Fall and political news from Warren and surrounding towns
Allen at 221 Liberty Street and Miss Sill debut fall millinery. Judge Lindsey and Hon. C. W. Stone travel for court and reunion news from Abbott Mississippi. Warren Bank loans to Germany. local business openings include a Ladies furnishing store by Mrs Irvine and Mrs Bachop. Community events cover a pastor reception, dancing school start, and football prep with Bradford. Tax deadlines loom for voters. Navy exam results list top candidates.
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Miss Sill
H. L. Greenland
Philadelphia
Lindsey
Coudersport
Potter Co
C. W. Stone
Northwest
Hickory Street
Irvine
Bachop
Town Council approves light loans and street upgrades
The OvR Town Council met last Monday to loan two lamp posts for lighting on Oneida avenue and to move $500 into the street fund for weekly brick pavement cleaning. Licenses brought in $11.10 from the street market. A. H. Shirley was elected engineer of the steamer, replacing Fred Highhouse. The clerk was instructed to pressure Welsbach for better street lamp maintenance or cancel the contract. Ordinances set street grades and bills were approved before adjournment to Oct. 15. The council sustained Burgess Barnhart’s veto against Cedar steel work on Wilburine Works land.
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Ovr
Oneida Avenue
Richland
Warren
A. H. Shirley
Fred Highhouse
Welsbach
Burgess Barnhart
Wilburine Works
New Homes Rise in Warren Area Developments
The new residence of Jerry Crary on Market and Sixth streets nears second story as bricklayers work. A large frame house at Gladerun is being built by the A Harmon estate adjoining the family home. Mrs C S Blood constructs a frame on Fifth near East, the last of three this year. James Hazeltine’s brick home at North Warren approaches second story with bricks from E J Baker and High House. B Eby’s brick house at North Warren is ready for roofing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Crary
North Warren
E. J. Baker
Heigh-Ho We Mark 37 Years of the Mail
A longtime reader renewed for another year praising the MAIL’s 37 years of service. She first subscribed in 1863 during perilous times when the nation faced danger, noting the paper’s growth from four to eight pages and its telegraphic news. The commentator urges others to subscribe now.
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Mail
Majl
Telegraph
Democratic slate reshaped with local party picks
The county ticket is set with E. W. Cooney replacing W. H. Houghtaling and E. H. Beshlin seeking the District Attorney post after Peterson’s death. About forty friends surprised Mrs. Alex Shaw and Fred Jackson on their birthdays at Jackson’s home.
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E. W Cooney
Irvington
W. H. Houghtaling
Bear Lake
E. H. Beshlin
Warren
Mr. Peterson
Alex Shaw
Fred Jackson
Mr. Jackson
W. McCray
C. L. Chadwick
Buying and Selling Heal Estate Transfers Week Ending Oct 3 1900
Transfers list includes numerous Warren area properties with values from 25 to 5000 dollars. Notable entries include Hoffman to Barnard 5000 and Utter to Lewis 2100. Republican meetings feature Gen Grosvenor and Capt Mackey addressing crowds in Sheffield and Tidioute with multiple campaign stops planned across Warren County.
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Warren
M. E. S. Biddle
Emil H. H. Lampe
Pleasant
Treas
Warren Co
Pittsfield
C. F. Cady
Fred Beck
Cash Walton
Sheffield
Opera House
C. H. Grosvenor
Ohio
C. W. Mackey
Franklin
Dunkle
Tidioute
Armory
Gen. Grosvenor
No. Clarendon
J. F Burke
Pittsburg
Corydon
C. C. Thompson
J. F. Burke
Kinzua
Spring Creek
J.C. Sibley
W. KE. Rice
Columbus
Bear Lake
Mr. Sibley
C.C. Thompson
Lottsville
Messrs. Sibley and Thompson
Youngsville
Deaths in Warren Fredonia and Titusville Passings
Funeral notices report Harrison Wade of Warren aged 72 died Sept 28 1900 from complications of diseases. Dr Franklin Burritt of Fredonia N Y aged about 63 died Sept 23 1900, cremation followed funeral services attended by C H Meacham and wife. Samuel W Stewart of Titusville aged 82 died Oct 2 1900, father of W B Stewart formerly of Warren.
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Wapde
Warren
Harrison Wade
Burritt
Fredonia
N. Y
Franklin Burritt
C. H. Meacham
Buffalo
Limestone township voting settles town building site
Voters in Limestone township chose to keep the town building near the schoolhouse on the main road by 51 to 47, with ten more votes than the 1896 presidential total. The decision ended a proposal backed by Mr. Wheeler to place the structure near the Grange hall in Forest county.
