Summer 1876 Rail Timetable For Western Lines
Trains on the Philadelphia & Erie Rail Road and Allegheny Valley routes update schedules effective in July 1876. Details include westward Erie Mail, going north and south departures from Titusville, Warren, Dunkirk, Buffalo, and connections at Meadville and Jamestown with services to Cincinnati and Chicago, with multiple stops and transfer notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia & Erie Rail Road
Rover Warren
Philadelphia
Oil Creek
Allegheny River
R. W
Erie
WM. A. Baldwin
Palace
Cincinnati
Cleveland
New York
Leavittsburg
Coe
Mansfield
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio
Ravenna
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Meadville
Union and Corry
Jamestown
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Binghamton
Albany
Springfield
Worcester
Oston
New England
Toledo
Milwaukee
Omaha
Northwest
W. B. Ttuc
Gen. Pass’r Agt
C. P
D. Cooper
The Flood of Years and the Gate of Time
The speaker views the Flood of Years approaching a dark barrier and the Life to Come. Beneath the belt of darkness, future years carry forward noble lives from infancy to sage age, reuniting loved ones and healing sorrows in a future present free from grief.
Dress, devotion, and the church hat controversy
Dr Talmage laments a dress obsession in churches describing Sabbath fashion as a distraction that blights religious life. He condemns extravagant hats and gowns, urges modest attire, and calls for ecclesiastical reform to prioritize piety over display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of God
All India
House of God
Heaven
Dr. Talmage
Twain resigns from Conchology committee after crude Indian policy tale
Extract shows Mark Twain describing his meeting with the Secretary of War about Indians on the Plains. He mocks massacre methods and advocates soap and education as a long term solution. A separate anecdote recounts a tea party mishap where a man ruins a joke about ivy and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
United States
Senate Committee On Conchology
Lee
Adam Smith on men's lack of sentimentality
A quotation notes that men are naturally unsentimental and will discard the egg’s bottom without considering the mother of that egg may be far away in inclement weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Smith
Providence or folly of health laws in life
The author argues that early death among women and men results from ignoring health laws such as fresh air, exercise, dress, and diet. She critiques reliance on Providence and stresses adherence to physical principles to prevent disease, citing examples of mothers, fathers, and brides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Sedgwick
Dunning in Indiana on debt and trust in business
A New Carlisle notice from July 15 urges delinquent debtors to settle quickly. J P ScuReaDER pledges to pursue all claims if payments are not made, while contrasting honest repayment with villainy. The piece mixes a stern debt collection letter, moral admonitions, and a separate quip about cool drinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Carlisle
Indiana
Ind
Job
Turkey
Jericho
Israel
Olive Township
St. Joseph County
J. P. Scureader
Man of nerve faced buzzing bees in comic scene
A husband urges calm as bees swarm around him near a tree while his wife hides under a shawl. The Skidmore Guard and other insects attack, the man flails comically, and bystanders roar as he runs away amid laughter and a bee sting or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
John
Skidmore Guard
Jerusalem Warblers
Gilmore Band
Comstock Lode
Smallest Steam Engine on Display in Machinery Hall
A visitor named Levi Taylor of Indianola Iowa ignited a tiny self contained steam engine exhibit weighing seven grains and built around a 25 cent piece. The gold steel and platinum contraption measures three quarters of an inch fly wheel and one 24th inch stroke with a 1 64 inch cut off. The model fits on silk films and may be shown beside the larger Corliss engine as a remarkable example of American ingenuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Engine
Levi Taylor
Indianola
Iowa
Rhode Island
Philadelphia Press
Drug remedy transforms Bilious, Nervous Patient
The case from Laona New York July 28 1872 describes a patient who suffered biliousness nervous weakness and stomach disorder unable to rest. After trying various patent medicines he found relief with Dr Fenner's Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic, reporting cleansing improvement and lasting health gains. For sale by medicine dealers with a circular describing all remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laona
N. Y
Dr. Fenner
Encar Cotson
Grave vow followed by new union in a month
A man at his wife's grave vowed to follow her. Within a month he followed a different woman, prompting a note on his changing affections and the swift shift in his personal life.
The Disloyalty of Tilden and Silent Generosity
The piece argues Samuel J. Tilden showed disloyalty by not contributing to Union war efforts and highlights the absence of his name in the Tribute Book and other fundraisers. It contrasts his wealth with other donors like Astor, Belmont, and Vanderbilt and records totals of key patriotic campaigns with Tilden omitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Corcoran
Samuel J. Tilden
New York
Seventh Regiment of
Moses H. Grinnell
W. M. Evarts
Hamilton Fish
Royal Phelps
A. W. Street
Tilden
Union Defense Fund
William B. Astor
A. T. Stewart
James Gordon Bennett
August Belmont
Oliver Charlick
Wm.g. Hunt
New York City
Frank Blair
Missouri
Belmont
Phelps
Commodore Vanderbilt
Union
James Lenox
Morris Ketchum
How She Beat Him
A New York man spending the hot season with a Pine Street family attempts to remove a sitting hen from her nest. His awkward efforts end with a fall onto the hen, dust and feathers everywhere, and the hen left in a corner looking reproachful. The scene is described with humorous detail by the Danbury News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pine Street
Danbury News
Quips and quirks splash through Nebraska era chatter
A collage of wry lines and brief observations notes on Ben net yachting spending and the Pennsylvania Canal woes. Moody and Sankey planned a summer at Martha's Vineyard while desertion and misrule in marriages spark reform talk. Nebraska's population boom and local humor mix with travel, weather, and oddities from a diverse interlude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Canal
James Gordon Bennet
Smith
Moody
Sankey
Martha’s Vineyard
Nevada
China
Col
Robert A. Douglass
Illinois
Congress
North Carollina
Charles Lamb
Girard, Pa
England
Olive Logan
Cardiff
Cough Medicine Drops as Gentleman Clutching Accessories
At a concert end a young man battled hat cane overcoat opera glass and his companion’s fan on his lap when a suspicious black bottle fell to the floor with a thud. He exclaimed I shall lose my cough medicine noting presence of mind.
