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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1886
Page
3
Local items from Warren including church events and socials, rail schedule changes, business ads, and society notes. Mentions M. E. and Episcopal churches, a Gypsy camp, a Buffalo Niagara Falls excursion, and community figures, with brief obituaries and marriage notes.
We have a few copies of our Atlas left and the first comers will get them. H S Perry of Warren manufactures the best door and window screens in existence. Orders can be left at HA Jamieson & Co WM Spinner Beecher Copeland or Perry’s residence 110 Water street for prompt attention. A sale at Hunter’s Plain Silks features low prices on dress goods and silks with many items much cheaper than usual. O H Hunter & Son.
The notice lists rock bottom grocery prices at C. P. Henrys Grocer and specialty ice cream by John Langdale. It mentions new Stetson hats at GrorAGE BaLy's and a fully revamped store with fresh decor. Greenland’s store invites customers to visit next to the Episcopal Church. C. H. Meacham & Co advertise as long standing insurance reps. Oneida Market claims to be the ne plus ultra of markets.
A Calhoun farmer named Cook reports a hen laid a ten inch egg containing a second fully shelled egg inside. The egg’s size surpasses a nearby Pine Grove egg by a quarter inch. The hen died in the process, but another lay is anticipated.
John Langdale specializes in ice cream strawberries and vegetables. Bargains await at the sixty day closing out sale at D ArpE1- SPERGER. Meat and poultry not in stock at the Oneida are not in season. I will not be undersold by C P Henry, grocer.
Small notice offers two pleasantly furnished rooms for rent on Second Street and directs interested parties to apply at the office for particulars.
Property listing for a house and lot on Hazel street in Warren borough. Interested buyers are to inquire at the premises for the price and details. Seller: Joseph Walkerman.
For sale or rent a well kept shingle mill featuring boiler and complete engine. Bargain price to right party. Call or address T. E. Adams, 2241 Grand Valley, Pa.
A county convention chaired by C. C. Thompson selects return judges and lists results by district. The ticket heads Watson for Congress, Allen for Senator, Brace for Assembly, Barker for Associate Judge, Yates for Treasurer, Wheelock for Surveyor, Hunter for Trustee, and Kuhn for delegate. Resolutions praise Gen. Beaver and Corydon township gains, urging strong support to elect the ticket.
The Shakespeare Club held its annual picnic on Gov Stone's Hill last Friday afternoon after a one day rain adjournment. The event featured frugal hospitality and President Wood's annual address, with an enjoyable social gathering and a scenic Allegheny river view noted by attendees.
Farmer John Samuelson visited town to shop and left his team tied to a telegraph pole. A gust blew a paper by, spooking the horses who dashed toward Ludlow House, smashing clapboards and windows, wrecking the wagon, while witnesses likened the scene to a cyclone. The incident prompted talk of a future obituary for the paper scraps.
The Army of Republic Pennsylvania will encamp at Gettysburg July 2 7 with a Third Army Corps reunion on July 2 3 on the historic field. Veterans from every State will attend and excursion tickets are offered by the Pennsylvania Railroad from all eastern stations June 30 July 1 2 3 4 return by July 8 at one fare.
Sate-Horse buggy and harness offered at $100. Address or call M. Y. De Vaux in Tidioute Pennsylvania for details.
The text critiques a consolidation of the People’s Gas Co. and the Penna Company, noting only about 75 000 of 200 000 capital was subscribed, with major stockholders reluctant to proceed. It warns of a "grinding monopoly" benefiting the few while consumers pay, as the Penna Company expands to control gas land and push low rates temporarily.
S H Briggs advances a brick veneer residence behind Trushel's store in Glade and a second frame structure rises nearby. Thomas Struthers erects six neat tenements on his Glade farm with plans for twelve total. John Gisselbrecht improves Water street with two brick houses near the Glade bridge. W H Heck frames a new Water street home on the site of his former house. W A Hall prepares brickwork on his brick house adjoining the Episcopal church. Wm Hagerty constructs a two story frame on High street west of Public Way. John McWilliams roofs his Glade brick home and Andrew Hertzel finishes brickwork on another dwelling.
A Mart man attended the marriage of Miss Maribel Jackson of Pittsfield to B S Dunning of Erie at the bride’s parents home in Pittsfield on a Wednesday afternoon. About 100 guests enjoyed a simple ceremony, a chicken dinner, and varied entertainment including croquet and games. The couple will reside in Erie where the groom works in marble.
Visitors see H. A. Jamieson Woodware Works in full blast guided by Superintendent Frank Chevalier. A tub’s journey from log skidway to finished sanding painting and varnishing fascinates onlookers offering amusement and instruction in a bustling industrial scene.
A short batch of notices offers a Liberty street house near the post office with ten rooms and town utilities. The City Market on Hickory street promises best meats and fair prices. George Ball's provides men's furnishings from collar buttons to dress suits, and a note mentions Laurier, Prep.
The state news notes a Pennsylvania law taxing Canada thistles with fines for seeding and daily labor charges for removal after warnings. In Washington County Judge Hart licenses Julius B. Clark to sell liquor by the quart the first such license in over 15 years. Blair County authorities publish a foundling Frances Folsom photograph. Lawrence County wool growers fix 33 cents a pound. Bethlehem miners’ strike ends.
In Butler County a June term will hear about twenty liquor law violations. Indiana town with no licenses sees drinking bees and more imbibing than under licensed houses. Thirteen young men were arrested for drunkenness in one day. The Franklin News notes reform of prohibition aims at manufacture and sale.
Bell Bros advertises a music sheet giveaway titled Music in the Air with select titles from Mikado and others. It promotes Beile and White Oriental Laces and embroidery as well as an extensive ribbon stock, novas in collars and cuffs, and low prices on parasols and fashion fabrics. The store claims to match quotations from rivals and notes its Fair ground building.
Stoneham reports include Collins & Co drilling on Stone Hill and Wilson and Co on lot 77 with Beatty's No. 46 on lot 54 due Monday. Various residents travel, visit, or recover from illness, with social events, a Ladies Aid ice cream festival netting 35 dollars, and community notes on transportation changes and new housing projects.
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