Winter notices and social items from Warren in 1883
The Warren paper lists ice harvest commentary, upcoming events at Miss Nettie Hall’s, operatic bookings, and safety notes about icy sidewalks. It records numerous visitors and residents including Joseph Hall, Miss Mary Schofield, Miss Jennie Gould, Mrs. Fred P. James, and Hon. A. R. Schofield, plus weddings, business updates, and local society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hall
Louisville
Mary Schofield
Philadelphia
H. G. Eddy
Jennie Gould
Jamestown
G. W. King’s
Fred P. James
Mercer
Henry R. Bartlett
Greaves
John A. Hall
Atlanta
Georgia
Hall
Marman
A. K. McMullen
Geo. McMullen
Meadville
Grand Rapids
Michigan
E. H. Russe
Warren
Laura L. Snyder
Freemont
Ohio
Dutch Philip
W. Levens
Hazeltine
Whitcomb
Wagner
Jessie Dunham
Richard B. Stewart
M. B. Dunham
Baltimore
Washington
Virginia
Maix
Fred Jackson
G. A. Jackson
Alton Dalrymple
Oliver Dalrymple
Red River
Dakota
Dalrymple
Grandin Brothers
Tidioute
Youngsville
Col. Herald
North American Photo-Copying Co
N. Y
Col
Geo. A. Cobham
Sheriff Chase
Judge Johnson
Pressley N. Guthrie
18Th Regiment
N.G. P
Pittsburg
Adjt
Latta
Pattison
National Guard
Pennsylvania
A. C. Lanffer
Naperville
Carrie Haeberlin
Ottawa
Ill
Starrum
Evangelical Church
Chicago
Shuler
Naperville, Ill
Lauffer
Slick, Lauffer & Scott
Beautiful Pictures At Greaves Studio In Warren
W A Greaves near the Episcopal church displays a large new photographs collection valued over 2000 dollars from Joseph Willson and others. The exhibition lasts about ten days and includes framed works and engravings as well as frames and drawing supplies. Also promotions from McNett Co Greenland’s and 99 Cent Store offer furniture and music items. Greenland moves to Exchange block opposite the Post Office and pledges fair dealing. Parlor furniture and imported cigars are advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Greaves
Episcopal Church
Joseph Willson
London
Warren
Greaves
McNeit & Co
Greenland’s
N. Greenland
McNett & Co
L. G. Noyvis
Speer's Port Grape Wine Tops Centennial Awards
The best wine in the country at the Centennial is Speer's Port Grape Wine, now the most celebrated New Jersey product. Physicians rely on it as a pure remedy, used by weekly social circles and in Fifth Avenue society as an evening wine, alongside P. J. Brandy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speer
New Jersey
P. J
Fifth Avenue Society
Bank Elections and Officer Changes Across Local Banks
Annual bank elections held Jan 9 produced new leaders at First National with J. H. Eddy as President and R. Brown as Vice President. Citizens National Bank of Warren elected M. Waters as President and increased capital to 100000 dollars. Warken Savings retained officers led by L. F. Watson as President. Youngsville Savings named H. P. Kinnear as President and completed a full officers slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National
J. H. Eddy
R. Brown
Cashier
M. Beecher
L. D. Wetmore
G. H. Ames
R. K. Russell
Co. V. Kinnear
F. K. Russell
Teller
C. T. Conarro
R. C. Beecher
Boyd Heck
Geo. E. Ott
Civizens Natronal
Citizens National Bank of Warren
M. Waters
F. Henry
R. Dennison
Alden
Dennison
Moses Beecher
First National Bank of
Warren
State OF Pennsylvania
County of Warren
Robert Dennison
Citizens National Bank of
O. F. Hopfman
Petroleum Points in 87 to 90 Cents Range Delivers Dull Market
Oil exchange activity remains quiet with prices between 87 and 90 cents. Reed & Brenneman well produced about 1,700 barrels in the first 24 hours but did not sustain the market. Patterson well due today and Reno well around 700 barrels. more drilling planned for Cooper tract and Balltown. Anchor Oil Company may drill twenty to thirty wells if feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchange
Reed & Brenneman
Patterson
Reno
Cooper Tract
Balltown
Anchor Oil Company
United Pipe Lines Tankage and Oil Totals for 1883
