Warren’s 1883 local note highlights events and repairs
In Warren Pa on July 24 1883 readers learn of community doings. Plans include grounds secured for a 4 paw circus on Sept 7 and a grand Warren Fire Department parade on Sept 4. Local houses are being repaired repainted and new homes rise as the mill addition starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glade
Paw’s Circus
Rowland & Greenland
Keystone
W. Levens
High Street
Warren Mill Co
Mill Pond
Bradford
Warren Police
Grant
New York
N. G. Johnson
East Street
Hanson
Knupp Brothers
Fifth Street
Wetmore & Co
Hassett
Osborne Weaver
J. K. Weaver
Stoneham
Warren Fire Department
Warren
Corry-Warren
Oil City
Titusville
Corry
Jamestown
Fredonia
Peter Welch
A. J. Hazeltine
Kinzua Bridge
Dayton
N. Y
Erie
Salamanca
Carrollton
Personal Paragraphs Notice Multiple Local Visits
A compilation of short notices lists Miss Lizzie Thomas of Jamestown visiting relatives in town, Miss Sadie Dailey of Duke Centre visiting Mrs. James R. King, Miss Anna Sill in Kalamazoo for a brief stay, and many other locals and visitors including J. H. King with erysipelas, Julius B. Hall in Warren visiting, and Miss Ida Russell traveling to Ionia. The item also notes engagements, travels, retirements, and social calls across Jamestown Warren and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Thomas
Jamestown
Sadie Dailey
Duke Centre
James R. King
Anna Sill
Kalamazoo
Mich
J. H. King
Julius B. Hall
Warren
Louisville
Ida Russell
Ionia
Georgie Wilbur
Jennie Bartlett
Dunkirk
Erie
John Sunderland
Phila
C. P. Bailey
Pittsburg
Carver House
Freeman
San Francisco
Washington Territory
Norfolk
T. E. Barnes
Sheffield
Atlantic City
Prof. Miller
Chautauqua
Lawyer Reeves
Bradford
Clara O. Spindler
Lancaster City
W. M. Lindsey
New Hampshire
Cordie
Emlenton
Will Utter
Son
Cumberland
Policeman Utter
J. A. Eichenberg
Sullivan Co
N. Y
New York
Brooklyn
Rochester
J. W. Lee
State Senate
Clara Virginia Kauffman
Kauffman
Columbia
Lancaster
P. Greenland
Democratic Party
Maude Davis
Boston
New England Conservatory of Music
Tionesta
Western
Republican
Summer Goods Sale Offered by Sunter and Son
Sunter and Son announce a general reduction in stock including lawns cambrics parasols fans summer silks and dress goods. Much of the merchandise is now 25 percent cheaper than a week ago and stock remains large for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunter & Son
We Have Opened a Large Line of Fine Laces
A local advert announces a new lace line including Oriental Mechlin Point DeAlencon Mosaic and more. Bet Bros promotes the expanded selection inviting customers to view the wares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oriental
Mosaic
Lost In Warren Society Pin With Star Crescent
A sweetheart pin described as a star and crescent with an emerald center has gone missing near Warren. Finder should leave it at Mr. Struthers’ office for a reward. contact Alice W. Jefferson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
New Shoe Lines and Home Furnishings On Display
C Smith and Son receive French and Curacura Kid hand turned button shoes in C and D widths from Saller Lewin Co Phila and J H Byrnes Rochester with Reynolds Bros Couch Wisner ladies shoes. Boyingtons automatic folding beds and combined writing desk bed and parlor ornament showcased at N Greenland's Exchange Block. Ala bastine durable wall finish offered by L G Noyes, Druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Smith & Son
Saller, Lewin & Co
Phila
J. H. Byrnes
Rochester
Reynolds Bros
Couch & Wisner
Boyington
Black Jersey Invoice for All Sizes and Colors
An invoice shows All Wool Buntings receiving black jerseys in multiple sizes and colors with a price reduction from twenty five to twenty cents. The notice notes the sale as a bulk closeout in a retail listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bet Bros
Controversy Over Erie Custom House Collector Resolved
In Erie a feud over the Custom House collectorship ended last week as Barr resigned after pressure from a large party faction. Congressman Brainerd backed Stafford for the post, leading to Barr's removal from the Collectorship and his transfer to Inspector of Indian Agencies. J. F. Walther of Erie was appointed new Collector, bonding at $1.5 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Custom House
Barr
Congressman Brainerd
Stafford
Washington
Mercer
Franklin
Erie
Brainerd
J. F. Walther
Walther
Governor Reviews National Guard Brigades in August Inspections
