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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1886
Page
1
Warren County Agricultural Association meets at Warren Court House on the last Saturday of each month at 2 PM. President Chas Lott, Secretary Willis Cowan, Treasurer W B Acocks. All farmers are cordially invited to attend.
President Rev W A Rankin First Vice President Fred Merek Second Vice President George Ball Secretary Willis Cowan Treasurer A Hertzel Directors Geo P Orr A Mintzer 8 M Cogswell A J Davis A Kirberger James Nixon Geo O Cornelius Ed J Lesser Geo C Hamilton Regular monthly meeting on the second Friday of each month at 5 PM in the Council room
Temperance meetings are held on the first and third Thursdays at 3 P M in the Presbyterian Church lecture room. A Bible reading occurs on the second Thursday at 3 P M in the Baptist Church, and a Mother’s meeting is scheduled for the fourth Thursday at 3 P M in the M E Church.
Burgess Albert W. Morck heads a roster of town positions including F. M. Knapp Joseph Walkerman August Morck Jr Robert MacKay Wm schuur A A Davis C Smith P J Bayer J W Crawford Clerk F A Cogswell Surveyor Geo C Hamilton School Directors Rev W A Rankin C C Thompson Charles Dinsmoor M Silk J M Siegfried A J Hazeltine Assessor G H Ames Justices of the Peace Geo O Cornelius R Schnur Constable A S Dalrymple Chief Fire Dept C H Smith 1st Assistant A A Kehr 2d Assistant W C Allen Notaries Public D J Ball H E Brown Dinsmoor O J F Hoffman Ozro Nesmith W D Hinckley
A compiled slate names Congressman W. L. Scott Erie PA. State Senator J. W. Lee Franklin PA. Assembly Henry Brace Warren PA. President Judge W. D. Brown Warren PA. Associate Judges P. W Brown Farmington PA and C. C. Merritt Grand Valley PA. Sheriff Robert A. Love Warren PA. Prothonotary D. A. Arird Warren PA. Register and Recorder W. J. Alexander Warren PA. Treasurer C. H. McAuley Warren PA. County Commissioners M. Crocker Youngsville PA T L Putnam Russell PA Joseph Clinton Sheffield PA. Surveyor D. F. A. Wheelock Lottsville PA. Coroner Dr J L Burroughs Sugar Grove. District Attorney G. H. Higgins Warren CO. Auditors N. P. Curtis Collenango W O Martin Elk Falls PA. County Supt C D Arird Youngsville.
A fragmented timetable lists arrival and departure times for several rail routes including Philadelphia and Erie R R and Buffalo, Dunkirk lines. It details standard and express services with stations such as Warren Kane Oil Erie and Pittsburgh area, noting morning and afternoon departures and approximate times.
Post schedule effective June 14 1884 lists multiple Eastern standard trips with times to Corry Erie Bradford Dunkirk Kane Titusville Oil City Sugar Grove Lander Kinzua Corydon Onoville Steamburg Salamanca Germany Pa and other towns. All pouches must close 25 minutes before listed time. postmaster not allowed to hold pouches. I.8. Alden PM.
Methodist Rev W W Painter presides at 11 am and 7 pm services with Sabbath school at 12 45 pm, currently meeting in Court House. Episcopal Rev A W Ryan holds 11 am and 7 pm services with Sabbath school at 12 30 pm. Baptist Rev E D Hammond leads 11 am and 7 pm services with Sabbath school at 12 30 pm and Wednesday prayer at 7 30 pm. Presbyterian Rev Perry B Allen conducts 11 am and 7 pm services with Sabbath school at 12 30 pm. Lutheran Rev Ph Doerr offers 11 am and 7 pm services with Sunday school at 9 30 am.
Archibald Albert, once an orderly boy, receives an autograph album. He finds many entries messy and illegible while his own neatly copied pages, with dotted i’s and crossed t’s, reveal a better standard. He concludes tidiness beats freehand autographs.
