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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1876
Page
3
Local notes record maple sugar in season, spring goods from D. M. Gross, and ongoing musical events. Weather quips, St Patrick’s Day parades, and plans for the Warren Library Course show community chatter and civic sentiment in 1876 Warren.
A Friday Roscoe Hall performance delighted a good audience with two plays Solon Shingle and That Rascal Pat. The troupe impressed Warren peers, featuring Solon Shingle country teamster and Pat McNaggerty Irish servant in a lively bill with many local names cited among cast and crew.
The Erie Observer reports the Harrisburg House passage of a flawed county bill that could split many counties. It warns twenty five new counties could form, leaving large counties diminished and residents with no remedy against territorial dismemberment.
Garland Pa March 10 1876 the following pupils in Whitestown School have not been absent during the third month ending March 7 Ida Cloos Jennie More Carrie Mead Jennie Mead Wavy White Lora Mead Hattie Ball Toot Cross Clyde Joslin Martin Mead Fred White Frank White John Johnson Will Grinnell John Grinnell James Wolf Samuel Wolf Addison More Per cent of attendance during term of three months 100 Marrie E Aucust Teacher
Mrs A Ruhlman markets a perfume and Lily White blend claimed to be the only article meeting all needs in the United States It is praised as skin friendly and includes six popular perfumes and is sold at Warren Pa with sole agency held by Mrs A Ruhlman Orders encouraged through C McDaniels for spring suit purchases Also notes positions for a brickmaker and offers various local goods and theater ads from Will Smith’s Gallery and Geo Ball Co and A W Morck Co all in Warren Pa
In Bowman's new gas machine, crude petroleum is converted directly into a fixed hydrocarbon gas with no oil waste. The process, patented with partners in Pittsburgh and Allegheny City, aims to produce 15 000 to 18 000 feet of gas per barrel, offering cheap, non freezing illumination and broad petroleum supply potential.
N R Thompson, county superintendent, lists examination dates across multiple towns from March 30 in Lottsville to April 26 in Youngsville with special sessions in Warren and Youngsville. Examinations start at set times. candidates must bring pencils papers and readers. visitors welcome. references required for outsiders. Also notices shop ads for tailored shirts and photography supplies.
The article notes the completion and occupancy of a new city building in Buffalo. It also covers various regional notices including ice shipments to Oil Regions, school openings and measles delays, local donations, a new post office at Brookston Tannery, dairy market plans in Erie and Crawford counties, Corry’s Centennial representation, and a debate over extending the Wilson sewing machine patent.
Charles McCormick, a 65 year old Limestone township resident, shot himself in the left breast at his home on Monday evening after a winter of heavy drinking and threats to take his life. An inquest found death by his own action. The case links a will held by Warren attorney G N Parmlee and rumors of family trouble. Brookmyre, a house guest, calls insanity the motive with theories of poisoning a wife using tainted alcohol.
Notice from Rosert H. Jonson offering top cash for rags and metals, promising fair prices aligned with manufacturers. He asks customers to bring materials or leave word at Johnson White Co. feed store or his room for pickup, and mentions trade items like prize packages and broom hangers.
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