Winter community notes and church notices in Warren county
Local items describe winter weather and sleighing, church revival meetings at the Baptist and M E churches, a Ladies Missionary Society benefit at Mrs F Henry's, and an election day church dinner. Advertisements promote Hunter and Son winter goods, Warren feed store, and L A Rogers flour and feed. Mutilated coin policy and charity impact cited with a church coin offering story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Baptist Church
Warren County
Corydon
Ss. B. M
Hunter & Son
Warren Feed
Page
L. A. Rogers
Elmira
Reform the Warren Street Boys and Safe Home Night Guidance
A Warren article warns of many local boys amid street education and rising depravity. It urges parental supervision and officials to redirect youth away from spampered gatherings at Roscoe Hall and street corners to prevent jail or reform school outcomes. Also notes a job ad seeking a general housemaid for Lock Box 20 Warren Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Roscoe Hall
Warren, Pa
Widow Bedott Papers come to Roscoe Hall Thursday
Miss Helen Coleman stars in an amusing Widow Bedott dramatization with Mr. J Frank Wynkoop as the Elder at Roscoe Hall on Thursday January 26. Tickets may be reserved at L G Noyes drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Coleman
No Court Next Month
The February term will not be held as Judge Brown cannot procure a judge to try the cases. An argument Court will be held February 6 and the next regular Court begins March 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Dead Letters From Warren Postal Office 1882
In Warren Pennsylvania 1882 a list of undelivered mail includes numerous names such as John A Anderson Annie Anderson Gust. Adam Matbis Carlesson G. A. Copeland Herman Davison Rev J. T Davis Nellie Fefler P Gustafsson and others. All not called for within four weeks will be sent to the Dead Letter Office by D C Allen postmaster.
Personal items and local notices from Ridgway
Personal notes from Ridgway and surrounding towns list travels, illnesses, visits, and upcoming local events. Mentions Mr E B Grandin going to Arkansas, visits by Misses Moore, illnesses of Dr Danforth and Mrs Leflard, Greaves, Schnur, Booth, Orr, and Rogers, and Capt Parmlee ordered to preside at a Ridgway company election. Also notes a Philadelphia Press report on Dr John Curwen’s liberal approach to insanity and a University of Pennsylvania lecture attended by many physicians and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Grandin
Tidioute
Slot Springs
Arkansas
Ella
Celia Moore
Luthersburg
Jamestown
Ridgway Company
Schoening
Philadelphia Press
John Curwen
Warren
University Chapel
Curwen
D. Hayes Agnew
Horatio C. Wood
James Tyson
Horace Y. Evans
J. Hi. Hutchinson
H. JF. Formad
Hunter
Alumni Association
Obituary: John F. Davis dies at Warren aged 71
John F. Davis, a long time Warren resident and merchant, died on the 19th. Born in Saratoga New York in 1810 he would have turned 72 next May. A zealous Odd Fellow he helped establish Oakland Cemetery and led funeral services for many years. Rev Rankin officiated at the house as brethren of the mystic tie conducted his burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Davis
Warren
Tie
Saratoga
N. Y
Oakland Cemetery
Warren Lodge
Mystic Tie
Obituary of Maine-born architect and builder
Died Sunday January 22 1882 a Maine born man who would have been 50 in March after long illness from Bright's disease. A skilled architect carpenter and builder who designed the Episcopal Church and many residences including those of Judge R Brown and Robt Dennison. He supervised the Court House project and also built Ridgway Court House. Funeral held today from his house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Bright
Episcopal Church
R. Brown
Robt. Dennison
Mr. White
Ridgway
Elk County
Library building proposal for Warren funded by donor
