Robbery at Beaver County Wool Business Nets $4500 in Gold
Strangers robbed two brothers, John and Samuel McGuire, at their Beaver county home after a failed wool sale. Four masked men bound Samuel, forced disclosure of $800, and later plundered the house, taking about $4,500 in coin. John resisted and was struck. both brothers bound. Sheriff and neighbors未 report no clues through the night.
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Stroupspure
Penn
Frankfort Springs
Beaver County
John
Samuel M’guire
M’guires
M’guire
Samuel
John M’guire
Upstairs Promise Echoes in Child’s Calling
A nostalgic reminiscence of a father’s return to a home where a child’s welcome, hugs, and playful “I’ll be upstairs before you” vows shape a family scene. The verses blend tenderness with the ache of time and a tender memory of a daughter awaiting him.
Bear Hunt in Arkansas Cane Brake Ends with Monster Bear
In a White River hunt near the river bend, Col John and the doctor lead a six-man party with bear dogs to track a giant bear. After a long chase through cane and drifted brush, the narrator shoots the bear at close range on a fallen log, the pack finishing the kill as the hunters regroup with refreshments.
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Arkansian
Doc
Doctor
Col. John
Arsa Major
Granger
Brain
John
Jack
Jia
Jim
Arkansas
Train Schedule Fragments in Titusville Area
Fragmented timetable lists departures and arrivals between towns including Titusville Dunkirk Frewsburg Russelburg Pittsfield and Irvington with a northbound day schedule and five minute service notes.
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Titusville
Garland
Pittsfield
Youngsville
Irvington
Warren
Russelburg
Fentonville
Frewsburg
A & G W Cross
Falconer’s
Fredonia
Dunkirk
A& G W
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Rail Schedules
Train timetable highlights for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern routes via Atlantic and Pacific lines. Details include departure times from Buffalo and Dunkirk, connections to Chicago, and notes on baggage, sleeping cars, and through tickets. Contact points listed at Exchange Street Depot and Union Ticket Office for tickets.
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Palace
Cincinnati
New York
Mansfield
Pittsburg
Ft. Wayne
Chicago
Ravenna
Cleveland & Pittsburg Rrs
Meadville
Union and Corry
Corning
Rochester
NY Central
Binghamton
Albany
Springfield
Worcester
Boston
New England
Cleveland
Toledo
Milwaukee
Omaha
Northwest
W. B. Shattuc
Ohio
P. D. Cooper
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Buffalo
Exchange Street
General Union
Chas, Paine, Ten. Sup’t L
Railway Station Link Mentioned in Local Box Note
Fragmentary OCR item references stations and junctions including Pittsburg Kittanning Bradys Bend and Brady's Bend. Likely notes a railway route or timetable detail with listed places and connections. No clear event or date shown.
Toothache relief tip using ammonia soaked cotton
A reader claims that severe tooth pain may be quickly eased by applying cotton saturated with ammonia to the affected tooth, describing neuralgia originating from dental issues and presenting this as a quick remedy.
Brooklyn Faces Three Thousand Sailors and Clerical Scandals
A Brooklyn report highlights three thousand sailors connected to a surge of clerical scandals. The piece details rising tensions at local institutions and pending investigations impacting community leaders and sailors.
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Brooklyn
Pat-wreck Romance on a double ride ends in a brawl
Two Irishmen on a road trip mounted a shared horse but the animal balked and dumped Pat into a ditch. Pat rose muddy and struck the horse with a stone, accidentally striking Jim in the back, sparking a comic quarrel over the mishap.
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Pards
Block
Dublin
Pat
Jim
Championship Committee awards pennant to Boston club
The Professional Association’s Championship Committee met at Earle's Hotel New York to award the emblem to the club with the best season record. Despite Mutual Club’s lack of a regular scorer and no returned records, their position on Chadwick’s record was accepted after the Athletic Club declined to claim. The result makes Boston the champion while Mutuals and Athletics share a tied record, with Philadelphia fourth.
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Professional Association
Earle’s Hotel
New York
Athletic
Athletic Club
Mutual Club
Chadwick
Boston
Mutuals
Athletics
Philadelphias
Stevens Will Sets Up Orphan Refuge Plan
The late Major Thaddeus Stevens bequest triggers a plan if his life estate ends before corpus is realized. A $50,000 threshold funds a Lancaster or Columbia home for orphans with $20,000 for buildings and the rest in government securities. Racially inclusive rules govern admission and meals, with care by authorities. The note frames Stevens as rejecting discrimination and upholding equal treatment.
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Thaddeus Stevens
City of Lancaster
East King Street
Columbia
Stevens
City
County of
Lancaster
New York Central Plans Double Track Freight Route
The New York Central Railroad aims to build a double track freight line from Chicago to New York, connecting Albany Buffalo and Harlem Hud son River lines to create four tracks east of Buffalo. The scheme envisions 760 miles of new track and up to 6000 trains in constant motion, potentially transforming freight rates and capacity.
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New York Graphic
New York Central Railroad
New York
Chicago
New York Central Company
Albany
Buffalo
Hudson River
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Paper Bags and Their Manufacturing Advances
The industry has expanded to include bags of various shapes and folds with durable construction. A notable method creates one piece bags from a paper roll by folding edges over an inch and pasting, then forming the bottom and cutting to length in a continuous cycle.
