Y M C A Reception and Star Course at Warren
The Warren Y M C A hosted a Oct 10 reception for about 400 guests in the rebuilt building with musical and literary acts led by President A J Hazeltine. Warren Library Association and Y M C A promote a six act Star Course featuring Franez Wilczek, Rev R S MacArthur, John Thomas Concert Co, Miss Katherine Oliver, Marc the magician, and W Hinton White. Tickets at $1.25 downstairs and $1 balcony include reserved seats. course expense estimated at $700 with emphasis on strong ticket sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret MacKay
Lord
Dodge
Friends of the Warren Library Association
Young Men’s Christian Association
Franez Wilczek
MacArthur
Russia
North
John Thomas
Katharine Oliver
Marc
W. Hinton White
Australia
Warren
A. A. Davis & Co
F. R. Scott’s
Knights Templar Conclave Reaches Pittsburg Iron City
The 27th triennial Knights Templar conclave gathers in Pittsburg with parades from Warren and surrounding towns. The Grand Recorder reports 998 commanderies nationwide, 115,879 members, and state tallies led by Pennsylvania with 11,969 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Knights Templar
Iron City
Warren
Erie
Corry
Titusville
Oil City
Bradford
Pennsylvania
C. C. Thompson
Wm. Keegan
R. H. Lynn
F. M. Knapp
Roscoe
Ed. Walker
E. Walker
J. R. van Doorn
Willis Cowan
R. W. Teese
Jacob Keller
A. Mintzer
W. S. Leffard
T. B. Clawson
H. B
R. S. Raver
North Clarendon
S. M. Sloan
D. W. C. James
W. H. Davis
James Campbell
Kane
J. G
D. G. Curtis
Ludlow
K. McKalip
J. C. Parker
Chas. Best
Tiona
John Smith
John Driscoll
Clarendon
Will Neill
Grand Recorder of the
United States
New York
Fire destroys Up-To-Date laundry on Pennsylvania avenue
Last Sunday night a fire gutted the rear of the laundry building on Pennsylvania avenue near Short street. Mr and Mrs Ray W Norris and their two children escaped with a few clothes and two trunks as flames spread through the frame structure. Firefighters arrived slowly but confined the blaze to the building. The former Up-To-Date Steam Laundry is now a ruin. Norris and family are staying with relatives in Tiona while Norris plans to resume operations at a new location. The owners were H E and H W Norris. equipment valued at about 2000 dollars. building about 1000 dollars, with partial insurance. Norris carried 300 dollars on household effects and packages, not covering the loss. Community aid is urged and nearby Dunkirk laundry will service patrons. other local shops will assist with packages left at Karnes Hardware Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Avenue
Short Street
Ray W. Norris
H. W. Norris
Ray Norris
Norris
Dunkirk
Karnes
Santiago
South Carolina
Georgia
McKinley
Long
Dewey
Manila
Garcia
Thomas B. Reed
Roosevelt
New York
van Wyck
Stevenson Towle
Department of Highways
Augustus van Wyck
Twenty-ninth
Steuben
Chemung
Schuyler and
Seneca
Arthur L. Childs
H. V. Boynton
War Investigation Commission
Chickamauga
Army of the Cumberland
American Peace Commission
Paris
Merritt
United States
Boston
Petrely
Nero
China
Havana
Cuba
Bennington
W. G. Morris
Newark
N. J
Philadelphia
Clarksville
Tenn
Agoncillo
Washington
Quebec
West Shore
Amsterdam
N. Y
New Orleans
Dreyfus
Senator Quay
Richard R. Quay
Charles R. McKee
Luzon
Chamber of Commerce
W. A. Woodruff
C. L. Clegorn
Samoa
Samoan Islands
Grenadier Guards
London
Omdurman
Kitchener
Grant
Ohio
Ponce
Sydney Smith
Cook County
Chicago
Carter Harrison
Joseph Chamberlain
Honolulu
Spain
Porto Rico
Navy Department
Second
Girard
Camp Meade
Middletown
Graham
War Department
Cube
Thomas Greenwald
Seventh Artillery
Fort Slocum
New Rochelle
Madrid
Relief
Hampton Roads
Thomas Firth Woodward
Chesham
Eng
William Penn
Jordans
Buckinghamshire
Fort Adams
Manitoba
United States Evacuation Commission
Trocha
Iowa
Oregon
International Typographical Union
Syracuse
N.Y
Bacon
Bear Island
Ed Nygrau
Company B
Twelfth New York
Lexington
Bailey
Third Engineers
Berlin
G. C. Breckinridge
Dudley
Harvard
Merriam
Philippines
Guanajay
Pinar del Rio
Miller
Navy
Wikoff
Sherman Hour
Concord
Mass
JAMES T. BRENNAN Joins Warren Real Estate Firm
James T. Brennan of Tionesta Pennsylvania has joined J. H. Mitchell & Co. in Warren to devote all his time to the firm’s business after two decades in real estate and insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Brennan
