Jubilee Singers to perform amid Warren autumn events
Warren notices and ads recount Jubilee Singers shows at Roscoe Hall on Oct 11 and 12, warnings about lotteries, local improvements, and a busy week of entertainment. Local residents, businesses, and officials are featured with plans for concerts, houses, and rail fares.
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M’liss
Roscoe Hall
Jubilee Singers
Taft
High Street
Shean
L. D. Wetmore & Co
J. J. Taylor
W. A. Mitchell
Warren Sunday Mirror
Starry R. Keen
Dr. Stranahan
Poplar Street
Nixon
James
McMullan
Poplar
W.S. McMullan
Oil City
Episcopal Visitation at Trinity Memorial Church
The Rt. Rev. Cortlandt Whitehead and Rev. Henry Purdon will lead a Thursday evening service at 7 o clock in Trinity Memorial Church. All are invited to attend. Also notices of sales and goods at local firms appear, including Hunter's fall dress goods and various household items offered at discounts.
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Cortlandt Whitehead
D. D
Diocese of
Pittsburg
Henry Purdon
Titusville
Trinity Memorial Church
Oil market remains subdued as prices drift toward 90 cents
Weeklong quiet in oil trading continues with prices closing near 90 cents, well output limited to two modest wells by Clark & Foster near Shannon territory and below Henry's mill. Cherry Grove sees dull activity with many gushers inactive, while older Clarendon wells may restart profitably as prices edge higher.
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Clark & Foster
Shannon
Henry’s Mill
Sheffield
Cherry Grove
Clarendon
Formal opening of Chapel in the Hospital for the Insane
The Chapel at the hospital opened October 1 with Rev. Dr. Cattel of Lafayette College preaching in morning and afternoon. Miss Curwen played the new organ, Dr. Guth led singing, and patients attended neatly. The chapel seats many and is a model of taste with weekly services by Dr. Curwen or visiting clergy.
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Cattel
Lafayette College
Easton
M. E. Conference
Curwen
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Dry Goods Offered to Oil District Parties at Warren
Parties from oil districts and distant areas find good wages with railroad fares saved by visiting Warren to buy dry goods from D. M. Gross & Bro. Window shades can be ordered at A. A. Davis & Co. This notice promotes local merchants and services.
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Warren
D. M. Gross & Bro
A. A. Davis & Co’s
Supreme Court Rules Scalped Tickets Valid Authority
Judge Trunkey in the Supreme Court at Pittsburg holds scalped passenger tickets are valid contracts. A railroad must honor tickets regardless of how sold, and the holder gains travel rights between the named points. The decision defeats lower court support for excluding scalped tickets.
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Trunkey
Supreme Court
Pittsburg
The
Pennsylvania
Tragic Child Killed By Train Near Sinclearville
On the D A V and P road near Sinclearville a child named Jessie Eldridge about three years old strayed onto the track as Train 4 northbound approached. The engine and conductor Cass could not stop in time. the child’s head was severed. Body identified later by the parents a mile away. The kitten clutched in the child’s arms was noted as the probable cause for wandering. The engineer is deeply affected by the fatal accident.
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D. A
Local Rail Job Moves Prompt Farewell Notes
C. E. Cobb leaves Russellburg for Swansville to take a similar agent post on the Nickel Plate road. He is lauded as courteous and popular, with many friends extending wishes for happiness and prosperity. Dc. A. Slone succeeds Cobb as agent at the Junction, praised as proficient and able.
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C. E. Cobb
Russellburg
Swansville
Charles
Dc. A. Slone
Mr. Cobb
Slone
Change of Terminus and Rail Receipts Noted
The Olean Times reports Buffalo Pittsburg and Western Railroad will terminate eastern division at Olean rather than Salamanca with survey work by Engineer John Birdsall from Carrylton. Warren station ticket receipts totalled 11 382 66 for September, with declines from August. A charter is obtained to build a narrow gauge feeder from Clarion county to Eagle Rock to access coal fields and feed the B P W system.
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Olean
Salamanca
Buffalo, Pittsburg & Western Railroad
John Birdsall
Carrylton
Warren
P. & E. Road
W.&f.w
W. S. Leffard
Clarendon
Bishop
Clarion County
Eagle Rock
Oil City
Buffalo, Pittsburg & Western
Court Proceedings Before Judge Brown And Colleagues
Judge W D Brown and associates Bates and Brown held court last week Monday through Thursday. Civil dispositions include verdicts for the plaintiff in Wynn vs Bates and Wynn. Day vs Fredonia Chemical Works Co. with $7 702 36 for the plaintiff. Davis vs Mix with $2 for the plaintiff. ejectment verdict for defendants in National Petroleum Co. vs Ransom Babcock. Wood vs Blair with $40 for plaintiff. McCray vs McKinney settled.
