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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1885
Page
3
The Warren Mail reports icy conditions and little snow, court sessions start Feb 2, and sleighing boosts merchant trade. It notes curling at the mill pond, mail route changes, revival meetings, agricultural association plans, low bread prices, and a fire at Leonhart’s bottling house. Also covered are injuries from a runaway team, a tobacco court fine, and local civic notes about papers and policing.
Dr Curwen was in Harrisburg last week. Mrs E Howard of Corry visits Warren. Lloyd Goodrich nearly fit for Marr force. Miss Libbie Rogers improving. Mr and Mrs J Lindsey recovering. Miss Alice Raymond of Columbus visiting Sheriff Allen. John Raeder of Los Angeles visiting friends. Mrs Durham of Williamsport visiting her mother Mrs Stranahan. Judge Tourgee will lecture in Library Hall Feb 6. R C Beecher leaves for New Orleans trip. Miss Mattie Gray returns to Corry. Mrs Patience Daggett dies in Girard. Dr R Bender Veterinary Surgeon in Warren office on Water Street. Sersall has Brother Thoburn letter from Bombay landing. Rev W W Painter notes weddings record. nine weddings in nine weeks. Wetmore family heads to Florida via P E road possibly via Washington and New Orleans Exposition.
The article notes a February election on the third Tuesday with races for Burgess, Constable, three Councilmen, two School Directors, Assessor, Judge of Election and two Inspectors. Incumbent Burgess Mr. Orr declines another run. Republicans consider C. C. Thompson as a potential candidate if he concurs.
Oranges ten cents per dozen and lemons fifteen cents at Gro P Orr and Co Good flour seventy cents and one dollar per sack at Geo P Orr and Co Hotels and boarding houses urged to buy by the package call before purchasing Gro P Orr and Co
A reflective sketch of Oak land the city of the dead with pines and cedars and graves of loved ones. It contrasts peaceful hillside rest with restless life and notes plain Quaker monuments and neglected graves while urging work in the busy valley.
Regular meeting of Warren County Agricultural Association at the Court House next Saturday January 31 at 1 p m. A Farmers' Club will probably be organized and business of importance to the next Fair transacted. Full attendance of members desired. Mr Lott of N Warren will show a Southdown ram and another ram bought in Canada last week.
Mrs. 8. T. Allen expresses sincere gratitude to friends who aided during her husband’s brief illness and after his death, saying their favors will be forever remembered with appreciation.
The wonder of the age, the New Process Laundry Machine, is patented and used only by the American Steam Laundry. R. P. Andrews serves as agent for Warren.
An advertisement lists Havaing Lamps priced from $2.50 to $3.00 and mentions Gero P Orr & Co. Dr Fenner's Improved Cough Honey claims relief of any cough in one hour. Also promote Good Flour at 70c and $1.00 per sack.
The piece notes a booming roller skating pastime with more than 3,000 rinks in the United States and over twenty million dollars invested in rinks and equipment. It highlights large audiences, upcoming races, and notable rinks from Minneapolis to New York and Buffalo, plus Nate Clark challenging five skaters in Pennsylvania.
Amusements note a strong Union Square Theatre company from New York delivered a sensational yet pure performance. It urges a full house for Nevada or the Lost Mine next Monday Feb 2, listing cast members and prices 50 cents parquette and dress circle 35 cents gallery at Noyes' drug store.
A roundup of local events from Tidioute and nearby areas. Plans for New Orleans trips and skating rink fun in Sugar Grove. Temperance meetings announced for mid February led by Tidioute groups with Tidioute social activity, and Lander E A U Lodge officers listed. Wm H Clark spoke in Farming ton Centre and Fairbank's school house, forming a WCTU unit with 14 officers. G A R Post 472 at Sugar Grove reports officers and meeting nights in January.
Officers of the County W C T U include President Mrs L D Wetmore Warren and Secretary Mrs J L Grandin Tid ioute with Treasurer Mrs E K Davies Pittsfield. Executive Committee members are Mrs L D Wetmore Mrs J L Grandin Mrs E P Davies Mrs A Gerould Mrs Jane Orr Warren. Supt Jail Work E L Beach Scientific Temperance Instruction Mrs J H Jackson Youngsville Temperance Literature Mrs W V Hazeltine Warren Unfermented Wine Mrs D R Palmer Sugar Grove.
A bill in the House proposes a $100000 appropriation for National Guard grounds selected by a governor and military commission. Adjutant General Guthrie favors a week long march with daily inspections and a grand review, suggesting hired wagons for transport to increase activity.
