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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1882
Page
3
The Warren column notes overcoats season, alumni meeting, new Exchange Restaurant, sewer progress, and Union Thanksgiving service. It reports fall concerts by McGibeny family and Madame Fry, river block brick completion, and local band funds. It also mentions liquor store opening, The Professor play, D M Gross stock haul, and shopping notices for coats, toothpaste, and box paper.
Warren residents note the new Steber building housing Taber billiards in a refined river block opposite the Warren Savings Bank. Taber moved to Steber's new room with top tables and good order. fF A Steber & Co moved their cigar factory upstairs, Simpson & Co plumbers in the basement, marking a modern upgrade after fire destroyed the old wooden structure.
Local retailer McNett & Co advertises a full assortment including chamber suits silver plated glassware cutlery vases china books stationery dolls doll carriages and express wagons at 99 cent store emphasizing extensive selection for home goods.
The itemized notes mention I. Logan of Erie visiting, Tom Cook at the post office receiving congratulations, Mrs Hall leasing a Washington street brick house for winter, Prof A B Miller praising Warren schools, Mrs H W Breed resigning from Warren Union No. 10 with Harriett McGee to take charge, a two week holiday vacation, Perry D Clark Jr welcoming a ten pound girl, and local figures W G Trunkey’s departure and Will’s move to Warren for law business amid town chatter.
Foundation walls completed and first floor laid as brickwork begins. Mr. Struthers plans heavy bricklaying if weather permits to enclose the building before winter. Article lists deposits for the corner stone and features biographical sketches, historical notes, and business cards related to Warren Library project.
Clarendon forms a committee to establish a regular Oil Exchange as regional towns expand their networks. The piece notes Warren leads with one main exchange and three branches, while other towns like Franklin Bradford and Titusville have or plan similar setups. It humorously mentions crowded branches at Carver House Leonhart’s Jamieson’s hardware and the need for annexes.
Judge W. D. Brown and associates Brown and Bates disposed of multiple cases last week. Verdicts favored plaintiffs in Wetmore v Johnson for 550 and Davis v Verback for 412. defense win in Waters v Chamberlin with 1000 damages. confessed judgment in Struthers v R Co for 2810. several settlements and other defenses.
Ledger reports the comet remains visible from five to six in the morning with daily observations over a month. Advertisers claim blankets comforters quilts and household goods priced 25 to 50 percent below rivals at D M Gross & Bro with a large new line available.
Special reporter notes Reno Oil Co. on lot 2735 north of Anchor Oil Co. producer will be in the sand next week. Anchor Oil Co. well rated at 200 barrels. A rig on southeast corner of lot 2735. Merck Shultz & Falconer well on subdivision No. 7 Cooper tract to be in the sand next week. Anchor Oil Co. SW corner of tract 3193 to be in the sand next week. Wildcat rig on tract 324 Sheffield. Murphy Co. down 800 feet on lot 3198.
Grandin & Co. build a rig on tract 4521 with an engine boiler and tools on the east end of the Darling lease in tract 3142. Materials must be hauled nine to twenty-five miles along the territorys worst road, causing delays that may worsen until sleighing arrives to help.
The Pittsburg Gazette notes a sharp oil market panic as bears and manipulators drive prices from 1.25 to 1.12 after reports of a 200 to 1,500 barrel Anchor Oil Company well. The well near Forest county offers no new territory and remains of uncertain impact. A Bradford field gusher is later exposed as a cheap fraud.
In Bradford a new Oil Exchange forms after the old one proved too small. At the first meeting 370 men joined and took over 37000 dollars of stock at 100 dollars a share with a limit of one share per member. Planned start is 400 members and 50000 dollars in capital stock. The former exchange opened with under 100 members.
The Pittsburg oil exchange plans a new building and the Oil City exchange will enlarge its facility. Potter county reports an oil well that opened a new field but proved a duster. Seats sold at the Bradford Oil Exchange gallery raised 4348 dollars with top premium bid of 76 dollars plus 40 dollars rent.
