Warren item bids for spring goods and local notices
A long page of Warren items lists merchants Davis Drug Store promoting a new drink. Geo Batt Clothier offers spring fashions. J M Reeger Beech street sells flowers. local notices include a moon eclipse July 22 and pew rentals May 7. The Swedish Church dedication and Hazeltine Building occupancy are described with details on offices, rents, and architecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis’ Drue
Geo. Batt
J. M. Reeger
Beech Street
C. R. Henry’s
Warren
Presbyterian Church
Shakespeare Club
Col. Watson
Warren social and fraternal notes span visitors events
Local items report Prof J H McClintock and wife at Geo W King's Hazel Street, Gov Beaver to Renovo for Decoration Day speech, Rev Hiram Eddy visiting Warren, and Mrs Doty with children heading to Omaha. Meantime Rev Doerr attends Lutheran Meadeville conference, Rev Merchant boosts Franklin church membership, and C C Thompson rises in Warren politics. North Star Lodge hosts a large Masonic installation with 300 attendees and a Post Masters badge presentation. Ascension Day to be observed by Warren Commandery with church service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. McClintock
Geo. W. King
Hazel Street
Lapham
New York
Rockwell
Gov
Beaver
Renovo
Decoration
Warren
Templar
Nelson Moore
George L. Friday
C. W. Abdey
Andrew Hertzel
R. W. Teese
A. W. Ryan
R. A. Fuller
F. H. Rockwell
Joseph Walkerman
E. N. Smith
F. A. Steber
Sentinel
W. A. Rankin
Chas. H. Noyes
W. W. N. Yates
P. Doerr
Wm. Schnur
J. Y. James
North Star Lodge
D. T. van Vechten
Grand Army
James Cable
Thompson
Warren Commandery
Episcopal Church
Ryan
Fuel Gas Burner Business Sold to Oil Well Supply Co
The owners Barnhart and Davis announce the sale of their Fuel Gas Burner business and related patents to the Oil Well Supply Co Limited of Bradford Oil City and Pittsburgh. They thank patrons and assure continued service, delivery and pricing by the new owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil Well Supply Co., Limited
Bradford
Oil City
Pittsburgh
Barnhart & Davis
Spring styles of cloths advertised by Geo Batu The Clothier
Mineral waters at Davis Drua Store. Bargains in canned goods at Davis' Drua Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Batu
Davis’ Drua
Warren County Farmers Discuss Pasture Revival At Meeting
At a regular meeting of the Warren County Farmers Club a committee was appointed to coordinate with the Fair Association and Town Council for hosting the State Board of Agriculture in Warren next June. Topics included drainage improvements, millet replacement, cattle feeding, pasture revival methods, and future crop discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis Drug Store
W.A. Kinnear
Baltimore College of Pharmacy
Kinnear
Exchange Hotel
Godfrey Witz
Yankeebush
Plymouth Rock
Warren Bar
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Messrs. R. Brown
C. W. Stone
W. M. Lindsey
D.I. Ball
W. W. Wilbur
C. H. Noyes
T. Neill
Goucher & Donly
Geo. H. Higgins
W. E. Rice
Warren County
Hazeltine
W. W. Freeman
Matt
Warren County Farmer’s Club
Messrs. Lott, Wood, Smith and Jenkins
Fair Association
Town Council
State Board of Agriculture
Warren
Loucks
State Board
Smith
Lott
Messrs. Acocks
Porter
J. P
D. A. Samuelson
Jenkins
Smith and Loucks
Spring Inspection Dates For Sixteenth Regiment Companies
Gen. Wiley sets spring inspection dates for the Sixteenth regiment by company. Corry May 23 2 PM Company C Bradford May 26 7 30 PM Oil City May 21 8 PM Cooperstown May 22 10 AM Franklin May 21 3 PM Ridgway May 28 10 AM Warren May 25 7 30 PM Titusville May 22 7 30 PM
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley
Corry
Bradford
Oil City
Cooperstown
Franklin
Ridgway
Warren
Titusville
Death of H L Towle at Warren in 1888
H L Towle of Warren died Wednesday April 25 1888 at about 82. Born in Manilas New York 1806 he moved to Warren around 1834 and suffered ankle injury from shoveling snow last winter. His wife Mrs Towle died April 11 aged nearly 79. They had no children and the Towle place may go to Mrs Carver by will. Mrs Carver was with them at the end and her son Joseph recently returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Towle
Warren
Mr. Towle
Manilas
N. Y
Fargo
Dakota
Union
Warren County
Grandin
Col. Watson
A. R. Dalrymple
Conkling
Gen. Allen
Roscoe Conkling
Silent Reaper
Senate Chamber
United States
Youngsville
Clara Bates
G. H. Bates
