14 Aug 1877
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1877
Page
1
Fragmentary 1873 Warren Pennsylvania business directory items list names and offices including SEXTUS KELLER saddlery Johnson & Lindsey lawyers and others. Entries mention Warren Second Street Liberty Street Chas Noyes Notary Public and Carver House with omnibus service.
The local directory lists town and county officials including Burgess C H Noyes Town Council members W C Rowland I G Wood James Clark Jr Wm Lewis A J Davis P Greenland G J Friday P J Falconer M Spaulding Merk K P King assessor J P Marston School Directors Benjamin Nesmith R P King Thomas Keelor J F Wells F Ceary George Ensworth Notaries Public D J Ball C H Noyes J E Brown O F Hoffman Ozro Nesmith Auditors Geo P Orr Geo N Parmlee E F Hodges Constable John F McPherson Jr Justices of the Peace D J Hodges D W C James.
The document enumerates county offices and incumbents for Warren PA area including Congressman L. F. Watson and County officers such as Prothonotary Starling W. Waters, Register and Recorder W. J. Alexander, Treasurer Robert E. Miller, County Commissioners M. Dunham E R Wheelock and J B Jennings, and others like District Attorney Wm Schinur and County Superintendent N K R Thompson.
On and after Sunday November 2 1876 the Philadelphia & Erie Rail Road will run the Erie Mail and Erie Acc trains as listed from Erie to Philadelphia and Kane. Times note Philadelphia time is 20 minutes faster than Erie time. WM. A. Baldwin General Superintendent.
Time table adopted May 18 1977 for Atlantic and Great Western Railroad lists eastward trains No 3 and 12 on main line daily with No 1 not running Mondays. Palace Sleeping Coaches on trains 3 and 12 Cincinnati to New York daily. Hotel Coach on trains 8 and 12 Mansfield to New York daily. Various railroad connections and ticketing rules noted. W L B Shattuc and P D Cooper signatories.
RS J C Caspar a French dress maker formerly of New York announces a new dressmaking establishment on Water Street near Miss Dagget's Millinery Store on the second floor offering the latest Paris fashions to the ladies of Warren and vicinity.
A poem by Frank H. Converse critiques a church seeking wealth and comfort. It envisions a pastor who pleases parishioners with refined taste, modern aesthetics, and secular philosophy. The speaker warns that doctrines serve profit and a gilded future for the church.
A commemorative address marks ten years since the Erie Convocation’s founding and the consecration of St James’s Titusville and St. Paul’s Warren. It recounts Bishop Bowman's death, the oil-region missionary impulse, and the establishment of churches from Franklin to Warren, with progress in clergy, finance, and parish life.
Dr. Holland argues that the decline of theological essays will reduce written discourses and elevate oral preaching. He notes Methodism’s rise through direct speech heart to heart, suggesting spoken address is a powerful pulpit tool and questioning whether a preacher must read to preach well. He adds divinity students strive to develop speaking ability.
A 50 year old War Department clerk discharged after twenty five years seeks work and becomes an apprentice at a printing office earning about 3 dollars weekly. He plans to finish in three years and gain independence while feeling sympathy for others discharged from government service. Hartford Times notes the tale.
A Rome Sentinel remark targets men who expect ministerial grace worth 1500 dollars for 800 dollars and who petition local papers for free notices while advertising on Novelty press handbills.
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