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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1883
Page
3
Local column mixes social notices and business updates from Warren. Items include real estate transfers on High Street, new depots and clothing stores, a Hose company donation, court martial coverage, library wall progress, and springtime chatter plus health and travel notes about residents and visitors and upcoming lectures.
Briggs' Transfer Stamping Patterns offered for home use sold by Mrs. Gillmore. A handsome Baby Carriage advertised for sale at A.A. Davis & Co. T. H. Nevin & Co White Lead and Ready Mixed Paint guaranteed. Sold by L. G. Noves.
A promotional notice urges readers to try Harper’s patterns with full printed descriptions in every pattern. It highlights latest European and American fashions and lists Harper’s Bazar weekly and monthly. Johnson and SreGrrEid, agents, Variety Hall, Warren, Pa.
The store offers Peck's Bad Boy and his Pa for 50 cents and one dollar Uncle Linh and other Farm Ballads by the author of Betsey and I are Out Mrs Isaacs by the author of Blades of Grass The Toto a dream of Wealth 50 cents A Wronged Wife by May Agnes Fleming Also available Baby Carriages priced from 3 50 to 25 dollars.
E K Russell died Tuesday morning May 1 1883 at about 61 after several weeks of pneumonia. A leading Odd Fellow and former Warren county treasurer and long time county clerk, he was known as a genial companion and devoted husband and father. The community mourns his loss.
Mrs J Ellen Foster of Iowa, renowned lawyer and orator, will speak on temperance Sunday evening May 6 at 7 30 at the Court House under the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Admission is free. She recently addressed a large Jacksonville audience praising citizen duties and temperance.
Under Warren Lodge K of P directions a notable drama will be staged in Roscoe Hall on May 9 and 10 with elaborate New York costumes and new scenery. Managed by Mr Kamp rad the production features a cast including Dainon O S Coppissa, Dorr Ungerer, Charles Giffin, John Atkinson, and Gus Mull with Maude Chadwick and Miss Delila Riwa among others. Sets depict Syracuse in 264 B.C.
A meeting of veterans will be held at the Armory of Co. I on Thursday May 3 at 8 o clock to form a G A R post. All honorably discharged soldiers and sailors are invited to participate whether they have signed the petition or not. The same meeting will plan a proper observance of Decoration Day.
Announcement touts George Ball offering hats caps and suits, says store bought out and ready for customers. McNett & Co advertise bulk feathers and cheap pillows. Também promotes lime juice soda at L G Noyes Druggist and various goods from undertaker supplies to ready made clothing. Nelson Greenland dentist ads Yes Tooth Powder and Johnson Siegfried sell tooth powder. McKnight's tailors claim best cutters in the state.
The Buffalo Pittsburg and Western and Buffalo New York and Philadelphia networks near completion. River division from Kinzua to Salamanca is ready to run by month end. Rochester division reaches Erie Canal and Genesee Valley connections near operation within a week. Olean and Salamanca link finishes by June 15 and operates by July 1. Freight on Buffalo division runs about 600 loaded cars daily.
J N Craft, once accused in two indictments for forgery and embezzlement, was found not guilty and released. The embezzlement involved $3,060 entrusted to the Presbyterian church trustees. witnesses died or unavailable, leading to dismissal of the forgery charge. Judge Taylor stated no sympathy for the acquittal.
Erie reports a population of 30 000 and 180 licensed liquor sellers. Millville near Balltown is a new oil town. Foxburg’s railroad bridge opened for trains last week. James Walker slowly recovers after being shot by John Crowley at Farnsworth. Thirty one post offices in Chautauqua with salaries from 12 to 2860 dollars. Jamestown Methodists plan a 30000 brick church funded before building. Northwestern press editors formed a Greenville association April 21. Next meeting in Greenville September 1 1883. Supreme Court decision on township expenses bears by townships not county, per Crawford county ruling. Titusville dispatch notes Mrs Kaemerer distraught over sons Herman and George aged 13 and 15 absent for weeks. appeal for information.
An oversight fix states the Prohibition Convention will be held June 6 1883 or 1885 at Youngsville Pa with officers M i D Topp presiding and Garland Pa serving as secretary.
Dispatch from Jamestown N Y April 28 reports Harry Smith of St Johns Vermont shot himself after his marriage proposal was refused by a young woman who had come to be wed. He asked for a walk, she refused again, and he killed himself with a revolver.
Miss Ella Dreager of Jamestown gave a Song Recital at the Congregational church assisted by Mrs. Cameron Crane Falconer Gokey Harrington Love Tew Bailey Edith Barlow. The concert drew a filled audience despite bad weather and critics called it one of James town’s finest musical events.