The Rev H G Haut of Youngsville Pa recounts a blizzard mishap that delivered a suit sent to Corry under Mr H P Kinnear. The box was found at the parsonage with a paid bill for $40 and the giver’s kindness kept anonymous. He prays the benefactors receive a hundredfold due to their generosity.
Hon Morrow B Lowry died in Philadelphia January 19 aged about 72. A Democrat turned Republican, he served in the Crawford and Erie areas, was in the Assembly, then the Senate from 1861 to 1870, active in the Civil War, a foe of Judge Scofield for Congress, an emancipation advocate, friend of John Brown, and a liberal benefactor including property for the Home for the Friendless in Erie.
Local craftsman Wendlebee offers custom window shades and lists Good Flour priced at 75 cents per unit and sacks at one dollar each.
A compact classified item advertises a boarding house for sale on Market Street including furniture and good will at low price. Inquiry through L. G. Noyes about indigestion note and Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets offered as remedy. Job printing services advertised at the Main office.
Corry factories show improved business and higher employment while the Erie County Agricultural Society schedules a September fair. Jamestown plans an electric main to Chautauqua Lake and water supply upgrades amid oil-field idleness. Also noted are local obituaries, rail improvements, and community debate over a skating rink near a church.
The 201 member Pennsylvania Assembly is 171 born in PA, 14 from other states, 16 foreign born. 162 educated in public schools, 27 collegiate grads. 50 Republicans and 10 Democrats served in the army. 49 have prior legislative experience. Occupations include 35 lawyers, 33 merchants, 11 doctors, 31 farmers, 43 tradesmen, 6 editors, 2 bankers and 40 others. The Savings Bank of Jamestown shut after cashier J Ross Martin fled with over 50000. He later returned denying theft and asserting bank affairs improved. Rents rise sharply in Butler as oil and gas activity heats up. An explosion at Moorhead & Co. in Sharpsburg causes 15000 in losses. Francis Murphy seeks to remain Pittsburg temperance minister with 18000 signers. The Liberty Bell travels from Philadelphia to New Orleans under police and city committee escort.
A Warren store launches a grand clearance across carpets textiles silks and dress goods with marked reductions. Silks Velvets and dress goods are sold at red marked prices to enable direct comparison with old prices. Notable bargains include long silk lengths at one third to 75 cents per pattern and two thirds to one half value for various black and colored dress fabrics. The sale emphasizes cash only and no remnant cuts.
A one week sale lists Velvets at 3.63 per yard and Nonpareil Brocades at 1.49. Plain Silk Velvets, dress flannels, and various goods across domestics carpets and cloaks are deeply discounted. Limited to 10 yards per article, with marked yardage and assorted remnant values to attract budget shoppers.
The Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania at its annual Pittsburg meeting debated natural gas. Steam admixture may prevent coke buildup. wells with no oil may still emit gas long after oil traces vanish. Col. Roberts suggested gas is not petroleum product, possibly marsh gas. origin remains debated. A major oil well rarely yields gas and vice versa.
At an adjourned meeting of Company I held at the armory last Tuesday evening the following resolutions were unanimously adopted mourning the death of S. T. Allen Esq formerly a sergeant and honorary member of the company The committee expresses sympathy to his bereaved friends and honors his memory as a faithful soldier citizen and friend Resolutions to be published in borough papers and sent to the family signed by Cart Jas O Parmlee Ligur F M Knapp Gro N Frazine committee
In McKean County the law allowing damages for sheep killed by dogs is urged to be repealed. Proponents argue the statute is abused, increasing sheep value posthumously from three to four dollars to eight or ten dollars per animal. The board of appraisers notes the practice has become a county industry in places.
A bold boast spreads as Teaberry is hailed as the newest, brightest little toilet gem for teeth and breath. Readers are urged to try a sample and judge the claims for themselves.
N Greenland displays a new hearse at the Undertakers Convention in Buffalo describing it as the latest style. It is described as a hearse, not a show wagon, suitable for its function.
The notice offers advance annual subscriptions at reduced rates for many papers and magazines including the New York Tribune Weekly, Philadelphia Press, Pittsburg Dispatch, Harper's Magazine, Century Magazine, and more. Postage is prepaid to any address, money with order, changes handled by periodicals, samples available.
Jacob Keller the Tailor offers imported and domestic cloth ready to be made into suits with a guarantee of good fit. He employs skilled workmen and the latest styles, inviting customers to visit Rooms on Second street near Liberty second story. Cash paid for bags free from papers or rubbish plus brass copper lead zinc rubber shoes and more delivered to room No 8 Johnson's Exchange by R. H. Johnson.
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