J. W. Davis
Col. Boughton
Sons of Temperance
Mr. Boughton
Ladies Aid Society
Lizzie Tuttle
N. Beckenbach
Walter McCain
M. E. Church
H. C. Hall
Sharon
Warren Rounds
Minnie Davis
John Calkins
Torpedo
C. H. Gregory
Jamestown
Thomas
Margery Buchanan
Blockley Hospital
Philadelphia
Ice Delivery in Warren and Odd Notices
Clemons offers ice in any quantity across Warren with prompt service and a large stock of pure spring ice at reasonable prices. The 69th anniversary of the I O O F in America was celebrated with large meetings in New Castle Williamsport Pittsburg New York and other places. Soda on draught with fruit syrups at Davis Cruc Stor. Houses and businesses correctly numbered at low rates by W C Rowanp. Shop over Ketterer's store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Clemons
Warren
America
New Castle
Williamsport
Pittsburg
New York
Davis
Cruc Stor
W. C. Rowanp
Ketterer
Buffalo
Jamestown
Obituary noted for Thos F Borchers
The Los Angeles Express reports the death of Thos F Borchers who married Nellie Adams in Marengo Illinois on April 25 1871. Survived by his wife and two daughters he preached in New Jersey and the West after leaving the army. He came to California seeking health and died April 15 at 1 30 PM while aiming to preach again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Express
Borchers
Nellie Adams
Marengo
Illinois
New Jersey
West
the Express
Kansas
California
Jesus
McLaughlin's Fate In Fishing Trip Ends In Death
James McLaughlin of Oil City vanished during a spring fishing trip. Search parties, as many as 100 volunteers, found his body on an old road near Speechly two miles from Camp Run. The corpse showed facial bleeding after a probable fall during a fit. He left a wife and five children. the basket held 78 fish and lunch for a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLaughlin
James McLaughlin
Oil City
Henry Meeley
President
Camp Run
Speechly
Governor's tree planting day observed in Warren schools
The governor's tree planting day was observed in Warren county school districts including Warren Tidioute Pleasant and Brokenstraw amid warm pleasant weather aiding the observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County
Warren
Tidioute
Pleasant
Brokenstraw
School Hats sale and room for rent on Second street
Sale: 25 dozen trimmed Sailors for children at 15 or 25 cents, 15 dozen Fancy Straw Sailors at 50 cents, 20 dozen Lace Caps from 25 cents to 1 dollar. Also room for rent suitable for office on Second street. inquire H G Eppy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Street
H. G. Eppy
Summer Business Course at Jamestown College
Jamestown Business College considers July and August operation to offer a Summer business course for teachers students and others. Applicants by June 1 receive full details. Low terms and summer payments may apply toward a Full Scholarship. inquiries and letters welcomed W A Warrtner Principal Rupture Care offered by Dr J B Mayer 831 Arch St Philadelphia with free advice and circular
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown Business College
W. A. WarRrtner
J. B. Mayer
Arch St
Phila
County And Vicinity News From Bradford Era
Forest fires damaged oil fields between Warren and Kane last week. A new Hemlock Lumber Trust faces local opposition. The Fairmount House in Youngsville has changed hands. Erie county hosts 1115 Odd Fellows. Fenton Guards plan July 4th in Peekskill with camp, June 30 to July 7. Clark hotel East Hickory burned, $3,000 loss. Plans approved for Methodist HQ on Chautauqua Assembly grounds. Counterfeit 1887 silver dollars flood Corry Buffalo Rochester Erie. F W Brayton buys Willis drug store in Ludlow. James Anderson, 75, “Weeping Willow of the Kinzua,” longtime county delegate. his 101-year-old mother lives with him. Saw explosion at Kent’s wooden ware in Corry mortally wounds E L Bishop. coworker Lynn Perkins injured. Bishop leaves a wife and two children. Dissolution notices in firm changes must be published to bind liability. Erie case fines firms that failed to publish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Hemlock Lumber Trust
Warren Lumbermen
E. Colman
Fairmount House
Youngsville
Gregory
Erie County
Dick’s Hasband
Fenton Guards
Jamestown
N. Y
Peekskill
Clark
East Hickory
Forest County
Methodist
Chautauqua Assembly
Corry
Buffalo
Rochester
Erie
F. W. Brayton
Ludlow
C. Willis
Brayton
Kane
James Anderson
Weeping Willow
Kinzua
Democratic County Committee
