March News and Local Happenings in Warren
Warren updates cover a busy week: clubs meet at the Court House. a fire chief election set for April 7. the Board of Trade plans housing development with 12 more homes. residents hear about markets, fishing season, sugar prices, and local visits. Notables include J. L. Grandin funding an industrial school for boys and prizes for best farm crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Council Room
Frew
Farmers Club
Court House
Warren
Warren Fire Department
Titusville
Seigle & Sons
Warren Light and Heat Co
Shirley
Wardwell
Shaw
Clarendon
Gill
Ladies of the Baptist Church
D. M. Gross
J. N. Dietch
Farmer’s Club
J. L. Grandin
Tidioute
Hunter
Wanted and Lost Notices From Warren Pa
Wantep ImmediateLy A first class girl to do general housework. Will pay good wages. Inquire at G. L. Fripay's Store Warren Pa. Lost or Strollex A red Trish setter dog. The finder will be liberally rewarded by returning it to C. I. Beck Warren Pa. Rouuer States Johnson Siegfried have the Marsh Roller Skate for sale.
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G. L. Fripay’s
Warren, Pa
C. I. Beck
Warren
Rouuer
Johnson & Siegfried
Board of Trade Forms In Warren Meeting
A large Warren meeting at John Sill’s office organized a Board of Trade. Rev. W. A. Rankin named president, S. T. Allen first vice president, A. Mintzer second vice president, Willis Cowan secretary, A. Hertzel treasurer. A charter committee was appointed and grocer members to form a temporary executive panel. Next session to be March 26 at 8 PM in the engine house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Guthrie
Titusville
Maude Davis
Tionesta
Lizzie Lesser
Philadelphia
Libbie Walcott
Jamestown
T. H. Cogswell
Fred Pierce
Smethport
A.W. Dennison
Kansas
Warren Co
Carrie Kuhn
Frank Coltman
Tidiante
Charlie Henry
C. P. Henry
New York
J. F. McPherson
Chicago
T. Bach
Franklin
L. M. Boyer
W. K. Kidd
Hudson Street Baptist Church
Jackson
C. H. Jackson
Reese
Andrew P. Shattuck
L. D. Wetmore
Florida
Wetmore
Massachusetts
Glenni W. Scofield
Congress
United States Court of Claims
Ridgway
H. J. Bishop
Clarendon
Wardwell
L. T. Bishop
Warren
Buffalo
E. H. Taunt
U. S. Navy
Greeley
Thetis
Emery
Washington, D. C
Commodore English
John Sill
Board of Trade
Fred Morck
F. A. Cogswell
W. A. Rankin
8. T. Allen, Esq
A. Mintzer
Willis Cowan
A. Hertzel
C. H. Noyes
C. W. Stone
T. Allen
Burgess Orr
Warren Skating Rink Weekly Attractions
Warren skating rink opens daily with special events this week. Tuesday features a Children's Masquerade, Wednesday music by Reig's Band. Friday hosts a gold medal race, barrel race, and a vote for a new Henry skate prize for the leading lady. Saturday afternoon designed for children. Russett and Conswell owners. L. D. Connelius manager.
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Reig
Warren
Henry
Russett & Conswell
L. D. Connelius
Dining and lodging expanded with elevator access
I have connected my restaurant to the second floor by an elevator and rented furnished rooms to better serve travelers. Meals are 25 cents and lodging is offered at reasonable rates, with a private dining room for ladies on the second floor. Call and see for yourself, J.N. Drercs.
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J.N. Drercs
Maggie Mitchell Stars In Dramatic Music Polish
The theater drew strong crowds last week with Maggie Mitchell’s performance as Fanchon the Cricket and a sprightly show that delighted audiences. Miss Thursby impressed in multilingual encores while Chevalier Antoine De Kontski and tenor Russell S. Glover also drew praise for their talents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Mitchell
Maggie
Fanchon
George Sand
Miss Thursby
Meyerbeer
Gounod
Hayden and
Delibes
Marck
Mrs. Caldwell
Russell
Glover
Military Matters and Unit Reassignments Across Erie and Warren
Drill nights continue for Company I and a state militia encampment is set for August 2 to 9 at Gettysburg. Gold and silver cord cap-straps will be adopted by National Guard officers. Erie companies transfer to the Fifteenth regiment with Col. Wiley of the Sixteenth leading. Clarion and Fast Brady join the Fifteenth to bring Erie troops closer to the regiment, prompting some Warren company regret.
