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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1890
Page
3
The local column covers school openings, fair prep, and community events. Highlights include Glade and Warren schools starting September 1 in large enrollments, labor day observances, street fairs and a Grand Lodge convocation. Reports on railroad accidents, Knights of Pythias reunion, and a death grief note for Ella Cogswell conclude a dense community roundup.
Miss Mary Sweeny of Buffalo visits Mrs. C A Waters. Mrs G A S Hall and daughter return from Butler. Dr Hill will be at Warren hotel Sept 5 to practice eye and ear. Mr and Mrs C E Cobb and daughter Hattie visit relatives in Kansas City. Miss Eibbie Cogswell arrives in Warren from Denver on a short visit. Mr Friday departs for Boston with daughter Hattie who will enter Wellesley College. Dr and Mrs A C McAlpine went to Buffalo. he is improving. Hon Thomas Dark and Dr George Rogers of Buffalo visited cousins Mrs C A Waters and Mrs Z E Eddy. Rev and Mrs Ward of Buffalo visit their daughter Mrs W W Freeman. Ward preaches two sermons at the Presbyterian church. Geo C Hamilton leaves Warren for Franklin to survey a railroad from Franklin to Clearfield county. George McPherson and Mr Broas accompany.
The forthcoming agricultural fair in Jamestown and Titneville promises strong attendance and a busy program. Stock entries fill the halls as Thursday features regular race days and a mix of horse, firemen, and bicycle events. Canada Sheep carload from Lyona Pennsylvania, and Prof Geo E Rich will lecture on artistic horseshoeing each forenoon, showcasing 207 shoe varieties from his palace car forge.
Our Play House Library Hall opened the 1890 91 season with Credit Lorraine by Miss Lillian Lewis supported by a strong company The orchestra Reig and Ensworth provided a pleasant accompaniment Improvements this summer included floor painting new carpet near aisles and a raised scenery loft Two acts upcoming include Starlight with Vernona Jarbeau and Faust burlesque by Reve’s Opera company A Loyal Legion picnic Aug 28 urged total abstinence support and victory outlook
Trustees will sell at public sale the combined lots 60 and 61 subdivided into five building lots with 46 foot frontage on Fifth street and 116 foot depth. A plan is at C. C. Thompson’s office. Sale on Monday September 15 1890 at 2 PM at the premises. Terms announced day of sale. Johnson Kina Davis trustees Warren Pa August 29 1890.
The Mar office advertises capable job printing, promising neat, cheap, and prompt execution for a range of printing needs.
The chairmen of Warren McKean Venango and Cameron counties met in Warren to decide how to fill the vacancy from Col. Watson’s death and to select a congressional nominee. They resolved to hold county primaries on Sept 13 1890, and to require all candidates to align with state and county tickets.
The Warren County Republican Committee met in the Waters block to order last Saturday. They honored the memory of Col. Lewis F. Watson with unanimous resolutions and discussed delegate selection for the Congressional Convention. Primary elections were set for September 13 1890 with altered rules suspensions and party support for the ticket.
The article recalls Bishop Vincent's 1878 unveiling of a literary and scientific reading circle at Chautauqua, urging volunteers from a wooden platform and noting the rapid expansion to 8,000 members by 1882. Recognition Day honors faithful work with ceremonial rewards.
A list of guests includes Miss Margaret Brody Dan T Nash James Brown James Muller Prof J H Montgomery and wife Meadville Miss Minnie Martin Prof Will McGrew Pittsfield J C Nelson and wife Eric Geo Williams Tidioute Hon W C Culbertson Girard Dr and Mrs Thos M Talbott Washington D C Joel Scudder and wife Kiantone Dr M C Talbott W A Talbott and wife Warren J B White Grandin Mo H G Sheasley Franklin Mrs S A McClair Mrs J M Trasey Mrs Persis Tracy Portsmouth Ohio J D Domer Franklin Mr and Mrs W D Brown Warren Florence D Schnell Anna Brace Lillian Filer Lizzie Douglass Lizzie M Jackson Nellie Davis Matty Green Mary Green Grace Agrelius Belle Kinnear J H Stevenson Youngsville. Unless more care is given to the hair the coming man is liable to be a hairless animal hence to prevent the hair from falling use Hall's Hair Re newer Prime Butter Fall Cream Cheese and Fresh Eggs constantly on hand at wholesale and retail at CuarKson PARKER'S.
