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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1875
Page
3
Clipped items show assorted produce and canned goods with quantities including peaches corn pineapple pears peas mushrooms and honey. Partial entries reference prices and container sizes such as tins pints and jars, with some abbreviations and misspellings.
Fxtar Drips priced at 100 per gallon down from 120 with 85 and 100 offered for White Drips. Choice Syrup labeled Extra N and Molasses Extra P. R. Molasses appears in listed deals.
The listing promotes multiple tea varieties including Good Young Hyson Fine Young Hyson Choice Japan Gun Powder Oolong and uncolored Teas. It advertises air tight cans and one pound packages for consumers.
Miss Daggett offers millinery after Mrs Searle returns from New York with new styles. Hazeltine Orr Co advertises wallpaper closeout. 2 000 rolls Latins 12 cents 2 000 Whites 8 cents 2 000 Browns 5 cents. C McDaniels seeks 5 000 men and boys for spring suits with alterations and custom shirts. John Ronne supplies coatings vestings and pants. measure requests for tailored shirts and suits.
The town reports the first appearance of the street sprinkler last Friday and notes warm weather with a well patronized ice water fountain at Variety Hall. Many items mention spring hats, new ads, bank statements, and local happenings from parades to promenade concerts.
Mrs S V Davis of Warren died suddenly last Tuesday night at age about 41 leaving a young child. She known as Jane Parmlee daughter of L S and Mary Parmlee and sister of several Parmlees and James family members. She joined Presbyterian Church in 1864 and married Ex Sheriff S W Davis in 1856. The funeral at the Presbyterian Church was led by Rev W A Rankin with a large gathering.
Buffalo stock baseball club is organized. O. C. A. rail line sale postponed. Union City Band to perform in Jamestown. Death of Thomas Rogan in Elk County. Milton Stewart strikes a 200 barrel well near Titusville. Decoration Day plans in Youngsville. Local option licenses denied in Venango County. Jamestown Journal previews Chautauqua Lake bass fishing season.
Samuel Grandin returns from winter south. Decoration Day will be observed next Saturday in Tidioute with Knights Templar Home Encampment Fire Department Union School Veterans and related groups decorating graves at the cemetery. The county commissioners are fencing the new jail with temporary posts, while a reader questions why not a sturdier fence given iron prices, noting cost concerns.
The summer timetable for the P and EK Railroad shows no major changes. An accommodation train runs Kane to Erie via Warren with arrivals at 7:35 PM and 9:45 PM, and returns at 6:05 AM and 7:25 AM. Mail trains east and west operate as before at 2:15 PM and 4:55 PM. Dunkirk road northbound and southbound trains run as listed, with minor winter-rule continuity. Warren county Republicans name Hon. Geo W Allen for the State Convention without instructions.
Members of the Warren Athletic Club are called to meet at Watson & Davis hall next Thursday evening May 27 at 8 o'clock for important business. Keys available at that time. C. H. Noyes President. C. D. Crandall Secretary.
The article touts P. T. Barnum and his Amusement Exposition with an intercontinental hippodrome and a roster of acts led by Martinho Lowande Mme Dockrill and Nathalie Lowande. Local merchants anticipate a huge influx and praise Barnum for exceptional value.
The first session met May 19 at the Warren Baptist Church with Mrs. L. C. Flint presiding. Officers were elected for the county union and a temperance mass meeting followed in the Presbyterian Church with addresses by Mrs. R. Taggart and Mrs. Searles.
The Bell well reached sand rock about 700 feet deep with a first rate oil show and strong gas. Drilling paused pending tankage. prospects look favorable for success or a potential gusher as operators like Bell Beatty Gran din Hague and Harrington lease land across the Creek. Verback's well not deep enough yet with two wells down and both a strike as early momentum builds.
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