Home Matters and Local News in Warren 1885
The Warren Mail reports on summer signals and local business. Buttercup blooms as summer prices rise. Hazeltine's strawberries sell at 15 cents a quart. Warren Opera Company presented Pinafore with expenses nearly covered by receipts. Hotel expansion, Shakespeare Club picnic, and a lawn festival announce community life. Major Sayers praises Company I after a 45-man inspection. Updates on insurance, restaurant leasing, and band engagements accompany bids for a new West Warren schoolhouse with heating plans chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazeltine
Warren Opera Company
Ridgway
Warren Hotel
Warren Shakespere Club
Gov. Stone
Sayers
E. N. Lacy
John Sill
Oil Exchange
Rowland
Louis Walkerman
LaPierre
Roter
Watson Hose Company
Franklin
Saegertown
Warren
Reig
Kane
Struthers
Olean
West Warren
O’hern & Schwartz
Mrs. B. Roter Enhances Warren Hospitality Scene
The article profiles Mrs. 8. B. Roter, now at the helm of a Warren lodging and dining establishment. It notes her prior ventures in Titusville, Philadelphia, Bradford, and her long tenure since 1852 near the Exchange, highlighting her Library Restaurant and hotel operations. It praises her experience and predicts travelers will be well cared for alongside Mrs. King and the Carver House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. B. Roter
Library
King
Carver House
Roter
The
Revere
Warren
Asleep on Track Claims Life Near Tiona
Robert Waters a 25 year old driller was fatally struck while asleep on the P and E R R tracks near Tiona by the first westbound freight at about 4 am on Sunday June 21. He had been in Clarendon Saturday evening under liquor. An inquest held by Justice J A Wood exonerated the train crew. His parents reside at Bradford. remains taken to Warren home of his sister Mrs Howard Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Waters
Tiona
Clarendon
Howard Thompson
Warren
J. A. Wood
Bradford
Races Open at Fairground with Large Entry List
The races begin today on the Fairground with a large entry list across classes except the free-for-all and the 2:36, where substitutions will occur. Seven entries run in the 3:00 class, including one home horse, while the 2:28 class has twelve entries and the 2:25 class has six. Eleven compete in 2:32 and ten in 2:45, with six entries in the 2:17 pacing division. The track is in good condition and the meeting promises interest.
Newcomb's Combination to Open Sheffield Opera House Next Weekend
The Sheffield Opera House opens to the public Friday and Saturday evenings June 26 and 27 with Newcomb's Combination direct from New York and Buffalo. A special train from Warren to Sheffield Friday and another train between Kane and Sheffield Saturday will run, plus rail service on Tionesta Valley road both nights at special rates.
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Sheffield Opera House
Newcomb
New York
Buffalo
Warren
Kane
Sheffield
Tionesta Valley Road
Public track opens with varied ticket prices and sales
Track opens to the public in good condition with season tickets at 10 dollars and single admissions: double rig 50 cents and single rig 25 cents. Tickets available from George P. Orr, President, and Willis Cowan, Secretary. Also notes risk of future prospects and mentions local businesses selling buggies, phaetons, window shades and wallpaper with insurance history from 1884.
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George P. Orr
Willis Cowan
People in Print in Warren and region notes
Miss Marie Beecher returns from Rochester school while Miss May Reig visits Thad Reig in Warren. Lucy Rogers visits Judge Brown, Flora Crocker returns from vacation, and Mrs N Greenland with daughter travel Philadelphia. John Morrow hosts C W Morrow of Joilet. editor Fletcher visits from Sugar Grove News. Celia Weis visits Chicago. B J Morningstar travels to London Ontario on business. Watson and Wicks visit Dr Fisher. F G King from Denver visits sister I B Alden. Hattie Borchers visits Prof Georgi. Gatchell and Morrison noted. temperance speaker T Ed Murphy wed Maggie Vandergrift in Pittsburg. Orr heads to Boston for rest. Borthwick to Japan via Panama. Dr Stranahan party to Sheffield for fish and fun. Curwen at Syracuse meeting. Mayor Orr recovering well. Stone attends State Board of Agriculture meeting with Pattison. dairy acts discussed.
