17 Apr 1889
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1889
Page
1
A catalog style notice lists departments including White Goods Linens Housekeeping Goods Woolen Department Gloves and Hosiery Underwear Laces and Trimmings Ribbons Buttons as part of a department store layout.
Train timetable lists 7:30 AM departures to Sheffield Slvay daily except Sunday and 10:05 AM St Marys Express to St Marys with 12:30 PM arrival. Wil Express to Sheffield 12:30 PM, plus 5:20 PM Sunbury Harrisburg Lancaster Philadelphia New York Baltimore Washington service with 6:25 AM Philadelphia, 11:30 AM New York, 8:15 AM Baltimore, 9:30 AM Washington arrival. Through Pullman sleeping cars Erie to Philadelphia and Williamsport to Baltimore Washington. Kane Accommodation 6:05 PM daily except Sunday to Kane.
Readable times show a series of staggered arrivals and departures such as 3:33 am 8:35 am 9:03 am and 10:13 pm. The fragment includes numerous illegible marks and inconsistent punctuation, preventing clear interpretation of the full schedule.
Timetable data shows rail departures and arrivals with times between Pittsburgh and City lines. The sequence lists AM and PM times, station markers, and changes across the river division, reflecting trains scheduled for that date and route.
The group meets in Warren at the court house on the last Saturday of each month at 1 PM. President S H Evans, Secretary Willis Cowan, Treasurer W Acocks. All farmers are cordially invited to attend.
Burgess Aug Morck Jr, P J Bayer, W S Leffard, A Mintzer, Nelson Moore, A J Hazeltine, S Keller, L Werle, Henry P Hunter, Wm Hegerty Jr Clerk J A Schofield. Constable A B Dalrymple surveyor Geo C Hamilton school directors Rev W A Rankin James Clark Chas Dinsmoor F M Knappy W J Alexander F H Langworthy justices of the peace Geo O Cornelius J F McPherson.
Congressmen and county officers named for Warren Pennsylvania include L F Watson state senator O C Allen assembly C C Thompson president judge W D Brown associate judges J T Barker and C C Merritt sheriff Henry Fuellbart prothonotary D A Arird register 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
Eight lines of railway times for Erie Dunkirk Bradford and ridgway regions plus a schedule update effective June 14 1888. Lists Eastern standard times for various routes and accommodations and notes pouch close times. Signed by I B Alden Postmaster.
Presbyterian Rev R Holmes pastor holds 11 AM and 7 PM services with Sabbath School at 12 30. Methodist Rev J N Fradenburgh pastor 11 AM and 7 PM services with Sabbath school at 12 45. Episcopal Rev A W Ryan rector services 11 AM and 7 PM with Sabbath school 12 30. Baptist Rev W C King pastor services 11 AM and 7 PM with Sabbath school 12 30 and prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30. Lutheran Rev Ph Doerr pastor services 11 AM and 7 PM with Sunday school 9 30.
A compilation of eccentric notes: gallium at 4250 per ounce. an Albany jeweler showcasing diamonds at a swell ball. President Hanson as the 14th lawyer in office and of Anglo-Saxon lineage. Utica pact against crowding at theaters. Kansas girls enforcing curfews. Panama coffins and graves for hire. San Diego flume cost 900000. a geyser laundry death near Yellowstone. a Ridgeway banns publication. western coin mail invention. Milwaukee athletic culture. memory hoops in Kansas City. Edison’s birthday cake with lights. Grant’s diamond matchbox. Los Angeles households keeping boats for floods and a floating house blocking a street.
Advertises Kemp's Balsam as a guaranteed cure for consumption and cough. Highlights trial size free and prices 50c and 1.00. Recommends druggists as sellers. Presses health claims with strong cure guarantee. Potential promotional sale embedded in a medical claim.
A verse reflects on friendship as a steady, loyal gift from winter to spring. The speaker praises a true friend as trustworthy and stout of heart, likening him to an old coat with warm lining. The poem contrasts seasonal sociability with enduring character and reliability.