Jacob Keller Emerges as Northwest Pennsylvania Tailor Leader
Political leaders are essential and spur elections. The article praises Jacob Keller as a premier cutter in the merchant tailoring trade in northwestern Pennsylvania. His fall fashion plates are ready for inspection and Warren county sees the best line of goods and prices.
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Jacob Keller
Pennsylvania
Warren County
Grape Growers and Courts Dominate Local Notes
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES recounts a pension bequest to John Jackson of McGraw for $8, Kane Republicans forming a 400 member club, grape growers discouraged by fall prices, Washington County courthouse dedication costs around $600,000, and an $18,870 bridge verdict after a river case in Franklin. Also mentions a gusher at Watsonville, Erie Edinboro motor line progress, J C Sibley visiting McKean County, a Sanberg Linquist reunion, Corydon teachers institute, and Besolino murder conviction with a twenty year sentence.
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Chautauqua Belt
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Franklin
Lindsey
Forest County
Watsonville
Bradford Field
Erie
J. C. Sibley
McKean County
Emery
Mr. Sibley
Bradford
Joseph Besolino
Antonio Marino
Lynch
Tionesta
Messrs
C. M. Shawkey
G. B. Munn
Warren
Allen
Irwin
Marriages and engagements listed across multiple towns 1900-1909
In Warren and nearby towns several couples wed in late September and early October, including Alfred M. Gates to Maud Palmer in Warren on October 1 1900, John De mill to Marie Nelson in Warren on September 27 1900, Clyde C Guild to Alma Boyd in Warren on October 2 1900, L McDowell to Bessie D Metzger in Irvington on September 27 1900, George A D White to Charlotte McKelvy in Titusville on September 25 1909, and John Alfred Hedwall to Johanna C Jacobson in Jamestown on September 5 1900.
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McDowell—Metzger
Irvington
W. H. Metzger
F. G. Hamilton
L. McDowell
Youngsville
Bessie D. Metzger
White—Mckelvy
Titusville
David McKelvy
S. Semple
George A. D. White
Charlotte McKelvy
Woodsfield
Ohio
Hedwall—Jacobson
Jamestown, N. Y
Rev. P. Martinson
John Alfred Hedwall
Johanna C. Jacobson
Sheffield
Hunter's Cash Store opens with bold dress goods bargains
Bell telephone 202 announces a new Warren shop offering deep discounts on dress goods. Specials include children's school wear fabrics, 32 inch plaid black goods for skirts at 32 cents, plus new black goods broadcloths venetians. The store guarantees 5 to 20 percent savings on dress goods.
Calicoes and Turkey Reds Price Terms Noted
Trade note lists item pricing in ends and real value for calicoes and turkey reds. Standard goods quoted at 4c in ends with real value 6c. Standards priced at 5 and 6c.
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Calicoes
Turkey
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Home Matters
Liberty Street
D.A. Arird
U.S. Court
Miss Sill’s
M. F. Abbott
Abbott
Mississippi
John Curtis
Ludlow
John Cameron
Jefferson Street
C. T. Widdifield
Russell
Rose E. Yates
Wetmore House
Cottage Place
Grace M. E. Church
S. M. Nickle
F. K. Russell
The
First National Bank
Michigan
Minnesota
Warren National Bank
Germany
New York
G. B. Ensworth
Bankers
Richmond
L. D. Wetmore
Virginia
Reese
Hutchinson
Judge Wetmore
E D. Wetmore
Hipa Woop
Bradford Boys
Titusville Boys
W. C. Watson
U. S. Court
Warren County Court
Warren’s Court
North Clarendon
Chandler’s Valley
Eben N. Ford Post
A. J. Mair
A. Dunn
Navy
Warren High School
Hiram L. Irwin
Junius B. Hanna
F. Glenn Swanson
McGraw
John V. McAlpin
W. M. Baker
O.S. Brown
Swanson
Wenk
Tionesta Republican
Ella Leech Kerr
Marienville
Miss
Neighborhood Notes
John Jackson
Kane Republicans
Sanberg
Friends of Education
MacGowan
Gunning
James Brann
Board of Education
Gates—Palmer
J. W. Smith
Alfred M. Gates
Maud Palmer
Guild—Royp
Lutheran Parsonage
A. B. Markley
Clyde C. Guild
Stoneridge
Alma Boyd
Hunter’s Cash Store
Bell
O.H. Hunter & Son
E. Stout
Eberhart & Miller
Water Street
Hammond Iron Works
Struthers Station
Warren, Pa
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