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Co. I
Gettysburg
Army
National Guard
Erie
Fifteenth
Col. Wiley
Clarion
Fast Brady
Warren Company
St Mary's tannery Bradford festival and county notes
County items report St Mary's to host a tannery Bradford to hold a May musical festival Butler county to build a $75 000 courthouse Ridgway and Hyde & Co store featured for the garish craze Removal of Indian God Rock proposed to safety Meadville TA sessions July 8 9 10 Erie Presbytery April meeting Clarendon to get a roller skating rink Dr M M Fenner buys old Methodist church for patent medicine factory Mrs C H Walton dies apoplexy Meadville shop quarrel ends in death Shultz jailed Canfield dies Salvation Army to campaign in Chautauqua Jamestown Westfield Dunkirk Electric Light Co ready to start Erie council to permit poles
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Allegheny
Mary Oldham
Oil Exchange
Oil City
Warren
George Miller
L. D. Wetmore & Co
Alan
L. E. Branch
Sheffield
Chas. Campbell
Clarendon
G. W. Lesler
Pittsfield
Geo. P. Orr & Co
Board of Trade
Greaves
Dr. Bartholomew
Waters’ Store
Gov. Stone
Ridgway
Hyde & Co’s
Franklin
Pennsylvania State Teachers’ Association
Meadville
Bradford
Zack Weaver
Exchange Street
M. M. Fenner
Fredonia
Old Methodist Church
C. H. Walton
Columbus
Eric
Griffin
Charles Holmes
Albert Shultz
F. Canfield
Canfield
Shultz
Salvation Army
Capt. Evans
Chautauqua County
Jamestown
Westfield
Dunkirk
Erie
Death toll grows in county notes and town happenings
March 21 notes report the death of Miss Mary Dennison and tributes to Mrs. Sally Seabury, plus local accidents including a boy with a leg fracture and a finger amputated after wagon gear. Other items mention scarlet fever, bridge work, rafts, and multiple community updates from Tidioute and surrounding towns.
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Mary Dennison
Jas. Dennison
Sally Seabury
Wm. Seabury
Wm. Peckham
Seabury
Royal Templars
Mutuals
C. J. Phillips
Home Guard
Baseball notes on Oil and Iron League eligibility
Mr Linn received a letter from the league secretary returning the $25 guaranty saying Warren and Akron Ohio were not admitted as they were a day late. The setback does not stop Warren and other local towns from organizing an association and letters have been sent to Bradford Corry Meadville Olean Jamestown and Fredonia. A strong nine can form soon with many applicants and games can be arranged with Oil City and Franklin keeping the ball rolling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredonia
United States
T. A. Matshalin
Bradford
Japan
Pennsylvania
Franklin
Pittsburg
F E. P. Putnam
Jamestown
N. Y
Frank Partridge
S. J. Bailey
P. M
Brother Fletcher
Corry
Kent
Busti
Jamestown Journal
Mercer Dispatch
Meadville
H. M. Richmond
St. Nicholas Hotel
New York
A. B. Richmond
Linn
Oil and Iron League
Warren
Akron
Ohio
Olean
Oil City
Tapping a Burning Mine in West Virginia Disaster
Mr. Duhring, with J. C. Goa from Clarendon, travels to Mc Dowell County to drill five holes into the burning mine. The plan is to flood the mine after creating a vent, with 153 miners trapped and no bodies recovered.
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Duhring
Warren
McDowell Co
West Virginia
J. C. Goa
Clarendon
World Renowned Violinist to Headline Library Hall Concert
The famed soloist appears Saturday March 29 at Library Hall with Mme Pauline Adele soprano Mr Edmond De Celle tenor and Mr Isidore Luckstone pianist Critics hail his boundless technique electrifying performance likened to Rubinstein versus Von Bulow Adele De Celle and Luckstone praised for tone strength and mastery Liszt Rhapsodie No 6 performed by Luckstone noted for artistic finish.
