Meeting of Warren County Good Roads Supervisors
Large turnout at the Warren County court house on March 15 as township road officers gathered to discuss duties and improvements. Officers elected for the year include A. A. Truxall as president, C. C. Flatt as vice president, J. H. Miller as secretary treasurer, and Geo. C. Cornelius as corresponding secretary. Addresses by W. W. Wilbur and J. H. Donly provided valuable insights. an article outlining road supervisor duties will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Supervisors Good Roads Association
Warren Co
Brown
A. A. Truxall
Mead Tp
C. C. Flatt
Corydon
J. H. Miller
Farmington
Geo. C. Cornelius
Warren
W. W. Wilbur
J. H. Donly
Wilbur
Don't Be Deceived By Local Tailors Ad
Warren readers are warned that some out of town clothing dealers offer made to order suits for low prices. Local Warren suits are claimed to be higher quality and support Warren workers. Jacob Keller at Second and Liberty Streets is promoted as the Warren tailor offering made to order suits.
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Warren
Jacob Keller
Second
Liberty Streets
Spring Suitings and Overcoats Line for 1898
Jacob Keller the Tailor offers a full line of spring suitings and overcoatings along with black and blue serges sold by the yard. The spring fashion plate for 1898 has arrived. Second and Liberty Streets Warren Pa.
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Jacob Keller
Second
Liberty Sts
Warren, Pa
Liberty Ste. Warren
Local Firm Dissolved. Siegfried Names Successors
The firm of Siegfried & Co. dissolves. John M. Siegfried will run the drug business and E. W. Siegfried & Co. will handle the grocery and china ventures. Prompt settlement of accounts aids closing affairs. Warren Pa February 1, 1898. SIEGFRIED & Co. Money to Loan On first mortgages Easy terms of payment HELPING HAND BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Warren Pa C. A. PETERSON Sec’y. For SALE A Square Chickering piano In first class condition will be sold at a sacrifice Inquire Mrs PALMER GILBERT Water St Warren Pa. WANTED At the Great Cash Grocery a trusty young man about 18 Apply at once. Baby Carriage for 3 at A A Davis & Co. We use Blue Periodical Tickets A A Davis & Co have Baby Carriages and Go carts at all prices. To School Boards A young teacher whose six months term of district school is about to close would be glad to finish an unexpired term where a substitute is required References given Address L 313 East street Warren Pa. Cat on Keller the Tailor see late styles in Suitings Now is the time to seed your overcoat and get ready for winter White Cloud Flour will make more bread whiter bread better bread Cast no more than others FEHLMAN BROS Get tickets with cash purchase for clocks silverware and hat racks at C Smith & Son's Shoe Store ATTEND the Primaries next Saturday.
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Palmer Gilbert
Water St
Warren, Pa
East Street
Warren
W. F. Caldwell
W. A. Telegraph Office
D. Offerle
Green House
A. Witz
Caldwell
E. Clemons
Bradford Era Notes and Local Briefs from Chautauqua
Local brief items cover Emigration notes, post office reestablishment at Red Rock, new Erie postmaster Isador Sobel, Bishop Whitehead’s wife’s recovery, and multiple small updates. Includes rail, coal, lumber, and manufacturing tidbits from Jamestown to Kane, plus social happenings and calendar remarks.
Spring Suitings Arrive From Jacob Keller Tailor
Fashion line for spring 98 arrives at Jacob Keller the Tailor located at Second and Liberty Ste Warren Pa. The collection features a fine line of spring suitings and blue serge for sale by the garment.
W C Rowland & Sons Paper Stock Promise
W C Rowland and Sons advertise the best and most complete stock of paper in Warren with constant new arrivals in the latest styles colors and designs. They urge customers to examine the stock before purchasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Rowland & Sons
Warren
W.C . & Sons
We Will Not Be Undersold in China or Glassware
Advertisement asserts low prices on China and glassware and invites readers to call for quotes and to inspect the large stock available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Warren County Pomona Grange meets at Lottsville
The Warren Co. Pomona Grange held its last regular meeting with Freehold Grange on March 10–11, 1898, in Lottsville Pa. Twelve of nineteen granges were represented despite bad roads and sugar making. Discussions covered program questions, finances, and rural mail delivery. Resolutions called for a committee to investigate the transfer of Warren Academy lands and funds and urged support for free rural mail delivery. The next Pomona meeting will be with Scandia Grange in June.
