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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1890
Page
3
Warren this week reports a squaw winter before Indian Summer with light snow and sled weather. Local ads note doors, coats and shawls, Dry Goods Store bargains, and a new US Tea Co branch opened by manager A Mackintosh. Public notices include WCTU meeting and plans for paving streets along the Conewango river corridor.
Hunter and Jarvis advertise new dress goods blankets quilts underwear hosiery with savings up to 75 percent. B G Gregory offers bargain crowns Acme Oil and knitling yarns at low prices. Trushel and Co advertise complete grocery line and urge calls.
Dr Hill will be at the Warren Hotel Friday Nov 7 for eye and ear care. Mrs J Shirley of Marienville visited sister Mrs Solliday in Warren. Dr A Fisher opens a branch dental office in Clarendon near Coleman rooms. Mrs Ellen McDowell returned to Washington DC after a month’s vacation. Two young voters arrived but aren’t counted this year. John Dentler and Elias Morningstar welcomed as new dads. Dr Charles E Beecher has been invited to act in Yale College’s Dana work. Chas A Peterson, Esq left Warren for Carthage Missouri with wife for lung relief, two months or more. Mr Rappleye, passing Warren last spring, reported moving toward the Columbia river in a canoe.
The Swedish M. E. Church in Warren borough seeks funds to buy a lot and build a parsonage. The article notes the church’s small size yet past good works and asks readers to contribute, with C. A. Anderson at No 7 Fifth St. in Warren collecting gifts.
The Warren YMCA failed to raise funds for a five lecture concert series and will hire Rev. F W Gunsaulus of Chicago to speak at Library Hall on Wednesday November 12. The program features the lecture titled A Chapter from the History of Liberty with high praise from critics.
Annie Pixley will be welcomed in Warren next Monday evening November 10 at Library Hall to present The Deacon's Daughter. The Boston Journal praises the play as a contrast to M'liss noting the daughter of a New England deacon becomes a celebrated actress after leaving home. Pixley's vivacity and songs add to the evening with a well chosen supporting cast.
The Schubert Quartette, famed for Chau tauqua audiences, performs at the M. E. Church this Wednesday evening under the Choir’s auspices. Tickets cost 25 and 50 cents. The pastor praised their singing, noting remarkable harmony and vocal power.
Advance agent Mr. Sloppy Mud touts a long run for the attraction Winter with a star Santa Claus and a cast of old favorites plus new faces. The show features Frost Snow Hail Wind and Rain in familiar roles and Sleighbell Portland cutter Wolferobe and Fasthorse adding whimsy. Admission scales with patron purse and the engagement is expected to boost business through several months.
The November council meeting led by Assistant Burgess Bayer approved minutes and debated bids for sewers. A fence for a Pleasant bridge billboard and a Market Seventh crosswalk were held over. The Sewer Committee pushed a catch basin on Water street and a sewer to link Steadman property with the main lines. A resolution let Chas Hamm build a Water street sewer, repayable by borough after one year. October arrests totaled 41 with vagrancy 25 and drunkenness 13. Finances include $24 fines and $9 license fees. rent and license totals reported. Bills paid included sewer work, street work, police service, gas, lumber, and bread for prisoners. The council adjourned with Attestations by Bayer and Scnorrsnp.
Rev Wm A C Mueller was installed as pastor of the First Lutheran Church of Warren by Rev Albert R J Graepp of Ridgway Pa. The ceremony featured strong sermons and a well attended service amid pleasant flowers. Elder Louis Bauer and Offerle of Glade assisted, with a children day program and a devout evening service. Next Sunday Mueller to preach German service at 11 a.m. and English service at 7 p.m. All invited.
A ledger of property transactions shows numerous transfers in Warren and surrounding towns. It lists buyers and sellers including T. J. Jenkins to A Fledine in Warren for 800, Thos Collins to J Smith Spring Creek 9, J Marsh to J Semmett Kinzua 75, and many others with values ranging from 1 to 5,500 dollars. Also listed are consolidations and mortgage-like conveyances involving Kinzua Cherry Grove South West Pittsfield Sugar Grove and Limestone with several couples and estates. The Nat Oil Co Ltd and others participate in South West transfers, with totals and recipients named.
The Kerrcener Co. at 424 WaterSt offers a large line of fancy art materials including ribbons silks plushes embroidery silks fringes cords tinsel scrims linens bolting cloth canvas and a Germantown Yarn stock of 85 shades. New stamped linens patterns and various sawdust pin cushions sizes are advertised along with tailor made corsets.