Groceries of all kinds at Trushel Co s Glade store offering savings on goods. For a Sate A portable Boiler and Engine in good condition inquire at the Matt office. Remember that the Matt office can
Warren Pennsylvania council proceedings from September 1890 show ordinance requests to lay a water main on Fifth Street between Hickory and Poplar, plus sewer extensions on High Street, Fifth Street, and an overflow at Market Street. Health complaints at Howe’s blacksmith shop discussed. nuisances at Royal Street wall and Taliaisianu slaughter house noted. clerks report rents and licenses. Police logged 32 arrests for drunkenness, ordinance violations, assault, licensing, and vagrancy. Various bills approved and adjournment recorded.
More than two hundred Indians scouts cowboys and soldiers and as many horses perform in the Forepaugh and Wild West combined show visiting Bradford September 16 and Jamestown September 17. The program features Indian mustangs Sioux Apache and Kiowa participants along with Capt A H Bogardus and a host of plainsmen including a Virginia reel horse stake burning Deadwood mail coach attack and many other frontier scenes. Fringe acts include Forepaughs 40 horse bareback Eclipse elephants and dogs plus acrobats gymnasts and chariot races.
In the Meadville Tribune Saegertown notes highlight Mrs. Co. Ingersoll Gara of Erie as a prominent local figure. The artist is known for Frank Leslie's Magazine illustrations and Venango River depictions for Gen. Washington's regional article. She also illustrated J. G. Whittier's Nahaught at the poet's request.
Advice to halt health decline through Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters described as a grand vitalizer. It claims to restore digestion and nutrient absorption, renew appetite and sleep, and prevent illnesses such as rheumatism biliousness and kidney troubles by improving stomach function and blood nourishment.
Energetic men and women sought to sell Mark Twain's new book A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. 300 illustrations by Dan Beard. One agent sold 35 books in five days. Another 31 in three days. 25 orders from 30 calls. 30,000 copies already sold. Territory available. Address Webster & Co., 3 East 14th St., New York.
A farmer seeking a renter for a Wetmore farm describes a young married man with a small family. Wife can handle milk and butter, with a good house, ample gas, and a year round steady job. Apply to Tuomas Keelor at Wetmore Station McKean County Pennsylvania.
Merck Drug Store offers Dr Wilbur’s Cough and Consumption Care priced at 25 and 50 cents. Goodrich & Fehlman publicize Crown Acme Oil for sale.
Reports from multiple Pennsylvania papers recall Congressman L F Watson of the Twenty seventh district as a skilled, energetic leader and loyal Republican. He died suddenly in Washington after years building a fortune in lumber and petroleum, leaving a legacy as a trusted state and national legislator and a devoted family man.
The column lists diverse items from Chautauqua receipts exceeding prior totals by 10,000 dollars to tannery land sales in Elk and Forest counties. It notes Kane’s Thompson House expansion, a nitro glycerine explosion near Olean, a McKean county GAR reunion with 15,000 served, a new Venango railroad charter, Venango County grand jury road concerns, and broader road law issues across Pennsylvania.
G B Williams announces affordable home style meals at Adelphia Kitchen Warren Pa during Warren County Fair week. menu includes beef lamb pork calf and abundant vegetables with 25 cents per person serving up to 7000 meals across six days starting Sept 8. Trushel & Co advertise country store near iron bridge Glade Warren county with groceries and nations.
Gents' Furnishing Goods at Warren's finest clothing store just below the Carver House under A. Weiss. Recently overhauled with a vast stock of serviceable and fashionable clothing. Summer suits and boys' clothes on hand with savings promised. Toilet and fancy articles, fresh groceries, and fruit selections accompany the shop offerings.
County correspondence reports burglars entered the Eckberg dwelling on York Hill with pants found the next morning and a dog drove off intruders at Frank York’s. Drilling begins on Head farm by Hoyt & Co and McKinney Black & Co amid efforts to raise funds for a deeper bore. Several residents ill or recovering, church and school activities resume, and local business changes include Darling & Strickland moving, Strickland & Woodside adding groceries. The piece notes fair preparations, livestock movements, and community events through Sept. 2.
Ella Cogswell, eldest daughter of Frank A. and Mary L. Cogswell, died in Warren at age sixteen. John A. Bell, aged 43, also died in Warren on the same date.
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