Blanche Silingsby faces social exile after her father’s failure while Georgina and Miss Forrester mock her decision to teach for five hundred dollars a year. Blanche accepts a new role at Miss Lagrange’s Telbyville establishment, winning over Mary Arden, a once troublesome pupil, and proving her resolve to maintain dignity through independence.
Blanche Arden, married to Col. Eustace Arden, hosts Georgina Pelham at Arden residence. The two women recognize each other after years apart, Georgina seeks a nursery post, Blanche offers forgiveness and a chance to renew old friendship, ending with a sense of reconciliation and growth.
The article explains dividing the heavens into twelve houses and twelve zodiac signs. It notes Lil ly on the importance of exact house knowledge, describes house meanings from wealth to life, and cites Aries as fiery and England ruled, with Taurus and Virgo linked to pleasures and mathematics.
Miss Parlon outlines how to prepare frying fat and judge its readiness. Heated fat should reach about 350 degrees for most batters 400 degrees for oysters and whitebait while croquettes need around 380 degrees. A stale bread test confirms proper heat and timing for various foods.
The Transactions of its Society of Medical Science report a Japanese city with 1,250,000 people showing a death rate of 56 per 1 000. Texas Governor messages print in four languages to reach a polyglot population with 30 000 English 10 000 German and 5 000 each in two German dialects.
A crítica overview discusses teachers focusing on bright students and neglecting others, urging slower, varied, and engaging methods. It stresses short lessons, frequent activity, and gentle firmness to maintain attention and foster respect for school and teacher. It also notes benefits of manual training and careful dosing in education.
An education expert argues that busy readers skim for concrete details and that newspapers should present precise arguments. The Journal of Education urges schools to respond with factual corrections and avoid evasive rhetoric to gain trust and spark improvement.
A provincial fable from The Advance uses a tale about Uncle Rodack and thistles to illustrate the futility of constant fault finding. The narrator recalls the uncle’s shift from preaching to farming and his lesson that kicking at problems only spreads them, as thistles multiply when disturbed.
A collection of quotes on education stressing that books and self education matter as much as formal schooling. Advocates value varied methods, free libraries, and self-driven learning while noting limits of commercial colleges and the need for broader intellectual growth.
A Pittsfield Mass pastor from First Baptist publicly rebukes church gossip after his wife, from an Episcopal family, joined a social event and dances. He asserts she acts independently, owes no church accountability, and invites members with grievances to approach him directly. The pastor cites Paul's guidance on addressing issues within the church.
In Akron the ruined Ohio oat meal magnate Schumacher refused to sell smoke damaged grain to Cincinnati distillers. He instead donated every bushel to teamsters and poor families to feed stock, preserving his principle against liquor production.
The piece mocks women who overdo spring cleaning as a harmful tradition. It compares their zeal to martyrdom and notes March as a trigger for excessive effort. Ahed of sensible advice, the author likens them to a reckless climber shouting Excelsior.
A passenger questions who benefited from a recent strike. The conductor admits no clear winner, saying they were ordered to strike and are uncertain about the gains for workers or the company, highlighting the hardship on families.
A patient reports a harsh autumn cold developing into a serious catarrhal condition that threatened a chronic malady. One bottle of Ely's Cream Balm allegedly eradicated all symptoms, ending the ailment for E. W. Warner of 165 Hudson St Rochester.
A Fredonia Censor writer reports the Point Chautauqua Association may appeal a recent commission decision. Laborers depart for western road work. Jamestown contractors collect tools under a postponement hint. Albany lawmakers pass a House bill opposing a rail route across Point Chautauqua grounds as unconstitutional and unjust.
A collection of jokes and puns from the era featuring language play on family roles, tailor mishaps, and mundane events. Snippets include a mother-in-law quip, a tailor returning clothes, a peg of corn, and classroom banter. It weaves light satire through exchanges among Americans, guests, and officials.
A Corry Leader item notes a unique U.S. wooden shoe industry near Clymer run by Hollanders who craft basswood and cucumber wooden shoes entirely by hand. Finished shoes mirror Dutch designs and head to Philadelphia houses or local sale. demand rises as ladies buy them for decoration and bric a brac.
