Modern Grocery Price Catalog Excerpt
A dense list of dry goods, meats, fish, dairy, seeds, and produce with per unit prices. Items include rye, corn meal, pork, bacon, beef tongues, lard, cod fish, halibut, mackerel, white fish, trout, salmon, cheese, butter, seeds, dried fruits, potatoes, onions, turnips, and various coffees. Prices range from a few cents to several dollars per unit, reflecting bulk and commodity listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lax
Kitts
Columbia River
Ashton’s
Choice New Hamburg
Canada
Fine Cut Tobacco Fancy Brand Price List
Fragmentary tobacco price note lists fancy brand, former price $140 per hundred, extra choice and extra good grades, with unclear packaging and unit details.
Royal Baking Powder and Celery Salt Advertised Prices
An advertisement promotes Royal Baking Powder as the best and guaranteed full weight. It lists a price of 50e per pound for two pounds and up, plus Algo Celery Salt sold in 2e and 5bc bottles.
CANNED GOODS AND SYRUPS SALE LIST
A market listing details canned goods and syrups with assorted items and prices. It notes peaches pears pineapple strawberries corn beans tomatoes green peas pumpkin French peas mushrooms condensed milk honey and syrups with various jar sizes and price points.
Tea varieties and prices from Good Young Hyson to Choicest OOLON
An old catalog lists multiple tea grades including Good Young Hyson at 3 6 per pees, Fine Young Hyson 60 X, Finest Young Hyson XX, Choicest Gun Powder 13 and 115, Good Oolong, and uncolored teas in one pound air tight cans. It urges trying these very fine teas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyson
Japan
Sele
Sugar varieties listed with weights and dates
Fragmentary OCR shows sugar product listings with grades Standard A Perth 11 Crushed and Granulated and Powdered forms. The note includes percentages and a date 29 December to March 15, 1875, suggesting a catalog or price record from a 19th century trade page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perth
Local Business Notices Highlight Auctions and Goods
A. A. Davis & Co advertises school books and furniture while urging debtors to settle with Mrs Gillmore this month. John Ronne and C McDaniels promote spring cloths and tailored suits. George Ball Markets clothing in Warren with Scrip Hat and Cap Store nearby offering bargains on collars cuffs gloves and underwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Davis & Co's
A. A. Davis & Co
C. McDaniels
John Ronnecutter
H. Johnson
Suspension Bridge
Ioman
Various Local Notes and Developments Across Erie Region
Towns report potato and cabbage planting underway as spring nears. Ice gorges between Oil City and Tidioute and extreme cold in Union City noted. Local finance shows Erie debt and Dunkirk harbor plans. Community events include lectures, library meetings, and organ fund-raising. Erie harbor funds gain federal approval while Curtis egregiously gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Tidioute
Union City
Pit Hole
Oil En Warren! Beatty tests new oil well near Conewago
Report describes David Beatty drilling a test well in Deerfield township near Conewago. By Friday night oil surfaced in the sand pump and later more flowed, scattering oil over the derrick, ground, and snow. Work paused for tubing but prospects remain strong, with gas a possibility. Counted on 1209 feet, anticipated deeper testing and thorough evaluation by Beatty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Beatty
Conewango
Deerfield Township
Butler
Beatty
Early Venango insights and a Venango County Institute note
