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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1896
Page
3
The Warren Republican Club room announced a Friday night celebration with a parade, fireworks, and a cannon. All Republicans and their families in Warren and vicinity are invited to participate and illuminate the jubilee.
At a Warren meeting the Grindlay Bros offered 127 feet front on Hickory street for 7000 dollars or 65 feet for 3000 dollars. the teachers praised Levi Smith for offering tools, benches, sewing and cooking equipment for an industrial school. The board plans to pursue the project, purchase supplies, and mark the 40th anniversary of Warrenboro schools with a committee coordinating future steps.
Dr Hill will be at the thers Hotel Friday Nov 6 for eye and ear care. Mr and Mrs James Cable returned from Laona New York. Carl Smith came home from Philadelphia to vote. Mrs ED Wetmore and children visit Judge Wetmore in Virginia. Dr Fred Stranahan improving. Warren's oldest citizen is 92 year old Benjamin Williams. George Ensworth thanked by East Street School pupils for apples. Death of Mrs G McIntosh in Scotland Oct 19. Andrew Ludlow saw the McKinley parade in New York and will vote straight Republican. Dr McAlpin bought land near Shirek's Spring and renames it McAlpin's Glen. Mr and Mrs S G Allen return from wedding tour. will live in Freeman House. Mrs C C Allen hosts a reception for the bride today. J H Sandstrom spoke Swedish Republican Club in Pompelon Hall on finance and tariff. well studied. Bradford Era Oct 30.
Last Wednesday evening Co. I voted unanimously to promote First Sergt. E. C. Cook to Second Lieutenant replacing Lt. Philip Ackley. Second Sergt. Thad Risher is promoted to First Sergt. Major Windsor assigns officers including Lt. D. Emery as Adjutant and ex-Sergt. J. Percy King as Sergt. Major. Civil officers elected include President Wm. Tribble andSecretary Loren Dinsmoor.
The article notes 13,960,288 children attend U.S. schools with Pennsylvania at 1,062,999. It compares adult illiteracy across nations, listing rates from Germany 4 percent to Russia 85 percent, praising Scandinavia Scotland Germany for better showing than the United States.
Chicago dispatch reports a smaller potato crop due to reduced acreage and lower yields. The harvest total is 245,480,000 bushels, down over 50,000,000 from last year, with about 2,865,000 acres harvested, roughly 10% short of the prior season.
The Oil City Derrick reports 626 wells completed in eastern oil fields during October with 133 dry holes and 9 242 barrels of new production. Compared to September, 18 fewer wells and 14 fewer dry holes, but production rose by 1 006 barrels. By month end 387 rigs and 589 drilling wells were active, up 10 rigs and 31 wells from September.
William P. Dreyer, formerly of Warren and a longtime Buffalo policeman, is killed by a freight train in Buffalo last Monday morning. Oscar Lund, a Warren tailor aged 28, dies after being struck in Pittsburgh Monday night. his parents reside in Sweden.
Fall millinery gloves corsets and fancy goods offered by Mrs M H Leird successor to Mrs McNett at corner Second and Liberty Warren Pennsylvania. Also Estey Cabinet Organ for sale as new priced under cost inquire at the mail office. The best and cheap job printing at the Mail Office.
Prices on produce and hats advertised as available at Miss Sills and Fatt Millinery. Kane plans a new skating rink nearly ready. Epworth League convention in Grand Valley today and tomorrow. Warren high school football vs Kane at Recreation Park next Saturday. Oil drilling updates from Citizens gas leases and local field activity. Monroe and Struthers works report reduced hours. Burial of Lorenzo Hyde noted. monument news from Harrisburg Telegraph.