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W. D. Brown and
Associates
Bates and Brown
W.P. Wynn
G. B. Webber
Wm. Bates
W. P. Wynn
W. B. Day
Fredonia Chemical Works Co
EF. Davis
W. H. Mix
Warren paper on oil region artist and Garfield friend
Mr. FE V Smalley, intimate Garfield friend and Century writer, plans an oil region article illustrated by Henry T Fanny. He visited Garfield, Oil City, Bradford and others, to be published by the Century. Also note local carpet sale and school supplies at A A Davis & Co.
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FE. V. Smalley
Gen. Garfield
N. Y. Tribune
Warren
Oil
Garfield
Oil City
Bradford
Henry TF. Fanny
Local notes on fires, unions, and industry across county
The report covers Bear Lake tent meetings by Seven Day Adventists, upcoming public opening of the Hotel Brunswick in Titusville, a fatal accident on a Qua ker Hill hayload, and the Meadville estate appraisement totaling 278 095 48 dollars. It notes oil activity near Clarendon and Stoneham, a drug business change in Sugar Grove, a Farmington shotgun accident, and post office consolidations at McClintockville and Kerr Town. It also mentions a 111th Pennsylvania Regiment reunion in Erie, Ridgway fire losses of 70 000 dollars with 31 773 insured, and Howard Brothers purchasing Van Buren Point property for a summer resort development.
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Bear Lake
Brunswick
Titusville
Robert Culbertson
Quaker Hill
Col E. A. L. Roberts
Register
Meadville
Clarendon
Stoneham
M. W. Lennox
Dr. Phillips
Sugar Grove
Carter
James Cramer
Farmington
Brown
Erie
D. H. Strickland
J. L. Dunn
W. A. Thomas
Kinsman
Ohio
J. R. Boyle
D. D
Philadelphia
N. W. Lowell
Ridgway Foots
Howard Brothers
Fredonia
van Buren Point
D. Fairbanks
Dunkirk Journal
Life at the Front in Warren County Sparks Bottling Debate
Businessmen in Garfield report steady trade despite regional decline. Narrow gauge rails between Garfield and Farnsworth have begun, while tents and gamblers vanish. Beer bottling remains legal under a PA license, sold by the bottle to be consumed off premises. One dealer cleared $3,000 in four weeks, risking a potential court ruling that could trigger a regional exodus.
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Warren County
Garfield
Farnsworth
Theatre Comique
Cherry Grove
Warren Court
Pennsylvania
Waldron troupe offers Bret Harte tale at Roscoe Hall
At Roscoe Hall on Wednesday evening October 11 Waldron's troupe presents The Child of the Sierras with Miss Jennie Calef as M' liss and strong support from C. W. Charles A. Waldron and H. P. Keen. The performance draws an eager crowd amid praise for sensational plotting and striking tableaux. Reserve seats at L G Noyes' drug store. Fall and Winter Goods advertised by O. H. Hunter & Son. Teaberry toothpaste touted as a 5 cent sample for teeth and breath.
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Roscoe Hall
Waldron
L. G Noyes
Hudson Megister
Bret Harte
Sierras
Opera House
Jennie Calef
M’ Liss
C. W. Charles
A.waldron
H. P. Keen
State Notes Compiled From News Items
In Pennsylvania a saloon density of 1 per 263 people is noted along with 922 farms over 500 acres and 13 178 members of the Improved Order of Red Men. Pinafore was staged in Allentown in the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect. Anna Dickinson stays in Honesdale. Synod of Pennsylvania to meet in Harrisburg October 19. Pennsylvanians in Washington to return home to vote. A Greenville Mercer county company capitalized at 112 000 to mine mica there. Twenty Bellefonte women win ice cream for an hour of silence. Sunday October 22 proposed for statewide commemorative services of William Penn’s landing. Williamsport City Council under arrest over street maintenance, bail posted. London pattern hansom cabs to be run by the Pennsylvania Railroad for local trips at 25 cents per traveler. Pittsburg to gain natural gas lighting from Murrayville well. pipes soon laid by a wealthy corporation to illuminate and heat.
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Pennsylvania
Improved Order of Red Men
Allentown
Anna Dickinson
Honesdale
Synod of Pennsylvania of the Presbyterian Church
Harrisburg
Washington
Greenville
Mercer County
Bellefonte
Wm. Penn
Williamsport
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg
Murrayville
Warren’s river jug to rise as strong stone building
Warren constructs a stone jug on the river bank opposite the Carver House. The 26 by 30 foot structure will stand nine feet high with five cells a hall and two rooms for court and police use. McCollum of Russellburg holds the stone contract for about $1,500. Total cost upon completion over $2,000.
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Warren
Carver
McCollum
Russellburg
World Famous Jubilee Singers Entertain Roscoe Hall Next Week
Reported in Roscoe Hall two performances set for next Thursday and Friday feature the Jubilee Singers hailed as world famous. The text cites praise from Queen Victoria’s era and reactions from press in England Germany Canada and America, noting their spirited Steal Away to Jesus and Lord's Prayer renditions and their celebrated vocal prowess.