A Philadelphia letter from James Ross Snowden discusses early upper Ohio River history, Buckaloons and Fort Michault, with plans for a Venango County historical sketch. The note urges locals to share information while detailing 1875 Institute activities including speeches, pedagogy demonstrations, and praises for instructors Mrs Bernard and Miss Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ross Snowden
Philadelphia
Venango Spectator
Warren
Franklin
Upper
Allegheny
Washington
George
Michault
George Scott
Waitraker
Ohio River
la Belle Riviere
Fort Venango
John A. Long
Venango
Buckaloons
Bonclares
Ohio
Bonclane
Brodhead
Conewago
Mahusauibikoken
Brokenstraw
Mahusquihikoken
Hickory Town
Venango County
Willy
Rogues in Corry Target Bracelet Wearers
A Republican speaker calls Corry the best place for rogues and notes police occasionally arrest suspects and jail them. He says suspects escape, returning to the streets to solicit people to remove their bracelets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Death of Henry McCullum at Lafayette College
Henry McCullum son of a master mechanic on the Insane Hospital building died suddenly at Lafayette College Northampton County Pennsylvania March 11 1875 aged about 21 He was studious promising for the ministry A severe cold settled on his lungs and proved fatal His classmates led by P A Martin and John Leech brought the body to Warren Funeral held at the Presbyterian Church Rev W A Rankin preached a fitting sermon The Easton Daily Express prints resolutions from his college mates mourning his loss praising his character and pledging support to his family The resolutions call for thirty days of mourning badges and publication in local papers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McCullum
Lafayette College
Northampton Co
P. A. Martin
John Leech
Warren
Presbyterian Church
W. A. Rankin
McCullom
Easton Daily Express
Waterers
Henry McCullom
Easton, Warren
Chester
Singular accident ends Magee’s life at Cobham area
Wm Magee, long settled back of Cobham and last of the Magee family to come to the Allegheny river during Indian rule, died Wednesday morning after an accident in a room with a stone hearth. He fell while attempting to reach the fireplace and struck his head on the stone flagging. funeral held Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Magee
Cobham
Magee
Allegheny River
Court term list of assignations and names
Drawn for April term of court beginning Monday the fifth day listing jurors and officials by town including Glade Peter M Smith Elk W F Holman Kingua Loran Labree Warren D M Gross Fred Morck John Truby Philip Gruber Columbus John Wilson J S Van Tassel Benj Dean Jr Spring Creek Ira Nichols South West Johno Dickson Sheffield G W Horton T K Barnes James Donaldson Pine Grove S H Briggs C H Standard Sugar Grove J B Langdon R W Walters Deerfield R W McCormick W S Thompson N Brown Robert Brown J Roupe idioute J W Cox H C Lott James Kinnear Benton Magill Freehold G E Howles J E Norris Farmington T E Ashton Pittsfield Peter McKinney D R Dalrymple S Durlin Mead J M Wardwell Youngsville G W Brown Limestone M H Davis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glade
Peter M. Smith
J.J. Taylor 2d
Elk—W. F. Holman
Kingua
Loran Labree
Warren
D. M. Gross
Fred. Morck
John Truby
Philip Gruber
Columbus
John Wilson
J. S. van Tassel
Benj. Dean, Jr
Spring Creek
Ira Nichols
South West
Johno Dickson
Sheffield
G. W. Horton
T. K
J. E. Norris
Farmington
T. E. Ashton
Pittsfield
Peter McKinney
D. R. Dalrymple
S. Durlin
Mead
J. M. Wardwell
Youngsville
G. W. Brown
Limestone
M. H. Davis
Warren Citizens Discuss Buffalo to Pittsburgh Rail Route
