Bids and Leaves on Every Bough in Warren Community
Warren items note summer sights and street life including a new water works push, a sprinker, meetings of Entre Nous Society, and a drought discussion. Police reports cover arrests through May 31 1882 with fines. remarks recall 1859 frosts. Local commerce features baker J N Dietch, oil lines, new clothing stocks, land sales, and ward division talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Lehman
Entre Nous Society
Will Cowan
Baptist Church
Warren
Suspension Bridge
Old Exchange
A. C. Lacy
J.N. Dietch
Page
J. C. Utter
W. A
Garfield
Plank Road
John Hawke
Sheffield
G. I. Mead’s
Carver House
R. D. Bartlett
Babcock
Warren Pipe Line
United Line
Knapp
James Orator
Cherry Grove
Persimmons
Brown
I. H. Hiller
Conewango
J. C. Hamilton
Sugar Grove
O. W. Beaty
Glade
Anchor Oil Co
Dr. Bartholomew
J. C. Wells
Third Street
Anchor Oil Company
Anchor Petroleum Company
Johnson & Co
J. J
T. J
Philip Beyer
Clarendon
Personal notes from Warren and surrounding towns
A column of personal items notes Miss Mary Getz visiting in Tidioute and Mrs. F Held from Erie visiting locally. It mentions Miss Belle Hodges recovering, M Mead improving, Mrs. Skinner visiting relative M Beecher, and other residents traveling or in poor health. Also reports Frank Osborne named manager of a Warren Telegraph office and Rev. J M Thoburn's expected Corry trip with a Parsonage reception planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Getz
Tidioute
F. Held
Erie
Belle Hodges
M. Mead
Skinner
Kalamazoo
Mich
M. Beecher
H.S. Thomas
Warren
Kentucky
J. F. Wells
Marshall
S. E. Merritt
New Castle
Del
Frank Scott
Geo. F. Stone
Gov. Stone
Bradford
Geo. H. Higgins
Aiken
T. Allen
Allen & Higgins
W. D. McKinstry
Dunkirk Journal
Harvey Ross
Gloversville
N. Y
Mar
Jamestown
Bairstow
West
Cherry Grove
Frank Osborne
American Rapid Co
Hull
Carver House
Jack
J. M. Thoburn
Warren M. E. Church
Corry
Tragic Barn Accident Takes Young Willie Ruhlman
Willie Ruhlman youngest son of Mr and Mrs A Ruhlman Warren dies after a barn accident June 9 at George Culvers. The four year old fell behind a horse as it was backed, suffering a fatal chest injury. Sister Hattie 7 survived. Funeral attendance was large and neighbors sent kind sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Ruhlman
A. Ruhlman
Warren
Hattie
Willie
George Culver
Mr. C
Dr. Stranahan
Ruhlman
Willard Howard’s Rise From Local Office to Philadelphia Times
A white haired boy named Willard Howard started in the Mat office as a helper. After rough work in the West and oil fields, he became a reporter for the Philadelphia Times and is now assistant news editor. The Mary office recalls his early years and proud ascent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Howard
Rocky Mountains
McKean
Philadelphia Times
Mary
Willard
Fire destroys Nixon's planing mill in Warren
On Friday June 9 a blaze swept Mr. James Nixon's planing mill near the Warren railroad depots. The building burned quickly despite hose teams efforts. loss runs about $8,000 with $3,000 insured by J Sill and Knapp & Cable. Nixon plans to rebuild a workshop on the ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Nixon
Warren
Nixon
R. R
L. D. Wetmore & Co
J. Sill
Knapp & Cable
Growing Warren Promises Busy Building and Mills
New houses and additions proliferate in Warren with I W Fellers completing a frame home on Waterstreet near the Warren Hotel. Mahoney Brothers erect two frame houses on Laurel street. J C Fox leads carpentry for Woodbury James, Grindley partners push Brickwork on Old Exchange block, and Warren Grist Mill aims to start July 1 under Ensworth. North Warren plans a two story block for Conewango lodge with J C Fox overseeing the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. W. Fellers
