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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1889
Page
3
The Warren area reports falling leaves and rising trade as prices drop on gowns and housewares while local events abound. Society notes include the Farmer's Club, Woman's Relief Corps, and church programs. a pupil’s illness and several diphtheria cases are mentioned alongside political push to mobilize voters for November 5.
A miscellany of local items including travel updates, illness notes, family visits, and social happenings. Carrie Stebbins leaves for Clinton New York while A A Davis and daughter Ethel suffer from diphtheria. George Ensworth returns from New York. Capt. George C. Hamilton ill after Conemaugh Valley work. Halloween warns of youth disorder. local business notes and a recipe for hair care and oysters at G W Snyder's green grocery.
Last Friday forenoon an injunction was granted preventing the Pennsylvania Gas Co from raising rates on Nov 1 1889. Judges ordered bonds equal to one year’s gas bill and barred shutoff of gas to Warren residents while the case proceeds. Any Warren consumer may join as a plaintiff by filing petition and bonds.
A roster of ladies and gentlemen including Carlson Emma Ternlis Palm White White Appler Mathis Carson Moore Carlson Reed Dimmick Sartoven Enberg Starrett Harris Seaman Webb and others appears in a society announcement segment. The fragment shows multiple individuals with initials and surnames, suggesting a social directory or event roll call.
Philadelphia shop offers shopping and sample orders of all new goods. Information on making available. Ladies and children's suits with no extra charge. Dress orders filled without fittings at low prices. Hats and wraps sent on approval. Address 806 Buttonwood Street.
I offer a good supply of Domestic and Wilson sewing machines at cheap cash or easy payments. Call at 112 East Water Street Warren Pa to save money before buying elsewhere. F A Cogswel, 29m6m Warren Pa.
At the Mai office a large and fine stock of samples is offered for selection. The latest and best items are described as part of the showcase.
The Erie board of trade debates gas fuel under pressure from rising mixer rates and a proposed 25 cent per thousand feet price. A meter system study by a board committee suggests Erie customers could pay about 442 296 dollars annually, nearly double current bills, as contracts expire and gas competes with coal. The Citizens' committee, insulted by Hays, may end talks, sealing a contentious future for access to gas in the city.
Advertisement offers 500 bolts of rock chestnut or oak stave 24 inches long with cash on delivery. From J. W. Agrelius in Youngsville, Pa. 4stf. Also a product pitch for Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers to keep a beard from turning gray and hide age.
A capably built mill touts a daily capacity of 10 000 feet of lumber and invites applications to J. W. Agrelius in Youngsville Pennsylvania for the post.
Two million feet of Round Hemlock Timber to be delivered in the Spring. Address 8. C. Williams, 96061 East Liverpool, Ohio. Livery stable keepers should keep Arnica and Oil Liniment in the stable for horses and people. 25 and 50 cents per bottle. Morris and Mullen, N. C. Allen.
The Warren County Teachers Institute runs Monday to Saturday with noted speakers Mary A. Livermore, Rev. R S Holmes, Russell Conwell, and Henry Houck plus Dr Mary Allen and Alex Frye. Directors and primary teachers also meet with Prof A B Miller guiding day sessions and a music program led by Mrs W D Hinckley.
The Warren Relief Association met October 22 at Mrs. J. M. Davies home. Officers were reelected. The year saw 576 articles donated, 557 disbursed, 19 on hand, plus 100 loaves of bread and 46 Christmas baskets for families. Pennsylvania Gas Co provided gas free for four and reduced rates for fifteen families. Income totaled 155.66 with 13.26 spent and 30.40 on hand. The group funds itself to aid the needy by providing work and timely help through community partners. Gratitude was extended to the Ministerial Association, the gas company, donors, and Warren press.
In Tidioute Pa on Oct 28 1889 Ep. Mary writes the Tidioute herd of registered Jerseys remains viable. The author notes sales totaling 1665 dollars from calves and young stock and discusses shipping two cows and six calves to Texas. He urges farmers to favor thoroughbred Jerseys over scrubs and laments oversized cows with low butter yield.
The Warren region along the Allegheny river is highlighted for its distinguished residents including Hon. Glenni W. Scofield Hon. W. Stone and others. The Erie area links to Warren’s growing town life with educated leaders and active business interests amid steady population growth and resource development.
The item notes Bradford will gain a new bank named the Second National Bank of Bradford, Pa. It also reports several local events including the burial of Hon. John G. Hall in Ridgway, a normal school term dates, a fatal Iowa car accident, a Findley’s Lake fire, a post office rename to Joville with new postmaster, a larceny conviction of John Longren, a huge oil sale in Oil City, and a fatal shooting of Geo. G. Lacy by a 16 year old Hewett with ensuing jail and Erie funeral.
A playful yet cautioned note describes tapping the right lower diaphragm to provoke profanity from a merry ill man with liver trouble. It details signs of biliousness including sallow skin furred tongue and sour breath, and urges Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the cure for dyspepsia and related ailments.
