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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1889
Page
3
A collage of small items: marriage caution, oil price 82, license applications, fashion hats, local commerce, Y W T U meeting, oil well in Glade, parade ideas, lectures on temperance, Fourth of July plans, and civic committee updates. Warren society notes emphasize diverse events, sales, and community leadership changes.
Judge Scofield returns for summer vacation while Dr Irene Copeland visits with parents. H P Hunter back from Delaware. Libbie and Kezia Rogers vacationing at Saratoga New York. H L Lord to move to Buffalo by June. Jerome L Cogswell meeting customers at Oneida Market. James Logan represents Warren Lodge I C O F at Grand Lodge in York Pa. Mrs Geo F Yates and children visiting Michigan as County Treasurer handles court duties. Henry C Weagraff, champ sharpshooter of NG P now in Warren at Struthers Iron Works. Mrs Dwight Miles returns home from Michigan after visiting daughter Mrs W M Baker. Mrs J F McPherson leaves for Berlin New York with Squire for visit. Benj Keeler buys James & Co grocery and furnishing stock. will run store next Monday. Architect Waite of Buffalo consults Warren Savings Bank on new building. plans forthcoming. Charles Stricker Jr noted musician offers piano tuning and lessons at residence or Wyman & Davis. Dr McAlpine's Bradford brother sails with 25 wheelmen to Cork for bicycle tour Europe including Paris Exposition then Rotterdam return to America. Some Warren whites express interest.
At Library Hall on May 28 next Tuesday evening the Lew Dockstader Magnificent Minstrels perform for the first and only time in Warren. The company leads the burnt cork profession with refined, gilt edged entertainment and draws opera and high class music patrons.
Miss Gertrude Radle, teacher of piano and harmony, offers lessons from rooms at Mrs. Russell's, 309 Market Street. Rates are reasonable and she is highly recommended by Prof. Albert Ross Parsons of Steinway Hall for her three-term study with him.
Charles Stricker Jr of 407 Hazel Street Warren specializes in piano tuning and offers instruction in piano violin and cornet. Orders may be left at Wyman and Davis Jewelry Store.
The Warren Relief Association’s operations from October 1888 to April 1889 show receipts of 165.66 and disbursements of 103.79, leaving 61.87 in the treasury. Thirty five families received clothing groceries and more this year. At Christmas fifty six families were given baskets of provisions and thanks are offered to donors the Pennsylvania Gas Company and the Warren press for support and to Christian ladies for district duties led by President Mrs J M Daviss.
Chairman Donly schedules Vigilance Committee gatherings in each Warren county district with evening mass meetings. Locations and dates run from Kinzua on May 20 to Pittsfield on June 17 with multiple towns including Corydon Elk Pine Grove Farmington Sugar Grove Freehold Bear Lake Columbus Spring Creek Brokenstraw Conewango Glade Pleasant Mead Sheffield Cherry Grove and Watson among others and specify 1 PM or 9 PM start times and Donly's Warren office in several entries.
Orders outline a full Memorial Day schedule in Warren for May 30 1889. Details assign graveside decorations at Cobham Park Indian Hollow Glade Run Irvine Yankeebush Russell North Warren for twenty four marked by captains and comrades. Procession forms at City Hall with floral contingents, band, and several local groups before ceremonies at Oakland and St Josephs cemeteries.
Neighborhood notes report Franklin and Oil City wheelmen arranging Memorial Day races. Fire damage totals include Fidelity refinery at Clarendon $500, Hyde & Gray shingle mill $1,500 in Watson township, Jamestown Ford block $30,000, Johnson & Son saw mill $1,500 plus lumber lost. Also mentions influenza among horses and local liquor licenses updates in Kane and Smethport.
A year after starting, Holmes & Adams refinery on the Allegheny bank near the W N Y P R R is near completion. It refines about 300 barrels daily, shipping oil by tank cars to New York Philadelphia Baltimore Cleveland and other centers. Manager J C Freeman and bookkeeper Will J Rankin oversee operations with thirteen workers and local labor benefitting Warren and Glade. nearby Corn planter Refining Co and Muir Refining Co also operate, with plans to expand if prices warrant.
Advertisement claims bald heads can regain hair with Hall's Hair Renewer, presenting a promise of luxuriant growth and improved appearance through a tonic formula.
Gauze underwear and senany found in a coat at PATTIRon's sparked a local shopping row as investigators search for the owner amid questions about the garment's origin and purpose.
Esen N. an Post 336 Derr. Pa. announces a divine worship gathering in the Post room on Sunday May 26 at 10 30 a m in full uniform. The service at the M E Church will be conducted by Comrade J N Fradenburgh by command of R H Smita and W H Tayor Adjt Commander.