A Warren meeting chaired by R Brown and led by engineer John Morgan reviewed a proposed Buffalo to Pittsburgh railway via Kennedyville Warren Reynoldsville and Rosston. Officials noted coal oil gas iron ore and timber along Jefferson Clearfield Cambria and Indiana counties and urged official submissions to Buffalo rail authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Department of the Life Association of America
R. Brown
P. Falconer
Falconer
Buffalo
Pennsylvania
Conenango
Kennedy
Conewango Creek
New York
Warren County
Tionesta and
Philadelphia & Erie
Clarion
Jefferson Counties
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
Falls
John Morgan
Jefferson Road
Brown
Junius R. Clark
Orris Hall
Col
L. F. Watson
Clarion County
Clarion River
Boston
Oil City
Col. L. F., Watson
Patrick Falconer
A. Hertzel
T. Struthers
H. A. Jamieson
Buffalo & Jamestown
Kennedyville
Reynoldsville
Jefferson
Clearfield
Cambria
Indiana
Penn
Pittsburg
Red Bank
Pitt
Rosston
Allegheny River
Allegheny Valley Railroad
Tionesta
Jefferson County
Clearfield County
Westmoreland
Washington Counties
Blossburg
First Quarterly W C T U Warren Meeting at Baptist Church
The first quarterly session of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Warren met at the Baptist Church on Saturday evening March 15. Mrs. L. C. Flint presided and delivered an address urging abstinence. The meeting included reports, pledges from about 200 individuals, music, and remarks by Mr. Merchant predicting prohibition and urging faith in God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Christian Temperance Union of
Warren
Baptist Church
L. C. Flint
A.J. Merchant
J. J. Taylor
Philadelphia
Lindsey
Sutherlands Lecture at Union School Hall Impresses
Last Friday evening Mr. Sutherland delivered a creditable lecture on boys. The observations showed thoughtful study though some views, including selfishness, are not endorsed. The talk was in good taste and pleasant to hear, though brief. The next lecture by A D Wood is in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Allen
Campbell
Tidioute
Chautauqua Lake
Warren
Ridgway Democrat
Geo. K. Anderson
Titusville
United States
Roman Scrip
Greenland Bro’s
Roman
Union School
Curtis
Corry
Miller
P. R. Flitcraft
Ohio
A. M. Porter
Sutherland
Rufus Pp. King
A. J. Merchant
Merchant
Times
Messrs
Fred. Hooker
Scheaffer
Bernard
Howard
County Institute
J. 8. Schaeffer
Sugar Grove
D. G. Morse
BE. D. Marsh
D. C. Temple
Union School Hall
A. D. Wood
Vendors of Merchandise in Various Towns Listed
A long list of vendors across multiple towns with names and specialties including boots and shoes, flour and feed, groceries and dry goods, drugs, meats, hardware, cigars, and millinery. Locations include Columbus, Conewango, Corydon, Eldred, Farmington, Kinzua, Limestone, Pittsfield, Pine Grove, Spring Creek, South West, Sugar Grove, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Almandinger
Chas
Beardsley
J. W. Folwell
W. G. Shannon
John Hummell
J. Cooney
Charles Raedel
J. Jasperson
Dry Goods & Groc
Ervine Johnson
A. P. Thatcher
Flour and Feed
Columbus
S. L. Skip
Roceries
Ceeeeeeer
W. H. Muzzy
D. C. Blair & Co
George Blair
A. W. Francis
D. A. Smith
D. A. Dewey
G. B. Webber & Co
H. L. Rowe
Joseph Donnally
J. A. Whitney
Groceries
Waee & Watson
O. P. Acocks
C. Ss. Morris
Horn & Dewey
Dry ‘Goods
M. Andrews & Co
Ij. Martin
OCU
Aaccncne
Snseor Jag Stephens
Pine Grove
J. W. Stanton
J.S. Briggs
B. Hurlburt
Thomas Sloan
HH. T. Russell
A. G. Lane
Moll
Boots
Sheffield
Long & Grandin
E. A. Baldwin
DeRocher Brothers
Evans & Dawson
Variety
J.L. Acomb
Fuellhart
E. Klein
N. Wise
T. J. Lewis
Ahrens & McCall
Mabie & Hunter
L. Simons
Alee
