DRY GOODS AND CARPETS SALE and Rail Schedules
Mr. Shear advertises a large stock of dry goods and carpets with low prices including ginghams latines crinkled seersuckers and 100 dozen ribbed Jersey vests. The notice also lists extensive train schedules from Warren with multiple eastward and through connections to Philadelphia New York Baltimore and Washington. A Century excerpt by S Weir Mitchell discusses snakebite treatment and cautions on venom management and ligature use.
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Shear
Warren
Sheffield
St. Mary’s
Lancaster
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Phila
Erie
Williamsport
Kane Accommdat
Kane
Erie Mail
Warren Express
Oil Express
Erie Express
Mary's
Trains Schedule Fragment Be South
A fragmented timetable lists multiple train times with irregular intervals and incomplete context. The readable entries show a sequence of departure or arrival times from early evening hours and a partial route or service label.
Don’t loaf Don’t blow Don’t act the fool
A terse list of cautions and maxims attributed to the Youngstown Telegram. The item blends admonitions on temperance, violence avoidance, wise conduct, and self control, reflecting a period voice urging prudence across daily actions.
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Browning
Youngstown
Letter Recall From N Peck to Nathan Delights and Regrets
A dated exchange recalls Mrs. N Peck-It and Mr. N Peck-Well confessing a wish to share enduring torment rather than bliss alone, implying reconciliation or irony in their relationship. The brief notes hint at a long memory and emotional tension between the two correspondents.
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Mrs. N. Peck
Nathan
Mr. N. Peck
Toilers and dreamers in a gilded hall and slumberland
A varied verse tableau contrasts toil with royal longing. Poems by J. B. M. Wright and Lorana W. Sheldon, printed in Boston Budget and Judge, examine honest reapers and a man courting through a balance of wealth, then drift into a sea voyage of dreams where a princess wanders toward a stormy dreamland and a hoped harbor beyond.
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J. B. M. Wright
Boston
Earliest Paper Watermarks and Pillow Making Tips
The article traces early paper marks such as the Globe and Cross and Bull’s Head from the Low Countries to Germany and Italy, noting printers and origins. It then shifts to home crafts, detailing denim pillows with decorative cords, threading, and tassels, plus color choices and sizes for Hammock and baby pillows.
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Holbein
Ravensburg
Holbeins
Low Countries
Gouda
Delft
Philip of Burgundy
Isabella
Canton
Germany
Troy
Aldo Manuzio
Venice
Chambers’ Journal
Morals for Youth From Time Advice Column
A Time article offers cautions to a young reader about life choices from childhood through adulthood. It warns against seeking violent Westward bands, suggests kindness to ill relatives, and notes dangers of pride, gambling, and deceit while promoting patience and prudent behavior.
Millions of Families Live on Fifty Cents a Week in India
F G Carpenter notes in Kansan City Times that millions of Indian families survive on fifty cents weekly with women in fields earning three cents daily and men in minor railroad jobs earning about a dollar a month. He observes dense populations, famine risk, and low living standards despite skilled embroidery and religious dietary rules.
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India
Allahabad
F. G. Carpenter
Kansan
Russia weighs banning wood fuel on European railways
St Petersburg reports the Council of State is studying a law to prohibit wood as railway fuel in European Russia. With coal industry delays, officials have reconsidered, hoping regulations curb forest destruction while preserving cheap transport. In the north wood remains common, but fuel shifts toward coal and liquid fuels elsewhere.
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St. Petersburg
Council of State
Russia
Moscow
Black Sea
Poland
Volga Region
Grazi-Tsaritsin
Volga
Caspian
Kazan
Had Her Doubts About Marriage to Gerald Smythe
Bessie writes from the South to her father admitting marriage without consent. He replies that if Gerald is not a fool she should return with him for forgiveness. Bessie asks for views on spelling of proper names amid uncertainty over Smythe spelling.
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Bessie
Papa
Gerald
Smythe
Chicago Tribune
Physician Admonitions on Health and Habits
A physician urges daily steps for health from avoiding heavy summer clothing to regular dental checkups. He warns against reading in jostling cars, stresses eight hours maximum work, midday rests, left side light, and warns about improper footwear and combining meat with vegetables in refrigeration. He advises against pork unless heat treated to a gray color.
Checks and fashion in the Gilded Age banking world
The article surveys check styles among the rich and powerful, noting Astors and Vanderbilts favor varying degrees of engraving, pocket habits, and the way clerks read and secure checks. It contrasts plain bank checks with elaborate, tinted, and collectible designs used by Western and Eastern financiers, highlighting Jay Gould's extravagant million-dollar note on a paper envelope.
