Warren Mail notes and local events in Warren 1885
The Warren Mail reports community happenings including a Chautauqua return, a telephone line damage note after storms, a house fire on Chestnut street, and flood anecdotes. It covers a plank platform pulling match at the fair, school term start, gas company prospects, military elections in Corry, and improvements at Keystone Clothing. Also notes church services, organ dedication, and artist Greaves selling bargains before Oct. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stearns
Daniel Foley
Chestnut Street
Allegheny
D. A. Samuelson
Union School
T. W. Arird
Mary Harrison
Anna Olney
Ella Lukens
Danelia Wilder
L. D. Wetmore
Wetmore
Keystone Clothing Company
I. B. Brown
Corry
I” Company
Knapp
Siegfried
Corp
Geo. C. Hamilton
W. P. Mitchell
Warren Board of Trade
Rankin
New York Graphic
Warren
A. L. Benze
C. Diefenbach
Erie
Greaves
Kansas City
Personal notices from Warren county and environs
A compilation of local notices lists residents and guests including Mrs Eunice Parmelee in Wilmington Vermont visiting Mrs Jane Orr, the Halland family back to Newark New Jersey, Miss Kittie Brecht from Williamsport, F H Rockwell’s family from the seashore, S W Waters and wife from Iowa, Ed Ensworth now a Warren Mills salesman, Miss Belle Smith resuming painting lessons, Marion Abbott and family from Mississippi at Mr F Henry’s, Glade visitors James town residents visiting Sheriff Allen, Joe Walkerman’s patented snow plow No 325029, Joe Dietch’s incident with a stranger during a parade, H P Hunter buying stock in New York, Mrs W N Stevens and children returning to Detroit, Mr E Thomas from Conenango praising apples, L T Bishop elected District Deputy Grand Chancellor for Warren county, Miss Birdie Broomley at Warren Pa for studies, death notices for Fred Morgan of Warren with funeral at Mrs Hamm’s and burial at Oakland, S P Arnett visiting from Eldorado Kansas, Sam with long absence and changes observed, Albert S Morrison dying in Irvington with Mason honors, wife ill in Corry and child dead, Lon Morrison cared for in Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Parmelee
Wilmington
Jane Orr
M. D. Halland
Newark
N. J
Kittie Brecht
Williamsport
F. H. Rockwell
S. W. Waters
Iowa
Ed Ensworth
Warren Mills Co
Belle Smith
M. Waters
H. P. Hunter
New York
H. Hunter & Son
W. N. Stevens
Judge King’s
Detroit
Mich
E. Thomas
Conenango
L. T. Bishop
Warren County
Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias
Birdie Broomley
Stewarts Run
Warren
Tionesta Republican
Fred Morgan
S. P. Arnett
C. C Thompson
Arline Arnett
Eldorado
Kansas
Sam
Albert S. Morrison
Irvington
Corry
Warren and Corry
Lon Morrison
Rollins farm sale to Anchor Oil Co sparks twelve thousand dollar deal
Willard White sold seventeen acres with two wells on the Rollins farm at Kinzua to Anchor Oil Co for $12,000. Lieut. Geo. C. Hamilton prepares for a Jamestown survey of a new road while Justice Cornelius handles fair privileges in his absence. Chas. F. Beecher of Albany visits Warren with a Yale geology offer under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard White
Rollins Farm
Kinzua
Anchor Oil Co
Geo. C. Hamilton
Jamestown
Justice Cornelius
Chas. FE. Beecher
Albany
Warren
Harvest Picnic Planned by War ren County Farmers
President Lott presides at the War ren County Agricultural Association meeting held at the Court House. A Harvest Picnic is set for Sept 26 on the Fairgrounds with a basket meal from 10 AM to 2 PM. A display for the club on the track at the Fair is encouraged and a breeders association committee is named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lott
Warren County Agricultural Association
Court House
Dalrymple
Fairgrounds
Warren County
Messrs. Lott
Seichrist
Rowland
Wiltsie
Flannel stock rises 5 percent in a week
