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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1905
Page
8
Notices from Russell and nearby towns report residents traveling to Colorado Springs and Canada, departures for new homes, visitors staying with local families, and shifts in jobs and business. Warnings about late copy and disrupted service accompany observations on local streets, trolley traffic, new sidewalks, and upcoming church events.
Mrs C R Fox shopped in Warren and guests visit Mrs Knapp. Ladies Aid supper at M E Church netted a fine sum. Thief to be sought after $75 vanished from Fred Nobbs overcoat. School opens with Chas Burch principal. Vermilyea to return from Canada. Local trips and visits noted. Arnold Run bridge completed and Daniel Brogan in precarious condition after leg break. Russell youths depart for an outing.
Frewsburg updates report Perry Annis to marry Miss Lucy Thayer on August 30. Visits span Corene Cowan in North Warren and Jamestown travelers. Local construction on Chas Peterson and Bronkow Lewis Bros offices. Dennis Lee dies in Jamestown. Frewsburg Canning begins. Trolley system faced fire from a wire leakage and resumed regular trips. A family reunion occurred at John Atkins' farm. American Telegraph and Telephone crews camped near Has kins farm with about seventy workers.
The town celebrates hourly trolley service from Warren as a crowd greets the first car. The Atkins family held their third annual reunion with seventy to eighty present and officers elected for the year. Local residents return from Canada and nearby visits, while Rev. Winger delivers a farewell sermon and school resumes for Mattie Tracy. Frewsburg thrives with booming trolley, telegraph and telephone building activity and busy merchants.
September 12 updates from Glade township and nearby Irvington include road scrutiny by J C Rollin and multiple visits by residents to relatives in Sheffield Warren and Almond New York. Reports cover school openings, new sidewalks and walks around post offices, hotel changes, stave mill shutdowns temporary, fishing outings, and crop weather with corn promising while potatoes rot and apples poor.
Residents and visitors around Warren include Mrs Will Fenton and Miss Irene Wright from Findley Lake and their family. Robert Brooks of Wadestown WV visiting family. J P Mortenson from North Warren. Mrs E L Wright returning from Chautauqua. Glenn Phillips visiting from the Drake cottage. Sam Gurley turning to farming on Stilson Hill. and several others. School opens with large attendance. the coal dock near the station is removed. the Episcopal Church overhauled. Ada E Dunham to wed Ralph Davis September 20. Rev Burns reappointed. Judge Hammond in town. various travels and visits noted.
Miss Edith Hagg of New York visits her parents in town. Miss Hattie Anderson returns from Youngsville. A family reunion occurs at Mr and Mrs Charlie Rein on Lake Hill. Albert Frank visits Youngsville. Mrs Sarah Wilson visits friends on Spetz Hill. Gust Mumford paints a house for Albert Frank on Spetz Hill. Miss Jennie Carlson of Columbus visits Miss Ellen Lind. Young People’s Literary meets at the Lutheran Church. Miss Alma Johnson of Spott Hill visits Sheffield. L E Jones of Warren is a visitor here. Mrs Charlie Lynn of Pittsfield calls on local friends.
Sept 11 in Fentonville reports the start of school with Miss Bina Williams as teacher. The town hosted a Warren MAIL representative for a day last week. Miss Ellen Wiltsie attends the M. E. Conference at Ridgway. C H Miller and wife with grandchildren Homer and Bernice Hale return from Toronto fair. Miss Bessie Moore hosts Jamestown youths at a corn roast. Roy Gillman visits Niagara Falls last week. Marvin Bennett’s barn caught fire one
A local retailer advertises a liberal assortment of cotton blankets in tan grey and white from 59 cents to 1 dollar 25 per pair.
The advertisement promotes strictly all-wool white blankets at five dollars per pair and a wide display of outing flannels priced eight and ten cents per yard. It emphasizes quality and popular pricing to attract shoppers.
Day last week a small fire was started but discovered in time to stop it from burning. It is believed to have been caused by sparks from a passing engine. Miss Mabel Bradley hosts her cousin Miss Bessie Warner of Lakewood. Mr and Mrs Frank Adams entertain Mr and Mrs George Ruch of Dunkirk.
Columbus reports Labor Day crowd at Recreation Park with W. O. W. members and guests. Visitors include Mrs. Smith of Waterford and families from Grand Valley and East Branch. Local farming notes say threshing and silo filling underway and ensilage corn is fine this season. Sugar Run notes Warren visitors among other items.
Local residents including Mr and Mrs David Holt and Miss Mable Green are noted in social snippets. F A McGill visits from Jonestown. Grange members attend Pomona at Kinzua. Yellowstone visitation hits twenty thousand this season, surpassing last year’s 12 thousand.
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