Autumnal notes and fall preparations in the region
The column lists seasonal topics from cool nights and harvests to strolling moonlight rambles and local events. It notes grape prices, a library closure for repairs, a stay law expiry, social gatherings at a resident's home, and tickets for the Salisbury Troubadours at Roscoe Hall. It also mentions a fire alarm, local attire prices, school term start, and oblique humor from other papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Grove
Public Library
Warren
G. Wuarde
A. J. Davis
Salisbury Troubadours
Roscoe Hall
Lake Shore
Wilbur & Miles
Louis Myers
Boss
C. M. Mack
Ellen Clemons
Honor Stevens
Cogswell
Local Notes and Social Lines from Titusville
Miss Mary Palmer visits Batavia New York. Capt Dennison and family return from Sulphur Spring. Mr R B Stewart of Warsaw Virginia visits son Dr Stewart. Mrs Belle Childs and son return from Buffalo summer visit. Irvine H Eddy of Louisville visits parents in town. Judge Scofield to speak in Titusville next Wednesday. M Marshall may also speak. Dr and Mrs Stranahan adopt infant girl from Erie Home for the Friendless. Miss E M Green marries. Warren society and Union School lose a teacher to marriage. Miss Julia Harrison and sister Kate ill with fever. both recovering. librarian positions filled by Annie Rankin and Sarah Hackney. Mayor Miles quells a drunken night disturbance with police aid. New Singer sewing machine advertised by E C Cox agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Palmer
Batavia
N. Y
Capt
Dennison
R. B. Stewart
Warsaw
Stewart
Belle Childs
Buffalo
Irvine H. Eddy
Louisville
Judge Scofield
Titusville
M. Marshall
Pittsburg
D. V. Stranahan
Erie
Dan
Warren Society
Union School
E. M. Green
Public
Julia Harrison
Kate
Annie Rankin
Sarah Hackney
Miles
Greaves
Warren Club Battles Corry in Ninth Inning Tie
The Warren Base Ball Club and the Corry Club played a tight game, Warren leading until the eighth inning when Corry gained a seven run swing. Final score tied as Corry edged ahead by errors and Warren fought back with a strong home stretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Corry Club
Corry
Greenback Meeting Draws Sparse Crowd at Roscoe Hall
Col Atwood spoke to a Roscoe Hall audience last Saturday about government wealth from thin air. Despite a fair start, many left early as the speaker pressed the idea that money can be made from nothing, a notion the crowd dismissed as impractical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Hall
Col. Atwood
Stray Cow Seeks Owner Offering Reward
From Sam's H. Cogswell premises a small brown cow about twelve years old is missing. It has long slim horns and a brass knob on one horn. Any person providing information leading to its location will receive a liberal reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam’s H. Cogswell
School Books Slates and Writing Paper at Variety Hall
A notice describes sale of school supplies including books slates and writing paper at Variety Hall. The event lists items available for purchase by local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Variety Hall
Glycerine Explosion Kills Four On Curtis Farm
At noon last Sunday September 15 a massive glycerine blast two miles south of Bradford on the Curtis farm killed Andy P Higgins J B Burkholder N P Pulver and Charles Page. Authorities believe the men tried to open a magazine holding 20 pounds glycerine and 75 pounds dynamite. Burglary attempts by blowing the lock with glycerine failed and no witnesses remain to explain the blast. The explosion was described as terrific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Curtis
Andy P. Higgins
J. B. Burkholder
N. P. Pulver
Charles
Page
Light Running Domestic Sewing Machine for sale in Warren Pa
The Light Running Domestic sewing machine with new improvements and self threading shuttle is advertised as the only complete and thorough made machine on the market. It is labeled the best and the cheapest, sold only by A J Fouch in Warren Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.J. Fouch
Warren, Pa