Waterstreet
Warren Hotel
Mahoney Brothers
Laurel Street
L. J. Dreyer
Leonhart Bro’s
A. Kirberger
Shellhammer & Lesser
East Street
High
Laurel Streets
Dr. Stewart
High Street
Sixth Streets
Mike Gleason
Nixon
Water Street
R. D. Bartlett
Frank Cogswell
J.C. Fox
Poplar Street
F. H. Barnhart
Cousins & Grindley
F.H. Wyman
Warren
Ensworth
F. A. Steber & Co
C. Schwing’s
North Warren
Conewango Lodge
Royal Arcanum
Picnic Near Cherry Grove Attracts Mud, Drilling Hype
A group of young picnickers paused Wednesday near the gushers at Cherry Grove. They recalled a lively day with mud and a tiring hike along Rockwell plank road. Stages unload living freight to tents and hemlock mansions offering food, while speculators, curiosity seekers, drillers, and teamsters created a bustling front scene not soon forgotten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Grove
School Directors Reform for 1882 3 Elect Lindsey and Ensworth
The School Directors met last Saturday evening to reorganize for 1882 3. W M Lindsey was elected President R P King Secretary and George Ensworth Treasurer. They re engaged all old teachers with A B Miller principal and staff across eight rooms with several applications pending for rooms 10 9 and 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Lindsey
R. P. King
George Ensworth
A. B. Miller
Alice Dean
Libbie King
Mary King
Jennie Thomas
Alice Parmlee
Mary O’hern
Lucie Clark
Goldthwait
Warren Citizens Welcome New Furniture Store
By request of many residents, a new furniture store opens at the corner of High and Hazel streets. N Greenland invites friends and strangers to patronize and share in their trade. Also advertised are Wells toothpaste, neckwear, wallpaper, and a large furniture stock at bottom prices on Hickory street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
High and
Hazel Streets
Greenland
A. A. Davis & Co
s.McNett & Co
Hickory Street
Friends of Education
Tidioute Union School
Hoge
Green County
May Monks
Lydia Evans
Edinboro Normal School
Miss Evans
May Pershall
Will Porterfield
Tidioute
Cherry Grove Gushers Drive Busy Warren Oil District
The Cherry Grove Gushers flow between two and three thousand barrels daily as Warren swells with producers and speculators. Anchor Oil Nos. 2 and 3 on flats 647 and 659 shut down for sand work. Mahoopany on lot 611 plugged with a good showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Grove
Anchor Oil Co
Warren
Oil Exchange Forms in Philadelphia Amid Regional Oil Trade
The piece notes rising crude activity with nearly 50 cent oil at 523 bid and describes mass shipments of second-hand tankage and machinery to Cherry Grove from Bradford. Capt Kuhn foresees demand later, while Glade and Clarendon districts stay busy. An Oil Exchange with strong capital forms in Philadelphia, the sixth globally, following Bradford, Pittsburg, Oil City, New York and Titusville. Warren may host the seventh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Grove
Bradford
Kuhn
Glade
Clarendon
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Oil City
New York
Titusville
Warren
Oil land sales and leases signal early operation plans
Mr N Sill sold the oil interest on 453 Pleasant Tp to a Syracuse company for 25 per acre. Two hundred acres of 5250 Limestone Tp have been leased to parties who agree to drill wells soon. A large area has been leased in Elk Tp and operations north of the river are expected to begin shortly.
