Town Officials and Directors Named in City Governance
Burgess Fred A Steber presides over a roster listing town council members led by John Masterson with Jas Brann L T Borchers Joseph Hill R G Mead Charles G Offerle J F De F V Conarro Frank G Trushel Wm O Neill Levi Smith James Cable and clerk D A Arirol. Other roles include treasurer A J Hazeltine justices H S Perry and C H Meacham collector W H Heck attorney Wm Schnour engineer D F A Wheelock constables by ward and school directors headed by D I Ball with Lucie Richards W D McLaren and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Heck
Wm. Schnour
D. F. A. Wheelock
G. Ward
Geo. W. Cogswell
John G. Brown
Wm. H. Hegerty
D. I. Ball
Lucie C. Richards
W. D. McLaren
Peoria A. Cowan
O. W. Beaty
W. M. Baker
War news and disasters spill across pages in April 15 21 summary
A crowded digest lists Greek Turkish tensions with skirmishes at Milonia pass and Preveza, fires in London Ontario and New York politics, floods from the Mississippi to Welland canal, a string of deaths from suicide to natural causes, arrests for smuggling, and naval and canal incidents. Notables include Senator Morgan’s Cuban stance, Bryan’s praise of McKinley, and a Baltimore Sun rhythm of global events.
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Greece
Turkey
John Overton
W. J. Reid & Co
Crystal Palace Crockery
London
Ont
Adolph Kluge
New York
Canada
Walcott
N. Y
Missouri
Omaha
Iowa
Abraham L. Sanford
Syracuse
Senate
Eldred F. Buck
Georgia
Japan
James Boyle
Ohio
Liverpool
Lockport
Summer B. White
Board of Health
New York City
House of Refuge
Randall’s Island
David Corey
Alling & Corey
Rochester
Warren County
N.J
Wilkes-Barre
Harrisburg
Duncan McGregor
Saratoga
Newark
Lyons
Joseph G. Story
Brooklyn
New York State
New York State Board of Charities
Treasury Department
Adolf Kluge
Dougazi
Danglarte
Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Mrs. Reynolds
Pascoag
R.I
Martin Mowry
Reynolds
John Formiller
Chicago
Matthias Custer
J. W. Morris
Memphis
New Orleans
Shattuc
D. J. Bundy
Annapolis
Bundy
Public Works
Aldridge
National Guard of
Oregon
Bremerton
Wash
Rome
William J. Bryan
McKinley
International Monetary Conference
Frederick Hecht
Mei
Red River
Winnipeg
Spalding
Globe Savings Bank of Chicago
John A. Merritt
Albany
Charles Zarnow
Pittsfield
Moral Reform League of Toronto
Canada- Welland Canal
New York State Association of Hardware
Buffalo
D. Cameron
Gerhard Lang Brewery
Phillips
Levant
Toronto
Fred Schultz
Erie
United States Senate
Great Britain
New England
Chatham
Bradley Tobis
Corning
Brazil
French Guiana
Mexico City
Holly Company
Milonia Pass
Spetzai
Gulf of Arta
Vanitya
Saragora
Blakeslees
Hancock County
Seth L. Milliken
Maine
House of Representatives
Washington
Stickney
Somersworth
N. H
Joe Kelley
Kelley
Harvard
Yale
Cornell
Poughkeepsie
Louisa Weiss
Malone
M. Delyannis
Prevesa
Wayne MacVeagh
United States
Italy
Milnes Levick
Daniel McLaren
Cedars
Grant
Riverside Park
Henry D. Hyde
Boston
N. J
United States Court
Locke
Dauntless
Banneo
Kingstree
S. C
Edwin Bell
Oswego
Paris
Berea
Philadelphias
Frank Erne
Joe Hopkins
Hopkins
Koster
Albany Assembly
Glasscock
Concordia Parish
Mississippi
Maszna
Ogdensburg
Alexandria Bay
Aspinwall
Hadley Sutherland
Charles L. Haskins
Seneca County
Walter Busch
Bath
Grizovali
Damasi
Viglia
Joseph Kelley
Cashier Stickney
Montreal
George W. Jacobs
Colorado
Money and banking rates and currency summary
Money on call 14 percent. Prime mercantile paper 4 1/2 percent. Sterling exchange: actual bank bills 4.8844 for demand, 60 days 4.86. Posted rates 4.873 and 4.8844. Commercial bills 4.8513 to 4.86. Bar silver 62 cents. Mexican dollars 48 1/2 cents. Silver certificates 62 62 1/2 cents.
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Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
New York Produce Market Prices Mixed Across Grains and Butter
Market report lists flour prices for various mills including patent and winter grades, corn meal and buckwheat, rye flour, barley and malt, and wheat options. Also notes corn and oats spot and futures, hay, pork cuts, butter, cheese, eggs, with regional and track delivery terms.