An order from the Adjutant General in Harrisburg on the 16th schedules brigades for inspection in Philadelphia August 13 Conneaut Lake August 16 17 and Williamsport August 14 15. The Governor will review the National Guard with each brigade set for 5 p.m. on its respective date. Conneaut is highlighted as easily accessible for Erie Bradford Ridgway Warren and Corry companies and a pleasant gathering is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adjutant General’s Office
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Conneaut Lake
Williamsport
National Guard
Conneaut
Erie Bradford
Ridgway
Warren and Corry
Corry Herald Closes After Prosperous Run
The Corry Herald shut down last week after stating it rode a wave of prosperity, a common sign when papers are near their end. The Con. Courier warns creditors to settle accounts with the publisher promptly.
The State Hospital trip described by Dr Spencer
Dr Spencer of Erie writes from the Erie Dispatch about a visit to the Warren State Hospital. He praises Dr John Curwen and Dr Guth, notes the farm land value and oil proceeds used for building, and says the hospital now holds 400 patients with a capacity for 800. The visit to Warren includes hospitality from Dr Bartholomew and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Erie Dispatch
Spencer
Erie
John Curwen
Guth
Erie County
Constable
Bartholomew
Chautauqua season notes and local notices in Titusville
A summary of Chautauqua grounds improvements and memorials, social fashions on opening day, and upcoming regional events. Also reports on teaching staff at the School of Languages, local business matters, and recent legal actions in Titusville and Meadville, including court fines and publicity about advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Express
Edith Sessions Tupper
Chautauqua
Mother Hubbard
Squire Galligan Leaves Tid ioute for Russia
County correspondence notes many residents at summer resorts. Teachers for the new school are listed, led by Prof S Hoge, with Miss Forbes Miss Evans Miss Buell and others. A wedding at W W Kemble’s home unites Weston G Wilkins and Nettie Kemble, with plans to travel to Van Buren Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Galligan
Tidioute
Russia
Hoge
Waynesburg
Prof
S. Hoge
Mary Forbes
Gouverneur
N. Y
L. L. Evans
G. W. Warden
Hickory
Watkins
Martin
John Fuellhart
Excursion to Niagara Falls by Warren Hose Co
Niagara Hose Co offers a Warren to Niagara Falls excursion on Tuesday July 31. The train leaves at 6 AM from D A Vv & P depot, arrives about 11 AM, returns at 10 PM. Round trip fare is $2.50 with a stop in Buffalo for about 10 AM and 11 PM. A Providence vs Buffalo baseball game is noted. Tickets available this week from committee members B Walker G TH Higgins Henry Dunn W Allen and Louis Dreyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Hose Co
Warren
Niagara Falls
The
Falls
Buffalo
Providence
Messrs. B. Walker
G. TH. Higgins
Henry Dunn
W. ©. Allen
Louis Dreyer
Reunion of the Brown Family Holds First Annual Gathering
The first Brown family reunion was held at West Spring Creek Warren County on Saturday July 14 1883 eighty nine relatives and thirty five guests attended. Dinner followed under old trees planted by father Brown with Rev C S Tinker leading prayer and a new organization formed with C S Tinker president Edwin Hammond vice president Wm McLay secretary and Mrs C M Tucker treasurer. The event marked the 70th birthday of Mrs S A McLay who received a purse of over $20, and plans were made for the next reunion to be the last Saturday in August 1884 at Spring Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Chautauqua
Cassadaga Lake
Caldwell Guards
Titusville
BGP
Chautauqua
Pennsylvania State Teachers’ Association
State Board of Agriculture
Erie
Meadville
Meadville R. A., Extending From Meadville
Linesville
Conneaut Lake
Daniel H. Post
Jamestown Journal
Evelyn M. Newland
Robert Newland
Jamestown
State Normal School of
Edinboro
J. A. Cooper
Baldwin’s
Buffalo
N. Y
Bruce Smith
W. W. Derickson
U.S
Pittsburg
Smith
Derickson
Northwestern Coal and Iron Co
Indiana
Jefferson
Mercer
Lawrence
Venango
Clarion
Armstrong
Clearfield
Forest
Elk
Warren
State Normal School
Salamanca
Olean
Tuna Creek
Carrolton
Oil City
C. B. Albert
Kennedy
Albert
Jamestown Standard
John A. Morley
United States Court
U. S. Pension Office
Acheson
Crawford County
Brown
West Spring Creek
Warren County
N. W. Brown
Sherman
C. S. Tinker
Greenville
C. 8
Tinker
Edwin Hammond
Concord, Erie Co
Wm. McLay
C. M. Tucker
