Oil market uncertainty and town happenings in Warren
The Warren area buzzes with plans for a park at the vacant ground near the depot while sewer work progresses on Market Street. Plans for Decoration-day sermons, school events, and a Mikado performance fill the week, with local firms moving offices and a gas service set to begin by next October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical Church
L. M. Boyer
Eben N. Ford Post
King & Magee
Sechrist
Warren
Lloyd Goodrich
Frank Cowden
Mirror Office
R.brown
G. W. Harmon
John Brown
Warren Union School
Library Hall
Carver House
Titusville
Jherr
Farmer’s Club
Court House
Lott
J. K. Sanborn
People’s Gas. Co
Personal Scribbles From Warren in Mild News
Local notes report Mrs Averill and others visiting New York from Warren. Several townsfolk travel for medical, religious, or social reasons. A church officer attends a state encampment in Scranton while weddings and travels fill the social page.
Businessmen split on Warren liquor licenses
A Maru interview surveys Warren merchants on a June court decision to grant or deny all licenses in the county. Opinions range from total prohibition to full licensing with varied views on impact to local commerce and hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Penna
Maru
George Ames
Benj. Nesmith
P. J. Bayer
Sr. Keller
John Langdale
George Ensworth
Jacob Keller
Gus. Mull
J. M. Siegfried
A. J. Hazeltine
Corry
Eric
Jamestown
Richard Stewart
H. P. Hunter
W. H. Mallick
A. B. McKain
A. A. Davis
J. J. Leonhart
Charles P. Northrop
L. G. Noyes
Fred Merck
C. W. Sersalli
F. R. Scott
Wm. Messner
Bell Bros
Memorial Cemetery procession for Civil War dead
A detailed order of march and prayers for an 8 a.m. Saturday May 29 display at Floral Headquarters City Hall to decorate soldiers graves outside Oakland Cemetery. Comrade Pickett directs the procession with groups at Cobham Park Indian Hollow Glade Run Glade Yankee Bush and other cemeteries. The program includes music, prayer memorial address and salute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Pickett
City Hall
Oakland Cemetery
Cobham Park
Geo. A. Cobham
Indian Hollow
Geo. Smith
Co. E
N. Y
Leroy Snyder
Co. H
Wm. F. Snyder
C. Brazington
Glade Run
Lorenzo Kastater
Glade Cemetery
Wm. Gibson
Yankee Bush Cemetery
J. T. Blaksly
W. Spencer
J. T. Babcock
Baldwin
Wm. Sturdeyrant
Geo. W. McPherson
H. Davis
Ladies of the Floral Committee
W. J. Alexander
L. M. Boyer
W. W. Painter
A. W. Ryan
Oakland
St Joseph’s
Court House
S. M. Cogswell
Local Market Ad Teems With Deals at Warren Street
An advertisement touts Warren city market on Hickory Street for meats and groceries. It highlights price cuts on sugars from Theodore Meessner and a large clearance of clothing and gents furnishings by D Ripelspenger, urging early shopping as stock must be closed out in sixty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Hickory Street
Joan Laurier
Duy
C. P. Henry
Theodore Meessner
D. Ripelsperger
Potatoes for sale at P. and E. depot by Joseph Hill
Joseph Hill offers Early Rose Peerless Beauty of Hebron and Burbank potatoes raised in New York at very low prices. Call and see at the P. and E. depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hill
P. & E. Depot
Hebron
Burbank
N. Y. State
Call
Grocer advert touts gifts and market prominence
The note promises duplicating all quotations from other dealers. C. P. Henry, grocer, offers 500 beautiful presents from Theodore Messner. See window shades at A. A. Davis & Co. The Oneida Market is billed as the ne plus ultra of markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Henry
Grocer
Theodore Messner
A. A. Davis & Go
Oneida
Ne Plus
Keystone Odd Fellows report shows PA membership and funds
Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Odd Fellows reports 80 824 members and 914 working lodges in the state. Post year relief payments total 422 123 85 and working expenses 221 612 24, with a surplus 193 923 64. Grand encampment and grand lodge totals slightly down due to business mood. last thirteen years disbursements for distress reach 4 927 828 97. Grand Lodge address by new officers, adjourns to Scranton in May 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone I. O. O. F
