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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1883
Page
3
A Warren newspaper item lists varied notes from July 10 1883 including advertising pushes, shop hours, a convention brief, financial remarks on trade dollars, a fire company formation, a church program with a flower pyramid, and a painting and wallpapering notice by N K Wendelboe. It mentions Park use opinions, local businesses, and community events with names like Rowland Greenland and Slunter & Son.
Ex Sheriff Randall returned home from Pittsburg last week. Will Rogers of New York City visits his parents for a few days. Lawyer Freeman's father visits from Norfolk. Flora Collins visits friends in Titusville. W A Neff and wife of Cleveland guests of W S Leffard. Miss Jennie Allen former Warren teacher visits sheriff's house. Philip Beyer buys lot on High Street near East and plans a house. Mrs Souther of Erie visits for the Fourth, staying with Mrs Orris Hall. The Judge arrived Monday. Miss S B Pike from Fort Barthold will visit Warren around July 21. Rev Rankin preaches in Baptist church next Sunday with Rev Rea from Kane. Editor Wenk of the Tionesta Republican was in town. Warren proved lively. Ed Wetmore back from Easton to work as book-keeper at Wetmore Co. Mrs J J Boyce leaves for New Madison Ind with husband and children. Johnnie has a position on the Chicago & Atlantic R R. J K Ronne and wife in town from Titusville. Ronne works as cutter for S Cohn & Co. M Mead leaves for Waukesha Wis for health. liquor store run by Russell and Leiter in his absence. Dr F A Randall returns to Warren on Sligh Street living with mother and sister. Doctor prefers Warren after stints in Union City and Corry. Mr Sersall says he will not run an excursion to Chautauqua this year. thanks patrons and invites others to excursive.
Bell Bros offers Turkey Red Table Linens in stock with color guaranteed. C Smith & Son announce new French and Curacura Kid hand turned button shoes in C and D widths from Saller Lewin Co Philadelphia and J H Byrnes Rochester plus Reynolds Bros and Couch Wisner ladies shoes at the lowest cash price.
Reports of matches between Warren Oil City Titusville and Exchange clubs describe wins for Warren 12 to 10 and Oil City 22 to 10, with travel costs paid by local teams, tensions with Oil City papers, and calls for future games and fencing in Titusville.
The season has opened at Allegheny Sulphur Springs below Irvine. Mrs Scofield Miss Mary Scofield and Mrs Stone and children occupied cottages last week. Warren people plan visits. a new hotel nears completion and the old hotel is open for baths meals and day trips.
The reliable piano tuner will be in town this week. Leave your orders at the 99 Cent store. All work warranted. Lorenzo Mart, Piano Manufacturer. The choicest and cheapest line of Black and Cream Colored Spanish Laces in town at iw ar.
The Warren Union School board is organized with Rev. W. A. Rankin as President R. King as Secretary and George Ensworth as Treasurer. The staff includes Principal Professor A B Miller and a list of teachers for grades from No 1 to No 10. Repairs are underway on the old part with new floors and plastering. The district plans a modern building in two to three years as crowding remains an issue.
The Warren Light and Heat Company has begun laying pipe and expects completion in two months. They source gas from Cornen wells in Mead township and, with partners in Chautauqua Light and Heat, survey work is under Josiah Davis. Stockholders include Struthers, Murphy, Wetmore, McGhee, Park, Noyes, Vandergrift, and Hays.
Last week the Exchange elected officers for the coming year with Geo. R. Wetmore as President and W. S. McGhee as Vice President. The board lists Robt. Dennison as Treasurer and S. W. Waters as Secretary along with a slate of directors. The body notes increasing membership and that all stock is issued. new members must obtain stock from existing members. An advertisement for imported cigars from L. G. Noyes accompanies the notice.
The Warren observance featured a morning parade with borough and county officials, several hose companies, and local bands. Prizes included a silver trumpet won by Watson Hose Co. in 58 seconds, with a later Struthers Hose Co. victory in 50 seconds. amid rain, fireworks and a public ball closed the day.
A local editorial reflects on Independence Day as a civic celebration uniting citizens beyond party sect or race. It quotes the New York Independent and contrasts views with a Ledger gripe labeling the day a yearly drunken spree. The piece urges restraint and continued patriotic spirit.
A lively Fourth of July scene erupts with pop and bang sounds as a narrator praises American patriotism. The piece playfully references Washington Jefferson and Young America, celebrating liberty and equality amid fireworks and gunpowder imagery.
Regular council meeting notes present Burgess Orr and councilmen. Health committee reports nuisances abated. street committee to pursue land for a public pound and to adjust Liberty street island changes at J Clark's expense. Burgess resignation of James Brown as policeman noted. Henry Myers refunds overcharge per May 7 bill. Lighting of street lamps referred to Gas Committee for one month. Bills approved including police, streets, hydrants, hose building, and poor relief. Resolution orders twenty day notices to builders not conforming to street lines with possible removal of nonconforming structures.
June turned cold and wet while July proves hot with heavy moisture. The piece notes corn weather and comfortable shade, daily showers easing irrigation, and frequent thunder and lightning. The author signs off with a playful paradox about heat.
County items report new water works at Union City amid various local events. Notes include a Titusville well strike, a dam broken in Spring Creek, a county treasurer nomination, a drowning of a 16-year-old, steamboat line changes on Chautauqua Lake, a prison dispatch, a reunion date shift for the 83d Regiment, and local business reorganizations. Also mentions a fatal shooting in Erie, a train disaster verdict, a hanging suicide in Dunkirk area, and prominent lumber magnate John DuBois offering to fund structures if a new county is formed.