Tionesta
Warren
J. H. Mitchell & Co
Jacob Keller’s Tailoring Upholds Quality Standards
Jacob Keller, artistic tailor, insists on superior fabrics and tested worth. Garments are cut to latest styles, ensuring good suits at fair prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Keller
Erie Railroads Five Dollar Excursion To Cincinnati
Eri Railroad offers an annual five dollar excursion to Cincinnati Ohio on October 24. The Erie train departs Corry Pennsylvania at 400 PM central time with through sleepers to Cincinnati. Warren travelers may depart on the Penny a Rail Road train at 140 PM and join the Erie train at Corry. Pullman berths may be reserved in advance by contacting the Erie Ticket Agent or F H Garfield D P A Erie BR B Jamestown New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eri Railroad
Cincinnati
Corry
Warren
R. R
Erie
F. H. Garfield
Erie BR. B
Jamestown
N. Y
Cloths Linoleums and Stove Bugs in Errant Variate
An errant variate Burt Vey is involved with Ont Cloths Linoleums and Stove Bugs as A. A. Davis & Co. details or clarifications regarding the business transaction or dispute.
Local notes from Warren and surrounding towns
Local tidbits report small moves and events around Warren Pennsylvania including residents traveling to Philadelphia for dental school Pittsburg for visits and work changes names of people and churches Elks boxing and mission society activities social visits and community notice items from Erie Titusville and Youngsville with brief school Arbor Day plans oil production figures and soldiers returning from Fortress Monroe calls for homecoming preparations and political rally notes.
FakE WANTED State cash and time price
Anson Russell of Akron Ohio advertises a fake wanted notice seeking cash and time price from the public. The terse item appears in a local classifieds column as a suspicious request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anson. Russell
Akron
Ohio
FEHLMAN Bros Offer Cuina Decorated Ware at Low Prices
Fehiman Brothers advertise cuina and decorated ware at very low prices, highlighting affordable kitchenware and home decor items for shoppers seeking bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuina
Fehlman Bros
Dinsmoor Dies of Typhoid in Porto Rico
Sergt. Loren A. Dinsmoor of Co. I 16th Pa Vol Inf died Sept 22 near Coamo from typhoid fever at brigade hospital. Nurse Fred Hartman tended him. funeral Sept 23 featured Lt. E. C. Cook in charge, firing squad and floral honors. A moving note from the march camp follows with updates on officers, convalescents, and plans for return home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren A. Dinsmore
Co. I
Brigade Hospital
Coamo
Dinsmoor
I Street
Fred Hartman
Hartman
Mark Rhone
E. C. Cook
Windsor
Burns
Bovaird
Simons
Bradford
Phil Ackley
George C. Hinton
G. F. Billings
Walter Moore
Guy Covell
Dan V. Lytle
Rhinos
Highouse
London
Williams
Treadway
Harvey
Bigler
Ackerman
Reynolds
Ryan
Brown
Wickstrom
Logan
Gunn Green
Perry Harris
J. F. Buck
Casson
Battery F
Porto Rico
Lowry
E. H. Southwick
Loren A. Dinsmoor
Carl
Clark
Cook
Red Cross Society
Harry A. Hall
N. Y. City
Washington
McKinley
16Th
Penna
Hall
Cayey
Albonito
Spanish Pass
San Juan
Hospital
Ponce
Los Bonor Springs
Wheelock
Harry Mason
Charles Crosby
Fred Young
Wright
Charles Fuellhart
Ponce Hospital
Sergi. Cochran
Harry Snyder
Clifford Turney
Charley Kliest
A. R. Simons
Jerome Francis Buck
Blunt dispatch from Porto Rico urges moving troops
Capt Burns writes Bradford friends criticizing staying eight weeks in one spot causing deadly stench after rains. He warns moving the 16th would reduce disease and denounces surgeons for acts that a civilian would be hanged for, calling out recent conduct in the United States and Porto Rico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns
Bradford
Porto Rico
Volunteer Army
United States
Fashion Accessories Brand Names Pique Readers
A list of items including Mrur Taky Belts, shirt waist Vel vet belts and pompadour combs from Duysume Empercer and Morcx appears in a catalog style snippet. The odd brand spellings suggest an era fashion notice highlighting accessories and grooming implements.