Official Salaries Reported for English Cabinet Members
The document lists salaries for key English officials including the prime minister at 25000 dollars and the chancellor of the exchequer also at 25000. It notes the lord chancellor at 10000, an American cabinet officer at 8000 plus stationery and secretary allowances, and Lord Salisbury as principal secretary of state for foreign affairs at 20000 with a 2000 secretary allowance. It also cites Downing Street residences for senior ministers, an optional 10000 annuity after term, and social duties including three receptions annually by the foreign affairs minister. The queen's household occasionally contributes flowers from royal greenhouses.
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Lord Salisbury
Council
Board of Trade and Agriculture
Lords of the Admiralty
Downing Street
Health notes warn against consumptives in stables and tuberculous milk
The article argues that stall-fed cows produce unwholesome milk and flesh often tainted with tubercle. It urges preventing consumptives from entering stables, testing and properly inspecting milk, and humane slaughter to prevent diseases. It contends health improves if meat comes from well pastured animals killed humanely.
Plain canvas and denim fabrics for wall coverings discussed
Plain canvas or denim fabrics suit walls for upscale rooms like drawing rooms and music rooms while unsuitable textiles absorb odors in bedrooms and living rooms. The piece praises gray green canvases with ivory woodwork and describes fruit motifs for dining room curtains and portieres from Ladies' World.
Early Scotch Superstitions About Unchristened Weans
A historical note describes scots beliefs around unchristened babies called tarans. It covers signs of ill fortune in naming, baptism rites, and fears that silent infants or mistreated cries could trigger a life haunted by wraiths and specters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Specters
Wisdom Quips On Love Friendship and Wealth
A collection of maxims from the N. Y. Weekly on enduring love self care reason in friendship and wealth. It notes riches fly but do not welcome poor kin and charity should stay at home. It warns hearts and heads mislead in love when troubles are magnified by speech.
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N. Y
Giant Siberian Mammoth Measured At Seventeen Feet Long
Readings describe the enormous mammoth found in Siberian ice fields as seventeen feet in length and ten feet high. The text also notes perpetual cold hours, whale evolution theory, and astronomical facts about Jupiter and recent planet discoveries.
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Siberian
M. Charois
Nice
Liberty true and soul liberty in Christian Endeavor talk
A Christian Endeavor weekly message by Rev. Doyle centers on true liberty as freedom from sin through Jesus Christ. It argues liberty is not license or political power but soul freedom, urging acceptance of divine law and spiritual emancipation over worldly freedoms. Bible readings accompany the sermon references for guidance.
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H. Doyle
Torie
John viii
God
Abraham
Christ
Jesus Christ
Modern Preaching a Call to Earnest Gospel Power
The selection decries flippant preaching that treats scripture like poetry or drama. It urges gravity and reverence in the pulpit, arguing true conversion comes by the Spirit through gospel truth, not wit or clever anecdotes.
Prayer and the Faithful Word Endures
The Philadelphia Methodist contends that prayer is often discredited by those who would benefit from its goodwill. They argue that if practitioners receive few direct answers, a traceable cause must lie with the petitioner, while God's word stays faithful and true.
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Philadelphia
Moravian Thought on Kindness and Selflessness
A Moravian author reflects on the value of doing for others and living with purposeful generosity. The essay emphasizes that selflessness enlarges the heart, bringing joy and meaning to existence.
The Joy of Incompleteness Prompts Tender Sorrow
A meditation on why perpetual sunshine would dull the heart. The poem argues that sadness and storms give life its meaning and nurture compassion, insisting that even illness and loss sustain care, patience, and hope.
Wheat and dairy price report from Bufrao April 20
Prices listed show No. 1 hard wheat at 4c, No. 1 northern 2%c, No. 2 red winter 92 44. Corn No. 2 yellow 27c, No. 3 yellow 4c. Oats No. 2 white 28c, No. 8 mixed. Rye No. 2 87c. Flour ranges for spring patent 4.25 4.65 per barrel, winter family 4.50 4.65, graham 4.00. Butter State creamery 18.49 190, western 18 19c. Cheese fancy full cream 14% 120, choice 10 Gi, skim 5 7c. State 10c Canada western Bye.
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City Mills
Minnesota
C.i F
Rye-State
Western
C.i.f
Buffalo
Milwaukee
C.it
C.i
Mie
White State
Hay—Shipping
The
Western Creamery
Eigins
Sia E Dairy
Do Creamery
L.alic
Tate
Larze
State
Pennsylvania
Soutern
Bufrao
Graham
Canada
Cattle and hog markets report with varied prices
The notice lists export steers and cattle classes with prices from 4.0 to 5.35 per unit, heavy butchers near 98.60, calves heavy fed around 2.0 to 3.0, hogs in ranges 4.25 to 6.25, and lambs across choice to common tiers. The fragment cites steers, cows, heifers, ewes, lambs, and pigs with mixed values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eextra
Exra
Lesson For The Week Beginning April 25
Comment by Rev. W. J. Yates on the virtue of a simple life and diligent daily toil. The sermon argues against luxury and idleness, urging contentment over wealth and steady work in service of God. It cites Proverbs guidance on knowing one’s flocks and maintaining industry as the path to true happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Yates
Reading club drives literary taste across the chapter
The literary department urges broad engagement to cultivate taste among all members. It proposes monthly reports on read materials brief reviews of current events as well as collecting and displaying portraits of notable figures for permanent preservation.
