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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1890
Page
3
A lengthy Nameless Column blends poetry and local notices with shop ads, weather, and community updates. It reports burglaries, property sales, school announcements, Fourth of July events, hospital inspections, ball games, and social notes from Warren and nearby areas with multiple named residents, businesses, and local groups.
In Warren the planned old fashioned celebration failed due to weak management and tepid public support. About 300 dollars were raised, 170 paid to a Northwestern Band, while balloon vendors and fireworks fell short amid rain and a damp crowd. The Wetmore Hose Co ball drew praise as a brighter note in the day.
The Warren Forest Judicial District conferees met at the Warren Hotel and voted for Higgins and S D Irwin with 251 ballots cast by end of day. Each candidate received three votes. The next meeting is scheduled for next Monday at 1 PM at Allegheny Springs.
Piano agency offers instruments from 250 dollars up with brands Steinway Behr Lohmer and more plus Ivers Pond uprights. Mrs J W Kircnean Warren Pa urges consultations by mail or in person. A Weiss runs Warren’s spring summer clothing store below Carver House with vast stock and summer suits for men and boys. Variety Goods and Davis Crue Stars promote ready bargains and the main office offers neat job printing.
Warren Pa council meeting reports progress on riverfront railing contract and sewer connections. Authorities urged back flow valves, firehouse room upkeep, Hickory Street sewer tie ins, and Water Street sewer planning. Police report cites 46 arrests last month. bills total and adjournment minutes recorded.
A compilation of multiple conveyances across Warren, Mead, Pleasant, Spring Creek, Triumph, Clarendon, Farmington and nearby areas showing numerous quitclaim and warranty deeds with values from 30 to 140000 dollars. The page also advertises Henry Schoenhals of St. Joseph, Missouri endorsing Dr. Thomas Electric Oil for sprains and wounds as the best.
Shoppers can save money at Trushel & Co Glade with a model store offering groceries of all kinds. The ad highlights value and variety aimed at budget conscious buyers.
Jealous agents profiting from pianos prompt W L Dar lina to offer a bonafide purchase plan. He will pay expenses to Erie and back, invite buyers to visit the factory, observe manufacturing, and answer questions. He notes weekly presence in Warren and invites letters.
A post office is established at Marshburg McKean County with Peter R. Davis appointed Postmaster. Local readers report plans to attend Clarion Summer School starting August 5 1890 and endorse Education at Edinboro State Normal with J A Cooper as contact. Oil June report shows 574 wells completed 95 dry and 11871 barrels produced. rigs 362 wells 616 drilling for a total 978, up from May.
The Mercer Republican Committee backs the State ticket with a 1500 majority. A Beaver Falls farmer posts a 5000 reward for swindlers, hoping to win 9000 in a three card monte. Senator Delamater to lead a Hazelton August Eisteddfod. Major Alex McDowell of Mercer nominated for Congress on the 25th district ballot. Grangers Interstate picnic assigns August 25 26 27 with party days. Mount Gretna encampment to be the largest since the Civil War with regulars and inspectors.
In July at Allegheny Springs numerous families rent cottages including the Jeffersons Trunkeys Windsors Rogers and Thompson while a long list of guests stay at the local hotel. The Breeze and Sea Foam Dorset hats by Kertcher & Co are spotlighted with millinery sales offered.
Classified snippets include a used sewing machines seller at 112 East Water street Warren PA F A Cogwell, drug store promotions for Dr Wilbur’s Cough care and Sailors Kernener Co prescriptions, Gezo Davis drug store offerings, and a poet line about honesty and a new engagement ring reflecting light social chatter in the era.
Sugar Grove notes visitors including Judge W D Brown and Dr Baker from Warren, a Abbott family reunion with 70 attendees, and the death of Lars Samuelson from kidney trouble. Local events mention a Hazeltine saw mill loss, Fourth of July activities, a July 6 death, weddings, and community visits in Was represented by 70 persons, who spent an enjoyable day. The Fourth of July is past and repairs follow. Mr Lars Samuelson dies. Will Holcomb sustains injuries from a firecracker incident.
Thompson Hill notes a July Fourth wedding in Jamestown and a grand wedding at Lander for Mike Almidinger and Bertha Burgett. Residents attend ceremonies, visit relatives, and celebrate school term close as health news and social updates fill the column.
Prices paid by Warren for various commodities including apples per dozen, butter per pound, beans per bushel, pork cuts per pound, cheese per pound, evaporated apples, eggs, hams, lard, onions per bushel, potatoes per bushel, shoulders per pound, sugar, coffee, tea, flour, corn products, seeds, salt, kerosene per gallon, and related staples.
The narrative recalls Villa Rica Paraguay as the old South American railroad terminus begun by Lopez and later extended by an English company to the Parana river. It describes track dangers and rugged scenery including volcanic-like mountains and a cave linked to Saint Thomas and Jesuit legends. The piece details Jesuit missions near Villa Rica and Asuncion, their utopian governance of native tribes, later decline after expulsion, and remnants such as churches at Villa Rica and Yaguaran with artifacts, paintings, and legends including the Virgin of Miracles and the lake of Ypacary formation. It closes with local obituaries from Warren and surrounding areas in Pennsylvania.
A sequence of wedding notices from July 1 to July 4 1890 across towns including Conewango Warren Lander Columbus Russell Pittsfield Tidioute Punxsutawney Jamestown New York. Names include Michael Entzel Ann Susan Keil Frank Main Rose Waldman John Marlon Mary Bisphen Mike Almidinger Bertha Burgett Judson Day Minerva Lamoney Libbie Smith Charles Price Mary White William H Martin Lenora Merkle Celia Crissman Morton Faulkner Bessie Russell Grace Young and others.
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