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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1896
Page
3
The death of William Moran, 43, proprietor of the European Hotel, occurred last evening just before 9 o'clock after illness since Saturday from bowel and lung trouble. He leaves a wife and four children and was noted as industrious and genial. The community mourns a trusted citizen.
The piece warns that imitators fool the ignorant and that readers should resist inferior products like pretend root beer. It stresses that the best imitation is no good and mocks excessive campaign displays.
N. K. Wendlebee offers an ele vy stock of wallpaper and paints for house cleaning season. Customers can examine goods and get prices, aiming to please everybody.
Rupert MacKay and wife visit relatives in Canada. Miss Lizzie Greaves sick but improving. W H Zuern returns to Warren shoe store after Chautauqua season. Dr Morck to be in Warren during Fair next week. Rev J W Smith and Rev J P Shelley attend Presbytery at Cochranton. Dr Elizabeth King leaves Warren for Grand Haven to teach. Goop reports from London on Mr Stone and daughter. Ella Marie Dreager returns to New York for musical work. Lizzie and Edgar Beaty party at C W Beaty home. W R C and G A R members invited to Cowan's for pie. Earnest Watson recovering from scarlet fever. Raple serves as organist until Prof Way arrives. 55th Davis marriage anniversary celebrated at home. Rev E F Epmunds chosen as Warren Methodist successor to Dr Kummer. conference in New Castle. First Warren Baptist Church year under Rev A J Ivey observed with large attendance and sermon. D A V P railroad chief Van Etten and staff visit in Niagara observation engine. dinner at Carver House. L J McWilliams family move to Parkersburg W Va. Their Warren home sold to Frank Morrison. Dr J A Kummer and wife leave Warren for Fredonia N Y due to ill health. farewell reception at church.
Straw hats linger and fairs ripen as prices drift on local markets. Union City reports a strawberry bed in bloom while the Allen Shoe Store advertises a $5 Tan Shoe for $2.50. Residents note the 83d anniversary of Perry’s Lake Erie victory and the 150th Penn. Vols reunion set for Gettysburg September 24–25.
Rev. A R Taylor delivered a timely sermon at Trinity Memorial Warren on September 6 urging listeners to practice large-heartedness and charity. He warned against fighting temper and urged weighing others’ views, stressing faith, hope, and brotherhood as path to peace and progress.
The Scandinavian Republican Club formed Tuesday electing President J. H. Sandstrom and officers including Vice President David Swanson and secretaries Nelson O. Lund and Bengt Anderson. With about 140 members, the group meets weekly and heard W. W. Wilbur report Northwest support for McKinley and protection.
The United Brethren conference met at Sugar Grove with Bishop Castle presiding. Appointments include Chandlers Valley A Brunson Sugar Grove R J White Pine Grove I S Swezey Conewango C D Swart Findleys Lake C G Langdon Corry L A McIntyre Cassadaga R Smith Chautauqua W A Lawrence Bradford C J Gage Pleasantville J Benachoff Bear Lake B Hill Hickernill P E Smith.
The advertisement touts the dollar’s buying power this season and urges readers to purchase fall suits from Jacob Keller, the tailor, promising great value for wise shoppers.
Mrs L Casemere Scott offers monthly contracts for pressing cleaning and repairing men’s clothing. All work guaranteed with special monthly prices. Upstairs opposite C Hunter and Son’s.
A rural skeptic taunts a resident saying he used to wipe clay from boots to prove bricks in the house are real. The exchange hints at pride or rumor about local construction.
Warren Co Pomona Grange met Limestone Grange September 3 4 with Master Bovee absent due to family illness. Chappel led. 12 of 19 granges reported. six degree initiation for 27 members. total combined Pomona membership 926 excluding Farmington. Next meeting at Youngsville in December and Columbus mutual benefit meeting planned for October.
Edinboro State Normal School begins its fall term on Tuesday September 1. The institution highlights superior equipment location and healthfulness, with an earnest faculty focused on student and graduate welfare and a growing patronage seeking terms and other information.
Today at the Riverside Fish and Oyster Co store shoppers can find Shad Mackerel Bluefish Bass Yellow Pike and Whitefish at 428 Water St Warren The text also includes a humorous exchange about Boston girls and mosquitoes.
A playful exchange describes a busy day at home where a child, called urchin, stays with family while the mother assigns a few small tasks. The tone is affectionate and domestic.
Readers may obtain address cards featuring an embossed emblem of any secret society by visiting the Matt office and making a selection.
