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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1875
Page
3
The Warren Mail issue outlines neighborhood notes: new sign for A Ruhlman’s oyster business, updated rail timetables for P E and D A V P lines, and praise for library lectures. It reports church lessons, school term dates, Thanksgiving prep, local markets, and street improvements. A model subscriber offers a witty reflection on local life and newspaper work.
A large lot of brown muslin is offered by D. M. Gross & Bro's at 9 cents per yard, valued at 12 cents. Great bargain for buyers seeking fabric deals.
Mr Albert Kirberger recently returned from Europe, with several dignitaries like Rev H S Getz expected home this week. Ex Senator Fenton leaves Jamestown for Florida for the winter. Lieut Percy J Jefferson, West Point graduate from New Castle, is visiting Rev W A Rankin. H E Brown, of Houston, started for Florida but redirected to the Sunny South. Prof Miller earns praise for halting the daily rush to the Post Office. Col C M Lynch, new Collector for the district, assumed duties last Wednesday. Judge Beebe of Pleasantville visits Warren, recalling his earlier political service. Boys line up by the Episcopal Church to greet the christening party. I V Montanie, Middletown Argus editor, visited with Rightmyer and Sam Hook. Hook's self-inflicted wound was noted. Montanie plans another visit to Warren.
The document lists grand jurors and traverse jurors by county and town for the December term starting Monday the 6th. It names jurors from Warren, Farmington, Limestone, Columbus, Freehold, Glade, Youngsville, Brokenstraw, Pine Grove, Sugar Grove, Mead, Sheffield, Corydon, Tidioute, Pittsfield, Deerfield, TRAVERSE jurors from Eldred, Spring Creek, Glade, Pine Grove, Sugar Grove, Farmington, Conewango, Freehold, Pittsfield, Warren, Limestone, Brokenstraw, Mead, South West, Pleasant, Columbus, Deerfield, Tidioute, Elk. Also notes Judge Vincent of Erie with associates held court last week and disposed of several cases with verdicts. A stock of Dry Goods from D M Gross & Bro’s is advertised.
A compilation of local items notes Edinboro to gain a new bank while Sugar Grove prepares a lecture series under the S W H Society. Other notes cover revival meetings, a potential Erie railroad expansion with 70000 dollars cited, and regional plans for steamboats and boat builders in Jamestown and Mayville.
Journal notes a Dun kirk veterans reunion where former soldiers recalled camp life around a camp fire. A rustic setup with coffee, pork and beans, hard tack, tin cups, and pipes echoes old deployments while songs and a poem recount battles and plans to meet again. D. M. Gross & Bro promote their large dry goods stock.
The Centennial State Board considers drilling a two thousand foot well on Centennial grounds to showcase oil production methods and improved machinery. F W Mitchell of Franklin notes proposals should fix price for initial thousand feet with bonds, hole size five and a half inches, water cased. Board meets November 17–18 in Philadelphia to hear proposals directed to Morton McMichael. Also references opportunities for boiler, engine, and drilling tool manufacturers to exhibit goods. The notice then shifts to local ads for dress goods, Knickerbocker fabrics, Sprague's Prints, and various clothing and textiles at Hunter's and C Daniels.
The Easton Free Press reflects on husking bees of the past versus today. It laments fashion’s tightening grip on girls and jokes about corsets, romp culture, and the lost, jovial rural invitations that once brought couples together for community weddings and cheerful gatherings.
Will Abbott and companions went hunting near Warren on Friday. Abbott fired promiscuous shots. most pellets hit Will in the coat as he toppled. He yelled that he was dead, but recovered and reached town unhurt though scared, narrowly escaping an obituary notice.
A column presents two weather prophecies from 1874 and 1875 noting persistent cold through winter and a milder autumn with a late freeze. It reflects on the term Indian Summer, offering explanations and dismissing the leaf burning myth, then lists unclaimed letters in Warren Pa. with a four week deadline for pickup.
At Phelps Medical and Surgical Institute in Corry Pennsylvania customers are invited to leave their measurement for a first class shirt made to order with fit guaranteed. The offer emphasizes no knife or caustic methods and no loss of blood.
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