Hon Thomas Struthers proposes a fine Library building be donated to the Warren Library Association if a suitable lot is provided. A committee including Judge W D Brown Lt Gov Stone M Beecher C Dinsmoor and A J Hazeltine will pursue a business location quickly. They seek a lot now to erect a building large enough for one or two stores and a lecture room to make the library self sustaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Struthers
Warren Library Association
W. D. Brown
Richburg OW Echo Praises Local Oil Leader
The Richburg OW Echo extols a prominent oil producer as a model of character, noting generosity, readiness to help the unfortunate, and a rough exterior masking a giving nature. The piece argues there are few men as upright as this producer in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richburg OW
Lie
Robbed by Jamestown Gamblers
Jamestown police report excitement over a claim by J D Rogers of Freehold Pennsylvania that he was robbed of 400 dollars by Gid Rogers and several others during a draw game. Rogers cannot recall all names and no arrests or clues have been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
N. Y
Elmira
J. D. Rogers
Freehold
Gid Rogers
Boarding Wanted in House of T. E. Barnes Nearby
Boarders sought for rooms in a house lately occupied by T. E. Barnes beside R. K. Russell's. Terms set at four dollars per week or seventy five cents per day. Also note M. FE. Stannarp and L. G. N voyes Druggist offer paints and related goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Barnes
R. K. Russell
Railroad Record Notes on Western Extension Progress
The Buffalo, Pittsburg and Western line reaches Dunkirk with a planned link to Warren and Kinzua and a faster Warren extension train via Oil City. Bridge work at Salamanca continues, with a target rail to Kinzua by mid February, while safety rules and undercarriage equipment are discussed, ending with a rebuke to rude railway staff behavior and a reminder to assist passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo, Pittsburg
Warren
Kinzua Village
Oil City
Irvington
Bradford
Salamanca
Big Bend
Kinzua
Hudson River Road
Pennsylvania
Pathfinder
R. R
Bradford Rail System Profits From Oil Boom in New York
Buffalo Express reports Bradford area railroads tied to Buffalo capital show high returns. Railroads include Bradford Bordell and Smethport with 25 percent yearly dividends, Olean Bradford and Warren paying 50 percent, Kendall and Eldred with mixed dividends and a plank road profit, plus new narrow gauge lines near Alleghany county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Buffalo Capital
Buffalo
Olean, Bradford, & Warren Railroad
Kendall & Eldred Railroad
Alleghany Couny
N. Y
Buffalo Express
Tannery Planned near Reynoldsville and Other State Notes
State notes report a large tannery to be built near Reynoldsville next summer and electric light to reach Renovo railroad shops. Clarion county requires vaccination for school entry. The Supreme Court will hear the legislative salary case on Thursday February 2. The Pittsburg Oivixdhance plans a 250000 building for its business. Widespread rot of apples and potatoes due to warm weather. The Clarion Democrat notes a proposed law restricting remarriage until first wife’s funeral expenses are paid. The Board of Pardons has denied executive clemency in murder cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynoldsville
Renovo
Clarion County
Supreme Court
Pittsburg Oivixdhance
Clarion Democrat
A Twenty Dollar Biblical Reward Puzzle
Rutledge's Monthly February offers a $20 gold prize to the person naming the shortest verse in the Old Testament by February 10, 1882. Send 20 cents for a March issue and the winner's name and address will be published with the correct answer. Address BurtepGe Pus.is Hina Company Easton Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutledge’s Monthly
BurtepGe Pus
Hina Company
Easton, Pa
Crawford county and vicinity news roundup
A mixed summary notes women suffrage activity in Crawford County, local industry gaps in Erie shops, and Jamestown steamer construction. It covers a Corry meeting, Jewish Erie plans, a Jackson's Hall ball, Knapp furniture sale, school pupils honorees, Ellington entertainment, and several county fair finances with a local marriage anecdote from Jamestown Journal.
