Warren's Busy Days and Civic Progress in 1885
Warren's 1885 issues show contractor work on Poplar street sewer and brick-laying on the Hoffman block. Local leaders such as J. F. Hagerty and Struthers Hose Co. officials are noted alongside hydrophobia concerns and renewed dog enforcement. The Revere House changes hands as Frank Metzgar retires. Opera and church events strand readers with reports on entertainment and Children’s Day observations.
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Corry
Eric
Walsh
Poplar Street
Warren
Hoffman Block
John Sill
G. H. Ames
People in Print list of local notables and visitors
County Treasurer McAuley went to New York last week. John Sanderson is very sick with rheumatism at his home in Glade. Jennie and Kate Gresh visit W. W. Wilbur in Ridgway. Architect Aaron Hall of James town and his wife were in town. Miss Kittie Brecht visited William sport on a trip with her aunt, Mrs. Durham. G. W. Maltby and J. E. Livingston of the People's Line steamers were in town. Hon. C. W. Stone departs for Towanda as a delegate to the State Board of Agriculture meeting. Prof. Worman and wife guests of A. J. Davis. Genial George C. Hamilton seeks grass as his wife travels. James Olsen returns from eight years in China. Sheriff Allen takes Frank Marion and Geo. Mitchell to State Prison. A. H. McKelvy named delegate to Pennsylvania temperance convention in Johnstown. Marriage notices for Mark W. Jamieson and Emily J. Crary in Webster City, Iowa. Judge and Mrs. Trunkey return for summer. Supreme Court adjourns until October in Pittsburgh. Justice Cornelius aims to marry one hundredth couple for a jubilee. Rev. Samuel Kelley preaches in Clarendon. services held in Youngsville and at Trinity Memorial Church with attendees.
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McAuley
New York
John Sanderson
Glade
Jennie
Kate Gresh
Ridgway
W. W. Wilbur's
Aaron Hall
Jamestown
N. Y
Kittie Brecht
Williamsport
Durham
G. W. Maltby
J. E. Livingston
People’s Line
Chautauqua Lake
C. W. Stone
Towanda
State Board of Agriculture
Prof. Worman
Nashville, Tenn
A. J. Davis
Chautauqua
James Oieson
Warren
China
Allen
Frank Marion
Geo. Mitchell
A. H. McKelvy
State Constitutional Temperance Amendment Association of Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Mark W. Jamieson
Emily J. Crary
Webster City
Iowa
High Street
Freeman
Trunkey
Supreme Court
Pittsburg
Stranklin
Cornelius
J.P
Samuel Kelley
Clarendon
Ryan
Trinity Memorial Church
M. Beecher
F. H. Rockwell
May
Bartholomew
Stranahan
Bernard
Flora Bell
Alice Parmlee
Fred Bell
McAlpine
Youngsville
M. E
C. A. Corwen
Sill Paid $60,000 Insurance Losses in 1884
The report notes John Sill paid sixty thousand dollars in insurance losses during 1884 and raises a pointed question about remedies or actions to be taken.
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John Sill
A. A. Davis & Co Promotes Floor Oil Cloth Line
See our line of floor oil cloth before purchasing. A. A. Davis & Co. showcases durable coverings for homes and shops.
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A. A. Davis & Co
Children’s Day Observed at Warren Presbyterian Church
Last Sunday marked Children’s Day at Warren Presbyterian Church with a Springtime mood. Rev. Allen Rev Rankin and Mr and Mrs Wilson led and sang, Mrs Wilson’s voice praised, and Mr Wilson spoke with fervor and illustration for the children. The baptism of several children occurred as Rev. Allen introduced the quarterly and yearly reports by Superintendent J A Eichenberg. the Sunday school now numbers about 323 and averages 215 attendees with 28 teachers and 9 officers and about $3800 raised. Evening programs featured more singing and an address by Edward Payson Porter, State Secretary of the Sunday School Union, followed by a local session of the Sunday School Union. The meeting runs into Tuesday with an address by Rev Solon Cobb of Erie. Be sure to attend.
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Warren Presbyterian Church
Allen
Rankin
Wilson
Edward Payson Porter
Sunday School Union
Baptist Church
Solon Cobb
Erie
Licenses Granted and Refusals Reported by Judge Brown
Judge Brown and associates announce liquor license decisions last Tuesday at 2 p m. Grants listed for numerous applicants including Warren Sugar Grove Clarendon Columbus Cherry Grove Kinzua Mead Pine Grove Pittsfield Sheffield Youngsville and others. Several applications continued or refused and L W Siggins tavern license at Kinzua granted. Metzgar Revere House license transferred to Mrs Roter. A. A. Davis & Co. promotes baby carriages in cheap to premium stock.