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Lottsville
Freehold Grange
Bro. D. S. Pierce
A. H. Olmstead
Warren Boro
Warren County Academy Fund
Pomona
Freehold
Grange
Warren Academy
The
Boro
Warren
Warren Co. Pomona Grange
Local items from Youngsville and Sugar Grove
George W. Brown places an elaborate monument for his wife in the Youngsville cemetery by E. T. Sthelman of Erie. In Tidioute a band forms under Conductor and Solo Coroner Frank B. Robbins with Patrolman King noting early grasshoppers. Ice shipments total about four hundred tons from Mayville and Chautauqua Lake. In Sugar Grove Miss Lucy Abbott becomes postmistress as the retiring official departs. Christina McKelvey dies at 86. Funeral held near Sugar Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngsville
George W. Brown
E. T. Sthelman
Erie
Tidicute
Frank B. Robbins
King
Tidioute
Mayville
Chautauqua Lake
Sugar Grove
Lucy Abbott
Sam
Christina McKelvey
Tidioute News Gains 25 Years in March
A Franklin News note clarifies that the Tidioute News reaches its 25th year next March. The paper began in Youngsville in March 1874 by Hoag and White, moved to Tidioute in October 1874, replacing the Journal moved to Parker City, and has since been led by a former Journal employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tidioute News
Bro. White
Franklin News
Mai
Youngsville
Hoag & White
Tidioute
Parker City
Geo. A. Needle
Journal
Frank J Cheney firm oath in Toledo ad endorses Catarrh Cure
The document shows Frank J. Cheney & Co promising one hundred dollars for each Catarrh case cured by Hell's Catarrh Cure. Sworn before A W Gleason Notary Public on December 1886. Advertises internal remedy claiming blood and mucous surface action. Testimonials offered free. pills priced 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Franke
Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hell
Frank J. Cheney
A. W. Gleason
Ists
Mrs. Casemere Moves to Beech Street Repair Shop
Mrs. L Casemere relocates her clothes repairing and cleaning business to Beech Street opposite St Josephs Church. She invites all who need work in that line to bring their garments for prompt service.
It Was Painful. Steed by All Eroiglons and 15 Cents a Bottle
Ad text announces low prices on new goods at the Mat Office. Jacob Keller the tailor is moved downstairs to the corner room and invites customers to call and see him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacosb Keller
Real Estate Transfers Week Ending March 16 1888
Transfers list includes F D Curtis to Albert Curtis in Columbus for 600 dollars and Martha Thomas to Ora Colby in Eldred for 1 dollar. Bear Lake transfers total 10 to 1, plus 250 for Seymour Dean from Ransom Wood and wife. Other entries cover Cherry Grove 200, Warren 347.50, Spring Creek 100, Deerfield 150, Sugar Grove 1091.66, Columbus 1500, Glade 225, Pine Grove 1400, and related wife or eta transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Curtis
Albert J. Curtis
Columbus
C. O. Rogers
Develo Price
Bear Lake
Martha Thomas
Ora V. Colby
Eldred
Selum Crosby
F. D. Crosby
Fred. B. Crosby
Chas. Johnson
McClintic
Grand Valley
Ransom Wood
Seymour Dean
Ida Shrewsbury Etal
August Weaver
Cherry Grove
Great Nat’l Pet. Co
John Rulander
Warren
Earl Leonard
Geo. N. Lillie
Spring Creek
Chas. H. Christ
Catharine Christ
Deerfield
Wm. Cadman
Emma Rice
Sugar Grove
Margaret Blanchard
W. C. Blanchard
Malvina J. Lacy
Henry Mead
Glade
Rhoda A. Adams Et al
Jennie M. Hall
Pine Grove
Spring Creek Institute Teachers Institute Held March 12
The Teachers Institute at Spring Creek on Saturday March 12 hosted many outside and district teachers. Rev Henshaw opened with devotion and gave a cordial welcome. Talks on Arithmetic Moral Training and School Government followed with a debate on war against Spain concluding negative.
