Brevities From The Warren Mail June 19 1877
A miscellany of local notes including strawberry sales and festival plans for the Baptist church, changes in Sunday School times, street improvements, a fire department parade, and bids from residents on forthcoming tournaments and weddings. Mentions Edinboro Normal School opening Aug 21 and various local figures and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinboro
Baptist Sunday School
Warren
Baptist Church
Variety Hall
Parker City Daily
Stewart
Hickory Street
Niagaras
Hazeltine & Brother
Waite
Cecile Rush
Rose Michel
Fred P. Cobham
Warren County
Wells drilling depths show no oil in Warren area fields
North Warren wells Bishop and Harmon probe around 500 and 850 feet with no oil found. Raydure Watson on Critchlow farm near creek road struck last Thursday with several strong flows and plans to tube for a large pumper. Judge Hiller’s farm looks dry. North Glade Clemons Holt & Co struck Holt farm by creek and expect a good pumper. Near Russellburg and Fentonville wells drill. Daily farm well at 1900 feet still no oil. Oil closed Saturday at 1.95 down and 1.50 in Warren on cars with less pipeage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Warren
Bishop
Harmon
Raydure & Watson
Mr. Critchlow
Judge Hiller
North Glade
Clemons, Holt & Co
James
Warren
Tragic Fire Claims Life Of Young Dipper Geo C Hinkle
On a Kirberger farm well the McKinney Brothers station suffered gas release and fire. Geo C Hinkle, oil dipper, was badly burned and died Saturday afternoon. He, about 25, was a Glaub Evangelical Church member studying for ministry and valued for perseverance and duty. His funeral Sunday drew a large crowd with the Good Templar Lodge and Musical Association in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinney Brothers
Kirberger
Geo. C. Hinkle
Good Templar Lodge and Musical Association
Hinkle
German Evangelical Church
Illness of Hon. John A. Dale of Tionesta
The Titusville Herald reports Hon. John A. Dale is seriously ill with a dropsical disease. Dale, a longtime Venango County figure, served as sheriff and associate judge, led the Tionesta Savings Bank, and was a director of the Pennsylvania Petroleum Railroad. His health declines after past railroad accident injuries. he is brother in law to John Watson of Titusville and L. F. Watson M C of Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Dale
Tionesta
Dale
Venango County
Tionesta Savings Bank
Pennsylvania Petroleum Railroad Company
Judge Dale
John Watson
Titusville
L. F. Watson
M. C
Warren
A. H. Steele
Warren W C T U officers elected in June meeting
The Semi Annual election of Warren W C T U officers on June 13 chose Mrs 8 P Johnson as President and named L T Parmlee Starrett Hazeltine M W Lindsey L D Wetmore C Brown F Henry as secretaries and treasurer The Warren County W C T U convened May 3 1877 electing D Bolard Columbus A Cady Miss L L Evans C A Royce Belle Henry as officers The item notes a Fourth of July firecracker tip and praises the new court house with a positive official appraisal.
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Warren W. C. T. U
Belle Henry
Warren
L. L. Evans
Sec
Fireworks sale plans ahead of the Fourth in Warren
Hazerrine & Co. announce delaying firecracker sales to two days before the Fourth to limit nuisance, while claiming the largest and best Warren stock will be offered at very cheap prices. Also reported is a legal ruling by Judge Mercur upholding state ownership of abandoned canal beds in Crawford County as perpetual state estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Hazerrine & Co
Crawford County
Erie Canal Company
Supreme Court
Mercur
Commonwealth
Wheelock Receives Chamberlain Institute Diploma
D F A Wheelock graduates from Chamberlain Institute class of 1877 after extensive surveying study. He is praised as a skilled mathematician with strong scholarship and character. Also notes university boating association officers elected and a local notice from Geo Ball Co accounts due.
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Chamberlain Institute
Ranpoupu
N. Y
D. F. A. Wheelock
Wheelock
J. T. Epwards
Veritas and the wine question in scripture debated
A letter by A J Merchant of Tidioute Pa disputes Veritas on whether wine in Bible is always intoxicating. He cites Hebrew and Greek terms Ti rosh Yayin Shechar and Oinos, argues new sweet wine is non alcoholic, and asserts Scripture condemns intoxicating wine while allowing it only as medicine or not at all.
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Christ
Cana
Methodist Episcopal Church
Presbyterian Church
Europe
America
Liddell Scott
Babylon
John
Veritas
God
St. Paul
A. J. Merchant
Tidioute, Pa
Home Again at the Old Folks in a neighbor’s Ledger memory
A narrator recalls visiting aged parents seventy and eighty two in Salamanca New York and Erie to Cuba travels. He recounts the Sabbath reunion the quiet morning the farm home and the contrast between youth and age the shared joy and sadness and the awkward farewell at the railroad station.
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The
Ledger
Jamestown
Salamanca
New York
Erie
Cuba
Oil City clubs hold picnic and town notes in county region
Oil City firemen plan a picnic at Irvington next Wednesday while Tidiante celebrates two strawberry festivals this year and announces two more this week. Erie residents plan a Fourth of July lock house dedication on Garrison Hill. The Smethport Miner expands to eight columns on a Campbell press and local sporting efforts report a Tornado tour and a young baseball revival.
