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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1889
Page
3
The Warren Mail notes a shortened issue due to the Fourth and urges preparations. It highlights local business ads, upcoming events, a July 4 excursion sale, a church dinner, a postmaster salary rise, fair plans for September, a new bank block, and a fatal fire near Warren with modest losses.
W A Bairstow plans to go west next week and invites calls to arrange a viewing. Miss Gussie Weeks returns home after attending Warren school and graduating with this year’s class. J Warren Fletcher of the Sugar Grove News has been appointed a proofreader in the Govt Printing Office in Washington by Public Printer Palmer. Mrs Geo Getz nee Josephine Smith visited from Philadelphia with her parents, joined by H S Getz Jr. Rev A A Horton of Waterford Pa I O G T will lecture next Monday in Good Templars hall. Artist Greaves displays an oil portrait of Mr Robert N Marvin of Jamestown NY. Messia J D Woodard and H N Lesser travel to New York to stock a new clothing store near the First National Bank. Charles E Beecher Yale paleontologist and NY state geologist, son of M Beecher of Warren, earned a PhD from Yale and works with the U S Geological Survey in Wyoming.
A Davis Historical Society organized on February 22, 1887 hosted a reunion June 27 at William A. Davis's Youngsville residence. About two hundred relatives attended, with a banquet on an enlarged porch, speeches by W. W. Davis and others, and verses sung, promising another gathering in 1891. Water L. Davis reports.
The Farmers' Club held a well attended meeting last Saturday focusing on cutting and curing hay and ensilage. Speakers outlined dog tax changes, funding ideas, and local impacts on boroughs and townships with emphasis on meadows and pastures and seed mixes.
Northwestern Pennsylvania readies one of its great July 4 events at Warren with a long schedule of attractions. Balloons with parachute descents, tight rope walking, races, boat and rowing contests, fireworks, Illuminated Fleet, dancing, and a balloon ascent by Prof. O J Bready headline a day of parades, concerts, sports, and prizes across the Park, Beech, Water, and Second streets.
Hundreds arrive daily as cottages multiply around the lake. The calendar opens July 2 with gates, then July 4 Independence Day. Key events include College of Liberal Arts July 6, English Bible School sessions, Teachers' Retreat, and various denominational, missionary, and organizational days through August 26 closing. Prominent lecturers listed with dates. Cut out and save.
A historical notice announces a sale at the Warren Connection Co. parlors on July 4 1889 featuring 200 gallons Neapolitan Cream 100 gallons Ices and 2000 pounds French Candy with emphasis on the event date and items offered.
George W. King of Warren died today at 11 after a brief illness. He was 62, born in Warren and longtime resident, brother of Judge R. P. King and J. H. King and J. E. King, now deceased. He leaves a wife and two daughters. Funeral Friday at 8 P. M. from his Hazel street residence.
On September 11 Pennsylvania observes Gettysburg day and the state law provides transportation at public expense for all surviving honorably discharged soldiers resident in Pennsylvania whose names were on the Grand Army roll before the battle. The provision appears to include all soldiers not discharged before the battle.
Pomona Grange opened at 2 p.m. Thursday June 20 led by Worthy Master D A Samuelson. Lecturers J A Dallas Frank Allen welcomed and praised farmer organization and county fair plans. Reports showed growth with 16 new Sugar Grove members bringing total to 46. Freehold 110. Farmington 97. Chandler's Valley 65. An evening lecture by Bro Wilson addressed education in sciences for farmers and school support. Friday actions included resolutions on county debt and liquor licenses and praise for Sugar Grove entertainment. Adjourned 3:30 p.m. Homer.
Erie street cars electric. Meadville oil strike at forty two feet. Rev W T Schepeler moves to Ridgway as Grace Episcopal Rector. William Sweetland named Bear Lake Postmaster. J B Agnew named Dead Letter Office Superintendent. starts July 1. Bradford Masons buy site for 30000 building project. Mrs J Wheeler of Farmington dies after long illness. Tidioute school directors elect teachers for next year led by Prof Crawford Principal novice staff. Union City lumber firm forms with 700 acres in Warren county. timber types listed and mill planned with tram roads to two rail lines. directors include William Warden Gerrit Smith P Coleman.
A Tidioute Jersey cow named Golden Plover 22388 from the local herd accepts a challenge to produce twenty quarts of milk daily. Over June seven days she yielded 114 quarts total, averaging 22.45 quarts per day, with butter from cream weighing 18 lbs 2 oz. The test spanned June 5 to 12 amid variable weather and hillside pasturing.
