Commencement Day Poems and Local Notices in Warren
Readable items note graduation verses and the June 12 edition's mix of ads and notices. School closes next Friday. July 4 festivities planned. insurance sale. drug store and millinery ads. local moves and repairs. a fatal mill accident. driving park races delayed by rain. prohibition meeting results. a new building loan union. Glade school construction. various house paints and a restaurant move. sidewalk bicycle policy update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Newell
Royal Streeet
Warren
Davis’ Drug Store
Patterson’s
Local society notes and notable visits
Judge L D Wetmore travels from Virginia on a brief visit. Mrs A W Ryan recovers from illness. Orris P Hall returns from Michigan benefiting from the trip. J L Cogswell leaves for Johnstown on duty. C C Thompson and W M Lindsey attend E A U Grand Union meetings in Oil City. Rockwell party heads to New York and Poughkeepsie. Anna Rockwell to accompany them. A silver wedding celebrated by Mr and Mrs W D McLaren with gifts and socializing. Peter Greenland attends Erie District Undertakers Convention. son Sherman will attend the State Funeral Directors Convention at Hazelton. Will H Allen of Warren graduates from University of Pennsylvania and joins Philadelphia bar. Minnie and Bertha Gemmill visiting Warren. Mrs Julia E Bernard awarded Bachelor of Arts from Western College. W A Greaves paints portraits for Charles M Dow of Randolph, including Hon A G Dow and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell
May Rockwell
New York
Poughkeepsie
Anna Rockwell
W. D. McLaren
Peter Greenland
Erie
Sherman
Hazelton
Will H. Allen
Warren
University of Penn’a
Philadelphia
Minnie
Bertha Gemmill
W. A. Mitchell
Theodore Messner
Sheridan
Johnstown
Julia E. Bernard
Western College
Dow
Jamestown Journal
Union Service at Library Hall Unites Four Churches
The Presbyterian Baptist Methodist and Evangelical congregations join for a grand union service at Library Hall next Sunday evening. Rev. R S Holmes will preach on The Citizen's duty toward the Amendment as united choirs sing. All invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Hall
Presbyterian
Baptist
Methodist
Evangelical
R.S. Holmes
United Choirs
Sharpshooters Post Strong Scores In Co I Range Test
Sergeant Gunning led with 200 yards scores and 500 yard marks while Corporal Andrew J Brown also posted creditable scores at 200 and 500 yards Members of Co I are invited to report further results to the Mail for publication.
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Gunning
Co. I
Andrew J. Brown
Local relief drive totals reach Williamsport and Johnstown flood aid
Burgess Merck opens a subscription at his store for flood sufferers in Johnstown Lock Haven and Williamsport. Donations and cash total about 1200 dollars plus clothing. Local events raise funds including an ice cream festival and a concert, with proceeds sent to the flood relief. Eight girls appeal for Williamsport donations of clothing furniture and bedding, asking residents to leave items at local spots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgess Merck
Johnstown
Lock Haven
Williamsport
Billy Caswell
Sophie Bayer
Hattie
Tudie Childs
Josephine Hall
Lena Erhardt
Lydia Strickfuss
Bertha Riwa
Laura Smith
W. C. Russell
Struthers Iron Works
Warren
H. G. Eddy
Eleanor Doty
Mabel Brown
Nellie Bairstow
Nannie Kelley
Edith Orr
May
Olive Eddy
Letha Stone
Nettie Waid
Dick Farnham
Warren Union School appoints staff and sets tax rate
At a directors meeting the tax rate was fixed at 6 mills a half mill reduction. The staff for the next school year includes Principal A B Miller and a large list of teachers in Academic and West End branches with music taught by Mrs Hinckley. Exhibitions commence next Thursday and commencement Friday at Library Hall, alumni banquet Monday, Dr Fradenburgh delivering class sermon. Also an advertisement notes Hall's Hair Renewer for dandruff and hair growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Bessie Richards
Mary Conrath
Annie Snyder
Laura Snyder
W. D. Hinckley
M. Buchman
Far West End
Cole
Library Hall
M. E
Fresh Fish and Millinery at Warren Shops
Nice fresh fish and salt water varieties are on hand at S Burt's 400 Hickory Street with a call encouraged. ATTERSON'S showcases Warren's largest ever assortment of millinery goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Burt
Hickory Street
Warren
Atterson’s
Arnica & Oil Liniment Warranty Statement
Proprietors Morris and Mullen of North Carolina guarantee every bottle of Arnica and Oil Liniment to give satisfaction or the purchase price will be refunded. The notice stands as a consumer assurance of full money back policy.