A. McLay
Spring Creek
Pennsylvania Paragraphs Highlight Local Events
An Altoona man of 87 has new teeth molded at a local dentist. A note acknowledges an invitation to the Third Annual Reunion of the Soldiers Orphan Sixteen Teens at Altoona on August 15 to 17. General James A. Beaver plans a cross country carriage trip from Bellefonte to Conneaut Lake for brigade encampment next month. The state expects fair activity with sixty six events listed from a Grange exhibit at Williams Grove to Northern Montour by October 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
James A. Beaver
Bellefonte
Conneaut Lake
Commonwealth
Williams’ Grove
Cumberland Valley
Montour
Advertising proves its value with twin results
A farmer advertised for two boys in town and returned to find twins, both boys, as a surprising fruit of advertising. The anecdote underscores the efficacy of advertising as a recruitment tool.
New Commission Rules for Teacher Permanent Certificates
Committees of teachers elected at county institutes must examine all applicants for permanent certificates. Examinations are written. upon approval by the Superintendent, the applicant receives a certificate. Certificates remain valid across the county with city exceptions. Chief Justice Waite was thrown from a horse with non fatal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Instruction
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Waite
Sherman
Livingstone, M.T
Yellowstone
Unclaimed Letters at Warren Post Office 1833 List
Unclaimed letters for residents and names listed at Warren Pa post office. Call before thirty days to avoid transfer to Dead Letter Office. Date of advertising July 21 1833. P M O 0 C Allen Warren Pa.
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Warren Post Office
Warren Co
Anderson
Mathilda
A. Porter
Maggie Grogan
Maggie Strackbein
Geo
C. Allen
P. M. Warren
Tax ruling labels rock and rye as whisky for tax
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Evans holds that rock and rye is not medicine but whisky and must be taxed as whisky. Manufacturers plan to appeal to the courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Evans
Elegant Hamburg vein line debuts at four stores
New Hamburg line of TDA vein mec appears at four outlets including L. G. Noyes store. shoppers offered imported cigars to sample.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hamburg
Bet Bros
L. G. Noyes
Thousands of Cigar Makers Stage New York Strike
In New York a large strike leaves thousands of cigar makers out of work as workers protest conditions and seek contract terms. The walkout disrupts production at several factories and draws attention from labor unions and city officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tren
New York
Dr Bosanko’s Cough and Lung Syrup Free Trial Offer
Dr. Bosanko’s Cough and Lung Syrup is offered in a free trial bottle by AL. G. Noyes the Druggist for anyone afflicted with coughs colds asthma consumption or any lung affection seeking relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL. G. Noyes
Dr. Bosanko
High Rock Spring Water Promoted For Digestive Ailments
An advertisement touts High Rock Spring water as superior for dyspepsia constipation and liver disorders with a recommended cathartic dose of one glass before breakfast. It notes distribution by first class druggists and orders to the High Rock Spring Company in Saratoga Springs New York, with select sellers such as L. G. Noyes in Warren Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Rock Spring Company
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
L. G. Noyes
Warren, Pa
Alarming Nail Waste Theory From Civic Mind on Nails
A city gentleman urges examining board attention to long standing nail growth waste. He estimates 20 nails grow about 130 inches yearly weighing a pound, and a 90 million population would yield 30 million pounds of nail material annually. He suggests tonnage could pave miles of streets. The piece ends with toothpaste ad language urging Teaberry and Yes Tooth Powder sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Examining Board
United States
Ranklin Press
Petroleum Points Weekly Oil Market Report
The Petroleum market hit a weekly low with strikers depressing crude prices while buyers of puts at a dollar for the year profited. Oil City financiers gained from the market melee as high as 2.75 was paid to carry oil day to day. official quotes show series across July contracts with openings around 1.01 and closings near 1.04.
