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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1897
Page
1
District attorney announces legal services in Warren Pennsylvania with prompt attention from Hazeltine building ground floor office.
A dense rental style listing names and offices of lawyers notaries dentists and a portrait painter in Warren Pennsylvania. Entries include Lindsey Parmlee Ball Dinsmoor Peterson Danforth Perry McAlpin Stuart Schnur Greaves and Thompson with offices on Second Liberty and Third streets and in the Warren Savings Bank Building. Portraits offered from life or old photos with oil pastel or crayon methods.
District and County Officers listed include Member of Congress Charles W. Stone and Senate Charles M. Shortt. Assembly E. W. Parshall, President Judge Charles H. Noyes. Associate Judges J. H. Sandstrom and Z. T. Weaver. Prothonotary George F. Yates. Register and Recorder Wm. McCray. Sheriff D. M. Howard. Treasurer M. A. Myers. County Commissioners J. F. Rounce W. J. Mead H. M. Preston. Clerk Fred B. Jackson. District Attorney C. A. Peterson. Co. Supt. Schools H. M. Putnam. Deputy Commissioners W. A. Clark C. D. Ney. Councner Dr. W. S. Peirce. County Auditors E. C. Allen H. H. Bassett Geo. P. Orr. County Surveyor D. F. A. Wheelock.
The document lists town officers including Burgess Fred A. Steber and John Masterson as president, with council members Jas Brann L T Borchers and others. It names clerk D A Arirol treasurer A J Hazeltine and attorney Wm Schnur as well as engineers constables school directors and other members referenced by initials and surnames.
Train schedules list arrivals and departures for multiple routes between Philadelphia and Erie. Times include 1.25 PM and 6.40 PM with several trains noted across the day and Sunday service mentioned.
A self report claims recovery from severe bronchitis near consumption via two bottles of Pisa's Cure for Consumption. The author attributes rapid improvement to the remedy as surpassing prior inventions.
The store promotes its annual Christmas event with months of prep and a broad selection. It highlights gift giving, selflessness, and the cheerful spirit of the season. The display promises good things gathered for shoppers and modest prices appealing to every budget.
A Christmas bargain blitz offers the entire Holiday Kid Gloves stock at steep discounts. The Murrill Glove at $1 a pair is pitched as the town’s best value in genuine French kid, while Monarch Gloves are praised for fit, durability, and modern colors including red blue green and grey with a large clasp feature.
Rushed with seasonal value a department proclaims handkerchiefs from 1c to 3c plus towels napkins and table damask on sale. Unstitched towels priced to tempt and napkins offered from 1 to 5 dollars per dozen with extra damask cloth deals noted in bold marks.
Germany takes control of the Chinese port city Kiao-Chou after its surrender while China pays 781000 to abandon operations. The week also reports Cuban Spanish battles near Rubi hills with Spanish defeats, McKinley policy debates, and a flood of other national events across politics sports and society.
December market bulletin shows money on call at 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 percent with mercantile paper at 3/4 to 4 percent. Sterling exchange ranges and posted rates listed. Produce markets quote flour, rye flour, cornmeal, barley, buckwheat, wheat, oats, hay, pork, butter, cheese, eggs with varied regional and delivery terms. Includes futures notes for corn and oats and spot and forward pricing across multiple grain and dairy categories.
In the Chicago Record, M. W. Falconer recounts a dawn vision on the eastern plain. Angelic messengers proclaim Glory in the highest Peace on earth as the Saviour is born and destined to reign, bringing full forgiveness to mortals.
The Sun publishes Virginia’s Santa Claus inquiry and a response affirming belief in Santa Claus as a real, enduring presence. The piece pivots on themes of faith, imagination, and the unseen, contrasting belief with skepticism and praising love, poetry, and childhood joy.
A collection of witty maxims and quips on money, temptation, speech, and social habits. It notes pawn tickets as a small mercy, warns against vanity with a barber's scissors, and jokes about advice, insurance, and public speech in a humorous Chicago News voice.
Japan operates 56 cotton mills while Persia opens its first glassworks. Steel billiard balls and aluminium wallpaper mark new trade evolutions. The cottonseed south employs 10,000 in 300 mills with over 50 million dollars capitalization and 113 million dollars annual output. About 75 percent of silks worn in the US are domestically made. Carroll D. Wright argues two hours and fifteen minutes of daily work per able bodied man could produce all basic needs.
Advertisement highlights available wallpaper stock and pricing from A. A. Davis and Company. Includes offers and contact details for customers seeking home decor materials and wall coverings.
The New York Ledger notes jackets shorten yet remain in fashion with medium length coats and blouses gaining popularity for business wear. Velvet remains prodigious and used in entire costumes, fur tops trends with short thick coats, and plaid velvet dresses feature plain skirts and stylized yokes, belts, and collars.
The Commissioners announce a series of court of appeals sessions across Warren County cities and townships on dates from January 1 to February 15. Locations include Sugar Grove, Bear Lake, Columbus, Lottsville, Youngsville, Pittsfield, Spring Creek, Grand Valley, Eldred, Tidioute, Warren, Kinzua, Corydon, Pine Grove, Mead, Clarendon, Sheffield, Cherry Grove, and Farmington with designated hotels and houses as venues. The schedule lists each venue with its corresponding travel date.
The Personally-conducted Tour ist System offers the highest railway travel standard with comfort and convenience. For 1897-98 four California tours depart from New York Philadelphia and Pittsburg on Jan 8 27 Feb 16 and Mar 19 with the Golden Gate Special for most legs. Florida tours to Jacksonville depart Jan 25 Feb 8 22 and Mar 8 with a two week Florida visit. the fourth tour returns by regular trains to May 31 1898. Tickets available at principal Pennsylvania Railroad stations with full itineraries and rates from Thos E Watt Pittsburg E S Harrar Williamsport or Geo W Boyd Philadelphia.
Public notice calls for 500 men to obtain new clothing from a tailor with fresh stock just received.
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