W L Darina offers to cover purchasers travel to Erie to inspect Colby pianos. He promises factory tours showing construction to prove quality and invites letters from Warren readers seeking details.
The Carver House area Warren shop run by A Weiss offers a large stock of fashion and serviceable clothing including summer suits and boys apparel with a promise to save customers money. The editorial note cites Pennsylvania election significance for governor and legislature.
Dr. Henry Baxter’s Mandrake Bitters offered as a cure for costiveness and torpid liver with a single trial claimed to prove its curative properties. Bottles priced at 25 cents with Morris & Mullen and N. C. Allen named as sellers.
An advocacy notice urges farmers to subscribe to the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette for $2 a year. It claims the paper supports lowering taxes on corporations and offers market reports as authoritative for Pittsburg buyers and sellers. Subscriptions mailed to the mail office will be forwarded.
The W. C. T. Alliance gathered in Indiana Pennsylvania with President Mrs H C Campbell presiding. Officers reports show 2074 members sixteen alliances and 500 dollars in the state treasurer’s hands. West Chester will host next year in November. The emblem adopted is a small white cord loop. Former state officers were re elected: President Mrs H C Campbell vice president at large Mrs Harry White corresponding secretary Mrs Ellen Watson recording secretary Miss M Shepherd treasurer Mrs G M Phillips.
A Cleveland issued call invites Non-Partisan National W C T U delegates and sympathizers to convene November 19 21 1890 in Allegheny City Pa. to discuss a platform of total abstinence and non partisanship, urging broad membership from states and territories and inviting all women aligned with temperance principles.
The new International Dictionary edition edited by Noah Porter at Yale adds about 300 pages and refines the classic work. It notes a decade of work with 100 contributors and over 300000 dollars spent to deliver a superior lexicography for English speakers. Prime dairy items offered at Clarke and Parker’s wholesale and retail.
The Mart office advertises versatile job printing services done neatly and cheerfully and promptly.
Fifty one inch Gormley and Jeffrey bicycle in good condition offered for fifty dollars. Call or write Honteck and Jarvis Warren Pa for details. Also grocery ad for Trushel and Co and B. G. Gregory’s Bargain Store promising the largest assortment in town.
The Harrisburg issued annual report lists 2326 districts 22365 schools 10750 graded schools 119 superintendents 8382 male teachers 16111 female teachers 24493 total teachers and details on salaries terms and costs. Net increases shown include 9 districts 476 schools 573 graded schools 191 male teachers 385 female teachers and 11 035 more pupils with rising tuition and building expenses while Waller urges stronger county supervision and professional certificates and notes growing manual training and tree culture interest.
The Memorial M E Church on Oil Creek road in Spring Creek charge Erie Conference was dedicated Sunday October 26. Dr Edwards president of Chamberlain Institute preached and conducted services. The total cost with furnishings was 2200 dollars and 1050 dollars remained to raise. In forty five minutes the amount was gathered with a surplus.
A warning that idleness in boys leads to vice and crime. Parents bear heavy responsibility for curbing late nights and early mornings with work or study to shape respectable men and women. The piece notes a lazy boy grows up knowing only dirt throwing and may become a gambler or loafer.
The piece contrasts rival tonic brands with Hosteller's Stomach Bitters noting its ongoing popularity. It warns against cheap bitters with unrectified stimulants. The text extols the Bitters as a reliable cure for malaria, dyspepsia, nervousness, kidney trouble, constipation and rheumatic ailments across regions.
A bold sales pitch boasts guaranteed rare six quart bottles for $5.00 or $1.49 per quart with free packing. Silver Age Rye offered at $1.50 per bottle or 12 bottles for $15.00. Foreign and domestic wines start at 50 cents. Catalogs and price lists available from Max Klein at 82 Federal Street, Allegheny, Pa.
After a successful two day opening, a Warren millinery shop announces it can handle all millinery work and offers a full range of shapes trimming material and cheaper prices. A New York City trained trimmer runs the work room as the store pledges completeness. A visit will prove the claim.
The Honor Roll lists pupils who were not absent during the month ending October 10 1890. The non tardy students are Curt Southwick Lewis Burt Willie Stapleton Earnest Martin Clinton Southwick Orrie Cooper David Raner Lester Burt James Stapleton Emma Cooper Aya Cooper Blanche Raner Belle Camp Ivy Burt Eva Dye Hattie Wade Florence Wade Gertie Southwick Neva Camp. Auzapa Havuriy, Teacher.
An exchange notes Noah advertised the flood and survived while scoffers drowned. Since then the advertiser has prospered, and those who did not advertise have fallen behind.
