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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1883
Page
3
Local items report weather, seasonal gaps, and town improvements in Warren. Fire devastates Adams Moulton mill at Garland. various business moves, a new Good Templar lodge Vasa Lodge forms. telegraph poles, a church concert, and May 14 train changes noted. School exhibition, St John temperance lecture, cow nuisance concerns, Carver House upgrades, and Decoration day plans outlined with regional connections.
Personal paragraphs note convalescence of Judge W D Brown and wife and visits from Mrs R McCabe of Lansing to her son. May 10th brings a boy by a large majority. Major C W McClintock visits from the Oil City Derrick. marriage of Miss Kate Little recorded. Mrs L B Hoffmann and Miss Eva Miller guests of Mrs George Irwin. General Allen reports lumber market dull in Warren after arrival from Pittsburg. Morck couple to Europe for about three months sailing on the Donau line. A A Davis & Co announce Spring wall paper line. Briggs Transfer Stamping Patterns advertised at Mrs Gillmore’s for at-home use.
At Eben N. Ford Post veteran meeting last Thursday plans were laid for Decoration Day with small flags replacing flowers. Officers were nominated and sub committees formed for speaker chaplain music bridge flags badges carriages invitations and decorating. Rev T Bach of Warren to deliver the address. Next meeting set for Thursday at I Co armory.
Knights of Pythias Warren staged a creditable Damon and Pythias at tescoe Hall with elegant New York costumes and extensive scenery. The cast included John Ungerer Joe Nerick Charles Giffin Gus Mull Eugene Hinman Maude Chadwick Delila Riwa and others, with Scene the City of Syracuse and Time 264 B.C.
Steamboat company repairs docks and refits crafts including the Griffith renamed Minnehaha the Shattuck renamed Hiawatha and the Burch or Winona as well as the Jamestown and Mayville. Lakewood Bemus Point Mayville progress and new depots docks and park plans accompany a shy boom around Chautauqua with cottage occupancy rising and boats ready for service soon.
Regular council session names G. W. King street commissioner and J. N. Myers dog assessor. The borough borrows 6000 at 4 percent, approves sewer bids on Liberty Laurel and Hickory, hires C. H. Noyes as borough attorney, and adopts ordinances on fast driving. Treasurer J. Eddy resigns. A. J. Hazeltine named successor.
See Latins and French Ginghams, White Dress Goods India Lawns Mulls Cords Irish Point Embroidery box suits and cotton camel hair trimming. Large Summer Silk range with 50 cent bargain and finest black silk at $1. Local shop O. H. Hunter & Son.
Jacob Keller the Tailor advertises a large stock of imported and domestic cloths for Spring and Summer styles. He offers dress suits business suits spring overcoats and well fitting pants with guaranteed fit if paid for. His rooms are on the second floor corner of Second and Liberty streets Warren Pa.
New titles listed include Peck's Bad Boy and his Pa at 50c and $1. Uncle Linb and other Farm Ballads by the author of Betsey and I are Out and Mrs Isaacs by the author of Blades of Grass. The Toto, a Dream of Wealth at 50c. A Wronged Wife by May Agnes Fleming.
Harpers Bazar Patterns advertise patterns with full printed descriptions and envelopes. The ad touts the latest European and American fashions and promotes Harper's Weekly and Monthly and Johnson Steereip as agents at Variety Hall.
A public discussion argues for extending store hours to 9 PM on Saturdays to benefit clerks and merchants. It credits workers with extra rest and study time, notes payroll concerns for Saturday night shoppers, and touts related services from local businesses.
A published notice lists unclaimed letters at the Warren Pa post office as of May 2 1883. Addressee names include Rob Brown H Larsen Conroy F M Lauffenburger Philip Clark West H Marsh J D Cooke Geo KF Moresson Davis Johns Guignon McDonald Maggio Maggie Melville Win Hotham A Miller W J Hyde Chas Hazggblad Mary Partington Kate Jackson C H Rathson Fanny Johnson Alice C Smith Geo B Johnson Clara Seifried R L Stoddard Hellen Kinney Patrick Warren and others. Addressees asked to call within thirty days with the date of advertising.
Dunkirk and Fredonia to observe Decoration Day union. Jamestown women form a sketching club. Warren ladies urged to join. Factories employ seven to eight hundred in region. Jubilant notes on marriages, reunions, a June Odd Fellows gathering at Conneaut Lake, and a near May 15 railroad restart at Salamanca. Several local deaths and fires, plant losses, and property improvements reported.
The funeral of Louisa Anderson, burned to death by kerosene oil in Hickory, was held yesterday. A note from Braceville reports Geo. Smith broke his leg in a friendly scuffle and was treated by Dr. Acomb.
Spring Creek reports a baby boy born to Rob Belden with mother and infant healthy. A church trial at M E Church excommunicated two members and sparked talk. A Putnam family child died of pneumonia aged about ten. Dunbar is the latest MD to locate at the station. Batesj’s shingle mill cut 101 M shingles this week. Winter wheat looks fine, oats nearly done, fruit promising with apples and cherries setting. Another wedding planned for May 11 1883. In Kinzua Robi English’s cow killed on the railroad. Infant daughter of FE Collins buried. Good Templars active. Jamieson expects to cut over 2.5 million bbl lumber this summer. fine pine logs seen in his pond. Rum-holes likely to flood Warren County at the June court term. Licensing drunkenness noted. locals oppose more licenses and urge hotel owners to shut if not profitable without harming neighbors. May 4, 1883. ANON.
Sol Cohn announces return to Warren under Keystone Clothing in the former Oil Exchange room. Various ads promote products, services, and a court session listing grand and traverse jurors with dozens of local residents named as jurors, farmers, blacksmiths, and merchants.
Bradford hosts a multi day festival from May 14 to May 18 managed by Prof. L. B. Harrington with Carl Zerrahan directing. Featured musicians include Martha Dana Shepard John F Merrill S Harrington H F Knowles and Schubert Quartette members W Willis Clark D M Babcock among others.
The excerpt cites Pennsylvania contains many blast furnaces and notes the Y Wasg of Pittsburg suspends publication amid a coal miners strike near Pittsburg affecting about 5,000 workers. It lists upcoming Williamsport teachers’ session dates, praises a well behaved Chinese youth in Pittsburg schools, notes State Geologist comments on oil, and ranks county altitudes from Somerset to Philadelphia.
G I Mead on Hickory street offers a large stock of latest styles in imported and domestic cloths with a wide line of suiting and pantaloons. Visit for prices and fittings. Rush Bartlett not needed for a good fit. Teaberry toothpaste case features a plated metal screw top. 25 and 50 cents. Baby carriages priced from 3 50 to 25.
In Frewsburg New York May 8 1883 by Rev I Child Mr Ke Es Messenger to Miss Lizzie Akeley both of Russell Pa. Scholey and Little wedding in Philadelphia April 26 1883 at bride’s father’s residence Rev Henry S Getz Mr George Scholey to Miss Kate Little both of Philadelphia. Regner and Bysicker wedding in Warren May 11 1838 at residence of bride’s parents Rev P Doerr Mr John Regner to Miss Sarah Bysicker both of Warren Pa.
Isid House dies after one day illness in Glade. Mertie Bell House, four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert House, passes away at age 4 years 1 month 22 days.
N Wendlebee announces he has the largest and best stock of fine wallpaper in Warren and will sell at the lowest prices. He employs five experienced hangers and offers prompt paper hanging and painting in high style. Examine goods and compare prices.
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