Bargains and goods advertised include hampers and laundry items at the 99 Cent Store. Spectacles and eyeglasses are offered at Morck Bros. Rugs are also highlighted in the listings with other household wares.
Belle Buchanan married G G Wheelock of Sugar Grove with Rev Clover officiating. The couple left for Sugar Grove after the ceremony. Community reports note Emma P Axtell’s retirement from teaching and local events and farming changes in Youngsville.
The town reports busy preparations for winter logging. Henry Baxter plans to draw about 3 000 000 feet of lumber, while M B Dunham aims for two million feet of lumber and similar log stock. Conroe and Gillis hold the river-delivery contract to Cobham. Deer hunting has been popular, with Jacob Conroe allegedly killing a 190 pound deer with an axe, though uns verified.
Bradford visitor Chas S Morrison travels to Tidioute with Mrs Morrison reuniting with visiting Mrs Peter Shugert from Denver. Miss Carrie Gwin to wed Henry Witherel of Elgin Illinois on Thanksgiving day. Debating club formed by TUS Alumni discusses breaking promises and telling lies. Numerous local social notes include marriages, visits, and church events.
A man named Hazel died after being struck by a southbound freight train near the Shaw place by the old oil well on Dun kirk road while on his way to North Warren. G O Cornelius Esq holds the inquest this Tuesday morning. Postmaster Allen arranged a mail direct from New York to Warren speeding papers and letters, with Thursday editions arriving Friday morning.
A new hotel is planned for Oil City to be built by Mr. Hulings. Other notes report Judge Irwin of Franklin dying at 84, Erie County's 1883 expenses estimated at 100000, and Tionesta forming a society to aid homeless children. The State Grange meets in Harrisburg December 12 with Warren County urged to send representatives. Archbold of Titusville has recovered and plans to resume brokerage work. Oxen mania spreads in Western Crawford as farmers boast strong teams. The Northwestern District I O G T session opens in Youngsville. Northwestern Agricultural Society buildings in Corry destroyed by incendiaries with a 100 dollar reward. Oil speculation tickles Bradford teachers and pupils. Chautauqua sees cottage-building, nitro glycerine stamps, wintering families, and lingering pickerel activity. Democrats in Meadville host a lively if muted celebration amid local talk of upheaval. Horace McKitrick of Farmington fatally killed two Berkshire pigs weighing 419 and 343 pounds, exhibited at Sugar Grove fair.
Warren residents await Variety Hall unveil as Siegfried returns from the East with an extensive assortment. Dolls for girls Velocipedes for boys toilet appliances patent medicines paints oils putty fine stationery books wallpaper glassware and toys fill the shelves promising broad choices for all ages.
Last Friday evening G W Brown organized Cherry Grove Union in Garfield. It has 54 charter members and officers include Chancellor R D Newman Advocate Daniel Rogers President C Bennenger Vice President Mrs E S Hoyt Auxiliary Mrs C H Ort Secretary C H Ort Treasurer Mrs G H Jackson Accountant Dr G T Pryor Warden P Stanley Sentinel G H Jackson Watchman T F Maher Conductor Ken Hoyt Assist Con Mrs C Bennenger Examining Physician G T Pryor M D Trustees Stanley Ort Jackson Newman Maher.
Willow work stands trunks satchels grip sacks and shopping bags at 99 cent store Bird cages at A A Davis Co. Ana Dentists praise TraBURRY for teeth and breath with 5 cent samples For sale late-house and lot on Laurel Street Warren inquire at G I Mrap Hickory Street
Glade Sunday-School, organized January 1881 by Walter Northrop, has met every Sabbath with average attendance around 101 for three months. Recently received a Beatty Chapel Organ as a gift from Mrs. James Roy. The main challenge remains steady, faithful teachers to handle growing classes as more children remain unschooled. D. M. Gross & Bro advertise muslin and school supplies.
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