22 Apr 1884
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1884
Page
1
An 1890s style admonition, attributed to James Whitcomb Riley, extols silent endurance in quarrels. It argues that replying fuels conflict and invites punishment, urging readers to maintain quiet dignity and avoid provocation. The mock dialogue contrasts chatter with restraint and moral power.
Warren teachers meeting last Saturday endorsed a systematic course of reading across city schools. A committee will survey pupil favorites to tailor reading lists and curb access to low quality material. Meantime Meadville schools enforce a tobacco ban, barring any student who uses tobacco from attending classes.
Isaac Steele of Petrolia kept $100000 in his house stashed in wooden boxes. Burglars first struck in 1881 and later took another $5000 after guards and neighbors watched. A neighbor found Steele drying bank notes on a kitchen floor, and authorities may move his funds to a safe place.
A columnist notes spring fashion shifts away from bangs and Grecian knots, favoring plain brushed hair and fewer ornaments. It supports individual choice in styling and mentions silver hairpins as remaining accessories. Also includes assorted notices and advertisements for Acker's Blood Elixir and local products.
A survey notes top salaries beside the President, postal and railway clerks’ pay, and hundreds of millions spent on Indian care and infrastructure. It cites congressional staffing, pension costs, postmaster wages, and land sales, contrasting New York with many states in census and revenue figures.
Dr. Walker of the Boston Institute of Technology advocates teaching boys to pursue mechanics over traditional learned professions. He argues that mechanics offers broad opportunity, requires high technical education, and empowers factory, railroad, and industrial growth by enabling planners, inventors, and managers to advance American wealth.
A Louisville style drill mixes practical tips from Nicols with comic badinage on swinging and running bases. The piece cites St Louis ball culture, Erie club lineup notes, Franklin club managers, and drafts Ed Fellis and Joe Bohannan while listing player contracts and regional clubs from Lancaster to Milwaukee.
A reflective piece contrasts Charlotte Bronte and Sir John on letting go of grudges. It urges humility acknowledging human flaws and the briefness of life, advocating brotherly compassion and forgiveness over petty quarrels.
The 1884 Chautauqua programme is issued. Meetings run from July 12 to August 25 with new school buildings and other improvements planned. Music by Profs Case and Sherwin. Notable lecturers include Rev J Paul Cook Rev D Osborne Bishop Thomas Bowman D D LLD Principal A Fairbairn Prof R L Cumnock Miss Frances Willard and many others.
Hundreds affirm their survival and good health due to Acker's English Remedy for consumption coughs colds and related illnesses. Sold by Johnson and Siegfried.
A Butler oil man criticizes the state geological survey for costing nearly one million dollars and failing to locate oil pools. He argues drilling proves results and faults geologists for not confirming new pools, citing Venango, Clarion, Butler, and McKean counties as fields found by drilling, not geology.
A historical line suggests a harsh method for upbringing by stating to first hang the grandmother. The fragment reflects old matriarchal discipline beliefs and a cautionary tone about family authority and child care.
An advertise claim touts Acker's celebrated English Remedy as guaranteed to cure a cold or cough, describing its effectiveness and recalling its reputation.
A historic ad notes Dr Bosanko's Pile Remedy as an absolute cure for piles and skin ailments, sold by L G Noyes the Druggist, priced at 50 cents. The copy contrasts healthful ease with suffering from piles, urging readers to seek relief via the advertised remedy.
John E Owens lies ill at home near Baltimore while Clara Morris plans London travel in July. The San Francisco minstrel benefit in New York netted about 5000 dollars for Billy Birch. Mrs Hodgson Burnett is seriously ill in Washington due to overwork. Margaret Mather shows marked season improvement. The Callender minstrels head to Liverpool to open in London. An inquirer asks how to tell classical music and notes its evident acceptance. Jenny Lind spends autumn at Wind's Point, England. Freund's Weekly notes Joseph Jefferson's 20 week season mostly as one night stands. Jewelry on stage is mostly imitation with glass gems and a silver backing. Edmund Yates praises Miss Mary Anderson as American in manner of speaking.
The Cincinnati Com Gazette quotes Indiana Democrat William Skinner claiming a universal platform, listing twelve sections from tariff and free trade to civil service reform but stating it “exclouds only Republicans and Black people,” with “White men only need apply.”
In 1855 the area now called Egypt in Venango County earned its name amid a corn shortage. John Milton owned surplus grain and sold seed corn to buyers from across the county. Farmers journeying there would say they were going down to Egypt to buy corn. An ad promotes Acker's Blood Elixir claiming to remove blood taint and cure scrofula ulcers boils and pimples, sold by Johnson and Siegfried.
A whimsical string of impossibilities contrasts with editing ethics as the speaker urges pushing boundaries in writing while noting the impracticality of pleasing everyone. The playful imagery includes dipping oceans dry and chasing comets as a metaphor for editing extremes.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment promises instant relief for bleeding and itching with a single box reportedly curing years of pain. Sold by Johnson & Siegfried in Cleveland Ohio, mailed upon payment of $1. FRAZIER MEDICINE CO. Proprietors.
A playful exchange sees the editor asking Johnny if he is in first class at school and the reply notes he is registered as second class, reflecting a joke about social status and self image.
Dr. Frazier's Root Bitters are described as a medicinal tonic not a dram shop product. The formula is said to cleanse the blood and body, promote regular bowels, and strongly affect the liver and kidneys. Sold by Johnson & Siegfried for $1.
Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets never fail advertise sale through Johnson and Siegfried. The notice highlights the product and the distributors responsible for distribution and sales.
A poem depicts a lecherous rum seller counting daily receipts and predicting ruin for drinkers. The speaker warns that alcohol leads to scaffold, prison, or graves, while law protects the seller. The piece ends with a judgment that Hell will gather those who profit from alcohol.
A public denunciation argues licensing saloons harms communities by fostering idleness crime and poverty. It questions whose interests are served by such institutions and cites Thackeray and public figures to condemn temperance hypocrisy.
Edward Carswell reports from Kansas that during a two week lecturing stint he has not seen any intoxicated person nor a single purchase or sale of liquor. He praises strict enforcement and notes staying at hotels daily, expressing astonishment at its apparent effectiveness and claiming eastern papers misstate the situation.
A traditional saying casts the wine cup as the father of sin and the whisky jug as the stepfather, using metaphor to warn against excess in drinking and its familial consequences.
Waiters in the Paxson hotel dining room in Omaha use roller skates to reduce noise. A composition wheel with a flexible surface dampens sound, with plans to expand to seaside and summer resorts if successful.
An advertisement notes that every promise is backed by a guarantee and Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets provide immediate relief. The price is 25 and 50 cents, sold by Johnson & Siegfried.
A South American parrot aboard a ship learned to swear and was drenched with water after each offense. During a gale the drenched bird marched to the dripping hens and cock to scold them with the remark been swearing again hain't ye.
An 19th century ad touts Dr. Frazier’s Magic Ointment as a universal remedy for boils burns sores cuts flesh wounds sore nipples hard and soft corns chapped lips and hands priced at 50 cents and sold by Johnson and Siegfred Cleveland.
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