Come early every day and avoid the rush at the gate. The Methodist dining hall will be run in first class style by Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Orr. Other dining halls and lunch counters will be in good condition to supply the hungry. Everybody in Warren and vicinity should bring an exhibit to the Fair. If you don't, keep still and not utter that chestnut I have got something better at home. Show the best you have and take the consequences.
In Tidio ute News a Wednesday afternoon reception by Mrs E B Grandin and Miss Grandin drew guests with help from Mrs J L Grandin and Grace of Boston. The report notes good bass fishing in season and visitors in town. In Youngsville the teaching assignment begins for Maggie Weiderholt at Cobham while Gay Phillips departs for Cornplanter for eight months. Bear Lake records show creamery dividend 52c per 100 and butter at 161 1 2 c per lb, with Rev L Markham named U B minister for the year.
An editorial criticizes the borough Council for vetoed street railway franchise action and urges taxpayers to file suit to block an alleged predatory extension. The piece questions council loyalty to constituents, warns of “robbery” by the company and press, and calls for prompt legal action to protect public rights and future property.
The Warren Mail celebrates forty eight years of publication and maintains its steady, clean, newsy tone as a well edited weekly newspaper. Local papers commend its consistent editorial direction and ongoing vitality while wishing continued prosperity.
Fr J Cheney Co of Toledo receives long term endorsement from Kentie Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists for 15 years of honorable dealings and Cheney firm obligations. Hall's Catarrh Cure is promoted as an internal remedy acting on blood and mucous surfaces with testimonials free and bottles at 75 cents sold by all druggists.
An advertisement claims indigestion causes stomach ulceration and cancer, touting South American Nervine as the universal cure. It promises a sound stomach can prevent cancer and urges purchase at Noyes drug store in Warren, Pennsylvania.
The D A V and P announce round trip tickets from Warren to Falconer for the event at James Town on September 16 priced at 60 cents.
A damaged OCR snippet shows commodity pricing figures and notes for sacks, per bushel, flour and grain terms. The readable parts list prices such as 1.15 and 4.60 for 4 sacks, with scattered numbers and garbled identifiers, lacking coherent context or full details.
Miss Dorrit Sweetland hosted a birthday party for friends. A cemetery monument was placed on a lot owned by Mrs. Georgia le. Swedish picnic at Hagle's grove Aug 29. Fishing trips and reunions noted. Several residents moved, traveled, or returned from trips. Weddings and engagements listed: Risher Martin in Warren, Farnsworth Cleveland in Barnes, Gilbert Johnson in Goshen.
Sept 8 update reports Prof Mead in charge of schools assisted by Bettie Christie and Lettie Somers filling for sick Maitland. James Wilson and Maud Thompson wed by Rev A B McCormick. Maud Van Dyke leaves for Oil City to study. Edward Haslett of Erie visits. Yard work and schooling news follow including Clair Thompson securing a teaching post at Thompson's Station. Rev McCormick closes two-year pastorate here andNorth Clarendon, seeks return to charge.
Sep 8 report lists visits and social events in Jamestown Clarendon and surrounding areas. Names include T. W. Sparks D. T. Burke A. M. Thompson A. F. Lyon Chas Lyon J D Curtis Ella Franklin Jeanett King and M J Miller. An Epworth League ice cream social raised 10 dollars. A banner proclaims Bryan and free silver with no crown of thorns.
Mr Solomon Brown died at home Friday morning August 28 aged 79 a respected citizen since 1844 Funeral held from the U B church at Chandler's Valley Rev O J Gage officiating The Brown reunion at S B Fidler s on Sept 3 drew 138 attendees and adjourned to meet August 1897 at S A Browns Various locals visited trained at Pomona Grange Limestone Hill Celeron and Kersey Pa notes on school and sickList trades and family visits remain in county records.
Sept 9 at Kinnear’s Opera House a McKinley and Hobart Club organized with W P Nutting as chair and Dr C H Jacobs secretary. Geo Higgins spoke on campaign issues with focus on silver. over 100 names signed to the roll. meeting adjourned to Sept 15. Pittsfield contributors attended with Itsfield Band.
In Warren on Sept 6 69 year old Mrs Ann Cooper Arird burial in Foster cemetery Farmington born Genesee County NY 1827 mother of seven children. Also J Warren Fletcher died Sept 2 Sugar Grove aged 77 with long career in Warren Jamestown Centralia and Sugar Grove papers. Other obits include Miss Cora Lyon Florence L Young Ralph J Young Peter McKey Mike Curry John Sowle aged 84. Funeral details and residences given.
A jumble of humorous exchanges contrasts literary pretensions with practical woes. An absent minded father questions a crying child while ads tout Hants Hair Renewer and Ayer's Cherry Pectoral promise relief from bronchial mucus.
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