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Spring Creek Institute
Teachers’ Institute
Spring Creek
Henshaw
Mellor
Holmes
Garland
Smith
Columbus
Sutton
Osborne
Youngsville
Spain
Ihwam
Constables Seek Back Pay After Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court ruling grants constables ten cents per mile for official duties. Statewide, constables are jubilant and a Harrisburg organized association plans to file for retroactive fees. County commissioners bolster their own organization amid unspecified plans to pursue a separate grievance in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Commonwealth
Harrisburg
Kane Republican
Open Letter from E Clemons on Ice Trade in Warren
Warren Pa March 14 1898 An open letter from E Clemons explains rising need for ice as spring arrives. He announces hiring W F Caldwell to manage customer calls and orders and outlines monthly billing with options for weekly settlements. Readers are directed to firm locations and to settle accounts up to Jan 1 1898.
Penfield Carpet Cleaning Works Ad
Penfield Carpet Cleaning Works offers carpet rinsing cleaning and laying services, curtain cleaning, feather renovation, with guarantee of satisfaction. Located in the rear of Mansion House. Leave orders at the Mansion. E. W. Sealy, Manager.
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Penfield
E. W. Sealy
South American Nervine Promoted By Warren Drugstore
Advertisement claims South American Nervine cures all weak stomach cases and nervous disorders with no failures. It pledges instant relief and a sunny life, urging purchase from Hertzel & Saner, druggists, Warren PA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hertzel & Saner
Warren, Pa
Are You Troubled Laxa Tea Advertised
An 19th century style drug advertisement touts Laxa Tea as a harmless thorough cure for constipation and sick headache. Sold and guaranteed by all druggists with 10 and 25 cent packages and a free sample offer.
Secret Society Address Cards Promote Em Bossed Emblems
If you belong to any secret society, visit The Matt office to obtain a handsomely embossed emblem on your address card. Make your section known with a distinguished mark.
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Yao
Warren's Corn Cure Ad Promises Easy Use and Low Price
Easy to use Warren's Corn Cure is advertised as not harming fine hose and sold at all druggists for 15 cents a bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Seventy-Seven and Touting Bargains in Town
An old ad highlights Dr. Humphreys Specific for grip and colds at 25¢, calls to view oil cloths linoleum and curtain poles, and urges readers to visit A A Davis Co Keller the Tailor Fehlemans Bros and their sale of china wares and overcoats with prices like one quart white china pitcher 19¢ and other bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphreys
Fehlman: Bros
Corydon Jr C C A M entertainment draws praise and banquets
Community notices report the Jr C C A M program on Monday with a fine musical and literary show followed by a banquet. Several residents travel for visits and illness, with multiple social events and upcoming entertainment planned for late March.
Local Briefs From Spring Creek March News Review
Mrs. E W Miles convalescent. Claud Baker wed Miss Zora Messenger of Columbus. Silas Miller remains ill. Rev J Bell Neff to lecture at M E Church March 18. Evangelist Rev Johns to begin meetings at Congregational Church March 20. Local Institute drawn large crowd with Putnam in attendance. Bert Woodruff recited The Schoolmam. Miss Gabriel and others performed. Altenberg of Warren visiting. Epworth League sugar party March 22 at Bakers hall. Wilson McGrew canvassed Pittsfield. Toronto visitors displayed magic lantern show. Mr Mrs Alvander Putnam with son at Marshtown. Gearld Wright of Ludlow visiting Marshtown. Cottage prayer at H A Braley home. Dennis King of Jackson Run visiting. F A Peterson of Lander visiting sons C A and P B Peterson in Warren. Mrs Peter Peterson hosted friends from Russell. E M Hodges of Lander called on Warren. Sylvester Clark spent Tuesday with KE R Clark of Glade. Mr and Mrs H A Braley visited daughter Mrs D J Mahan in Marshtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corydon
Makeu
J. Kennedy
Salamanca
Mr. Jones
Chautauqua
Epworth League
Archer
Schuler
Belle Doughty
Oil City
Maria Reeves
Marion Williams
Warren
Mr. Williams
Fisher
Bentley
Slayton
Brown
Everts
Spring Creek
E. W. Miles
Claud Baker
Zora Messenger
Columbus
Silas Miller
J. Bell Neff
M. E. Church
Johns
Congregational Church
D. J. Mahan
Marshtown
Local News from Mickle Hill and Nearby
March reports from Mickle Hill note I E Dean nearing completion of oil wells three and four on the Devonian project. Many residents attend family visits, temperance sermons, and local gatherings as Republican primaries approach. Sugar making, rafting, and shingle mill work continue amid travel and health updates from the community.
