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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1895
Page
3
The June 26 1895 issue notes dry weather shortens the strawberry crop while raspberries will be plentiful and fine. It also informs readers that next weeks MAIL will be issued earlier and requests correspondence by Saturday night. A Franklin News item explains dogs suffer in heat when muzzled and clarifies hydro phobia is not caused by heat.
Warren Lodge of Odd Fellows observed Memorial Day on Saturday June 22 with Oakland graves decorated in the forenoon. The event featured well prepared addresses by Hon C C Thompson and Leon Ball Esq and drew a smaller than expected attendance in fine weather.
The new Recreation Park grounds host a four game week starting July 1 with Warren facing Oil City and Warren versus Titusville. Warren posts four wins in six, Franklin beat Warren 11 to 6, rain-shortened 6 to 5, Warren defeats Franklin 9 to 5, Franklin wins 8 to 2, Titusville 10 to 6 over Warren. Stockholders voted to replace president and director, appointing Neily and Franklin as directors, with Pickett, Franklin, and Yates managing club affairs.
The Philomel music society at Warren closed its fourth year with a formal concert at the Sill residence on High Street. Director Mrs. Lindsey led a program featuring pieces by Chopin, Bizet, Moszkowski and more. Singers Mrs. Swaney and Mr. Betts received praise along with several Meadville and Butler performers. elegant refreshments capped a successful evening.
The American School of Christian Philosophy opens July 29 at Chautauqua with 12 English language and rhetoric courses. Dr. Palmer leads the music program while G Stanley Hall discusses New Education in the Church. Notable days include Swede's Day July 4 and Memorial Sunday Aug 3.
The article notes that the common wool in the area is unsuitable for local use and the store will exchange any of its goods such as trousers or cloth to accommodate customers with small wool quantities who cannot travel to Jamestown.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the YMCA will hold its regular meeting at the association building on Saturday at 3 o'clock. All members are urged to attend as important business will be transacted.
The Children's Aid Society seeks foster homes for two 10 year old boys and an 8 year old girl. Mrs. E N Smith president lists 414 Fourth Street Warren Pennsylvania as contact.
Mus F. B. Jackson and children visit relatives at Sugar Grove. Rev G H Humason and family and Judge Noyes and family attend hau tauqua. Miss Lou Bloppgett of Youngsville graduates Meadville Conservatory. Mrs Clawson visits Erie with daughter Nina Sands. Miss Arnette arrives from Minneapolis visiting Hon C C Thompson. Mrs W C Watson at Allegheny Spring in Talbot cottage. Blanche Hazeltine returns from Wellesley with Miss Bessie Rogers. Rockwell and Henry in Pottstown. Bert Rockwell graduates Hill School. Warren Commer K T installs Watson as Recorder and Marck as Generalissimo. N K Wendleboe fuels Warren Library exterior work. Judge Isaac H Huler visits from Frewsburg to aid Memorial Day. Young railroadier stays with Conductor Magee. Willis Mitchell returns from West Point awaiting vacancy. Dr Elizabeth King arrives from Grand Haven. Miss Klahr Mead and Maud Muller visit Warren. Hugo Hazeltine graduates Worcester Academy as class poet. banker father attends. Martin Peterson leaves Revere House barber shop for new East Side location near Trushel's. Rick Donovan from Kane visits Warren for Mrs D and Annie’s homeward from Rochester. attends ball games. L W Dennison leaves for Montpelier with mother and sister. ceremony expected for Miss Gale becoming Mrs Dennison. plan Boston trip.
The Corry Leader reports Charles Nichols wed Miss Hetty Wade in the Arlington hotel. Reports of suicides by Charles F. Phelps in Cas sadaga Lake and E. C. Crittenden in Titusville. Pennsylvania postmasters salaries adjusted for Conneautville Coudersport New Castle Oil City St Marys Sheffield. Tionesta shows a boom with a new track, gas plant ownership, a mineral spring discovery, and a proposed $15,000 jail.
The Western Pennsylvania Press Club will meet in Erie on Friday July 5 at 2 PM. Newspaper staff from Northwestern Pennsylvania are invited including publishers editors reporters and artists. Attendees should notify William P Atkinson of the Executive Committee at the Herald office Erie as early as possible.
The Goff and Arnold survey of sixteen square miles south of the Staunton and Parkersburg turnpike, rich in coal and hardwood, is under sale through Marshall Scott Sr. A trade closed with W H Mabie and a Pittsburgh party places Mabie as owner. The Roaring Creek line allows rail through seven miles to serve Baltimore Philadelphia and New York markets. Mabie’s Allegheny river background supports expected large scale operations.
During the Warren Centennial Celebration on July 2 3 and 4 the D A V and the Pennsylvania Railroad will sell round trip tickets from all points on the line to Warren at one cent per mile for a one day ticket and 11Ze per mile for a return ticket valid until July 5 with exceptions North Warren Irvineton. North Warren fare is 10c round trip and Irvineton 15c for a one day ticket, 20c for a 3 day ticket. Special trains depart Warren July 4 at 11 PM.
Fourth of July celebration on Chautauqua Lake with magnificent fireworks at the lake front in the evening. Travel by D. A. V. and P. R. R. and Jamestown Electric Street Cars. Round trip fare 65 cents. Special return train leaves Falconer at 10 30 stopping at all stations going south.
