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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1901
Page
8
Reading through Warren and surrounding pages reveals a collage of local life. Prohibition trends in Warren cite beer and whisky sales figures, while community milestones include a 105th birthday in Frewsburg, pension awards, dairy prices, and civic shifts from sidewalks to shipboard service.
N K Wendelboe of 217 Liberty Street showcases latest designs in colorings featuring Zuber florals and Sanderson tapestries, highlighting a range of ornate fabrics for interior decor.
March 27 summary of town sights and events. Miss Anna Hallam of Bear Lake visits. Patrick McArthur turns 86 on St Patrick’s Day. Newton Wright Jr. has 7th birthday. Mrs. Ed Sweetland rents hotel. repairs planned. New merchant Eli Boardman jokes of mumps. Cemetery plots bought by Mrs. M V Irvin executrix. family graves moved from farm burial ground. Rumors swirl about a skimming station and improved roads awaited in Crawford County.
March 26 update notes Thomas Hale improving slowly after serious illness. Bert Swager and wife of Fentonville visited his parents Sunday. W. C. Hale remains sick but hoped to recover soon. Creamery opening expected to be a fact.
Borough officials seek voter approval to raise bonded indebtedness by 25000 dollars for paving and curbing Pennsylvania Avenue from Short Street to South Street. Existing debt is 72000 dollars. the last assessed valuation stands at 3113958 dollars. Tax rate increase shown is 0.008028 mills. Ballot on April 10, 1901. Burgess F Barnhart, Clerk E H Beshlin.
A curious deathbed detail emerges in Franklin News as Lizzie Addison, a Black woman, dies on Monday with three living husbands present that night. The men identified as Jess Lawson Mose Armstrong and Noah Addison spent the final hours at her side.
A reader from North Warren Pa reports near complete cure after one bottle of the recommended Rheumatic Remedy. The ad notes availability at all drug stores or by mail from Phillips Drug Co Warren Pa with lamps and globes at low prices from Fehlman Bros.
A sequence of property transfers listed with buyers and sellers, locations and amounts. Transactions include Melvina J. Lacy to Riverside Acid Works in Glade for 37 and Mary J. Cochran et al to Albert Dunn in Tidioute for 500, among many others in Warren and surrounding areas.
A shoe store announces a brief period starting March 18 offering a giveaway of every twelfth pair as advertising. Customers pay the lowest cash price for shoes and receive a free twelfth pair to boost business while new spring stock arrives daily.
A historical advertisement touts South American Nervine Tonic as a universal cure for stomach weakness and indigestion. It promises immediate relief from the first dose, asserts a guaranteed cure, and notes Hertzel & Saner in Warren, Pa. as sellers.
An editorial note on appearance influencing success urges a genteel look and neat fit. It promotes Jacob Keller, the tailor, as a skilled artist who guarantees satisfaction and offers reasonable rates for a trial order.
A notice from Robert Johnson invites owners to bring in old rubber boots, wringer rollers, hoses, tires, red rubber, and metal boiler bottoms free of iron or wire. Items can be dropped at Watson Avenue near Boss Wagon Shop between Second and Third streets or at Seeley’s boarding house on Poplar Street during evenings. Johnson expresses pleasure to meet old friends.
Notice invites buyers to bring iron and scrap metals to Warren Iron Metal Co. opposite Freight Depot on Fourth Street and calls attention to a beautiful display of trimmed millinery at Miss Sill's with an Easter opening on Thursday to Saturday, March 28 to 30.
Friday and Saturday evenings March 29 and 30 the West Hive T M presents a 150 member production with Oriental costumes electrical effects serpentine dances and a two and a half hour show. Tickets are 29 35 and 50 cents. Also notices an extraordinary advantages of the Warren high school normal training class opening April 8 for teachers.
The Struthers Hotel Barn is now under John Stinger who will give special attention to farmers horses and those with transient trade. There is no livery in connection and a dinner set is offered for sale by Fehman Bros.
Noted entry lists connections involving N Y and P Co No 2 and B Warren Tel Co No 84, indicating a registry or service catalog item with line references and company identifiers. Further context not provided.
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