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Opng
Ov Lwst
Spring and Summer Clothing From Jacopo Keller Tailor
Jacopo Keller offers a large stock of imported and domestic cloths in Spring and Summer styles. He can tailor dress suits business suits spring overcoats and neat pants with low prices and warrantied fit. Rooms on the second story at the corner of Second and Liberty streets Warren Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacopo Keller
Second and
Liberty Streets
Warren
Perfect Fitting Patterns Offered By Harper's Bazaar
Readers are invited to try Harper's Bazaar patterns with full printed descriptions included in every pattern. The notice promotes latest European and American fashions and notes agents Johnson & Stearreip, Jones & Laurie, and Russell & Co's improved threshers. Wall papering and painting services are advertised by N. K. Wendelboe, with stock from T. H. Nevin & Co and L. G. Noyes offering white lead and ready mixed paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Bazar
Johnson & Stearreip
Variety Hall
Warren
T. H. Nevin & Co
L. G. Noyes
P. O
Pittsburg
Western Ay
Allegheny, Pa
McCabe and Kidder Wedding in Glade and Wilkins and Kemble in Titusville
Two marriage notices from July 1883 record weddings at family homes. William C. McCabe wed Rhoda M. Kidder in Glade with Rev. J. M. Thoburn officiating. Weston G. Wilkins married Annette Kemble in Titusville with Rev. Wm. Martin officiating. Both brides and grooms are of Warren and Tidioute respectively.
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Tiye Warren Mail
Home Matters
Greenland
the National Guard
the State Hospital
Worman
la Laude
Lummis
McClintock
Shumway
Cumnoch
Frank Beard
Athenaeum
A. K. Warren
Reed House
D. M. Johnson & Co
C. M. Reed
Pennsylvania
Johnson & Siegfried
Potter & Farrell
Brokers In Petroleum
Jones & Laurie
Yankeebush
Russell & Co
N. K. Wendelboe
Liberty Street
George Ensworth
R. K. Russel
Water Street
J. B. Carver
Justices of Peace
Dosnevese
Treas
G. Ensworth
K. Russell
Am’t
Ensworth
Warrer
R. K. Russell
Seevabvedenhs Aevasataee
Peceasnaeies
Sec
Trea
Fraiesien
Betes Idee
Don
Inodivanse
Ccc
A. D
W. A. Rankin
Rufus P. King
Co. P. Northrop
F. Osborne
Waren
E'L.coww
Union Cassimere
SOL. Cohn & CO
Keystone Clothiers and Hatters
Hunter’s
H. Hunter & Son
A. Siegel & Sons
Northwestern
Penn’a
T HH. Nevin & Co’s
Pioneer
I. G. Noyes
Hickory St
N. K. Wendleboe
Davis’ Drug Store
Painesville
Ohio
Lake County
T. Allien, Esq
H. Towel
Marzitf
M. Bro
W. L. Warren
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