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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1889
Page
3
The Warren paper highlights Thanksgiving tips and community notices. It lists turkey and dinner preparations, church services, charity drives, theater events at Library Hall, sales at local stores, and updates on roads and weather. It mentions charity organizers, offerings for the Relief Association, and upcoming entertainment by Miss Charlotte Allen.
Mrs O D Glenn and daughter returned from Pittsburg last week. Mrs G W Scofield and Miss Ellie Scofield are in Washington for the winter. Judge Isaac H Hiller, now living at Prospect Station Chau Co NY, is in town greeting friends. Mrs C F L Kinnear in Denver reports improved health. Albert Kirberger and Miss Augusta Kirberger arrived in Wiesbaden Germany November 2 and are in good health. Col Watson left for Washington DC to meet Mrs Watson at The Shoreham, with Secretary C W Shawkey. Alfred Schelhammer departs Warren for New York City to attend trade school as a plumber. Mrs Halliday broke her right arm near the shoulder last Sunday. Dr Hazeltine treated the fracture. Mrs W A Bairstow and Miss Nellie are in Tacoma, Washington, leaving St Paul a week ago. W A plans to stay in Warren this winter and go west next spring. Therefore now is the time to secure the substance ere the shadow fades.
Nicely furnished rooms and a seven room house offered for rent. Furnishings available for rent or sale to responsible parties. Centrally located. Inquiries at Matt office.
An old business notice proclaims continued operation for fifteen years and into a millennial period. It promises life and accident insurance for patrons and hints at elixir efficacy. It advertises remedies from Joan Sill & Son and Morris & Mullen with Baxter's Mandrake Bitters and cautions on bottle warranties.
Col. L. F. Watson submitted his resignation after nearly twenty years as president and director. The board elected C. W. Stone as director and O. W. Beaty as director. Hazeltine became president, with Ensworth as cashier and Beaty as vice president. A new teller and directors are expected at the January annual meeting. The bank’s new building foundation walls near completion with plans for a stone sidewalk this fall.
Come early for Christmas presents and avoid last minute sold out selections. Merck Bros offers a fine assortment of presents including elegant gold watches and diamonds at reasonable prices with goods placed aside for Christmas. Take advice and shop early.
See the wide display of children's cloaks and wraps with low prices. Prices range from $2 to $18 for children’s cloaks and $5 to $50 for plush wraps and coats. Highlights include long Newmarkets at $5, plush wraps at $17.50, and jackets from $4 to $20 with quality English cloths and assorted yarns.
List of names of ladies and gentlemen with letters remaining in office not called for. If letters are not collected within two weeks they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Warren Pa November 27 1889.
The rush on druggists continues with daily calls for Kemp's Balsam for throat and lung relief. It is advertised as the standard family remedy for coughs colds bronchitis asthma and consumption with a guarantee of satisfaction. Priced at 50c and 1 no and a free trial size offered.
Cash or easy payment offered for Do mestic and Wilson sewing machines. Call or visit 112 East Water Street Warren Pa to save money before buying elsewhere. F A ConswEtt Warren Pa 29m6m od al
The 28th annual Warren County Teachers Institute ended last Friday after a five day program with 286 teachers enrolled 40 more than previous years. Sessions featured Rev. Conwell and Mary Allen plus local instructors, with resolutions thanking Supt. Putnam, ministers, Hinckley choir, and railroads for support.
A long list of jurors selected for the December court second week includes trades and towns such as Pittsfield Glade Spring Creek Spring Creek Warren Columbus Farmington Sugar Grove Clarendon Conewango Youngsville Freehold Corydon Deerfield Columbus to Warren were represented by merchants carpenters laborers clerks farmers and others with names like Andrews Arird Brooks Bates Benson Boon Boss Brooke Burdick Cady Clark Cooper Deming Davis Ecklund Engle Gross Garfield Horn Hodges Irwin Lauffer Loomis Marsh Mead Martin McIntyre Marble Mead Marshall Olney Rhodes Raymond Runkle Rowe Ruhlman Rodgers Randall Sweeney Stricker Sumner Walkerman Watt and many more.
A. Weiss presides over Warren county's finest clothing store below Carver House. The shop, recently overhauled, offers a large stock of fashionable winter suits and boys' clothing at savings. The Warren Woodenware Works seeks pine, cucumber, whitewood and basswood logs or bolts with specified lengths and diameters for best cash prices.
A notice states cash payments for clean rags free of rubbish papers and old rubber shoes and metals during the season. Item can be found at Johnson's Exchange room Rost H Johnson. Also directs readers to Merch Drug Store for Dr Wilbur's Cough and Consumption Cure priced at 25 and 50 cents.
A Warren County notice urges Grange units to send delegates to the State Grange meeting in Harrisburg on December 10. Delegates should secure tickets from R H Thomas, Mechanicstown, and travel is funded by the State Grange. Departure times listed from Corry and Warren on December 9 with 10 day return validity.