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
Odd Fellows
Order
Grand Lodge
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Hurlburt and Hunting Exhibit at Warren Show
Hurlburt and Hunting's Consolidated Shows and College of Trained Animals visit Warren Thursday June 3 with one of the largest 25 cent road shows. Prof D P Hurlburt's College of Trained Animals features educated dogs and horses. Bob Hunting's European Gymnasts promise an instructive moral act. Grand Street Parade and Free Exhibition daily at 10 am. Two performances daily with doors at 1 pm and 7 pm. Admission 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated
College of Trained Animals
Warren
D. P. Hurlburt
Bob Hunting
Grand Street
Stitching Dispute Sparks Shoe Factory Walkout at Jamestown
Jamestown workers in Gokey's shoe factory strike over peg count in footwear causing a brief shutdown. The piece jokes that reformers should stick to the last and not peg out, urging capitalists to yield or lose soles as production halts and chairs could fill in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Gokey
Judge Henry Souther Seeks Erie Warren District Seat
Hon Henry Souther is a candidate for Judge in the Erie and Warren district Ridgway Democrat approves the fit yet notes Warren does not join Erie in judging. Also mentions Sates building on the fairground 24x50 and wall paper stock from A A Davis & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Souther
Erie
Warren
Ridgway
Forest
A. A. Davis & Co
Tannery boom in Warren County town of Torpedo details
The article surveys the McConnell and Richardson Tannery in Torpedo, noting fifty workers, 550 cords of bark processed monthly, 800 hides sent to Boston, and a substantial plant with eighty horsepower engines, three boilers, and a full waste‑not approach. It also mentions Henry Kappel’s active saw mill and lath mill nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland
Grand Valley
Ross Mills
Henry H. McConnell
Allegheny Co. N. Y
McConnell & Richardson Tannery
Boston
McConnell
John R. Calkins
Henry Kappel
Titusville Races and Local Notes Stir Warren County
Titusville hosts races this week while Mike Schwing manufactures birch beer and Rick Donovan readies a Kane hotel for opening. Obituaries report Peter Smith of Tidioute, and other notices cover Odd Fellows reunion at Conneaut Lake, a fatal drowning at Clap's Pond, West Point prep for Harry Ferguson, and Europe-bound Belle E Smith. Fire and legal notices, plus Chautauqua season activity and local improvements, fill the wider column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titusville
Rick Donovan
Kane
Peter Smith
Warren County
Tidioute
Odd Fellows
Pennsylvania
Conneaut Lake
John DuBois
Lamb
Pleasantville
County Correspondence Chronicle of Oil and Town Grows
May notes report a new well on Nason farm and oil activity at Newton and Benedict wells. Wood & Co. buy 400 acres Philadelphia lands. J G Watson builds an eating house. various repairs and social events, church services, and a near-miss train incident are recorded. The column also mentions potential banking by Wood Bros and ongoing ministerial meetings at Cobham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nason
Jo Stearns
Enterprise Road
L. Bb, Wood & Co
W. W. Hague
Philadelphia
J. G. Watson
Wm. Dunn
White Farm
Gillem
Sherman
Frank Wood
Chamberlain
Titusville
L. B. Wood & Co
Wood Bros
E. A. Keene
Newton
W. B. Roberts
Dibble
Mitchell
Benedict Wells
Jamestown
L. B. Wood
Elias Stanton
C. F. Young
Honesdale
N. Y
Delaware and Hudson Canal Co
F. R
James Mickelson
Frank Camp
G. W. Laquine
Sugar Creek
Samuel Kelly
California
Isaac Hollabaugh
M. Terg
H. Russell
Cobham
Boyer
Saylor
Reeser
DeVaux
Warren Circuit
Sojourner
List of named residents and workers in Warren county area