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Mead
Albert Pierce
Pine Grove
A. J. Marsh
Pittsfield
N. L. Acocks
Sheffield
Chas. Shaw
P. J. Swain
R. E. Flick
Youngsville
C. H. Gregory
G. B. Williams
Warren
Messrs. Dietch
Flacke
New Opera House Opens in Out of Town Scene
Citizens celebrate a near complete Opera House seating 500 with a library space and dressing rooms. Warren county notes fine local residences, including Walter Horton’s model home, Horton Crary & Co., and mentions fire at Williams House and hospitable hosts in Sheffield. Charlie Shaw and Lee and Forest houses praised for traveler welcome and local hunts and fishing tips.
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Walter Horton
Warren County
Horton
Horton, Crary & Co
Sheffield
Williams
Joe Clinton
Lee House
Clinton
Charlie Shaw
Excursion to the South East Promises A Delightsome Trip
Eastern Virginia gains attention with W. L. Scott and C. W. Mackey backing developments at Cape Charles and Cape Henry. The Pennsylvania Railroad plans a late month excursion to Cape Charles Norfolk and Va Beach, offering views of Washington and Harrisburg, with stops at Cay May Willes Old Point Comfort and more.
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Virginia
Erie
Venango
W. L. Scott
Capt
C. W. Mackey
Chesapeake Bay
Scott
Chesapeake Peninsula
Cape Charles
Capt. Mackey
Cape Henry
United States
Penna R. R Co
Norfolk
Va. Beach
Philadel
Baltimore
Washington
Harrisburg
Cay May
Willes
Old Point Comfort
Crop prospects outlined for eight western New York counties
The Buffalo Express reports Erie Chautauqua Cattaraugus Niagara Orleans Genesee Wyoming Livingston Allegany Steuben crops show average grain yield overall with winter killed wheat in parts of Chautauqua. Hessian fly appears in Genesee. Apples expected large. Niagara Orleans peach decline. grape growing along Lake Erie rising in popularity and profit. Dairy prices weak, butter and cheese unprofitable, dairy industry woes linked to westward dairying rise. Strawberry yield high. Allegany sees shift in industry as oil decline pushes land back to farming.
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The
Buffalo Express
Erie
Chautauqua
Cattaraugus
Niagara
Orleans
Genesee
Wyoming
Livingston
Allegany
Steuben
Erie County
Pennsylvania
Genesee County
Lake Erie
Allegany County
Warren Directors Adopt Smiths Physiology and Hygiene Text
Under a new state law, Warren Board of Directors approves Smiths Elementary and Primer of Physiology and Hygiene for all schools. The book is widely used across cities including Lancaster Harrisburg Pittsburgh Sunbury Scranton, with educators favoring its concise method. Joseph S Norton, NY publisher agent, represents the firm locally.
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Warren
Smith
Ivison
Joseph S. Norton
New York
Boots and Shoes Savers Prompted by New Stock
Wanted to let everyone know they can save money by buying boots and shoes. We have received our second spring stock of wallpaper.
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A. A. Davis & Co
Tailor Jacob Keller Opens Spring Cloth Stock
Jacob Keller, the Tailor, announces a vast stock of imported and domestic cloths ready to be made into suits. He guarantees a good fit with skilled workmen and the latest styles. Rooms on Second Street near Liberty, second story.
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Jacob Keller
Second Street
Liberty
Cash Paid for Recyclables at Johnson's Exchange
R H Johnson offers cash for bags free from papers or rubbish and for brass copper lead zinc rubber shoes and similar items. Deliverables accepted at room No 8 Johnson's Exchange.
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Johnson’s Exchange
R. H. Johnson
County Collections and Local Notices
Clarendon resident H. E. Norris will sell Gen Grant's book. Spring Creek's Alex Tubbs, an old settler, died Tuesday. Prof F L Kahle named Sugar Grove Union School principal for next year at $70 monthly. A coal vein five feet thick found near M B Dunham's mill in Watson township. Sugar Grove Hotel host Jake Wiggins fractured his left leg last Friday. A grand opening of the narrow gauge railroad is anticipated. A Horton Crary Co torpedo test exploded the largest ever fired in an oil well near Tiona. 1014 pounds were used, shot by A H McCabe and M Biglin.