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Marie Beecher
Rochester
May Reig
Conneaut
Thad. Reig’s
Lucy Rogers
Smethport
W. D. Brown
F. Henry
Philadelphia
A. L. Morrison
Chicago
T. Ed. Murphy
Temperance
Warren
Maggie Vandergrift
Pittsburg
Geo. P. Orr
Stranahan
Capt. Parmlee
George Noyes
Woods
Sheffield
John Curwen
Warren State Hospital For the Insane
Syracuse
N. Y
Association of American Institutions For the Insane
Titusville
C. W. Stone
Warren County Agricultural Association
The
Fair Association
State Board of Agriculture
Local brick and house construction boom in Warren and Glade
In Warren J C Fox nears completion of a brick addition on East street while W A Talbott plans a nearby house with Chas Marston and Chas Hamm in charge. Rectory work for Trinity Memorial church is expected to start soon under Beebe of Buffalo. Hoffman block brick work climbs to second story as new homes for Kearns and Mathis rise on Chestnut Street. Glade sees varied construction from cheap to substantial, with Hertzel brothers and Davidson handling brickwork. Daniel Gross nears completion of a brick house to be his residence, as more modest homes rise behind McKain and Branch properties. John Wickiter adds an addition to his own home.
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Warren
J. C. Fox
East Street
W. A. Talbott
Stewarts
Chas. Marston
Chas. Hamm
Robt. Henderson
Trinity Memorial Church
Beebe
Buffalo
High Street
Hoffman
Thomas Kearns
George Mathis
Chestnut Street
C. A. Waters
Water Street
Andrew Hertzel & Brother
Robert Henderson
J. M. Davidson
Glade
Daniel Gross
John Wickster
Gross
Messrs. McKain
Branch
John Wickiter
Fourth of July Excursions to National Soldiers Reunion
The Pennsylvania Railroad will offer greatly reduced excursion tickets on July 3 and 4, good for return through July 6, between all lines to the National Soldiers Reunion and Encampment at Fairmount Park Philadelphia. The event runs June 28 to July 6, 1885, with encampments of representative citizen soldiery and detachments from U S armed services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
National Soldiers
Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
Citizen Soldiery of the Union
United States Service
Pleasing Incident Returns to Kiantone Church pew
Deacon James Cary, long-time Kiantone resident now living in Jamestown, visited his former town and attended Sunday service in the same pew he occupied for nearly fifty years. At 94, he enjoys good health and was warmly welcomed by friends in Jamestown Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cary
Kiantone
Jamestown
Deacon Cary
Jamestown Democrat
Warren County Republicans Meet at Court House June 22 1885
The Warren County Republican Convention convened at the Court House on Monday June 22 1885 at 2 p.m. Delegates from many townships, including Brokenstraw Conewango Corydon Deerfield Elk Eldred Farmington Glade Kinzua Limestone Mead Pine Grove Pleasant Pittsfield Sugar Grove Spring Creek Warren Sheffield Tell Ball Triumph Columbus Borough Youngsville Borough Tidioute Borough Warren Borough Clarendon Borough and more, selected nominees for Associate Judge Sheriff Prothonotary Coroner and delegates to the State Convention. After multiple ballots Merritt was nominated for Associate Judge and Love for Sheriff, with Arird, Burroughs, and Higgins among others named or nominated for other posts. party unity and a strong ticket were urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County
Court House
S. W. Waters
H. H. Cummings
Tidioute
H. M. Putnam
Pine Grove
J. W. Dunkle
Glendon
Brokenstraw
F. O. Babcock
C. F. Nelson
G. H. Summers
R. G. Mead
Columbus Tp
Lucius White
G. W. Green
H. W. Neily
M. L. Harris
Limestone
Orrin McKean
J. F. Goldthwait
Mead
A. P. Carlson
B. W. Rogers
Dan'l Burke
