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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1890
Page
3
The Warren Mail notes local items from May 28 1890 including Good Templars Grand Lodge June 10, Oiled refinery sale, new houses painted, Detroit later events reflect community life. Mentions school appraisers, Mr. Kopf painting, garden work, and social visits with local families and visitors.
R Ward expands his store, F Barnhart enlarges his home, and T Cribbins builds a Water Street residence. Clarkson & Parker gain a growing trade in the West End. Park improvements at the P and E depot include shade trees. Warren seeks a larger depot for D A V and P R R, as its station remains the line’s busiest yet underpowered. Revere House is repainted with a new lawn, and Wooden Ware Works runs at full blast employing many. B A Lynde & Son soap factory intrigues visitors with vast output and busy orders. St Joseph's School scholars perform to raise funds, with Father Clark speaking on its benefits. Mr Masterson begins a large store and residence at Scofield lot opposite the depot. Struthers Iron Works runs day and night, plans Memorial Day shutdown, turning thirty oil engines weekly plus boilers, tannery and sawmill work, with 230 on the payroll.
Warren residents invited to a two day exhibition and sale of etchings engravings watercolors and photos at W A Greaves studio on June 9 and 10. Expect selections from New York publishers and importers displayed for viewing and purchase. A Weiss’s Warren clothing store advertises spring and summer menswear including summer suits and boys clothes with statements of savings and a grocery deal offers combined cans for 1 dollar.
C L F Kinnear a trusted bookkeeper and clerk for over two years at the Penn Gas Co was arrested last Wednesday charged by company officers with embezzlement and mutilation of company books. Bail set at 5100 after a third charge and exam waived. bail not secured, he remains in jail awaiting June court. Furniture and effects sold at constable sale last Monday with wife bidding, while the family stays with relatives in Youngsville.
The Warren G A R Post 336 issues General Order No 3 announcing Memorial Day events on May 30 1890. Flags to half mast at 7 am. 21 gun salute at 8 am. Cemetery decorations at Irvine Indian Hollow Glade Run Cobham Park Yankeebush North Warren and Russell. Processions form at City Hall with veterans bands and various organizations. Ceremony at Oakland Cemetery includes prayer music oration and decorations. library hall if weather prevents outdoor services.
In Clarendon, May 25, Martin Murray was shot in the right breast during a quarrel at the Barton home. Mrs A L Barton, who grabbed a revolver, wounded Murray and was jailed with her husband on $2000 bail for assault with attempt to kill.
The War ren Political Equality Club met at the G A R hall on Friday May 23 presenting a paper by Mrs Emma L Smith outlining the clubs aims. The group organized in 1890 seeks to secure full constitutional and political rights for women and invites new members for fifty cents.
Stock is offered at and below cost with the entire assortment of high grade clothing furnishings hats caps and children wear. Bargains include men s suits 3 90 to 12 50 top coats 7 to 12 and hats 1 50 to 2 50. Footnote urges readers to cut out ad and visit Beecher Copeland Building.
The Kerrcuer and Company store at 424 Water St announces the largest life of millinery goods in town. A trimmer from New York City ensures the latest novelties and right prices called right by display rather than figures. The store also stocks Corsets, Ribbons, Laces, Ruching, Handkerchiefs, Gloves, Stamped Linens, Embroidery Silks, Jewelry and Lace Collars.
J. H. E. recalls four days of toil on a raft voyage from Pittsburg to Cincinnati and down the Ohio. He describes river pilots, the dangers of wind and currents, Blennerhasset’s island and Burr’s expedition, the burned mansion, and the later return path via Beaver to Warren. He notes changing towns, more buildings, and river modernization since the distance to Warren could once take days.
A list of local notices includes the naming of a post office in Carbon County as McGinty, the Jamestown News mortgage sale, Cassadaga Lake Spiritualist meetings on June 6 7 and 8, and plans for a new Johnstown public library funded by Andrew Carnegie with $65000.
Local notices advertise piano agency with Steinway and Ivers Pond uprights and prices from 250 dollars, plus other products. Other shops promote toilet articles, oils, figs, groceries and medicines including Burdock Blood Bitters with testimonials from Mrs. G. C. White and W. W. Hamilton about relief from dyspepsia.
Resolutions from Laban Lodge No 52 R of H Warren Pa dated May 19 1890 mourn the death of J C Wells charter member. They express sympathy to his family drape the lodge insignia in mourning for thirty days and order minutes to record proceedings and publication in town papers. An accompanying ad notes B G Gregory's Bargain and claims remarkable cures with Dr Thomas Electric Oil for deafness and earache.
Woowarp and Lesser announce a large stock of spring clothing at very low margins with promises of full value for every dollar. They advertise boy suits priced at par, claim wholesale-like savings, and invite inspections at their Warren, Pa location opposite the Warren Savings Bank building. Also notes Davis' Drug Store carries fine cigars.
Thompson Hill reports H K Lyon rebuilding Mr Braley's wall this spring. Sylvester Clark's mother visits daughter Mrs Parker as Mr Parker testifies in Mayville. Sunday School urged to close due to visiting. Bark-peeling season begins. Stanton boys start work on Thompson and Rowland timber lot. Florence Braley returns from Wattsburg. Widespread colds in families. Minnie Peterson returns from Warren with Susie Stonaker. C Hansen loses cow last week. Warning to trespassers: expect lead if spotted. S.
May 26 brief notes report scarce items with plentiful water and a farm accident near Samuelson’s team injuring a man but not breaking bones. Local illnesses, primaries aftermath, and Democratic alignment discussed. Weather damage from heavy rain. mills and rivers affected. residents urged to remember veterans and visit hospital guests. prayerful tributes planned at graves.
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