17 Apr 1888
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1888
Page
1
Our spring stock is ready for inspection with the best assortment in the county. The Carpet Department features Cottage and Hall carpets and many varieties. window shades and a 50 cent curtain set. Dress goods include Henriettas, Cashmeres, trimmings, embroideries, ribbons, and hosiery. New wraps, satines, ginghams, silks, and satins arrive, with polite service and bargains.
Warren County Agricultural Association meets in Warren at the Court House on the last Saturday of each month at 1 PM. President Chas. Lott secretary Willis Cowan treasurer W. B. Acocks. all farmers invited to attend.
A historic timetable fragment lists multiple trains on the Philadelphia and Erie routes with Eastern Standard times. It shows arrivals and departures for connections to Warren Ridgway Buffalo Dunkirk and Pittsburgh areas, including express and mail services, with noted arrival times such as 7:45 am and 1:58 pm.
Post schedule details issued by I. I. Alden P M. lists daily and specific day pouches for Corry Erie Bradford Dunkirk Kane Titusville Oil City Sugar Grove Lander Kinzua Corydon Oneville Steamburg Salamanca Germany Pa and other points. All pouches close 25 minutes before listed times. postmasters must not hold pouches over time.
A historical roster lists town roles including Burgess, Rev W A Rankin as school director and clerk Geo B Smith. It also names council members, a treasurer, constable John G Brown, surveyor Geo C Hamilton, fire chief Fred E Windsor and assistants, notaries public D J Ball H E Brown C Dinsmoor O F Hoffman Ozro Nesmith W D Hinckley.
A dated roll lists county government officers and nominees from Warren and surrounding towns. It includes Congressman W L Scott State Senator O C Allen Assembly Henry Brace President Judge W D Brown Associate Judges J T Barker C C Merritt Sheriff Robert A Love Prothonotary D A Arird Register and Recorder S H Briggs Treasurer Geo F Yates County Commissioners Phil N Robinson Joseph Clinton H T Russell Clerk C H Meacham Surveyor D F A Wheelock Coroner Dr F W Whitcomb District Attorney J W Dunkle Auditors O J Gunning A E Pelton Thomas Mooney Sept T W Arird with towns such as Warren Scofield Bear Lake Grand Valley Lottsville Sheffield Stoneham.
The notice lists weekly worship times for multiple denominations including Presbyterian, Methodist, Episcopal, Baptist, Lutheran, Evangelical, Scandinavian, and Catholic churches. It also notes Sabbath School times, Wednesday prayer meetings, catechism, and daily Mass in the Catholic service, plus a YMCA gathering for young men Saturdays in Hoffman Block.
The notice lists multiple Ramona area fraternal orders with their meeting nights and locations. Groups include RAMONA COUNCIL No. 10380 ROYAL ARCANUM at G A R hall, EBEN N Ford Post 336 G A R, EMMA M Lindsey and ALICE W Jefferson officers, ORIENT COUNCIL No 6 NATIONAL UNION at G A R hall, K of H LODGE No 52, A Y M NORTH STAR LODGE No 24, Occidental H R A CHAPTER No 235, WARREN COMMANDERY No 63 K T, WARREN LODGE No 339 I O O F, I O O F ENCAMPMENT No 98, CARROLL LODGE No 102 A O of U W, WARREN LODGE No 481 K of P, CONEWANGO LODGE No 250 I O G T, ROBERT BLUM LOPGE No 29 D C H.
In a summer garden she longs for court life and a future as a royal companion, feeling loyal yet constrained by poverty and rigid kinship. Her bond with cousin Kenrick Tredernick grows as she weighs social birth against imagined titles and independence.
The narrator, Violet, recalls dinners with Kenrick Tredernick and Helen, and an inner plan to prove misreadings of affection. She longs for magical beauty or a bold letter to expose vanity, yet fears confessing or sending anonymous hurtful rebukes. The tension focuses on a projected rival romance.
Violet Luce endures slights from the Tredernick circle and writes a cruel letter to Kenrick Tredernick as a bid for revenge. A forgery, confusion, and jealousy unravel until a yacht trip in Scotland leads to a reunion where Kenrick reveals his true love and asks for a fresh, sincere reply.
Rome Georgia wholesale retailer Hoyt and Co lists Dr King New Discovery Electric Bitters and Bucklen salve as top selling remedies over four years. They claim cures for consumption and warn customers of improvement from Mandrake Bitters. Sold at Merek Drug Store with guarantees.
The Mail Job Office advertises presses, paper, cards, envelopes, and skilled printers for all job printing with low prices. Legal blanks are kept on hand or printed to order. Subscriptions note second class circulation and readers are asked for brief, newsy communications with authorship.
Puck quips Oil City as a dynamic oil center owned by Standard Combination with a grand Exchange, buckwheat crops, and upscale Southside residences along Oil Creek. It notes the town’s pride, schooling gaps, and peculiar suburbs like Cottage Hill reached by balloon, plus a satirical jab at local culture and ambition.
Humorous snippets from Epoch describe a witty scene between a mistress and her maid Mary, plus a minister’s quip about Deacon Jones missing a sermon. The column ends noting a subscription offer for Philadelphia Weekly Press and Mail and new visiting card styles.
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