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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1887
Page
3
A column of personal notices, meetings, entertainments, ads and events in Warren Pennsylvania. Items include a life insurance quip, theatre, skating rink rivalry, a caveat on gas heat, property ads, a Citizens Association push for manufacturing, school and county notices, and a farewell gathering for future Secretary of the Commonwealth C. W. Stone.
The younger pupils of Union School invite parents and friends to Library Hall next Wednesday at 2 p.m. to view reading, numbers, prize declamations, a spelling contest, and other exercises. Admission is free. An academic department oral exam runs Friday all day with Senior class from 2 to 4 p.m. and other classes 9 to 12. The school work exhibit begins Wednesday the 26th and runs through the week.
The annual election of Warren Bank officers was held last Tuesday January 11. First National Directors L D Wetmore J H Eddy G H Ames Mrs M I Mead A T Scofield R Brown M Beecher President L D Wetmore Vice President G J E Ames Cashier M Beecher Teller F K Russell Citizens National Directors M Waters G N Parmlee B P Johnson A Hertzel W D Brown S V Davis H A Jamieson A T Scofield F Henry President M Waters Vice President F Henry Cashier D L Gerould Teller F E Hertzel Parmlee resigns and Gerould becomes Cashier Warren Savings Directors L F Watson D H Hunter M B Dunham A J Hazeltine B Nesmith James Clark L B Freeman President L F Watson Vice President B Nesmith Cashier A J Hazeltine Teller Geo Ensworth
Classified notes show cheap boots and shoes at C P Northrrop and bargain pants from F R Retterer on Front Street. A. Ruhlman opens a new room opposite Carver House touting fresh merchandise. C H Meacham & Co advertise representing long established insurers in the United States and England. Oneida promotes quick sales with small profits. N K Wendleboe lists oil cloth styles.
The article recounts the death of C. Ed Vosburg a Warren man aged about 25 who died in a Bradford jail cell after drinking liquor and using opium. It criticizes police handling alleging excessive force and neglect noting no care during the seven hours before discovery and questions accountability of officials and his friend who abandoned him.
Ford recounts Ed. pressing for smoking and drinking with a Chinaman. Ed. showed a cabalistic paper and claimed the pipe would sober him after a minute. he admitted a daily habit and possession of a letter that would ensure a smoke anywhere in the United States. Authorities pledged to investigate the matter.
Isaac Harris's Directory for 1836 7 paints Warren as a borough seat of justice on the Allegheny river just below Conewango mouth. City Point adds a new village over the Conewango with a fine bridge, 250 houses, and a bustling mix of stores, trades, and crafts, including courts, churches, schools, mills, inns, and a growing skilled workforce.
The Librarian reports 149 ticket members to Jan 8, 4,217 books, 4,655 yearly circulation, and 388 monthly average. Donations total 211 volumes, purchases 387, 187 more than any prior year. Secretary and Treasurer show $3,149.08 income and $2,968.31 expenditures, with $893.76 on hand plus rents due.
Stockholders at the annual meeting elected directors Robert Newland Solomon Jones Daniel Griswold Edward C Bailey Fred A Bently Robert N Marvin George S Gifford. Directors later re elected Newland president Bently vice president Gifford cashier. Tew s Bank City National lists directors George W Tew Willis Tew M L Fenton H H Gifford W S Cameron Jeremiah Hotchkiss and John J Whitney. Officers named George W Tew president Willis Tew vice president C H Tew cashier Herbert W Tew assistant cashier.
The second annual clearing sale at C. P. Northrop's Cash Boot and Shoe Store began January 12 and runs three weeks. Goods are sold regardless of cost to clear room for spring stock. Prices include a $7 shoe for $3.50, $5 shoe for $2.50, $1 per pair on some items, and men’s calf boots at $1.90. Slippers from 25 cents, kid boots for men and boys from 75 cents, all cash only at 13 Second Street Warren, Pennsylvania.
The Bradford Era notes a Mongolian figure who allowed a youth to smoke, remains in county jail, while authorities face critics over long-standing conditions. The piece casts doubt on justice and hints past ruin due to lax oversight, warning of continued risk to visitors and inmates alike.
A Bear Lake Record note says B A West hauled 9 650 pounds of lumber from Pine Valley to Corry in one load with one team last week. Readers quip that horses deserve some credit for the effort and question printing the driver’s name.
The advertisement page touts Ruhlmans New Room opposite Carver House serving oysters in all styles and inviting patrons to enjoy dishes of oysters. It claims superior boot and shoe stock from C P Northrop and promises customer satisfaction. Other notices offer cash for rags and old rubber shoes at Johnsons Exchange with a large wallpaper stock from N K Wendell and a commitment to value.
Bradford plans a ball nine to join the State league. Pennsylvania and New York drilled 3 512 wells in 1886, 578 were dry. Edwin Kingsley, 63, died at Titusville January 14. Wooden shoes still made in Clymer New York. Clarendon Mutual Gas Association stockholders celebrated their new gas well. Irving Horn’s body from Mt Sterling Ill. brought for burial in Spring Creek. Chautauqua Assembly Trustees met in Meadville electing Miller Root Studebaker Miller Skinner Duncan. Telegraphed greeting sent to Dr. J H Vincent in France. Undertaker’s Convention in Titusville adjourned to Erie. officers listed. Mrs. Larsen, missing, found at Rouse Hospital after travels. Erie Gazette, 67, founded by Josepu M Sterrett. later Sterrett & Gara, now in other hands but influential.
