The Daily Bits of War Era Wit and Fashion Lore
A collage of humorous and social notes touches on courtship beliefs, tea versus coffee trends, a divorce naming dispute, a greeting from Maine to Arkansas, a mothproof Lincoln flag, and fashion fixes like the shirt waist extender. The items mix voices from readers and public figures, with light reflections on war year anxieties and daily life anecdotes.
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United States
Hobson
Sampson
Commodore
Lewes
Sexton
England
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson
Alger
Lincoln
Capitol
Springfield
Ill
Maine
Arkansas
Bob” Ingersoll
Washington
Warren Pa Professional Services Directory Ad
Local Warren Pennsylvania notices list several professionals with offices in Hazeltine and Warren Savings Bank buildings. Included are attorneys at law notaries publics dentists a justice of the peace portrait painter and photographers offering prompt attentive service and various addresses and phone references.
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Warren
Hazeltine Building
Warren Savings Bank
Warren, Pa
Attorneys At Law
Chas. Dinsmoor
Chas. A. Peterson
Hazeltine
Liberty Street
W. Wilbur
Beaty Block, D. 1
Ball, CO
C. Thompson
Official county officials list announces state and local positions
A compiled roster details elected and appointed county officers including Member of Congress Charles W. Stone Senate Charles M Shortt Assembly W Parshall President Judge W M Lindsey Associate Judges J H Sandstrom Z T Weaver Prothonotary Frank M Knapp Register and Recorder Win McCray Sheriff John H Fuellbart Treasurer M A Myers County Commissioners J F Rounce W J Mead Li M Preston Commissioners' Clerk Fred B Jackson District Attorney C A Peterson County Supt Schools H M Putnam County Commissioners W A Clark and O D imey Coroner Dr W S Peirce H Hi Bassett County Auditors E C Gee P Orr County Surveyor D F A Wheelock.
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Congress
Charles W. Stone
Senate
Charles M. Shortt
Assembly
Fred B. Jackson
C. A
Store sale advertises heavy discounts on waists and garments
The notice from Warren, Pennsylvania promotes a store sale with waists priced from 19c to 59c and many items marked down from higher values. It touts new fabrics, waterproof serge, and parasols at 98c, urging customers to take advantage of extraordinary prices during a trade-making period.
War department to muster 100000 volunteers for service
The War Department plans to muster 100000 volunteers as soon as possible while keeping 116000 for garrison duty with regular forces. The administration drafts a civil framework for Cuba Porto Rico and parts of the Philippines under U S control as Spain appoints peace commissioners. News span multiple theaters detailing Manila Pilar and Porto Rico actions and casualties amid the ongoing war.
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War Department
Civil Administration of Affairs
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Spain
Wilson
Ciales
Dewey
United States
Iloilo
Cebu
Cushman K. Davis
Hong Kong
Aguinaldo
Manila
Patrick J. Corbett
James J. Corbett
San Francisco
Tangier
Foreign Office
Morocco
Emeline C. Reynolds
Grand Hotel
New York
Philadelphia
James Carson Needham
Modisto
California
Wisconsin
Samuel 8. Barney
West Bend
Syracuse
N. Y
John Dougherty
Merritt
Passig
Shafter
Biddle
Company C
Ohio Volunteers
Martinez
Coamo
Maria Teresa
Almirante Oquendo
Cervera
Wheeler
Montauk Point
S. It
Adams
Santiago
Roosevelt
New Little Falls
Nelson Hagadorn
Norway
Towanda
Rummerfield
Chilson
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Market Report Highlights Mixed Prices Across Commodities
Market data show funds on call at 13 g 2 per cent and mercantile paper at 3 44 per cent. Sterling bids around 4.85 with bank bills near 4.83 for 60 days. New York Produce Market lists flour, cornmeal, oats, hay, pork, and dairy prices across several grades and locations with multiple bid and offer levels.
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Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
New York
City Mills
Minnesota
Western
State
Northern
Duluth
Northern Duluth
Hay
Western Creamery
Do Factory
Elgins
Do Creamery
Pennsylvania
Buffalo Hay Market Prices Listing
No 1 timothy and No 2 timothy with prices listed in dollars per unit. Baled hay costs 11.00 to 12.00, baled straw 40.95 to 11.00, bundled rye 10.00 to 11.00.
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East Buffalo
Buffalo
Timothy
Peace Commission May Be Named By Week’s End
Brief war news notes the president will appoint a peace commission likely including Secretary Day Senator Davis of Minnesota Senator Frye of Maine and possibly Mr Justice White. McKinley plans to visit Montauk Point to assess Santiago veterans care. The Cuban commission sails September 5 from New York or Fort Monroe aboard Admiral Sampson’s flagship if ready.
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NEW York Weekly Tribune
Weekly Tribune
Warren
Peace Commission
Secretetary Day
Davis
Minesota
Frye
Maine
Justice White
United States Supreme Court
New York
Fort Monroe
Sampson
President to order out 100000 volunteers this week
Surgeon General Ferry reports the Eighth New York regiment at Chickamauga is run down and unhealthy. Illness among American troops in Porto Rico rises with nearly 1000 cases of malaria and dysentery and some typhoid. Camp Wikoff sees improved weather aiding the sick. Furloughs rise as troops depart. Yellow fever rumors in San Juan lack confirmation from Surgeon General Greenleaf.