The United Pipe Line Company reports January 1 1883 totals for iron and wooden tankage and overall stocks with liabilities. It notes sworn statements have been sworn since incorporation and are publicly available in Oil City. The piece also mentions multiple oil exchanges and a humorous anecdote about a broker and a lady customer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Pipe Lines
United Pipe Line Company
S.ccc
Oil City
Act of Assembly
Jamestown Oil Exchange
Warren Exchange
Clarendon’s Oil Exchange
Warren Oil Exchange
Washington County
Franklin Oil Exchange
People’s Oil Exchange
Warren County Schools Show Strength and Gaps in 1882
The State Superintendent report notes Warren County's solid school property value of 208681 and 43 permanent certificates. It records 169 total schoolhouses, 32 first class teachers, 250 female and 42 male teachers, and 598 children of school age not in school. It also highlights 158 badly ventilated rooms, 108 with injurious furniture, 164 lacking equipment, and 6 graded schools without proper apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higbee
Warren County
Arird
Local Institute at Lander Attended by Many Educators
The Teacher's Local Institute at Lander opened Friday at 1 PM in the school building with strong attendance. Supt. Arird and D A Arird led lessons in geography arithmetic and grammar while Miss Clara Ashton and Otis S Brown presented essays. Prof. R R Rogers from Jamestown spoke on teacher duties as residents applauded and a resolutions committee praised local institutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lander
Elmer M. Hodges
Clara P. Ashton
Arird
D. A. Arird
Supt. Arird
M. E
Otis S. Brown
Elmer Thompson
Elmer E. Hodges
E. M. Hodges
Clara Ashton
M. I Church
Glee Club
R. R. Rogers
Jamestown
Railroad notes on lines and stations across the region
The piece reports Farnsworth Valley trains not operating on Sundays and shows progress on the Rochester and Pittsburg line to Ridgway around the 15th. It lists reappointed P E R R surgeons from Warren to Kane, hints at double tracking Philadelphia and Erie from Lock Haven to Williamsport, and notes buyout of five Chautauqua Lake steamboats by B P W R Co. plus Salamanca depot work. It also covers rail consolidations, a new New Castle to Salamanca line, and national rail value estimates by Mr Mulhall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farnsworth Valley
Erie
Rochester & Pittsburg
Ridgway
Stranahan and
Bartholomew
Warren
McNett
Sheffield
Preston
Kane
Sunbury Daily
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad
Lock Haven
Williamsport
Chautauqua Lake Transit Company
Johnsonburg
Philadelphia & Erie
New York
Lake Erie & Western
Rochester
Derrick
Salamanca
Olean
Tonawanda Valley
Cuba
Bradford Eldred & Cuba
Wellsville
Bradford, Bordell & Kinzua
Bradford
Mulhall
United States
Great Britain
Across the Continent Play By Oliver Doud Byron
Oliver Doud Byron is booked for Roscoe Hall Monday evening January 22 in his melodrama Across the Continent. The Pittsburg Post lauds him as a master of clean American melodrama with well managed action and strong emotional acting, praising his company this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Doud Byron
Roscoe Hall
Pittsburg Post
Byron
Warren Scene Draws Visitors as Oil Talk Resurges
A Warren visitor notes the city’s beauty and thrift, recalling 1874 Bell strike era activity when Butler, Clarion and Venango producers bought territory. The piece mentions Major Hawkins, George Nesbitt, T. J. Vandergrift and others, with oil prospects and county line excitement echoed again in Cherry Grove. Wickstrom relocates his shoe shop to the Allen block, offering repairs and custom footwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Warren
Allegheny River
Butler, Clarion and
Venango
Cherry Grove
A Wickstrom
Liberty Street
Keller
Allen Block
A. Wickstrom
Almanac notes on holy days and planetary predictions
The blizzard summary lists Ash Wednesday February 7 Good Friday March 23 Easter March 25 Ascension May 3 and other calendar details. It notes Venus as morning star until September 20 Mercury periodic, planets guiding evening skies with Mars Jupiter Saturn, two solar and two lunar eclipses including partial lunar Oct 16, and a tropical year of 365 days 5 hours 59 minutes.
