Greeley visit sparks mixed reactions and town fervor
The Ledger recounts Mr. Greeley's stepside appearance amid cheering and notes lively support for Lowry on the congressional issue. It recalls Sugar Grove turnout, torches, and Vice President Williams of the Carver House at Tidionte. The piece questions The Ledger's stance on Green's support and mocks rival figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
John Sill
Mr. Lowry
Tidionte
Williams
Carver
Louse
Doolittle
Farnsworth
Sugar Grove Campaign Meeting Draws Large Crowd
A Sugar Grove mass meeting on Oct 1 1872 drew a large audience despite rain. Emry Davis chaired as R B Carnahan of Pittsburg spoke for two hours on campaign issues, followed by J J Sherman and Dr Yager. The Warren Tanners attended with songs by the Sugar Grove Glee Club and pro Grant imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Grove
Union School House
Emry Davis
R. B. Carnahan
Pittsburg
J. J. Sherman
Warren ‘Tanners
Tanners
Mr. Davis
Yager
Lehigh County
Carnahan
Grant
Wilson
State
County
Warren Tanners
Warren
Gen. Grant
The Value of a County Teacher Institute
The essay urges teachers to attend the County Institute to improve teaching methods and materials. It argues the institute offers training beyond normal school basics, renewing interest, defining aims, and exposing teachers to successful colleagues. Attending the full session benefits teachers, schools, and the profession. Byron Sutherland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Sutherland
New Sash Factory in Warren Near D W & P Depot
Messrs Dunham Capron & Co nearing completion of a new sash factory and planing mill in Warren situated at the foot of the hill by the D W & P Railroad Depot. The two story building measures 45 by 78 feet with extensive machinery, steam heating, fire safety via shavings blower, and a 100 barrel water reservoir planned to spray water 80 feet high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. Dunham
J. R. Capron
A. Conarro
J. R. Clark
Dunham
Capron & Co
Warren
Brown & Struthers’ Iron Works
Crandall Favored Over Opposition After Convention Game
The Ledger notes L. D. Crandall appears set to lead the Democratic and Liberal County ticket as rivals were pulled back and Crandall placed on the slate. The exchange hints the convention maneuver helped the party by backing strong candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Crandall
Ledger
Last Rail Laid on Street Railroad Near Conewango Bridge
The final rail for the street railway was laid last Saturday near the Conewango Bridge where a new depot stands. Cars are expected daily, signaling imminent service launch by the Eastern terminus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Street
Conewango Bridge
Office remodeling and political barbs ripple through town
Brown and Stone move into a new second story office in the Bank building with Harris furnaces, water and gas. Brown & Schnur upgrade their brick office while Clark and Judge Wetmore finish their spaces. A political backlash surfaces as speakers mock Greeley politics and push Liberal Republican candidate Crandall for County Treasurer amid party tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown & Stone
Bank
Harris
Beecher & Copeland
Brown & Schnur
Marston
Wm. Messner
Justice Dinsmoor
Warren Dramatic Association Presents Enoch Arden and Black Eyed Susan
The Warren Dramatic Association will stage Enoch Arden and Black Eyed Susan at Roscoe Hall next Thursday and Friday evenings. Mr. Carner, famed for Rip Van Winkle here, directs. A well prepared venue and Hall improvements promise a fine entertainment and a strong community benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Dramatic Association
Roscoe Hall
Enoch Arden
Mr. Carner
Rip van Winkle
Knights of the Star of Bethlehem elect officers in Corry
The Sub Committee of the Grand Commandery of U S A Knights of the Star of Bethlehem met in Corry on Thursday October 3 and installed the Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of Penna. The report showed a rapid increase of members. The newspaper is issued ahead of time to reach subscribers before election day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Commandery
Knights of the Star of Bethlehem
Corry
Grand Lodge of
Penna
Warren County Teachers Institute 1872 at Wrightsville
The Warren County Teachers Institute for 1872 will be held at Wrightsville the week starting October 28. Prominent educators including G L Eberhart C W Sanders Fred Hooker W M Lindsey Erastus Crosby and N R Thompson will instruct in practical teaching methods. Directors and teachers are urged to attend the full session with examinations set across Eldred Sugar Grove Youngsville Tidiotte Warren Pine Grove and Wrightsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County Teachers’ Institute
Wrightsville
G. L. Eberhart
New Brighton Union School
C. W. Sanders
A. M
New York
Fred Hooker
Warren Union School
W. M. Lindsey
Warren
Erastus Crosby
Benj. Crecraft
Joseph Phillis
Newton Wright
Thomas Fancher
Erwin Allen
Philander Wright
Josie Phillis
Samuel Lord
Sugar Grove
Eldred
Youngsville
Tidioate
Pine Grove
Columbus
Six tickets outline for October election voting system
Republicans and Democrats publish a six ticket format for October ballots. The State, Judiciary, County, Delegates at Large, District Delegates, and Amendment to the Constitution will appear with six corresponding boxes. The note excludes Philadelphia and some counties. officers hope first counts favor State and Judiciary early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Errett
Randall
Supreme Court
Assembly
Congress
Philadelphia
Election day polling rules and local political notes
The article outlines election day hours six to seven a.m. to seven p.m. and six voting tickets, plus liquor sale bans during polling hours. It praises General Thomas L. Kane and mocks a critic of Kane. It urges votes for Curtis and Scofield and notes a new barber shop, a new hotel nearing opening, and local barbs about residents.
