New Postmasters in Warren County and Court News
Warren County selects Elmer E. Everts W L Stevens and J D Donaldson as postmasters. Civil court proceedings include mixed outcomes with a $25 verdict for J T Nelson v Nels Anderson and a plaintiff victory in G P Card v G F Fields. Keystone Lodge No 1 is organized in Warren with 26 charter members and a full slate of officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M
Warren County
Elmer E. Everts
Corydon
W. L. Stevens
Goodwill Hill
J. D. Donaldson
Spring Creek
Elizabeth Moore
M. O’brien
G. P. Card
G. F. Fields
J. T. Nelson
Nels Anderson
M. D. Mann
W. G. Shannon
Swanson
Burden & Couch
Keystone Lodge No
The
Keystone Benefit Society
Warren
C. C. Thompson
H. M. Putnam
F. B. Jackson
U. S. Rogers
M.W. Bovee
Hoffman Block
U.S. Rogers
Warren Borough Directory and Trinity Church Updates
Warren prepares a new Borough Directory by Charles Latham of Smethport and lists North Warren Glade Run and Richland. Trinity church reveals a new organ from Jardine & Sons in New York, with opening planned for Thursday June 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Charles Latham
Smethport
Bradford
North Warren
Glade Run
Richland
Gubporice
Episcopal
Nominated Democratic County Convention Held in Warren
A Democratic county convention met in Warren at the hall over Noyes drug store with 64 delegates. Mair chaired as E. H. Beshlin spoke, a resolutions committee denounced Republican bossism, and votes chose W. S. Backus for Sheriff and Morris McLean for Prothonotary. Delegates S. E. Walker H. M. Preston J. D. Donaldson were elected to the Reading state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Noyes
Mair
E. H. Beshlin
Messrs
M. W. Bovee
Grand Valley
I. A. Whitney
Pittsfield
Charles Dennigan
Sugar Grove
W. S. Backus
Garland
Morris McLean
R. P. Clark
Freehold
S. E. Walker
H. M. Preston
J. D. Donaldson
Reading
SchoolBoard Sets Tax Rate and Budgets for Next Year
At an adjourned meeting on June 14 the School Board reported a one cent tax rate, same as last year, with detailed estimates for teachers and staff salaries, fuel, supplies, bonds, and general expenses totaling 36965.05. Seven mills go to the school fund, 1.5 for building, 1.5 for sinking fund. library aid set at one quarter mill, with final action pending. Janitors kept at current salaries. new teachers must file acceptances within ten days or face vacancy. Smith Wells Woodford and Mrs Abbott receive room-use permission for select school purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Finance
Warren Public Library
Smith
Wells, Woodford
Abbott
Dixson's Store Stocks Paint and Wallpaper Supplies
Dixson's Grade Drug and Variety Store displays Pure House Paints at $1 and $1.25 per gallon with a broader line of painters materials priced to attract buyers. New wallpaper styles are five cents per roll and complete window shades are ten cents each. East Side dealer F. H. Dixson invites customers to shop now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixson
F. H. Dixson
East Side
Warren area notes civic events and racing actions
Warren records detail community news from June including arrivals and visits by Mrs Russell and daughter from Ohio, reunions at Brown family and Greenland farm, Earthquake Pilot pacing at Warren Driving Park, and upcoming June races with 125 plus horses. Also note a new Endeavor post office, local rail court actions delaying streetcars, and local society events across Titusville, Youngsville, Bradford, and Oil City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Russell
Ohio
Clarendon Thero
N. W. Goxey
Jamestown
N. Y
Hattie Cass
Pittsburg
Warren
Hoguh Hazeeltine
Brown University
Harold
Brown
Hotel Adams
Russell
Greenland
Lacy Farm
Glade
Warren Driving Park
D.shear
Anna Copeland
Atlantic City
Endeavor
Wheeler & Dusenbery’s
Forest County
W. H. Stiles
Fair Ground
Warren Trotting Association