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Morris & Mullen, N. C. En
No Liquor Licenses This Year in June Court Session
The June Court of Quarter Sessions began June 3 and ran through the following Saturday. Indictments covered larceny, assault, malicious mischief, embezzlement, and liquor offenses. Notable outcomes include guilty verdicts for selling liquor without a license to minors, fines up to 500 dollars, jail terms, and several not guilty or acquittal decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Quarter Sessions
Frank James
John C. Utter
Geo. Ackerman
James M. Kahler
Daniel M. Carroll
Ransom Niles
Mathew Russell
P Com
G. Martin
Wm. Harris
Martin
Harris
David Barton
A. B. Lowell
John Bowers
Martin Malay
Wm. German
James McGuire
D. J. Hurley
B. A. Snow
F. W. Skinner
John Mack
Will Fulkerson
Ward Oe
G. W. Davis
D. G. Blackman
Com
John Montague
T. W. Dempsey
John Brown
Warren
Ward Benedict
Magnus Tuneberg
E.G. Woodard
Spencer Walton
J. C. Utter
Warren County Grand Jury Report 1889 June Sessions
Warren County grand jury reports 25 indictments with 15 true bills and 10 not true bills. They note jail security upgrades needed including hamessining and shuttered lower windows. A seventeen-member committee found North Warren State Insane Asylum and Rouse Hospital in excellent condition with humane care and well-run farm, food, and cleanliness. Foreman O J Gunning thanks the Court and District Attorney for courtesies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace
Warren
State of
Pennsylvania
Court House
Insane Asylum
North Warren
Rouse Hospital
Davis
O. J. Gunning
No Licenses This Year Court Refuses Four License Applications
The court rejected four liquor license applications yesterday after a brief session. Court opened at 10 a.m. Judge Brown and Associates Barker and Merritt sat on the bench with small attendance. Rice urged postponement until after the June 18 election, but the judge refused, stating the election would not affect the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Barker
Merritt
Mr. Rice
Remonstrance List Falls Short in Application Count
A large number of names appeared on the remonstrance list while the applications neared the required total. The outcome was not unexpected.
Neighborhood notes report historic Salamanca flood and local events
The Salamanca Olean flood ranks as the greatest since 1865. Frost damaged grapes around Lake Erie in spots but caused no widespread harm. Sugar Grove announces Commencement this week with Seminary closing exercises tonight and tomorrow. The M E Church Women’s Foreign Missionary Society meets in Sheffield next Thursday and Friday with an address by Rev. J M Thoburn Thursday evening. Rev J G Townsend was kicked by a horse last week and may not return to pulpit. A Pittsfield unsigned local item is noted as weak. The Middlefield area shows 29 rigs and 81 drilling wells end of May, down from 52 rigs and 63 wells in April. interest in ensilage rises among local farmers, with plans to visit the silos of Wilder and Gale at Chautauqua.
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Sugar Grove
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of
M. E. Church
Sheffield
J. M. Thoburn
J. G. Townsend
Meadville Journal
Pittsfield
Wilder
Gale
Chautauqua
Mack’s Corners
Shannon
Warren
Mupee
West Spring
Edward W. Mudge
Mr. Mudge
Westford
Otsego Co
N. Y
Spartansburg
Crawford Co
Spring Creek Tp
Edna L. Morse
Patrons of Husbandry
Spring Creek Grange No
P.R. A
Congregational Church
E. A.U
J. D. Sammons
A. H. Oumsrgap
Inhuman Husband Tried to Drive Wife to Insane Asylum
A Warren area commission ruled Mrs Eliza Spink sane after a chaotic attempt by Cassius M Spink and his brother Edward to commit her to an insane asylum under false insanity claims. Neighbors intervened as a lynch mob formed. the couple faced conspiracy charges and heavy bonds. Doctors testified to past abuse. jurors found the wife perfectly sane.
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Tiona
Cassius M. Spink
Edward Spink
New York State
Warren
Spink
Eliza Spink
North Warren
Allen & Higgins
C. C. Thompson
Messrs
O. W
List of Letters Remaining in Office in 1889 Notice
A post office notice lists remaining letters not called for including LADIES Mrs John Clark Mrs Viola Daily Miss Belle Clark Miss Clara Degolia Miss Rebecca Nijo and GENTLEMEN Christian Anderson 2 R D Messenger L D Crandall C H Mead A E Chandler Andrew Gdenwalder Matthew Dimmick C A Peterson John Eichel E Philpott H T Etter Rev Jas Raynor Barton Kelley Frank Rowland D H Kelly J R Sullivan P D Margemmn Alex Taylor All unclaimed letters after two weeks will be sent to the Dead Letter office D L Loves P M Warren Pa June 12 1889 Drug advertisement notes Mandrake Bitters claim to cure costiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Anderson
R. D. Messenger
L. D. Crandall
C. H. Mead
A. E. Chandler
Andrew Gdenwalder
Matthew Dimmick
C. A. Peterson
John Eichel
E. Philpott
H. T. Etter
Rev. Jas. Raynor
Barton & Kelley
Frank Rowland
D.H. Kelly
J. R. Sullivan
P. D. Margemmn
Alex. Taylor
Local ads offer sewing machines for cash or easy payments
F A Conswell advertises a sale of Domestic and Wilson Sewing Machines with cash or easy payment terms at 112 East Water Street Warren Pennsylvania. Also promoting imported cigars at Davis' Drug Store.
