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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1886
Page
3
Local column from The Warren Mail reports hot July weather with many 90s, summer events, and public notices. Highlights include court house painting, a Pullman circus on July 17, Adventist meetings, W C T U anniversary, a moonlight lake excursion, school year plans, sidewalk repairs, and a verdict against Bradford for a sidewalk injury.
A string of brief notices records Will Hackney in low spirits this Tuesday morning, travelers like Mrs Belle Hertzel and daughter visiting Ithaca, and Captain Alexander issuing 115 marriage licenses since last October. It also notes Rev P Doerr traveling to Pittsburg, Judge Brown and wife touring the St Lawrence, and Hon Daniel Lott’s advanced age and long public service.
O. H. Hunter & Son announce a two week clearance in Warren for ladies with a rear room stocked with bargains. Shipped items from Philadelphia auction rooms will be announced as they arrive. First come, first served for the best stock.
An article condemns Titusville merchants for plotting a bogus weekly excursion scheme to lure nearby towns with cheap handbills and promises of covered railroad fares. It warns residents away and exposes the fraud while advertising local services and shop notices.
The sewer to drain East Second and Market streets finally gets underway up East street after crossing the mill race at East foot. Drying the race required cribbing and head-gate control so cement can set, priced at 274 cents per foot. grocer C. P. Henry declares the Oneida Market the ne plus ultra and promises not to be undersold.
For sale. My house and lot on Hazel street Warren borough. For price inquire of me on the premises Joseph Walkerman. H S Perry of Warren makes the best door and window screens. Orders left at Jamieson Co Beecher Copeland or at Perry residence 110 Water street will receive prompt attention. 2214t Save money and groceries by buy of me C P Henry Grocer.
A 216 page 1886 Warren County Business and General Directory, compiled by J N Lacy and printed by Reed Brothers, preserves an extensive local history. It recounts settlement, court and jail foundations, steam navigation era on the Allegheny, railroads expansion, banks, bridges, courts, and the Warren Library dedication in 1884 with named figures like Reed Brothers, Hon S P Johnson, and Thomas Struthers.
The Warren Union School announces its fall term begins Monday September 13 with Principal Prof. A B Miller and an academic department headed by Harry H Hanson from Dartmouth College. A long roster of teachers wiring from Warren to Wellsville Ashtabula Columbus Corry and Galen is named. The notice also promotes low prices at local stores and advertises the Champion Force Pump sold by William Spinner in Diamond Block.
Col Jno A Wiley orders the 16th regiment N G P to encamp seven days at Warren from July 17 to 24 with Cole mans Band from Titusville present. Companies arrive July 16 and a preparatory detail July 14. The letter urges responsible conduct, forbids damagin g property, and notes bathing restrictions near the camp. Gov Pattison and Adjt Gen Guthrie to inspect July 23 at 10 a m.
Town council meets Tuesday evening July 6 with all members present. Minutes from prior meeting read and approved. Street and fire committees report ongoing work and time extensions. Market street sewer progress noted. Several corrections referred to Health Committee. License for Library Hall discussed with proposed $50 annual fee. Various legal and property items instructed for further action. Bills presented and paid. police and special officers listed. Meeting adjourned.
Warren Pa fire companies from Sagertown and Struthers Independent Hose Co attracted praise for appearance and conduct during a Warren Ohio parade. The Struthers unit featured a silk banner with a portrait of Mr Struthers and carried a fine hose carriage, while Sagertown supported with band music.
A digest of regional items notes 102 veterans at Erie Soldiers Home, a new Parthenia post office at Thompson’s station, Gowanda hotel rented by Jake Wiggins, and Meadville planning a Conservatory of Music. Erie’s population rises to 33 215, and a bellboy at Reed House died in an elevator accident.
Poet George Canning’s riddle provoked a chalkmarked discussion among MPs, while locals in Titusville endure extreme heat. A scribbler’s perspiration warped streets, a lamp post melted, bricks burned at Hale’s yard, and a boy was scalded at Emery fountain as residents joke about hotter days to come.
On July 5 the firm John A Hall Son sold an interest to Walter B Armitage and Frederick W Hyde. The Journal becomes Journal Printing Company with Fred P Hall estate of John A Hall and Armitage and Hyde as owners. Management and policy remain largely unchanged.
A forest blaze in Forest county near Brown's mills about twenty miles south of Sheffield along the Tionesta Valley Railroad destroyed about 2,000 cords of newly peeled bark owned by Horton Crary & Co. The firm ran special trains to the scene and about 200 men fought the fire. by Monday the flames were under control.
Au gustus Hegstrom a Swede employed at J McNair and Co tannery fell from a beam into a vat of boiling liquor in the hot room. He was rescued by fellow workers and, though badly scalded, is expected to recover after medical care from Dr McNitt.
Bell Brothers Warren Pa holds a six day clearance from Saturday July 17 to Friday July 23 1886 to reduce stock across departments. Remnants groceries table linens dress goods gloves and wraps are offered at deep discounts with a focus on closing out stock and avoiding future losses. A single sheet of popular music is given with each purchase.
Public health advice warns to stay cool and watch children during hot weather, keep yards and cellars clean, and avoid fires as drought fuels danger. The piece also notes cucumber use against cockroaches and comforts of home in heat, plus a plea to consider workers in warm kitchens. It then lists Internal Revenue Collections for June 30 1886 and local ads for grocer C P Henry Peckham plows Ripx Sperger and Greenlund furniture bargains.
Four marriage notices from Western New York dated July 1886 announce unions: E D Newton of Kinzua Pennsylvania wed Della Smith of Russell Pennsylvania in Dunkirk and John Weagraff of Kinzua wed Frances Headley of Elk Pennsylvania in Jamestown Darius Oviatt of Warren County Pennsylvania wed Clara Root of Crawford County Pennsylvania in Jamestown and Jones Smith of Columbus Pennsylvania wed Julia Ely of Rushford New York.
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