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Roscoe Hall
Scotland
Queen Victoria
Argyll Lodge
Jesus
Moses
Britain
England
Tam
C. H. Spurgeon
Germany
Berlin
Loudin
Konighliche Privilegirte Zeitung
Canada
Queen’s Hall
Fisk University Jubilee Singers
Daily Gazette
Montreal
Unclaimed Letters At Warren Post Office 1882
List of names of mail recipients in Warren Pa awaiting pickup with thirty day deadline before transfers to the Dead Letter Office. Includes Bayles to Young, with date of advertisement October 7 1882 by Q. C. Allen Postmaster. Also notices for advertisements and local sales of wall paper and Wells toothpaste.
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Warren Post
Warren Co
Coe
Bayles
F. L
Jefferson
Daniel Sennett
Mary A. Kerr
R. L. Bennett
W. Hf. Larson
Gustaf Bucher
John Laving
John N. Burkett
J. H. McCoon
Andy Chappel
Jesse Mabb
M. J. Heim
Henry Svenson
Laurse Halsted
John J. Straight
Grace Hart
Mick Sprague
Harry Holtz
N. Mitchell
T D. Johnson
Charles Young
M. F
Decker—Goodell
Warren
James Rea
Penton Decker
Delia Goodell
Olean
N. Y
Mathews—Young
James M. Mathews
Della Young
Tiona
Moon—Johnston
Roman Schnur
Wallace Moon
Jamestown
Phema Johnston
Kinzua
Pennsylvania Act Sets Voting by Tickets in All Elections
The 1867 act requires voters in all counties to use ticket voting at general and local elections. It classifies tickets into Judiciary State and County, labeling them accordingly. Prohibits federal and state officers and many officials from holding multiple election offices simultaneously.
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General Assembly
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
I. O.W. Randall
Warren
Senate
House of Representatives
Assembly
Congress
Justices of the Peace
United States
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G. I. Méad
Warren Station
C. P. Northrop
Charlie
Henry R. Bartlett
Northrop
D.M. Gross & Bro
Variety Hall
Morcxk Bros
A. A. Davis & Co
F. C. Pierce
Smethport
W. H. Shortt
Sugar Grove Bank
Matt
Randall
Greaves
Elmira
Troy
Walkley
Watkins
A. C. Lacy
Yates County
George Lipman
Chapin Hall
Lakewood Cemetery
Jamestown Standard
L. A. Rogers
New York
Hall
Newark
N. J
Allie Johnson
Ella Creager
Boston
Mass
D. M. Gross
Wm. Scott
East Street
Scott
Eddy
Fifth
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S. M. Brainerd
Brainerd
Allegheny
D. Kendall
Schuyleryville
C A. Neida
Florida
Lake George
Hunter’s
L. G. Noyes
Morex Bros
the Oil Outlook
Hospital Chapel
Railroad Record
Olean Times
A. A. Davis & Co's
Garfield and Farnsworth
M’liss Combination
O. H. Hunter & Son’s
Merck Bro’s
Morck Bros
America
Chicago Alliance
Q. C. Allen
P. M. Warren
Sae
Vaiety Hall
Walnut Leaf
Smith, Kline & CO
Crittenton
New Or
Rankin—Miles
Bride
W. A. Rankin
W. W. Rankin
Mary Miles
Eastman — Birtwick
Sam’ Rowland
Gren M. Fastman
Pittsfield
Elizabeth Birtwick
Camp—Brown
L. F. Merritt
Albert N. Camp
Mansfield
Aliie J. Brown
Clemons
Thomas E
Edwin
Margaret Clemons
Cousins
Rachel
F. C. Cousins
GOD Save the Commonwealth
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Warren Academy
Youngsville
P. S. Wade
Conewango
Warren Borough
Elk
Lounsberry School House
Mead
Clarendon Chapel
Pleasant
A. H. Barns
Pine Grove
Lane’s
Sterling Green
Limestone
L. K. Hammond
South West
Enterprise
Eldred
John Gerow
Glade
Glade City
Sugar Grove House
Corydon
J. L. Acocks
Vandergrift City
West’s Corners
Iarmington Centre
West Corners
Jdge
Burough
Court of Common Pleas
C. W. Randall
Wage Light and Heat Company
C. A. Cornen
M. Shear & Brother
Parmlee & Henry
Warren, Pa
Marveleaux
Sarah
Lyon
Brussels
M.shear & Bro
First National Bank of Warren
First National Bank of
Resources
U.S
Nea Sa
Eoeces
Specie
U. S
Moses Beecher
M. Beecher
State OF Pennsylvania
H. E. Brown
G,. H. Ames
Citizens National Bank of
Robert Dennison
State OF
M. Waters, G. N. Parmlee, H. A. Jamieson
N. G. Harkins
Grossenburg’s
Water Street
Walter S. Payne
Schellhammer & Lesser
KNUPP
Beech Street
R. R
James Nixon
Rural Heat and Light Company
John D. Beers
Etters
Fred Nelson
John Linstrum
Rindley Brothers
Fifth Street
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