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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1886
Page
3
The Warren Mail notes an upcoming performance A Pair of Kids to be shown Friday Oct 1 after last week’s Fortunes Fool. It highlights local sales, shop closures for Hebrew New Year, church events and a sale notice for S Park's farm with favorable terms.
Miss Eva Miller visits Bradford while Mrs W W Wilbur returns from Minneapolis and Mrs H Buss plans a Baltimore health trip. M Shaeffer recovers from a stroke and Miss Aroline Arnett returns from Minneapolis trips. Dr A W Ryan attends Franklin Episcopal Convocation September 28. Will Orr Jr visits from New Wilmington Globe. Joe Hall of Louisville sells timber lots to F H Rockwell Co for about 36000. Rev W W Painter heads to Mercer then Michigan for Conference and assignment. Mrs Scofield and Miss Mary Scofield seek medical care in Jamestown. Mrs H A Jamieson improving with hope of November homecoming. Rev A A Horton leaves Sheffield for Waterford Erie Co and new field. Orren C Allen Republican candidate for State Senate in Warren greeted. Mark Willson of Winona Minnesota visits old friends in Warren. Acme soap 17 bars for 1.00 and sweet potatoes 30 cents per peck at Boss Grocery.
The Warren County Farmer's Club held a Saturday picnic on the fair ground with M. E. church dining hall hospitality. Speakers emphasized farmer dignity, unity, and the club’s role in supporting the county fair and farmer prosperity, with next meeting set for October 30 at the Court House.
The Steubenville example shows fire brick pavement laid one foot below surface with sand and gravel layers and bricks set on edge. After two years it shows no wear, and the contract price is eighty three cents per square yard including brick, materials, and labor.
Want ad notes Theodore Messner’s Pearl Mills Flour at $1.25 per sack and a clerk opening for a smart young man aged 16 to 20 with P. O. Box 446. Boots and shoes advertised as better value than competitors in Warren. C. P. Northrop.
Laughing audience at Arch Street Theatre delighted by Mr Kendall in Ken dalls capital satire A Pair of Kids. Jiles Button, an eccentric countryman, provides irresistible comedy as the show delivers brisk dialogue and hearty laughs for all who enjoy humor.
The four day fair brought just over 5300 in receipts and will cover premiums and improvements leaving a small treasury balance. The Ledger claims the family ticket system cost over 2000 and the society will be in debt, despite receipts around 5700, with large year expenses and a 2000 debt paid from last year.
M C Holmes, proprietor, advertises first class upholstery and repair of parlor furniture and lounges at 218 Hickory Street opposite Carver House. Custom drapery and furniture coverings shown as latest samples. Call for service at slight cost.
C. M. Jamieson opens a fish market on Hickory street offering cigars and tobacco fruits oysters and other items. Fresh fish arrives each evening with delivery to any part of town ensuring quality and freshness.
The advertisement promotes Best Flour priced at 1.25 dollars at Theoporte Messner's. It also lists Tulip and Babbitt's soap 20 bars for 1.00 and introduces uncolored Japan tea at 40 cents, both available at Boss Grocery.
Short notice service by William Spinner offers eave spouting tin roofing and plumbing work at reasonable rates with satisfaction guaranteed. Located No. 234 Diamond Block.
Warren hosts a reunion of the Tenth Regiment, P. R. V. C., with hundreds of veterans, speeches by W. A. Rankin and C. W. Mackey, a two o'clock banquet for nearly 200 veterans by the Women's Relief Corps, and plans for next year in Rochester, Pennsylvania. Readiness for a monument at Gettysburg is discussed. resolutions express thanks to Warren and the relief committee.
Ira G. Barber, once of Warren and a former member of the 10th Regiment P R V Corps, now at the Soldiers Home in Dayton Ohio, sent a poignant letter read at a reunion banquet. He laments missing the gathering as doctors plan to amputate his right arm at the shoulder, a surgery he fears may be fatal after six prior operations.
A notice from Mrs. S. M. Hoaan announces Card, La Pierre Restaurant opposite Carver House in Warren, inviting the public to test the claim of a first class, neatly kept establishment. Lunches served quickly, fresh staples and delicacies daily, including fresh oysters and ice cream as a specialty.
Coroners jury finds fault with Engineer Brewer and Conductor Harrison over the Silver Creek inquest as they face jail. four jurors dissent on the cause attributing a misunderstanding from Flagman Reed to the excursion train crew. Jamestown Rowing Club forms with officers. Jamestown fire department inspection features hose races.
A Warren crowd witnessed Adam Forepaugh’s circus and menagerie travel by a 48 car train from Olean. The unloading process ran like clockwork with about twenty five workers and ten horses moving wagons to the lot. Elephants exited directly onto ground using a wooden block and the operation repeats daily.
C. H. Meacham & Co. acts for several of the oldest insurers in the United States and England, reflecting long-standing industry ties and cross border partnerships.
For boys a good fall overcoat in light and dark colors at the Keystone Clothing Co. Best white wheat flour priced at $1.25 per sack at Boss Grocery. Headquarters for boots and shoes remains at C. P. Norruror's.
The article traces Warren county’s origin from Allegheny and Lycoming counties under a March 1800 act, naming commissioners and noting the brokenstraw district, Meadville as seat, and 1805 realignment with Venango. It covers townships Conewango and Brokenstraw, early settlers, and first assessments, with brief state boundary history and early tavern keepers.
As the State campaign opens, Warren county voters can get the Weekly Philadelphia Press and Mail for one year at $1.75 in advance. The Press is described as a leading Republican journal with current topics and reports. the offer includes both papers for general and local information to help voters avoid wrong choices.
We continue to furnish the Mart and the new Family Atlas of the World for the low price of $2 in advance. The Atlas alone is worth $2, and you can’t find it elsewhere in Warren county at these rates. Now is the best possible time to subscribe.
AROUND THE STATE reports pleuro-pneumonia reappearing in Chester county while rallies are set for September 29 in New Castle with Gen. Beaver Gen. Osborne and Col. Quay. Dredging at Foster station and Sugar Creek works continue on the Allegheny river as Uncle Sam funds rock removal. Natural gas finds spur development with 66 companies in Western Pennsylvania and $21 million in capital invested, signaling a major industrial shift.
The Scranton Oil Company reports its No 3 well on the Rouse Hospital lands is flowing about three barrels of oil daily. Led by S M Reynolds a Scranton lawyer with geology training, the project followed two earlier wells in Brokenstraw Valley. If successful, further drilling could lower county taxes and potentially create a regional oil pool with dividends for residents.
A long list of names and occupations appears as October jurors from various towns including Warren, Pleasant, Sugar Grove, Elk, Farmington, Tidioute, and Conewango. The entry ends with grocery prices noting short mess pork at 8 cents and short clear pork at 9 cents, advertised by Boss Grocery and Niagara glass three pounds for 20 cents.
A shopper advertises a fancy worsted diagonal suit from Keystone Clothing Company and discounts on boots, shoes, sugar cured shoulders, breakfast bacon, and Warsaw salt at Boss Grocery. Requests include a second hand sleighs and claims Oneida Market as one of the finest.
A promotional note cites $10 corkscrew suits as equal to $15 items elsewhere and Keystone Chlorina Co offers Best water white oil at 10 cents per gallon at Boss Grocery.
Bell Bros announces a grand opening sale on Saturday October 2 1886 with a large stock of dry goods. They tout factory direct buying through five stores to offer city level prices on dresses silks Velvets cloaks shawls carpets and more. Aims to attract shoppers with extensive styles and low prices across departments.
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