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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1896
Page
3
The Warren National Bank has rebuilt its vault installing a Mosler Corliss cannon ball safe and safety deposit boxes priced from $1 yearly. Also noted are community updates on Gen J Y James’s 93rd birthday and a lively Warren Republican Club meeting with speeches and songs.
Boston secretary Miss Louise Gaudelet to wed William Amory this month. Stuttgart coachman and footman topple. Queen’s coachman-Surprise rescues horses. Jane Harrison becomes Berlin Archaeological Society member, first English LL D. Helen Keller at preparatory school, with Miss Sullivan guiding to college, age 16.
Personal notes from Warren list visits and moves including F H Rockwell and son Bert from the west, Dr Hill at Struthers Hotel for eye and ear practice, Mrs Kertcher in Cleveland for millinery styles, Shawkey family returning to Warren from Cincinnati, Miss Bessie Thomas visiting relatives and fair attractions, Matthews named new American Express agent in Warren, Getz family visiting from Philadelphia, Henry Bartlett journeying from Montana to shop, and a London letter from Hon C W Stone signaling return home. Funeral of Wm Moran held with large attendance. Dr E F Edmonds appointed pastor at First M E Church Warren after transfer, with family details and sermon work noted.
The Grand Jury finished its term reporting on 30 bills with 21 true and 9 not true. It found jail plumbing poor and urged a porch to shield the jail and kitchen door, plus overhauls in the jail, sheriff’s residence, court house burners, and hospital sanitation. It praised improvements in the Recorder of deeds area and noted road concerns in Conewango township. The jury endorsed Mr. Aiken for his position and recommended asylum transfer for a disruptive inmate.
The ad promotes fall suit purchases at Jacob Keller The Tailor claiming the Almighty Dollar buys more now. It urges wise shoppers to buy fall suits to maximize value and purchasing power.
The W N Y P Ry offers the last excursion of the season to Olean and Bradford on Sunday September 20 with a special fast train from Warren at 10 AM arriving at noon. Return trains depart Olean and Bradford at 7 PM for a long day trip. Round trip fare is $1 and tickets are valid on regular trains Monday September 21. The Bradford route uses Riverside Junction with no car changes.
D A V and P R R announce round trip fares to Falconer for the Jamestown meeting on Sept 26. Tickets good for that day only priced at 50 cents. Another round trip option to Falconer on Sept 26 with return by Sept 28 costs cents. Gero H Daniels G P A.
Druggists nationwide praise Chamberlains Cough Remedy for coughs colds and croup. Indiana Pa Sugar prominent druggists say they sell more of the syrup than any other. Fredonia Pa pharmacist H M Urey calls it the best cough medicine. Available 25 and 50 cents at Morris Mullen Warren and P B Canfield Corydon.
Union City showcases a new $40 000 opera house cornerstone laid last Saturday. Glade Run tannery upgrades with a beam house while Warren High School Athletic Club reorganizes for football and track. A 30 barrel oil well starts near Queen Run. Cherry Creek News editor returns. army worm damage pegged at 2 million dollars. diverse local notices and ads from Oil City to Warren.
The annual Teachers Institute begins December 14 with a strong program. Dr. A. E. Winship and Dr. C. G. Carson headline day sessions, with lectures by Rev. Ferdinand Iglehart and Temple Graves in the evenings. Musical directing by Prof. Keeney, and readings by Adelaide Westcott. Course tickets are $1.00 as organizers aim to make the 1896 session a standout.
Rev Rhodes led no service in New Castle pa but a temperance talk by Mrs M E Peck impressed locals. Uncle James Conroe’s horse ran away killing the buggy and injuring him. Soldiers Mike Curry and others remembered as pensions linger. Revelations on silver questions stir youths. Vermont Maine and border states set Nov 3 verdicts that may surprise Europe.
Marriages include Ben Stoddard and Prudy Brightman at Spring Creek Pennsylvania on September 9, Will T Chapman and Eva L Hamilton at Bear Lake Pennsylvania on September 6, and H Eugene Mitchell and Edna Campbell in Chicago on September 11. The couple from Illinois are expected in Warren and will reside at Market and Fifth streets.
Obituaries for Ellen R. McDowell in Warren aged 56, widow of Hubert V. McDowell, with burial in Oakland. Mrs W D Martin of Elk township Warren Co. aged 49, pleurisy death, burial Oakland. Harriet M. Dorn of Jamestown N Y, 76, burial Foster cemetery Lander. Catherine Barbara Mack near Warren, 89, burial at home of daughter Mrs Jos Mathis.
COUNTY CLIPPINGS summarize events from Bear Lake Youngsville and Tidiute areas. The borough school opened with Principal David Leslie and Assistant Addie Scholton. 14 year old W W Hotchkiss of Sinclairville weighed 381 pounds at a recent weigh-in. Miss Dora Jackson left for Boston to study elocution while Ida Baker and Maud McCormick departed for grape harvest duties. Des Moines obituaries note Mrs. E F Mead leaving a husband and three children, and gas engines gain traction locally with a 25 hp Olin at A Dunn’s mill and a 15 hp Olin at the cutlery works. Ernest Victor Proper, 24, died in Kane, Pennsylvania, and is buried in Tidioute cemetery.