Property Transfers in Warren County Ledger Transactions Listed
A batch of real estate transfers with names and amounts across Warren County towns including Spring Creek Grand Valley Warren Farmington South West Glade Freehold Warren Elk Sheffield Youngsville Columbus and partners paying sums from 12 to 3908.97 dollars. Notable entries include Wm Sample to BR Seaver for 3908.97 and Mary Hoff man to Anandson for 300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hoffman
Sheffield
W. D. Kinnear
Youngsville Mfg. Co
Youngsville
Wm. Sample
BR. N. Seaver
Columbus
Marriages listed for Warren and surrounding towns in 1898
Bride and groom names appear with dates from October 1898 across Warren Pittsfield Columbus and Youngsville. Couples include Kerr Fuellhart and Ida Howard in Warren with relatives and friends invited. other unions feature Chaffee Whitney Anderson Lytle Sample Simmons Brown Culp MaN Koenig Harald Barlow Crecraft Abbott Moore Carlson Hagberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuellhart — Howard
Warren
D. M. Howard
A. R. Taylor
John Henry Kerr Fuellhart
Ida Lauretta Howard
Sheriffs House
Fred Fuellhart
Susie Stranahan
Isabelle McPherson
Harriett Cobb
Reig and
Barth
Mart
Fuelihart
Chaffee — Whitney
Pittsfield
I. A. Whitney
Shelly
Breckenridge
Lyman E. Chaffee
Orris Wsample
Caroline B. Simmons
Columbus
Brown — Culpman
Youngsville
Mr. Hamilton
George W. Brown
Florence Chipman
Koenig
A. B. Markley
Richard Koenig
Mary Harald
Whitcomb Aged 87 in Sheffield Burial Soon
Luther Whitcomb of Sheffield Pennsylvania died Saturday morning October 8 1868 at age 87. The obituary notes his long life and residence in the community with no further details.
Miss Lucile Blodget Leaves for New York City
Citizen notes Miss Lucile Blodget departs Tuesday evening for New York City to study and perform musical engagements during her absence through Christmas. Prof. Osborne ill with bilious fever at Grand Valley where he teaches. Sug ar Grove reports sidewalk upgrades and house reshingle and painting. Townsman J C Hamilton raised 105 bushels of corn from 102 rods of land this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngsville
Lucile Blodget
New York City
Osborne
Grand Valley
Sugaar Grove
J. C. Hamilton
Resolutions of Respect for W W Kidder
Warren Lodge No 339 I C C F adopts resolutions honoring W W Kidder, deceased member. It notes his faithful service and extends sympathy to his family, with plans to publish the resolutions in county papers. Also reports Jamestown Dairy Board of Trade butter sale with 37300 pounds offered and bids from 18 1 2 to 19 1 2 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Lodge
W.W. Kidder
Jamestown Dairy Board of Trade
Jamestown Journal
Erie R a sells round trip tickets to points on Mondays and Tuesdays
The Erie R A will sell round trip tickets on Mondays and Tuesdays until October 25 at low rates. Tickets are valid eight days from sale date and enable people from the east to visit the Omaha exposition. Details available from local Erie ticket offices or Fae D P A Erie R Jamestown NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie R. A
Omaha Exposition
Erie
Erie R
Jamestown
N. Y
Tailor Jacob Keller Promises Perfect Fit Clothing
A local tailor named Jacob Keller known as Jake offers the best and latest clothes with perfect fit. He is reputed for precise cutting and ensuring customer satisfaction, making clients feel courteous and comfortable in well fitting garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clotaes
Jacob Keller
Ete
Jake
Cloud Flour Aims Higher Bread Quality Claim
Cloud Flour promises to raise bread whiteness and texture with its new Seread blend, claiming costs stay in line with competitors and position it as a premium yet affordable option. Fehman Co. supports the product rollout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fehlman Bro
Local Notes From Wrightsville District
Oct 10 correspondence reports N F Wright and family at Chautauqua improving cottages. C L Wright and family visited Chau tauqua last week. Mrs Maud Yates and Donna stayed with Mrs Rachel Gifford at Westfield. Mr and Mrs Orton Smith visiting from Reynoldsville visits E J Wright. Charles Barlow and Kate Crecraft wed Sept 29 1898. A Wright sale postponed to Oct 14. A runaway spooked M W Irvine horses from McArthur's cider mill to the post office causing lamp and hitching post damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrightsville
N. F. Wright
Chautauqua
C. L. Wright
