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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1890
Page
3
Local brief lists social events, business ads, and public notices from Warren. Highlights include a free church ice cream sale, a July 4 church bake, a special W R C meeting, groceries from Trushel Co, a theatrical or civic parade note, and real estate transfers for the week ending June 28 1890.
In Titusville a dispute erupts as Warren's Burgess A D Wood withholds the city steamer from leaving the borough to protect Glade Filtrering works two miles away where a fire caused $25000 loss. Wood argues Glade needs its own protection while using Warren fire dept for borough property. He also targets temperance dive operators in Glade.
W L Darina invites buyers to inspect Colby pianos at Erie factory. He will cover travel expenses, arrange factory visits, and answer questions, claiming peers profit from intermediaries. He states weekly presence in Warren and requests letters.
Hunter and Jarvis announce a still underway store room reduction sale with special prices and newly arrived goods. Agents.
A Mirror letter-writer argues against extending Warren borough fire service beyond its limits, citing legal and financial duties to protect local taxpayers. The piece condemns using public funds to aid outside industries and urges Glade City to maintain an independent, self reliant fire department.
Lizzie Greaves and Lulu Eysinger found a young woman along the Irvine road near Allegheny Springs on Tuesday afternoon. She remained unconscious at the hotel then hospital, later waking on Wednesday night. She identified herself as Alice Warner from Olean New York and said a man sprang from bushes and fled after she was attacked. her fourteen dollar pocketbook was missing. Authorities and locals aided her through the ordeal.
The Pennsylvania Railroad relief fund paid 43032.15 for deaths accidents and sickness, and Reading railroad relief disbursed 16462. Boys under 21 are barred from some court rooms during trials. The International Sunday School Convention closed in Pittsburgh with St Louis set for 1893. Mechanicsburg voters approved 15000 to macadamize streets.
Clark's Horse Review ranks sires by progeny with 200 plus heats in 2:30 or better. George Wilkes leads with 66 performers and 1008 heats, Volunteer second by heats, Blue Bull and Almont, Happy Medium, Hambletonian, Electioneer, Abdallah, Goldsmith Maid, Daniel Lambert, Nutwood, Phil Sheridan, Belmont, Dictator, Strathmore, and Red Wilkes appear with substantial 2:30 heat totals across their offspring.
Do mestic and Wilson Sewing Machines offered cheap for cash or easy payments. Address 112 East Water Street Warren Pa. F A Cogswell. Go Merck Drug Store for Dr Wilbur’s Cough and Consumption Cure. Trushel Co Glade advertise Groceries. Richardson Parker offer Prime Butter Fall Cream Cheese Fresh Eggs wholesale and retail. For Rent good pasture Roy farm Glade A M Tomas milk dealer Warren Pa. Goodrich Fehlman Crown Acme Oil available.
The advertisement states Ayer’s Ague Cure is warranted to cure all malarial disorders when taken as directed and is sold by all medicine dealers.
The passage extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a safe botanical remedy with defensive efficacy against rheumatic and neuralgic attacks when started early. It claims the medicine purges the blood of the rheumatic virus and protects nerves, and notes efficacy for malaria kidney complaints dyspepsia constipation and liver issues.
McKean county Republicans hold a convention on Tuesday July 29 with Kane naming a new Postmaster George Griffith appointed last week and several aspirants disappointed. Bradford names Judge F S Johnson as Postmaster. The Summer School at Clarion outlines its program to avoid fire hazards. bass fishing at Conneaut Lake is improving. Meadville hosts a gubernatorial nomination parade for Mr Delamater with a holiday turnout. Meadville and Franklin events note G A R reunion planning for Sept 10. Rev John Weathworth Sanborn discusses Seneca Bible translations. Carrier Croup guidance promotes Dr Thomas Electric Oil for colds and injuries.
A collage of social notes lists Beiva Lockwood with $20,000 in Washington real estate and a $5,000 annual law income, Edmun ds earning $50,000 a year and $10 a word for some talks, plus honorary memberships for Bismarck and Jules Simon. It also mentions Herbert Gladstone, John Ruskin, Rosa Bonheur, Joshua Prize, Talmage, Vaux pronunciation woes, Spurgeon sermons, Stanley wedding chatter, and Mrs. Depew’s lineage and wit.
Wrightsville reports steady mill activity by N F Wright with large lumber piles and a rest after Chautauqua. Local visitors include Mrs N F Wright, Clyde Wrights, Miss Minnie Wright, and others visiting relatives. The Census enumerator called, the Sewing Society held a charity ice cream sale, and a Catalpa tree on P L Wright’s lawn blooms richly. Farmers fear rust but grass, corn, and potatoes look promising. A wool carding machine is about to start. June musings and community events fill Corydon.
Lander residents question why mail runs 80 minutes late from Warren. Clara Peck visits from Corry, with other local arrivals and weather events. Obituary for Sumner Parker notes death June 24 1890 at age 28. Community updates include sickness, a barn project, a picnic plan, and local notices from Warren County society.
A traveler mails from Asuncion on the Rio Uruguay describing river Parana and Paraguay scenery, Corrientes history, and local life. He notes basalt banks, Guarani speech, Parana’s depth, and flagging battles, ending with a tribute to a native chief and a reminder of Hazeltine and local drugstore ads.
An offer invites 100 men to call on any druggist for a free trial package of Lane's family Medicine, promoted as a root and herb remedy discovered by Dr. Silas Lane in the Rocky Mountains. Advertised as a cure for blood liver and kidney disease, constipation, and complexion improvement, the large 50 cent package is sold at all druggists.
An 19th century style advertisement warns that a misstep can cripple for life and promotes Henry & Johnsons Amica and Oil Liniment as immediate aid to prevent disability. The ad credits Morris & Mullen and N. C. Allen as distributors and suppliers.
Theo dore Pfaffin, a known piano salesman and critic, praises Colby Piano Company’s new style C mahogany piano. He commends its tone and touch, noting Pfaffin’s long association with top instruments since childhood. The note places Colby Piano Company in Erie Pennsylvania and cites Chicago Courage Organ Co. at 223 State Street, Chicago Illinois, dated January 6, 1890.
A collage of aphorisms on wit and guidance from Milwaukee Journal and other sources. Notes on gossip, self reliance, gratitude, money, diligence, and human strength attributed to Dumas Atchison Globe N Y Ledger Chesterfield Ruskin and the United Presbyterian. The selections emphasize counsel, restraint, and ongoing life effort.
Jedediah H. Cogswell aged 73 died in Glade on June 25 1890 of heart disease. An old Warren county resident who came here at age three he was the younger brother of Samuel Cogswell. He leaves a wife three children and a large circle of relatives and friends.
Peters Greenlund and Nelson Greenlund are listed as undertakers and embalmers with addresses at 214 Hickory Street Warren and 331 Exchange Block next to the Exchange Hotel Warren Pennsylvania.
Prices paid by Warren dealers for apples butter eggs pork cheese onions potatoes sugar coffee and more. Lists show per dozen or per unit rates for staples including evaporated apples lard and various grains and seeds. Market items include rice meal flour kerosene and salt with note of farm products such as clover seed and rye.
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