Survey party heads for Indian Territory with uncertain return
Arthur Bouton and Will Stenger left with a corps of surveyors for Indian Territory last Saturday and have no idea when they will return. Mrs. Alma Freund of Erie visits her parents Mr and Mrs O A Anundson. A Secor travels to Titusville for the Western Penna Relief lodge meeting. The G A R post changes meeting night to the second Saturday. Carpenters restart Erik Petersons house near the machine shop. T S Stanford rests at Horton Avenue home. Anundson of Erie visits this week. N E Peterson touts one of the region s best refrigerators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Bouton
Will Stenger
Indian Territory
Alma Freund
Erie
O. A. Anundson
A. Secor
Titusville
Erik Peterson
Stanford
Horton Avenue
Anundson
N. E. Peterson
Warren store touts latest wash goods bargains
C. H. Hunter and Son advertise a wide selection of wash goods in Warren. Case Calicoes sell at 3 and 4 cents per yard, dress ginghams 6 cents, Orleans Organdies 6 cents (value 12 cents), and Printed Marseilles 7 cents (value 18 cents).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
All the Above Are Rare Bargains Sale Flash
Special assortment Toil du Nord Ginghams Seersuckers Scotch Zephyrs French Ginghams new white goods embroideries and laces today indicated in local ad copy with emphasis on bargains and fresh stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toil du Nord
Married notices from Warren and Jamestown on March 9, 1898
In Warren Pennsylvania on March 9 Clarence S. Skinner of Lander weds Cora Phillips of Putnamville officiated by Rev J W Smith. At Jamestown New York on March 9 Lavern Spencer and Bessie Ricker of Sugar Grove Pa were married by J P E P Mahoney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skinner—Phillips
Warren
J. W. Smith
Clarence S. Skinner
Lander
Cora Phillips
Putnamville
Spencer—Ricker
Jamestown
N. Y
E. P. Mahoney
J. P
Lavern Spencer
Bessie Ricker
Sugar Grove
Died: James Bower and S P Schermerhorn
In Warren on March 14 James Bower aged 77 years 6 months at daughter Ozro Nesmith's home. In Montpelier Indiana on March 15 S P Schermerhorn formerly of Warren aged 75. Burial set in Schenectady New York tomorrow.
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Bower
Warren
Ozro Nesmith
James Bower
Schermerhorn
Montpelier
Indiana
S. P. Schermerhorn
Schenectady
N. Y
Erie Railroad On Sale Of Through Tickets To U S Canada Mexico
The Erie Railroad offers through tickets at its principal stations to all parts of the United States Canada and Mexico with rail or water connections. Special Klondike line tickets are available and agents can provide routes and rates. Solid trains run New York to Chicago with Pullman cars to the Pacific coast and second class tickets honored. Round trip excursion tickets to the Pacific coast Mexico and southern points are on sale. Details from F H Garfield division passenger Jamestown NY.