Penfield & Co will handle carpet cleaning and left orders at A. A. Davis. The note directs payment and service details to be coordinated through the Davis location for access and scheduling.
The Erie line will sell tickets from Corry to Meadville and return on June 2 as Gov. McKinley speaks to six thousand Old Soldiers in Meadville Park. Round trip fare is 95 cents.
The Fourth Annual Assembly of the Pennsylvania Chautauqua will be held at Mt Gretna Pennsylvania from July 1 to August 2 1895. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell excursion tickets from principal stations in Pennsylvania June 28 to August 2 at reduced rates. Tickets are valid for return until August 5. Mt Gretna Park lies on the Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad thirteen miles from Conewago station.
The notice urges ordering envelopes with a return period of five or ten days for mailers. If no return request is made the Postmaster may keep them for 30 days before returning. Envelopes cost little and reduce business annoyance. the Mail Office has envelopes and staff.
A New York World item lists humorous cautions for cyclists. It warns against wobbling and head down riding, climbing fences, overfitting a bicycle, and gripping bars too tight. It jokes about geese, driving into traffic, puff sleeves, posing, hogging the road, and denting heavy wheels.
Titusville World notes that while presidents governors and other leaders take time away, the work of government and business continues smoothly under capable subordinates. The piece argues that many rely on second fiddlers whose behind the scenes effort sustains progress and growth across vocations.
The Elk County Driving Park Association schedules races at St Marys on July 3 4 and 5. A special Erie to St Marys train departs 7:35 AM arriving Ridgway 12:05 PM and continues to St Marys arriving about 12:30 PM. E S Habrar delivers the notice.
Nickel Plate Road offers a rare one and one third rate on certificate plan from July 8 to July 13 for the National Meeting League of American Wheelmen.
The Kossuth Encampment No 98 I C C F of Warren Pennsylvania will meet regularly at Warren Lodge Hall on the second and fourth Thursdays each month. Members are to observe and attend with visiting members invited.
The EOF American Wheelmen hold a meeting at Asbury Park New Jersey from July 8 to 13. Nickel Plate Road approves travel at a fare and a third on the certificate plan.
The Nickel Plate Road offers one fare for round trips to all points within 200 miles from the starting point. Tickets go on sale July 3 and are valid for return until July 5.
The quote contrasts flattery with true friendship, noting that praise may arise from friendship but yields a different, often deceptive, outcome. It implies discernment between superficial compliments and genuine relationship.
Local notice announces sale of waist score cards at the mail office. The item listing specifies availability to readers and directs inquiries to the postal facilities. No further details available in the fragment.
Warren Centennial at the fair grounds July 24 25 includes single tickets twenty five cents under twelve ten cents and special tickets seventy five cents sold through July 1st at Centennial Headquarters and local drug stores. Indian displays feature Lacrosse races dances and a parade with Chief O Bail and about 200 performers from multiple towns.
A State newspaper reports the death of a colored laborer who fell from a high scaffold at an urban site nicknamed A Chocolate Drop. The incident draws inquiries into safety practices and the circumstances of the fall.
The notice urges farmers to pursue the right path for potato production. It emphasizes practical steps for better yields and crop management.
The Antiquity Committee invites articles to be registered at the Library this week and exhibited in Floral Hall next Monday. The grand stand is free, receipts issued, and items guarded. A centennial quilt auction will attract bidders over three days. Citizens in carriages must notify Capt. Windsor by Saturday for parade positions. C. W. Abdey named Superintendent of Centennial grounds.
An 1841 Warren Whig issue lists Abijah Morrison as county sheriff, Abijah Morrison and others as advertisers, a local law association, the Langdon and Anderson firms, and various businesses in Warren. It notes a new stone tavern, bread and flour merchants, coffin makers, foundry, and mills. A humorous alert warns of a man fleeing debt, while editor Peleg S. Cole seeks payment to sustain the paper, leading toward the 1845 end of the Monitor and the 1848 start of the Allegheny Mail later renamed Warren Mail.
A collage of 19th century advertisements and quips promoting DeWitts Colic and Cholera Cure Chamberlains Pain Balm spavins and a spiced humor column with cartoon like lines. It includes testimonials from Morris & Mullen and local vendors. The page blends product pitches with light social commentary and vintage witticisms.
In Busti New York on June 23 1895 Aaron F Swanson and Etta C Landsrath both of Youngsville Pa were married by Rev R S Borland The article also notes the Hazeltine Wood wedding in Callao Peru on May 30 1895 with Fred A Hazeltine of South Bend and Amy E Wood of Callao as bride and groom and lists wedding party and future plans.
Mrs Louisa C Casemere opens a clothes cleaning establishment at 305 Second Street Warren upstairs offering prompt service. A new French dry cleaning process handles evening suits and all kinds of clothes on short notice. Ladies wraps remodeled and plush work is a specialty.
An old newspaper notice markets Hood's Sarsaparilla to cure tiredness and digestive issues tied to impure blood. It also promotes Hood's Pills as easy to take and effective. A Nickel Plate Road excursion offer is advertised with a June date and one fare.
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