Sugar Grove Community Notes Reflect Local Growth and Change
County correspondence reports brisk sleighing spurring business, wood and log production, and spring building preparations. New postmaster John Stuart began duties with R Cummings assisting. the Sugar Grove Savings Bank appoints directors and officers including W H Shortt as president and C M Shortt as cashier. Agricultural society announces officers. real estate activity booms with several property sales and purchases. local school gains progress under A G Beecher and staff. A wedding closes the year as A Bullock and Minnie Ricker wed, while Milford Lewis secures housing and home plans unfold on Forest Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stuart
R. Cummings
C.L Phillips
Forest Street
Dr. Burroughs
Sugar Grove Savings Bank
Henry Nichols
Emry Davis
T. Thorpe
W. H. Shortt
C. P. Harris
XN. R. Thompson
J. B. Hamilton
Robert Gray
Jabez Bindley
C. M. Shortt
N. R. Thompson
D. W. Buel
Sugar Grove Agricultural Society
W. A. Younie
J. E. Marsh
A. Bullock
Bullock
Minnie Ricker
Rev. W. Elliott
Horace Mix
John McDonald
Fred Johnson
Green
Mill Street
Sugar Grove
A.G. Beecher
In Memoriam for Wm Axtell by Youngsville Lodge No 255
A memorial from Youngsville Lodge No 255 I O G T mourns Wm Axtell born 1857 died 1881 at 24. The resolution notes his kindness and integrity, confirms a 30 day mourning drape, and requests publication to family and Warren papers. Also lists biographical details from New Lebanon to Meadville and teaching at Kinzua. Drafted Jan 10 1882 by C C Stearns A B Goopman Mas J H Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. A. Axtell
Youngsville Lodge No
I. O
G.T
Warren
C. C. Stearns
Goopmen
J. IL. Jackson
Youngsville
Wm. Howard Axtell
A. C. Axtell
New Lebanon
Mercer Co
State Normal School
Edinboro
Meadville
Abkabas College
Union School
Kinzua
Sad Death Sickness and Local Notes From Tidioute
Death visits a household as Miss Ella Tipton dies from consumption after a cold from a wedding. Funeral at St. John's Church led by Rev. Cody. Gordon Hague ill with catarachral fever but improving. Julia Clark recovering from diphtheria. Miss M i Dawson resigns post office clerk job to wed. Revival meetings active in two churches with prayers rising. Kemble and Son own Tidioute’s leading drug store and sell Kembie's Cough Balsam. Mrs. Leroy Morrison visiting Oil City. Mr and Mrs Van Every from Bradford visiting. Walter Jones of Valley City returned soon. Maud Wyman back to Meadville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Tipton
St. John’s Church
Father Cody
Titusville
Gordon Hague
Julia Clark
M. i. Dawson
Presbyterian
Methodist
Tidioute
Kemble & Son
Peeser
Leroy Morrison
Oil City
van Every
Bradford
Jane McGill
Walter Jones
Valley City
D. T
Maud Wyman
Meadville
Local Notices and Social News Highlights
Mrs. James McKinney dies suddenly Sunday night. Hattie Axtell is ill. Sugar Grove party yields praise of a delightful time. Mrs. Hattie Kinnear of Corry visits town. Mrs. Filer dies at Meadville. Wallace and Samuel travel for funeral. Mrs. J H W Jackson visits Steadman. Mrs. Orren Davis, formerly Miss Stamford, dies in Missouri. friends mourn. Grant Phillis returns to J A Day. J G McKee hires Jamestown clerk for groceries. Maines and Agrelius dissolve partnership and auction January 23. Miss Cora Dawley leaving for the West. Arthur Bowers to spend Sunday in town. January 21, 1882.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McKinney
Hattie Axtell
Sugar Grove
Hattie Kinnear
Corry
Filer
