is listed for 22 100 in February through December 27 000 in September and 26 600 in November.
An Erie Observer sketch contrasts two newspaper subscribers as they settle arrears. One asks to pause delivery, while the other vows to square the account and prepay a year. The page also advertises Chromes and photographic supplies at Smith’s and wax flower materials at Morck & Co.
Advert reads that the Morning Glory Churn will make more butter from the same cream than any other churn. Also promoted is the film Little Nell and her Grandfather at Will Smith's Gallery with a call to visit for viewing.
A promotional notice extols a new volume detailing the Post Office department detectives and their methods to thwart mail theft and swindles. The prospectus promises a six hundred page octavo with two hundred illustrations and deluxe bindings offered at 3.00 or 3.50, with agent W. H. Comstock circulating in Warren.
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