Warren Fair Starts September 8 With Local Leaders Named
The Warren fair runs September 8 through 11 with President Geo. P. Orr and Secretary Willis Cowan overseeing the event. Treasurer George Ensworth and directors including Chas. Lott C. H. Wiltsie W. hb. Acccks, Philip Seichrist, and J. P. Samuelson listed as key organizers.
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Warren
Geo. P. Orr
Willis Cowan
George Ensworth
Chas. Lott
C. H. Wiltsie
W. Hb. Acccks
Philip Seichrist
J. P. Samuelson
Regular monthly meeting notice for officers
President Rev. W A Rankin First Vice President Geo P Orr Second Vice President George Ball Secretary Willis Cowan Treasurer A Hertzel Directors Fred Morck A Mintzer 5 M Cogswell W stone A J Davis A Kir berger Jas Nixon PL Bayer T W McNett meet on the second Friday each month at 5 PM in the Council room.
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W. A. Rankin
Geo. P. Orr
V. P
George Ball
Willis Cowan
A. Hertzel
Fred Morck
A. Mintzer
M. Cogswell
Temperance and Bible Study Meetings Schedule
A local group holds Temperance meetings on the first and third Thursdays at 3 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church lecture room. A Bible reading takes place on the second Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Baptist Church, and a Mother's meeting is held on the fourth Thursday at 8 p.m. in the M. E. Church.
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Presbyterian Church
Baptist Church
M. Ek
Town Official List Names and Positions
A compiled roster lists Burgess Thompson and Cogswell as mayoral figures, with town council members Knapp Walkermian and Davis, clerk A Cogswell, surveyor Geo Hamilton, and school directors Rankin Dinsmoor Sik Siegfried Hazeltine. Other posts include assessor G H Ames, Justices Geo Cornelius and Schnurr, constable S B Walker, fire chief C H Smith and assistants, and notaries D J Ball Brown Dinsmoor Hoffman Nesmith Hinckley.
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J. M. Siegfried
A. J. Hazeltine
G. H. Ames
Justices of the Peace
Geo
O. Cornelius
RK Schnurr
S. B. Walker
C. H.smith
A.G. Kehr
W.c. Allen
D. J. Ball
Dinsmoor
Local Government Officials Listed for Warren County Pa
A fragment lists multiple Warren Pa officials and associated towns including Congressman W L Scott Jerle Pa State Senator J W Lee Assembly Henry Brace President Judge W Brown Associate Judges P W Brown K P King Sheriff B A Allen Prothonotary Jos A Weible Register and Recorder W 45 Alexander Treasurer C J McAuley County Commissioners M Creeker T L Putnam Joseph Clinton Clerk A Cogswell Surveyor D F Wheelock Coroner Dr J L Burroughs District Attorney G Hilliggins Auditors N P Curtis county supervisors various names and towns including Farmington Youngsville Sheffield Sugar Grove Elk and Conewango with garbled endings.
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W. L. Scott
Jerle
J. W. Lee
Franklin
Henry Brace
Warren
Brown
P. W Brown
Farmington Pa
K.P. King
B. A. Allen
Jos
A. Weible
Register and Recorder
Alexander
C. J. McAuley
M.creeker
Youngsville
T. L. Putnam
Russell
Joseph Clinton
Sheffield
A. Cogswell
D. Fk. A. Wheelock
Lottsville
J. L. Burroughs
Sugar Grove
G. Hilliggins
N. P. Curtis
Conewango
Www. Co. Martin
Elk
F. Bb. Fay
Farmington
Supi
C. D. Arird
Youngsvill
Eastern Standard Aces West Arrive at Sheffield
Train timetable snippet shows Eastern Standard service with arrivals and departures at Sheffield, including Oil Express and Erie Mail schedules. Kane Ace and Warren appear as stops or train identifiers with times such as 3:25 pm and 7:50 am.
