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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1884
Page
3
A survey of social events and town news reveals May Day warmth, gatherings by the M. E. Church Aid Society, Struthers Hose Co. festival, band concerts planned in the Park, and multiple brass-tipped notices. Personnel changes include Dr. Lefler moving to Batavia and Mr. Post joining Jamestown Bedstead Works, with ongoing editorials and notices from local clubs, churches, and businesses.
Uncle John Gilson aged 86 in May recounts family history from Warren and Lower Sheffield. He recalls 1803 04 settlement deeds by his father and relatives, noting early log houses and the raft journey from the Delaware river, with mentions of Warren births and local residence. Wendlebee makes window shades to order.
The piece notes a Pittsburg Battery B N G P is organized and Gen. Beaver will reorganize the second brigade for first class readiness. Rifle practice runs April 15 to November 1 with last year’s ammunition allocation repeated. Creedmoor attendance is canceled in favor of inter regimental and brigade competition at Gettysburg division encampment. Major Gen. Hartranft selects a 200 acre Gettysburg field for next National Guard encampment, near Emmetsburg Pike, near Lee and Meade HQ sites, with a large parade ground planned.
A library loan exhibition closed last Wednesday evening with success. About $1,700 received and roughly $1,200 to furnish the Library room. Committees served faithfully. articles loaned were returned safely. A notable item was Mrs. I. B. Gara of Erie gifting and auctioning a pair of vases and showcasing a new moulding process and statue work.
Trade ad notes oranges priced 15 and 20 cents per dozen and lemons at one cent each. It mentions a free present with every pound of Empire Baking run newer SD maint runner ar Turopore MESSNER'S. Also lists House Waxtep To rent or purchase and a house wanted box 767 city.
The Franklin club played at Riverside Park last Thursday and Friday losing 13 to 6 then 12 to 1. They beat Oil City 3 to 1 on Monday and face the same clubs again in Oil City today with hopes for a different result.
Geo H Higgins formerly of Ak en now practicing law in Warren is a prominent Republican candidate for Warren County District Attorney. Described as a thorough gentleman of good habits and energy, Higgins is praised for his character and competence and has many friends in both counties who will assist his campaign.
D M Gross offers deep discounts to clear stock with body Brussels at 1.00, tapestry Brussels 50 to 75 cents, remnants half price, lace curtains and upholstery damask at half price. Bell Bros shows lace curtain sets. Also wall paper and decorations. Oranges 15 and 20 cents per dozen. Geo P Orr Co.
Farmers urged to buy Timo thy and Clover Seed cheap at Theodore Messner with express wagons and baby carriages priced. A. A. Davis & Co. announces Geo Ball’s new line of boys and children suits with a free baseball. Window shades made to order and cabinet frames stocked. Daisies Now-a-days for teeth and breath touted as new drugstore remedy.
The Grand Army Post at Tidioute becomes Col. George A Cob ham Post No 311. Hotel Brunswick in Clarendon sold to C Pudenz. Erie seeks $50000 from river and harbor committee. White Co boarding house at Stoneham burned May 5. A Franklin watchmaker Case built a tiny locomotive for the New Orleans Exhibition. Forest fires damage along the P E road in McKean Elk Cameron counties. German Insurance Company insolvency stirs Erie. Bodies found from Erie harbor disaster. Brown remains missing. Meadville suit over constable James Roder outcome deemed just. Holstein cattle import by Edgar Huidekoper boosts local herd. Jamestown streetcar line begun with $100000 stock. Horton Crary Co buy Brookston tannery to resume operations and control railroad access.
A famed performer from M. B. Curtis is booked for Library Hall next Thursday evening May 8. The Philadelphia Press notes Curtis appeared at Arch Street Theatre in Sam of Posen delivering a strong character turn with a witty, crowd-pleasing cast and an unusually fine supporting company.
Members are requested to meet at their room over O H Hunters store in Warren borough on Tuesday evening May 6 1884 at 730 to act on proposed by laws amendment and on a constitution amendment increasing the corporation capacity to hold real estate.