O. H. Hunter & Son report purchasing their stock before the price increase and will sell at a proportional markup. The advisory urges stocking flannels now while prices are low before further advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Hunter & Son
Firemen Celebrate Parade Despite Rain and Mud
Fire departments from Warren Franklin Fredonia Bradford Struthers Niagara Saegertown Cornplanter and Watson bands attended a postponed parade held on the sidewalk due to rain and mud. The event featured arches decorations and a banquet at Mrs Roter's with officer and press attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Franklin
Fredonia
Bradford
Hemlock
Smith
Hickory Street
Warren Fire Police
Struthers Hose Band
Kehr
Rescue Fire Co
Arevens
Barker Hose
Niagara Hose
Saegertown
Watson Hose
Johnson Hose
Struthers Hose
Emery
Era H. & L. Co
Exchange H. & L. Co
Oil Exchange
Burgess Thompson
Warren County Teachers Institute Holds Week of Sessions
The Warren county Teachers Institute met at Warren Union School Hall from August 24 to 28 with 164 teachers enrolled. Sessions covered teaching methods, reading instruction, physiology, history, and library building, ending with resolutions thanking instructors and local supporters and noting the death of Lizzie Haliday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County
Warren Union School
C. D. Arird
Arird
Painter
J. A. Palm
Garfield
Messrs
A.B. Miller
Warren
J. McClintock
Sheffield
S, Hoge
Edinboro
McClintock
Columbus
Hoge
Webber
Miller
Union School
Boyer
Prather
Rankin
James Headley
Boston
Hammond
O’neil
Luce
Sugar Grove Seminary
A. B. Miller
Bertha McConkey
J. L. Gehring
Dr. Burroughs
Sugar Grove
Narcissa White
Deborah and
Barak
Miss White
Deborahs and
Baraks
Thorpe
Rankin and Boyer
Taggart
Gehring
Palm
Teachers’ Institute
D. A. Arird
Lizzie Haliday
Warren County Institute
Deaths of Gov. Fenton and Jamestown Merchant Tew
The Journal reports the deaths of Governor Fenton and Jamestown merchant William H. Tew, a 77 year old retiree who built a fortune after arriving in 1826. Tew was known as an abolitionist and temperance advocate who aided fugitive slaves. The obituary notes Mrs. A. F. Allen's burial and describes Fenton's final day and likely heart-related cause of death after a prior ignis pectoris episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uts
Gov. Fenton
Wm. H. Tew
Mr. Tew
Jamestown
Tew
Canada
A. F. Allen
Augustus F. Allen
F. E. Gifford
Sherman House
Frisbee
Rain in the Middle Field Floods Hit Oil Sites
Heavy rains submerged low lands around Tiona and Farnsworth Siding washing away creeks bridges and ravines. Oil operations suffered delays as about a dozen 250-barrel tanks were blown aloft but guardians saved other property. Losses included E. O. Emerson Booth & Co L. H. Best Rockwell & Co and Smith & Co with notable flood disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Bradford
Tiona
Farnsworth
E. O. Emerson
Booth & Co
L. H. Best
Rockwell & Co
Smith & Co
Warren Theater Season Opens With Notable Attractions
Library Hall managers Kerr, Wagner & Reis announce the 1885 86 season in Warren. The first bill features The Two Johns on Sept 9, followed by Hi Henrys Minstrels on Sept 10, with stars Modjeska Emmet Raymond Annie Lewis The Argonauts and others planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Hall
Kerr
Wagner & Reis
Warren
Two Johns
Hi Henry
Modjeska
Emmet
John T. Raymond
Annie Lewis
the Argonauts
W. J. Scanlon
New York
Will H. Turner
Baker & Farron
Daly’s
Sol Smith Russell
Chas. T. Ellis
Black Flag
Siberia
Romany Rye
Gus Williams
Time Promised
Hornellsville
Olean
Bradford
Oil City
New Castle
Reduction in Price of Blacksmithing by Knupp Bros
