Winter Time Table of Philadelphia and Erie Rail Road 1876
The notice outlines the winter schedule effective Sunday November 26 1876 for the Philadelphia and Erie Rail Road. It lists westward trains Erie Mail from Philadelphia at 11 35 pm to Kane Corry and Erie with arrival and departure times and eastward Erie Mail connections at Kane and Corry. It notes Erie time is twenty minutes behind Philadelphia time and is signed by William A Baldwin general superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia & Erie Rail Road
Erie Mail
Philadelphia
Farren
Corry
Erie
Erie Ace
Kane
Warren
Erseecsese
WM. A. Baldwin
Rail timetable fragment shows connections and arrival times
Fragmentary schedule lists Lake Shore & Michigan Southern routes with station names Franklin SH5 Raymilton Stoneboro Amasa Jameston Andover Jefferson Ashtabula Cleveland Brie Buffalo and times ranging from 6:00 to 5:25 PM. Indicates passenger rail stops and transfer windows in a sparse timetable.
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Oil City
Franklin
Raymilton
Stoneboro
Amasa
A&gw R’y
Jameston
Andover
Jefferson
Ashtabula
Cleveland
Buffalo
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad Timetable Adopted May 13 1877
Trains eastward depart Cincinnati for Dayton Springfield Marion Galion Mansfield Ashland Akron Ravenna Warren Greenville arriving Meadville Union City Salaman Buffalo Hornellsville Elmira Binghamton New York Trains No 2 No 3 and 12 run daily No 1 not run on Monday Palace Sleeping Coaches on trains 3 and 12 Mansfield to New York Hotel Coach on trains 3 and 12 Mansfield to New York Connections at Mansfield Ravenna Meadville Union for oil regions Jamestown for Buffalo and Niagara Falls Cleveland for Toledo Chicago Cincinnati connections South and West No stop over on local tickets Local passengers must buy to first stopping place then re purchase to destination W B Shattuc Gen Passr Agt Cincinnati P D Cooper Gen Supt Cleveland
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Bxass
Dayton
Springfield Ibana
Marion, Galion
Mansfield
Ashland
Akron
Ravenna Warren
Greenville
Elmira
Binghamton
New York
Orton
Palace
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio
Ravenna
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Meadville
Union and Corry
Jamestown
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Cleveland
Toledo
W. B.shattuc
Gen
Pass’r Agt
O. P. D. Cooper
Salamanca Anseee
Corry
Union City
Warren
Akron Shoes
Galion
Marion
Urbana
Springfield
Dayton Seneee
Town and district officers listed for Warren area
Burgess C H Noyes and a full slate of town councilors clerks and officials are named with district and county officers. The document lists roles from assessor to coroner and county auditors with many names and home towns in Warren Pa and surrounding communities.
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Justices of the Peace
D. J. Hodges
D. W. C. James
Constable
John F. McPherson, Jr
D. J. Ball
C. H. Noyes
H. E. Brown
O. F. Hoffman
Ozro Nesmith
Geo. P. Orr
Geo. N. Parmlee
E. F. Hodges
J., F. Watson
Warren
C. W. Stone
W. M. Lindsey
Columbus
T. E. Barnes
Sheffield
G. C. James
N. K R. Thompson
Sugar Grove
Denominational Church Services and Schedules Listed
A compilation of Sunday and midweek services by denomination. Baptist Presbyterian Episcopalian Methodist Evangelical Lutheran Scandinavian Catholic with pastors and service times including Sabbath School and vespers across multiple congregations.
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Presbyterian
W. A. Rankin
Episcopal
H.S. Getz
Methodist
R. M. Warren
A. Rearick
F. C. H. Lampe
J. Mellander
Father de la Roque
Father Mullen
Fraternal Lodge Meeting Schedule Details
Local lodges list meeting nights locations and officers for Laban No 52 Carroll Lodge No 102 North Star Lodges No 241 Occidental Chapter 285 Conewango Lodge No 259 Warren Lodge No 339 Kossuth Encampment No 98 outlining regular sessions second or fourth Thursdays and Mondays in various halls with designated Worthy Matrons and Secretaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laban Lodge
S. Burgess
H. L. Lorp
A. Merrill
Carroll Lodge
A. O
U. W
Ss. Burgess’ Store
Schnur
W. M. J. H. Spencer
Sece
Johnson’s Exchange
Gro
Johnson’s
G. H. Ags
C. P
Vegetine Proved Effective Family Medicine in Providence
A Providence resident recounts a 30 year battle with scrofulous and related illnesses. After trying doctors and remedies, she found relief with Vegetine, using about 25 bottles over six months, and now calls it her family medicine. Mrs. B. C. Cooper, No. 1 Joy St., Providence, endorses the remedy.