Sept 15 reports attendances at funerals and reunions. Mrs Ann Arird's remains were moved to Lander for burial from Warren. Families such as Foster and Strickland held reunions at Miller's grave. Social visits include Mr and Mrs Wagner in Warren and birthdays for Mrs P. at East Side Warren.
The McKinley and Hobart Club completed its organization last night electing E L Morris as President F E Bartlett Secretary R G Mead G H Bates and G Deleen as Vice Presidents W P Nutting Treasurer with a Finance Committee chaired by Nutting Chas H Kay and John A Day as Musical Director Dr C H Jacobs. W F Campbell of Pittsfield gave a stirring speech and other members offered remarks. About 150 names are on the roll and reading matter will be furnished free at the room.
A jumble of quips and ads notes the grind of daily life from a sharpener’s toil to political seasons. It cites Ayer’s Pills and Sarsaparilla ads, hair renewers, a chamberlain remedy endorsement, fashion bills, and local testimonials from H. Alexander Stoke and Rev. Mark Minser in Warren and Corydon areas.
A Republican meeting and pole raising will be held at Sugar Grove next Saturday Sept. 19 with speakers Hon Thad M. Mahon of Chambersburg Hon W I Swoope of Clearfield county and W E Rice Esq of Warren. The Warren Glee Club will attend.
A Republican meeting will be held at Lander Friday evening Sept. 18. Hon. Thad M. Mahon of Chambersburg and Wm. Schnur Esq. of Warren will speak.
Riverside Fish and Oyster Co offers shad mackerel bluefish bass yellow pike and whitefish at its 428 Water St. Warren location with clear display of available seafood today.
Mrs. Green will meet patients at the Carver House every Monday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. When not in Warren she may be seen at Kinzua, Pennsylvania.
N. K. Wendlebee advertises a large stock of wallpaper and paints with enticing prices. Readers are invited to call, examine options, and find pleasing choices.
Mrs. L Casemere Scott announces contracts at low monthly prices for pressing cusening repairing and related services through Hunter and Son. The notice invites patrons to engage the service for affordable work in the local area.
An 19th century advert promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for incurable cases. Endorsers Lee and Truax, Walding Kinnan and Marvin, and F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo attest to Cheney's honesty and ability. Cure sold for 75 cents per bottle and testimonials are offered free.
An advertisement touts Indigestion as inflaming stomach ulcers and claims South American Nervine as the universal cure for stomach troubles. It asserts cancer cannot affect a sound stomach and urges purchase at Noyes Drug Store in Warren, Pennsylvania.
If you belong to any secret society under the sun and want an address card with an embossed emblem of the order, visit the Mall office to make your selections.
The D A V and P will offer round trip tickets from Warren to Falconer for sixty cents to attend the event featuring Barnum and Bailey at James town on September 16.
The document lists patent spring flour at 1.15 per unit or 4.60 for four sacks, with other prices noted for flour types, bale straw, and meal. Several garbled entries reference per hundred costs and bushel measures, indicating fluctuating commodity pricing and a dated format.
A Republican gathering was held last Friday in the U B church with several speakers and the Pittsfield Band providing music. Local residents Mrs A Peterson from Glade Run and Mr and Mrs Geo Owens of Warren visited Mrs Jones and Mrs Gertrude Frank stayed with Mrs Goodwin. Rev Bronson will preach next Sunday at 11 AM.
A Punch illustration prompts artist protest over a 25 year old drawing. Murillo supposedly painted on a napkin for a monk in Seville, producing La Madonna de la Servilleta. Separately, Lord Leighton's Holland Park house failed to sell at 75000 dollars though its tiles cost 45000, and trustees report legacies can now be fulfilled.
A survey shows Bismarck appears in 18 towns and villages, while Shakespeare is unique to Pennsylvania. Steuben, Columbus, Napoleon, Kossuth, and Lord Bryan also appear in multiple local names, reflecting a curious pattern in American place naming. The piece blends light lore and humorous dialogue from the Washington Star and Boston Transcript.
In the British Isles the north of Ireland resists plans to fence approaches to the Giant’s Causeway to levy tolls. Chelsea Carlyle museum reports over 4,000 visitors since its reopening as a Carlyle house. Guy’s Hospital fund reaches about 800000 toward 2500000 goal. Hampton Court goldfish dies, weighing four pounds, a historic central fountain resident. English radicals seek public defenders to counter prosecutors. Justice Wills notes crime now linked more to unlimited speculation than drink.
Lord Chief Justice Russell plans a three month American tour while Aubrey de Vere at sixty two stays engaged with literature. The Duke of Wellington remains dangerously ill with dropsy at fifty with no direct heirs. A University College reunion recalls Joe Chamberlain by a schoolmate. The Princess of Wales keeps a constant hairstyle, her curls aligned like ancient laws.
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