Knupp Bros blacksmiths between Eysinger and Siggins livery stables announce price cuts on all work. Shoeing horses drops to 30 cents per new shoe from 40, with proportional discounts on other jobs. A veterinary surgeon is on site to protect horse interests and the shop has expanded to accommodate more horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knupp Bros
Eysinger
Siggins
Knuprr Bros
Hon. Reuben E. Fenton Obituary of Jamestown Leader
Hon. Reuben E. Fenton of Jamestown New York died suddenly on August 25 1885 at age 66 as president of the First National Bank of Jamestown He rose from Frewsburg merchant to lumberman and politician serving as supervisor congress governor and U S senator He left a large local and state impact with a 15000 strong funeral crowd and his remains mourned in a town draped in black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben E. Fenton
Jamestown
N. Y
First National Bank of
E. Morgan
Mr. Fenton
Carroll
Geo. W. Fenton
New Hampshire
Elsie Owen
Cincinnati
Frewsburg
Jane Frew
John Frew
Betsey Scudder
Kiantone
Frank E. Gifford
Albert Gilbert, Jr
R. E. Fenton, Jr
Brown University
Congress
Crocker
Know Nothing
Fremont
New York
Horatio Seymour
Grant
Senator Conkling
Greely
Republican Party
Hayes
Garfield
Blaine
International Monetary Conference
Europe
County and Vicinity Notes From Erie to Chautauqua
A digest of items from Meadville to Sugar Grove and Warren county including high water damage near Corry, sale of the railroad restaurant in Corry, a fine Franklin court room, upcoming Republican convention in Mayville, veteran soldiers meeting at Point Chautauqua, Judge Edson’s death, Chautauqua season, jail book-case at Smethport, First Grand Army Day in Erie, regimental reunions, Erie Pa N Y line boundary stones, Warren county fair entries, Fern City oil town housing, and Fern City mud and population details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Charlie Porter
Willis & Newcomb
Franklin
Meadville Tribune
Chautauqua County
Mayville
Point Chautauqua
John M. Edson
Sinclairville
Chautauqua
Smethport
Erie
Erie County
N. Y
Union Agricultural Society
Warren County
Sugar Grove
J. B. Langdon’ Esq
Samuel Lord
Fern City
Address by Hon. C. W. Stone at Harvest Home Picnic
Complimentary notes from The Conneautville Courier describe Hon. C. W. Stone of Warren ex Lieutenant Governor delivering a practical speech at Conneaut Lake on August 20. He recalled farm days and vegetable growing, urged higher education for farmers' sons, and held the audience captive for almost an hour with earnest, well received views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conneautville
C. W. Stone
Conneaut Lake
Warren
Wa Hopson Defends Rouse Hospital Repairs and Garfield Management
Wa Hopson of Russel, Pa, writes Aug 29 1885 defending repairs at Rouse Hospital. He cites a new tin roof plaster work and four new water closets as overdue necessities and praises Mr Garfield and wife for humane care and orderly operations behind sixty inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt
Rouse Hospital
Garfield
Hopson
Russel
Fair Week Sale At Bell Bros Continues Weeklong Bargains
Bell Bros announces Fair week from Tuesday September 8 to Friday September 11 with extra incentives for $1 purchases. The ad touts carpets oil cloths and rugs including Ex Supers at 50 cents per yard and Brussels at 50 to 60 cents, plus cheap laces flannels and yarns and promises new stock and continued discounts to attract customers. Bey Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Local Notes From AvuG and Dude August News
Community updates include school reopens August 31, visits between residents from New Castle to Hickory and Pittsburgh to Olean, a large funeral in Hickory, and several teaching assignments in Balltown Cobham and West. A fire parade in Warren, a cyclone causing minor tree damage, and health updates accompany social events and local trades.