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H. E. Norris
Clarendon
Gen. Grant
Alex. Tubbs
Spring Creek
Corry Telegraph
F. L. Kahle
Sugar Grove Union School
M. B. Dunham’s
Watson Township
Jake Wiggins
Sugar Grove
R. R
Horton, Crary & Co’s
Tiona
A. H. McCabe
M. Biglin
The
Torpedo Company
County Correspondence from Youngsville June Notes
June letters from Youngsville report several visitors and departures. P Mead was seen riding. L Babbit and Charley Babbit from Grand Valley visited. C C Siggins of Tidioute stayed with family. Messerly from Baltimore Ohio arrived. J F Kinnear and family vacationed in Wrightsville. A party left for the West to join others from Tidioute in Corry. Mrs John Haliday came from Oil City for Lizzie Haliday's funeral and died after paralysis. remains sent to Oil City.
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Youngsville
P. Mead
L. Babbit
Grand Valley
C. C. Siggins
Tidioute
Messerly
Baltimore
Ohio
Charley Babbit
J. F. Kinnear
Wrightsville
West
No License Verdict Quiets Warren Court Visit
Garland notes many residents traveled to Warren for court this week to hear the license case verdict. Reported activity includes visits by Mrs. C. D. Horn and Mrs. Levi McNett with Miss Libpie Cogswell from Warren, plus visitors Henry Fuellhart of Tidioute and Miss Snider from Erie.
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Warren
Sam Hill
C. D. Horn
Bradford
Henry Fuellhart
Tidioute
Snider
Erie
Hulbert
Levi McNett
Lib
Flying Dutchman Rival: Pennsylvania Expresses Fastest Rail Link
The Pennsylvania Railroad claims its 9 am New York to Chicago 24 hour run and 9 am express to Cincinnati in 21 hours and St. Louis in 29 hours surpass the Flying Dutchman. New parlor cars with large five bay windows improve light and comfort, offering smooth travel at about sixty mph and reduced noise. New rates from May 25 set Chicago at 15 dollars, St. Louis 19 dollars, Cincinnati 13 dollars, with reductions elsewhere.
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London
Liverpool
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
St. Louis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
Atlantic Seaboard
Great Western
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania Company
New York World
Chautauqua Expands Influence and 60 000 Circle Members
The Chautauqua movement grows with 60 000 members in the Literary and Scientific Circle. Agriculture becomes a focus, with Towns and Country Clubs planned. Houghton Farm near West Point in Orange County chosen as first club headquarters. Instruction via printed circulars plus required practical work to promote scientific farming nationwide.
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Houghton Farm
West Point
Orange County
United States
Titusville
Groceries to be sold at Diamond block store
Anthony Mintzer announces a new Warren store in the Diamond block below Warren Hotel offering groceries provisions and crockery at prices far lower than any competitor. He claims cash purchases keep costs down and invites customers to test his goods and pricing.
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Anthony Mintzer
Diamond Block
Warren
Warren Hotel
Mammoth
Window shades and baby carriages offered by local mortals
Wendlebee makes window shades to order. Our styles of baby carriages number over thirty. A. A. Davis & Co. Oty Newsravers for sale at the Matt office at 40 cents a hundred.
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A. A. Davis & Co
Wendlebee
Oty Newsravers
Matt
Erie and surrounding notes fill a busy week
Oil City cows roam the city streets. Wellsville holds an Ensilage Congress on July 4. East Brady will see a new aaa built across the Allegheny. Capt. Herron resigns from Co K N G P at Titusville. Allegheny College commences June 25 with Gov Pattison to attend. Meadville hosts a new 15th regiment muster at Grove City. Jamestown urges merchants to keep streets clear. Meadville hosts two AOUW officers and 19 year lodge benefits total 1712000 paid. Brexit to Erie rail excursion rates discussed. Multitude of local notes on farms, auctions, and shops wrap the week.
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Wellsville
N. Y
Allegheny
East Brady
D. R. Herron
Titusville
Allegheny College
Meadville
Pattison
Grove City
Mercer County
Col
Kreps
Jamestown
Road Machines Prove Worth in Crawford County
The Meadville Journal reports road machines improving roads in Crawford County with several sales and broad belief in their value. Scraper and plow tools are seen as outdated as road machines demonstrate vast superiority and economy. The piece urges Warren County boroughs and townships to adopt modern equipment, noting the Pennock Victor machine as effective in use locally.
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Crawford County
Meadville Journal
Warren County
Neighborly Gift Saves Neighbor’s Paper
A kind city woman paid a year’s Tribune subscription for her neighbor after Mrs Snivelly’s child repeatedly asked if the paper was finished. The giver valued the neighbor, noting she is “worth more than $1.50 a year” and wanted to stop borrowing.