Milton Nobles to Star In The Phoenix at Warren
The celebrated actor Milton Nobles and a first class troupe perform in Warren next Saturday evening September 21 in the play The Phoenix. Citizens who saw the troupe last March will attend without invitation. Seats available at A J Davis drug store Ph Best Milwaukee and George Weber Cincinnati Lager bottled by Jamestown Bottling Co at Martin Shaefffer’s. I shall continue to buy Rags for cash during Summer. R H Jonson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Bostons
Cincinnati
Chicago
Providence
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Oil City
Warren Club
Warren
Forest City Club
Cleveland
Milton Nobles
the Phoenix
A. J. Davis’ Drug Store
Ph. Best
George Weber
Jamestown Bottling Co
Martin Shaefffer
R. H. Jonson
Best
Martin Shaeffer
Fall term opens at Warren Union School with 532 enrolled
The Warren Union School opens on Monday September 9 with 532 pupils. The Academic Department classes and new rooms show advanced desks and a strong three year plan blending mathematics science and language. Teachers supervise with fresh methods, and a notable orderly start marks a high regard for discipline and local pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Union School
No. 1
Miller
Warren
Rain Storm Causes Floods and Fatalities Across Region
A week long rain storm flooded Allegheny river and Conewango creek banks, swamped Meadville and Erie, killing and drowning residents. Mill run, canal overflowed. $100,000 in Meadville damage. A. and G. W. Ry wrecked by washout. several deaths. Storm affected Toronto to Richmond corridor and Pittsburg area. Also ads note cheap books and beverage sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Allegheny River
Conewango Creek
Meadville
Mill Run
C. Derickson
D. W. Derickson
Mill Creek
Park Avenue
Erie
James Dodsworth
Toronto
Ontario
Richmond
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Painesville
Pittsburg
List of Jurors for October Term of Court
The official list of jurors drawn for the October term begins Monday Oct 7 at 2 PM. Named jurors include Warren G Ames H E Davis J C Fehlman John P Hanson D W C James C F Lusk and many others across Limestone Pine Grove Brokenstraw Kinzua Columbus Freehold Youngsville Spring Creek Tidioute Corydon Deerfield Pittsfield Elk Sheffield Eldred Conewango with dozens of citizens listed by townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marz
M. Warren
G. H. Ames
H. E. Davis
J. C. Fehlman
John P. Hanson
D. W. C. James
C. F. Lusk
Limestone
Jacob Boswell
N. Muntz
Pine Grove
D. B. Brogan
Walter Thompson
Brokenstraw
J. W. Colwell
W. Case
Kinzua
W. W. Cushman
Columbus
W. Colegrove
L. Crosby
Freehold
R. W. Dennison
Stacy Howard
Thos, Inwood
A. T. Morgan
Alex. Russell
Youngsville
R. P. Davis
Spring Creek
Byron Eldred
F. E. Hyer
Charles Morton
Tidioute
Henry Fuellhart
L. D. Fisher
B. C. Henning
Corydon
Morrison Flatt
Deerfield
J. F. Goldthwaite
Pittsfield
John Jones
James Ross
John Nuttle
Elk—Hiram Lounsbury
Sheffield
Robert Mumford
Eldred
Edwin Muzzy
Conewango
John McCain
George J. Spade
W. H. Taylor
Second Hand Tubing Casing Drive Pipe Wanted
W. G. Co. offers to buy second hand tubing casing drive pipe or oil well outfits complete and will pay cash. Located in 2t Olean New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Co
Olean, N. Y
Letter from Youngsville on greenback politics and satire
A Youngsville letter from Sept 16 1878 wryly promotes the town as home of the vegetable party praising greenback economics. The writer mocks money stamps power and political rivals while naming Col Atwood Hamiltonian Institute H P Kinnear and Riley Blodgett Finley and predicts a Chautauqua county victory for Greenback candidates. The piece lampoons local journalism and spirits in a humorous political critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngsvile
Matt
Youngsville
Col. Atwood
Riley
Blodgett
United States
Hamiltonian Institute
Chautauqua News
H. P. Kinnear
Kinnear
Chautauqua County
The
Valley News
Warren
Dr. Blodgett
Finley
Cassadaga Lake