Report from Corydon schools for the second month ending Oct 30 1896 lists pupils in attendance for the full month twenty days. Room Three has 31 enrolled with 94 percent attendance including Gertie Marsh Harry Geer Minnie Griffin Clarence McClintock Olive Schuler Leo Reeves John O Dell Ralph Turney Harry Forbes Jay Aiken Mary Grannis. Room Two shows 27 enrolled with 99 percent attendance including Porter Brown James Griffin Florence Fitzpatrick Mary Marsh Verna White Etta Griffin Orville Loyd Retta Marsh Harry Caldwell Minnie Grannis Nellie Marsh Fanny Clawson Myrtie Hollister Anna Brant Camilla Archer Loie Tome Gussie Andrews. Primary Room lists 37 enrolled with 92 percent attendance including Mina Geer Archie Schoby Edna Turney Mamie Brant Ray Caldwell Tessie Marsh Frank Brown Lawrance Andrews Gracie Geer Stuart Clawson Sintha Tome Robie Helmer Guy Flatt Romaine Griffin Raymond Morrison Chester Marsh Louise Clawson Ava Turney Julia Treadway. Signed LoLa Allen Teacher and Mrs D L McMURREN Teacher.
Warren election results show the Republican candidate ahead of Bryan by 220 votes with a 219 vote increase. Mr. Stones plurality stands at 316, reflecting a tight race and solid party support in the district.
Official returns show McKinley and Bryan leading in all six wards with multiple candidates for President Assembly and local offices. First Ward lists McKinley 160 and Bryan 75. Second Ward McKinley 145 and Bryan 68. Third Ward McKinley 148 and Bryan 108. Fourth Ward McKinley 131 and Bryan 125. Fifth Ward McKinley 116 and Bryan 117. Sixth Ward McKinley 117 and Bryan 104. Additional race tallies include Levering, Davenport, DeWitt, Barker, Stone, Breene, Gill, Merritt, Meek, Hazeltine, Olney, and others across various posts such as Congress, Assembly, Associate Judge, District Attorney, County Commissioners, Auditor, Jury Commissioner, and Trustees.
By local applications they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is one way to cure deafness, constitutionally. Deafness is caused by an inflamed mucous lining of the eustachian tube. Hall's Catarrh Cure offers a $100 reward for any case cured by catarrh that it cannot cure. Sold by druggists at 75 cents.
The Pennsylvania Railroad launches a suite of Luxury season tours to the Golden Gate Florida Washington Old Point Comfort and other trips. Tours depart New York Philadelphia and Harrisburg with Pullman cars and a Tourist Agent chaperon. Illustrated itineraries and booking addresses are provided.
Clair Thompson resumes teaching at Thompson Station. Mrs Peterers visits Yankee Bush kin while Will Green returns from Lock Haven College for a short stay. Local church benefit nets near $40 from a chicken supper. Thieves target homes of Uncle John Cooney and Postmaster Metzgar, leaving a garment to mislead investigators. Halloween memories, a drunken disturbance, a police action, and a $5 fine with $200 bond are noted. A bridge project progresses with Italian masons and 2020 cubic feet of stone. A potato shaped like a hand is left at the post office.
Local Institute at Corydon on Saturday October 24 opened at 11:15 AM led by D L McMurren and music. The session featured talks by Rev Bass on Faith and Hope, Miss Lola Allen as Secretary, papers by Miss Noyes and Mr Winnersburger, recitations by Miss Georgia Woodbeck and Miss Edith Green, and a physiology talk by Dr C C Flatt. The group adjourned for 1:45 PM then resumed with more papers, readings, and a question box. resolutions of thanks were adopted and a list of attending teachers named, including Misses Wells Ackers Woodbeck Aiken Laing Noyes and others, plus Supt Putnam.
An immense line of fall millinery gloves corsets and fancy goods now on sale at Kertcher’s. Call and see.
When you want repairs done to look as good as new visit Mrs Casemere whose prices are low and work is first class She can sew a rip or place a patch so the garment looks better than when first purchased Her shop is next hallway to the Mail office at 305 Second St and she is available at all times Call her.