Morse Collins Heasley No 6 shows well and No 7 rig up while No 8 is being built. multiple drills advance with belt connections, new boiler house and machine shop rising on the lease. Dew Drop production declines as McElree Porter remain the only drillers there. Community notes include illness typhoid fever for barber Frank Caro, convalescence for S W Rice’s boy, visitors from Darlington, Lizzie Andrews opening a dress shop, and a housing shortage with no vacant dwellings amid full factory runs.
A farmers club offer extends our Mar and American Agriculturist for $2.60 year plus a 250 page Poultry Book with 100 illustrations for $1 and three engravings of Our Farmer Presidents. All items total $3, a limited time deal aimed at every farmer in Warren County.
At Pittsburg on January 11 the annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania of the Ancient Order of United Workmen opened. As of November 30 1886 the membership stood at 14989 with 266710 collected in assessments and 254012 paid as death losses. Officers elected were installed including Grand Master Workman William A Dougan of Meadville Grand Foreman Alfred Frank Curtis of Philadelphia Grand Overseer Sheridan Gorton of McKean County Grand Recorder J M McNair of Allegheny Grand Receiver O K Gardner of Pittsburg Grand Guide William M Brinton Grand Warden A Carroll of Warren Grand Trustee W H Klingsmith of Greensburg and representatives to the Supreme Lodge Joseph C Smith of Philadelphia C M Boush of Meadville and Charles Bobst of Pittsburg.
The Youngsville I O O F Lodge No 500 announces the death of Brother Peter McKinney. The obituary notes his liberality, genial disposition, devotion to family and lodge, and bids farewell with a resolve to honor his memory. A mourning period, copies to family and Warren papers, and Charter draping for 30 days are ordered. Also includes local funeral furniture ad and business notices.
January items describe Wright and McArthur enlarging their store by moving a partition, with local social notes on Mrs. Shatt’s Pittsfield visit, a child’s burial in Fluvanna, whooping cough, and praise for Aunt Mary Irvine. Anecdotes include the Dempsey visit, creamery talk, and a memorial for Aunt Mary. Kinzua notes report Rev. H N Cornish’s temperance sermons and calls for temperance event planning.
Sugar Grove details a series of temperance meetings led by Rev. Clark in Seminary Chapel next week, plus an evening at McDonald's Hall on Thursday January 20 with the Union School production Down by the Sea. Also notes late mail, a Congress promise railroad, a Sugar Grove fair planned for September 13-15, 1887, Edgar Dennison's death, cattle weights, school vacation, and sleighing parties.
A Bell Bros remnant and clearance sale begins Wednesday January 12 1887 and runs to clear out stock. Short ends of all wool cashmeres 25 cents regular 50 cents. Parisian dress goods remnants 48 55 68 cents half price. Silks remnants 20 38 50 65 75 cents. Satin and Gros Grain ribbons 5 cents. Corsets 10 cents. Remnants include hoods toboggans caps mittens hosiery underwear prints ginghams muslins Canton flannels shirts. Prices marked almost nominal.
Our clearance sale offers one third reductions on all piece goods. 1000 yards Pacific half wool cashmeres at 6 cents, 124 cents value. Boucle and brocade and striped dress goods 122 cents, down from 25 cents. Jamestown serges at 182 cents. Striped novelties 25 cents, down from 40. Tufted velvets 35 cents, down from 75. Velvets at same reduction, 6 4 Tricot flannels at 623 cents, regular price 1.
Advertised textile sale lists all blanket grades with a uniform price reduction of one third. The notice highlights lower prices across the range, inviting customers to choose from the discounted stock.
Carpets, oil cloths, mats and related items offered at deep discounts over a ten days sale. Hemps 15c, cotton chains 18c, best extra supers 45c, all wool extra super 60c. Tapestries 44, 57, 68 and 75c, body Brussels also at reduced prices.
The notice lists price reductions on sacs and shawls with multiple items. Newmarkets and bouclé jackets are offered at specific prices, plush items cut to half, and no prices repeated after the sale expiration. All transactions require strict cash payment.
In Buffalo New York January 13 1887 John B Cable marries Susie V Foss both of Warren Pennsylvania. In Boomertown New York at Mr O W Smiley residence Rev J F Stocker unites W C Ball and Mary May both of Sheffield Pennsylvania. In North Clarendon Pennsylvania January 6 1887 at Dr J Russell residence Rev P S Allen joins A W Storey of Petrolia Pennsylvania and Mrs Hogan of North Clarendon.
In Painesville Ohio Mrs A A Riwa of Warren died January 15 1887 aged about unreadable. Mrs John Hudson of Columbus Pennsylvania died January 9 1887 aged 65 years. Mr Freedom Haskins of Fentonville New York died December 24 1887 aged 83 years 5 months 20 days.
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