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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1896
Page
3
The Warren Bible Conference will run four days from Sunday July 19 to Wednesday July 22 at the Evangelical church, with Supt. Hurlburt George McKenzie and J H McConkey as teachers from the Pennsylvania Bible Institute in Philadelphia.
A report details Warren events for August 12 to 14 including a convention with Reig and Barth orchestra, a banquet, and a dance. A large parade and post-parade races are planned with multiple hose, hub, and prize drills. Bicycle races will accompany the events under LAW rules amid numerous bands and about twenty-five participating companies.
Frep Bell returns home from Ridgway in poor health. Capt EBR Pemce also comes home after a long East visit. Many Warren residents visit Erie, Hornellsville, Cuba, Duluth and Chautauqua. Notables include Miss Emma Husted’s solos and Prof Charles Twining visiting with his son. The community reports a grand wedding anniversary and a successful leg amputation in Erie.
Real estate transfers include L B Wood Co to Nelson Tell and wife Eldred 1200 dollars. William Hapgood to L B Wood Co Eldred 200. and other deeds in Eldred Pine Grove Elk and Warren. Also note date change for State League of Republican Clubs convention from Sept 16 to Sept 9 in Erie and urging Warren county organization.
A rundown of local sales at Allen Shoe Store and Kertcher's styles. Community events include picnics, dances, and a baseball game at Recreation Park on July 18 for a $250 stake. Also reports on drownings, jail releases, parish notes, new bricks for Tru shel & Shaw, and mill closures and reorganizations in Erie county.
The record describes July 4 activities with church services and outdoor meetings, singing and a sermon, plus visiting relatives such as Ethel Woodin and Miss Enice, and trips to Chautauqua. It mentions army worms affecting crops, a mill family moving into mill cottage, and Clyde Wright as fourth generation miller.
The foundation for the 1 C O F building nears completion as carpenters begin framing. An administrator's sale of C F Johnson's effects drew bids with EK Eitt buying one team and wagon for 255 dollars and Isaac Horton paying 150 for another team while the total fell short of half its appraisal. Miss Libbie Lilley of Youngsville visited two weeks with Mrs A Secor and departed by wheel. Stone masons work on a foundation for Aug Johnson's new Church street home. Horton Crary Co. add a large addition to their house formerly Claude Mills. Bicycle races postponed from July 4 due to rain will run Wednesday evening. Edith Anundson of Erie visits with her parents.
July marriages include Erick Samburg to Hulda Johnson on July 2 in Jamestown and August Johnson with Clara Anderson on July 4 by Rev. Peterson. Miss Lacount of Philadelphia visits Kingsley home. Teachers hired for township. Lucy Whitney to Dugall, Fene Smith to Miles Run, May Horokerson to Spitz Hill. Farmers face army worm damage to oats amid excitement.
There is more catarrh in this region than all other diseases, once deemed incurable. Science shows catarrh is constitutional and requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. is taken internally, claims to cure via blood and mucous membranes, and offers $100 for any failure. price 75 cents.
Harrisburg judge rules on 1893 fee bill for constables reducing travel from 10 to 5 cents a mile and subpoenas from 50 to 15 cents. One warrant and one commitment fee apply regardless of defendants, and information fees drop from 60 to 50 cents. Celery plants advertised. local hat styles described.
July 21 event offers low-priced tickets on the Nickel Plate Road for travel from Chicago to New York City. Advertises 172 solid trains and promises savings with their ticket.
The regular Summer Assembly on July 11 featured Mrs. A. E. Sheets as the first speaker and drew among the largest crowds yet. Ingersoll spoke on Liberty of man, woman and child for two hours after a morning lecture, with subsequent events and speakers planned for the coming Sunday.
H B Cutting announces readiness to do all required coal delivery services. Coal can be left at the Democrat office or with Wyman and Conarro, or mail to H B Corrine on the East Side.
Warre n Pa July 1 1896 the state hospital warns it is overcrowded and no case will be admitted without prior supervision by the superintendent detailing mental disorder duration complications and other facts to assess the case preference given to recent cases due to violent patients occupying rooms John Curwen Supt.
The W N Y P Ry offers a popular priced excursion to Niagara Falls on Tuesday July 21. A fast train leaves Warren at 8 A M with round trip fare 2 00 and children half fare. Arrival Buffalo 12 15 P M, Niagara Falls 1 P M. Return leaves Niagara 8 P M arriving Buffalo 8 45, seven hours at the Falls.
The Henry O. Shepard Company in Chicago markets The People's Bible History with high praise from British-American and others. Critics call it a landmark in modern literature with Gladstone’s contribution and Lorimer’s finale. editions include a popular subscription edition and a deluxe, illustrated version. Agents are sought for broader distribution.
Mrs L Casemere Scott offers monthly low price contracts for pressing and cleaning gentlemen's clothing. All work guaranteed with special monthly rates. Upstairs, to D u Hunter & Son's. Best job printing at the Mar office.
County clippings report the arrest of a man charged with selling liquor to minors, unable to post $500 bail, and taken to Warren jail by Constable Jackson. Other items note a baby daughter’s reception, European tour returnees, a Sound Money Bureau election in Erie, a pole raising at Doane schoolhouse, and warnings about newspaper borrowers.
Fragments describe life notes from postal cards, home health tips, and local remedies. Anecdotes praise Ayer’s Hair Vigor Hall’s Hair Renewer and Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. At Warren and Corydon merchants, Morris & Mullen stock the products and share favorable anecdotes.
Neighborhood fairs scheduled across multiple towns with specific dates including Corry Aug 25 28 Titusville Sept 8 11 Warren Sept 15 18 Wattsburg Sept 1 4 Parker's Landing Sept 8 11 Greenville Sept 15 17 Cambridge Sept 23 25 Conneautville Sept 29 Oct 1 Edinboro Sept 15 17 Stoneboro Sept 22 24 Mercer Sept 29 Oct 1.
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers two low rate excursions to Atlantic City from Buffalo Elmira and intermediate stations August 6 and 20. Return within ten days for 10.00 from Buffalo and Erie 6.00 from Elmira and Renovo with proportional rates elsewhere. Direct rail access via the new Delaware River Bridge expected. train times and rates to be announced.
The D A V P R R announces summer excursion fares from Warren from June 14 to September 15. Season tickets allow return to Oct. 15. Wording lists Jamestown Celoron Chautauqua Lake Lily Dale routes with varied round trips and day restrictions. General manager G H Daniels and ticket agent W J Sparks sign off.
A fragmented request filled with political talk and a Buffalo Express subscription pitch. The text references daily political coverage, center reporting, and an offer to receive the Buffalo Express by mail or through a newsdealer, with pricing and badge details.
A Jamestown and surrounding towns note a string of marriage notices from July 1896. John P. Weiler wed May Bell Ruhlman in Jamestown. Leon Wilson married Ida Engal in Grant. Amiel P. Anderson wed Emma Mickleson in Salamanca. W Blair Keefer tied to Erma Cady in Sinclairville. Aleck Sandberg married Hulda Maria Johnson in Jamestown. Ernest Owen wed Nora McKean in Jamestown. Peter Lawson married Christine Nelson in Jamestown. Charles H. Chase wed Sadie Feeny in Frewsburg. George Hooker wed Vern Griffith in Celoron.
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