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Wilson
East Water Street
Warren
F. A. Conswell
Davis’ Drug Store
Town Pump reminiscence and Prohibition appeal
The piece mixes Hawthorne pastiche with a town pump sketch and a long Woman's Christian Temperance Union appeal urging Prohibition. It references Governor Winthrop and historic spring lore, then presents a call to voters to support prohibition to protect women, children, and public order.
Real Estate Transfers Week Ending June 8 1889
Transfers reported for Pittsfield Tidioute Sheffield Eldred Warren Mead and other towns show multiple property sales. Names include Mulbury Sisson Long Root Anundsson Shugert Thornhill Morse Eisenbrown Neeson Morrison and Anderson with prices from 25 to 9750 dollars across Bear Lake Columbus and other localities.
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Charles Mulbury
Andrew Mulbury
Pittsfield
F. A. Buck
A. E. Sisson
Tidioute
J. E. Stillman
Harrison Pike
Jennie Long
Freehold
L. W. Barlow
Chas. O. Strand
Sugar Grove
A. L. Carlson
Elijah Root
Brokenstraw
Carl Saechler
Caroline Anundson
Sheffield
Esther A. Mumford
J. A. Anundsson
John W. Howles
Agnes Davis
J.T. Courson
Ellen D. Shugert
Allegheny Oil and Lumber Co
F. A. Shugert
Dell R. Woodward
Harmony Society
Jacob Eisenbrown
Limestone
John Row
F.T. Neeson
Bear Lake
Edwin Clemons
Conewango
Frank Williams
Emma Williams
Columbus
Chas. A. Wilber
Frank 8
Wilber
Mead
John Fourell
Victor Anderson
J. E. Sage
J. E. Kelley
Disarming an Unseen Foe in Malaria Times
An early 20th century notice extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a defense against malaria and related fevers. It praises preventive power, claims cures for dyspepsia rheumatism kidney and bilious ailments and urges readers to buy Morris & Mullen’s Elixir and A Weiss clothing store in Warren county for spring attire.
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America
Hostetter
Johnson’s Exchange Seeks Rags Shoes Metals for Cash
Rost H. Johnson invites cash offers for rags free of rubbish papers and old rubber shoes and metals during the season. Items may be left at Johnson's Exchange room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson’s Exchange
H. Johnson
Castoria Slogan Recalled in Classic Advertising Rhyme
A vintage slogan recallsCastoria as a remedy used from infancy through motherhood. The verse traces a child’s illness to Castoria and notes its continued use as the family grows including when the daughter becomes a mother and has children.
Warren Union Plans Prayer Meeting and Election Readiness
The temperance column notes a regular Warren Union meeting at the usual time and place with a large attendance urged. Chairman Palmer says women can be near polls, and a prayer meeting is proposed in a local church on June 18.
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Warren Union
Palmer
Mourning Proclamation for Mary E Belnap 1889
The Brokenstraw Valley Union No. 37 E A U reports the death of Mary E. Belnap and resolves a thirty day mourning period. The committee, James G. McKey and two others, directs the proceedings be published in the EE A U Herald and added to the record. Date June 3 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Belnap
EE. A. U. Herald
James G. McKey
J. G. McKey
C. Mrap
Brokenstraw Valley Union No
Piano Tuning and Instrument Instruction Offer
Charles Stricker Jr of 407 Hazel Street Warren provides piano tuning and instruction in piano violin and cornet. Orders may be left at Wyman and Davis Jewelry.
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Charles Stricker, Jr
Hazel Street
Warren
Wyman & Davis
Married couples in Warren county 1889 notices
The notices record two June 1889 marriages in Warren County. Charles Kidder wed Celia Wilkinson in Warren on June 5 by Justice J F McPherson. Marian S Greenlee married Alta Josephine Thompson at Sutton Hill on June 3 at the bride’s mother’s home, officiated by Elder G W Waldo of Pittsfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipper — Wilkinson
Warren
J. F. McPherson
Charles Kidder
Celia Wilkinson
Greenlee — Thompson
Sutton Hill
Bride
G. W. Waldo
Pittsfield
Marian S. Greenlee
Alta Josephine Thompson
Warren Co
Obituaries from Warren County reflect multiple deaths
Notices honor Bied Honuart Ladow and Edward W. Mudge, with details of their ages and causes. The Ladow death follows a probable accident near Onoville New York, while Mudge's passing prompts a Western Spring Creek Grange tribute noting his long service and community roles.
