03 Apr 1889
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1889
Page
1
Domestic and dress goods departments and a full range of linens woolens gloves and hosiery underwear laces trimmings ribbons buttons are featured at D Shear the leading dry goods house of Warren.
In effect August 5 1838 trains serve Warren with eastward and westward options. The schedule lists She field Express, St Marys Express, Wil Express, Mall for Sunbury Harrisburg Lancaster Philadelphia New York Baltimore and Washington with through Pullman sleeping cars Erie to Philadelphia and Williamsport to Baltimore Washington. Westward includes Erie Accommodation Erie Express and Warren connections from New York Philadelphia Washington Baltimore with through coaches. CHAS E PUGH Genl Manager.
OCR text lists multiple train times and station names across areas such as Fredonia Cassadaga Ross Mill Frewsburg and Youngsville with arrival and departure times irregularly spaced. The fragmentary data implies a public timetable or schedule page.
Fragmentary timetable noting river division and city stops including Pittsburg Foxburg Franklin and OiCity with scattered AM PM times. Dense unreadable lines suggest schedule transitions and irregular intervals for both westward and eastward routes.
A satirical list warns about household missteps from inviting a landlord to meals during a cold snap to leaving baby materials within reach. It mocks ill advised choices and jokes about education, dinner times, and extravagance, ending with a jab at display of receipted bills in parlors.
A collection of humorous exchanges and moral quips on daily life and religion. Jests about school, family, politics, and Sabbath work mark a slice of 19th century humor, alongside a Norwich note noting rising longevity with multiple centenarians and near-centenarians reported.
The speaker compares himself to a bird and a flower longing for the beloved’s smile to brighten his writing. He says joy comes only when the beloved’s face shines on his paper, guiding his lines and sweetening his rhymes. The poem likens the beloved to a sunlit source that fuels imagination.
The London Standard reports the sale of a so called Lingam god set with chrysoberyl and topaz, claimed to be a relic from an Indian temple. Skeptics doubt the provenance, noting it was likely stolen and sold amid mutiny era chaos.
A Boston Commercial Bulletin account describes a punishment where a man is restrained and battered on the thighs with bamboo rods. Four to five attendants administer two hundred alternating blows, the skin blistering and peeling yet without visible bleeding, with reports of death possible at 250 strokes. The quote notes the sufferer’s agonized expression.
In New York City local politics undertakers have found unusual success. In the last three years six funeral directors have won seats as aldermen, illustrating a notable pattern in municipal governance.
A reflective meditation panel on choice and necessity, urging action within grasp. It contrasts idle complaint with effort, then explores morals, culture, and the value of politeness in a modern society, noting the benefits of courtesy and the costs of avarice.
A pale trembling boy lying on a barrel in an alley behind a cigar store tells a benevolent man that he is a victim of the smoke nuisance. The scene captures a dramatic moment as the boy speaks in broken English and convulsions indicate distress.
A columnist explains the photographic process from camera exposure to development and printing. The sun image is fixed on the negative, which remains unalterably fixed, while the paper image fades with atmospheric changes unless the paper is bleached.
The China, Tsientsin and Kaiping Railway, 86 miles with 28 miles of siding, opened officially by Li Hung Chang. Trains run on both Tientsin and Tangshan branches, journey about 100 miles in five and a half hours. First-class fare $1.30. line popular with large daily Chinese travel.
The Indianapolis Journal recalls George W. Childs of the Public Ledger as a benevolent employer who distributed about forty thousand dollars among Ledger staff on Christmas Day. It notes his salaries rival those of Philadelphia peers and that workers value daily consideration as highly as the annual bounty.
An old colored woman asked a New York gentleman for help with a pitiful plea claiming to be related to George Washington. The man replies Washington died before her birth, and the exchange ends with her remark on how time flies, as reported by Lewiston Journal.
An article discusses Chickasaw women described as Castilian beauties and tall with dark hair. It notes citizenship value around 8000, 6000 people by blood and marriage, and proposed marriage license fees rising to 100 under a National party platform. It argues stricter rules protect good citizenship and curb cheap, rowdy settlement.
Paris detective M. Goron investigated a chatty parrot belonging to a known receiver of stolen items. The bird repeated the name Victor Chevalier, prompting Goron to locate a letter revealing the chief robber hid in Angers as Felix Crozet and arrest the parrot owner at the railway station.
A collage of quotations on honesty in business friendship and life from Martha's Vineyard Herald and various publications. It contrasts advice on integrity, prudence, and character with thoughts on ambition, imagination, and the value of mental labor in American engineering.
Frank G. Carpenter profiles Emperor Matsuhito born November 3 1852 in Kioto crowned 1868 heir at eight married 1869 now 38. He is tall with cafe-au-lait skin almond eyes thick hair worn European style and a poised court presence. He favors European clothes, trains regularly, reviews troops, and travels in new state carriages with Imperial guards.
Testimonies from C H Morris of Newark Arkansas and Jesse Middlewart of Decatur Ohio tout Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption. Morris says it cured his lung abscess and saved his farm work while Middlewart credits doctors’ predictions and recovery to the medicine. Free sample bottles offered at Morck Drug Store.
A dated 1887 letter from Victor New York requests four gross Kemp's Balsam 50 cent size and samples. The writer touts Kemp's Balsam as the best selling cough cure with fifteen other remedies on hand and claims a ten to one sales edge. Samples offered and distribution noted by gregerite vendors.
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