Thompson Hill Notes and Local Happenings July Update
In Thompson Hill July news Rev. B F Gabring resigns from Baptist pastoral work effective September. Thief activity returns at R W Marlett’s hen roost with about fifteen fowls lost. Local visits include J W Sparks in Titusville and Mr Mrs L P Deming in Warren and Glade. Lander Congregational Church extends Rev Bert Case’s call for another year with September vacation. Ice cream social held at Lander. Geo Groach family visited Dutch Hill. Hood’s Sarsaparilla advertised as blood purifier and vitality booster. Keystone Watch Case Company promotes watch cases including Boss cases praised for thief-proof rings with retailers advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Gabring
Lander Busti
N.Y
R. W. Marlett
W. Sparks
Titusville
L. P. Deming
Warren and
Glade
Mabel Clark
Carrie Olsen
North Warren
Lander
Geo. Groach
Russell
Dutch Hill
Bert Case
Lander Congregational Church
Hartford
Conny Sunflower
Excursion Rates Issued for Lily Dale and Chautauqua Lake
D A V P B announces summer excursion pricing effective July 1 to Sept 30 1894. Lily Dale options include 84 cents for Wednesday or Sunday day trips, 84 cents for Saturday or Sunday return by Monday, and a season ticket for returns by October 1 totaling 1 70. Chautauqua Lake via Falconer route offers a season ticket valid any day returning by October 15 1894 at 1 50. Also Mayville route via Falconer Junction and N B E L W to Lakewood offers same 1 50 return by October 1. Gro A Daxies W OT Sparks G P A Agent AT-141.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily Dale
Chautauqua Leke
Chautauqua Lake
Falconer
Mayville
Falconer Junction
L. BE
Land Sale Notice in Glade Township Warren County Pa
Property described in Glade Township bounded north by Geo Hin ton east by public road along Conewango Creek south by A Lessler and west by Conewango Creek contains about 18 acres with houses and improvements Also offering 50 acres of land above the road Terms available from Lossler carpet weaver 472 mos
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glade Township
Warren County
Geo. Hinton
A. Lessler
Lossler
Orphan Homes Seek Adoptive Parents in Warren Pa
Wanten. The Children’s Aid Society of Warren County seeks homes for several boys aged four, two, and three months, plus a fifteen year old able to help on a farm. Adoption details via Mrs J P Best secretary 12 Second Street Warren Pa. Also notices a cure claim for rheumatism and neuraglia selling a patent remedy by L G Noyes & Co Warren Pa. Obituary notes Mr S Barnes Pleasantville died suddenly at Hotel Brunswick aged 60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children’s Aid Society
Warren County
J. P. Best
Second Street
Warren
L. G Noyes & Co
Warren, Pa
8. A. Barnes
Pleasantville
Brunswick
A Book's Clothing and a Bindings Oddities
Arthur Hayden surveys eccentric bindings made from human and animal skins, cites Carlyle at a dinner, Rousseau's theories and their uses, and notes instances of bookworms and insects ravaging bindings. He mentions Mary Bateman, John Horwood, and other grim examples linked to bookbinding history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lamb
Elia
Russia
Morocco
Paracelsus
Raymond Lully
England
Exeter Museum
George Cudmore
Bury St. Edmonds
Corder
Mexborough House
Mary Bateman
Horwood
Bristol
Richard Smith
H. H Essex
John Horwood
Thomas Carlyle
Carlyle
Jean Jacques Rousseau
France
Chicago
New Oxford Street
Burus
Chippendale
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford
Arthur Hayden
A Beginning in London Tit-Bita Style
A humorous exchange set in London Tit-Bita style. Bromley asks about starting housekeeping and Darlingger replies with a witty promise of a wife as the central exchange. The snippet captures light domestic banter typical of the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlingger
London
Stage line owner recalls 1854 Bay Area robbery tale
William Miller, owner of the Cazadero to Ukiah stage line, recounts a moonlit chase where a highwayman attempted to derail a passenger coach with a gun. Miller used his whip to snare the weapon as the buggy sped through a canyon, the gun discharging and scattering along the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Miller
Cazadero
Ukiah
Boston
Charles McLaughlin
Jerome Cox
California
San Jose
Los Angeles
Coast Range
San Francisco
Browning Society Readings and Electric Railways Discussed
A Boston Transcript note recalls a Browning line misread as hair brush and the moment a young reader and Boston woman spoil the poet’s image. The Cincinnati Enquirer cites E L Carson on rapid growth of electric railways, price drops, and expanding electric traction in U S cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning Society
Browning
Boston Transcript
E. L Carson
Boston
United States
Cincinnati Enquirer
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the Ledger
Pondents
Thompson Hl
Hood
Keystone Watch Case Company
Philadelphia
Jas. Boss
Boss
Keystone
Keystone Company
Besl
Graff
THE
Celluloid Company
Broadway
New York
the Warren Union Schools
Aven
Chas. Dinsmoor
W.D. McLaren
W. L. Macgowan
M. Waters
J. TL. Hazeltine
D. L. Geronid
L. W. Dennison
M Waters
E. T. Hezeltine
P. Hall
John M. Siegfried
O. F P. Hottman
P.J. Buyer
GO. A. Cornen
Tyler
Bank
Tyler Office Fixture CO
Louis
Wright
Nolan Ebitls
W. P. Harrison & Co
Columbus
Alley & Sons
Allen Block
Corner Second and
Liberty Streets
Orren C. Allen
Samuel G. Allen
Harrison Allen
Severns
Pheus
Bubib
Imina
Amacotte- Lion
Homes and Burryvia
Park Row
Sapolio
von Mohml GO
Cincinnati
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