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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
3
The Warren Cycle Club schedules a ten mile road race for Memorial Day with twenty six place and time prizes. Entry fee is 1 dollar and entries close May 27. R. E. Ward is the secretary and will furnish entry blanks.
Warren County commissioners will not award a contract this year due to lack of funds. Bonds or individual notes would be needed, though the county does not feel a monument is essential now. Grand Juries recommended costs rising from 5000 to 9000 dollars, but law offers no immediate obligation to build.
Eben N. Ford Post 336 G A R appoints Executive Committee to arrange Memorial Day events in Warren. Sub committees named for marshal, day president, finance, salute, graves marking, carriages, flags, vocal music, oration, band, floral duties, stands and seating with named members and groups handling each task.
From May 6 to 20 customers can view an up to date stock of shoes at prices below all others with a 10 percent reduction. The event is not a closing out sale and is located one square west of Conewango bridge in Warren, Pennsylvania.
The Erie railroad will offer greatly reduced fares to the Prohibition National Convention in May at Pittsburg, the Republican National Convention in June at St. Louis, and the Democratic National Convention in July at Chicago. Dates and rates available from Erie ticket agents or H. Garfield, Division Passenger Agent, Jamestown, NY.
E W Sealey is now manager of the Penfield Carpet Cleaning Works on Warren Pa. He takes up carpets, cleans them and re lays them in shape. Leave orders at A A Davis Co 308 Second street Warren Steam Laundry Nos 6 to 10 Royal street Riwa Stevens Rogers block J B Bayer No 440 Water street. Orders left at above places will receive prompt attention.
Ice dealer Ed Clemons runs daily trips with his ice wagons to Warren, directing orders through drivers or arranging pickups as needed.
Local items report travel plans of Miss Anna Neill and others, court attendance, church dedications, and upcoming weddings. Invitations issued for Miss Lida Betts and Harry Barnhart with social events in Warren and surrounding towns.
Health issues force Mrs. E. McNett to close out her entire stock of spring and summer hats bonnets and novelties at cost. Sale starts May 13 and runs until stock is sold. Includes trimmed and untrimmed hats and bonnets and alterations to order. Second and Liberty streets Warren.
The third visit of the Peerless Dentists, painless tooth extractors, will be at Hotel Struthers in Warren Pa from May 18 to 22. They offer free extraction for one tooth on the first day until 6 PM for adults, no gas or ether used, with no lasting ill effects. Also available is teeth cleaning.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will sell excursion tickets from all Pennsylvania stations to Chambersburg May 30 to June 6, good for return until June 8 at a single round trip fare. Tickets to return via Gettysburg cost one and a half cents per mile.
The Erie Railroad Co offers a special round trip fare from Jamestown New York for May 26 1896 to New York City with a $9 rate. Tickets and Pullman car space available from Erie agents or F H Garfield Jamestown division passenger agent.
The article urges riders to keep to the right on streets as bicycles multiply in traffic, warning that failure to follow the rule of the road could lead to serious accidents before the season ends. It emphasizes orderly conduct for pedestrians, carriages, and cyclists alike.
Mrs L Casemere Scott offers monthly contracts for pressing cleaning and repairing gentlemen s suits at low guaranteed prices. Special monthly rates available. Upstairs at O Hunter and Son's.
A cryptic update describes Penyield’s method removing all moths and yorn from sights and then raising the color. The line uses unusual phrasing and appears to reference a technical or fictional process with unclear context.
In Jamestown New York F L Holtz wed Annette Weiler both of Warren on May 6 1896 by Rev S W Sample. George Bauer and Annie Dahlstrom both of Glade Run Pa wed May 6 1896 by Rev A B Markley. Frank Kearney Mannington W Va wed Margaret Carmody Clarendon Pa on May 12 1896 at St Claires Church. Martin Lashore Lime stone township Pa wed Naomi Gesin May 6 1896 in Tidioute. John A Larson Titusville Pa wed Emma Anderson May 6 1896 in Titusville.