In Parkersburg West Virginia on Wednesday November 4 1896 Fred Gemmill aged 26 died of typhoid fever He is the son of Mr and Mrs Z Gemmill and brother of Mrs W A Mitchell Mrs Theo Messner Miss Bertha Gemmill of Warren and Mrs John Roy of Marietta Ohio Remains expected here tomorrow forenoon with burial to follow in the forenoon or afternoon time to be announced later.
Geo F Yates and wife transfer to F H Rockwell Co Pleasant for $1. Penn Tanning Co receives a $1 transfer from Geo F Yates and wife in Cherry Grove. Peter Peterson and wife sell to Augustus Haag Pittsfield for $600. Anna DuBois and others to D M Martin Pine Grove for $300. W W Hodges administrator to E H Grunder and others Warren for $2,000. John W Honhart and wife to A C McAlpin Conewango for $1. John Bright and wife to Jacob Kline Warren for $300. Andrew J Smith and others to Robert D Day Eldred for $400. Chas O Rodgers and wife to Stephen Wright Bear Lake for $275. James Erickson to Erick Willson for $200. F P Hue and wife to Helen M White Warren for $6,500. L B Wood and wife to Oliver F Pierce Deerfield for $5,000. L B Wood & Co to Oliver F Pierce for $300.
In Warren on October 29 1896 Alvin Linck and Eva Frauenfelder wed at the Smutz home with Rev A B Markley officiating. In Sugar Grove Pa October 28 1896 Charles Kidder of Warren and Marion Blakesley of Chandlers Valley married with Rev R J White presiding.
J E Thomas of Uniondale Pa reports Chamberlains Pain Balm speeds sore throat cures in his family. He says it has effected speedy cures every time. The Balm also treats rheumatism sprains and bruises. Sold at 25 and 50 cents by Morris Mullin Warren and P B Can
Annie Nathan Meyer writes the feature on Barnard College in Harper's Bazar November issue. A Mount Holyoke piece with illustration of a new South Hadley hall by New York alumni accompanies it. Redfern autumn fashions showcase gowns for season buyers.
The piece argues against demonetizing silver and a decline in horse values under the so called crime of 773. It cites figures showing stable horse counts but dropping value from 1892 to 1896, with totals of about 25.5 million horses valued at 1.01 billion in 1892, and 15.1 million horses valued at roughly 600 million in 1896.
Wanted homes for two girls aged 6 and 8 and for boys aged 2 months, 1 year, 10 and 11. Address provided.
Mr C M Dixon of Pleasant Ridge Pa shares that his little girl suffers winter croup but Chamberlains Cough Remedy always gives prompt relief when hoarseness or croupy cough begins. Widely used by mothers in the United States and abroad. Read Morris Mullen Warren and P B Canfield Corydon for supply.
Pennsylvania leads with 5161 precincts to cast ballots while New York follows with 5156. Delaware has the fewest at 69 and Rhode Island records 101 precincts for voting locations.
Jacob Keller the tailor offers made to order garments at cost. He recently bought a large lot of cloths at sheriff sale and will make trousers for 4 to 5 dollars, suits from 18 dollars, and overcoats at extremely low prices. Goods limited. call soon at Second Street near Liberty, upstairs, Warren, Pennsylvania.
Riverside area merchants reopen new fish market stalls with De Sia brand offerings. Vendors promote seafood variety and local sourcing while customers report steady purchases and improved harbor access.
A college student writes to his father praising studies and asking for $50 with a closing line The rose is red the violet blue The father responds with God advice and a twist The rose is red the pink is pink The note about New laid eggs illustrates literal labeling while a sugar cured ham ad provokes humor by implying anatomy.
On November 1 the Pennsylvania Railroad will sell excursion tickets at principal offices to resorts in New Jersey Virginia the Carolinas Florida and Cuba. Tickets are offered at low rates and the line notes its connections as a preferred winter travel option. An illustrated guide with routes and rates is free on request.
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