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Library Hall
Mme
Pauline Adele
Edmond de Celle
Isidore Luckstone
Rubinstein
von Bulow
Chicago Tribune
St. Louis
DeCelle
Grand Rapids
Liszt
Herr Luckstone
Providence Journal
Dramatic Rehearsals Highlight Civil War Era Play in Library Hall
The best military drama, four acts and tableaux, draws Watson Hose Co. and 20 plus Warren friends for a Civil War themed performance at Library Hall on Monday evening April 7. The show depicts camp life, picket lines, battles and prisons with both sides shown.
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Library Hall
Watson Hose Co
Warren
Local Eatery Tops for Fresh Pies and Bell Bros Corsets
The La Pierre Restaurant earns note as a top spot for fresh pies. Bryant's P. B. D. Corset is offered for sale at Bell Bros.
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la Pierre
Bryant
Bell Bros
Largest linen towel sale at Bell Bros for 25 cents
A regional ad notes the largest linen towel in the world is offered at Bell Brothers with a price of twenty five cents each. The copy markets the towel as a bargain item likely for home use.
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Bell Bro’s
Library Loan Exhibit Opens at New Library
Friends of the Library plan a Loan Exhibition in the new Library Room during the last week of April with daily and evening hours for one week. An admission fee will fund the Library Room improvements and nightly entertainments will be offered. exact dates and committee names to be announced soon.
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Friends of the Library
Evangelical Appointments at Pittsburg Conference
The Pittsburg Conference Evangelical Church session in Johnstown Pa adjourned March 17. Appointments listed include Franklin District T G Clewell P F Franklin and J A Smith Warren, with several ministers assigned to Oil City Dempsey town Bradenburg Shenango and others across Venango Lickingville Erie and Warren areas.
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Pittsburg
Evangelical Church
Johnstown
Franklin District
T. G. Clewell
P. F
Franklin
T. Bach
Oil City
W. M. Covert
Bradenburg
Domer
Dempseytown
D. M. Baumgardner
Barkeyville
A. C. Miller
Crawford
A. Huhn
Greenville
Shenango
J. H. Voght
Venango
F. P. Saylor
Lickinville
B. F. Feitt
Tidioute
G. J. Colwan
Monroeville
J. A. Smith
Warren
L. M. Boyer
East Warren
M. L. Weaver
South Warren
D. F. Platt
Orangeville
T. B. Zellers
Erie
J. Dick
Seventh annual session of Temperance Royal Templars in Buffalo
The Supreme Secretary reports 534 select councils as of January 1, 1884. The movement spans 23 states and provinces with 79 new bodies in the year and 1,188 new members reaching 19,026 total. Yearly receipts total $267,456.86 with $265,807.19 in claims paid and a treasury balance of $1,649.57.
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Supreme Council
Royal Templars of Temperance
Buffalo
Supreme Secretary
Treasury
Surprise Silverware Gift Fetes Judge G A Jackson
A surprise party honored G A Jackson now a popular justice of the peace in Youngsville as he marked twenty five years of marriage. Personal friends and relatives attended a generous gathering with silverware gifts and a bountiful repast.
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G. A. Jackson
J. P
Youngsville
Nine Tailors to Make a Man by Jacob Keller Tailor
In a playful note the writer argues that Jacob Keller, a tailor, can transform awkward men into well shaped figures. The piece riffs on the old saying that nine tailors make a man and suggests modern tailoring creates a more presentable appearance.
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Jacob Keller
Warren Post Office hailed as finest of its size in America
The Jamestown Standard notes the new Warren post office in the Struther's library building is praised as the finest of its size in America though crowding and safety concerns linger. It calls for an extra street lamp between the post office and Second Street opposite Judge Scofield and a wider sidewalk to handle visitors.