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Erie Railroad
United States
Canada
Exico
Erie
Pacific Coast
Mexico
Southern
F. H. Garfield
Jamestown
N. Y
Reduced Rates to Washington by Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces a special excursion from points on the Philadelphia and Erie line to Washington on April 1. Round trips are valid on regular trains to April 11 with reduced fares. Special sleeping cars run through from Erie at 3 30 P M. Excursion tickets to Richmond, Old Point Comfort, Virginia Beach, and related routings are offered at listed prices through various offices, with further details in handbills.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
Erie
Lock Haven
National Capital
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ashington
Richmond
Old Point Comfort
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Princess Anne Hotel
Mt. Vernon
Nts
Fasta
Williamsport
Undertaker Ad Promises Low Prices and Full Services in Warren
The ad from T. W. McNett promotes undertaker services with a female assistant in all cases where needed and claims the largest line in Warren county. It lists two first class funeral cars including a white one for children, six funeral coaches, and full facilities for first class work at prices as low as any in Warren county. Office 303 Second street and residence at 110 Short street for night calls. Also an offer from Riverside Fish and Co. at Hickory and Third with George Smith as manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ng Sater
Warren
Warren County
Second Street
Short Street
Six Varieties of Sweet Peas Sold In Bulk
Bulk assortment offers six choicest Sweet Pea varieties at lower prices than packets. Consumers save by buying in bulk versus individual packets.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Mail
Home Matters
Jarvis & Baker
Bert Williamson
H. E. Norris
F. G. Shreves
Jas. A. Brady
Olean
Our
Warren Emergency Hospital Association
M. E
Edmonds
Co. “I
Penny
Sergt. Moore
Pittsburg
F. E. Windsor
1St Battallion
Wheelock
Bradford
Keiffer
Episcopal Church
Hickman
Presbyterian
Siegfried & Co
John M. Siegfried
E. W. Siegfried & Co
Great Cash
A. A. Davis & Co
Cat
Keller
Fehlman Bros
C. Smith & Son
Maine
Kakl Schnur
St. Patrick’s Day
Dr. Hill
Struthers Hotel
C. S. Homer
Harry Mason
Dunkirk
Charles Chase
Lydia Marsh
B. B. Brown
Senate
A. R. Dalrymple
Frank Russell
St. Paul
Emma Randall
C. W. Randall
Bert Rockwell
W. M. Creal
Kiantone
J. W. Creal
Chautauqua Co
Red Rock
Mary O’mara
Connelly-Critchlow Company
World
Pleasantville
Silas S. Wead
Lyman M. White
John and
Nancy McCannon
Selkirk
Helen Stoddard
David Loucks
J. P. Raiser
Bishop Whitehead
Isador Sobel
Jefferson—Clearfield
Clearfield
Weed & Co
Dew Drop
Kinzua
Samuel A. Carlson
Wart Land
John C. Sonburg
Pennsylvania
Sandstrom
Cherry Creek
Conewango
Deborah Doty
Frewsburg
Chautauqua County
Jamestown Journal
M. W. Bovee
B. D. Mowers
N. J. Cooper
C. W. Stone
G. A. Woodside
C. E. Walker
Pomona Grange
Scandia Grange
G. A. Woodside, Sec’y
Leeal Blanks
Mat
Heap
Kellar
Ffehlman
Mickle Hill
I. E. Dean
Devonian Oil Company
Mary Childs
D. M. McCall
C. D. Osborne
York State
J. M. Youngs
Frank Osborne
Mr. Baker
Dwight Smith
Geo. Baird Place
James Robenson
Geo. Klinger
Birdwell
Wheeler
Sugar Run
G. E. Dexter
M. J. Handley
J. W. Green
Forest County
Walter Hayden
Marshburg
Sheffield
C. H. Hunter & Son
Orleans
Lot
Marseilles
O.h.hunter & Son
T. W. McNett
Get Yeur and Fish
Riverside Fish and Co
Corner Hickory
George Smith
Siegfried
E. W. Siegfried
Java
Rio
Porto Rico
New Orleans
Japan
Eeeeeeee
Great Cash Grocery
G. H. Strickland
Anderson & Salyer’s
Anderson & Salyer
New Dry Goods Firm
Cresco
Warren National Bank
Hon
Wm. D. Brown
Jerry Crary
D. W. Beaty
A. T. Scofield
Nelson P. Wheeler
G. N. Parmlee
Andrew Hertzel
C. Schimmelfeng
Christian Smith
H. A. Jamieson
F. E. Hertzel
Cashier
the Warren Savings Bank
A. J. Bogeltine
C. W. Beaty
G. B. Ensworth
G H. Jackson
C. W. W. Beaty
J. B. Wo
James Clark
Charles W. Stone
M. Dunham
W. M. Lindsey
L. Ae J Aneoltine, Co. C, Sigel. Sa
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