Valley Point Fair set for Cuba New York in late September
Notices report the Valley Point Fair at Cuba New York on September 24 25 26 and 27 and mention a disrupted Jamestown Fair moved to September 25. Other items note school openings in Youngsville and charity fundraisers, plus local commentary on wages for female teachers and regional remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
N. Y
Youngsville
Prof. Gorman
Ella Eldred
Gorman
Oil City
Parker Exchange
Bradford Ra
Rock View
Niagara
Warren
Davis
B. F. Irvine
Carrollton
Cattaraugus County
Andrew Irvine
Irvine Mills
Eighty-third Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Titusville
Hartranft
Sergt. N. R. Hayes
Greenville
F. H. Couse
Erie
W. H. Reed
Joseph Marsh
Farmington
Fredonia Censor
Venango Spectator
Erie Observer
Sugar Grove Sweets and Fair Time Observations
Sugar Grove notes fair weather and harvest reports with corn cutting and a half normal apple crop. A Methodist dining hall under construction at the Fair ground aims for light profits to aid the minister. Local schools progress. Archie McDonald launches a grocery business with H Harmon backing. An opera house moved to a creek bed collapsed after floods, causing loss. Sugar Grove Pa Sept 16 1878.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Society
Archie McDonald
C. P. Harris
H. Harmon
Archie
McDonald & Co
Green Clark
Sugar Grove
Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society Exhibition at Erie 1878
The twenty fifth annual exhibition will be held in Erie from September 23 to 27 1878. The display will include fine cattle horses sheep Chester swine and a full mechanical and agricultural exhibit with labor saving machinery. Col Alexander K McClure of the Philadelphia Times will give the annual address. Excursion tickets will be offered at reduced rates from roads centering at Erie. This will be the last Society exhibition in this section for many years and attendance is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society
City of
Erie
Chester
Alex. K. McClure
Philadelphia Times
Pennsylvania
Parmelee and Green Tie The Knot In Warren
In Warren on September 12, 1878, Ashley M. Parmelee of Brattleboro Vermont married Eunice M. Green of Warren at the residence of Mrs. Jane Orr by Rev. W A Rankin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parmelee—Green
Warren
Jane Orr
W. A. Rankin
Brattleboro
Eunice M. Green
Obituaries: Hattie Brown and Nellie Rogers Die in 1878
In Warren on Sept 17 Hattie Brown second daughter of W D and Lucy R Brown aged 12 years 11 months died. In Mead on Sept 3 Nellie K Rogers infant daughter of Alson and Mary E Rogers aged 3 months passed away.
Planets in September Saturn Trims the Sky This Month
The Providence Journal surveys Saturn Jupiter Venus Mars and Mercury for September. Saturn nears opposition on the 22nd and shines brightest. Jupiter dominates evening skies. Venus rises before dawn as the morning star. Mars is dim and near conjunction on the 18th. Mercury advances through several elongations with a notable 25th pairing with Venus. The Harvest Moon on September 1 adds a silvery glow through five evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Providence Journal
Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
Planetary Brotherhood
Terrestial
Earth
Pisces
Mercury
Counterfeiters Busted In Jamestown Case
Government detectives shut down a counterfeiting ring led by Joseph and Robert Kirkpatrick of Farmington Pennsylvania. James Curtis supplied dies and stock while the Kirkpatricks met buyers in Jamestown and were arrested after a stakeout at the Winsor House. Five moulds and a cache of coins were seized. The trio face hearing before U.S. Commissioner Grant in Erie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown Democrat
Robert Kirkpatrick
Farmington
Jamestown
Andrew Armstrong
Kirkpatrick
Winsor House
Harrington
Messrs. Kirkpatricks
C. J. Curtis
Westfield
Bradford
States
Joseph
Curtis
U.S
Grant
Erie
Hunting Expedition Planned by Grandin Party to Devil's Lake