Unclaimed Letters at Warren Post Office 1883 Notice
In Warren Pa on January 13 1883 a list of names remains unclaimed at the Warren Post Office. Recipients must call within thirty days or their letters will go to the Dead Letter Office. Names include J W Abrams Wm Acocks Frank Bartley Ella Bruner J E Lawson John Beddo Edie Benton and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Post
Warren Co
Abrams
J. W. Jansson
Josef Acocks
Wm. Knapp
Erie Gazette notes 63rd year and local happenings in Jamestown
The Erie Gazette marks its 63rd anniversary and highlights Jamestown civic notes including a city status stance, a $500 public school telescope fund, a home talent show in King's Hall led by Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Lawrence, early closing hours for merchants, a fatal morphine overdose in Tidioute, and other regional items.]]
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Gazette
Jamestown
Jamestown Leader
Franklin Public Schools
King’s Hall
G. L. Lawrence
N. Y
D. &. Freeman
Tidioute
Venangoboro
Meadville
Niagara Falls
Fredonia National Bank
Erie
State Street
South Park Row
Brown’s Hotel
Chas. M. Reed
Forest County
Messrs. M. M. Seybolt
Wm. Black
Brookston
Horton, Crary & Co
Sheffield
Oswego County
Tionesta Republican
Drawn for February term of Court 1885
List of jurors drawn for the February 1885 term of court commencing February 4 in various towns including Youngsville Sugar Grove Pine Grove Warren Conewango Spring Creek Glade Tidioute Triumph Elk Pine Grove and others. Names include Arnott Belnap Brooks Brown Bush Brown Buck Briggs Cook Coates Cable Derry Evans Eldred Fisher Griffin Hale Hammond Hyatt Johnson Johnson Lincoln Lawson Logan Lounsbury McKain Mead Nichols Olney Reese Sonne Spicer Sample Thompson Trushel Walkerman Webb and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnott
L. C
Youngsville
Belnap
W. D
Brooks
John, Sr
Sugar Grove
Brown
W.S
Farmington
Bush
Willis
Columbus
G. W
Buck
George
Briggs
Allen
Pine Grove
Cook
Coates
E. L
Glade
Cable
J. B
Derry
Triumph
Evans
H. Y
Tidioute
Eldred
Samuel
Fisher
L. D
Andrew
Warren
Griffin
W. 8
Conewango
Hale
David
Hammond
G. F. Pittsfield
Hyatt
W. H
Johnson
Spring Creek
Lincoln
Lawson
J. W
Logan
I. C
Lounsbury
Elk
McKain
D.S
Deerfield
Mead
Brokenstraw
Nichols
Ira
Olney
J. M
Reese
C. F
Sonne
Peter
Spicer
Ezra
Sheffield
Sample
Thompson
E. W
Trushel
P. J
Walkerman
Joseph
Webb, D. O
Grand Lodge of United Workmen installs officers in Pittsburg
The Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen state meeting in Pittsburg installed officers for the year including John H. Mowen as Grand Master Workman and C. M. Roush as Grand Foreman. Delegates from 196 lodges attended. The annual report shows 1969 beneficiary certificates issued 109 deaths and 22000 dollars paid from the beneficiary fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge of the Ancient Orer of United Workmen
Pittsburg
W. H. James
Philadelphia
John H. Mowen
C. M. Roush
Meadville
J. C. Smith
J. M. McNair
O. K. Gardner
H. P. G. Carnes
Turkey City
A. Carroll
Warren
Supreme Lodge
J. H. Lenhart
Charles Babst Emlenton
J. M. Stevenson
Lodge
Reeder Moore Suicide and Stafford Rape Case Tangle
A man named Reeder Moore shot himself at Waterford after a breakup with a woman. Before dying he confessed that his perjured testimony convicted Charles Stafford of rape eight years ago, and Stafford remains jailed for twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeder Moore
Waterford
Charles Stafford
Moore
Stafford
Detroit
99 Cent Store Basket and Hamper Sale Ad
Local ad lists baskets hampers clothes market lunch and work items at the 99 Cent Store. Tin lined and fancy baskets featured in a compact promotional note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
99 Cent
Seaver Union installs officers and local notes