Republican meetings rally across counties with Irish orator
A county committee chairman reports strong turnout at meetings in Fagundus Triumph and Tidioute with speakers Cutler Bowman Dease Wilbur Sherman Stone Lindsey and others. Dease, an Irish orator from Philadelphia, praised Tariff and Labor debates and urged laborers to join Republicans. Local venues included Sheffield Russellburg Lander Chandlers Valley and Pine Valley with multiple addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden
Messrs
Cutler
Bowman
Erie County
Tidioute
J. L. Dease
Philadelphia
Johnson
George Brann
Dugan
Dease
Stone and
Lindsey
Lander
Hooker
Reeves
Chandlers Valley
Mr. Shortt
Mr. Sherman
Pine Valley
Luther Green
Among the Raftsmen near Warren in Conewango Creek
The October Oliver Optics Magazine features a new chapter of Among the Raftsmen set near Warren on Conewango Creek begun in the July number. Readers are urged to obtain back issues. single copies 25 cents, yearly 2.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Optics
Warren
Conewango Creek
Lee & Shepard
Boston
Mass
Peoples Monthly
Pittsburg
Wood’s
Hope and Joy
Wood & Co
Newburgh
N. Y
J. L. Peters
Broadway
New York
Peters’ Musical Monthly
Castoria praised for stomach relief and child soothing
Castoria is marketed as a safe vegetable remedy for stomach ache constipation croup flatulency worms piles and teething cries. It claims to regulate the system without minerals morphine or alcohol and to aid sleep, priced at 35 cents per bottle. J B Rose & Co. New York advertise it amid other local retail notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castoria
J. B. Rose & Co
Broadway
New York
America
Improvements in Grover Baker Sewing Machines at Otto Huber’s
A visit to Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company displays new improvements including an exact lock stitch on both sides, thread waxing device to prevent breakage, and an adjustable treadle. Agent Mr Corbin reports growing demand and invites patrons to inspect the machine at Otto Huber's Jewelry Store in Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company
Otto Huber
Comeecy
Grover & Baker
Corbin
Mr. Corbin
Wisco
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Home Matters
Greeley Organ
Tane
Greeleyites
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Warren County
Alvord
Chandler’s Valley
Sam
Tanner
Starling Waters
Democratic Party
Andy Johnson
Post Office
Jim Olney
Teachers’ Institute
Shortt
Thomas L. Kane
Drainsville
Kane
Curtis
Scofield
Geo. Rieg
Frank Metzgar
The
Literary
Abbott
Barber
Clark
Cincinnati
Tennessee
Carver House
Greeley Party
Iron City College
Crandall’s
G. White & CO
Crandall
Warren Co
Cipe
Keyser
Liberty Street
Pittsburgh
Grover & Baker Lewis
Machine
Ham
Honesdale
George Ball
United States
George Ball’s
George Ball's
Richardson
Charles Blood
Dunkirk
Geo. Reig, JR
J. F. Wells & Co
Prof
Fritz Hel
Philadelphia & Erie Rail Road
Erie
Dagge Erie
Warren Accom
Erie Accom
L. S
Oil Creek
Allegheny R
Irvington
Allegheny
R. R
Jamestown
Binghamton
Seramene
U Ees
Renee PE
Scass
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N. Y. Central Road
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Kansas
Far West
Miwwuwaukee
Northwest
H. F. Sweetser
Meadville, Pa
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Dunkirk, Warren and
Sovel
Fredonia
Laona
Norton’s
Skidmore’s
Cassadaga
Oon’s
Sinclairville
Vermont
Ross Mill
Falconer’s
A& Gwr
Frewsburg
Fentonville Ackley’s
Russelburg
Berry’s Warren
Erie Railway
D. Thayer
A. Clute
Front Street
Episcopal Church
Brown & Struthers
Iron Works
Warren, PA
Barlow’s Patent
Gang Saw
Brown
Hyde Mill
Stearns
Barlow
T. Struthers
H. W. Brown
Man
A. W. McKeury
Treas
Pleasant Township
Heighhouse & Bro
S.J. Fisher
CFS
Dr. Douglass
Thomas
Main St
William Messner
Warren, Penn’a
Liverpool Crockery
Mayor Fishing Tackle
First National Bank
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M. Beecher
Cashier
HIS
U.S
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Havre
Paris
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Chrestiania
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P. & E. R. R. M. Beecher
Music Store
Aldridge & van Fleet
Warren and
Keystone Block
Warren Pa
J. Estey & Co’s
Buffalo
Munsee
Nesmith & Hertzel
New Block
Warren Savings Bank
Holt & Smith
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
Sup’t Western Division
J. W. Reynolds
T W. D
E.R. R
Stephen Crouch
Rob’t H. Wiggins
D. M. Gross & CO
ESIRE
J. B. Brown & Co
Oon
Martin Repr
Liseptf
D. M. Gross
Parmlee & Henry’s
Union Block
Arts
Edwin C. Burt
Parmlee & Henry
Albert Wise
Buffalo Clothing Store
Mark
J. E. Spenci & CO
N.Y
J.B. Brown & Co’s
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