The Red River Independent reports Messrs Grandin and Cummings of Tidioute and Judge Souther of Erie organize a two week hunting expedition. Wagons saddle horses shotguns rifles dogs tents cooks and guides travel to Devil's Lake Ramsey county and the Goose and Rush River headwaters. Guide H S Back will serve as colonel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red River
Grandin
Cummings
Tidioute
Souther
Erie
J. L. Grandin
Pennsylvania
Devil’s Lake
Ramsey County
Goose
H. S. Back
New Post Office Rule Lets Third Class Mail Register
On October 1 the Post Office Department extends registration to all third class matter at the same rate as letters. Registered items cost ten cents, with one cent per ounce for up to four pounds. Books and pamphlets in third class register at one cent per two ounces. Multiple packages may be registered individually, each under four pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Letter declares B. F. Morris not a church member
W L Riney pastor of the M E Church in Youngsville Pa denounces an editorial signed A member from the Ledger as false It states Morris has never been a member of the Youngsville church and repudiates the accusation as slime and falsehood from a supposed member
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngsville
the Ledger
B. F. Morris
M. E.church
M. E
W.L. Riney
M. E. Church
Youngsville, Pa
Uncalled Letters Listed at Warren Post Office
In Warren Pa Post Office Saturday Sept 10 1878 C J Allen Alice Davis Mrs C A Donaldson French and Roundy John Gordon Mrs T Hollis Mrs Wm Hanky Wm Headleman Fred Jackson H W Jackson John Johnson G W Kibber John Smith All not called for within four weeks will be sent to the Dead Letter Office O C Allen P M
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
C.J. Allen
Alice Davis
C. A. Donaldson
French & Roundy
John Gordon
T. Hollis
Wm. Hanky
Wm. Headleman
Fred. Jackson
H. W. Jackson
John Johnson
G. W. Kiber
John Smith
O. C. Allen
P.M
Teachers' Institute in Warren names committees
At the institute in Warren Sept Thompson appointed committees on Local Institutes and Permanent Certificates with W. C. Gorman O. J. Gunning C. L. Arnold D. C. Temple D. F. A. Wheelock J. J. Knapp Lee Monroe A. B. Miller Miss Anna M. Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers’ Institute
Warren
Sept
Thompson Ap
W. C. Gorman
O. J. Gunning
C. L. Arnold
D. C. Temple
D. F. A. Wheelock
J. J. Knapp
Lee Monroe
A. B. Miller
Anna M. Porter
Voting Place Changes Announced by September Court
Three townships adjust polling sites. Conewango votes in Warren at Third and Hickory. Pleasant votes in Warren at the old Engine House on Third Street. Sugar Grove polls move to the Sugar Grove hotel from the opera house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conewango
Warren
Third
Hickory Streets
Pleasant
Third Street
Sugar Grove
Opera House
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Home Matters
W. D. Brown
Fair Point
Mary
Hattie
Salisbury
Australia
Sandwich Islands
T. Jack
New Orleans
Constancy
Will
Egypt
India
Khiva
Alps
Andes
Isles of
Amazons
Nellie
Ned
Singer
E. C. Coox
F. Jones
D. Mullen
Brown
Delarey
Jones
Husted
Kirven
Mullen
Simmons
Henry
Messner
Ublair
Warren Oork Corry
Hazeltine
Hickmont
Russell
Bright
Prridpe Cident Ee
George Getz
Phenix
J. B. White
Sugar Grove Sweets
Planets
Warren Retail Markets
Johnson
Pei Pe
N.C
Rice
Carolina
Rio
Prinsa
Java
Tite & Co
Cenent
A. A. Davis & Co
Sheffield Township
Warren Co
Sheffield Depot
Railroad Station
Sewell Rice
Main St
Worcester, Mass
A. W. Morck & Co
Morck
Carver House
Liberty
J. N. Schnur
Trunks, Valises, &C
Samcuee Bey
Front St
F.H. Wyman
Orris Slall
Carver
Warren, VA
N. B. Fine Watch Works
Struthers
Iron Works
Struthers, Wells & CO
National Bank
Citizens Savings Bank
M. Waters
Robert Dennison
P. Johnson
F. Henry
H. A. Jamieson
R. Dennison
J. H. Clark
A. Hertzel
George N. Parmlee
G. W. Scofield
Hilip Byseker
Second St
Mr. Byseker
Guy C. Irvine
P. Byseker
Irvine Woolen Factory
Irvineton
Eorge Hinton
True & Co
Augusta
Maine
Johnson's Enchange
Johnson, White & Co
Robert Johnson
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