County correspondence reports Seaver Union officers installed at the last meeting with an oyster supper hosted by the incoming president and ladies. The Spring Creek depot nears completion and will be a credit to the railroad. Schools fare well under competent teachers with good pay. A Baptist church protracted meeting on Oil Creek road continues. Dr Bixby died January 2 after a long illness, leaving many friends and patrons. Dom Pedro notes a query about notice and Justice Cornelius. January 15, 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quarles
Ntre Nous
Episcopal Church
Jordan
Warren
Williams
Adelphia
First National Bank
Warren Library Association
W. D. Brown
A. J. Hazeltine
R. P. King
C. Dinsmoor
R. Brown
W. A. Rankin
Gov. Stone
C. H. Noyes
J. P. Jefferson
Warren Oil Exchange
Bradford Era
United Lines
Bradford
Oil City
Warren Exchange
Riverside
Cal
W. W. Smith
California
Seaver Union
Spring Creek
Baptist Church
Oil Creek Road
Bixby
Cornelius
Local notes from Crawford county and surrounding towns
A splash of social visits unfolds with Tidioute and nearby locals including Miss May Kemble, Mrs Lizzie Miller, Capt Taggart, and Miss Sue Osborne visiting relatives. The piece records moves of teachers, arrivals from Meadville and Bradford, a house fire on Economy Hill, and ongoing regional industry and transport updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Kemble
Miss May
Crawford County
Lizzie Miller
Pittsburg
Capt
Taggart
George Williams
Sewickleyville
E. B. Grandin
Sue Osborne
Geo. Binney
Harry Kuhn
Warren
P. Maurow
Bradford
Albert Dunn
Bertha Gorman
Tidioute
S. H. Evans
Etla Evans
Clarendon School
Dover
N. J
Ella Morrison
Schelcop
Economy Hill
Anna Macdonald
Meadville
Chancy Edwards
Evie
Willis Jamieson
Pleasantville
Courson Boys
Fred
Bellefonte Board of Trade elects Gen. Beaver president
The newly formed Bellefonte Board of Trade names Gen. Beaver as its first president. Lock Haven forms a baseball club for next season. A Cambria county novelty notes a horse with an artificial leg. Philadelphia judge rules atheists and others lacking belief are incompetent as witnesses. Greene county court rejects liquor licenses. no licensed house in six years. A fatal boiler-house fire at the Craig farm near Karns City leaves two youths dead. George L. Huston builds iron house on solid rock foundation with hollow walls for hot air and smoke channels. A Clinton county court case notes a wife selling her stove to attend her husband’s trial, praising her fidelity. McNett & Co advertises fine parlor suites and upholstery. Warren county gains new lounges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Beaver
Board of Trade of
Bellefonte
Lock Haven
Cambria County
Philadelphia
Briggs
Greene County
Craig Farm
Karns City
Butler County
James
Harry Leonard
George L. Huston
Parkersburg
Obituaries: Mrs P A Newgren and Albert Hanhart
In Pine Grove on January 5 1883 died Mrs P A Newgren aged 28 years four months. In Warren on January 8 1883 died Albert Hanhart aged 15 years nine months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newgren
Pine Grove
P. A. Newgren
Hanhart
Warren
Albert Hanhart
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Che Mareen Mail
Home Matters
New England
N. E. College
Edinboro
Wastep
D. Cornenl
Hazel St
Bank Elections
Railroad Record
Dr. Day
Joan Fannin, Sr
Ridgway, Pa
D. C. Allen
P. M. Warren
Grand Jury of
Chautauqua Co
Chautauqua County
Carbon County
Supreme Court
Stan
Dom Pedro
Lower
Erastus Barnes
Dart & Roberts
Barnes
Wm. McNair
Lizzie
L. B. Schofield
Selma
Ala
Austin
Gleaner
Clinton County
MecNett & Co
M. Shear & Brother’s
Gran
LE Atzain
Dolmans
Ulsterettes
M. Shear & Brother
Parmlee & Henry, Warren, Penn’a
E "Ronse
Nelson
Greenland
Exchange Block
Water Street
Warren, Pa
N. Greenlund
L. G. Noyes
Wells & Noyes
First National Bank of Warren
Eport
DEC
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U.S
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Total
Eddy
K. Ae L
G, H. Ames
Bairstow
Citizens National Bank
Nickels & Peeries
Aters
Parmlee
Henry
Sola Py
J. K. Weaver
J. DaXeRat
Variety Hall
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