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Philippines
Pilar
Tampa
Joseph Wheeler
Montauk Point
L. I
Porto Rico
Shafter
Knoxville
Tenn
Lexington
Bisayas Island
United States
Minneapolis
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Orange County
New York
West Shore
Rochester
Stanley
L. B. Fish
Ohio Cavalry
Washington
Pittsburg
Kansas City
Charles O. Roberts
Jefferson Assembly
Boston
Hot Springs
Ark
Stars and Stripes
Honolulu
Theodore Abbath
St. Louis
Manila
Battle
Merritt
Philippine Islands
Peru
Pueblo
Otis
Hughes
War Department
Mobile
Santiago
Governors Island
Laura
Michigan Regiment
Harvard
Spain
Don Carlos
Miles
Macias
Lawton
Fitzhugh Lee
Seventh Army Corps
Cuba
Immunes
Guantanamo
Coto
Garcia
Gonzales Farrado
Pastor Y Landero
Marquis Montero
Ortega Y Diaz
Vallarino Y Carraco
Sanchez del Aguila Y Leon
Ponce
Aransas
New Orleans
San Juan
Brooke
Corbin
Missouri
Oregon
Iowa
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Hawaii
William Burke
New York Central
Amsterdam
N. Y
Portland
Fort Monroe
South End
Savannah
Newmarket
Ont
Minnie Sexton
Susie
Atlantic
Newport
R. L
Ferry
Eighth New York Regiment
Chickamauga
Greenleaf
Spain S Cuban commissioners sail from Madrid to Havana
Spanish Cuban commissioners depart Madrid bound for Havana with sealed instructions. The trip signals ongoing negotiations or governance matters and observers await disclosure of the mission’s aims.
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Spain
Madrid
Havana
Jago Freed Then Rearrested On British Robbery Charge
At Bow Street Sir John Bridge presided as J. W. Jago chief officer of the Britannic was discharged on a U S embassy backed warrant for robbery and smuggling but was immediately rearrested on a British robbery charge after an agreement with the United States embassy which withdrew its extradition request. Allie Hopkins dies after a boy attack. Hopkins 19 wounded by Daniel Hatch 14 in Johnstown Warren County.
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London
Bow Street
Sir John Bridge
J. W. Jago
White Star Line
Britannic
United States
Jago
Saratoga
Allie Hopkins
Johnsburg
Warren County
Daniel Hatch
Hopkins
Hatch
Going to Church in the Epworth League Faith
A reflective piece by Wm. K. Fisher argues church attendance strengthens the believer when pursued with genuine devotion. It urges league members and families to seek the Lord, attend preaching and class meetings, and testify with heartful sincerity rather than mere habit.
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Wm. K. Fisher
Paulin
Isaiah
Jacob
David
Zech
Malachi
Jesus
When Love and Ambition Meet in Election Time
A Chicago News item notes pride and delay in human behavior. It ends with advice that a young man in love should press his own suit rather than rely on others such as a tailor, while others reflect on waiting, appetite, and ambition before political success.
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Chicago News
Aphorisms on wealth and conduct from ancient authors
A collection of short maxims contrasts wealth, speech, and foresight. Lactantius notes memory tempers prosperity. Diodorus warns money as master or servant. Socrates urges listening over speaking. W McCune counsels sticking to one calling for eventual reward.
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Lactantius
Diodorus
Socrates
W. McCune
With Your Might and the Call of Youth
A compact reading from St. Louis Christian Advocate on Endeavor topics urges doing all in the name of the Lord Jesus and relying on divine power. It links Josiah’s reform, Paul’s prayers, and the armor of God to empower young people to face future moral and political challenges.
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Jesus
David
God
Paul
Colossians
Josiah
Christ
Judah
Jerusalem
St. Louis
What the Bishops Say Epworth League in General Conference
The Bishop's Baltimore General Conference address lauds the Epworth League founded in 1890. It notes its training for advanced ecclesiastical study and active church work, urges unity with the church, and praises Epworth Leaguers for loyalty and service to local needs and broader church goals.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Baltimore
Epworth League
Epworth
Pentecostal Power and Purity Questioned by Dr Pepper
Dr Pepper argues that Pentecostal power is meaningless without moral purity. He asserts full reception of the Spirit requires complete purification and removal of sin, and that the Holy Ghost’s coming expels all sin.
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Dr. Pepper
For the League. Christlike Motto Quoted from John 9
A church notice quotes Christlike motto from John 9 4 urging believers to work while day remains. The line emphasizes urgency and duty to perform good works during active ministry time.
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League
Columbus Second Voyage Sails To New World Islands
The article recounts Columbus second voyage from Palos on Sept 26 1493 with 17 ships and 1500 men. He discovers Dominica November 3 lands among Caribbee islands clashes with natives. He later founds Isabella Haiti and sails to Cuba’s south coast naming Santiago amid later siege.
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Columbus
Santiago
Palos
Spain
Dominica
Caribbee Islands
Porto Rico
San Juan
Sampson
la Navidad
Hayti
New World
Isabella
Cuba
Baking in Mexico by coal ovens and street delivery
In Mexico cooking relies on charcoal fires as private homes lack ovens. Few families bake bread, while small French loaves with hard crust are distributed citywide in large four foot baskets carried on cargadores' heads.
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Mexico
Tea guest savors pepper for bouillon like taste
A guest at an afternoon tea astonished the hostess by rejecting sugar and cream and requesting pepper and salt. The hostess tried the combination and found it a delicate bouillon like flavor, surprising and pleasing.
Enlistment Tests Reveal Poor Dental Care Among Recruits
At Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania 500 men were tested for military enlistment and 150 passed. Dr. Harvey notes common defects centered on bad teeth and neglect of dental care. Many had never seen a dentist and others had not kept teeth clean. He urges mothers to ensure children’s teeth are cared for to prevent early decay.
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Wilkesbarre
Dr. Harvey
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Local Directory
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Railroad Guide
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Baker & Bowman Co
Utz & Dunn
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Ladies’ Fine Shoes
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Golden Horse Shoe
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New York Infantry
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