Mark Twain’s new work A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is sold by subscription with 300 illustrations by Dan Beard. Records show top agents selling 35 books in five days and 31 in three days, with 30,000 copies already sold. Address C L Webster & Co New York for territory and orders.
Postmaster appointed at Stoneham after J E Wheeler resignation. John Kennedy of Oil City heads to Burmah India to manage an oil refinery. Mericle moves Grand Valley to Jamestown buys Main Street grocery. Titusville figure H S Bates dies. veteran soldier and skilled architect. Jamestown to form a new state bank capital 100 000 dollars led by E B Crissey and Geo S Gifford. Meadville notices report Wells Fargo robbery at gunpoint. Kane publishes Wort Nya Hem with prohibition focus. Serious accidents include Hod Robbins killed by westbound train near Stoneham. Old resident Mary Eustace of Tiona killed on P E R R track. W L Bartholomew and Ettie Springer wed at Kinzua. Southard best man. Oil production downtick noted. Jamestown Woolen Spinning Co to raise capital to 100000 dollars for machinery and jobs. Jamestown area butter markets and price ranges reported. Warren syndicate well at Sheffield Junction struck oil in second sand. Jamestown Democrat notes two horse sales including Capt Curtis to J E Faulkner. Plus local barley and dairy prices and a notable hemlock tree climbing grape harvest story.
A mixed reading of home cooking notes featuring Escalloped Tomatoes Grape Catsup Succotash Lunch Cake and other dishes from sources like Detroit Free Press Boston Herald and Ladies' Home Journal. The items outline steps for sauces desserts savory dishes and baked goods with practical kitchen guidance.
An ad clipped from the Canada Presbyterian signed by C Blackett Robinson promotes Burdock Blood Bitters claiming it cured recurring bilious headaches.
A celebrated German physician states that even a slight inflammation can close an infant’s narrow air passages. He advises using Dr. Hoxsie's Certain Croup Cure to keep children safe from this hazard.
Theo dore Pfaffin, a noted piano salesman and critic, praises Colby Piano Company for their new style C mahogany piano. He commends the instrument's tone and touch and notes his long background in the piano trade with first class instruments.
Wrightsville notes include a new infant at Thomas Yates and Jesse Hallock’s move to Tidioute. Rev. Mills’ pulpit was filled by Rev. Wilcox. quarterly meeting planned. A literary society formed and Sewing Society teas held at S. D. Boone’s. N. F. Wright’s planing mill active with sawing logs planned. Various residents travel to Ohio, Youngsville, Germany, or Buffalo. School term begins. infant burial reported. many social visits and travel for weddings.
The advertisement extols a universal kinship of mankind through nature and asserts diseases common to the race call for a shared cure. It claims Ayer's Sarsaparilla is widely reputed and has largely superseded other blood medicines in use.
Marriages announced in Jamestown and nearby areas include William Charles Bowell and Sarah Jane Brandon at the Lutheran Parsonage Warren. W L Bartholomew of White Gravel Pa and Ettie Springer of Kinzua. Lester C Howell and Nellie Hollister of Warren Pa. Charles A Ulf of Tidioute Pa and Amelia A Olson of Jamestown. Orland O Nichols of Spring Creek and May Perkins of Miller Station, all in October 1890.
A list of commodity price quotes circulated for Warren dealers includes apples per bushel butter per pound beans per bushel pork products cheese per pound evaporated apples per dozen eggs per dozen hams per pound lard per pound onions per bushel potatoes per bushel and shoulders per bushel.
The ad urges readers to visit for Dunlap and Stetson hats overcoats and silk handkerchiefs with a complete fall wardrobe. It promotes tailored suits at moderate prices and highlights new ties and fall goods for the season.
Pusuisuers Warren Mair announce Winslow Rand Watson High Life Java and Mocha Coffee a favorite of connoisseurs. Sold by Goopreu Freniman in Boston May 16 1890. New York May 17 1899 Warren Mail informs Warren line crackers wafers and sweets are sold only by Goopmen Fentman Holmes Coutts.
In New York City on May 18, 1890 Warren Matt promotes Crown Acme Oil as a refined water white oil that does not smoke chimneys and passes high fire tests. It is marketed as safe for family use and sold exclusively in Warren by Goopricu and Fra man.
A 1890 letter from F Schumaker Milling Co to Warren Mair GentLEMEN urges residents to buy White Cloud Flour, claiming it has no equal and is sold only by Popular Grocers Goor rion & Fentman in the city.
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