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Providence
H. R. Stevens
B. C. Cooper
Joy St
Providence, R. I
Remembering Days of Old by Reverend Gladden
A pastor sits with a Bible as his memories flow from youth to old age. He recalls service, family joys, celebrations, illness, and enduring faith, finding meaning in bearing others' burdens. The poem honors steadfast devotion and compassionate labor in the vineyard.
Oil City leads in banking among cities of its size
The item notes Oil City’s large banking business for its size, a 50 barrel per day oil well completed at Dunkard Creek in Greene County, and various regional notes including Clearfield’s mineral spring, New York City debt rise, and other local curiosities.
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Oil City
United States
Dunkard Creek
Greene County
Clearfield
New York City
Albany Journal
Dice
Cincinnati
Ida Lewis
Lime Rocks
Newport Harbor
Fannie Wallace
Ephrata
Lancaster County
Niagara
Willie Flynn
Sully
Gazette
Vegetine praised by Little Falls architect in 1877 letter
J Perrine of Little Falls New York writes to Mr H R Stevens declaring a blotchy facial eruption cured after two to three bottles of Vegetine. He calls Vegetine the best medicine for blood impurities and dedicates his fifty year local profession to recommending it.
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Little Falls
N. Y
H. R.stevens
J. Perrine
Perrine
Vegetine Sold by All Druggists
Prepared by H. R. Stevens of Boston Massachusetts announcing Vegetine is sold by all druggists. The notice promotes the product and provides distribution details for consumers seeking the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Stevens
Boston, Mass
Pittsburg Titusville and Buffalo R R Achieves Smoke-Free Locomotives
The Pittsburg Titusville and Buffalo Railroad reports two of its locomotives burn their own smoke, letting passengers sit with windows open and enjoy smoke-free travel. It also notes the steam brake applied to driving wheels allows a train moving at 25 mph to stop within 100 feet after braking, a rapid emergency halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Titusville
Buffalo R
Courier
Chautauqua Saga and City Labor Dilemma
A long legend of the Indian nation and lovers Big Storm, Chautauqua, and Soaring Eagle ends with a peace, lake name change to Chautauqua, and a stark social reflection. The piece shifts to a Chicago Inter Ocean editorial urging country youths and immigrants to stay in rural areas, noting city job scarcity and urging exploration of less-tilled lands and varied opportunities.
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Lake Erie
Big Storm
Sachem
Chautauqua
Sagamore
Eagle
Wowauco
Wowance
Strong Bow
Vain
Soaring Eagle
Ee Ae
Papoose
American Enterprise Abroad in Scotland and Europe
An American traveler notes widespread American influence in Scotland England and the Continent. He sees American workers selling tools reapers and mowers and finds Edin burgh reliant on American beef and mutton. American cloth goods and instruments enter European markets while Americans aid a Peru rail project and influence Turkey Russia Egypt and Australia.
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Scotland
England
Chicago
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Edinburgh
Peru
South America
Andes
Brazil
Rio
Buenos Ayres
H. W. Cilley
Meiggs
Turkey
Russia
Egypt
Australia
India
Phila
Watch Hill Breaker Strikes Book Agent on Right Cheek
A book agent was bathing at Watch Hill when a huge breaker struck his right cheek. He remained on his feet as the wave flattened against him, an event described vividly by the Hartford Globe.
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Watch Hill
Hartford Globe
What Makes Bow-legs And Knock-knees, Dr Crompton Says
A Manchester physician Dr. Crompton argues bow-legs stem from children rubbing bare feet together at night and keeping soles exposed. He says knock-knees arise from sleeping on the side with one knee tucked under the other. Prevention: keep feet covered and pad inside knees to keep them apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
England
Crompton
Will is Coming That is His Whistle
A Richmond Independent account tells of a wife on her deathbed who hears her engineer husband’s whistle as a signal of arrival after he races a locomotive to Dayton through rail traffic delays. She recognizes the whistle as his signal and speaks her farewell as he reaches her side.