J. F. Schammafelt
T. H. Bines
G. A. Walkley
Jos. Briggs
H. Bradley
W. R. Johnson
C. T. Henderson
Triumph
R. B. Swalley
W. E. Stephen
FE. B. Curtis
Chas. Tompsett
Watson
G. H. Baxter
John Conroe
Columbus
J. H. McClintock
F. C. Smith
Youngsville
G. A. Jackson
W. J Mead
G. H. Pierson
Wm. Freese
R. J. Carson
David Baker
B. S. Magill
C. P. Bucklin
Warren
C. C. Thompson
W. J. Alexander
F. A. Cogswell
Jas. Crawford
T. J. Hegerty
James Tabor
M. Mead
M. D. Waters
Chas. Groh
John Lunn
Ed. Walker
Clarendon
W. B. Benedict
P. W. Brown
W. W. Wilbur
D. F. A. Wheelock
J. P. Barker
Freehold
C. H. Wiltsie
C. C. Merritt
South West
J. R. Brady
Barker
Wiltsie
Merritt
Brady
O. W. Randall
R. A. Love
Farmington
Henry Fuellhart
Love
Randall
Fuellhart
D. A. Arird
S. H. Briggs
Glade
J. A. Beurstedt
E. J. Morrison
Cory
Sunday School Work at Warren Baptist Church
Sunday School session at Warren Baptist Church on June 15 and 16 drew delegates from Warren Tidioute Clarendon Pittsfield Grand Valley Stoneham North Warren and Glade Run. Rev E D Hammond opened Monday at 2 pm with remarks by L M Boyer. addresses on home influence and union SS work followed. a county SS development committee was formed and endorsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Baptist Church
E.D. Hammond
R. P. Arrowsmith
Mary Weiss
L. M. Boyer
Warren
Tidioute
Clarendon
Pittsfield
Grand Valley
Stoneham
North Warren
Glade Run
Boyer
J. W. Jenkins
E. P. Porter
W. A. Rankin
Dr. Jenkins
E. J. Davies
S. S
Oliver
Tidiante
W. W. Hague
S.S
Ex. Com
P. S. Allen
Wheeler
Willard White
S. Cobb
County Collections and Local News Items
Cobham Post in Tidioute thanks Mrs J M Clapp for a memorial day flag and praises local ladies for provisions. Pittsburg Dispatch notes discouraging wheat outlook but favorable other crops in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. County Commissioner Joe Clinton secures $50 from the Rouse fund to repair Main Street. Clarendon Herald reports school picnic and Lake Chautauqua boat ride, Spring term ends June 28, Allegheny Springs hotel now run by Dunhams, Fourth of July preparations in Clarendon, Z T Weaver elected Chief Engineer of Clarendon Fire Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobham Post
Tidioute
R. Taggart
J. C. Long
J. M. Clapp
Tidioute and
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Joe Clinton
Rouse Fund
Clarendon Herald
Sugar Grove Seminary
Lake Chautauqua
Lakewood
Allegheny Springs
J. A
L. K. Dunham
Garfield
Dunham
Neighborhood notes on Bradford Star and local events
The Bradford Star is now owned by Star Publishing Company with H F Barbour in editorial and R E Whiteley as business manager. Jamestown plans a July 4 parade and Memorial Hall fund drive, while topics include Edinboro State Normal School progress, local politics, a surprise mail agent hire, natural gas piping rights, and community notices from Jamestown to Dunham’s Mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Jamestown
Post Brown
Grand Army of the Republic
Fenton Guards
County Correspondence offers brief updates from June
June 18 notes Aunt Shirmie is home from her trip and looks five years younger. Mrs John McNair and daughter Hattie travel to Girard for the season. Mr and Mrs Walter Horton spend much time in Buffalo with Mrs Schoellkopf, who remains ill. A
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirmie
John McNair
Hattie
Girard
Walter Horton
Buffalo
Kinzua Oil Field Sees New Well Produce Strong Flow
The Derrick reports excitement at Kinzua after J. M. Parker & Co.'s No. 1 on William Marsh farm reached the sand June 12. It flowed into the tank at 3 30 p m and reportedly yielded 125 barrels in 24 hours, then 110, then 57 inches in the next 60 hours. A dozen wells drilled show six dry, five small, one good producer, with potential for further discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinzua
J. M. Parker & Co
William Marsh
Jones-Hazeltine Historical Society 14th Reunion Planned
The 14th annual reunion of the Jones Hazeltine Historical Society of Jamestown will be held on Thursday June 25. The steamer Jamestown chartered for the day will depart at 9:00 A.M. from Jamestown for a lake trip with stops at Fluvanna Griffiths Lakewood and Bemus Point, returning at 5:00 P.M. It will reach Point Chautauqua around 11:30 A.M. where dinner is at 12:30 P.M. Exercises follow at the hotel after dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones -Hazeltine Historical Society
Jamestown
Fluvanna
Griffiths
Lakewood
Bemus Point
Point Chautauqua
A. A. Davis & Co. Wall paper Stack Spotlight
A. A. Davis & Co. remains at the forefront offering a full range of wall paper from the cheapest to the finest including remnants. The company emphasizes breadth of stock to suit all budgets and decorating needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Davis & Co
New Groceries and Provisions Store Opens in Diamond Block
Anthony Mintzer announces a new grocery and provision store in Diamond block below Warren Hotel. He promises prices far lower than any Warren retailer, cash purchases, full stock of provisions and crockery, and invites customers to test his claims. He pays top cash prices to farmers for produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Mintzer
Diamond Block
Warren
Warren Hotel
Chautauqua season promises rich three week lineup
The Chautauqua season features a long program starting July 7 with an Ohio State Teachers Association gathering and a preliminary opening. Lectures by Stocking and Alabaster, concerts by the Meigs sisters and Underhill, and many events unfold through August 24 with notable figures including Kate Field, Frances E. Willard, and Dr Vincent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State Teachers’ Association
Chautauqua
Vincent
Chautauqua Teachers’ Retreat
Chautauqua School of Languages
Italy
C. H. W. Stocking
Albany
N. Y
John Alabaster
Indianapolis Ind
Michael Angelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Meigs Sisters
Charles F. Underhill
New York
Kate Field
Henry M. Ladd
Khartoum
Soudan
Philip Phillips
Legion
Frances E. Willard
Bishop Foster
India
W. M.R. French
Mary A. Livermore
Deems
Church of the Strangers
Edward Everett Hale
Lyman Abbott
National Temperance Society
George W. Bain
Kentucky
Foster
Iowa
J. C. Price
North Carolina
Grand Army of the Republic
Chautauqua Town and Country Club
Chautauqua University
Wallace Wood
Trial of Penn Bank officials in conspiracy case opens
State notes report the trial of Riddle and Reiber, president and cashier of the defunct Penn Bank of Pittsburg, on conspiracy charges beginning last week. A Hemlock lumber dealers and manufacturers meeting will be held in Pittsburg today at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. The Pittsburg iron strike has ended with wage scale signed on the 16th, ending idle mills and workers’ idle status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riddle and Reiber
Penn Bank of
Pittsburg
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Children celebrate on June 21 with band and church service
On Children’s Day a parade to a beautified church featured evergreens flowers and singing birds. Master Archie Sliter opened with a salute followed by a Psalm of Praise. Nine girls sang Consider the Lilies while holding lilies. Rev Brockway spoke on parental responsibilities as the band, now fourteen members, played. Visitors included N F Messenger and family and others from Corry Pittsfield Grant Station and Hollow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Sliter
Brockway
Mr. Chamberlain
N. F. Messenger
Corry
Frank Shutt