Oil Dreamers Drill Far Down in Remote Counties
Mr Hague is placing a drilling rig on Conklin run bound for oil near China. Mr Tolles of Dunkirk reports a well on 453 Pleasant To with drill depth over 200 feet. A Warren party plans a rig on 543 Limestone and will bring drilling machinery to the site in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
Conklin Run
China
Tolles
Dunkirk
Pleasant
Court session disposes varied criminal and civil cases
Last week court, presided by Judge Brown with Associates Bates and Brown, disposed numerous cases. Criminal outcomes include verdicts of guilty and not guilty on charges such as aggravated assault larceny burglary and furnishing liquor to minors with sentences ranging 10 to 40 days. Civil actions favored defendants in several disputes with mixed verdicts and cost allocations. Action on license applications postponed prompting bars countywide to close and customers to go dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Bates and Brown
Com
James McGuire
Thomas Stanton
C. P. Jones
Emmet Alexander
Ira Marsh
John McWilliams
W. Dunn
John Grimes
Wentworth
H. B. Waite
J. Hoover
John Kightlinger
John Fogles
G. H. Dimick
Edwin Morrissey
M. Cullis
John A. Bursteadt
C. W. Driesbach
B. P
Dwight Smith
J. W. Lee
Simon Gantz
Francis Brown
Ed. Collins
Frank Burke
J.P. Smith
Milo M. Adams
W. T. Witherill
John Sweeting
A. T. Hackney
Jerome Arnold
Daniel Hess
of Hess
John F. McPherson, Jr
W. A. Scott
J.C. Bonner
Penna R. R. Co
Leasehold Mortgages and Oil Leases For Sale
Leasehold mortgages, oil leases, and related blanks offered for sale at the Mau office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mau
Pennsylvania Railroad expands reach and freight demand noted
The Pennsylvania Railroad shows 290 percent dividend over thirty years and now controls 3 271 miles east of Pittsburg and Erie plus 3 590 miles west of Pittsburg. Freight and passenger traffic remain busy with daily ticket sales and new oil train service between Warren and Titusville. News on regional lines includes Salamanca extension work, Kin zda Corydon track updates, and planned Bradford to Big Level Railroad work from Ormsby to Kane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Erie
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Delaware
New York
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Kentucky
Warren
Gallagher
W.S. Leffard
Clarendon
Sheffield
Bradford
Salamanca
Buffalo, Pittsburg & Western
Allegheny
Kinzua
Corydon
Tionesta Republican
Pennsylvania Petroleum Railroad
Titusville
Tionesta
Tionesta Creek
Cherry Grove
Farnsworth
Baldwin
D. A
Garfield front page notes booming town of oil wealth
The Derrick reports Garfield’s growth with Kerr & Arters moving in, Oil Well Supply stocking lumber, and Nelson, Larson & Co. readying a saw mill near 646. Talks of post office and potential Farnsworth or Granny City names, daily stages to Warren, new hotel capacity, and a booming jewelry store in Warren linked to Garfield's oil boom and elevated 2000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerr & Arters
Nels
Nelson
Nelson, Larson & Co
Dean
Hoagland
Tom Hill
Jamestown House
Bradford
Richbury
Sheffield
Garfield
Warren
Horton, Crary & Co
Arnot Run
Anchor Oil Company
Ham Hill
Nusbaum
George Cornelius
Main Street
Balltown
Butler
Richburg
Washington
Farnsworth
Granny
Trushel Opens Bakery and Ice Cream Saloon on River Bank
P. J. Trushel buys Hutter’s bakery on the river bank and adds an ice cream saloon in the same building. An experienced attendant oversees the new venture. Cream sold in large and small quantities to townspeople. Water pipe and steam fitting by Simpson & Co. All wool suits newest styles six dollars at Gero Batu & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson & Co
Liberty Street
Geo. Batt & Co
P. J Trushel
Gero, Batu & Co
County and Vicinity News Highlights 1882
Local posts and developments across War tren, Oil City and Bradford. Sanford opens a new post office in Warren County. plans for a Kinzua bridge hotel resort emerge. Oil City seeks borough division. a dancing case returns to Emlenton. McKean County races set for Port Allegany July 4-5. entries due July 1. Salamanca offers five year tax exemption for a $30,000 flouring mill. Bradford forms a $25,000 furniture firm. Jail in Crawford County reports no prisoners since June 3. A. R. Bahney buys the Drake carriage for $365 and gear. Coroner cites unknown hand in Charles Suhr’s Bear Lake death. Bradford’s circus row ends with a threat and electric light restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford
Wartren County
McKean County Agricultural Society
Port Allegany
A. J. Hughes
Salamanca
Bradford
Crawford County
A. R. Bahney
Clarendon
Hopkins
Turbulent land sales and leases in Cherry Grove oil area
