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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1896
Page
1
Attorneys at law notaries and solicitors list offices in Warren Pennsylvania with names Lindsey Parmlee Lindsey Whitcomb Dinsmoor Peterson Perry and others. Listings include photography by Arens and a medical specialist for digestive and urinary diseases and a justice of the peace.
Attorneys at Law Warren Pa offer prompt business handling from Hazeltine building Liberty street second story. W WILBUR and WM SCHNUB advertise portrait painting in oil pastel or crayon with life likenesses and first class workmanship warranted.
A brisk advertising note touts reliable men and boys apparel with low prices. It lists suits, overcoats, pants, shirts, caps, gloves, and underwear for men and boys, including all wool options and value lined items, with prices ranging from 15c to 10.00 and a claim of better quality amid prevalent cheap goods.
A sweeping roundup from New York to California covers arrests, burglaries, fires, murders, and political shifts. Notable items include J. O. Watkins linked to the Valentine forger ring, a Drexel & Co. loss, multiple bank heists in Nebraska, and various deaths and disasters across cities, with references to Cuba, tariff talk, and other national events.
A Meadville Gazette editorial urges parental restraint to guide boys, warning that neglect leads to delinquency. It portrays a mother weeping at the Court House over a son’s arrest for a serious crime and condemns late night roaming and drunkenness as parental failures.
In New York on December 2 the 17th annual convention of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers began with President John Fritz delivering the annual address.
New York money market report shows money on call at 2 1/4 percent with prime mercantile paper at 4 1/2 percent. Sterling exchange values include actual bank bills at 4.86 to 4.87, 60 day at 4.83 to 4.84. Posted rates list 4.83 to 4.81, 4.57 to 4.88. Commercial bills at 4.82 to 4.84. Silver certificates at 68 to 69 cents. bar silver at 65 4 cents.
Market prices show a wide range for flour and associated grains including patent and extras, with figures for City Mills, Minnesota bakers, spring and winter grades, and rye flour. Additional items cover cornmeal, buckwheat, oats, hay, pork, butter, and cheese, listing spot, f.o.b., and futures quotes from May to Dec contracts.
A Chicago Dispatch poem laments the rise of women and girls wearing pants in public. It warns of social upheaval as mothers outfit daughters in trousers, followed by confusion over what is proper and the potential heartbreak for fathers.
The piece notes the shift from bicycle skeptics to advocates as railroads adapt to wheels carrying cargo without damage. General Carrick of the St. Paul road recalls initial dislike of wheels, then admits becoming a wheel enthusiast and orders 100 baggage cars equipped to carry wheels without marks.
Senator Hill recounted a Cortland speech about a man who could not break a wicked parrot of swearing. The parrot swore like a sailor until the owner dunked it in a tub of water. After surviving the punishment, the bird asked where its master was during the cyclone.
A Christian Endeavor lesson discusses how faith in Christianity is tested by doubt and how knowledge, obedience, and prayer act as tonics to strengthen belief. It cites John the Baptist, Jesus’ teaching on knowing through action, the example of a woman saved from worldliness, and prayers like Lord I believe help thou mine unbelief.
The Watchman editor argues spending on large religious conventions is seed corn that motivates support for Christian work. He urges attendance costs to be weighed against the funds saved by staying home, noting missionary societies may still gain equal or greater support.
The quote recalls frequent visits to God in dire need and nervous mood, seeking reassurance as faith flickers. It emphasizes relying on God’s faithfulness rather than quotes from promises, likening trust to a wife feeling her husband’s hand without reciting pledges.
Mrs Ballington Booth laments sin and drunkenness as roots of trouble urging Christ inspired hearts to reform lives and guide the fallen toward a better path and happier life in a Universalist publication.
The text extols real friendship as soul to soul union and heart exchange. It asserts Jesus provides the ultimate model of friendship and behavior as a mirror for true companionship.
The article urges choosing a president who presides over the convention and suggests older members form Senior societies while Juniors form Intermediate groups. Indiana plans to emphasize good literature with reading circles, preferably denominational, urged across societies. A returning Endeavorer from Boston expresses relief at having his name read at monthly roll calls.
Buffalo provision market reports No. 1 hard winter wheat at 91440 c per bushel No. 1 northern 1814c No. 2 red 9 4c Corn No. 2 yellow 2334c No. 2 24c No yellow 25c Oats No. 2 white 234c No. 2 mixed 200 Rye No. 2 44c Flour Spring best patent per bbld 5.00 5.25 low grades 3.00 3.25 winter 75.00 95.15 graham 4.35 4.50 State creamery 25c western do Cheese Fancy full cream llc choice do 9 10c light skims 6 7c skims 4 6c Canada and western
Lesson for the week discusses the Emmaus walk from Luke. The speaker Rev. W J Yates highlights the personal presence of Jesus and the Spirit linking disciples and believers across ages. The sermon emphasizes ongoing fellowship and guidance in Christian life.
Rev Willard T Perrin was elected president of the First General district Epworth League for two years at the seventh annual convention in Providence from September 29 through October 1. Born in Cambridge Mass he excelled at Harvard and Boston University School of Theology and has served churches in Wilbraham Springfield Charlestown Worcester and South Boston.
The League should be treated as a church department not a substitute for the church of God. It may aid Christ’s work but its finances and activities must follow and harmonize with the church. The pastor and official board must oversee plans to avoid friction and preserve harmony and efficiency.
A translation by Catherine Winkworth renders the Latin hymn Veni Sancte Spiritus attributed to King Robert II of France 997 A D. The piece presents as a medieval church hymn praising the Holy Spirit with calls for comfort light and charity and ends seeking holiness and eternal bliss.
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