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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1900
Page
3
The Warren County tax sale list appears in this issue with the Treasurer's list on page four for reference. The Grand Jury reports six true bills and one not true bill, notes crowded State Hospital conditions, a fair courthouse, and recommends jail repairs and a hospital expansion.
Major W. C. Weiss Grand Regent of the Royal Arcanum of Penn a visited Warren North Warren and Clarendon councils. Ramona Council welcomed him and North Warren members with a banquet at Harragah hall. The order is praised as affordable and beneficial, with visits by the Bethlehem based officer ongoing.
Mr and Mrs A C Lacy of Jefferson street celebrated their fiftieth fifth wedding anniversary with friends and relatives from Warren and distant points. The gathering included J T Watson Lillian Titusville J L Rickerson Fentonville J H Houghnot H T Russell Russell A D Lacy W F Mason Rev J P Burns and Rev J C McDonald among others. The couple have nineteen grandchildren and five great great grandchildren with lineal descendants.
A miscellany from Warren Pennsylvania includes real estate and business notes. Allen fits feet at 221 Liberty Street. oil closes at 1.68. duplicate Whist score sheets for sale at the Mail Office. New pensions issued to R. W. Teese and Alexander Dyer. Tailor Jacob Keller advertises spring patterns. Infant son of Mr and Mrs Carl Gildersleeve died. Dr Barnhart announces a new assistant. Warren colony at Palm Beach adds members. Census badges described. Y M C A basketball at Meadville result 37 to 13. Shoe store C. Smith & Son receiving updates. Trout fishing prep underway. Organist G W Lott recital at Presbyterian church. Left-handed party event idea. Brady family wintering in Palm Beach. R H Lynn to move to Colorado after resignation from Struthers Iron Works. Warren Masons note his service.
Citizens gathered last Monday evening in Warren to form a historical society aimed at collecting and preserving county records. Judge Lindsey was elected president and Hugh Hazeltine secretary with a organizing committee named to set by laws and structure. The group adjourned to reconvene at the president's call, seeking broad public support and cooperation.
An advertised salve named BAN NER claims to be the best salve for piles burns ulcers and skin diseases. It is described as based on a prescription by a world famous skin specialist and is offered for sale by J. M. Siegfried.
The Warren Co Poultry and Pet Stock Association chaired by F M Bettis set January 8 to 12 1901 for the next show likely at the Armory. Officers elected include President F M Bettis and Vice Presidents A S Dalrymple F A Keller H Y Miller Ed Blunt J F Phillips Charles Barnhart D W Radspinner C F Conarro B G Gregory. Secretary J H Bowden. assistants Burt L Dalrymple and Louis Werle. Supt E C Dalrymple. assistants C H Whiteshot. Ex Commission Burt L Dalrymple Ed Blunt D V Radspinner E C Dalrymple Fred Phillips.
G Vacher of 157 Osgood St Chicago reports his wife suffered a severe grippe and persistent cough. After using FOLEY's HONEY AND TAR a 50 cent bottle cured her cough entirely with immediate relief. Price 25c and 50c.
Mr and Mrs T W McNett offer funeral care with personal attention to undertakings and embalming. Not connected with other businesses. Office phone 120k residence 119k for night calls.
Fragmentary note mentions Ali ce in Warren and first class ors. Readable elements imply a trade reference and a person named KeHer in Warren. Limited context prevents full reconstruction.
Local shop PuurMAN Bros unveils a wide range of gas vases in various styles and prices. The display highlights options for different spaces and budgets, inviting customers to explore contemporary designs.
Miss Lucille Blodgett leaves for New York City to visit and assist her teacher Mrs Clapper Morris. Mrs M A Day returns from Wilmington Delaware. Sugar Grove locals discuss a cannery and a furniture and undertaking establishment creating many jobs. In Tidioute Miss Mary Grandin visits Jamestown New York. A birth is reported at Tiona. Bucklin Inn repairs underway as Hotel Tidioute is renamed. Triumph Grange builds a new facility near James Whitehead’s residence.
Silas P. Shearman died February 21 1900 at Sugar Run Warren County Pennsylvania after years of illness and business pressure. He was the second son of Perry and Martha Shearman early Warren settlers and a lifelong lumberman known for independence and Republican integrity. He loved drama poetry and history and left a wife a son and many friends.
Real estate transfers listed for the week ending March 14 1900 show multiple deeds across towns including Farmington Warren and Warren counties. Transfers include Fred P Putnam and wife to Lettie A Porter for 300 dollars and Catherine M Horn to Irena Walters for 323.83 in Brokenstraw.
Simon McKenzie, 55, was returning from Stoneham after a business errand when a discharged gun struck a branch and severed his left hand at the wrist. He carried accident insurance in two companies and had been employed at Struthers Iron Works until recently.
William L Maynard of Centreville Pennsylvania endured years of side and hip pain from a railroad accident. After trying Thompson's Barasma kidney and liver cure he reportedly stayed symptom free for five years with no recurrence.
Auction notes list a $1000 oil map of West Virginia mounted and a 250 war map of South Africa. Also mentions address 50 N Bra kenridge Room 11 Savings Bank Bldg Warren Pa with contact in Warren, Pennsylvania.
Relief in six hours claims the New Great South American Kidney Cure for kidney and bladder distress. It apertly relieves bladder retention and back pain in men and women. Sold by Hertzel & Saner druggists in Warren.
W. C. Rowland & Sons advertise the largest and most complete wallpaper stock in Warren. New designs are continually added featuring the latest styles and colors. Before purchasing, customers are urged to examine the selection at Exchange Block.
Jacob Keller offers spring clothing with suits and overcoats at low prices. The tailor promises a good fit, latest styles, quality fabrics, and affordable rates.