Maud Yates
Donna
Rachel Gifford
Westfield
Orton Smith
Reynoldsville
Mr. Smith
E. J. Wright
A. Phillis
Sugar Grove
Dalrymple
Charles Barlow
State Road
Kate Crecraft
A. Wright
M. W. Irvine
McArthur
Local Residents Attend Meetings and Visits Across Ohio
Oct 10 notes show Thursday prayer meeting at Mrs J Thayer with attendees from the area. Several families including Langworthy and Decker visit Crawford county relatives. Donation Hill quarterly gathering noted. Bedows moves to Hemlock and Klinger visits Little Cooley. Visitors from Pittsfield and Corry stop by. School under Miss Jennie M Anderson in Enterprise shows progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Thayer
C. B. Thayer
E. D. Decker and Son
Ormsby
Donation Hill
F. A. Langworthy
Crawford County
Myrtle Gleason
Shermadine Springs
Bedows
Hemlock
James Klinger
Little Cooley
W. Davis
Pittsfield
J. Smith
Corry
Jennie M. Anderson
Enterprise
Death of Laura Mallory at Busti announced
News from Spring Creek says Laura Mallory died at Busti after spending her early years in the town. She left two daughters and one son. The community notes the new M E Church pastor Rev Clemons is well liked. A 65 year old man traveling from Arizona with a pack mule sought gold in New York after traveling through town last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Creek
Busti
Laura Mallory
Philip Morton
Grape Country
Clemons
M. E. Church
Arizona
New York
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted As Constitutional Remedy
The advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and praises Hall's Catarrh Cure from F F Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio. It asserts internal dosing from 10 drops to a teaspoonful, targets blood and mucous surfaces, offers $100 for any failing case, and urges sending for circulars. Pills also promoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Railroad Tour Package to Gettysburg and Washington
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers two five day tours from Buffalo Erie Pittsburgh and intermediate points to Gettysburg and Washington on October 17 and November 7. Round trip with Pullman berth hotel and battlefield drive costs 25 dollars from Suspension Bridge Buffalo Rochester Syracuse and intermediate NY Central points 24 from Elmira 25 from Erie and Corry 21 50 from Williamsport 23 from Pittsburg and Altoona and proportionate from others. Tickets valid return on regular trains until October 27 and November 17 without Pullman. Descriptive itineraries available from listed ticket agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Buffalo
Erie
Pittsburg
Gettysburg
Washington
Battle Field
Suspension Bridge
Rochester
Syracuse
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad
Elmira
Erie and Corry
Williamsport
Altoona
B. P. Fraser
Buffalo District
N. Y
E. 8. Harrar
Thos. EK. Watt
Western
Geo. W. Boyd
Philadelphia
D A V P R B Route With Empire State Express
The D A V P R B offers the best east or west route with direct Buffalo connections to the Empire State Express via New York Central. Fastest train to Rochester Syracuse Utica Albany and New York. Tickets available through D A V P R B agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Empire State Express
N. Y. Central
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica
Albany
New York
Wallpaper stocks and goods advertised in Warren
W C Rowland and Sons boast the largest wallpaper stock in Warren with new designs added continually. Also ads for Dr E Detch’s anti diuretic medicine sold by Hertzel and Saner, plus promotions for dinner ware at Military Belts, and cheap blanks at the mail office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Rowland & Sons
Warren
W.C RowLand & Sons
Exchange
E. Detchon
Hertzel & Saner
Cautionary maxims on honesty and temptation
A reflective collection warns to beware flattery and forgeries in life. It contrasts contentment with desires left unmet and cautions against assuming innocence in others including a cat with the canary. No clear news event, but a literary aside from Chigago News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
History of the Week Highlights War Aftermath and Politics
A sweep of late news notes U S war aftermath from Manila to Porto Rico. Admiral Dewey honor talk and navy reform compete with Cuban evacuation plans. Political nominations in New York and Milwaukee share the front. Tragedies include Indian clashes in Minnesota and fires in Clarksville Tennessee.