A long list of residents by town and occupation appears, including farmers, merchants, clerks, tradesmen, and laborers from Warren, Pleasant, Columbus, Tidioute, Youngsville, and surrounding towns. Names include Grand, Dunham, Meade, Crandall, Fox, and many others with roles from banker to pumper and carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunham
M. B
Warren
Cobb
E. J
Spring Creek
Curtis
William
Farmington
Crandall
E. A
Kinzua
Devore
Martin
Deerfield
Donely
D. C
Cherry Grove
Pumper
Fox
Albert
Columbus
Gross
Barber
Geigerich
Ambrose
Hammond
L. E
Tidioute
Hinckley
Jackson
W. H
Pittsfield
Kinnear
G. W
Roberly
John
Mead
Leonhart
Pleasant
Herbert
Metzgar
Brokenstraw
MaGee
Boon
Morris
Robert
Pierce
C. E
Freehold
Steen
J. H
Triumph
Farmer
Taylor
J. J
Trushel
A. P
Glade
Wood
John A
Traverse
Acocks
W. B
Andrews
Thomas
Alger
Mad
Youngsville
Aley
Sheffield
Ash
David
Eldred
Branch
Crouch
Emery
Currie
Cochiner
Cheer
Limestone
Cummings
Chas
Sugar Grove
Chapple
Davis
W. J
Roy
Daily
Damon
James
Enos
A. A
Elk
Edmunds
W. M
Ensworth
Miller
Erickson
C. C
Ford
Henry
Grandin
Grindlay
Gruber
Godfrey
Green
Jesse
Corydon
Hawke
J. W
Hague
W. W
Humphrey
Geo
Carpenter
Jones
F. D
Kerr
August
McGraw
B. L
Marble
D. B
Messner
T. S
Newark
Fred
Norris
J. E
Phillips
Edson
Parker
Philander
Richardson
Chauncey
Riwa
Randall
C. L
Schnur
J. N
Pine Grove
Spoon
Joshua
Scrambling
Hiram
Stackhouse
Southwest
R. L
Thompson
Lee
Thorp
Frank
Wetmore
C. B
Clerk
West
New Hat Shop Opens at GroRGE BALt’s
A. A. Davis & Co announces latest Stetson hat styles now available at GroRGE BALt’s. The store also offers custom window shade orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grorge Balt’s
Presbyterian General Assembly Concludes in Minneapolis
The 100th Presbyterian General Assembly in Minneapolis delegates select Philadelphia for 1888 and set a jubilee day with a $5,000,000 centenary fund. Rev. Eaton praised the board of publication while noting concerns over missionary funding methods and Bible distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian General Assembly
Minneapolis
Minn
Allen of Warren
Philadelphia
S. J. M. Eaton
D. D
Franklin
Business Department
Missionary Department
A Broad Gauge Invitation to New York Dry Goods Bargains
O H Hunter & Son invite shoppers to their store offering fresh New York dry goods. The letter promises extensive stock including box suits from 1.25 to 15 dollars, white goods from five cents up, and a range of textiles such as Zephyrs Seersuckers Sateens and Batistes. Clerks are available to show goods at no cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
O. H. Hunter & Son
Youngsville Fire thanked the helpers and responders
Citizens of Youngsville and vicinity are thanked for their hard work in extinguishing a late fire and saving property and buildings beyond expectations. Signatories D Mean M D, DIEFENDORF, SHANNON, WEIDERHOLD express gratitude and debt to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngsville
D. Mean
Diefendorf
M. D
James D. Shannon
George Weiderhold
School board salutes T H Russell as secretary departs
Deerfield School Board passes resolutions praising T H Russell eight years of service and recommends him to Brokenstraw Township as a capable school officer. They notify Russell and publish the notice in the Mart with signatures from Joan Fue iart president and W W Conney secretary. Also an ad mentions a buggy horse for sale at $50 and blank tax collector handbills for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Russell
Brokenstraw Tp
Russell
Brokenstraw
Joan Fue Iart
W. W. Conney
Deerfield School Board
Oil excitement grows as Garland aims to spark oil center
May 22 report notes town cheers oil prospects at Osmer run with a possible Horn lands well determining fate. Earlier oil attempts and a 1865 Morian drill show history, while a local girl Hattie Ball 17 dies in quick consumption. Meat sellers Davis Lopez are commended for convicting diseased suppliers and resuming business as licensing debates loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osmer
Horn
T. W.S. Morian & Co
Enterprise
Osmer Run
E. B. Morian