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Tribune
Puxsautawney Tribune
Twin girls and a boy born to local families in June 1885
In Glade on June 10 1885 the wife of Will V Yates bore twin girls. In Warren on June 4 1885 the wife of Dan Meise bore a boy. In Warren on June 9 1885 the wife of Joseph Stoney bore a girl.
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Yates
Glade
Will V. N. Yates
Meise
Warren
Dan
Stoney
Joseph Stoney
Marriages in Warren and Glade area in 1885
In Warren and nearby towns, several marriage notices appear. Frank G. Schuler wed Stella A. Boyd at the Lutheran parsonage on June 10, 1885. Philip A. Leonhart married Nettie Gardner on May 30, 1885. Fred Wilcox and Kate Young married June 10, 1885. Severin Swanson wed Mary Monson on June 8, 1885. Charley Bergstrom married Louis Nelson on May 20, 1885. All spouses listed are from Clarendon Glade Sheffield or Denver noted in local notices.
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Wilcox—Young
Warren
Roman Schour
J. P
Fred Wilcox
Kate Young
Glade
Swanson
Monson
N. G. Johnson
Severin Swanson
Mary Monson
Sheffield
Bergstrom—Nelson
Charley Bergstrom
Louis Nelson
Denver
Col
Death Notice of Theodore Hull in Warren
Theodore Hull died in Warren on June 15 1885 from consumption at age 57 years 5 months.
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Hull
Warren
Theodore Hull
Reading of Fragmented Financial Data From June Dates
A partial dataset shows daily figures for June including opening high and closing values. Entries include percentages and numbers like 79% and 794 across several days with scattered digits and isolated notes.
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Tul
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Warren Mail
Home Matters
Harry
Worry
S. Nicholas
C. W. Sersall
N. Water Street
Thomas & Sanderson
Sersall
Struthers Hose Band
Olean
Watson Hose Co
Franklin
Warren W. C. T. U
A. Gerould
F. Henry
I. S. Alden
Burgess Thompson
Rockwell
Struthers Hose Co
J. F. Hagerty
Henry Rapp
E. Morrison
Frank Sailor
T. J. Hagerty
B. F. Ott
H. E Davis
Court House
Warren Opera Co
Josephine
Jennie Gresh
Flint
Frank Metzgar
Revere House
B. Roter
Metzgar
Roter
W. E. Carr
D. K. James
E. Sharratt
Frank Sharratt
People IN Print
George C. Hamilton
Fredonia
Brown
County Collections
Garland
Neighborhood Notes
Oil City
C. J. Lord
Holland
Atlantic
Sinclairville
Germer
Pennsylvania Board of Health
Herald
Erie Conference
M. E. Church
Sharon
8. M. Merrill
Lake Advertiser
Westfield Republican
Lake Shore
C. A. Crandall
Compton’s Corner
Erie Dispatch
Depledge
Casadaga
Charlotte
Orin Cooper
Jay Flagg
Stockton
Fredonia Censor
Chautauqua County
Pomona Grange
Union Grange
Fair Grounds
W. A. Armstrong
State Grange
D. E Piolet
Pennsylvania State Grange
M. W. Sackett
Supreme Recorder
J. H. Lenhart
Supreme Lodge
A.O U. W
Erie Gazelle
Kirk Bro’s
C. W. Low
Low
Bell B
O’s
Warner
Allison & Co’s
White’s
Best Standard
Brussels
Ingrais
Bett Bros
S. O. of
G. T
Lewistown
Plymouth
Central
South America
Cuba
Grangers
Williams’ Grove
Cumberland County
New Orleans
Maud S
Paarried
Warren School District Report
George Ensworth
Treas
Reed
Toam
Toam’t
Am’t
Warren Academy
Mometer
Illuminat
Oon
Ilsand
Ng Gas
Rer and
Water St
Johnson Property
Theode
Ite
Ererramsd
Givicnee
A. Rankin
K. P. King
Tame
Saanacllad
Vanuciuu
C. P. Northrop
F. Osborne, Co
W. Sersall
Auditors
Warren, Pa
Burgess and Town Council
Borough of
C. C. Thompson
Burgess
Attet
F. A. Cogswkli, Clerk
Congress
Lydames G. Blaine
J. S. Wise
Vasys
Mr. Blaine
L. C. Beach
Ustice
Mail Office
D. Shear
Kins
David Shear
M.shear & Bro
Second & Liberty Sts
P. Z. Bayer
A. B. McKain & Son
Liberty and
Water Streets
P. Greenland
Episcopal Church
Cail
P. Greenlund
Stewarts
N. K. Wendleboe
Liberty Street
Postoffic Warren
T. S. Messner «4
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