Market Report New York Money Market
Money on call stands at 2 3 4 percent. Prime mercantile paper listed at 4 4 percent. Sterling exchange shows actual bankers bills at 4.84 and 4.81 for 60 days. Posted rates range from 4.82 to 4.85. Silver certificates quoted 61 to 62 cents. Bar silver at 60 cents. Mexican dollars at 46 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
New York Produce Market Prices Report
A New York market listing shows winter patent flour ranges from 2.25 to 3.85 per hundredweight with grades and sources including Minnesota and state bakers. Rye flour, buckwheat, cornmeal, rye, barley, wheat, oats, hay, pork, butter, cheese, and eggs are quoted with varying prices and delivery terms across regions and options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
City
Brandywine
C.i.f
Buffalo
Cc.i.f
New York
York
Duluth
State
Pennsylvania
Graham
Western
Buffalo Wheat and Live Stock Prices October Market Report
Buffalo market report lists prices for wheat including No 1 hard and northern at 70 percent, No 2 red at 70 cents, oats and rye values, and flour and dairy prices. East Buffalo live stock figures show cattle, sheep and hog ranges with per head and per hundredweight quotes for export steers, calved, wethers, lambs, and hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Buffalo
Market Prices for Grains and Forage
No. 1 timothy per ton priced at 9.50 to 9.00 dollars. No. 2 Go quoted at 7.50 to 8.00. Baled hay offers 9.50 to 10.00. Baled straw listed 4.00 to 4.60. Bundled rye ranges from 10.00 to 11.00 dollars.
Reduced excursion fares for Philadelphia Peace Jubilee event
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers round trip excursion tickets at a single fare minimum 25 cents for October 24 to 27 with return by October 31. The event features the rededication of Independence Hall and the Grant Equestrian Monument unveiling at Fairmount as part of the Jubilee festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Hne
Independence Hall
Grant
Fairmount
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Warren Mail
Warren, PA
Home Matters
Burt Vey Vessuwy We
Gion
Burdette Love
J. K. Simpson
Ralph
Julia
Kate Harrison
L. D. Wetmore
Charles Reese
Virginia
C. H. Macham
Phillips
Virginia Adams
Smith Business College
Smith Premier Typewriting Co
Irene Taylor
G. F. Yates
Warren Commandery No
K. T
Erie Dispatch
W. H. Heck
Mai
Charlie Schwing
Dan Lytle
Tom Jones
Young Ladies Missionary Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Beshlin
Glade
Tidioute
Davy Hill
R. A. Robertson
T. J. Sloan
Garfield
Mayburg
Emma Ellison
Hickory
A. C. Don
A. Bean
Minnie Smith
Tuer Erie Elks
Order
F. W. Far
Mr. Farr
America
John Ensworth
W. H. Moorehouse & Co
John
Viata
Democrat
Woman’s Home Missionary Society of Erie Presbytery
D. F. Diefenderfer
Robi. H. Lynn
S. F. Marks
J. W. Searls
Erie County
Searls
Schaeffer
Derrick
Fortress Monroe
Fred Wendelboe
Harry Shawkey
E. C
Wm. Schour
H. B. Snyder
Chas. Burkett
Carl Dunham
C. W. Elfest
Gov. Hastings
Chandlers Valley
D. A. Arird
W. E. Rice
Glee Club
C. D. Crandall
Oswald H. Ernst
Minnewaska
Duysume
Empercer & Morcx
Barlow
Abbott—Moore
B. A. Ginader
James Edward Abbott
Minnie May Moore
Carlson—Hagberg
J. F. Dahlgren
C. F. Carlson
Olga Hagberg
Omaha
Kansas City
Mickle Hill
Merck & Kirberger
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Felipe Agoncillo
Commissioners of Accounts of
Collis
Public Works
Canton
Anna George
Conference of the Peace Commissioners
St. Gall
Hiram v. Maxim
Tombs
Poughkeepsie
Manhattan Club
Democratic Club
Colonel Roosevelt
Market Report
Buffalo Provision Market
C. H. Hunter. & Son
Roc
O.h.hunter & Son
W. Jarvis
Water St
Cresco
T. O. Slater & CO
Water Street
Warren National Bank
Drredtors
Wm. D. Brown
Jerry Crary
D. W. Ben A. T. Scofield
Nelson P. Wheeler
G.N. Parmlee
Andrew Hertel Charles Chase
C. Schimmelfeng
Christian Smith
H. A. Jamieson
G. N. Parmlee
F. E. Hertzel
E. W. Sealy
Garde Ballvitations
Praiman Bros
C. A. Peterson
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