Elegant wedding invitations and calling cards offered at the mall office. Neat design work at low prices, with options for announcements and ball invitations.
FPEULMAN Bros warn buyers that purchasing a jardineer before viewing theirs would be a mistake. They claim the price asked is extremely low and urge taking no chances with competing offers.
States around Chautauqua note a winter population of 335 in 114 families. A homesick cat traveled from Oswego to Scranton. April 3 marks Clarion Normal School spring term opening. Arbor days set for April 6 and 20 in Pennsylvania. Edinboro State Normal promotes education and training. Spearing season on Chautauqua Lake ends after rain. Erie to Cambridge Springs streetcar line nearing completion by March end. Local birthdays: Mrs Deboron Doty 104, Mrs Beebe 99. Pension of 12 dollars monthly granted to Clyde Frank for Co C 16th. Revival at Youngsville M E Church thrives with about 150 professing—100 becoming members. Bankruptcy filings: 900 petitions since new law, 798 voluntary, 102 involuntary. 46 counties report. 404 discharges. Pennsylvania Railroad 1899 year figures show gross earnings 152,169,106. net 45,662,118. plans to raise capital by 8 million in 1901.
State of Ohio Toledo Lucas County Frank J. Cheney swears as senior partner of F J Cheney Co that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh cured or not. Notary public A W Gleason attests on December 6 1886. Cure claimed to be taken internally and to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for 75 cents with testimonials offered.
Notices report births in Warren with couples Black Barnhart Sampson Cumings. Entries show March 1900 birth gifts by parents Mr and Mrs. Black and Dr and Mrs. Barnhart and Mr and Mrs. Sampson and Mr and Mrs. Cumings Jr. All births list city Warren and occasional birth dates.
In Warren on March 8 1900 Mary Ann Branch widow of N Branch dies at her daughter Mrs Darius Magees home aged 80. In Stoneham Pa on March 13 1900 Mrs John Abplanalp aged 31 passes away.
Eugene J. Hall, a poet and publisher, says one dose of Foley's Honey and Tar restored his voice when hoarseness threatened to derail his lecture at Central Music Hall in Chicago.
Mt Jewett News reports civil engineer J R Savage Jr and eight assistants surveying headwaters of the Clarion as the Pennsylvania system eyes a route from Wilcox north through Mt Jewett. A strong grade between Wilcox and Mt Jewett could make a Clarion valley freight line viable, influencing a Wilcox start over Clermont due to heavy grades on the Johnsonburg Clermont line.
Many people waste time trying various cures for cough and cold but should take FOLEYs HONEY AND TAB promptly to avoid worsening illness.
D F A Wheelock of Warren Pa dated March 8 1900 certifies he has never been employed by the County Commissioners to make a map of Warren County nor discussed such work with them or others. He states no one is employed by him for that work and he does not plan to undertake it.
In town, Jacob Keller's tailor shop boosts the best fit for suits and overcoats with reasonable prices. Call to visit and compare.
In good running order with lead feed pipe and valve priced at 50 dollars. Suitable for several presses under eighty pounds pressure and ideal for a printing office. Call at the Mall Warren Pa. Sneaks and Dreamers 200 to pick from FuemMan Bros.
Mrs J W Brew of Erie visits her ailing father John Cooney and siblings. Jasperson and Halvick dissolve meat partnership with Halvick continuing. Jasperson joins Armour Co. W F Jackson ill with kidney trouble, Dr Jacobs optimistic. Charles D Martin ill. John Clark fills post. March 12 record 7 below zero at 7 AM. Bettie Christie sick. school in session in her room. Thomas Lewellyn finds work with W N Y P R R Co at Oil City. two Walkerman brothers fire locomotives on same line. Brokenstraw Oil Co well on Robert Thompson estate yields no oil, some gas. abandoned. Irvine sawmill moves to clean McMullen and Sechrist lots. H & F Walters stave mill active. timber scarce. Byers & Co stock logs, mill planned around April 1. Mrs Pheba English seriously ill with pneumonia. J A Byers and wife visiting Kane. Mrs Ira Williams of Corydon visiting. Chas F Morrison attended Corydon auditors meeting. H A Ostrander of Salamanca on business in town. Henry Handley of U S Heavy Artillery seen in town. stationed at Egmont Key, Fla. Raymond Shearman improving. to be active soon. Walter Hoop visits Corydon.
Sugar Grove notes report deaths and visits including Chas Temple at eighty and funeral services in Busti. Families travel for care with Dorcas Jagger visiting Newark to see Irwin Bullock near end of life. Social events include sleighing outings and a George McCoy party.
The town reports many ill with colds and throat troubles as whooping cough wanes. Mrs. Westeren improves after a tough winter. Luther Ekstrom from Jamestown visits then leaves. Farmers prepare for spring work. Vimn Page served on the Grand Jury last week. Swedish Church plans 3 PM service by Rev. Miller from Chandler's Valley. A lath mill is installed on Lind Hill. Levi Ward is seriously ill under Dr. McKee care.
March moves to spring as farmers prepare for sugar making. Columbus Creamery will open March 19 with officers re-elected Miss Addie Hardinger secretary and Chas Simpson treasurer. W C T U fundraiser raises 15 for park seats. Local news notes include visitors, reminders, and a change of postmaster T W Sparks succeeds E F E Thompson amid a new grocery opening.
The ad claims middle aged and aged people can stay youthful by keeping organs healthy. It asserts the liver and kidneys in men and liver and sex organs in women determine appearance and energy, and promotes Thompson's Barosma as a remedy to renew youth, urging readers to see aBLangs at the Main Office.
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