Salt mackerel purchase woes over scarce small bills
The piece laments the scarcity of small currency as shoppers face trouble changing a $500 bill to cover an eight cent salt mackerel, highlighting frustration with merchants unable to provide change.
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Warren Mail
E. Cowan & CO
E. Cowan
Willis Cowan
Warren
Warren County
James Cable
Scofield
L. 5
Messner & Co
Sporum & CO
Storum & Co
Messner
Binille
Lamily
J. E. Berkstresser
J.W. Agrelius
Empire Shingle Mil
Youngs Ville
Kapily
R. H. Humphrey
Pallaprtr
Co. F. Hoffman
Warren, Pa
Second Street
Warren Savings Bank
Wilbur & Miles
Lauw
Merck’s
M. Miles
D.I, Ball
Wim, Messner
Carver House
R. B. Stewart
Hazeltine & Allen’s
Third Street
Lutheran Church
Carver
Hickory and
Water Streets
DocLittLe
J. H. Mitchell, & CO
Fire & Life
Lycoming
German Americas
Niagara, Fire Association
Penn
J. H. Mitchell
Willis A. Mitchell
Pb. J. Hodges
Water Street
Messner & Trushel
Sextus Keller
Smith’s
Johnson & Lindsey
Johnson's Exchange
Warren Pa. P. Johnson
W. M. Lindsey
WM. W. Hazeltine
Liberty Street
Scofield & Hooker's
Junius R. Clark
Chas
H. Noyes
Clark & Noyes
Peor
Mike
Warren Pa
Allen & Thompson
Tidioute
Central Block
G. W. Allen
GC. Thompson
Brown & Stone
First National Bank
Brown
R Brown
C. W. Stone
H. E. Brown
Lake Shore
Michigan
Souther
Franklin DM
Oil City
Franklin
Stoneboro
Jameston
Andover
Ashtabula
Dunkirk
Geo. H. McIntire
Pennsylvania Rail Road
Philadelphia & Erie R. K. Division
Erie Mail
Phila
Warren, Corry
Warren ,Corry
Ives
Erie Corry
Erie Jerry
Allegheny Valley
Titusville
Garland
Pittsfield
Youngsville
Irvington
Russelburg
Fentonville
Frewsburg
A&g W Cross
Falconer’s
Fredonia
East Buffalo
Pitts
Plgmayer
CG. A. Clute
Ass’t Supi
R. KR
Bbott
Eden Valle
Eden Centre
Collin Lawtons
Collins
Gowanda
Dayton
Markhamys
Valleherry
Kennedy Av& Pcr
Allegheny Valley Railroad
PitTsburg, Titusville and Buffalo Railway
Buffalo, Corry, and Pittsburgh Railroad
North
Neah
Iwal
Wea
D J. Morto
Pittsbur
Kittanning
Bradys Bend
Parker
Ementon
Corry Magille
Verdiv
Tidioute Irvine
Sou
Red Bank
New Bethlehem
Brookville
Reynoldsville
Ltd
Driftwood
Amavid McCargo
N Hall
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
Urbana
Marion
Ashland
Akron, Warren
Greenville, Meadville
Union City
Salamanca
Elmira
Galion
Ravenna Colly
Greenvill Warren
Akron
Ashlang
Ccsescee
Pialion
Louisville
St. Louis
P. C. Doyle
N.Y
Hazeltine, Orr & Co
Variety Hall
Waaarren, PA
Fahnestock and
T. H. Nevin
South-east Cor
Second and Liberty
Savings Bank
Foreign Exchange
L. F. Watson
B. Nesmith
A. J. Hazeltine
O. H. Hunter
P. Falconer
E. G. Wood
M. B. Dunham
James Clark, Jr
Albert Kirberger
Johnson’s Exchange
North Warren
Johnson, Wae & CO
Hickory Street
W. C. Rowland. Warren
Outfit & Yid
True & CO
Augusta
Walter B. Kinsky
Union School
Em. Aeme Acall, Ec
Maitlz
Dr. von Moschzisker
von Moschzisker
J. F. Wells & Co
Spencer & Ballymere
Ball & Levy
Merchant Tailors
Michigan Street
Buffalo, N. WY
Geo. Ball & Co’s
Standard & School
Per Pangings
Bryant
William Cullen Bryant
Scribner’s Magazine
Mr. Longfellow
Ivy
Dunning
Sir James Clark
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Indian Territory
Terry
Crook
Solomon
Samson
Kentucky
Hayes
Wheeler
Canada
Castle Garden
The
New York Tribune
Jenny Lind
Bosie
Salvi
Europe
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