Hamilton Township
Lynn Perkins
Bishop
State Notes and Local Highlights from Allegheny and Beyond
Allegheny City granted eighty seven licenses from four hundred applications, while railroads rebate over 100 million dollars to the Standard per Senator Emery. Gettysburg hosts Grand Army summer encampment June 30 to July 6. Knights Templar meet May 22–23 in Pittsburg. Gov. Beaver forms a Hazleton hospital site commission with a 60 thousand dollar appropriation. Lumber outputs lag in several counties. Clarence J. Brown bequeaths 1000 dollars to distribute among needy widows. Tioga County judge race settles with Mitchell ahead of Wilson by about a thousand votes. Allegheny lumber rafting to 8–10 million feet forecast. hemlock prices fall to seven dollars. Pittsburgh Supreme Court rule: saloon keepers liable for patron injuries caused by others in their premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroads of Pennsylvania
Lewis Emery
Grand Army of the Republic of Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Grand Commandery Knights Templar
Pittsburg
Warren Commandery
Hazleton
Allegheny
Clarion County
Elk
Forest
Jefferson
Warren
Kittanning
J. E. Brown
Pennsylvania
Tioga County
John S. Mitchell
Stephen F. Wilson
Beaver
Williams
Supreme Bench
Mitchell
Allegheny River
Herr’s Island
Supreme Court
Letter from Dakota reflects spring optimism and Conkling tribute
In Fargo on April 27, 1888, a Dakota letter praises the region’s agricultural promise and notes Warren County visitors. It recalls a memorial meeting for Roscoe Conkling with remarks praising his life and legacy. It also mentions arrivals, duck shooting season, prairie chickens, and a plug for Joan Sill & Son insurance.
Old Papers for Sale and Values of Reading
The Meadville Tribune urges youths to read newspapers over street loitering and vulgar amusements. It notes old papers for sale cheaply at the Mau office, promoting affordable reading material for county and day news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville Tribune
Mau
Summary of State Fish Laws on Seasons Nets and Penalties
Recited rules restrict bass trout pike and pickerel to rod and line gear during specified months and ban set nets in several months with mesh size limits. Prohibitions include using seines or set nets with walls, returning undersized or unlawfully caught fish, and Sunday fishing with $25 penalties. Explosive fishing carries $50 penalties. bass and trout size limits trigger additional fines.
A. Weiss Debuts Refitted Warren Clothiers Store
The finest clothing store in Warren county now under A. Weiss management at the Carver House site offers an overhauled shop with a large stock of spring menswear and boys clothing. Prices promise savings and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County
Carver House
A. Weiss
Warren
Union County Mutual Live Stock Insurance Co. ad
Don t Delay Insure your horses and cattle at once in the Union County Mutual Live Stock Insurance Co. of Mifflinsburg Pa Low rates and prompt loss payments. For Warren Erie Forest and McKean counties apply to Davin Spencer District Agent at North Clarendon Warren Pa Box 170 13m3mos
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County Mutual Live Stock Insurance Co
Mifflinsburg
Warren
Erie
Forest
McKean
North Clarendon
Warren County
Davin Sppence
Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs advertised
Handsome invitiation to call on L. G. Noyes for a free trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs. The remedy is advertised as selling on its merits and guaranteed to cure or relieve chronic and acute coughs, asthma, bronchitis, and consumption with prices 50 cents and 1 dollar. Dr Oldshue, 534 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Noyes
Auction profits proposed from New York dress goods sale
The speakers boast of securing bargains in dress goods and silks at recent New York City auctions. They claim large losses by manufacturers and importers and propose to share profits with friends, claiming they can afford it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
All Wool Dress Goods Sale at Reduced Prices
Numerous ranges of wool dress fabrics with different widths and original values are offered at drastic discounts. Buyers may choose 35 to 50 cent options from 250 to 250 yards of 36 to 54 inch fabrics including diagonals and tricot flannels, with several 1.25 price items presented as bargains.