California Woman Executes Dramatic Platform Escape on Train
A San Francisco paper recounts a woman on a platform who chased a moving train then clung to rails and bystanders helped her aboard. She performed a wild sequence of holds across cars, ending on the next car platform and earning称 the label of one of the hottest, most frightened women in travel.
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San Francisco
Pigeon Voyager Persists Despite Exhaustion
The carrier pigeon travels long distances without food, arriving exhausted and thin. It refuses corn, drinks water, then sleeps. After two hours it eats sparingly and sleeps again. For very long flights it continues this pattern for forty eight hours before resuming normal feeding.
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Editors and Proprietors
Warren Mail
E. Cowan & CO
E. Cowan
Willis Cowan
M. V. BR. Catlin
M. v
Hill
Liberty St
Wwalf
Christian Fehlman
Vid
Schhwilg
Nea
L. Lb. Morrison
Lerms
J; Mitchill
Lycoming
Niagara, Fire Association
Seodeid
Post Offtice
Zingly
Justice of the Peace
Water Street
Messner & Trusher
Sextus Keller
Smith's
Second Street
Zaug
Scofield & Hooker
Liberty Street
G. W. Scofield
F. Hooker
Dp. I. Ball
Shaffer
Carver House
Ludlow
Market and
Second Streets
Brown
Johnson & Lindsey
Johnson’s Exchange
Warren Pa
S. P. Johnson
W. M. Lindsey
Dinsmoor & Reeves
Attorneys At Law
Scofield
Warren Pa. Co
Dinsmoor
F. D. Reeves
WM. W. Hazeltline
Verback’s Block
Junius R. Clark
Chas, H. Noyes
Clark & Noyes
Co. C. Thompson
Brown & Schnur
Ss. Burgess
First National Book
J. N. Schnur & Son
Merchant Tailors
Russell House
Warren, Pa
J. J. Reig
Hoffman
Clark’s Block
George Hall
Brown & Stone
First National Bank
H. E. Brown
R. Brown
W. Stone
Greenland Brothers
Keystone Block
Wilbur & Allen, Attorneys At Law
Scofield’s Block
Over Post Office
W. W. Wilbur
Ss. T. Allen
R. D. Bartlet & Son
L. O
G.T
ConewanGo LopGs
Norva Star Lopae
Warren Logge
N. G. Rost. Dennison
Myers
O. of
Kossutth
Dennison
H.W. Land
Mo. Rowland
H. P
WM. Lightner, C
Church Directory
Presbyterian
W. A. Rankin
A. J. Merchant
Episcopal
H.S. Getz
Robert Mott
A. Brugel
Father de la Roque
Father Frank
J. Mellander
C. B. Curtis
Erie
Geo. H. Cutler
Girard
Geo W. Allen
Tidioute
Lansing D. Wetmore
John P. Vincent
Eric
Isaac H. Hiller Warren
Carter V. Kinnear
A. Sherif
Sylvester H. Davis
Warer
W. Ware
Register & Recorder
James
Ish
Geo. O. Ore
J. KR. Morrison
Pidilu
W. G. Garcelon
Spring Creek
E. Kh
Y Eerock
Sugar Grove
Couroner
Theodore Chase
Pine Grove
J. D. Reeves
E. W. Mudge
D. B. Peck
Farmington
John Fuelibart
Idioute
Byron Sutherland
RGRE
George Cooper
The
Atlantic and
Great Western R
Dayton
Urbana
Marion Galion
Ashland
Akro
Ccee
Warlrren
Abil
Greenville
Union City Corry
Jamestown
Hornellsville
Elmira
Binghamston
Salamanca
Union City
Avenna
Akron
Mansfield, Galion
Marion
Louisville
St. Louis
NEW Firm
Geo. P.orr & Co
OURS
Pennsylvania
GEO. P. Orr & CO
George W. Bungay
Dr. B
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley
Pitesburg
C. A. Clute
Pitts
Lspm
Warrer
N.Y.E
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
N.Y. Accommodat Atlantic
Ch & St L
Pacific
Steamboat
Chica
Railwa
Bke
Hrlegant T
Pal
Ace
Ed Throu
S. R Y
J. A. Burch
Eastern
Allegheny Valley Railroad
Oil Creek
Allegheny River Railway
Buffalo, Corry, and Pittsburgh Railroad
Kittanning Ly
Bradys Bend
Oil City
Irvineton
Red Bank
New Bethlehem
Brookville
Reynoldsville
Driftwood
Arriv
Philadelphia Time
J.J. Lawrence
Remington
Machine
Vienna
Remington Armory
Illion
Sixth St
Warren,Pa
Boon Mead
M. Beecher
Cashier
Warren County
U.S
England
Ireland
Scotland
Europe
National Line
Liverpool
Queenstown
Antwerp
Bremen
Havre
Paris
Gothenburg
Christiania
Coppenhagen
P. &E. R. R. M. Beecher
A. Wise’s
Keystone
A. Wise
New Orleans
Abraham Lincoln
Washington Monument
Richmond
Marie Bowler
Bowler
Western Union Telegraph Company
Rob
Dubuque
Baltimore
Schenectady
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