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Jay Gould
Folklore On Luck Beliefs From Around The World
The passage surveys superstitions: Galway fishermen avoid sea after fox sighting, Arab fate beliefs, Northern German tales on evening, Icelandic whistling, and Moslem views on judgment day for artists. It notes the Zulu tale explaining the hyrax tail from a lazy fetcher.
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Galway
Germany
Canning Fruit with Proper Jars and Select Steps
Freshly washed jars are warmed before fruit addition to avoid breakage. Exclude air, seal tightly, and store in a cool dark place to prevent fermentation and spoilage. Use hot syrup, cut only good fruit, and handle gently to keep shapes and minimize waste.
Quotations on Domestic Life and Social Wit
A collection of aphorisms and proverbs on digestion, bread making, cleanliness, lending, and social conduct. The text juxtaposes advice on daily living with humorous and antiquated turns of phrase, mentioning cooks, bread, kitchens, and prudence alongside historical references and wordplay.
Nations Report Large Growth in Religious Groups and Faith Practices
The item lists wide variations in global faith activity from 97 000 members in the Daughters order to rising church attendance and Bible demand in Spain. It notes Protestant missions in China up 140 percent in a decade, Fiji home prayer high, and Rome’s efforts to promote immigration to Manitoba with 2 million in capital. It covers church burnings in the U S, tobacco questions for Presbyterians, religious tensions in India, a Mussulian procession attack, and biographical notes on Casark and Burrow’s writing processes.
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Order of the King’s Daughters
Madrid
Spain
China
Fiji
America
United States
Church of Rome
Manitoba
Northwest
United Presbyterians
India
Local Drugstore Promise on King Remedies
Morris & Mullen druggists say they have sold Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Dr King’s New Life Pills Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters for years and guarantee satisfaction or refund the purchase price.
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Dr. King
Bucklen
Morris & Mullen
Local Printer Seeks Jobs and Readers Input
A Warren press notes its full printing services including papers envelopes and types, boasting skilled printers and first class style. Submissions from county and country readers are requested with real names for publication.
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Prin
Warren P. O
Postal Cards and Humorous Bits From a Turbulent Era
A collection of humorous snippets and cartoons notes on social norms. Quips about wives hearing secrets upstairs, courting at summer resorts, moonshine, and letters from Stanley. A Cincinnati judge on ice cream Sundays and a tall tale about a doctor’s quick examinations ends with a punchline from an army man.
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Deacon Wanamaker
Africa
Stanley
Cincinnati
Mary
George
Rules for Tennis Players From The New York Sun
The article outlines tennis rules for singles and doubles with advice on volleying lobbing serving and positioning. It contrasts baseline play with net play and notes serving from the center line as well as a five foot net position for doubles. It also reports a Massachusetts hay crop season with unusually large quantity but poor quality and lighter hay weight.
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The
New York Sun
Massachusetts
Night Key Use!ess
Nash arrives home in rough shape and, after an hour of knocking, a policeman asks about his night key. Nash insists he has a night key but questions its ability to roll him upstairs, as reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Nash
Philadelphia Inquirer
Salve advertised for wide range of skin ailments
An 19th century style advertisement promises the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers rashes and skin eruptions and declares a money back guarantee. It lists price at 25 cents per box and notes sale at Morck Drug Store.
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Morck Drug Store
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Snee Corner
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Havelltine
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Corry, Pa
Bowman & Bole
John ¥. McPherson
Justice OF the Peace
Karren
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W. A. Greaves
Strait
Muel T. Neill
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Paractices
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Li. J. Muse
Johnson's Exchange
OK & Cables
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CABLE
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Finan
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A. D. Wood
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Braveler’s Directory
Pennsylvania
R. R
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the Mail
Chas, E. Pugh
Gen
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J.R. Wood
S. Weir Mitchell
Dunkirk
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Pittsburg
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Royal Baking Powder Co
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Lorana W. Sheldon
Slumberland
Silver Sea
J. P. Bocock
Boston Globe
Tasso
Origen
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Rousseau
le Sage
Byron
Aristotle
Pete
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RicHeLieu
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Calvin
Voltaire
Luther
Earth
Lewis B. Miller
Omaha
Thousand Isles
Aristine Anderson
Detroit Free Press
Carters
Cartier
Carter
Carter Medicine CO
Rose Bupp
Carrie Mell
Geo
Davis’ Drug Store
Carriy
Casak
Brutus
Charles 1
Cromwell
Heaven
Religious Intelligence
Casark
Burrow
Chicago
Colonel Forester
Dr. L
Dick Forester
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