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The Sharon Herald December 1, 1899
The following excerpts from the Friday, December 1, 1899 edition of The Sharon Herald (Vol. 36, No. 31), were reprinted in The Herald, Sharon, PA, in the Sunday, December 1, 1999 edition. Thanks to The Herald for allowing us to use this material and to Beverly Liston. The names of the people are highlighted. Any notes in [ ] are my own remarks and were not in the reprint of the paper.
<From page 3> BRIEFLY
TOLD.
John W. McMillan, of
Grove City, has had his pension increased from $14 to $17 a month.
Cynthia Hull,
of Hartford, has been adjudged an imbecile, and W.
D. McFarland named as guardian.
Lewis Hanson
has purchased 7 acres of land in Brookfield township from Malvina
E. Offensend. Consideration $450.
Christmas buyers will find
something to their interest by consulting C.M. Rice’s
advertisement in this issue of the HERALD. The
council of Wheatland has granted the Sharon & Wheatland Street Railway
Company the right of way over streets in that borough. The
Naval Fair and Supper given in Ashton hall Saturday evening by the ladies of the
First Christian church, was a success in every particular. The net receipts were
$235. C.H. Yeager & Co.
have been awarded the contract for furnishing the Morgan opera house with
carpets and coverings for same. About 1000 yards of velvet carpet will be used.
Hugh Morris,
of the Central House, has purchased of John Clifford,
of Sharon, seven lots near the residence of Thomas
Duer. Consideration, $300.- Hubbard Enterprise. An
execution has been served A.T.
& W.A. Kreps, partners in a foundry in
Greenville and on W.A. Kreps, individually, for $3590 in favor of Mrs.
Lucetta T. Kreps. Household goods were also attached.
The money-order business at the
Sharon postoffice is steadily increasing. From January 1 to November 1 more than 7000 orders were issued, instead of 1061 as
noted last week in the HERALD’s account of postoffice statistics.
The annual meeting of the
Trumbull County Farmers’ Institute
will be held at Hartford next Monday
and Tuesday, December 4 and 5. The State speakers will be George
E. Lawrence and H.P. Miller. They will
be assisted by home talent.
The Sharon Daily Telegraph was
purchased on Tuesday by Mr. A.L. Sackett
and Mr. Swan, of Salamanaea, N.Y., who took possession on
Wednesday evening. The reported consideration is $2600. Mr. Sackett will manage the business. The
HERALD extends best wishes.
Judge Miller,
of Mercer, cultivated nine acres of corn upon his farm this season from which he
produced 1252 bushels or 139 bushels to the acre actual measurement. Now he
would like to hear from Salem and West Salem. Stand
up, boys, and “acknowledge the
Corn.” - Greenville Progress.
The December meeting of the Sharon Building and Loan
Association will be held at the office of Secretary Williams next Monday
evening. It is the 123d monthly meeting since the Association was
organized. More than two hundred
shares have been taken in the new eleventh
series which began with the October meeting and will probably be closed this
month.
Foster, the weather sharp, predicts that December will come in with a cold
wave in the great central valleys and warm waves on the Atlantic and Pacific
coast. High temperature waves will cross great central valleys about 8 and 23k
and low temperature waves about 4. 12, 19 and 29.
Temperature of the month will average below normal generally and rainfall above.
-The Old Harmony Pickle Company,
incorporated with a capital of $100,000, and composed of Pittsburgh businessmen,
will build a factory at Warren, 0. The Tribune says the factory will run ten
months in every year and buildings will be erected which will cost not less than
$10,000, and 70 hands will be employed at the start. About 1400 acres of land
will be placed in cultivation, within a radius of ten miles of Warren on which
pickles, cabbage, tomatoes, corn, onions, peppers, beans, cauliflower, berries
and small fruits will be raised.
“Seeing is
believing.” You can see what Hood’s
Sarsaparilla has done for others, and must believe it will do the same for you. Property
Purchased. Mr. John Pedder, of
Pittsburgh, father of Mrs. George P. Donehoo,
of this place, has purchased a house and lot on south Main street, from Edwin
Bell, for $1400. The lot is 40x135 feet. Alterations and improvements are
being made on the house, which will be used for renting purposes. Mr. W.B. Marshall has
sold his house and lot on west State street, adjoining the new Stambaugh block,
to Messrs. Moses and Edward
Fisher for $9000. They will build a 15-foot addition to the east side of
the front of the building, which is to be converted into a hotel. The lot has a
frontage of 57 feet and is 160 feet deep. A.W.
Chase,
the grocer, will manage the hotel,
which will be opened to the public next week. W.H. Cover, the
undertaker, has purchased a 20-foot lot on River street, adjoining Frank
Budd’s carpenter shop, from the estate of the late W.C.
Bell and Jos. Chamberlain. The
consideration was $600.
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