Eclipse and events stir Warren on March 17 1885
The Warren Mail notes a solar eclipse seen in part through smoked glass amid cloudy skies. It reports Polo Club losses at Dunkirk and upcoming races, new building activity including Hoffman block, and Strathner’s Iron Works orders. It lists local notices on a Missionary Social at Richard Orr’s Third Street and the formation of the Business Men’s Mutual Protective Association with officers elected G L Friday president and C P Henry vice president.
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Robert Henderson
Fifth Street
St. Patrick’s Day
Father Barrett
North East College
St. Joseph’s Church
Judge Wetmore
Dunkirk
Jamestown
P. Greenland
Hoffman
M. E. Church
Richard Orr
Third Street
Business Men’s Mutual Protective Association of
Warren
G. L Friday
C. P. Henry
Ott Pettit
Christian Smith
G. P. Orr
Edward Lesser
P. J. Bayer
H. A. Jamieson
George Ball
J. M. Siegfried
Noted society chatter from Warren and surrounding towns
Local notes report A R Dalrymple leaving for Grandin farm Dakota and Rev Boyer hosting relatives from Clarion Pa. Others include updates on Geo W Cogswell recovering from rheumatics, Mrs C W Eddy and Mrs John Thomas visiting Warren, and the ill wife of District Attorney Higgins.
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A. R. Dalrymple
Grandin Farm
Dakota
Rev. Boyer
Clarion
Geo. W. Cogswell
C. W. Eddy
John Thomas
Jamestown
Warren
Higgins
Dar. Wentworth
Sugar Grove
A. Mintzer
Diamond Block
New York
Q. D. Glenn
Tidioute
Warren Ledger
Frank Loomis
Barney McAuley
M. Waters
Mississippi
Tea Sets and Flour Deals at Orr & Co
Good Flour 70c and $1.00 per sack available at Geo. P. Orr & Co. Tea Sets offered in 56 piece sets priced at $3.00. Orr & Co. advertises decoratives and tableware alongside staples.
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P. Orr & Co
Galley Slave to Play At Library Hall Next Thursday
The Albany Argus reports Bartley Campbell's Galley Slave will be shown in Library Hall on March 19. Critics praise the production and cast calling it the most satisfactory play yet in the city with a crowded house and plans for another performance. The Buffalo Courier and New York Tribune quote high acclaim for plot, acting, scenery, and sustained interest.
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Jamestown
Corry Telegraph
Diptheria
Parker City
Tionesta Republican
New York
Thomas B. Campbell
Westfield
Bartley Campbell
Library Hall
Albany Argus
Buffalo Courier
New York Tribune
Borough Laws Compiled for Ready Reference
Borough Council authorized the compilation and publication of the borough laws in book form arranged by Judge King. The compilation will provide convenient, ready reference to enforceable ordinances and eliminate past difficulty in locating laws.
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King
Local Store Ad Lists Prices for Flour and Mackerel
A fragment shows Good Flour priced at 75 cents and 1.00 per sack while mackerel costs 1 cent each or 10 cents per dozen at Geo P Orr Co. ar.
Mrs. Orris Hall of Warren Dies at 76
Mrs. Orris Hall of Warren died last Sunday morning at age 76 after a period of partial paralysis. A sister of the late Deacon John Hackney, she was a longtime figure in Warren social life, beloved as a neighbor, wife and mother by her large family and circle of relatives. Her cordial greeting was known to many who visited the Hall homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McCollum
Leon Stanton
Kate Hodges
Russell
Ed. Hall
Fredonia
Sam
Hunt
E. W. Thompson
Chas. Wiltsie
Wiltsie
Pine Grove
Alex Mack
Frank Mack
G. W. Falkman
Warren
Geo. W. Fenton
Smith
Lander
James Demmon
Anderson
Ezra Gregory
Marion Wright
D. M. Martin
Farmington
Jones & Mott
A. A. Davis
H. M. Putnam
G. W. Briggs
Wesley Chambers
Oil City
Searles
Wm. Briggs
Turner & Son
Guy Bachop
Tiona
Samael
Enterprise
Wilber
Dutton
Pleasantville
Hunter
Bordell
Mate Dunham
Randolph
N. Y
Cheney & Strang
Cheney
John
John Breen
William Wiley
Bradford
McKeesport
Kepler & Co
Ley Oil Co
Coleman’s Hall
Court Adjourned as Judge Brown Presides with Continued Case
Adjourned Court heard last Thursday by Judge Brown with Associates King and Brown. Frank Horrigan’s case continued to March 23. License applications granted to Dempsey, O Donnell, Murphy and Fannin, B F Branch, T H Willoughby, Chas Campbell of Clarendon, George Hertzel Glade, Wm Hathaway Garland. Refusals include J H Williams Kinzua Charles Henry Columbus J T Smith Henry Dilberger Clarendon.
