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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1895
Page
3
The Warren W R C announces a musical event at Mrs W M Lindsey's home on Thursday evening July 25 at eight o'clock. Admission is free with voluntary contributions, light refreshments served, and all are invited.
I is hustling to get ready for camp with a preliminary inspection last Monday to assess equipment and vacancies. At Richland range sixteen guardsmen qualified as marksmen while thirty members have qualified since opening. The Warren Centennial Executive Committee met, appointing a history editor and audit committee, praising G A R and L G P for parade help, and proposing a Warren county Historical Society with officers and a constitution draft.
The corner Market and Water streets livery stable has been remodeled. It now houses the Warren Auction and Commissioner Company. Gregory will manage the business and handle buying selling and exchanging furniture buggies harness and all other goods. Call on him for particulars.
On Wednesday July 24 the D A Y and PRR will run a special southbound train leaving Falconer at 1130 PM. The Innis Band performs at Celoron in afternoon and evening and the electric fountain is a notable sight. Fare is 85 cents round trip. G H Daniels G P A.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Co plans an excursion from Kane to Atlantic City and Cape May on Thursday August 1 at 6 30 A M for a round trip fare of 8 dollars. Tickets are valid on any regular train for ten days. Warren passengers may go to Kane the evening before. The Children’s Aid Society of Warren County seeks homes for one girl aged 8 and five boys aged 1 3 5 6 and 10. apply to Mrs E N Smith president 414 Fourth Street Warren Pa.
The K. O. T. M. picnic grounds on an island in Brokenstraw creek at Irvine ton offer first class facilities for public picnics and private parties. Features include good water, a dance platform, swings, tables and stands. Apply to W. A. Maines or H. F Caldwell in Irvine for details.
A series of visits and travels across Pennsylvania and nearby states are noted. Prof AugusT Merck in Philadelphia Monday Mars. Miss Ella Perry leaves for Atlantic City. Dr Jasper Keelor and wife visit Cincinnati contacts Warren guests. Misses Georgie and Rosamond McDermott of Cincinnati visit relatives in Warren.
Transfers filed in Warren County include S Holcomb estate to Orville H Holcomb Pittsfield for value uncertain and several deeds in Triumph Conewango Mead and Elk. Notable sums include Fred Morck to Winger 8500 and Bayer to Morck 4250. Valuations range from 1 to 18500 dollars.
In a claim highlighted by E. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as the only constitutional treatment for catarrh. The firm offers one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure and urges readers to send for circulars and testimonials while noting a price of 75 cents at druggists.
The passage describes common complaints as dangerous symptoms indicating debilitation from impure blood. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for such conditions and for weakness at seasonal changes. Hoop's Pitts are advertised as effective after-dinner pills aiding digestion and curing headaches.
Mrs E G Gregory of Frederickstown Missouri testifies that Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy gave speedy relief for a grandchild with severe bowel trouble after other remedies failed. She calls it the best medicine for dysentery summer complaint colic and cholera infantum in children and notes it never fails when used as directed, with Morris and Mullen as local druggists.
Vermillion on Lake Erie hosts a charming summer resort Linnoop Park on the South Shore. The Nickel Plate road provides excursion tickets throughout the season inviting travelers to enjoy a scenic getaway and leisure by the lake.
A notice urges printing envelopes with a return request to ensure prompt handling. If no return request is made the Postmaster may hold items for 30 days before returning them. Envelopes cost little and reduce business annoyance, with the Mail office providing envelopes and staff. Call to leave an order.
A hunter shouts his pursuit of a seal who retorts with bravado and disappears beneath the waves, leaving the hunter frustrated and the moment framed as a playful exchange.
A Warren column roundups various notices from August events and local happenings. Mentions farming, Chautauqua, railroads, church camps, school work moves, cemetery records, a public sale, and upcoming centennial planning in Franklin with officials and dates. The items span local economy, entertainment, and civic actions.
In 1791 Col Proctor moved through Reading to the Susquehanna and Allegheny regions to assure friendly Indians about land security, reaching Cornplanter’s town near Conewango. The article notes Rittenhouse’s earlier survey of lands, debates its date, and recalls Washington’s Philadelphia conference speeches by Cornplanter Half Town and Big Tree, preserved in Archives.
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved in six hours by a new remedy. It alleviates pain in the urinary passages, back, and relieves retention of water almost immediately. Sold by Noyes drug store in Warren.
Nickel Plate road advertises low summer rates to Linwood Park, promoting the resort as a delightful destination for travelers during the season.
Wm Sturdevant an 78 year old resident died at his son Henry’s home at noon after years of suffering including blindness for two years. Funeral set for Tuesday at 2 PM at M E church. Also notes local progress with Youngsville Manufacturing Co adding to its factory, water tank upgrade, new sidewalks, and general improvements. Prof Fell welcomed a ten pound boy. M E Dunham family visited from Grand Valley. Wallace Davis and wife from Cincinnati visiting W J Davis.
July 22 entries describe visitors from Philadelphia Youngsville Tidioute San Francisco and Mayville as well as local business starts. Women attend Children’s Day exercises at a decorated church while crops face grasshopper concerns and haying progresses. Reverend Ely will preach July 28 and the Medd family sails from England to settle in the former Duane Marble house.
A humorous note on romance and daily life blends with local medicine ads. Mrs. Mary Sibley of Sidney Mich recalls Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy curing her and a neighbor after several failed treatments. Also advertised are DeWitt’s Colic and Cholera Cure and English Spavia Liniment with local druggists selling them.
Mr Stright is rebuilding a new frame house near the old site after a previous blaze. S S Connely adds a rear addition to his home. Free Methodists held camp meetings in Dalrymple grove last week. Ada Mead Ada Page visited Sugar Grove. Flossie Davis stayed with Myrtle Mead in Pittsfield. Mrs Twombly injured falling from a horse but improving.
Mrs. Louisa C Casemere opens a clothes cleaning establishment at 305 Second Street Warren. She offers prompt service and a new French dry cleaning process enabling quick cleaning and pressing of evening suits and all kinds of clothes. Ladies' wraps remodeled with plush work as a specialty.
The Evangelical Sunday-school Convention will be held at Linwood Park in Vermillion Ohio on August 7 with low rate excursion tickets offered via the Nickel Plate Road. Agents are asked to inquire. Plus a note that literary men resemble hens and a remark about a mall office offering job printing services neatly and cheaply.
Visitors last week included J. D. Curtis and family from Jamestown and Mrs. A. S. Dalrymple with daughter from Warren. Ruth Knapp returned from Warren, Mabel Clark visits North Warren, Wm. Zibble injured in mower accident, Alvander Putnam home from Wattsburg PA, sick Mrs. P. stays with son in Wattsburg. Rev. Thomas preached to a large crowd. Maud Whiting buys a piano. M E church holds quarterly meetings. Grange mourns Irene Samuelson. charter draped for 60 days. sympathy offered to her family.
Fragmentary OCR lists prices and terms for patent spring flour and electric light services with scattered figures. Mentions per bushel and sack quantities, but details are incomplete and unclear.
In Warren Pennsylvania July 18 1895 Willie Laverne four son of Florien and wife dies of scarlet fever July 21 1895 Edward Newell eight months dies of lung congestion In Youngsville Pa July 21 1895 William Sturdevant aged 79 years obituary notice for local residents with dates and ages.
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