Hattie Ball
Franklin Ball
H. Lodge
Davis & Lopez
May wedding reception and local notices in town
J P Burns and bride return with family and friends to a welcome at the parsonage. A temperance lecture by Rev H M Burns, Decoration Day plans, illness of Lutie Perry Acocks, injuries to Mrs Chipman, visits from Tidioute and Pittsfield, ice cream festival at P L Wright, and various local improvements and happenings around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Burns
H. M. Burns
Burns
Busti
W.C.T. U
Perry Acocks
Lutie
Chipman
P. Wright
C. Wright
P. L. Wright
Myra Messenger
Local visitors and notes from Averill hill district
May 19 Miss Ida DeVaux of Cleveland Ohio visits the Parsonage on Averill hill. Miss Madge Kelly, the efficient teacher, is instructing the young in shooting. The schoolhouse sits on Kelly hill. James Brown, once dangerously ill after an accident, remains a focal point in town chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida DeVaux
Cleveland, O
Averill Hill
Madge Kelly
Kelly Hill
James Brown
Notable Guests at Allegheny Springs May Visit
Mrs A L Phillips and Miss Bessie visit Mrs J A Culbertson at Allegheny Springs. H F West of Cincinnati with his daughter Mrs Chas West and three children stay at the hotel with a nurse. Alfred Huidekoper and wife also lodging there. Mr and Mrs M Waters made a flying visit this week. Mrs F H Wyman Mrs S W Waters and Master Myron Miss Sarah Hackney with friends enjoyed the sparkling and bright last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny Springs
A. L. Phillips
Bessie
J. A. Culbertson
Cincinnati
H. F. West
Chas. I. West
Alfred Huidekoper
M. Waters
F. H. Wyman
S. W. Waters
Myron
Sarah Hackney
May 22 Briefs from Pittsfield and nearby towns
Local items note May 22 visits by Geo Dickinson and wife to Rochester and travel by Robi Wright to downtown. Binghamton’s Horace Crary and wife stay with Jerry Crary while Mrs. Howard Pinney visits relatives near East Randolph New York. Burglary at jewelry store led to minor losses as a safe resisted opening. Oil drilling news details Morrison farm location and Well operators S M Reynolds and John Ford with 60 feet of hard sand and some oil observed. Town plans discuss the burned district redevelopment and K of L dance at Whitney's hall with generally favorable results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo, Dickinson
Rochester
Robi. Wright
Horace Crary
Binghamton
Jerry Crary
Howard Pinney
East Randolph
N. Y
P. A. Badger
Annunson
Walter Horton
G. Davidge
England
Dr. McNett
Ezra Hoyt
Tionesta
Mr. Wright
Farmington
Robt. Wright
Whitney’s Hall
Morrison Farm
S.M. Reynolds
John Ford
Butler
Venango
Local mills and town notes from Warren and Forest counties
Sojourner reports Warren county mills in full operation with 19 men at Root & Watson and 10–12 thousand feet daily at Strite mill. Forest county plants include Wheeler, Duesenberry & Co band-saw mill turning 20–30k feet daily and a water-powered gang mill. East and West Hickory grow, with a large tannery planned and Orion Siggins donating land. Memorial services planned at Tionesta and Mt. Tabor activities noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Root & Watson
Warren County
Charles Dunham
A. B. Root
John Root
John
Strite
Wheeler, Duesenberry & Co
Forest County
J. W. Poland
Frank Whitmer
L. J. Osgood
Filer
Elmer Murphy
Frank Witherall
East Hickory
T. J. Bowman
Walter Crouch
Perry Hill
West Hickory
Orion Siggins
Enterprise
Pittsburg
Mt. Tabor Evangelical Church
South Hickory
Hickory Township
J. Albaugh
W. H. Cropp
Montana
A. W. Albaugh
B. F. Feit
The
Evangelical Association
Tionesta
F. P. Saylor
Franklin District
Mt. Tabor
Gertie Bimber
Tidioute
T. L. Pawnell
Marriages in Warren and Edenburg Pa in May 1886
The notices record two marriages: Charles H. Smith and Flora Crocker wed in Warren on May 18 1886 with Mrs Amos Rogers present at the bride's mother residence officiated by Rev P S Allen. Ada Merket and Eimer E Ettinger married May 17 1886 at Edenburg M E Parsonage officiated by Rev J H Keeley.