The Edinboro State Normal School reports twenty years of leadership under Prof. J A Cooper with 651 students enrolled to date. The catalogue highlights past achievements and plans for future growth, inviting interested readers to obtain a copy.
Readers are urged to try Harper's Bazar Patterns and become regular customers. Each pattern is mailed in an envelope with full printed descriptions. The notice promotes Harper's Bazar Weekly and Monthly with Johnson & Sreerrep as agents in Warren, Pa.
McNett & Co sell chair sets at 2.75 dollars. The ad also promotes Yes Tooth Powder for a pearly smile and fresh breath, offered by Johnson & Siegfried.
A lightning strike last Thursday night damaged a 35,000 barrel iron crude tank near Tiona and destroyed it. Superintendent Ross and United Line workers saved remaining tanks, limiting losses. Several wooden tanks burned and an iron 25,000 barrel tank burned near Oil City. More general average.
Erie Advertiser reports a Warren woman, Mrs I B Gara, unveiled a new wood graining and ornamental painting method. It allows any woman to imitate wallpaper, wainscoting and marbleing without tools or carpet soiling. Mrs Gara serves as local agent selling family rights and territory.
Jacob Keller the Tailor offers a large stock of imported and domestic cloths in spring and summer styles. He can tailor dress or business suits, spring overcoats, and neat pants with low prices and proven fit. Rooms are on the second story, corner of Second and Liberty streets.
An advertisement touts Dr. Frazier's Root Bitters as a cure for nervous debility loss of appetite dyspepsia and general debility caused by stomach liver and kidney disturbances. Sold by L G Noyes in Warren Pa.
On July 4 1883 at 2 p m friends gathered at the Mudges home to celebrate thirty years of marriage. Rev J Sammons delivered a fitting address praising the couple and their life together. The couple expressed thanks for tokens of esteem as guests enjoyed songs and refreshments under apple trees before departing at dusk. List of presents noted but not printed.
The Titusville Herald marks its eighteenth year as a capital Republican newspaper. J H Cogswell has withdrawn as proprietor due to postmaster duties and a Postmaster General ruling. The paper is now owned by a stock company with H C Bloss as editor and H C Grenner as manager.
Unclaimed letters addressed to numerous individuals remain at Warren Post Office Warren County Pennsylvania. Addressees must call within thirty days or letters go to Dead Letter Office. Dated July 7 1883. Advertising date required in calling for letters. Also a dental advert for Teaberry toothpaste claims whitening effects and tartar removal.
Oil traders report a volatile week with prices ranging from 1169 down to 1034 and a 5 cent spread. Jake Geottell accumulates oil for the Chemical Bank of New York as Standard Oil rumors persist. In Oil City Bradford and Pittsburg bearish activity continues with Balltown wells Nos. 4 4 and 7 poised to open while No. 7 shows recovery after a shell crack. The market lists opening price 144 and closing at 1134 with lows near 1034.
The Fourth passed quietly as residents planned activities at home and traveled to Warren. Local boys from this area and Pittsfield traveled to Tidioute for a ball game but the latter team failed to appear on time. Frank Dickert lost an eye while lighting a nann with a cigar. J R Calkins returned from Fagundus. Charley Burns visits from East Hickory. Haste Wright and wife visit relatives in Tidioute. New hat stock arrives for J D Mead. The cannon misfired ending shooting, pieces found twenty five rods away. Mrs D Walker stays at Allegheny Springs for health. hotel there nearly finished. Nelson Mead visits from Corydon. Mrs Wm Gray of Illinois visits Mrs Nelson Mead. George hopes the Fourth lasts a week. July 7, 1883. C.
The Fourth passed quietly with a hall dance on the 3d. Wind storms left the balm of gilead tree at Joseph Green’s yard reduced to a trunk. Neighbors recall Mrs. Frazine’s tree planting and care. Mrs. Hattie Price and Miss Olie Wright head to Chautauqua. Peter Young returns home lame from a knee cut.
Greensboro voter records twenty five governors. Mercer county old soldiers plan a July 9 reunion. Berks reports a green worm attacking wheat heads after twenty five years. Clarion counts centenarians John Magee and Longwell at age 100. State fairs move to Philadelphia under a ten year lease for 300 acres near the Pennsylvania railroad 16th street. Sunbury lights up with electricity, Edison supervising. Philadelphia Mint outputs about a ton of silver daily with three quarters of a ton of pennies and five cent nickels in demand.
Warren Pa offers largest stock in town with latest styles. From collar buttons to summer suits, satisfaction guaranteed. Summer novelties in neckwear hats and caps on sale as issued. Call J K Weaver dealer in pianos organs sewing machines and farm implements at bottom prices.
In Warren on July 3 1883 Wm F Baldensperger of Stoneham wed Carrie R Schirk of Conewango by Rev P Doerr. In Mead on July 2 1883 Henry J Bowers of Glade wed Ella J Phillips of Lakewood NY by Rev 8 Rowland. In Pittsfield on June 9 1883 O O Andrews wed Minnie Maltby by D R Dalrymple Esq. In Warren on July 4 1883 Edman E Stophel wed Emma E Hallstrum, both of Kane, by G O Cornelius Esq.
Died Eugene Pressley in East Saginaw Michigan on July 8 1883 aged 3 years cause congestion of the brain son of J H and Hattie W Pressley. Irvine B A Irvine in Tidioute on July 3 1883 aged 55 years.
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