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WEST
Shef
Sheffield A Sheff’ld
Oil Expres Krie Mail
Erie Mail Oil Express
Kane
S08
Miie
Warren
Train Schedule From June 1 1854 With Various Pouches
On and after June 1 1854 schedules list multiple east and west routes with 7:45 A M 8:38 A M 10:08 Aug 12 M and numerous pouches including Sugar Grove Lander Kinzua Coryden Onoville Steamburg Germany Pa and more All pouches must close 25 minutes before listed times and postmaster cannot hold times I8 Alden PM City and
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Corry and Erie
Bradford
Dunkirk
Sheffield
Coryden
Onoville
Steamburg
Germany
Alden
City
Baby and the Gypsy Years In a Lyrical Refrain
A fragment of verse describes a baby growing older, with vivid imagery of daffodils and gold hair. The speaker recalls a child’s changing years, a longing for lost time, and the ache of separation as a gypsy metaphorically steals the baby away.
A Family Affair
New serial by Hugh Conway advertised as begun in No. 44 of the Mat Back with five cent price. The note signals continuation of a story from prior issues and invites readers to purchase earlier numbers for the full tale.
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Hugh Conway
A Tame Surrender Over a Child at Blacktown
Beatrice and uncles face a guardian dispute as Mr. Rawlings contends for his son John Rawlings. The Talberts debate fighting the claim, concede reluctantly, and Beatrice schemes a private appointment with Sylvanus Mardle to pursue an alternative path.
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Talberts
Blacktown
Horace
Herbert Talbert
Rawlings
John Rawlings
Herbert
Beatrice
Solomon
Messrs. Blackett & Wiggens
Miss Claus
Oakbury
Mr. Rawlings
Harry
Miss Clauson
A Case for King Solomon At the Cat and Compasses
Beatrice Clauson visits the widow Mrs. Rawlings at the Cat and Compasses to challenge a child claim. She reveals she is the mother of the boy, insisting the real mother will publicly claim him if forced, and secures the needed silence with Rawlings through a carefully staged confrontation.
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Mrs. Rawlings
Beatrice
Lought
Hazlewood House
Miss Clauson
Rawlings
Blacktown
Mardle
Oakbury
Horace
Herbert
Messrs. Blackett & Wiggens
Silent Grant moment moves Civil War surgeon in Virginia
An army surgeon recalls a Virgina house gathering near Lee surrender time where General Grant, amid generals like Sherman and Meade, calmly kissed a little girl, said he longed for his home in Galena and City Point, and broke down only at memories of his family.
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Erie
Pittsburg Dispatch
Twenty-fifth Army Corps
Lee
Virginia
Sheridan
Humphreys
Meade
Custer
Ord
Galena
City Point
Grant
I. Gen
Gen. Grant
Reform Dress for August Heat by a Practical Pattern
A New York Sun idea on summer attire proposes lightweight underclothing in thin flannel and woollen half hose, white canvass shoes, light flannel shirt and trousers, a broad straw or felt hat, and a summer overcoat. It argues this gives cool comfort and contrasts with starchy English summer dress, noting how gentlemen endure heat with limp collars and prickly heat, and suggests public adoption could popularize the style.
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N. Y
Training School Nurses Debates Egg Boiling And Toast
Miss Parlon tests practical cooking skills with fifty trainee nurses on Blackwell's Island. She rejects imprecise egg times, explains proper boiling and cooling for digestibility, and demonstrates toast technique emphasizing controlled heat to avoid burning. She critiques common “red-hot oven” broiling as ineffective.
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Miss Parlon
Proper Care of Sleeping Rooms in Healthful Living
Dr S W Bowles urges pure air in bedrooms as essential to rest and health. Poor air negates daily care and diet, while clean air yields refreshing sleep and energetic mornings. Arnica Oil Liniment is praised for healing old sores by Johnson and Siegfried.
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S. W. Bowles
Johnson & Siegfried
Notable Extracts From His Letters and Speeches
A compiled set of excerpts from Civil War era correspondence and public addresses. It includes armistice proposals to General Buckner, pledges to follow orders, reflections on war strategy, calls for unity and education, and postwar declarations on peace, debt, and republican ideals. The selections feature figures like Grant, Lincoln, and Johnson in 1860s contexts.
