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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1889
Page
3
In a Warren Mail item dated February 27, 1889 a humorous exchange between a mistress and a new girl is quoted. The mistress calls to wake with coffee ready while the girl dismisses tardiness with a witty reply about not being punctual. The fragment appears alongside a Detroit Free Press note.
A snapshot of local society notes from Warren and Glade areas. Includes travels of Senator Allen and Judge Wetmore, Dr Reverdy Stewart, and Mrs Shear. Reports of library events, theater plans at Library Hall, church Lent program, local business moves, and civic notices.
S Burt 400 Hickory Street offers fresh and salt water fish with a ready stock. Call for selection. Dire apprehension of calamitous events sleepless nights and nervous disability are allayed by Fire Life and Accident Insurance from Joan Lint Son Exchange Block Warren Pa.
A notice offers to buy rags free of rubbish and paper, old rubber shoes and metals for cash during the season. Items can be left at the responder's room Johnson's Bachanie Rost H Johnson.
Mrs Scott Siddons and Miss Alice Ormsby present a varied programme at Library Hall tomorrow night. The lineup includes scenes from Much Ado About Nothing Macbeth and David Copperfield selections with music and poetry, led by Miss Ormsby and Mrs Scott Siddons.
The second public meeting of the Young People's Christian League of the M E Church was held last Thursday evening. A good audience encouraged the young people by their presence. The program included a chorus Let us Sing the Songs the Old Folks Loved a dialogue A Poet's Perplexities by Masters Ensworth Fradenburgh Davis Clark Bright and Kitchen a chorus Jack and Jill a reading of the League paper and O Home of Bliss.
Fes 21 reports heavy snow with lumbermen working long hours. Several children recovered from illness. Frank Garber and wife visit from Dakota then plan to move to Kansas City for future work. Averill school closed last Friday with many visitors and praise for Miss Turner. Reverend Hadlock to preach at Averill schoolhouse next Sunday at 3 30. Communities plan a donation party to aid the pastor.
Month ending Feb 11 lists pupils in three departments with names of attendees. Also notes advertisements for memory improvement by Prof Loisette and a rupture cure offer from Dr Mayer with free advice and circular.
Fire discovered about 6 o'clock Saturday morning Feb 23 nearly destroyed the Watson & Davis block. Second and third floors suffered heavy losses from United Workmen K of P Maccabees Royal Templars fire and water. Several tenants insured, some with no coverage. Firemen saved adjoining properties aided by a small steamer.
At the Warren County Farmers Club meeting held at the Court House President Evans led discussion on the sheep law after Mr. Thompson in Harrisburg indicated little time for change. The group backed adopting the Crawford County law and authorized a committee to act. They also urged a taxation bill to equalize taxes and require railroad companies to pay local taxes where tracks run.
Local items report Ben Hogan courting Meadvillians, the death of Joseph H. Leonhart a Meadville Mason aged 68, and burial of old Mr. Sands of Spring Creek in Columbus. Spring Creek traders Garcelon sell stock to Donaldsons as Wetmore builds a new corner block in Erie area.
At the fair meeting Secretary Knapp called the session to order at 2 30 p m. Nine directors were to be elected with each stock share voting one vote. Messrs. Morris Gardner Ridelsperger Cogswell Dunn Wiltsie Samuelson Roy Cowan and Shuler were nominated and nine were declared elected for one year. Delinquent stockholders were reminded to pay assessments and the second 50 percent capital stock assessment was approved. The Warren Bicycle Club requested a bicycle track at the fair grounds and the meeting adjourned.
Pittsburg houses the largest ax factory in the world producing 3000 axes daily. Attorney General Kirkpatrick reports collections of 305685.06 for 1887 1888. The first four star flag raised at Harrisburg Capitol dome. Legislature to adjourn next Friday to the following Wednesday and join Washington festivities. No Sunday freight trains on Pennsylvania Railroad east of Pittsburg and Erie except perishables and livestock. Over 2000 trainmen gain rest from Saturday 10 pm to Sunday 7 pm. Judge Medard of Mercer county faces critique over license decisions tied to signatures. Meadville Gazette mocks him as a return judge with power only to decide vote totals.
An old advertisement highlights Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs as a guaranteed cure for consumption starting from a cough. It notes trial sizes free and prices 50c and 1.00, and also claims Amica and Oil Liniment relieves hard cold breathing when rubbed on the chest.
Fragmented timetable shows multiple trains between Philadelphia Erie and local lines with arrival and departure times. Entries mention Erie, Warren, Kane, Dunkirk and Pittsburgh region stops with Express and Mail services across Sunday portions.
The notice touts Kemp's Balsam as a guaranteed family remedy for coughs colds asthma bronchitis and consumption with a daily surge of customers at druggists. It advertises prices 50c and 1.00 and a free trial size.
Fashionable life shifts from bric a brac to dining table sets and private entertainments in New York. Parisian ladies wear watches in hair and slippers. fur rugs gain popularity. tea pots and balls enchant tea rituals. Gray hair becomes stylish while nerves and emotions are suppressed as a new ideal.
The article traces pins from early thorn origins to ornate brooches and the shift of pin making into England. It notes French pins dominating England until 1626 when Gloucester began local production, then 1636 a London manufacturers’ trust spread work to Bristol and Birmingham.
The article weighs whether prohibitory law can enforce its aims in a free society. It argues that strict constraints on private conduct provoke resistance, especially among independent individuals, and that enforcement favors sellers over buyers for practical reasons. It cites moral questions, legal precedents, and the need for effective remedies to curb intemperance without eroding personal liberty.
Real estate transfers list multiple deeds with names and locations including Columbus Sugar Grove Farmington Warren Pittsfield Glade Mead and others with values from 30 to 45000. An advertisement for A Weiss clothing store Warren notes an overhaul and large stock then promotes Ayer s Cherry Pectoral for croup and a political subscription offer for the Mail and Philadelphia Weekly Press.
In Pine Grove Pennsylvania on February 20 1889 at the bride’s father J R Wood residence the ceremony was performed by Reverend R J White uniting Herbert L Phillips and Minnie E Wood both of Pine Grove in marriage.
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