Royal Baking Powder and Celery Salt Advertisement
An agent promotes Royal Baking Powder as the best now in use with a full weight guarantee. Pricing offered: 2 pounds and up at 50e per pound. Also available Royal Celery Salt in 2¢ and 50¢ bottles.
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1875
Page
3
An agent promotes Royal Baking Powder as the best now in use with a full weight guarantee. Pricing offered: 2 pounds and up at 50e per pound. Also available Royal Celery Salt in 2¢ and 50¢ bottles.
A market list details canned fruits and vegetables with unit prices including peaches at 35 cents for 8m cans, Bartlett pears, pineapples, strawberries, corn, sugar corn, string beans, tomatoes, pumpkin, French peas, mushrooms, and condensed milk. Honey products include comb honey and strained honey in 1 quart jars priced at $1.25, all described as strictly pure.
The notice lists tea varieties including Good Young Hyson Fine Young Hyson and Choice Japan and Gun Powder with options like Oolong and uncolored teas. Offers emphasize airtight cans and high quality, urging readers to try Japan and Hyson varieties.
Fragmentary notes show pricing terms for crushed and powdered goods, with per unit prices and a ledger-style entry. Mentions Friday and a date December 29, 1875, and a March 29, 1875 deadline or event reference.
A. A. Davis & Co advertise spring stock of wall paper and largest floor oil cloths in Warren. Geo Ball travels to the city for new spring clothing bargains. John Ronne is cutter for suits while C McDaniels offers spring cloths and first class garments. George Ball also handles Pictorial Reference Bible subscriptions and other books via Warren agent Geo T Wilson. Robi H Johnson sells shirts and gents furnishings. Scrip Hat and Cap Store promotes Roman Scrip and various accessories.
Readable items include a spelling school comment, ice and fishing notes, new business ventures in Youngsville and Ridgway, a bank start rumor, a spring stock sale, a deer in Ridgway streets, and a watch theft capture. Also mentions Easter services, a Red Men ball, and a railroad update.
The Warren County examination series lists test dates and towns from Youngsville to Sheffield with start times mostly at 9 or 10 A M. Special exams occur in Warren on May 8 15 and 22. Teachers must attend openings and boards in Elk Sugar Grove Eldred and Limestone will meet to hire staff. Applicants should bring pencils paper readers and character references for strangers. ByRON SUTHERLAND.
A Warren project aims to start a pail and tub factory with $25,000 capital. A subscription paper has raised over $15,000 toward $20,000 needed, with Keeler in charge and Eldred among the supporters. Local interest argues for home production to leverage timber, shipping access, and Warren’s suitability.
The county votes on the first Tuesday in May with O. V. Cotter of Youngsville N R Thompson of Sugar Grove and B Sutherland of Warren as candidates. Sutherland is the incumbent and Thompson is principal of the Youngsville Union School.
Franklin Spectator contests a rival claim that the Beatty well is a minor gas find and asserts it is a real oil well with substantial production potential. Proponents foresee a new oil territory as further tests confirm capacity and keep bulls and bears debating its future.
Sumner Golding, a Farmington resident and respected citizen, collapsed at Mr. Moulton's after preparing to go home. He appeared to suffer paralysis, spoke briefly, then died on the spot. He was about 63 years old.
A spelling school at Roscoe hall last Thursday evening drew a large crowd and raised 93 dollars for the Presbyterian pipe organ. Prof. Miller’s book included difficult words as players competed for twenty minutes and then spell downs. The event featured a lively mix of crowd-pleasing missteps, a note of thanks to partners Sangerbund and the Musical Association, and a plan for an upcoming old fashioned fair at Union School Hall to benefit the library.
The Jamestown Journal mocks Warren for years of sleep and cemeteries under private control while praising a Warren man for a Lake View hotel. It cautions Waite about past slurs and urges current generation focus over Mayflower era views.
Mr Greaves shows portraits of Boon Mead and G N Parmlee at Reig's Jewelry. studio portraits of Mrs Boon Mead Annie Watson J H Eddy and Clara Danham. Mr and Mrs F Henry also had portraits. Subscribers may view for 2 a year in advance. Friday’s updates include store repaint and new awning as snow recedes.
To-day is a mild Monday as snow melts and mud appears. The river rises with thawing waters while residents welcome the end of the long cold winter.
The document notes 549 students enrolled for Winter, down 35 from Fall, with lower attendance due to extreme cold. Total tardies fell from 1,350 to 993, and average tardiness in five lower rooms sits at 54 while four upper rooms exceed 180. Honors go to rooms No 3 and 4 for punctuality. A lengthy list names students across rooms for Winter and end-of-month tallies. Also reports Major N Payne of Pittsfield died March 19 1875 aged 70 years months and 23 days.
Around 4 AM on March 22 the Tidicute fire raged as hydrants froze. rapid destruction hit numerous firms and officials. Losses listed include John Siggins Dry Goods for $15,000, Allen & Thompson $9,000, Knights of Pythias $1,000, and others with many uninsured items. Building and stock damages span multiple properties, totaling about $70,000. Some records and docket books were destroyed, complicating later collections.
The oil well near town produced fifteen to twenty barrels last week but is padlocked by owner Beatty. Judge Siggins has supported owners’ rights to lock the site, though locals want details. Verbeek has a rig on the cars and John Bell plans to drill soon.
Friday at 7 oclock the Spelling School gathers at Union School Hall with 25 cents admission. E Cowan of the Marit and B F Morris of the Ledger lead a spell down followed by comic declamations and a cross sword challenge between ladies and gentlemen for the championship. Proceeds go to the Library. literary exercises postponed to the third Monday in April.
In El dred township at the Sanford school house Rev T Burrows reports thirty new members to the church. Following services the crowd gathered at Mr S White’s home for a social evening and a bountiful repast, leaving thirty dollars with the pastor for the collection. Additionally OG Sanford fractured his right leg below the knee while skidding legs near Ludlow. Dr Bixby attended, and he was comfortable. Darwins Darlings will perform for the Orchestra’s benefit at Roscoe Hall on April 6 with end men Bill Hackney and Frank Trushel.
A long list of merchants from various towns including Columbus Deerfield Sugar Grove and Tidioute offers groceries dry goods boots and shoes hardware drugs flour and feed confect goods millinery jewelry clothing and furniture. Names include W. H. Muzzy J. Cooney Charles Raedel and G. Blair among many others with multiple line items for each business and location.
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