Miss Lizzie Herrick and William L. Leach wed in Erie Pennsylvania after a 40 year engagement. Leach left for the West to build a fortune and struck it rich in Idaho’s Coeur d Alene mines, returning to wed a bride now 57, while the parents who opposed him now rely on his support.
The trout law now bans catching killing or possessing speckled trout outside the season from April 15 to July 15 with a ten dollar penalty per trout. The act permits stocking waters in owned waters using nets for stock purposes.
Congressman Sessions from the Chau tauqua and Cattaraugus districts promotes a bill to sell nearby Indian lands at Salamanca. M H Silverheels, a leading Seneca, objects saying two must bargain and Congress should not compel sales. supporters say Salamanca residents want to purchase rather than lease. opposition doubts passage and a Cleveland signature. no Seneca favors the bill.
A dialogue unfolds with a question about who are at law. The answer points to the attorneys, followed by an incident where the friend is carried into an adjoining drug store for restoratives.
Advertised as a remedy for long standing aches and pains it claims to purify the blood set the liver and kidneys in order banish pain and build up health. The tonic is said to have the reputation of delivering what it promises.
An original and scientific vegetable compound claimed to prevent baldness and promote growth of hair and moustache. Described as safe and certain with rising demand. Send for circular from Tropical Spray Co. in Fredonia, New York. sold by L. G. Noyes, Druggist, Warren, Pennsylvania.
Window shade advertisement from A A Davis and Company invites readers to browse a selection of window coverings. The notice highlights the firm as a local supplier and brand source for home decor needs.
The notice boasts the mail office offers top facilities for all kinds of job printing. It promotes high quality stock, guarantees low prices, and urges customers to compare prices before placing orders.
A compact collection of aphorisms and quips attributed to Uncle Erek, exploring honesty ambition proof laziness and daily life ratios. The brief sayings touch on envy proving one’s worth and the humor in human foibles, concluding with a dated stamp from April Century.
The editorial mockingly insists the Pan-Electric testimony contains nothing new yet asserts the truth condemns the Attorney General and the White House. It cites the New York Tribune’s October coverage as complete and urges accountability for governmental offenses. William Spinner advertises hardware bargains at 234 Diamond Block.
The Mail offers complete job printing with presses and type, paper and envelopes, skilled printers, and low prices. Legal blanks are kept on hand or printed to order. Submissions should be brief and newsy with writer names. anonymous pieces will not be published.
A temperance column edited by the W C T U offers a reflective verse on seeds sown by careless acts. The poem warns that deeds and words linger, shaping a lasting legacy in judgment and in the health of the land.
The regular meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be held Thursday, April 15, at 3 o'clock p.m. The meetings are interesting and valuable to all members. The Rhode Island emblem is the Violet. Motto, "The Lord is my strength, whom shall I fear?"
Mr Clark leads steady temperance efforts at Chandlers Valley Sugar Grove and Ackley Hollow. A revival begins as meetings grow despite poor weather. A Young Ladies Union forms at Youngsville on March 25 with 15 members and listed officers.
The Grade Run Union is praised as a promising county auxiliary and is urged to send items about its plans and work to the Address Press Sup t of the W C T U for publication in this column.
Question raised about when Pennsylvania will vote on the same Prohibition amendment after Rhode Island’s election this week. The Rhode Island result shows a clear majority in favor.
Rev C H Mead travels to Julia Mississippi where a license request for a saloon faced a vote. He stirs crowds at the M E Church South and Normal School as Supervisors weigh fate of whiskey. By daybreak the license petition is rejected and locals celebrate a jubilee.
A local option vote in Pulas ki county Georgia last month favored prohibition by 331. A 40 man colored company marched to the polls singing Hold the fort for we are coming followed by another group singing The year of Jubilee has come. Voters received an I voted for prohibition Feb 1886 card from W C T U ladies after casting their ballots.
The National Senate approved two temperance measures without opposition. One creates a National Commission of Inquiry on liquor traffic and the other mandates Scientific Temperance education in District of Columbia schools, territories, and military academies. Commentators note House committees may block passage but urge protest from temperance supporters.
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