Earthquake Pilot
Pomona Grange Meeting and Local Welfare Updates
The June 10 11 Pomona Grange quarterly meeting at Grand Valley drew large attendance with fifteen of Warren county s nineteen granges represented. Welcome by Mrs Flora Olmstead Eldred grange and remarks by Mrs Anne Siggins. Pomona degree conferred on seven candidates. Two Farmers Institutes planned for next winter in Warren county at Warren and Columbus. Next Pomona meeting slated for West Spring Creek with Spring Creek grange. Mutual benefit meeting set for Thursday July 1 in Triumph grange hall. Women s Relief Corps state meeting in Johnstown elected Brookville Memorial Home directors and announced debt reduction from 8000 to 4700. officers elected include President Alice S Hauck and others from multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Beaty
Europe
Will Allen
East Side
Sam Allen
Third St
Will
Warren
Dubois
J. H. Sandstrom
Messrs
G. A.swanson
Alec Erickson
Grand Lodge
The
Skandinaviska Vannen Oden
Kinzua
Theodore Boyle
Pipeline Company
Bradford
Bear Lake
Maccabees
Allegheny
Oakland
St. Joseph’s
Pomoona Grange
Grand Valley
Warren County
Flora Olmstead
Eldred
Columbus
Pomona
West Spring Creek
Spring Creek Grange
Hall of Triumph Grange
Johnstown
Woman’s Relief Corps
Brookville Memorial Home
Fannie Boyden
Susquehanna
H. Gray
Brookville
Charlotte J. Cumings
Tidioute
Anna Wilbur
Jennie M. Beaveley
Eric
Maria Mumford
Maud Chunk
Helen S. Morrison
Smethport
Millie Chapman
Pittsburg
Alice S. Hauck
Mechanicsburg
Delia Lord
Franklin
A. N. Hart
Abbie Lynch
Martha Sherman
Kendall Creek
Louise B. Henry
Nan Y. Leslie
Anna M. Wilbur
Ellen M. Walton
Philadelphia
Sarah E. Shultz
Lock Haven
Minnie H. Burns
Putnamville Paragraphs June 14 social notes
Mr and Mrs H J Bishop of Lander entertained their daughter Mrs Marlow of Clarendon last week. Local youth called on Harmon S King Friday evening with 22 attendees. Y P L Society of Lander plans McKitrick’s entertainment June 24 and 25. Mrs Florence Mahan, guest of Mr and Mrs H A Braley, returned to Youngsville. C E Ruland home from Gerry New York. Chas A Willson of Irvington visited Sunday. Jacob Witchell went to Warren to work Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnamville
H. J. Bishop
Lander
H. A. Braley
Youngsville
C. E. Ruland
Gerry
N. Y
Chas. A. Willson
Irvington
Jacob Witchell
Warren
Estate Transfers for Week June 16 1997
Transfers filed across Warren County and nearby areas list vendors and buyers with modest sums. Names include G Fehlman, Phoebe Dean, Warren, Mason, Clark, Measor, Warren, Bates, Sands, Scholton, Caroline Mason, Cornelius, Beaty, Koebly, Tuttle, Spencer among others. Totals range from 18.15 to 3 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Fehlman
Chas ‘Etal
Warren
Pheobe ‘Dean
Wm. C. Witham
Conewango
Wm. Mason
P. J. Whitman
Russell Clark
C. W. Clark
Spring Creek
W. P. Notting
R. H. Armor
Mead
Myrtie Yeager
Mary Jones
Pittsfield
Leslie Measor
Chas. Measor
Edward Warren
Sandy Stinson
E. J. Bates
Nancy J. Culbertson
Glade
A. A. Chapman
Frank E. Sands
Bear Lake
A. P. Phillips
Henry J. Scholton
Caroline Mason
Same
Treas
Warren Co
Geo. C. Cornelius
Corydon
L. F. Watson
D.W. Beaty
Caroline Koebly
Helping Hand
L. A
Martin A. Tuttle
Erastus Spencer
Emma F. Spencer
Columbus
Reduced Rail Fare to Milwaukee for National Educational Meet
Pennsylvania Railroad offers round trip rail fare from points east of Pittsburg and Erie to Milwaukee for the National Educational Association meeting. Tickets valid July 2 3 and 4 with return June 10 12 1897 and $2 membership fee. Extension option to August 31 1897 for fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Pennsylvania Railroad
National Educational Association
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Wis
Pittsburg
Erie
Single Round Trip Fare for National Saengerfest