Grandmother’s Feather Beds Decline in Modern Homes
A local reader laments the fading use of antique feather beds and funeral homes, noting a house with many relics from the past. The writer praises straw beds as healthier and easier to maintain, suggesting a simple mattress offers royal comfort.
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Warren Mail
EK. Cowan & CO
E. Cowan
Warren County
Avanes
8. B. Roter
Proprietress
P. & KE. R. R. Depot
Frazine & Winch
Warren Savings Bank
Frazine
James Wiggins
Reverdy B. Stewart
Third Street
Liberty
Market
Enry Cobham
P.O
Walsh
C. McAlpine
Berkstresser & McAlpine
Merck’s
Carver House
Llen & Higgins
Attorneys At Laws
Solicitors of Patents
Second
Liberty Streets
Allen
Gho, H, Higgins
Samuel T. Neill
Exchange Block
Crawford
Forest
Venango
Liberty Sts
Richard B. Stewart
Yarver House
Wakeren
C. W. King
Ba Hotel
Geo. H. Leovnhart
Prop’r
Water Street
G. Trunkey
Osmer, Dale & Freeman
Scofield
Stmore, Noyes & Hinckley
Second Street
Warren, Pa
H. Noyes
L. D. Wetmore
W.D. Hinckley
J. Musk
Werren
Johnson's
perrAit
W. A. Greaves
Beaty Block
Bb & Thompson
Attorneys At Law
D. L. Ball
Ilbur & Schnur
Law
Front Street
Postoffice
WM. Schnur
Bx & Stone
First National Bank
H. E. Brown
I. Brown
W.stone
Torneys
Johson’s Exchange
Story
S. P, Johnson
W. M. Lindsey
J. 0. Parmler
Logia
Lindsey
Parmler
Canon & Cable
Jas
CABLE
R. J. M. Davies
Liberty Street
Local Directory
Warren CO. Agricultural Association
Court House
LWA
A. Ss. Dalrymple
W. B. Acocks
Board OF Trade
Ww. C.t. U
Railroad Guide
Philadelphia & Erie
Asi
Buffalo
New York
Philadelphia
R. RR
Dunkirk, Allegheny
Val
Pittsb’g KR. R
ILX
BP. O
Christian Smith
Beech Street
R. I
Rex
James Nixon
Warren Pa
Wy Peers le& Rhtail
MM. Wead
Hallett Book Co
Portland
W. W. Painter
Court Louse
Episcopal
A. W. Ryan
Keetor
BE. D. Hammond
Llamm
Hev. Perry
Ph. Doerr
L. M. Boyer
N.G. Johnson
CatuoLtic
Father de la Roque
Father Berbigier
EEN N. Ford Post
K. of H
Warren E.A. U
United Workmen Hall
Ev- Laban Lobark
HU. Hall
Nort Star Lodge
Occidental H. BR. A
Warren Lodge
I. O. OO
Emory Loner
A. Pinney & CO
Steber Block
L A. Siggins
D. H. Siggins
Library
Baby
Lincoln
Mr.Rawlings
England
Whittaker
Sylvanus Mardle
Sylvanus
Mr. Mordle
Mordle
Sam
Carruthers
Mr. Mardle
King Solomon
Beartrice
Market Lane
Blacktown Market
Order of
Odd-fellows
Miller
Blackett
Wiggens
Flerbert
Mail Job Office
Avery Ae
Warren P. O
Buckner
Fort Donelson
Chase
Memphis
Johnson
Army of the Tennessee
United States
Iron-Founders’ Society
Birmingham
Hamburg
London
Mexico
Gov. Chamberlain
Republic
Richmond
Belmont
Army of the Potomac
Oglesh
Shirley
Benedick
Sheol
Featherly
Bobby
Dansville
Washington Irving
Johnnie
Charles
Johnnie Fizzletop
Johnny
Boston
Louisville
Brighton Beach
Henry Ward Beecher
Hecker
Morris
Jack
Lucre
Kentucky
Washington
Cleveland
White House
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