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Brown
King and Brown
Frank Horrigan
T. W. Dempsey
E. O’donnell
Murphy & Fannin
B. F. Branch
T. H. Willoughby
Chas. Campbell
Clarendon
George Hertzel
Glade
Wm. Hathaway
Garland
J. H. Williams
Kinzua
Charles Henry
Columbus
J. T. Smith
Henry Dilberger
Warren clothier Geo Ball opens spring stock sale
Read this, it is good for weak eyes and light purses. Geo Ball, veteran clothier in Warren, announces largest stock of spring suitings and ready made clothing at rock bottom prices. Free ride within thirty miles for purchases of 20 dollars or more with fare paid to Warren and back. Proprieter Geo Ball invites shoppers to call Front street, Warren, Pa.
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Geo. Ball
Warren
Rock Bottom
Broad Gauge Central Clothing House
Front Street
Warren, Pa
War ren Carpet House Promises Large Line and Low Prices
Local merchants Bell Bros promise a wide carpet selection including ingrain and Brussels varieties and vow to match any foreign or rival price with an extra 5 percent discount. Also notes on pine timber for sale in Columbus Township, dollar flour value, mackerel sale at Gero. P. Orr & Co., and Dr Fenner's Cough Honey claims quick relief.
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Warren
Brussels
Bell Bros
Temperance Advocate W H Clark Delivers Talks in Watson Township
W M Clark of Srvoneton under the W C T U continues temperance work, delivering five lectures in Watson township. One hundred twenty signed the pledge and joined the red ribbon army, organizing a Lodge of S O of G T at Luken's school house, the second in the township. The first lodge has lasted three years.
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Wm. H. Clark
Srvoneton
Watson Township
Luken
S. O
G. T
Clark
Equitable Aid Union Forms Freehold Chapter in Warren
D S P and G W Brown of Youngsville organized the Freehold Union at Wrightsville Warren county last Thursday with 36 charter applicants. Officers named include Chancellor C W Wynn Advocate W D Whitney President D F A Wheelock Vice President Mrs Dell C Higgins Auxiliary Mrs D F A Wheelock Secretary Newton F Wright Treasurer J F Higgins Accountant A Wright Chaplain Rev W J Brockway Warden Webster Abbott Sentinel Mrs Almira Wilcox Watchman Oscar Peterson Conductor E Griffin Assistant Conductor Miss Lizzie Tuttle Trustee J Sweetland Examiner W D Whitney M D Representative Dr W D Whitney Time of meeting every Saturday. Mackerel priced at 1 cent each or 10 cents a dozen at Gro P Orr & Co N Greenland displays a new hearse at the Undertakers Convention in Buffalo. Job printing specialty at the Main office.
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Equitable Aid Union
D.S. P
G. W. Brown
Youngsville
Freehold Union
Wrightsville
Warren County
C. W. Wynn
W. D. Whitney
D. F. A. Wheelock
Dell C. Higgins
Newton F. Wright
J. F. Higgins
A. Wright
W. J. Brockway
Webster Abbott
Sentinel
Almira Wilcox
Oscar Peterson
E. Griffin
Lizzie Tuttle
J. Sweetland
Judge Wetmore Encounters Noted Southern Lawyer and Voter Rights Views
In Oxcona Mississippi on February 18 1885 L D Wetmore writes of General Ephraim Davis a leading local criminal lawyer and former Confederate congressman noting his courtroom record and views on Reconstruction. He details Southern election practices defends fair treatment for Black citizens and describes land along a prairie stretch near West Point Mississippi. Wetmore also comments on plantation life income from cotton and the social status of the Negro in the postwar South. He praises Southern editors and plans to continue to Florida.