Death of Bert Morrison in Irvington and Town Fire Loss
In Irvington AvuG 29 Professor H. H. Webber attended Warren County Institute. Bert Morrison died after illness weeks after visiting Metzgar family. Fire at McKinney store destroyed adjacent properties in Erie Avenue, with DeLong’s meat market Sullivan’s house and Cooney’s store burned. A local youth surrendered after stealing from Shannon’s store and repaid goods. local justice let him off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Webber
Warren
J. W. Hughes
Erie County
Albert
Bert” Morrison
W. H. Metzgar
W. W. Hazeltine
McKinney
DeLong
Sullivan
Young Woods
Shannon
Squire Shannon
Justice of the Peace
Woods
Local notes from Enterprise and surrounding towns
Miss Ida Hunter visits her brother at Glade. G Bowman sold the oil interest for 150 dollars last Thursday. A select party was held at C A Millin’s Friday evening. Mrs John Moore and daughters travel to northeastern Maine to visit friends and relatives. O P Loveland of Columbus buys property in Inman and starts a blacksmith shop. Simcox’s cider mill is running amid heavy apple crops. Miss J Bateman of Glade visits town. Mrs N Marsh of Bradford visits her mother in Inman. Dunham leaves for Randolph to attend school. J A Perry adds to his house. Myron covers with Pittsburg roofing. Stachouse and Loveland shingle theirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
MAIL
Enterprise
Ida Hunter
Glade
G. Bowman
C. A. Millin
John Moore
Maine
O. P. Loveland
Columbus
Dr. Chick
Construction and repairs mark August local notes
Aug 28 reports frame up for Mr Graham’s new house and ground broken for Mrs Peterson’s. Oscar Anderson heads west Wed. The Ellis House gains a fresh coat of paint by A T Painter. Rev C A Beckman from Galesburg NL attended the conference and left for Jamestown NY. Bridge near Tunburg’s shop washed away after heavy rain. New York Conference of the Scand Luth Augustana Synod held Aug 20-23 and the new Lutheran church was dedicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Graham
Mrs. Peterson
Oscar Anderson
Far West
Ellis House
A. T. Painter
C. A. Beckman
Galesburg
Jamestown
N. Y
John Haller
J. P. Samuels
Bondeson
Spetz
Freehold
Tunburg
New York
Augustana Synod
New Lutheran Church
Barnes Union No. 505 organized at Lower Sheffield
G W Brown of the Equitable Aid Union organized Barnes Union No 505 at Lower Sheffield last Wednesday Aug 26 with 72 charter members. Officers include Chancellor E D Alling Advocate H Olney President Eli Barnes Vice President Annie Irvine Secretary W C H Treasurer H Kaees Chaplain Rev A A Horton Warden Mrs W C Hover Sentinel Mrs W G Noblit Watchman W A Hassinger Conductor W J Smiley Assistant Mrs E D Alling Trustee W R Cleveland Examiner G F McNitt MD Representative H Roberts Alternate K P Gilson. Also notices on boots sales at Northrops and medicinal tonics from Baxter and Stewart Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Brown
Equitable Aid Union
Barnes Union
Lower Sheffield
E. D. Alling
H. Olney
Eli Barnes
Annie Irvine
Nich
W.C. H
H. Kaees
H. Roberts
A. A. Horton
W. C. Hover
Sentinel
W. G. Noblit
W. A. Hassinger
W. J. Smiley
W. R. Cleveland
G. F. McNitt
M. D
K. P. Gilson
Local fair dates across multiple towns announced
A listing shows fair and festival dates for Jamestown Warren Sugar Grove Sinclairville Franklin Mercer Sharon Clarion Titusville Fredonia Randolph Erie Cochranton Brookville Parker City Beaver Conneautville Corry Stoneboro and nearby towns from September into early October detailing each location's schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