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Gaylord
Cincinnati
Richmond
Dayton
Earth
Richmond Independent
North Carolina
Tom Marshall
Tom
Norristown Herald
Danbury
Thomas
Thomasoes
Boston
Willyim
Knota
Columbus ( A
Berkshire Courier
Hawkeye
Raphic
Driving the Deadwood Stage
A veteran recounts a stagecoach robbery near Deadwood with a government tax agent carrying $10,000. The agent sacrifices himself by hiding during the attack, spraying attackers with gunfire from a dozen firearms. several assailants are wounded as the coach continues. The next day a relay-agent is wounded, and the Dutch driver is found dead in Dead Man's Canyon with a body full of holes.
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Deadwood
Winchester
Dead Man’s Canyon
Vermont
Secrets and Mothers A Guide to Girl Honesty
A moral exhortation on keeping no secrets from mothers and spouses. It argues that secrecy harms girls and women, urging open confession to mothers in youth and to husbands after marriage. The piece emphasizes guidance, trust, and the virtue of disclosure for avoiding scandal and earning parental advice.
Dentistry in the United States Reveals Dental Work Boom
The text notes 11 000 to 12 000 dentists in the United States annually filling cavities with gold, costing about 500 000 dollars overall. It mentions four times as much cheaper material, 150 000 dollars, and about three million artificial teeth mounted on various plates. It claims only one in eighty people has perfect teeth, with most suffering decay.
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United States
America
Farrar
Fractured verses and local humor echo through old notices
A mosaic of quips, verses, and social jests from a late era page. Skits touch marriage, labor unrest, dialect humor, and light domestic scenes. Names and places appear in banter about weddings, strikes, and daily life in small towns.
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R. B. Stewart
Hazeltine & Davis’ Drug Store
Carver House
Izabm
Fr. A. Cogswell
Front Street
Varmilee & Henry's
Davis
Market and
Short Sts
Ludlow House
Warren Va
M. Davis
D. I. Ball
W. Drown
Msq
Beatty Block
Warren, Pa
P. V. Murray
Corner Water
Hickory
Merck & Co
James Cable
Allen's
WM. D. Brown
Willie
First National Bank
William Schnur
Merck
Krent St
F. Hoffman
Second Street
Warren Savings Bank
Wilbur & Miles
Merck’s
W. W. Wilbur
M. Miles
J. H. Mitchell, & CO
Fire & Life
Lycoming
German American
Niagara, Fire Association
Penn
Scofield
J. H. Mitchell
Willis A. Mitchell
Sextus Keller
Smith’s
Johnson & Lindsey
Office No. 5
Jonson's Exchange
Warren Pa
Johnson
WM. V. Hazeltine
Liberty Street
Scofield & Hooker's
Fanius R. Clark
Chas
H. Noyes
Clark & Noyes
Allen & Thompson
Tidioute
Warren County
Central Block
G. W. Allen
C. C. Thompson
Brown & Stone
H. &. Brown
Hw. Brown
G. W. Stone
99 Cent
Mrs. Phelps
Pr. Warner’s
Mme. Foy
Imly
President Hayes
J.C. McCurdy & Co
St. Louis
Warren Marble Works
John Grindleys
Water St
Warren Warren
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia & Erie
KR. K
Dunkirk
Alleghenny Valley
Grand Valley
Garland
Pittsfield
Youngsville
Irvington
Russelburg
Fentony
Frewsburg
A&g W Cross
Falconer’s
Fredonia
East Buffalo
Ampere
N.Y
Pitts
A&g W
Grandey Tasee
C. A. Clute
T. Bisnop
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern R’v
Franklin Division
Ble—Takes
New Castle & Franklin Railroad
GEO
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
Warren and Vicinity
RS. J. C. Caspar
Miss Dagget
Paris
J. C. Caspar
Hickory Street
W. C. Rowland. Warren
Local Directory
E. F. Crane
Lam
R. Dennison
Sec
Hilip Buseker
Allen Block
Ale
Mr. Byseker
Guy C. Irvine
P. Byseker
House of God
Santa Claus
Washington Gladden
Harper
Greece
Will
Department of Business
Department of Labor
Chicago J Inter- Ocean
Whistle
George
Cain
Abel
Adam
Westinghouse
Worcester
Jim
Davenport
Iowa
Philadelphia Bulletin
Oil City Derrick
Orion
O’ryan
Cornell
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