John A. Andrews Post 15 of Boston votes to use only stars and stripes for Decoration Day. Flowers in May are scarce and costly, and posts lack funds for fading emblems. Dried flowers have become common in recent years.
Federal judges including Benedict Dillon Nelson Gresham Wheeler Nixon Blazenford Deady Shipman and the U S Supreme Court affirmed the Green Driven Well patent in Andrews vs Carman and Andrews vs Wright Official Gazette notices invite fringe parties to obtain licenses from agent Hl L Bronson at the Warren Hotel Warren Pa with further testing rights if payment is not made Wa D Andrews & Beo.
Burdette in the Hawkeye paints a ghostly oil town abandoned and decayed. Dilapidated derricks resemble tombstones, half-open doors tell of forgotten hospitality, and empty houses house only doleful families while tramps avoid the settlement and a lone saloon would thrive on sawdust.
Jacob Keller the Tailor offers a vast stock of imported and domestic cloths in Spring and Summer styles. He can tailor dress suits business suits Spring overcoats or neat pants with low prices and quality workmanship. Rooms are on the second floor corner of Second and Liberty streets.
Letters addressed to residents of Warren County Pennsylvania remain uncalled and will be sent to the Dead Letter Office if not claimed within thirty days. The notice lists names, plus the P M Allen Warren April 25 1583 date and details. Additional notices advertise teeth care products furniture and local shop services.
G I Mead on Hickory street has received a large lot of imported and domestic cloths in latest styles. He offers a wide line of suiting and imported cloths for pantaloons with unique patterns. Visit to examine goods and learn prices. If Rush Bartlett cannot fit you, you will be hard to suit.
N Wendlebee in Warren announces the largest and best selected stock of fine wallpaper ever brought to the city. The store on Liberty street offers the lowest prices and employ five experienced paper hangers ready to install and paint in high quality. Examine goods and compare prices.
John Fanny Sr of Ridgway PA reports trying numerous remedies over the years with no success until Dr Day's Immene.
In this Erie column a local note recalls Milton Courtright’s death and broader national shifts from forests to railroads. It highlights J. W. Wetmore’s hotel plans, Jas. R. Willard’s Chicago Board of Trade bid, and editorial finesse of Erie Dispatch founder, amid cyclone fears and questions about moving west for a better life.
See Latins and French Ginghams, White Dress Goods India Lawns Mulls Cords and Trish Point Embroidery. Box suits Embroidered Trimming in cotton and camel's hair. Large variety of Summer Silks including a 50 cent bargain and finest Black Silk at 1.00.
Marriages reported in Frewsburg and Jamestown New York in April 1883. C A Lincoln weds E M Jaquins, daughter of H K Siggins, both of North Warren. Clarence W King of Chandler's Valley weds Edna C Skinner of Sugar Grove.
In Warren on May 1 1833 Mr R K Russell aged about 61 years died of pneumonia leaving grief to his family. The obituary notes his age and cause of death and identifies him by initials and surname.
Local items report Sugar social at Noah Knapp’s raising twenty dollars for a M E church carpet. Night cap social at R Love’s nets seventeen dollars for sidewalk work. A Mix & Co plans a mill for boards and feed grinding. Exchanges include W West for Ed Sweet and Ed Sweet for his father's farm. Visitors Tarter from Minnesota and Mrs. Louisa Golding from Point Chautauqua. Funeral of Abraham Cramer well attended. Weather hints of later warmth after a harsh spell dated April 28 1883.
Gleaner reports Jacob Marsh and Seth Johnson seriously ill while craftsman work on a temple. J. B. Union School thrives with three rooms and busy teachers. John Batson and family move to Brands house. Dr Seabury moves office above Lennox's drug store. Royal Templars and M P A footnotes. Decoration Day planning by G A R. Police incidents include a wife beater jailed briefly and a train disturbance apprehended. Rafting woes and local business shifts fill out the town update.
Emory Mudge holds the contract for this $265 project. Farmers complain of spring lateness as soil condition delays work. A physician has located at the Station above Baker's store. Ducks are hunted on ponds with several shots fired and one duck wounded badly. April 30, 1885, Citizen.
Fox Hill and Pine Grove news report a new firm in Cable Hollow Thompson and Wilks. Alexander Wallace, Warren land agent, visited. The sick are improving. William Sumner builds a new house. Silsby buys the Chase lot for 200 dollars. J H Dickinson and Son advance work on their mill with a large log stock. Mrs O C Gage visits relatives in North Warren. A hill mystery notes Andrew buys a new organ and Lizzie is pleased. April 21, 1883. W.
A local shop offers a wide range of wallpaper patterns and border designs in assorted sizes and colors. Shoppers can find bold floral prints, geometric motifs, and classic textures at competitive prices.
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