N. Y
Warren
Sugar Grove
Sinclairville
Franklin
Mercer
Sharon
Clarion
Titusville
Fredonia
Randolph
Erie
Cochranton
Brookville
Parker City
Beaver
Conneautville
Corry
Stoneboro
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Mail
Home Matters
Struthers Hose Company
M. E
Presbyterian Lecture Room
Marion Abbott
Mississippi
F. Henry
A. McWilliams
John Stuart
Scotland
G. P. Fenton
Joe Walkerman
Joe Dietch
Farmers’ Meeting
Tonkin
Tidioute
August Merckr
Buss & Willey
Emery Band
Burgess and
Struthers Hose Boys
Mary Ott
Emma Shiley
Niagaras
Engine House
Watsons
Second
Water Streets
Liberty Streets
Hoffman
Mike Walkerman
Liberty Street
Exchange Hook and Ladder Company
Danelia A. Wilder
Hannah Phillips
Emma Bysecker
Maggie Offerlee
Mame Conrath
Annie Olney
Aggie Smith
Berta Thomas
Susie V. Foss
Ellen Clemens
Maude Owens
Mattie E. Rogers
Mary O. King
Mary O’hern
Mame Kopf
Mary Doerr
C. C. Lallmang
Blanche King
Minnie Roudebush
Bessie Richards
Ellen Glenn
Emma Smith
Libbie King
Jennie E. Thomas
Laura Snider
Miss Cleveland
Mrs. B. Hawkins
Rose Lallmang
Hubie Babcock
Viola Cole
Rosa L. Campbell
Mary E. Harrison
Minnie C. Locke
Ella O’hern
Frane Wilcox
H. Arird
Sugarr Grove
Lucy Abbott
Ella Root
Nell Buel
Lena Buel
Hattie Thorpe
Maggie Huston
Belle Wright
Martha Wright
Hattie Skinner
Lester A. Skinner
Mary Dennigan
Lizzie McIntyre
Stella Noyes
J. L. Gebrin
Maggie J. Thorpe
Alice L. Warner
E. D. Rexford
A. E. Rice
Gertie Palmer
Blanche Howles
Ella A. Thorpe
Vinnie Warner
L. A. Howles
Tidicute
Kate Briggs
Kate Horton
Anna Egartson
Etta Whipple
Chandler'’S Valley
Stella Fay
Ada Fay
Nellie Toby
Bear Lake
Phoebe Eddy
Alzada Carpenter
East Branco
Emma Colby
Francis Colby
Fentonville
Ella Curry
Ella Newman
Garland
Jeanette Wilson
Mabel Ross
Trona
C. K. Gaylord
Jennie Pringle
Curry
Cornplanter
Fenton
Peate
Walnut Grove
Judge Scofield
Bell Bros
Bey Bros
Miss Elder
W. J
Hood Siggins
Hickory
Wm. McGuire
Etta Evans
Fanny England
Pittsburgh
Cobham
Lizzie Morrison
J. D. Bristol
Mary
J. O. Strong
Harry Kuhn
Kemble
Crawford County
Allie McCall
Rachel Smith
W. P. Wheeler
Allie Evans
Charles Knight
Youngsville
F. M. Say
Lulu Burns
Ellicottville
Lord
A. P. Garfield
Maud Green
Lottsville
Fanny Broughton
Torpedo
Adda Thacher
W. F. Thacher
Florence
Vic. Anderson
Pittsfield
Anderson
B. J. Jackson
Harry Mead
W. M. Thacher
Rev. Hall
Wm. H. Shortt
J. F. Bartlett
MecKain
Liberty St
A. B. McKain & Son, Proprietors
Jacob Keller
Corner
Second & Liberty Lts
Warren, PA
Schellhammer & Lessers
Jewett’s
N. K. Wendleboe
Postoffic Warren
P. Greenland
Episcopal Church
Nreammoth Furniture
P. Greenlund
Allan & Rice
Warren County Court Record
W. A. Rankin
Ida R. Wickoff
Harvey Perkins
Willis Belden
Spring Creek
Wm. D. McLaren
H. H. Colby
Ariel S. Colby
Eldred
J. K. Weaver
L. W. Jones
Mead
Howard Thompson
Amos Steelsmith
Val
Con
S. M. Ross
Lee Phillips
C. C. Allen
Conewango
C. W. Kidder
S. T. Allen
John Gelm
Same
Mary Trimbley
Sarah Lamkin
T. B. Cooper
Wm. Altham
Mary Altham
Nathan J. Cooper
N. J. Cooper
Harriet Knightlinger
George
Brokenstraw
R. P. King
R. M. Gray
W. C. McCabe
Jacob Wuertzer
Lizzie Wuertzer
Chandler's Valley
SUOCS
Northrop’s
Baxter’s Mandrake
Johnson & Siegfried
J. P
D. R Matren
Venango Co
File Gillmore
Deerfield Co
Warren Co
Beaty—Mccormick
Deerfield
C. Covell
L. L. Beaty
Calisty N. McCormick
Arnica
Rome
H. J. Danforth
C. P. Henry & CO
Glade, PA
Old Fifth St. Bridge
Lishment
A. L. Noel
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