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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1883
Page
3
The Warren Mail notes a January ice storm with burst pipes and frozen water mains. It lists church meeting disruptions, early closing of dry goods shops, and a borough election soon. It praises J. R. Bowers and Warren Water Works for fire safety, and features local businesses and fraternal lodge officers.
Personal paragraphs cover various health updates and local changes. Dr. D V Stranahan leaves for Hot Springs. John Sanderson ill with typhoid. Miss Flo Kinskey convalescent. Hon C B Curtis gravely ill. Sheriff Randall near retirement. W J Morris moves. Mrs Mason ill. several deaths among young married women. relief agent for German floods. H H Goucher may relocate and subscribes to Main. Orr resigns as North Clarendon Postmaster replaced by H F Norris. Orr & Dunkle open Warren office.
A fine gold watch is offered at Merck Bros Jewelry Store for $200. The ad invites customers to call and see the bargain as a special sale item.
New two story house and let for rent in Glade ten minutes from the post office. For particulars inquire of F. A. Weld at Piso building Warren Pa.
At the furniture store across from the Post Office you will find the latest styles of parlor and chamber suites at very low prices. N. GREENLAND. McNett & Co. have twelve styles of Chamber Suits in walnut, and as many ash. Stationery and Toilet Goods at L. G. Noyes.
Adjutant General James W. Latta briefs Governor Hoyt on a decade of militia reorganization. He notes three cavalry companies, three artillery batteries, and 131 infantry companies forming fifteen regiments and a battalion with two detachments. The force includes 584 officers and 7,636 enlisted men across three brigades making one division.
The Mar seeks regular county correspondents in every town. We will provide stationery and postage free of charge. Send timely verifiable news and we will assist in shaping it for publication.
P Greenland announces a vast cash stock of furniture of every description to be sold very low before the holidays. The ad cites location next to the Episcopal Church and promotes various items from parlor suits to cabinets. It also includes testimonials and mentions Wells toothpaste and local merchants McNett & Co.
Warren residents report daily afternoon horse races on Water Street between Revere House and the Carver House. Owners present fast teams and colorful sleighs as crowds watch, with many animals capable of mile runs under three minutes. Notable drivers include Wetmore, Shirley, and Goodwin guiding multiple prized horses amid growing town excitement.
Advertises a Parlor Suite and upholstered chairs from McNerr & Co. Also promotes cheap cash furniture from P Greenland located near the Episcopal Church in Warren Pennsylvania.
The era reports Patterson still tied up by a large strike of activity while price holds 78 to 94. Connelly well near Cooper tract is dry, cutting off a southward extension. Grandin No 1 yields 280 barrels. Shannon & Co plan a well near Murphy this week. Forest City appears as a growing oil town near Warren county line with new buildings and active property transfers.
The Mar switches to a Backus water motor with 120 psi pressure from the city water works, offering safer and cheaper operation than steam. Cottrell & Co. supply an Air Spring Country Press, $1,100 in New York, with plans to run three presses off the motor. John Bowers, the Water Works Engineer, can arrange hookups for one to ten horsepower.
Allegheny Valley and the New York Pennsylvania and Ohio railways arrange a bridge project over the Allegheny at Franklin. The middle division notes two lady operators Miss Arnie M Hayes and A Birmingham and Warren’s Miss Cole noted among the best on the western division. Pennsylvania road starts building hospital cars for injured workers to be placed on main line branches. The Mart received an invitation to a Tuesday excursion by B N Y P and Allegany Central railroads on a Rochester to Olean route with W S Baldwin supervising the arrangements.
The Corry Telegraph urges citizens to support local manufacturing by promoting products made in Corry. Emphasizing that even small establishments contribute to growth, it calls for steady effort to recommend and purchase local goods, arguing narrow savings and broader wealth through home industry.
Late statistics show the telephone is more generally used in the United States than in any other nation. New York has 4,060 subscribers, Chicago 2,726, Cincinnati 1,880, Boston 1,325, and San Francisco 1,300, with the country total surpassing 100,000. Some small towns under 1,000 population boast 30 to 50 subscribers. Paris ranks third overall with 2,422 subscribers, London 1,600, Amsterdam 700, Stockholm 672, Vienna 600, Berlin 581, Brussels 450, Turin 410, Copenhagen 400, Mexico 300, St. Petersburg 145, and Alexandria 118.
The 1882 annual report lists officers including President L D Wetmore and Dr John Curwen as Superintendent. It records 234 admissions, 78 discharges, and 355 in care at year end with 23 deaths and 23 improvements. The board explains rate reductions to two dollars and fifty cents weekly, aims to ease county and township burden, and notes fiscal views on taxation and local funding.
