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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1882
Page
3
Local items from Warren include plans for Fourth of July celebrations, church events, and community notices. Updates cover new businesses and carpentry, street bridges, the Warren Water Works progress, and the upcoming annual M E Conference with Bishop Simpson directing.
A collection of short society items notes visitors and residents in Warren area. Miss Marie Beecher visits Albany. Reverend Rankin and Reverend Stites to preach next Sabbath. Mrs Wiborg and Judge Johnson visit. Miss Neme Robinson falls ill. Prof. Hoge attends Warren High School graduation. Miss Falconer ill in Virginia. Mr Morgenroad buys local quarry. E T Hazeltine retires from drug business. J N Dietch and Miss Mary Gissellbrecht wed in Erie with reception in Warren. local editors and publishers visit and report.
All wool suits in latest styles priced at six dollars each at Gro Batt and Company. White lead and ready mixed paints available from L G Noyes, Druggist. Oppermans and Smiths oil maps for sale at A A Davis and Company. New dress silks arrive with a full line of summer silks at lower prices from O H Hunter and Son.
Johnson and Siegfried announce that Variety Hall, formerly Hazeltine and Co, will continue as a drug paint book and fancy goods store at the old stand. The prescription department will be a specialty and Hazeltine books remain for unsettled accounts to be closed by the former clerk.
Very convenient form for oil leases and other blanks advertised for sale at the Mart office.
Philadelphia architect plans a new two hall Library building on Third Street with a store and Post Office on the lower floor. The main hall seats rise to give clear sightlines, a private stair leads to the Library, and two solid walls separate hall and library for fire safety. The post office room will feature fire resistant iron beams and brick inlay. overall a plain, substantial facade with future detailed figures to come.
Warren Union School ended the Spring term with packed audience twice as graduates, teachers, and students filled the hall. The program featured essays, recitations, music, and diplomas presented by Hon. W. M. Lindsey, with Salutatory by Miss Thomas and Valedictory by Miss Merrick.
Murphy well on lot 619 flows 800 to 1,000 barrels daily after two feet of sand. Cadwallader & Co at lot 635 spouts 1,200 barrels in 17 hours then 1,800 to 2,000 daily. Mystery on nearby lot 646 yields 600 to 800 barrels daily. Gushers 4 and 5 rumored at lots 647 and 611, awaiting tanks and pipeline amid fear for small producers. Market closed Monday at 58 with uncertainty ahead.
Cherry Grove reports, twenty dusters drilled in Allegany region this year. Bradford sees fewer wells than since 1877. May tankage up 683,050 barrels. Warren 646 district yields near 100 barrels daily. one thousand per day claimed by some papers. Real estate sales rise in Warren, Bradford and Allegany with May totals. Derrick notes overall decline in oil operations, fewer wells, except Cherry Grove and Baldridge show gains.
In Warren the telegraph office expanded from two wires under Manager J W Stearns to eighteen wires with eight operators as oil industry demand surged. A pay dispute led to resignations and new managers. Stearns declined a return to his old post, focusing on a growing telephone business. The American Rapid Telegraph Co plans a loop linking Frewsburg to Warren improving regional communications. Lost brown account book with German entries and Fred Kagel’s name reported in Warren. Henry Ercknorr, June 3, 1882.
At the close of May operations were very active with about thirty five wells drilling and a similar number of rigs up or building. Cherry Grove fields show twenty five wells with notable gushers. deeper drilling expected to reach Cherry Grove sand. Barnes and Glade districts report active drilling and new wells, including Meyer lot near Leonhart's brewery flowing about 50 barrels in 24 hours.
County and vicinity items note a Casada ga Lake spiritualistic picnic on June 10 and 11, a hotel sale in Irvington, a church sermon by Rev James Rea, and a burned hotel rebuild at Titusville. Other notes mention corry progress, Bradford oil town woes, and a Youngsville soldiers meeting on June 9.
May operations in Clarendon and Warren districts show varied results. The 646 well opened in May, producing initially over 1000 barrels daily before settling to an estimated 500 to 800. Nearby wells on 619 611 and 647 show strong signs, while several rigs drill or await tankage. Pipe-line connections link the Warren field with Union lines as rail service expands on the Bradford Short Line.
Chamber and parlor suits offered from the most expensive to the cheapest at McNert & Co Hickory street Warren Pa. The finest assortment of Suitings in the country at George Ball & Co. Leave your measurement and secure early choice.
A local tailor Jake Keller on Second Street advertises a wide stock of cloths and skilled workmen ready to cut and fit suits in the latest style at low prices. Call to see.
Pastor Rev J M Thoburn leads drives to raise funds for a new brick and stone Methodist structure in Akron Ohio. The plan shows a 700 seat auditorium, three entrances, a large vestibule, a northeast belfry, basement Sunday School rooms, and an upstairs chapel for prayer meetings, with construction hoped to start next spring if Providence permits.
On Wednesday evening June 7 Louis F. Baums new five act drama The Maid of Arran will be presented. The Auburn News compliments the show calling it sparkling with thrilling interest and sentiment and notes effective scenery and an excellent company.
P J Trushel has bought Hutter bakery on the river bank and opened an ice cream saloon in the same building. A skilled attendant runs the new ice cream business and cream is available in large or small quantities to townsfolk. W H Simpson & Co plumbers have opened a store opposite Variety Hall selling gas fixtures iron sinks kitchen boilers and other plumbing items. Call to inspect stock and prices.
A weekly notice from Warren Pennsylvania lists names of letters uncalled for at the post office. The names include June Anderson Charles Gutzler Leona Arengost Maggie Godell and several others. The notice warns remaining letters will be sent to the Dead Letter Office in four weeks.
Tidioute reports strong manufacturing activity with the stave mill hub factory and chair factory all busy. The class of ’82 departed last Thursday for Warren to attend commencement exercises. Union School graduation is set for June 1 at Grandin Opera House. Alumni plan their June 20 and 21 banquet while local residents travel between Warren Titusville and Buffalo for various business.
Despite late season business remains brisk as merchants receive fresh goods. Decoration Day visitors include Mrs. C Wright Coit Wright and Johnnie Price in Jamestown with graves adorned locally. Butter and egg prices noted while acts of the Ashtons draw full houses. They perform in Sugar Grove tonight June 5 1882.
North Clarendon vows a future oil metropolis as 646 opens spurring rapid growth. Building rises, hotels fill, and prices surge while stores rent scarce space. Mill platforms and storehouses appear as rail links push toward Garfield with hopes for a July 4 excursion.
Farmers busy with Spring crops delayed by rain. Burglars struck Rh E B Miller's residence taking a silver watch and gold chain then robbed Robert Love's pantry. A Congregational Church dedication set for June 20 and a large turnout expected. John Mahan, longserving M E Church member, is buried. GuESS WHO.
The notices announce five 1882 marriage events. John W. Knopf wed Lottie M. Hood in Warren on May 31. Howard Taber and Eva Boyd marry in Warren on June 1. Allison W. Smith and M Ella Decker wed in Meadville on May 25. Fred Marsh and Myrtie C Whitcomb marry in Warren at the Warren Hotel on June 1.
Notices report Noah B. Langdon of Sugar Grove dying in his 79th year after living in the area since 1803. Hardin Hazeltine also dies in Sugar Grove at age 72, with funeral services set for Tuesday.
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