Appeal Against Overbearing Prohibition Amendment
Warren County voters urged to reject the amendment and safeguard free independence in suffrage. The letter condemns coercive measures and calls for a full honest vote to expose temperance intolerance and defend free government principles.
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Warren County
Louis Napoleon
Public Opinion and the Right to Vote in Massachusetts
The piece argues many men abstained from voting against the amendment due to fear of social censure. It decries fanaticism and social pressure, noting Prohibitionists shout loud while many remain unconvinced. The author calls for bold independent assertion of a freeman's right.
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Massachusetts
High License advocates seek prohibition opposition in Pennsylvania
The piece argues that one year under a high license system with strict safeguards has reduced liquor abuses in Pennsylvania more effectively than prohibition has in several states. It cites intelligent citizens and clergy supporting tempered measures, while noting many temperance supporters would oppose prohibition if stronger sobriety results are promised.
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Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Iowa
Prohibition Defeat Seems Logical in Pennsylvania
The article argues that a fixed constitutional prohibition cannot be amended and would wreck about two hundred million dollars in state capital. It asserts prohibition would not reduce drunkenness and could increase lawlessness, predicting its defeat in Pennsylvania as prudent temperance policy evolves. It notes prohibition would shift to unstable legislative remedies and emphasizes experiential caution from other states.
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Pennsylvania
J K Weaver's Music Store Offers Pianos and Sewing Machines
J K Weavers Music Store at 218 Water Street near Warren Hotel sells Opera Piano Sohmer Taber Princess and Chicago Organs from five to seven octaves. First class and warranted with easy payments. Also White Sewing Machine with accessories and parts. Claims savings of 50 to 100 dollars on a piano.
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J. K. Weaver
Water Street
Warren Hotel
Fine Opera
Sohmer
Taber
Princess
Chicago
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Warren Mail
Home Matters
Washington
C. P. Northrop
Wolfe
Wheelock
J. R. Kuhn & Co
Will Yates
Alexander & Mandeville
W. J. Alexander
Hoffman Block
Adam Waldman
Glade Tannery
McPherson
Alaska
Presbyterian Church
J. H. Donly
L. B. Wood
R. Taggart
J. W. Lee
Harry White
National Building Loan and Protective Union
James Cable
W. S. Cable
Sec’y
D. L. Gerould
James Clark
Chas. Dinsmoor
Glade
J. M. Davidson
A. B. McKain
James R. King
B. F. Morris
Filler
Dunham
George Ensworth
East Street
Geo. B. Williams
Exchange Block
L. D. Wetmore
Virginia
A. W. Ryan
Orris P. Hall
Michigan
J. L. Cogswell
W. M. Lindsey
Oil City
E. A. U. Grand Union
Patterson's
Matt
Gue.s. Davis
Storre
Maitland Phila. Weekly
Fr. Wattsod
F. H. Rock Well
A. T. Scofield
T. B. Clawson
Samuels Bro's
E. A. Eichenburg
A. B. Miller
Jessie C. Allen
Lucy F. Friday
Lillian Fradenburgh
Carrie W. Coats
Nellie Robinson
Libbie King
Lizzie Aiken
Macie I. Flower
Ellen Glenn
Ina R. Guiste
Blanche Campbell
Anna L. Trantum
Blanche Hawkins
Hall
Criminal Court
Neighborhood Notes
Salamanca
Olean
Lake Erie
of Tiona
Ayer
John Clark
Viola Daily
Belle Clark
Clara Degolia
Rebecca Nijo
Henry Baxter
Morris & Mullen
N. C. Allen
Dog
Earth
Endicott and His
Winthrop
Hawthorne
Geo. Ball
Prohibition
Carver House
A. Weiss
Castoria
Pitcher’s Castoria
Temperance
The
Bied - Honuart
Magdalena Honhart
the Grange
Spring Creek
E. W. Mudge
A. H. Olmstead
Peter Greenlund
Undertaker
Hickory St
Nelson Greenlund
Exchange Hotel
Warren, Pa
Anti - Prohibitory Amendment Department
Anti-Amendment Society of
Warren Driving Park
St. Mary’s
Ackley
Titusville
E. D. Preston
Hunter & Jarvis
Water St
M. E. Braddon
Lady Audley
John Marchmont
Joshua Haggard
Sir Jasper
Charlotte
Rupert Godwin
Rhoda Broughton
Belinda
Betty
Dr. Cupid
Sweethart
Nancy
Joan
Rosa Nouchete Carey
Lilias
Robert Ord
Wee Wifle
Bertham
Clay
Dora Thorne
Hilda
Lord Lynn
Damer
Johnson & Siegfried
Exrousehold
Nelson Greenland
N. K. Wendleboe
Plac
Liberty Street
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