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces excursion tickets to Philadelphia for the Eighteenth National Saengerfest held June 21 to 24, 1897. Tickets from all points on the line will be sold June 19 to 23 and valid for return to June 26, with a single fare for the round trip and a minimum price of fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Union City
Ridgway
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania R. A
Falconer
Titusville
Gro. H. Daniels
Pennsylvania Railroad Summer Excursion Route Book
The 1897 Summer Excursion Route Book from the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. provides notes on Eastern resorts, over four hundred destinations, and more than fifteen hundred routes with fares. The 219 page volume features maps, color cover, and half tone scenery, priced ten cents at ticket offices or twenty cents by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
America
Pennsylvania Railro
Pennsylvania Railroad
Broad Street
Erie Railroad Cuts California Trip Rates for 1897 Convention
The Erie Railroad offers greatly reduced round trip and one way rates to California for the Christian Endeavor Convention in San Francisco July 1897. Several conducted excursions will depart from this region with tickets valid about sixty days. Maps and details available from F. H. Garfield, Division Passenger agent, Jamestown, N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Christian Endeavor
San Francisco
Erie Railroad
F. H. Garfield
Erie R. R
Jamestown
N. Y
Tjyl
Noted Minister’s Handshake Turns Sour in Humble Exchange
A minister, famed for firm handshakes, compressed a boy’s hand in a tight grip and asked about his health. The boy replied with tears that he had felt unwell since the handshake, highlighting a moment of strained charity and fragile kindness.
Cleaning and laundry orders advertised for Warren area
In rear of Mansion House E W Sealy manager. We take up clean and lay oe and guarantee our work to give perfect satisfaction. Leave orders at Mansion House A A Davis Co 308 Second street Warren Steam Laundry 6 10 Penna ave Rina Stevens Rogers block J S Bayer 440 Water street. Orders left at above places will receive prompt attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansion House
E. W. Sealy
A. A. Davis & Co
Second Street
Warren Steam Laundry
Penna. Ave
Rina & Stevens
Rogers Block
J. S. Bayer
Water Street
Erie R A excursion rates to Nashville in 1900s style
May 1st to Oct 31st the Erie R A will sell excursion tickets to Nashville and return at extremely low rates Enquire of any Erie ticket agent for particulars.
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Erie R. A
Nashville
Erie
Water Ice Orders Picked Up At Telegraph Office
Ice deliveries for pure spring water must be picked up at the W. U. Telegraph office or at the corner of Hickory and Fourth streets for prompt service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. U. Telegraph Office
Hickory and
Fourth Streets
Marriages in Warren and nearby towns June 1897
Notices record multiple June 1897 marriages across Pennsylvania and Michigan including Oscar P. Bush and Henrietta Messenger in Warren. George Wood and Maude Adams in Russell. Leonard Utter and Mattie Belle Lowrie in Clarkston. Hubert C. Davis and Elna L. Skinner in Sugar Grove. R S Grubbs and Della Murphy in Tidioute.
Death notices and obituary of Pa residents 1897
In Sheffield Pa June 9 1897 Matilda Blake wife of James Blake age 52. Belton Glade Run Pa June 14 1897 Mrs James Belton age unknown. Conover Sugar Run Pa June 14 1897 Mrs Cornelia Conover age 8. Greenlee Sutton Hill Warren Co Pa born Sept 25 1856 died June 9 1897 age 40 years 8 months 15 days of cerebral congestion. He converted under Rev Ireland in 1894 and married Emma McCormick May 2 1895. One daughter. Member of United Brethren Church. Described as kind charitable humble and faithful to end, died peacefully in Jesus.