News comes from Warren of the death of Mrs. F H Langworthy on May 7 in Phoenix Arizona after a yearlong illness. Her remains were taken to Scio New York for burial, following a life of devoted motherhood and church involvement.
Sunday agents along Stokes Plate Road sell one day limit excursion tickets at a uniform rate. Fare set at 70 cents per hundred as trains adjust their listed goods and prices in this issue. Wanrin Mitta Co. advances changes to the current list.
May 11 report from Sheffield notes Union School commencement at M E Church last Wednesday with Olivia Bloss Margie Irvin Alma Baily Lettie I ton Inza Hoyt Ida Armstrong. Alumni Band dance at Hinkley’s Hall Friday faced a minor dispute. Invitations out for Wednesday the 13th at Hinkley’s Hall.
Wrightsville May 11 reports school closed April 30 and residents moving seasonally. Families relocate to farms. mechanics raise a flag pole at Pine Valley schoolhouse May 1. Local arrivals include Mrs. Ericsson living with sister Mrs. Lake. Dr. McKee performs second surgery on N F Wright thumb. Calves shipped by P L Wright and C Stuart. A Wright runs meat wagon and Ed Sweetland runs fish wagon.
May 11 notes show multiple relocations with Crouch and family moving to Big Bend Priest family moving to Pierce place Brundage family to their lower place Frankie and family moving into a new home Ronnie Pier visits from Corry at Priest grandparents Gust Munford visits She field Lottie Brooks and Ellwood return from Jamestown Magee suffers horse accident and Big Bend youths appear with new bicycles.
The second quarterly meeting of Warren County Pomona Grange No 10 will be held with Valley Grange at Chandlers Valley on June 4 and 5 1896. The program includes welcome and response remarks, discussion questions on farming and the Grange, a Woman's Hour program, and a fifth degree meeting. Also note Sheffield suicide of Charles F Johnson due to financial troubles.
H B Cutting offers draying and moving services with storage for stoves and furniture. Leave orders at the Democrat office or write to H B Cutting East Side.
Two story 50 by 30 foot building with 20 by 20 wing on East Side ideal for manufacturing. Strong structure capable of holding heavy machinery and located on a railroad switch. Inquiries to H. B. Cutting.
Distressing kidney and bladder troubles relieved in six hours by a new remedy sold at Noyes drug store. The treatment claims prompt relief for bladder and kidney pain, back pain, and urinary issues in both men and women, including relief from water retention.
Instructions urge printers to include return request cards with envelopes and note a five or ten day return window. If no request appears the Postmaster holds items for 30 days before returning. Envelopes cost little more with the card and reduce business disruption. The MAIL office provides envelopes, type, and workers. Call to place an order.
Nickel Plate Road offers superb passenger service to Ottawa Kansas for the Dunkard's Convention May 26 to 28. Magnificent sleeping cars unexcelled diners and splendidly equipped trains with special excursion rates. Inquire of any agent for full details.
The fragment references price points for patent flour roles and sacks, electric light components, and unidentified items. It mentions per bushel pricing and various garbled phrases, implying a dated market listing or advertisement with fluctuating quotes and product lines.
Listing of transfers and deeds across Warren County and surrounding towns. Transactions include multiple properties in Warren, Sugar Grove, Pittsfield, Clarendon, Brokenstraw, and Kinzua with values ranging from $1 to $5,000. Parties feature individuals such as J A McCormick George Imber Jr Fabian Arzner Robi Miller and companies like Hutchinson Mortgage Co and Warren H L T Co.
A collection of humorous, moral, and medical notices from a 19th century postal office page. Items promote Ayer remedies, Chamberlain cures, and dye products while offering quips, reader exchanges, and brief testimonials from business figures like D. P. Davis. Includes sales mentions for Morris & Mullen and Corydon references.
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