Last week and ongoing, land and leases in Cherry Grove attract heavy operator interest. Properties in the 646 657 673 sectors drive a scramble to tap sand before rivals. prices range from 350 to 1,000 dollars per acre with 1/4 royalty. Notable deals include Payne 636 divided into 26 six acre plots at 325 down and 1,000 per acre. McCalmont 70 acre piece near 1,000 per acre. Anchor 635 five acre lots at 500 to 900 with 1/4 royalty. Union and Smith parcels moving quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Grove
Hemlock
C. N. Payne
McCalmont Oil Company
Union Oil Company
Anchor Oil Co
Seminary Building Planned in Sugar Grove by Erie Conference
The Erie Conference of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ plans a new Seminary in Sugar Grove. The 60 by 90 foot three story structure will use a $7,600 stone and brick contract by John Allen of Titusville, with $10,000 in subscriptions required to start. Subscriptions exceed that amount, about $38,000 mostly from Sugar Grove, and total project cost is projected at $18,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Conference
Church of the United Brethren In Christ
Sugar Grove
John Allen
Titusville
Pittsfield Progress Noted in Warren County Town
Pittsfield is improving with Ira Whitney finishing a $3,000 store room on the best corner lot. The two story building includes a secret society hall and an opera house upstairs. D McKee and Sid Connely expand their businesses while McGrew Brothers install a boiler and Chase Maultby add a saw mill near the Dun kirk depot. A. McIntyre slowly recovers from a buggy accident in Corry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Titusville
Warren County
Ira Whitney
D. McKee
Sid Connely
McGrew Brothers
Chase & Maultby
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley
Pittsburg
A. McIntyre
Corry
Clarendon oil town boom drives rapid growth and rails
1882 report from Clarendon details a surging boom with hotels stores and dwellings rising as rail sidings extend. Warren Pipe Line and Union Oil expand, a new bank opens, Brown Bros fund water works and fire department leadership by F Sobetz. A shooting incident and 230 foot log drill highlight local activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Company
Warren Pipe Line
Union Oil Company
Brown Bros
Clarendon
F. Sobetz
Manny& Nickle
Saulsbury
Garfield
Granny
Local Moves and Installations Highlight 1882 Notes
Ackley Station’s Willis Hale takes a new store. John Moll opens a new shop. Acme Lodge officers are installed by D O G M Workman N R Thompson. Ed Sanborn recovers from gas explosion burns. Oil well drilling planned on James Irvine estate Egypt lot. June 12 1882. Bruce Jones and wife visit Kiantone. G Turner & Son to furnish lumber for derrick. Mrs Hodges remains ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Hale
Ackley Station
John Moll
Charles Jones
Ed. Sanborn
Chemical Works
Wm. Thompson
E. Weaver
Cherry Creek
N. Y
Acme Lodge
N. R. Thompson
G. W. French
M. W
L. F. Merritt Foreman
J. B. Young
L. A. Chase
W. W. Slone
C. Moll
T.S. Putnam
W. W. Dunn
I. W
James Sumner
O. W
Asa Carr
G. A. Walkley
Wm. Hodges
Bruce Jones
Kiantone
T U S Alumni to Stage Annual Opera House Event
The MAIL notes the T U S Alumni will hold an annual entertainment at the Opera House on the 20th lnst with a drama in preparation. Donations of attendance are urged to support the organization. Commencement exercises of the Union School set for June 13 at the Opera House with prepared essays and orations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MAIL
T.U.S
Charles Babbit
Grand Valley
Will Turner
Clarendon
Wes. Kinnear
Meadville
Julia Nash
Vurman
Dunkirk
John Hunter
Mary Getz
Warren
O. D. Glenn
Miss Barnes
Tionesta
John Siggins
Kuhn
Union School
Opera House
Local growth in Kinzua Lodge area and town projects
Kinzua Lodge I O G T reports 40 members with ongoing initiation. Dr J W Davies to lecture at M E Church June 18. Local construction includes a 22 by 80 foot store on Main Street, a large house on Green Street, a new store foundation next to Van Scoy’s, and a lunch room to be built by Fogle and Gibson. Memorial call for a sidewalk to the depot and road repairs near Wm L Marsh residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinzua Township
Wm. L. Marsh
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Warren Mail
Home Matters
O. H. Hunter & Son
Matt
Fast Street
Simpson & Co’s
Opperman
Smith
East Warren
Shackelton
United
Kane
Darius McGee
S. W. Meek
Gus. Mull
P. J. Trushell
Mr. Mull
Aaron Walker
Warren Union School
L. G. Neyss
George Ball & C8
Warren Oil District
Railroad Record
Merck Bro’s
Warren, Pa
Fred
August
Erie Conference Seminary
Tool
H. Hunter & Son
Russellburg
John
W. H. Simpson & Co
Unek
U. C. Allen
P. M
Andrew
M.S. Ruhlman
Rounce
Charlie F
J. F
M. A. Rounce
Wm. W. Dalrymple
R. B. Dalrymple
W.W. Dalrymple
P. Schermerhorn
the Boss
Bradford, FA
Richburg, N. Y. L
Wales
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