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Warren
Struther
America
Jamestown Standard
Second Street
Judge Scofield
Wrightsville News Summary of Local Happenings
Miss Murray's school closed on the 18th. Charlie Jones, son of Frank Jones, died on the 15th from a fall. Bay colts owned by Earnest Abbott near Lottsville and Sugar Grove weighed 2640 pounds combined with 10 pounds difference. Chauncey Messenger, 81 in April, walked 8 miles from Columbus to Wrightsville. Mark and Mertie Messenger plan to go to Cambridge this spring. Richard Barlow to sell today and move to Tennessee this spring. Fairn.
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Mark
Mertie Messenger
Cambridge
Richard Barlow
Tennessee
Pennsylvania Paragraphs Highlights and Local News Notes
James Nutt to lead a herd on Ex Senator Dorsey’s New Mexico rancho. Dickens Dutchman Charles Langheimer dies in Philadelphia’s penitentiary and is buried in potters field after 50 years as a convict. A Buchanan Hollow glycerine magazine blast near Bradford injures none. cause spontaneous combustion. Pennsylvania Railway underground wires improve Broad Street to main office telegraph and telephone service. Erie Marine Hospital property tender for indigent soldiers home likely to pass. bipartisan support expected. would aid discharged disabled veterans already in need in Pennsylvania almshouses.
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James Nutt
Dorsey
New Mexico
Charles Langheimer
Dickens Dutchman
Philadelphia
Potters Field
Buchanan Hollow
Bradford
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Broad Street
Trat
Marine Hospital
Erie
United States
Pennsylvania
Almshouse
Phila
Mutual Live Stock Insurance and Bell Bros Spring Goods
The Farmers and Breeders Mutual Live Stock Insurance Association of Butler Pa offers death and theft coverage with honorably adjusted claims and prompts payments with A Y Fryplay as Franklin district agent. Bell Bros announces spring stock arriving around the 20th with a wide selection of staple and fancy dress goods for Warren area shoppers. They urge customers to wait for lower prices and to compare before buying.
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Farmers and Breeders Mutual Live Stock Insurance Association
Butler
A. Y. Fryplay
Franklin
Bell Bro
Warren
Oil Market Treated With Masterly Inactivity In Week
Furnished by Frew and Henderson Brokers notes oil prices hovering around the dollar with no clear trend. Market lull cited as lack of bearish news and restricted selling, leaving values stuck near 1.00 with mixed March quotes and uncertain future movement.
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Frew & Henderson, Brokers In Petroleum
Warren, Pa
Trout fishing gear promotion by A M Cone
After April first trout can be caught if lucky, and A M Cone offers a fine stock of rods reels lines flies for fishing. He makes to order the best rods and urges customers to call. Cone claims modern gear makes fishing easier and cheaper locally than in New York. A mare for sale and office application note follow.
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A. M. Cone
Cone
New York
Local ads tout baking powder and seasonal goods
Overloaded fruit sale at Geo. P. Orr & Co offers oranges at 20 cents a dozen and lemons at 15 cents a dozen. William M. Blodgett's Balm advertised for stomach pain. Mrs Roter offers choice candies and nuts. Vanristy advertises Clipper Roller Skates. Miss Daggett and millinery business updates from 8. T. Daceerr at No 11 Keystone block Main Street with refining and new trims.
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Geo. P. Orr & Co
Marriages in Warren and surrounding areas 1884
A compact list of marriage notices from Warren and nearby towns in March 1884. Gaugh and Braley wed in Warren. De Arment and Lankton unite in Warren. Post and Hassett join in Erie. Flanders and Wells marry in Harmony. Hill and Northrop wed in Busti.
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DE Arment — Lankton
Warren
W. W. Painter
Andrew J. de Arment
Eureka City
Tinnie Lankton
Farnsworth
Post — Hassett
Erie
Father Dyer
Albert Post
Josie Hassett
Died Morrison Dennison in Obit Notices
In Corydon on March 19 1884 Mr Rice Morrison died aged 85. In Sugar Grove on March 13 1884 Mary Dennison daughter of Ex Judge James Dennison died at 18.