Silk Fabric Sale At Special Two Week Price
An advertisement touts an elegant 1 000 yard assortment of black Gros Grain Silks and pins. Dealers offer patterns at 50 60 70 cents. the retailer undercuts with two week prices of 42 cents per yard and 1.12 for a bulk lots. Multiple lot sizes and prices listed for quick sale.
Silk fabrics sale with deep discounts on velvets and silks
A local ad touts 12 pieces Gros Grain Silks at 1.25 from dealers, 8 pieces Plush 24 in at 1.25 to 1.50 during sale, 4 pieces Stripe Velveteens at 37 cents, and 24 pieces Silk Stripe Velvets in colors worth 1.50 to 2.00 offered at a very low price.
Domestic Fabric Price List with Various Yard Goods
A catalog of fabric and textile items with prices and discounts. Includes 2000 yards yard wide sheeting at 4 and 5 percent, seersuckers and ginghams, heavy unbleached duck at 8 cents, Latino finish print, black and white prints, Calicos, and thread, listing values and wholesale worth.
Bargain Linen Sale Offers Wide Linen Goods
White Goods and Linens sells 12 pieces and 700 yards of checks and stripes at 25 cents per yard. It includes 1000 yards Linen Crash at 3 cents, Linen Napkins in batches priced around 1.75 to 2.25 per dozen, and large bargains on Linen Towels.
Bargains in Kid Gloves and Fabrics at Warren Sale
Bargain reel listing includes 29c whites and tints gloves, 39c ladies’ whites, 4c for 300 pairs tan and crab gloves, 59c stitched backs, 69c mousquetaires colors, 25c linen chimesett dolls, and 27 inch wide fabrics from 14c. Also 27 inch special at 32c, 87% off Harris goods 27 inch wide, 54 inch wide at 1.75, 46c yards all silk Guipure lace at 5c, 12 1-2c, ribbons at 7c and 12 1-2c, Merino vests 25c, striped yardage 18c, lawn tennis goods 2 1/2, and buttons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Harris
Wordy Warren items reflect town life 1888
The long town chronicle reports deaths and weddings, Temperance activities, a large raft shipment, a new Sons of Temperance lodge, school graduation plans, and local visits. It notes Mrs. Valentine Putnam’s death, Miss Clara Bates’s funeral, and a nurse’s training pupil, with weather diary entries and building progress at Hodges and Akley.