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Oil City
Irvington
Tidiante
Kellogg’s
U.S
Hugh Q. Miller
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Emporium
Erie
Lock House
Garrison Hill
Anthony Wayne
Charlie Benner
Winniefred Ewald
Eric
Oil
Edinburg
P. O
Lawrence County
Edenburg
Clarion County
Knox P
Martinsburg
Fairview
Butler County
Baldwin P.O. E. Brady
Blairs’ Corners
Millerstown
Perry County
Miller
A O U W Members Share Gratitude and Gifts to Families
Letters from Burrato and North Warren praise the Ancient Order of United Workmen for a $2000 benefit payment to Mrs. Augusta Seymour and for honoring her late husband, with flowers and support from Buffalo Lodge No. 9. A separate note from Norra Warren reports a $110 net from a Berry's Hotel charity event for a new church, with strong local participation.
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Burrato
N. Y
Robert F. Atkins
Buffalo Lodge
New York
Order of United Workmen
John R. Seymour
Auausta Seymour
Robt. F. Atkins
Buffalo Lodge No. 9
Sim
Ancient
Mirzabeth Osman
Norra Warren
Berry
North Warren
S. P. Berry
Ellis and Irvine Death Notices From 1877
In Chandler's Valley on June 7, 1877, Edgar Ellis, aged about 59, died at his mother's residence. In Mount Airy near Philadelphia on June 7, 1877, Sarah Duncan Irvine, youngest daughter of Margaret and the late Thomas M. Biddle, passed away.
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Biddle
Mount Airy
Philadelphia
Sarah Duncan Irvine
Margaret
Thomas M. Biddle
Marriages Reported in Warren and Nearby Towns, June 1877
In Warren and surrounding areas during June 1877, several marriages were performed by local ministers. James H. Ross wed Lizzie E. Logan in Warren at the Revere House, E J Northup married Kate M Highhouse at the M E Parsonage, Charles M Bargstrom wed Grace Wooster at Sugar Run, D Grunder tied with Mary Gross in Conewango, and D F Strickland married Mary A Britton in Youngsville.
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Ross—Logan
Warren
Revere House
R. M. Warren
James H. Ross
Lizzie E. Logan
Ridgway
Northup—Highhouse
M. E. Parsonage
E. J. Northup
Kate M. Highhouse
Bargstrom—Wooster
Charles M. Bargstrom
Grace Wooster
Sugar Run
Grunder—Gross
Conewango
A. Rearick
D. Grunder
Mary Gross
Strickland
Britton
Youngsville
D. M. Strickland
D. F. Strickland
Farmington
Mary A. Britton
Corry
Flour trade items and units listed in corrected feed
Corrected OCR lists various flour types with grain names and units such as white wheat in barrels and sacks, amber wheat in sacks, plus corn meal and chop feed. The fragment reflects commodity pricing or inventory notes without complete context or clear actions.
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Johnson
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Warren Mail
Sale
Sugar Grove
X. W. Hull
Hull
Freehold
E. K. Creed
John Trusler
Ann Norris
Barnes
Sheffield
Knapp
J. H. Spencer
Oil News
Ww.c. T. U
Justice
Russell
Ladies of the Good Templars
Geo. H. Leonhart
Citizens Cornet Band
Wm. Kline
W. A. Sheff
Mr. McCabe
Com
Texas
Dennison
R. M. Grubbs
Nortice
Geo. Ball & Co
University Boating Association
Chas, FE. Beecher
Pennsylvania
James P. Brown
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
John H. Tweedy
John C. Quintus
Grand Rapids
Ross Wilkins
Detroit
Edmund A. Christian
Wyandotte
Frank R. Osborn
Niles
H. T. Morley
Marine City
Charles I. Paddock
R. W. Corwin
Stewart D. Walling
Circleville
Ohio
William S. McCoy
W. H. D. Lewis
Chicago
Ann Arbor
Mich
the Mail
Home Again
David Hazzard
W. H. Holt
W. J. Mead
Mr. Holt
Mr. Hazzard
Warren, Pa
Dor Brown
E. M. Burk
Fanny Biles
Jacob Evans
Letta Edwards
Patrick Griffen
I. Keplar
Mark Morton
W. B. Manwearing
C. A. Newell
Albert Linda
James Smith
J. D. Scott
J. Wacker
Sue M. Wierman
O. C. Allen
P. M
R. H. Johnson
R. H. Jounson
Little Ne
Will Smith
Will Smith’s
Hazeltine & CO
Toys, &C
No. 5
Water Street
Plantation
Havana
Phillips & Borchert
Bellefonte
Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania
Magnesia
Andrew S. McCreath
Market St. Harrisburg
Lake Erie
Shortlidge & CO
Aly
A. W. Morck & Co
Morck
A.W. Morck & CO
Hickory Streets
Carver House
A. Wise’s
Keystone
the Naadi OI Manning
A. Wise
A.A. Davis & Co
Borders
Fancy Coods
99 Cent
Mrs. Phelps
First National Bank
Dr. Warner
Mme. Foy
Imly
WM. Messner
P.S
Mulholland & Fellers
Hilip Buseker
Allen Block
Ale
Mr. Yseker
Guy C. Irvine
P. Byseker
McDowell & Orr
Beatty Block
Struthers
Struthers, Wells & CO
WM. Kitchen
DC. Smith
S. Keller
M. Kitchen
Warren Retail Markets
Monoday
C. P. Henry
Carolina
N. C
Weant
Krio
A. Ruhlman
Baltimore
Third Street
R. Miles
J. E
Merck’s Drug Store
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