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Morrison
Corydon
Rice Morrison
Dennison
Sugar Grove
Mary
James Dennison
Flour and Feed Market Prices Listed by Warren Mills Co
Prices corrected weekly for flour and feed items. Patent White Wheat Amber Graham meal corn meal bolted chop feed bran and flour in barrels with 25 cent extra. Prices subject to change with the grain markets.
General Produce Market Prices and Dealers Rates
Corrected weekly by Geo. P. Orr & Co the list shows prices paid by Warren dealers for items including apples butter beans pork cheese dried apples eggs hams lard onions potatoes shoulders and more. It also lists prices charged by Warren dealers for sugar coffee granulated nat nes and other staples.
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Geo. P. Orr & Co
Warren
Boots and Snoes Sale Promises Quick Savings
Waxtep announces a money saving opportunity urging shoppers to buy Boots and Snoes to save costs. The message emphasizes affordable pricing and accessible options for customers.
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Waxtep
Unclaimed letters listed for Warren Post Office on March 22 1814
Letters addressed to multiple individuals remain unclaimed in Warren Pa with 30 days to claim before transfer to the Dead Letter Office. Grant C. Allen P M Warren instructs callers to give the advertising date and notes rental of the West store room in Struthers Library Building with applications to Judge Brown or C H Noyes.
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Warren Post
Warren Co
Anderson
Dorten
Masterson
John Beanes
Kate Miller
G. Brundige
Jennie Nelson
Mathilda Carlson
Emelia Nelson
D.C. Carroll
Geo. W. Nilsson
Hilma Danz
Ann D. Oneill
Wim. Flack
Adam Poole
Struthers Library
W. D. Brown
C. H. Noyes
Warren
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Acer
Home Matters
Snow Valley
Fifth Street
Hickory
Poplar
Warren Skating Rink
St. Mary’s
Butler County
Tionesta Republican
Erie Presbytery
S. C. Reynolds
Presbyterian Church
Will Jackson
Williamsport
B. N. Brooke
Dr. Jamieson
Detroit
Diefendorf
P.D
Banner
McNnett & Co
Remgnys
Wm. Stafford
Mary Anderson
John E. Owens
Gus Williams
Knight
Charles H. Duprez
Margaret Mather
Edwin Booth
Madame Nilsson
Cincinnati
Modjeska
Fanny Davenport
Tom Keene
Robson and Crane
Fred Warde
R. T
Wrightsville
Fairn
Cyan
Mareh L.ol's
Mai
Mrs
Vanristy Hat
Blodgett
Warren Mills Co
General Produce Market
Lhuw
Latson
Jaya Molasses
Ashton
Higgins
Eureka
Youngsville Borough
C. V. Kinnear
R. A. Siggins
Irvine
Mead
F. H. Blodget
W. D. Freese
H. L. Mead
J.G. McKee
WM. Delong
Burgess and Council
A.C. Axtell
Burgess
W. F. SigGins
MaGee Run
Penna
Adams, Moulton & CO
Lonsdale
GEO, P, Orr & CO
Crockery
China
Water St
G.L
Beaty Block
Second St. Warren, Pa
Youngsville, PA
Fairmount House
Fred Swanson
M. F. Warren
Mts
Aero
Fisher Block
Northrop’s
Grant
C. C. Allen
Knapp, Cable & CO
J. H. Mitchell & Co
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Hartford
Phenix
Home
Howara
N.Y
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Mutual Benefit Life
New Jersey
National Life
Vermont
Mutual Life
Traveler's Life & Accident
Harford
Scofield Block
C. W. Sersall
Postoffice
Conewango Township
County
Mathias Schuler, Jr
Conewango
Adam Shutt
J. A. Buck
W.S. Bank
W. S. Bank
Jackson Run Bridge
Warren Savings Bk
Dr. Cowden
Beardsley
E. Weiss
Ceraearsasagy
Seigrist
Com
Critchlow
Fred Jewell
M. Amann
E.T. Kidder
Geo. Weiler, W. H. Taylor
Conewango Tp
Hirm
Rowland & Greenland
Hickory St
Ustice
Mail Office
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