G N Patterson on Front St Warren Pa promotes the largest stock of millinery goods in town with low prices from cash purchases and large sales. The store claims two expert trimmers ensure the latest styles and invites customers to examine goods and be pleased with work, styles, and prices.
The Keystone Clothing Company promises rapid turnover with over 100 suits sold and discounts on $8, $10, and $12 ensembles. Boys’ dress options start at $1.50 per suit with corduroy options for ages 5 to 12, and custom tailoring available.
For Immediate Delivery the Warren Woapen Ware Works offers top cash prices for pine cucumber whitewood and basswood in log or bolt form. Pine lengths 11 13 14 20 22 26 28 inches with second growth free of knot rings and at least 6 inches diameter. Cucimber whitewood basswood 17 and 28 inches long with minimum 8 inches diameter. 16010t
An advertisement claims Dr Haines Golden Specific can cure drunkenness without the patient knowing, by adding it to tea or coffee. It asserts thousands cured, with no harmful effects, and offers circulars from the Golden Specific Co. at 185 Race Street Cincinnati Ohio.
After fifteen years in business the firm will keep offering Fire Life and Accident Insurance for patrons into the millennial period if Brown Sequard's Elixir of Life proves effective. Joan Srit Son.
A traveler on a West Indies voyage describes landfall at St Thomas and Martinique, noting tropical life, markets, currency tricks, colonial towns, and Barbadoes. Observations include coal carriers, naked boys, hurricanes, and local attitudes toward Americans, with reflections on Creole identity and the Barbadian port.
Berks county court bans type written wills while rifle practice extends to November 16. Butler reports 80 typhoid cases in four months with a few deaths. 30 cases mild. Johnstown relief work expands as bodies are found daily and a relief union forms. A Berks debating society mocks a cross and clean woman joke. Stoneboro business district burns, losses reach 75000 with several blocks destroyed. Lackawanna judge upholds county collectors. June 20 1885 tax law ruled unconstitutional. Ship canal on paper links Lake Erie to the Ohio river. Pittsburg visit by Gov Beaver committee. Cr J A Wood elected president, Brewer secretary. Carbon county juror excused for upcoming wedding after long travel. Proposals urge National Guard officers to fund a Hantraft monument. Pennsylvania railroad freight glut paralyzes coke regions. Krupp plans Essen-to-Pittsburgh move, 20000 workers. Clarion-Jefferson and Bucks judges defend liquor control discretion against Supreme Court limits. Chester county unions withdraw from state W C T U to form Woman’s Christian League. Mrs Swift’s withdrawal spurs others in the movement.
George Ball a Warren Pennsylvania clothier touts large winter overcoat and suit sale. He claims low prices due to bulk buying and invites inspection at 338 and 340 Water Street Warren with promises of quality and value from the largest clothing house in Western Pennsylvania.
In a nostalgic jingle a mother recalls giving Castoria to child and baby, noting continued use through infancy and adulthood as a family staple. The ad emphasizes Castoria as a trusted remedy across generations.
The latest footwear designs for ladies and gentlemen have just arrived at Cc. P Nextmror's. Shoppers can explore new arrivals featuring current trends and refined comfort. Store hours and location remain unchanged.
Week's real estate transfers list numerous deeds from Samuel B. Murphy to John Hanney in Tidioute for 150 dollars and many more, detailing transfers in Mead, Sheffield, Warren, Glade, Broken straw, and surrounding towns. Names include Murphy, Coventry, Newkirk, Eddy, Hamilton, Lindsey, McKinney, Woodward, Mead, Hall, Howard, Bailey, Scudder, Rowley, Webster, Newell, Jones, Farnsworth, Hadden, Hotchkiss, Parkins, Thomas, Lyle, Parshall, Evans, Palmer, Davis, Bachop, Merck, and others with varied amounts from 50 to 6,235 dollars.
In Frewsburg on October 3 1889 Charles Ward of Fentonville New York married Clara A Warner of Ackley Pennsylvania by Reverend J C Hankinson. In Waterford Pennsylvania on October 16 1889 Robert G Thompson of North Clarendon Pennsylvania married Kittie Cowan of Waterford by Reverend A A Horton.
A partial OCR fragment lists prices charged by Warren Di for multiple goods. Items include sugar, coffee, flour patent, rye, corn meal, rice, timothy seed, clover seed, salt, onions, molasses, kerosene oil, potatoes, syrup, and evaporated apples among others. Names, units, and precise figures are unclear due to garbled text.
County merchants announce a large stock of cloaks and wraps not used goods. Plush coats priced at 19 dollars with strong value. Dress goods priced low with flannels 36 in at 25 to 75 cents and new novelties selling at 50 to 65 cents.
Davis Dwight Frank Davis died at age six from diphtheria in Warren on Oct 25 1889. Davidson Nathaniel S Davidson aged 17 years 4 months died in Glade on Oct 27 1889 with funeral held Oct 28. Utr Minnie Eugene Ulf died in Tidioute Pa aged 25 years 4 months 11 days on Oct 21 1889.
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