A note from N Greenlund thanks friends for past patronage while away from the business place. He announces relocation to the Exchange block opposite the Post office with better facilities and invites everyone to visit. He pledges prompt attention and fair dealing and restates the motto Live and let live.
Jacob Keller the Tailor announces a large stock of Fall Suitings Overcoatings and Pantaloons both imported and domestic. He offers latest fall and winter styles with a guarantee of satisfaction. Located upstairs on Second Street near Liberty.
It is a clear vegetable hair restorer that frees the head from dandruff restores gray hair to natural color and prompts new growth without harming health. It darkens faded hair to a glossy brown in days. Sold by Smith Kline Co. and Hall & Ruckel with bottles warranted.
The Yes Tooth Powder is offered for sale by Johnson and Siegfreid, highlighting a dental care product available through the firm.
Reports cover a house fire in Union City caused by a defective chimney, a Sheffield Teachers Institute with Supt. H S Jones address, 1882 county sheep losses and dog tax, Hemlock log abundance on the Allegheny River, a Jamestown cross made from redeemed currency, a Garland man’s suicide linked to unrequited affection, Oil City W A telegraph office expansion and staff growth, and Smith school Glade Township first half term attendance with names of scholars and the teacher Alice Dinsmore.
The Sugar Grove society held its annual meeting last Tuesday with President W A Younie calling the session to order. Officers elected include President Jerome Babcock Secretary D B Jagger Treasurer John B Hamilton and numerous vice presidents and superintendents with the next fair scheduled for September 11 12 and 13 1883.
A young man reports spending 40 dollars at the Edinboro Normal School last fall and receiving more than 200 dollars in value. He says he would not take 200 dollars for what he gained from the experience.
A Warren Pennsylvania post office notice lists unclaimed letters with addressees including Gustaf Anderson Joseph Burns C E Parker Lon Baker Wallieark James Burgie Rica Parker Mrs E H Carroll Mary Ann Robinson Horace Childs Mrs F B Roberts H C Badgett P W Rothchild Mrs Mary English Mrs J C Shawl Harry Gardner L A Scott H Green UC H Scott Caroline Janson Fred Smith Harry Jones Leah Reporter and Farmer Long Farnam Reid Brenneman Co Lewis Jas G Trace H D Lendmark Lars E Turner C Longwell R C Willson Mary Ward Archie DeForest. Callers must provide advertising date. letters unclaimed after 30 days go to Dead Letter Office. Also assorted notices and local ads follow.
The wife of the celebrated Dr. Tan Ner has settled in France after divorcing him over his proposed dietetic experiments. The Medical Reporter cautions, First boil and then filter all your drinking water, to laugh at disease from impure water.
Dr. E. H. Jones of the New York Board of Health testifies to the superior qualities of Port Wine produced by Mr. A. Speer of Passaic New Jersey. He recommends it for the sick and debilitated and says he will continue to use and promote it in his practice.
Spring Creek reports c. C Woodruff plan to move to Wisconsin with hopes of making it home. Oyster supper at the Station tonight funds church building. News of nearby visits, a snow drift halting lumbering, blacksmith rental, bell subscription drive for Congregational church, and school at fifty pupils led by Emma Platt. Married Arvilla Fancher to Curtis M Goodwin at Wrightsville home. May prosperity to the couple.
The Sugar Grove column reports the Agricultural Society meeting electing Jerome Babcock as president and D. B. Jagger as secretary with John B. Hamilton as treasurer. It notes a successful A O U W supper despite poor weather, a funeral for Carl Curtis, a wedding of W Dalrymple and Ina Haggerty with $125 in gold gifts, visits from Warren, lodge meetings, a new roof for Masonic Hall, Emry Davis selling the Stillson place, Clem Curtis and wife returning from the West, and student sickness threats as of January 22, 1883.
The city has fifteen Sunday papers the most in the country. State Dairymen's Association to meet in Meadville on February 7 and 8. A State Temperance Convention will be held in Harrisburg February 8 and 9 with Ex Governor St John of Kansas to speak. Ex-County Commissioners Carson and Ebner convicted of embezzlement sent to penitentiary. Mercer County Medical Society targets physicians practicing without diplomas. Pennsylvania fares better than Massachusetts in net debt per capita. McNett & Co advertise holiday goods and parlor suits. Imported cigars offered at L G Noyes drug store.
Marriage notices record J A Hackney of Waren to Donna J Munger Stockton on Jan 18 1883 Rev J W Martin. Ed Wilcox of Glade to Mary K Tanner of Philadelphia Jan 6 1883 officiated by R Schaur Esq. Jerry C Hammond of Franklin Vermont to Ida A Schuler of Columbus Jan 10 1883 Rev L L Spencer.
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