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Conover
Sugar Run
Cornelia Conover
Greenlee
James Greenlee
Sutton Hill
Warren Co
Ireland
Sutton’s Corners
Emma McCormick
Postcard Jests and Health Ads in Warren Pa
Humorous exchanges from Philadelphia posters and local quips mingle with medical endorsements for Chamberlain products. Dr E Detchon’s Anti Diuretic advertised, with Warren and Corydon druggists selling it. Chamberlain’s remedies praised for rheumatism and colic relief by local pharmacists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Detchon
Noyes
Warren
Tessa
D. R. Rothrock
New Berlin
Chamberlain
Morris & Mullen, Warren
P. B. Canfield
Corydon
Mrs Casemere's Repair Shop Delivers First Class Work
When you want clothes repaired take them to Mrs Casemere's. Her prices are low and her work first class. She can sew a rip or place a patch so the garment looks better than when first purchased. Located next hallway to the MAIL office. Call 305 Second St.
The Markets. New York Money Market Report
The New York money market on June 15 shows money on call at 1 to 5 per cent, prime mercantile paper at 3 to 4 per cent, sterling exchange around 4.86 to 4.87 for demand and 4.86 to 4.87 for 60 days. Posted rates list 4.86 to 4.87 and 4.88. Commercial bills at 4.85 to 4.85. Bar silver at 60 cents, Mexican dollars at 47 4 cents, and silver certificates at about 60 1/4 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Mail
Warren, PA
Home Matters
First Lutheran Church of
Philip Doerr
Adamsburg
Doerr
S.w.co. Hall
Wm. E. Bauer
Mt. Airey Seminary
Saltsburg, Pa
Jackson Street
Fehlman Bros
Riverside Fish and Oyster Co
Ater St
Wes
China
Exec
Feelman Bros
Alfred Darte
Pennsylvania
Washington, D.C
Mabel L. Hemenway
Westfield
Mayville
Pennsylvania Sportsmen’s Association
Oil City
Robins
Murray D. Conradh
Warren Association
Central America
Dunham
Pleasantville
Hydetown
Youngsville Citizen
Youngsville Lodge
P. N. Osborne
C.E. Dodge
Gay E. Phillips
Mary Green
Luella Harrison
Warren Street
North Warren Road
N. Y. Central R. R. Co
Penna. R. R. Co
West End
Western New York & Pennsylvania Railway
Niagara Falls
Niagara
Chautauqua Lake
S. B. Newton
Buffalo
State
McKean County Press Association
Fagnan
Exchange Lyceum
B. B. & Ki Railroad
Kinzua Bridge
Board of Trade
B. B. & P. Railroad
Wrsday
Jane Oak
Janesville
Wisconsin
G. B. Nesmith
Margaret
Chicago
W. A. Tatsor
Warren High School
Jerome Reese
Robert Bright
Mr. C. F. Reese
Virginia
First Methodist
First Baptist
First Presbyterian
Grace M. E
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
Est & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Penfield Carpet Cleaning Works
Tennessee
E. Clemons
Baltzinger Block
George Smith
Duaddy
Matt
Castoria
Blake
Sheffield, Pa
Matilda
James Blake
Hunter’s
Somerville Journal
Findley
Uniontown
D. B. Patton
Orris & Mullen, Warren
O.h.hunter & Son
Second St
Kerr & Sons
Mars
Armstrong & McKelvey
New York
City Mills
Minnesota
Brandywine
Western
Northern
Duluth
Manitoba
Western Creamery
Elgins
Do Creamery
Southern
Buffalo Provision Market
Burrato
Graham
Canada and
East Buffalo
W.C. Rowland & Sons
W.C Rowland & Sons
Exchange
Hertzel & Saner
Warren National Bank
Hon
Wm. D. Brown
Jerry D. W. Beaty
A. T. Scofield
Nelson P. Wheeler
G. N. Parmlee
Water St
T. O. Slater & CO
N. K. Wendleboe
Liberty St
Arbuckle
Rio
Java
Japan
Porto Rico
Allen’s Shoe Store
P.O
Mpuis
O Brasington
M. Hazeltine
Warren Brasine
Willis Cowan Beeremay
Pi _ Russell
Frank A
Warren Brasington
James 7
F. Mead
X A. Boeschiin
N. Dietch
Great Cash Grocery
G. H. Strickland
Waters Block
Peete
Paris
KF. Kertcher
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