Dunn & Culver
H. T. Chattee
D.C. Gillespie
Grocerie
Thompson & Parshall
Groce
M. Wilk
Jowelty
Horace Jones
J. E. Hadley
Ress
Grandin Brothers
Hardware Warren
L. L. Brennesholtz
J. O. Strong
J. Siggins
H. Fuellhart
Mrs. E. Coltman
Mrs. McCon
Ll Lane & Nesmith
C. Smith & Son
Keller
H. Baker
ALA. Davis & Co
Burgess
C. P. Henry
J. F. Wells & Co
Parmlee & Henry
C, Steber
Phillips Bros
Brown
Kennedy & Meehan
Platte
Rabbiman
Beecher & Copeland
Geo. P. Orr & Co
Davis & Hall
H. S. Thomas
Offerlee & Son
E ‘Asworth & Jamieson
Snyder & Wood
Wm, Ryan
Mike Gaughan
L. P. Holmes
Greenland Brothers
J. J. Reig
O. H. Hunter
D. M. Gross &Co
Kred Morck
Aldrich & van Fleet
J. N. Schnur & Son
F. Fette
Wm. Messner
R.D. Bartlett
Rumphr & Reneke
Laban Hazeltine
A. Wise
D. Layman
Hutter
Hazeltine
Orr & Co
Stearns & Cousins
F. A. Cogswell
McNett & Son
Davidson & Harmon
Johnee Cigars
C. Steber, Jr
Wu H.W. Hartman
Cigars
W. D. Kinnear
Furnitur
J. G. McKee
H. Herrick
Groceries & Confee
Wm. Morley
A. M. Belnap
Dry
Grc
G. A. Jackson
Mead & Wheelock
T. Haliday
Mead & Jackson
J. H. Siggins
G. W. Weiderhold
W. F. Blodgett
B. J. Jackson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Market
G. L. Friday
Rictail
Royal Baking Powder
John Ronne
Cutter
New Books
Geo. T. Wilson
Pine Grove Township
Holman & Co
O.S. Fowler
National Publishing Company of
Julia McNair Wright
Wilson
American Tract Society
Crawford
Erie Counties
Scrip Clothing
George Ball
Keystone Block
Warren, Pa
Tarren Mail
Home Matters
Erie
Meadville
Rachel Brown
Dunkirk
Warren Savings Bank
McDaniels & Ronne
Ronne
Brother Paine
New Lodge of Knights of Honor
Warren Library Association
The
Associion
Mechanic Street
Titusville Herald
Germer
Dunker
Langdon’s Station
Cuba
Trinity Church
Major James
Conneautville
Monongahela
Col. Curtis
Egbert
Scrip Clothing Store
the Local Institute
Railroad Meeting
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad
Oil
Allegheny Railroad
BR. Brown
Insane Hospital
Harrisburg
State Hospital
Auditor General
Warren Mail
Congress
Mr. Sutherland
Carver House
Aly
John Grindley
D. F. Anderson
Ludlow House
D.s.mcnert
T. W. McNert
Meehan
Watson & Davis
UIT
County of
Brokenstraw Township
Corydon
O. White & Son, Dry Goods & Groc
Babcock & Trushel
HJI
C&w.f.watrous
Mathews & Jewell
Walter Allen
Miner A. Curtis
J. Smith & Co
Sahat
Andrew Lunn
Deerfield
W. H. Wiggins
Po Steinwandel
T. V.S. Morian
A. J. Ford
J. L. Bement
James Galliger
Eldred
E. W. Thompson
John Houghnot
Miller Bro ™S
Allen & Smith, Blocetier Ccccesar
Freehold
L. Lott
C. C. Messenger
L. Wwright & Son
C.E. Bordwell
C. T. Bordwell
Pardee
Wm. Pardee
A. Carpenter
Dry Goods & Groceries
Kinzua
S. Green
Rockwell & Brother, Groceries
Sakwos li Clap
Stone & Co
Horton, Crary & Co
Ds & Groe
Bouton & Darling
Sain Ohoatan
P. J. Swain & Co
AL Lee
Nes Cove
Glover & Brothers, Groceries
Miss Eliza Sage
Myron Dunham
Dry Goods
V.S. Morian
John Dickson
M. A. Howe
Grocé Sugar Grove
W. Brooks
F. Ls. Darling
Smith & Wheeloick
Sam
Lord
C.J. Phillips
G. Anderson
Re Scott
Martin
Li Horton & McDugal
Frazine & Son
C. P. Harris
W. H. Mix
Harrington & Haywood
Fanny Horton
Miss S. Kimball
Wheelock & Haggerty
Fleura
Dees
Hazeltine, Orr & Co
J.F. Wells & Co
G. P. Orr & Co
J. L. Acomb
Tidioute T J
Cooney, Brokenstraw
J. C
W. F. Watrous
M. I. Curtis
C. Kimball
Tigioute
Charles Raedell
Wm. McLean
and Co
J. Phillips
O. C. Messenger
J. Ll. Lott
Chaffee & Watson
O. White
Corydon Myron Dunham
I Horton, Crary
Tee
Breweries
P. Leonhart, Jr
P. Gisselbrecht
Borough of
J.B. Brown
Mercantile
NEW Firm
A. Wise’s
Keystone
Third Street
Miles
D. A. W. & P. Railroad
Warren, Fa
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