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Oxcona
Miss
Ep. Maz
Ephraim Davis
Marvin
Jamestown
National
Chapin Hall
Congress
Pendleton
New Jersey
Gen. Davis
Confederate Congress
Jefferson Davis
Grover Cleveland
Prairie Country
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
West Point
Marion Abbott
M. Waters
Warren
Illinois
Noth
Dr. Irvine
Warren County
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf States
the Messenger
Florida
L. D. Wetmore
Warren County Agricultural Association Seeks Growth
Cons Lorr, president, invites farmers to join the Warren County Agricultural Association, noting monthly meetings at Warren Court House and a path to a Warren County Fair. He emphasizes education through journals and lectures, potential to double farming interests in ten years, and cooperation with the Grange under Master A. H. Olmsted.
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Grange
A. H. Olmsted
Order
Warren
Warren County Agricultural Association
Court House
Warren County
Warren County Farmers Institute
Brother Olmstead
Cons
Lorr
Local Rowing Team Sets Distance Record in Sprina Creek
On March 7 Jas Phillis team from Sprina Creek driven by S Love covered one and a half miles with ten green pine logs bark on, totaling 3675 feet. The claim notes the record beats Slater Bros. lead. Also unclaimed letters listed for Warren Post Office with 30 day deadline before Dead Letter Office, and small ads for lemons and custom window shades.
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Sprina Creek
Jas. Phillis
S. Love
Phillis
Slater Bro
S. Lead
J. M.A
E A U prospers amid community updates and local notes
March notes show the E. A. U. at 97 members with two deaths James McCollum and Mrs. Leon Stanton. Marriages and family news from Corydon Corydon area farms and businesses report oil drilling plans schools opening and real estate transfers. Local politics and Virginia fever mix with social events and a travel hint to Virginia.
Railroad venture aims to grow from Warren to Mayville
The WestfieldRepublican notes a citizen plans to invest 10000 in stock and others contribute smaller sums to extend the Warren to Mayville line toward Lake Shore connections. The Standard highlights a Warren to Sugar Grove route with Chautauqua Lake, hoping to include Jamestown for viability and expense coverage. Sugar and flour prices are advertised as unusually low.
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Warren
Mayville
Lake Shore
Westfield Republican
Sugar Grove
Panama
Ashville
Chautauqua Lake
Westfield
Jamestown
Local Marriage Notices From Warren Area 1885
Marriages listed include Frank Roberts to Mary Foyer in Warren on March 15 by Geo. O. Cornelius. J.P. Cowles Jr. to Sigourney Trask in Foochow China on January 6. H. Bedow to Hiza Steadman wed in Geneva on March 4.
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Youngsville
Bedow—Steadman
Geneva
T. J. Butterfield
H. Bedow
Warren
Cussewago
U. B. Church
Hiza Steadman
Obituaries from Warren and Los Angeles 1885 notices
Death notices record Eliza Hall widow of Orris Hall aged 71 with funeral at 1 P M in Warren. Mrs John Honhart aged about 60 dies in Warren. Gen W W Smith dies in Los Angeles aged 33 at the residence of C W Kidder.
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Hall
Warren
Eliza
Orris Hall
Death notice of Brother Thomas Clayton of Laban Lodge 52
To the officers and members of Laban Lodge 52 Warren your committee reports the death of Brother Thomas Clayton a worthy member and husband and father. The lodge extends sympathy to his family and recommends copies of the notice be given to the family engrossed on minutes and published in local papers.
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Laban Lodge
Warren
Thomas Clayton
J. Danforth
A. A. Davis
A. Merrill
Grain and feed prices listed by Warren Mills Co
Prices for corn meal chop feed bran oats and flour are shown with weekly corrections by Warren Mills Co. The quote lists per barrel in sacks and per sack prices with cents per unit and a 12 percent COIN tax reference. Prices are subject to change with the grain markets.
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Warren Mills Co
Market price list latest Warren products and goods
Corrected weekly prices paid and charged by Warren for a range of goods. Includes apples butter beans pork cheese dried apples eggs ham lard onions potatoes and shoulders. also sugar coffee tea rice molasses syrup lime cement seed salt kerosene oil and other commodities with per unit rates. Prices reflect local market conditions and supplier terms in effect that week.
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Geo. P
Warren
Warren Sugar
Y. Hyson
Japan
Rio
Java
N. O
Ashton
Higgins’ Ae
Jacob Keller Tailor Opens With Vast Cloth Stock
Jacob Keller the Tailor offers an enormous stock of imported and domestic cloth ready to be tailored into suits. He guarantees a good fit with skilled workmen and the latest styles. Visit rooms on Second Street near Liberty, second story, rents range from 2.50 to 3 dollars.
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Jacob Keller
Second Street
Liberty
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