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16 Aug 1881
Page 1
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1881
Page
1
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A damaged OCR snippet shows multiple train times, routes, and stations including ITIME TABS AND TRAINS No 3 SOUTH No 1 NORTH No 2 No 4 and station names like Russelsburg Warren Jackson. The fragment includes inbound and outbound times across various trains with morning and afternoon columns.
A scrambled timetable lists numerous station stops with times including Cincinnati Meadville Union City Albany and Boston. The fragment shows departures arrivals and cross references to several cities with odd punctuation and inconsistent formatting.
A fragmented excerpt lists towns and rail routes including Corry Erie Meadville and Pittsburgh South to western and eastern Pennsylvania. It notes mail connections via P and E lines with weekly days Thursday Saturday and several station names such as Germany Sugar Grove Titusville Tidioute and Kinzua. It also shows various times and service hints in a rough timetable.
The document lists Burgess S T Allen Town Council members R Dennison W H Heck A W Morck C A Waters F Barnhart D S McNett A J Hazelline A Conarro G H Leonhart with Clerk George O Cornelius and School Directors Henry Geo Ensworth Charles Dinsmoor W M Lindsey Dr R Bb Stewart W H Pickett. It also names Assessor J W Benson Justice Geo O Cornelius Constable G C James Notaries public D I Ball C H Noyes H E Brown O F Hoffman Ozro Nesmith C Dinsmoor.
The list names district officers and officials for Warren County including Congressman L F Watson of Warren, State Senator J W Lee of Franklin, Assemblyman W B Benedict of Enterprise, President Judge W D Brown of Warren, Sheriff Theodore Chase, Prothonotary Jos A Weible, Register & Recorder A W Jackson, Treasurer F M Knapp, County Commissioners Benj Ellis Jas Roy W H Maultby, Surveyor D F A Wheelock, Coroner H K Siggins, District Attorney C C Thompson, Auditors Critt Marsh N F Wright W W Kemble, County Superintendent N R Thompson and others from Sugar Grove, Eldred, Corydon and Tidioute.
A list of worship times for local churches includes Lutheran Baptist Presbyterian Episcopal Methodist Evangelical Scandinavian and Catholic congregations with ministers names and Sunday School hours. Denominations show morning and evening services and occasional first and third Sunday arrangements.
A listing of fraternal and benevolent society meeting nights and halls in Warren. Groups include Warren Council R T of T Regular meetings, Mutual Protective Association, Laban Lodge No 52 K of H, Carroll Lodge No 102 A C of U W, North Star Lodge No 241 AYM, Occidental H R A Chapter No 235, Conewango Lodge No 250 I O G T, Warren Lodge No 339 IOOF, Kosuth Encampment No 98 IOOF, Robertt Bitumml lodge No 249 DOHH, Warren Cornet Band led by Geo H Leonhart, with venues and schedules in local halls.
The narrative follows Celia Sanford and W. W. Howard in Philadelphia times from Bradford July 23. Merritt Wallace, an oil driller, recalls a 25 000 barrel tank fire and a near fatal plunge into mud as fear turned his hair white, with rescue by fellow workers and a vow to ride to the city.
The narrator blends rural dialect with parable style to critique moral double standards. He argues persons show true character by actions not appearances, condemning hypocritical religiosity and misplaced judgment while noting how folly and vice can lurk in unexpected places.
The poem describes children rushing home with baskets of berries, bright faces, and a mother awaiting their return. A line hints at hidden wealth in the hills where berries grow. The speaker attributes the piece to Margaret Sanger.
A brief meditation advises taking in the outdoors, following nature’s laws, and consuming simple food with pure water to stay well. It emphasizes minimalism and natural practices as paths to health.
A farmer with seven daughters faces harsh times while his family sustains on scarce resources and the daughters’ strong appetites reflect the economic strain of the period.
Mr Jones laments worn outfits and budgets carelessly. Mrs Jones repurposes his items turning the gray alpaca duster linen suit lavender pants and suspenders for children. The silk hat becomes a hanging basket and the couple ends the talk on economy.
During the Nashville siege a Confederate battery on a hill troubled Pop Thomas's line. Col. James Brownlow stepped forward, and Old Pap demanded the guns. The men laughed and then swarmed the battery, buying the guns for the popular figure, though many did not return.
A Philadelphia Ledger correspondent traces the first use of postage stamps to John Lorimer Graham, then New York Postmaster, in 1822. Stamps featured Washington’s head and 3 cents, with later postmasters in St. Louis, Baltimore, Alexandria, New Haven, Providence, and Brattleboro adopting them around 1845–1846. An NY Post Office employee recalled Morris issuing 5 and 10 cent stamps in 1847 or 1848, not widely recognized. Congress then passed a 1851 act establishing current rates and stamps.
A Kentucky trial ends with humor as Tom Marshall mocks a ruling referencing Pontius Pilate. The judge fines him for contempt, then remits the fee after Marshall pleads the state can absorb the loss and delivers a quip about the court returning to its former condition.
A newly observed comet moves along an almost direct Earth approach. It becomes visible with a common opera glass in the northeast before dawn near Alpha Auriga as Beta Auriga and the brighter starlet guide its course toward the Lynx and Great Bear.
Readers learn what tympanitis peritonitis and related terms mean and how doctors monitor the President’s condition. The piece describes abdominal swelling, temperature and pulse measurements, normal ranges, and how readings change with injury or disease.
Blue silks dominate the season with fuller skirts and large collars on girls dresses. Moire Antique gains favor for scarves cloaks and bonnet strings while simple coiffures and long low combs define hairstyles. Zouave jackets rise in popularity among seaside fashions.
A Harrisburg stenographer copied 282 words in 64 minutes while a rising young lawyer wrote 226 words with a pencil. The typewriter averaged 435 words per minute, with the stenographer matching the same page on a No 2 machine in 5 minutes. The duel ends as the lawyer abandons the idea of faster writing than a typewriter.
Miss Anna Dickinson delivered a striking reply at Ocean Grove on August 4, turning a temperance gathering. She asserted that women’s work lies with their sisters rather than reforming men and criticized neglect of women’s needs, arguing society fails to uplift those most in need.
In Sangamon county court a tall lawyer wearing a short coat slid on a seat past the advocate. A nail tore his pantaloons, forcing him to continue without sewing. A subscription paper sought funds to replace the trousers while Lincoln, nearby, wrote I have nothing to contribute. Laughter erupted from lawyers and the judge alike.
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