Pittsfield
Arthur Boardman
Grant Station
The Fourth at Youngsville Independence Day Schedule
The people of Youngsville plan a July 4 celebration with a 13-gun salute at sunrise a 10 30 a m street parade by the Fantastics a 2 p m grand parade led by the Youngsville Band to the Grove for exercises including music a prayer by Rev H G Hall a reading of the Declaration by Dr L B Baker an oration by N P McDonald and races followed by a greased pole balloon ascent and fireworks display in the evening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngsville
The
Fantastics
the Grove
H. G. Hall
Boots and Shoes Sale Notice Encourages Savings
Wantep urges readers to save money by buying Boots and Shoes at local shops. The brief promotes affordable footwear options and highlights value for customers seeking budget footwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wantep
A. A. Davis & Co. Outo Newsravers For Sale
Wendlebee offers custom window shades while baby carriage styles exceed thirty designs. A. A. Davis & Co. announces Outo Newsravers for sale at the Matt office priced at forty cents per hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Davis & Co
Outo Newsravers
Matt
Governor Signs Trout Regulation Shortening Season in 1885
The governor approved a bill on June 11 1885 reducing speckled trout season to April 15 through July 15 and forbidding possession after capture with a ten dollar penalty per fish. The act allows owner stocked net fishing for stocking other waters and repeals inconsistent laws including the 1878 netting ban near Lake Erie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Erie
Flour and Feed Market Prices
Prices corrected weekly by Warren Mills Co. Flour and feed per barrel in sacks. Flour in barrels 25 cents extra. Prices shown are subject to change with grain markets and include per-bbl and per-sack rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Mills Co
P Orr & Co Dealers Prices and Goods List
Prices paid by various items for apples butter beans pork cheese eggs hams lard onions potatoes shoulders sugar coffee and more. Cement timothy seed clover seed salt kerosene and an advertisement for Dr Fenner's Improved Cough Honey claiming relief in one hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Fenner
Week long remnants sale at Bell Bros Warren Pa
Began Monday June 22 at 9 AM continues to Saturday June 27 at 10 PM. Discounts across departments on silks, linens, dress goods, lace curtains, ribbons, gloves, and men s boots with many items at a fraction of former prices. Daily specials list reduced rates on specific fabrics and garments with cash terms only. Mrs George King visiting brother in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Bro's
Warren
Warner
Best Standard
Brussels
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Mail
Home Matters
O. H. Hunter & Son
the Revere House
Warren Driving Park
H. J. Dreyer
H. A. Jaminson & Co
People IN Print
Council
Republican County Convention
Warren Co. S.S. Association
County Collections
Z. T. Weaver
Neighborhood Notes
William Stearns
Ira Young
Busti
Jersey
Jamestown Journal
Edinboro
Oil City
Ashtabula
Erie
Scott
Geo. J. Sherman
J. B. Bradley
Geo. H. Bradley
J. E. Rupert
Conneautville
World Bartholdi Pedestal Fund
Reuben E. Fenton
Dunkirk
Miner’s Bank
W. Ed. Marsh
Company A
16Th Regiment, Corry
Jones
Wrightsville
Falta
Wendlebee
P. Orr & Co
General Produce Market
Allison & Co’s
White’s
Bett Bros
George King
Babcock—Preston
Sugar Grove
N. R. Luce
Orrin Babcock
Caroline E. Preston
D. Shear
Kins
David Shear
M.shear & Bro
Jacob Keller
Second & Liberty
Warken
P. Greenland
Episcopal Church
Mammoth Furniture
Warren, Pa
P. Greenlund
N. K. Wendleboe
Liberty Street
Postoffic Warren
T. S. Messner 4
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