Meadville
Wallace
Samuel
J. HW. Jackson
Steadman
Orren Davis
Stamford
Wayne Co
Missouri
Jeff
Grant Phillis
J. A. Day
J.G. McKee
Jamestown
Maines & Agrelius
Cora Dawley
West
Union School
Arthur Bowers
Hickory
Grand Valley Teachers Institute Opens Activities January 1881
The Grand Valley Teachers Institute met January 14 and 15 1881 with prayer remarks on school government and teaching methods. Rev. Goodrich and Mrs. A G Jones spoke on Our Mission as Teachers. A large list of teachers and visitors attended including Rev Goodrich C D Arird and M A Thompson. Jamieson and Co report on gusher drilling at Croll farm and State Hospital farm with 300 ft depth. Local notices list cloths trim mings at G I Meads Hickory street and R D Bartlett Cutter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Valley
Goodrich
Youngsville
A. G. Jones
Supt. Arird
Rev. Goodrich
C. D. Arird
D. A. Arird
Margie Buchanan
Minnie Babbitt
Lizzie Jackson
Ellen Simcox
Emma McKean
Effie Currie
Hattie Dow
F. H. Whaley
George Whaley
A. L. Thompson
Gifford, Flemming and Proper
Pulp mill tour details at Corydon unusual causeway
A reporter visits the Corydon pulp mill near the hotel. The Jamestown Wood Pulp and Paper Co. operates with C. W. Allen’s unique apparatus, producing pulp at 100 pounds per ten minutes and employing about twenty workers. Owners include Windsor, Hitchcock, and J. Windsor, with F. Hitchcock as superintendent. upgrades and new factories are anticipated locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MAIL
Corydon
Corydon Hotel
A. P. Wetmore & Co
D. T. Charles
Albany
N. Y
C. W. Allen
Rochester
Steamburg
Allen
G.W. Windsor
J. W. Windsor
C. Hitchcock
F. Hitchcock
Jamiestown
J. H. Windsor
Titusville
D.T. Charles
Aldrich & Steadman
Randolph
W. Wells
J. R. Morrison
N. Whitcomb
J. Dalrymple
B. Crooks
Oil price woes spark new tank grading near pump
The Pipe Line Co. plans a 35 000 barrel tank near the pump station while producers argue the oil downturn will persist until new wells stop. A fire at Seymour Jones home on East Main was put out by neighbors and Nettie Sanborn recovers from illness mentioned with a tannery whistle note. Johnson No 3 steam pipe accident injures a worker. Johnson No 8 paused for repairs. Wallison welcomed a newborn boy. all are reported well. Jan 19 1882.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Personal
Seymour Jones
East Main Street
Nettie Sanborn
Thompson
Johnson No. 3
Johnson No
Wallison
Sickness and School Institute Notes and Local News
Numerous fever cases reported in the area. Aaron Mott and Anna Stanton among the ill. A.V. Jones resumes work. Institute event planned for next Friday and Saturday at the school building with all teachers and Supt Arird invited. Briggs Thompson report 43 yoke of oxen sold. Debate on civil war merits set for Wednesday at the school house. Laura Stanton funeral held for diphtheria illness. Jan 23, 1882. SAM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Mott
Anna Stanton
Rockey
A.V. Jones
W. W. Sloan
Mott
R. Frew
Laura Stanton
New Store Opens at Spring Creek and Local Notices
William Baker opens a well stocked country store selling cheaply. Spring Creek Station reports diphtheria cases with E. J. Eldred recovering slowly. The Grange installed officers. sisters hosted a fine dinner. Four to five inches of snow. G Packer lost a horse to a fallen tree. G D Cummings suffers rheumatism. F A Butterfield killed an 850 pound pig. Comanche furniture sale for 30 days at the factory opposite Warren Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Baker