Spring Creek Society Notes and Local Updates
Mrs John Bell celebrated her 41st birthday last Friday with a surprise gathering that delivered an extension table. Elmer Mudge recovers from quinsy. The Mother Goose Comedy Company installed a bell at Union school heard over a half mile. Oil well drilling continues daily with depth near 1400 feet. Farmers plow. house cleaning days return. boys acquire new cornet instruments as frogs remain active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bell
Elmer Mudge
Quinsy
Mother Goose Comedy Company
Union School
Real Estate Transfers in Warren County
Listings show multiple property deeds with buyers and sellers across Pine Grove Sugar Grove Eldred and surrounding areas. Notable transfers include Pitt O Heasley to Rock Oil Co. for 44870 and G L Barton to Amos L Barton for 8500 along with several smaller parcels and dollar amounts. Henry signs off with a general goods ad boasting underselling and guaranteed satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. G. Shutt
R. J. Edwards
Pittsfield
Olney Akeley
Elizabeth Passinger
Pine Grove
Hiram Akeley
Wm. Hodges
George Fehiman
Mary E. Hall
J. C. Hamilton
Sugar Grove
George L. Denton Eta
Levi W. Hoxsie
Kinzua
Pitt O. Heasley
Rock Oil Co
Kinzua and
Glade
Leon Falkinburg
Samuel Falkinburg
Eldred
Walk
Nelson Moore
Colby
William G. Colby
Jacob Wuertzer
Louisa Wuertzer
Warren
S. P. Allen
Julia Martindale
Marriages in New York and Pennsylvania in April 1888
Three notices record marriage ceremonies. Phillip Ackley and Etta Brasington wed in Jamestown New York at the M E Parsonage. William Augustus Messenger and Blanche Ermina Crocker joined in Fredonia New York. John H Edwards of Custer City and Myrtie Wilson of Bear Lake, wed in Bear Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackley
Brasington
Jamestown
N. Y
M. E. Parsonage
A. C. Ellis
Phillip Ackley
Etta Brasington
Warren
McEsseenger—Cairocker
Fredonia
C. E. Smith
William Augustus Messenger
Blanche Ermina Crocker
North Warren
Epwards—Wilson
Bear Lake
Geo. Wellman
John H. Edwards
Custer City
Myrtie Wilson
Obituaries for Several Residents in Late April 1888
Short notices announce deaths in multiple towns on April 22 to 24 1888. Clara Bates 26 Freehold John Allen 84 Sugar Grove Charlotte Hill 58 Bear Lake widow Pliny Hill, and Lytle Davis 31 Bear Lake are named among the deceased in the regional obituary notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battses
Youngsville
Clara
G. W. Bates
Allten
Freehold
John Allen
Hiill
Sugar Grove
Charlotte
Pliny Hill
Davis
Bear Lake
Lytle Davis
Nelson Greenlund Undertaker and Embalmer Profile
Nelson Greenlund operates as an undertaker and embalmer at 331 Exchange Block adjacent to Exchange Hotel in Warren, Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Greenlund
Undertaker
Hickory St
Warren
Nelson Greenlund
Exchange Block
Exchange Hotel
Warren, Pa
Bell Brothers Dry Goods Promotion On Linen Handkerchiefs
An advertisement from Bell Brothers Dry Goods Carpets notes most 63 cent Scrims sold out while about a third of 2000 yards of fine India linens remain on sale. It offers four all linen handkerchiefs valued at 25 cents each, including two hemstitched white handkerchiefs and two with crocheted borders, making four total for a dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Border H.S
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Warren Moi Ee
Home Matters
Haristi
Lorenz Mart
C. P. Northrop
Mike Silk
Warren House
Mike
McKain & Son
Jimmy McKain
Herman Greenland
Hiram Eddy
S. H. Doty
Omaha
Doty
Wilkinson
Abbie Egar
Miss Merrill’s
Grand Haven
Michigan
Lutheran Church
Meadville
Merchant
H. L. Church
Union City
Towle
C. C. Thompson
Republican Co
McKean Miner
Helene Adell
Parmlee
Curwen
The
Geo. P. Orr
George
K. T
the Farmer's Club
Thos
F. Borchers
Arbor Day
Patterson’s
Allegheny City
Joan Sill & Son
Oldshue
Grant Street
Seo
Satines
Water St
Mike Crocker
Pittsburg Ward
Assemblyman Brace
Neversink Division
Boughton
Worthy
G. W. Brown
B. F. Smith
Roy Phillips
L. M. Siggins
Frank Dickert
F. C. Kay
G. L. Brown
Frank Pierson
Inside Sentinel
Horace Newgreen
Outside Sentinel
Will Davis
S. of T
Valentine Putnam
Russell
Ep. Matiz
Hodges
Akley
Spring Creek
G. L. Barton
Amos L. Barton
A. I. Fitch
O. H. Hunter
Mead
M. Waters
Jesse J. Hallock
A. D. Hallock
Warren Co
A. H. Ludlow
Cherry Grove
Jabez Bindley
Donald Stuart
Zarial Allen
Sextus
King
Farmington
Stina C. Peterson
George G. Lindberg
John Anderson
Charlotte Anderson
Henry
Phaxrvied
Bell Brothers
Colored Faille Francaise
Haskell’s
Black Silks
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