02 Dec 1884
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1884
Page
1
Schedule fragment lists West 5 arrive Erie ACC Warren Exp Oil Express and Sheffield Ace times. Entries include Erie Mail Kane Ace 75 with 5:35 pm and 10:08 pm mentions, Sheffield Ex 9:10 am 46 pm, and 7:45 pm reference, indicating sporadic service timing details.
EBEN N Ford Post and multiple lodges announce weekly or monthly gatherings in K of H Hall Library building Allen Block and other venues. Regulars include K P Warren Lodge 481 I O O F 7250, and Emory Lopez L H No 515 with schedules on Thursdays and Fridays.
A meditation on artists and teachers who lift spirits through song and struggle, contrasted with a bustle of stage news. The piece notes Mrs Liszt, Miss Nevada, Emma Abbott and others achieving fame, while a reader complains of theatre overcoats and hat nuisances.
The New York Advertiser notes a novel steamship service that moves children from Europe to relatives in the United States as if shipping freight. Passengers are identified, paid for, and tracked from home to arrival, with Castle Garden as a recent landing point for eight youngsters.
At a Western Pennsylvania Engineers Society meeting in Pittsburg last week, speakers argued gas supply durability, noting wells on a NE-SW line and predicting continued output despite large waste. Estimates cited 70 million feet lost daily, with calls to plug idle wells and educate owners on economy.
A church member laments the hard struggle of keeping faith while temptations persist, recalling a failed attempt to shoot Tom Green. The December issue of St. Nicholas is praised as a premier illustrated children’s magazine with Christmas illustrations and stories.
A clipped Canada Presbyterian notice signed by C. Blackett Robinson proclaims relief from recurring bilious headaches after using Burdock Blood Bitters. The brief item presents a testimonial style endorsement for the remedy.
An old advertisement touts a cough remedy labeled Hops Cough Cure as safe pleasant and quick at 25 cents. It directs readers to Johnson & Siegfried. L. G. Noyes promotes Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets as a guaranteed aid for all forms of indigestion.
A historical ad notes Frazier's Root Bitters as BerLoe medicina with strong action on the liver and kidneys. It claims to cleanse the blood, keep the bowels open, and purify the system. Sold by Johnson & Siegfried for $1.
On Monday Nov 17 the New York Philadelphia and Norfolk railroad opened from Delmar Maryland along Maryland and Virginia to Cape Charles then by steamer to Norfolk. It connects at Delmar with the Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore and at Norfolk with the Norfolk and Western Norfolk Southern and Seaboard and Roanoke corridors. The line shortens and speeds travel to Southern points saving travelers five to six hours between New York and Norfolk.
The December Century features a Gen. Grant profile frontispiece with the second Civil War paper “The Capture of Fort Donelson” by Gen. Lew Wallace. It includes about a score of illustrations, plus continued Rec collections on early Potomac campaigning and other illustrated pieces.
The notice warns that Arnica and Wil Liniment may stain clothing or skin despite claims of animal use. It also states Downs Elixir will cure any cough or cold, regardless of duration.
An advertisement touts Dr. Frazier's Magic Ointment as a universal cure for boils burns sores cuts flesh wounds sore nipples corns chapped lips hands pimples and blotches. Brice fifty cents. Sold by Johnson & Siegfried FRAZIER MEDICINE CO Prop Cleveland Ohio.
The piece notes coral jewelry returning to fashion as polished and trendy, American gold pieces becoming fashionable bangles, porphyry red as a new dress shade, scarlet flannel linked to health claims, and updates in hats, hoop skirts, note paper, wedding invitations, dinner favors, wraps, and hair styling for fall and winter. It describes tests for color harmony on skin, and detailed hair arrangements with waves, bows, and curls for today’s ladies.
A party of officers with two cavalry companies camped on the Nueces river west branch in Texas for observation. Indians had depredations nearby and were sent from Fort. A humorous account follows of a tall gaunt visitor trading for flour and tea, dining with the officers, and asking for “wum medicin.” The tale ends with a joke about the moon and a doctor’s dosage.
A portrait of a young woman in a stationery shop explains her duties folding visiting cards invitations and handling fine note papers. The piece touches suffrage progress in New York Massachusetts library gifts English history clubs and literary society efforts. It closes with brief patent medicine pitches.
A collection of short, humorous notes from Boston and elsewhere includes social foibles, editorials, odd anecdotes, family quips, jokes about weather and travel, and light barbs about theatre and religion. The snippets name people, places, and events, from Boston girls to Saratoga bells and camp meetings, through local derisive quips and social scenes.
Advert shows Williams Indian Pile Ointment claiming instant relief from bleeding itching and tumors. One box reputedly cures cases up to twenty years old and is sold by Johnson and Siegfried in Cleveland Ohio with mail order on receipt of $1.
L. G. Noyes asserts that Acker's English Remedy has cured contracted consumption and offers a guaranteed, entirely new medicine. A circular is available on request.
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