At the last Woman's Relief Corps meeting No. 45 Warren PA appointed wreath and floral committees for Memorial Day. Wreath Committee includes Mesdames Pickett Lucy R Brown EL Smith Baltzinger Honor Parmlee Elizabeth Brown Lucy Noyes Eliza Davies Booth Alexander Keegan Snyder Simpson Hazeltine Phillips Rowland Ball Valentine Gardner Stacy Cogswell Wheeler Johnson Cobham Brodhead Moore McCabe Teese Goodrich Miss Sarah Hackney Miss Dunham and Miss Montgomery. Floral Committee lists Mesdames Sarah Slater Falconer Mary Waters Siggins Wilbur Walker Shear Bairstow Nickle Belle Davis Jefferson Bartholomew Hamilton McCalmont Steber Russell Stella Cogswell MacKay Ida Brown Hall ODonnell Watson Miss Scofield. Members of the wreath committee are asked to be at City Hall by 8 am Wednesday May 29 to make wreaths. Donations of flowers should be sent to the Engine Room Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning May 29 30. Floral Committee will gratefully accept these donations. By order of Eva S Linpsey Emma L Samira Secretaries and Presidents.
The article argues a minor cold can be a fatal start and suggests keeping Ayer's Cherry Pectoral on hand. It promotes early treatment to prevent serious illness.
At Mr Coleman’s Greenhouse on Liberty Street Warren Pa customers can order early for Memorial Day. Primula Obconica blooms year round at 25 cents each. Choice pansies 40 cents per dozen. Bedding plants in large variety. Tube rose bulbs and new plant varieties at low rates. Tomato plants ready. Vases and baskets in stock. Visitors welcome opposite the post office.
By the Children's Aid Society of Pennsylvania a kind family offers to board a child at 1.50 dollars per week with a view to adoption. References required. Address Mrs W V Hazeltine secretary of Children's Aid Committee Warren Co Warren Pa. 15m4t
Furnished lodging offered by Mrs W H Newell at 21 Royal Street near the iron bridge Warren Pennsylvania for travelers or boarders seeking quiet accommodations in a central location.
The Pittsburgh suit involving Westinghouse and Edison leads a roundup of Pennsylvania items. Reports cover the Renovo veteran encampment, strong Central Pennsylvania fruit crops, school funding timing, dog taxation and damages, rye growth in Tioga, liquor-law cases in Huntingdon, Philadelphia license totals, Masonic lodge stats, sinking fund assets, and a songbird protection bill. A Lancaster case records a witness who disbelieves in God, affecting his eligibility.
The text lists Harram F. Anderson O. J. McMahon George 2nforth Uriah Magee J. H. Farley Wm. M. Moore E. Ford O. Peterson Fred Heath Harrie B. Smith Charles Hinton Theodor Winblad Adam Knupp.
A Warren Union business meeting is set for Thursday at 3 P M in the Presbyterian lecture room with a promise of strong attendance. The column notes Amendment supporters outnumbering Anti's at a recent mass meeting and argues for treating liquor as a social nuisance rather than a civil law issue. It covers local union activities, elected officers, and regular meeting dates, plus a comparison of temperance costs to state revenue and a call for legislative action.
Testimony from many Warren county business men collected and published in a sheet titled The Blessings of No License. It aims to aid friends of temperance in remonstrance efforts and is recommended for broad reading.
On May 21 Sunday morning the shadow of death fell again on Youngsville society with the death of Mrs. W. D. Belnap, mourned by many friends. Amendment work advances with vigor though one district remains without an organized club. Mr. John Hull's condition worsens steadily. The item notes $8.
May 18 updates report Mrs. Ricker critically ill and a new doctor Dr. McKee replacing W D Whitney who moved to Indiana. Seminary boys defeated our baseball club while short handed with seven players. Friday night Rev White Miss Varnum and Freehold supporters spoke at Wesleyan Church urging Amendment support and increased club enrollment. X Y Z calls for public accountability over postal law election materials.
An advertisement urges travelers whether tourists migrants or commercial travelers to carry Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive against seasickness malaria and bowels disorders caused by miasma. It touts stomach soothing effects nerve strength and fatigue resistance and recommends use after exposure to bad weather. Also mentions fresh fish at S Burt 400 Hickory St and insurance agency Joan Stitt Son Exchange Block Warren Pa plus J K Weaver's Music Store with pianos organs and a White Sewing Machine.
A Davenport letter from April 24 1889 argues prohibition harms state finances raises prices and fuels illicit sales. It notes across cities liquor remains widespread despite bans and endorses a licensed regime with strict character checks and inspections to advance temperance and public prosperity.
The piece critiques religious women in the temperance movement, noting their recruitment from churches and appeal to independent minds. It argues the emotional stance and shrill rhetoric from W C T U members distract from calm, practical discussion and ignore logical reasoning in seeking suffrage-related influence.
The text argues against blunt bans on stimulants and favors kind instruction to curb self-indulgence. It warns harsh restraint leads to revolt or evasion. It promotes teaching self-control as the most effective method for temperance reform and humane guidance.
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