The Clutterbys prepare for a wedding marked by social pretensions and mercenary gift expectations. Julia resents her mother’s matchmaking schemes while guests debate tableware and clocks, exposing class tensions and the sting of conspicuous consumption. The reception features ornate but ugly presents and a revealing social satire on wealth, rank, and marriage.
In a brief account from the Pittsburgh Chronicle, Mrs. F. M. Howard notes the Clutterby wedding as the couple departs after a ceremony marked by propriety and whispered opinions. Guests scatter with lingering comments as the household braces for a new chapter.
A lawyer recalls a forgotten letter found in his overcoat that would have changed a servant Mary’s life. The letter revealed an engagement to a man who later married another, but the truth showed he had been jailed for drunkenness and beating his wife. Mary thanks her employer for saving her from a doomed path.
A Chicago Inter-Ocean note describes enormous crabs. Japanese crustaceans boast five foot claws and up to twelve foot span, often leaving water at night to hunt shores. The palm crab in Indian Ocean cocoanut groves uses massive claws to open nuts, nests in tree holes, and aids vessel makers. Malays raid nests for husk to lash ships and craft mats.
A comic exchange in a Chicago Tribune item shows a grocer debating how to move surplus codfish. The clerk recalls Mrs Slowpay s dog causing trouble as the grocer proposes a three cent cut to mark the codfish as a bargain and display it publicly.
A brief dialogue from the Boston Beacon shows a host expressing hope the guest enjoys dinner and the guest replying that country air has given him a hearty appetite, implying warm hospitality and a relaxed social gathering in a Boston context.
Wyandottes and Plymouth Rock pullets hatched by mid August will, if kept comfortably housed and fed, begin laying by March first, sometimes a little earlier, after growing through the winter.
Compiled notes report Tucke sulphur for California, a Chicago land sale at 1.30 per square inch, Illinois leading divorces with 300k+ granted, a 37,000 pound Danville coal lump, a NYC tunnels venture with 150 million capital, and a charitable society caring for many animals. Also mentions Washington Territory immigration, dandelion nuisance in California, an early American flag owned by Mrs. Stafford, a gavel gifted to Vice-President Morton, Blaine’s first duty, domestically grown wines at a Cabinet dinner, an 5,000 pound P T Barnum bronze statue, a Stonewall Jackson statue for 30k, a proposed 300 mph electric postal railroad, inaugural receipts totaling 125,046, and a Lotz family treasury raid claim for 117 million.
A collection of dated trivia covers escapement origins, the word dollar with Shakespeare, the term hunker as a conservative, coinage rates for Chinese currency, kangaroo naming from Captain Cook, musk usage, and historical notes on executions, Washington's birthday celebrations, and early inauguration dates.
A brief historical survey notes how ancient peoples used aromatic seeds and herbs for smoking. It traces Nicot's naming of nicotine oil to Catherine de Medici, Raleigh to Elizabeth I, and mentions Columbus era encounters with Indians who smoked cigars and pipes, while warning that smoking can harm health though centenarians exist.
Merchants declare long experience selling Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Dr King’s New Life Pills Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters with universal satisfaction. They guarantee results and offer refunds if not satisfactory.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve touted as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It claims to cure piles or no pay required with a 25 cent box price and money back guarantee. Sold at Morek Drug Store.
A string of curiosities about royal households and notable figures. Details include Duke of Cambridge composing speeches, Lady Lindsay as a prolific writer and painter, emperors rising early or wealthy, and Queen Victoria’s china tastes. The piece notes global aristocratic quirks and public fascination with unique patterns.
A 1892 Century issue features etiquette guidance on gentlemanly conduct and table manners. It highlights greetings, card etiquette, and hosting practices. The frontispiece shows Washington's oath, with articles by Clarence W. Bowen and Mrs. Burton Harrison on Washingtons inaugurations, Mount Vernon visits, and New York 1789.
Card of thanks notes daily gratitude from people cured of severe throat and lung troubles by Kemp's Balsam. Urges readers to visit any druggist for a fresh bottle to test its power. Bottles priced 50 cents and one dollar.
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