Spring Creek Station
Diptheria
E. J. Eldred
Grange
A Pen Picture of Ludlow Haunts and Happenings
A late 19th century column notes local happenings in Ludlow including donations for Rev Mead, logs hauled by Hoffman & Co and Vance, Campbell and others, and residents like Dora Sparks visiting Frewsburg. It mentions influenza affecting Sergt Hackney, lumber interests, changes in movement of families, school progress under Wellington Campbell, and community life as of January 19, 1881.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludlow
Rev. Mead
Milly Vance
Hoffman & Co
Vance
Geo. Campbell
Dora Sparks
Frewsburg
Doe
Sergt
Hackney
Warren
Punkey
Seymour Vance
Tim
Will Morris
Kinzua Village
John Springer
Sonny
Mr. Stanton
Buffalo
Joe
Pony
Jake
Hi. McC
Mr. Brown
East End
Lessler Benkler Union Formally Tied in Warren
In Warren on December 18 1881 Rev W A Rankin officiated as Christopher Lessler united with Miss Mary Benkler both of Glade in a formal marriage ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lessler—Benkler
Warren
W. A. Rankin
Christopher Lessler
Mary Benkler
Glade
Millinery Stock Offered at Cost in Warren Store
Miss L A Wallace of Warren offers her entire millinery stock at cost for 30 days. Call at No 16 Water street above the Episcopal Church to view the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Wallace
Warren
Water Street
Episcopal Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Variety Hall
Hazeltine & CO
Fan
Ned
Vaerr
Home Matters
the School of the Street
Widow Bedott
Mesto
Kiel
Knapp
James Leef
Gust. Lentz
George Mansfield
Findley Munroe
Georgie J. Miller
J. M. Neberold
Chris. A
Parsson
John Shaw
Barge
D. C. Allen, P. M
Postalecard
J. D. Marston
M. FE. Stannarp
L. G. N Voyes
Railroad Record
Board of Pardons
L. G. Noyes
Crawford County
Crawford
Erie
Cincinnati
Grand Council of Pennsylvania
R. T. of T
Philadelphia & Erie
Keeler
Wetmore Station
Anne Blade
Clarendon Field
Teachers’ Institute
Forest County
Meadville Republican
Irvington Quadrille Club
Jackson’s Hall
Gage
A. P. Knapp
Parks & Co
Dutch Hill School
Susie Keil
Rosie Fahlman
Annie Grosch
John Fahlman
George Keil
John Keil
Freddie Keil
Millie Grosch
Hastie L. Bascock
Ellington
Olean
Greenville
New Castle
Mercer Fair
Venango County Fair
Esquire O. F
Jamestown Journal
Veritas
Sec’y
G.I. Mead’s
Hickory Street
R. D. Bartlett
Cutter
Stoneham
Russellburg
Sam
Spring Creek
Warren Hotel
McNeter & Son
O. H. Hunter & Son
Ludlow Telephonics
Mercer County
McDermitt
Mary M. Stebbins
Chandlers’ Valley
Root—Cummings
Albert Truesdell, Esq
W. H. Root
Bloomfield
H. Viola Cummings
Davis
Marston
J. P. Marston
Sigwald
Barbara Sigwald
Greens and
Bro’s
P. O
Warren Bottling Works
H. Flacke
Liberty Street
Theobald
Sarah
Allegheny
Nathaniel Sill
Warren Co
Alexander Wallace
Pine Grove
Ackley Station
Jacob Learn
Elk
Dan’l Giltman
A. H. Ludlow
River
State Line Run
Peter Holt
Eirk
QR. R
Forest Co
North Warren
Jackson Run Crossing
Conewango Co
Nelson Curtis
David Holt
Warren High School
Science, Mathematics and Literature
Durin
Ind
W.M. Lindsey
A. B. Miller
City Music Store
Homas L. Manville
Warren, Penn
Kranich & Bach’s Pianos
Thomas LL
Manville
West Fifth Street
Dunkirk Depot
Poplar, Hickory
Fifth Streets
Water
Alconer
A.J. Vazeltine
A. i. McKelvy
W.A. Rankin
Movif
Warren, Fa
M. Waters
Robert Dennison
Cashier
P. Johnson
F. Henry
H. A. Jamieson
V. Davis
J. Ky Os A. Hertzel
George N. Parmlee
W. Rown
N. K. Wendleboe
Eer
Davis’ Drug Store
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