Mintzer & Co will move this week to the G. P. Orr & Co space, which has been repainted and prepared. They announce a sale of all goods at bottom prices before moving. Also note low 10 cent canned vegetables at TuEopORE MESSNER and carpet bargains with D. M. Gross & Bro, including Body Brussels and Tapestry Brussels.
Veterinary physician and surgeon from Jamestown New York will be at Carver House Warren on May 22 June 19 July 24 August 21 September 18 October 23 November 20 December 18 1884. People with sick lame or injured animals may consult the doctor at the stated time and place.
WarrEN Pa May 5 1884 recipient confirms receipt from Carroll Lodge No 102 A D of U W of two thousand dollars as beneficiary on death of husband Wm Swanson March 30 1884 Curistix A Swanson
Jacob Keller the Tailor offers a vast stock of imported and domestic cloths ready to be made into suits. He guarantees a good fit with skilled workmen and latest styles. Visit rooms on Second Street near Liberty, second story.
This notice lists names of letters awaiting pickup at Warren Pa post office and warns they will go to the Dead Letter Office after thirty days if not claimed. It includes Allen Dealia McCord D J Buck Almon Mahon Flora McGuire Barney Baker E W Markman Hernandin Boyer Virgil Moore Smith Carlson Ada Mooney Michael Clark Chas Custer Annie Gosser Susie Perkins Louise Hunter Miss Ryne Anna Henquist Ida Roberts Edith Hokanson Anna Siggins Jake Howe 8 M Sechriest Jack Jones Jno Smith D Lesser Denter Smith Hattie McSweeney Eugene Lowry M F Willard W W Mayo Peter Williams Ira. Instructs callers to give advertising date. D C Allen P M Warren Pa May 3 1884.
County correspondence covers editor careers, political hopes, teaching posts, marriages, fires, farm sales, improvements, and community events in May. It mentions John McArthur switching to farming, C. M. Shortt seeking another term, Belle Wright teaching, barn fire losses at Nuttall, subscriptions, new monuments, road projects, and local business changes including Brookston tannery stake, plank road work, and telephone line extension.
In Clarion the season’s top story is the plan for a new county court house. Wheatland near Lancaster is offered for sale, and a Baptist church in Pittsburg costing 17000 is dedicated with opera chairs in theatre style. Forest fires devastate Brisbin and nearby towns, three thousand homeless. losses exceed half a million dollars. A Wilkesbarre source cites potential clashes between Irish and Hungarian laborers in coal mines amid rising tensions.
Newark Courier notes Astatula built two years ago by E D Miller of Newark with Kent and Waters of Pennsylvania as wealthy settlers. The town sits on Lake Harris with fine cottages, a sawmill, store, hotel, school, and homes on high ground. Fruits thrive, wells require lake level access, and the area promises parklike back country with orange groves and pine forest nearby.
McMullen Snell Crum report shows April results with 86 wells completed and 1 251 barrels produced by May 1, down from March 1 735. Glade Clarendon Tiona Cooper Balltown districts listed by wells and barrels. Wardwell district notes decrease due to treacherous territory. May 1 totals: 60 new rigs 16 old rigs 86 drilling wells versus 76 new rigs 15 old rigs 73 drilling wells in April. Advertising notices and local sales blur the page with various offers and property listings.
In Findley's Lake New York on April 30 1884 by Rev C Boorman J H Boorman editor of the Breeze and Miss Julia M Bates both of Findley's Lake were united in marriage.
Weekly price list shows per barrel and per sack rates for patent flour grocer items including chopped feed bran and meal. Figures include 675 170 600 and 25 cents for some sacks with notes that prices adjust with grain markets.
Prices charged by Warren dealers and prices paid by Warren dealers list commodities including beans onions potatoes and pork products with per unit measures. The column also shows sugars coffee butter molasses syrup rice lime cement seeds salt kerosene oil and other goods with unit prices and corrected weekly by Geo P Orr & Co.
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