Early Maryland Methodist History Sites Linked to Elders
The text notes Robert Strawbridge’s preaching at Sams Creek and Philip Embury’s role in early American Methodism. It describes pilgrimages led by Dr. Goucher to mark Sams Creek and Cokesbury College, and mentions a memorial tablet dated Nov 24 1896 on German Street Baltimore. It highlights the Christ Church conference and the First church as its successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Sams Creek
Robert Strawbridge
Philip Embury
New York
Mary
Goucher
Exitimore
Harford County
Cokesbury College
American University At
Washington
Merchants’ Club
German Street
Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lovely Lane
Toil and Content in His Sheltering Breast
A devotional lyric speaks of toil and rest found in enduring faith. The speaker declares belonging to Christ, preferring divine love over earthly wealth, fame, and power, and expressing contentment in divine provision and companionship.
Opening of Canal Navigation Will Start May 8
Official notice says the Erie canal opens for navigation on Saturday May 8 at noon. Twenty boats loaded with grain await entry at Buffalo. Shippers report a very poor season outlook while forwarders ask 8 percent on wheat to New York and no contracts are being made.
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Buffalo
Erie Canal
New York
I Never Been Over the Hill)
A child imagines crossing the distant hills to reach a world beyond, inspired by birds and distant houses. The narrator attempts the journey alone, walking until exhausted, then returns as the parent calls, never having crossed the hill.
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Warren, Pa
Hazeltine Building
Tindley & Parmler
Edward Piadeey
Geo. Ball’s
Uo G. Ball
Warren Savings Bank
Ayeenee
Peterson
Attorneys At Law
Chas. Dinsmoor
Chas. A. Peterson
Oseph T. Danforth
Dennis
Warren
S. Keller’s Sons
Second Street
H S. Perry
Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer
Water Street
Woodard & Lesser
Was & Stuart
Third Street
A. C. McAlpin
R. W. Stuart
Ata Anc & Schnur
Liberty Street
W. Wilbur
WM. Schnur
Greaves
ALL & Thompson
Benty Dienk
O. Thompson
Urban G. Mease
Citizens National Bank
Local Directory
Congress
Charles W. Stone
Charles M. Shortt
Assembly
E. W. Parshall
Charles H. Noyes
J. H. Sandstrom
Z. T. Weaver
George F. Yates
Register
Wm. McCray
D. M. Howard
M. A. Myers
J. F. Rounce
W. J. Mead
H. M. Preston
Fred B. Jackson
C. A. Peterson
H. M. Putnam
Si Ury
W. A. Clark
C. D. Ney
W.S. Peirce
E. C. Allen
H. H. Bassett Gee
P. Orr
D. F.A. Wheelock
Warren Borough Officers
Railroad Guide
Philadelphia & Erie
Eastern Standard
Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley
Pittsburgh
Rowland & Sons
Decora
W. C. Rowland
J. E. Rowland. C. Rowland, JR
Vitalis
Sirgfried 2 CO
the Warren Savings Bank
A. J. Hazeltine
G. B. Ensworth
G. H. Jackson
L. B. Wood
James Clark
M. B. Dunham
W. M. Lindsey
L. R. Freeman
C. Sigel
Citizens Nat'l Bank
Mynton Waters
E. T. Hazeltine
David L. Gerould
L. W. Dennison
M. Waters
K. T. Hazeltine
O. F. Hoffman
J. M. Siegfried
W. Parshall
Jas
O. Parmlee
D. L. Gerould
the Pickett Hardware
Syracuse Steel Plows
Planet Jr
the Pickett Hardware CO
Liw’r’p
Arren, Pa
New York Weekly Tribune
Mail
Weekly Tribune
Geo. W. Best
Tribune
Chew Lange
A.c.meyer & Co
Balto
Liledst
Centra
Impany
Murray Street
News OF the
Great Fall National Bank
British Columbia
Bradstreet
Broufas
Macedonia
Chalcidike Peninsula
Herbert Bowen
Barcelona
Spain
Madrid
Henry O. Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
John Bergin
Benjamin Newcomb
Bayside
L. L
Garden City
Port Dalhousie
McKinexpertley
Quebec
Charles Pitt
Siegfried & CO
Der
Christian Endeavor
Burns
Buffalo Provision Market
East Buffalo
Epworth League
Historic Sites
Colonel Crouse
George N. Crouse
Fifth Avenue
Hayes
Harrison
Delaware Avenue
William Kummer
Kummer
Lake Shore
Westfield
Mass
ROYA
Royal King Powder Co
GEMS
Tam
Chicago Journal
Ezra Marsh
Baker’s Hill
Noble Pratt
Lizzie Crum
Anastasia Snell
Roxie Root
Levi
Joe
Newton Boys
Quincy Adams
Hopsy Hi
Ella Cowles
Gracie Smith
Cutler Boys
Leander Snow
All Wholam Sur
Bill Warner
Donkey Boys
Eugene Field
Rover
Dosiah
Boston Transcript
Johnny
Indianapolis Journal
Goethe
Will
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Tupper
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