Relief funds reach 90000 for Williamsport sufferers while 150 families draw aid. Miners strike against company store in Pittsburg district. Philadelphia records first woman hanged Sarah Jane Whiteling in 1889. Baggage agents to carry bicycles free of charge. Pennsylvania divided into 10 census districts. Tenth District totals 361340 in 1880. Altoona hosts annual state teachers meeting July 9–11, 1889. Gettysburg regimental monuments approved by Soldiers' Monument Commission. local units listed. Railroad losses rise in May 1889. flood damage projected at 1.5–1.7 million. Camp of artillery and cavalry at Mt Gretna Aug 10–17 with US troops. Encampment dates fixed for brigades. Gettysburg veterans to receive free transport Sept 11–12 with parade requirement. Estimated 65–70 monuments to be dedicated. Potter County votes 29 majority for Prohibition. first license-vote opportunity shows dislike for prohibition after 30 years. Good Templars meet in Allentown. 57 lodges added, total 218. May 1 1889 membership 8731.
An old advertisement touts a salve as best for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and piles with money-back guarantee. Sold at Merck Drug Store and Geo. S. Davis' Drug Store with prescriptions and fresh drugs. Gauze underwear and hosiery sold at cost at Patterson's.
A serialized moral essay features the Town Pump as a reformer ally to the cow, opposing distilleries and licensing. It critiques drunkness and links prohibition to social improvement, praising Mrs. Lucy Hayes and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union while promising a broader peaceful future. The piece closes with a clothing store signature and notice of Hawthorne fiction to follow.
The Warren Union moves meetings to 4 P M on alternate Thursdays starting July 11. The column condemns strong drink and praises a Pennsylvania act banning cigarette sales to anyone under sixteen with fines up to three hundred dollars. Also mentions Prohibition rhetoric and a Kansas beer to shoes comparison, noting Supreme Court decisions favoring liquor interests.
The piece satirically cites an old woman who lived on little yet caused constant clamor. It notes digestion troubles and jokes that Houstetter's Stomach Bitters would have cured her indigestion and related ailments, touting relief from chills fever bilious remittent rheumatism and kidney trouble.
The Titusville Citizen reports a doctor stunned listeners by claiming strawberries cause rheumatic pains skin eruptions and other maladies in many people. A second doctor treating a local man found red spots on the body and declared strawberries as the cause. The case highlights strawberry hives as the illness.
Look at our dollar Silk Umbrellas worth 1 40 New Parasols Fans and more New lot of all Silk Ribbons at 10 cents Cheap at 20 cents Special line of Hosiery at 29 cents Hunter Jarvis Domestic and Imported Cigars at Davis Drug Store Largest Millinery assortment at Patterson's Warren
Mrs. Joanna B. Sill of Erie died Friday June 21 in her 93rd year. Widow of Hon. Thomas H. Sill she was one of eleven children of Rev. Amos and Joanna Chase, tracing to Chase Lanman Coit and Spaulding families. She was devoted wife mother neighbor church member and supporter of public schools.
Sergt O J Gunning scored 46 out of 50 at 200 yards and 50 out of 100 at 500 yards on June 29 at Lottsville range. His grand total reached 96 of 100 possible.
All letters not called for in two weeks will be sent to the Dead Letter office. Names listed include Mrs Mary Anderson Mrs Wm F Fee Miss Mina Benson Miss Anna Sanford Miss Ella Casey etc along with gentlemen Frank Anderson Amzie King Jno Anderson Thos S Lewis and others in Pa July 3 1889.
A vintage advertisement urges immediate use of Henry & John son s Arnica and Oil Liniment to prevent crippling injuries from missteps. The ad also mentions trimmed hats for ladies and a Patterson store display.
Deputy supreme president G W Brown organized Ludlow Union E A U at Ludlow last Friday with 51 charter applicants. Officers named include Chancellor J K Bates Advocate A W Van Tassel President John Gibbs Vice President Mrs Jennie Richardson Auxiliary Mrs Hannah Nolin Secretary Mrs Millie Bates Treasurer Mrs J G Curtis Accountant H H Curtis Chaplain Mrs C H Loucks Warden D G Curtis Sentinel Mrs A Cameron Watchman P F Reardon Conductor H M Swick Asst Conductor Mrs H M Swick Trustee J G Curtis Examining Physician Dr G T Pryor Representative J K Bates Alternate P F Reardon Time of meeting is every Wednesday at Curtis Hall. Also ad notes Hall’s Hair Renewer cures dandruff and baldness and Baxter’s Mandrake Bitters cures indigestion and related ailments, Morris & Mullen N C en.
Do mestic and Wilson Sewing Machines offered cheap for cash or easy payments at 112 East Water street Warren Pa. F A Cogsworth invites buyers to call before purchasing elsewhere. Also S Burt at 400 Hickory street advertises fresh and salt water fish with a ready stock and prompt service.
The Carver House area shop, run by A Weiss for years, has been overhauled with a large stock of fashionable spring suits and boys clothes. The ad promises savings and urges Republicans to subscribe to the Mail and Phila Weekly Press for $1.75.
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