Obituaries From Glade and Warren 1886
Olive Walker wife of B F Walker aged 38 died in Glade after a year of illness emigrated from Maine in 1872 lived in Tidioute and Derrick City before moving to Warren funeral at J A McIntosh home buried in Oakland. Sidonia Miller aged 40 died in Glade. T C Jackson aged 69 died at the Ludlow House in Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. McIntosh
Oakland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Mail
Home Matters
Market St. Sewer
Wm. Pedloe
C. Morgenroth
Empire Fire Clay Co
Presbyterian Church
W. A. Rankin
Averill
Jennie Davis
Rockwell
May
John Fertig
Kate Langdon
Scofield
Dr. Stranahan
Mercer
D. W. C. James
P. W. Murray
New York City
J. C. Wells
S. YV. Davis
Sayler
C. H. Miller
North Clarendon
Boger
Davidson
Augusta
Georgia
Carrie Wetmore
Warren Commandery
K. T
Messrs. R. Brown
D. I. Ball
W. W. Wilbur
W. M. Lindsey
C. H. Noyes
Jas. O. Parmlee
S. T. Neill
J. T. Donnelly
Supreme Court
Quaker City
William Good
W. H. Harris
Marionville
Hook Or Crook
Carey Beecher
First National Bank
Florida
Charlie Smith
Flora Crocker
Warren Hotel
High Street
J. E. Blair
L. A. Rogers
H. A. Hardenburg
Humphrey & Neuemeyer
Thomas Clawson
G. G. Mead & Co
Walkerman Bros
Peter Greenland
M. Strellitz
Nelson Greenland
J. ©. Palmer
George Ball
EBENN
Struthers’ Band
Eben N. Ford
F. S. Goodman & Co
Hurlburt & Hunting’s
Fair Ground
C. W. Sersau
Torpedo
Mike Schwing
Kepler
Walton
Mealey
Brown
Weiderhold
J. D. Mead
Burgess Kinnear
McKean County
Smethport
Lewis Emery, Jr
A. Wilson Norris
James A Beaver
M. F. Elliot
Chautauqua
Stoneham
H. Webster
Ladies Aid Society
Mr. Phillips
Clarendon
Willard White
E. G. Peirce
Lena Riddelsperger
Willoughby
Herman Kitner
100Th Presbyterian General Assembly
M. V. de Vaux
Mai
Wrightsville
Warren and Forest
Seo Yards
Cambries
Breys
O.H. Hunter & Son
Variety Hall
Steinbach
Seat
Johnson & Siegfried
Warren, PA
N. K. Wendleboe
Liberty Street
Postoffic Warren
Allegheny Spring Hotel
Irvington, Warren CO
Irvington
Warren Exchange
Genth
University of Pennsylvania
Dunham & Cornwell, Proprietors
Arren Undertaking and Embalming CO
T. W. McNett
Jake Chambers
Russell, Pa
A. Harris
North Clarendon, Pa
R. T. Tunstall
C. M. Thompson
Tairs
Water Street
Tunstall & Thompson
A. L. Noel
Proprietress
Hickory and
Water Sts
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