An advertisement asserts Dr Hoxsies Disks protect against sore throat hoarseness and coughing and improve voice. It claims the disks fortify vocal cords and produce mellow liquid tones when used at earliest sign of cold. Sold for 25 cents at all druggists.
G N Patterson on Front Street Warren Pa touts the largest millinery stock in Warren County and claims low prices from large cash purchases. It cites two expert trimbers and promises up to date styles, inviting customers to inspect goods and be pleased with work, style and prices.
A firm declares permanent success comes from honest dealing, not flashy advertising. It recalls the focus on quantity, quality, and price of Men’s, Boys’, and Children’s Suits and Overcoats. The message pledges continued coverage and promises affordable clothing equal to the best.
Buy direct from headquarters for fresh Shell Oysters Clams and bulk Oysters plus winter apples and other fruit confectionery cigars and tobacco at the green grocery of G W Snyper.
The Erie newspaper column reports a new cathedral near completion, plus local items: H Roberts named postmaster at Barnes. about 70 families to winter in Chautauqua. eight applicants for the Oil City post office. typhoid and diphtheria cases surge in Erie. numerous local incidents follow, from fires to gas strikes, and regional notices across Warren, Meadville, and Jamestown.
The item surveys multiple themes from Pennsylvania in 1888 including language diversity, municipal consolidations with Johnstown, leadership of Geo W Childs in the Horticultural Society, Arbor Day tree counts, WCTU organization splits, county prize standings for Harrison vote participation, English capital and railroad ownership, and flood damage from high water affecting bridges and rail lines.
A Maru office offers a specialty sample stock of invitations and programs. The catalog highlights a large and fine selection of the latest designs and best quality items available for customers.
Advertises for two million feet of round hemlock timber to be delivered in the spring. Respondents direct inquiries to S. C. Williams at 9061 East Liverpool, Ohio.
The second month of school records show Laura Learn Sylva Mason Ethel Clendening Bessie Cooley Minnie Whitman Electa Mason Charlie Cain Marshall Jones Miles Learn Leo Hell ing Marvin Clendening James Learn attended every day. Teacher Macaig CLENDENING notes this.
Capable mill announces daily output of 10,000 feet of lumber and invites applications to J. W. Agrelius in Youngsville Pennsylvania for work.
Their business booms as Merck Drug Store offers free trial bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption. The ad promises the remedy cures coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and throat and lung diseases quickly. Large size $1. Toilet and fancy articles also advertised at Gere S Davis Drug Store.
The Meadville Gazette notes four counties Erie Crawford Mercer and Venango host major stock breeding activity. It names William L. Scotts stables in Erie, Edgar Huidekopers Holstein farm in Crawford, Stratton Brothers trotter breeders also in Crawford, Powell Brothers Springboro importers of shire horses Percherons and Shetland ponies. Mercer hosts Foster Wright Sandy Lake and Keystone Stock Farm McMillan Brothers near Greenville breeding trotters, with Prospect Hill Stock Farm Franklin Venango led by Miller Sibley as the state's principal concern.
Civil ad noting 500 cords of rock chestnut or oak stave bolts 24 inches long available for cash on delivery. Contact J. W. Agrelius, Youngsville, Pa. 4stf.
The list records prices charged by Warren dealers for items including apples butter beans and onions as well as meats like pork hams lard and shoulders. It also notes prices for sugar coffee tea flour grains syrups molasses and seeds with various per unit rates and measures.
In Warren Pa a trio of marriage notices appear. Robert S Hall of Philadelphia wed Helen W Peirce of Warren on November 20 1889. Peter A Hofstedt of Stoneham Pa wed Lottie Lofgren of Warren on November 26 1889. Oliver Ran wed Louisa Highhouse of Pleasant Township Warren County on November 21 1889.
In Glade on Friday November 22 1889 heart trouble causes death of James Roy age 67. Nelson Greenlund undertaker and embalmer at 331 Exchange Block Warren Pa handles arrangements next to Exchange Hotel.
A W C T U delegate recalls the National convention in Chicago held at Battery D with 6000 attendees in a grand hall. The article describes the venue, decor, and the crusade atmosphere as “the greatest reform the world has ever dreamed of.” Continued next week.
E. Cowan & Co. in Warren Pa promotes a two paper subscription deal for $1.75 cash in advance. The Mart and the Philadelphia Weekly Press are described as first class with extensive content and world news. Subscribers urged to act now and share with neighbors.
Week ending November 23 1889 lists numerous deeds transfers and oil company transactions across Mead Deerfield Sheffield Glade and other towns including North Penn Oil Co. and Penn a Gas Co. with large sums and multiple buyers and sellers. Obituary notes a bachelor described as eccentric.
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