02 Jan 1889
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1889
Page
1
A Warren County store promotes holiday attractions at the Leading Dry Goods and Carpet House. The feature highlights seasonal displays, special prices, and early shopping events designed to draw customers for the festive period.
The store touts the largest useful Christmas gift selection featuring silks, brocades, furs, gloves, umbrellas, linens, handbags, cloaks, mufflers, lace, hosiery, shawls, curtains, underwear, carpets and rugs among other holiday items.
Trains depart Warren effective August 5 1888. Eastward services include Sheffield Express St Marys Express and Wil Express with morning arrivals at Sheffield St Marys and Philadelphia. Through Pullman sleeping cars Erie to Philadelphia and Williamsport to Baltimore Washington. Westward includes Erie Accommodation Erie Mail and Erie Express with arrivals in Erie. General Manager CHAS E PUGH.
A collection of humorous and moral reminiscences from various periodicals includes sayings on misfortune revenge and virtue, a Russian painter anecdote at a New York college, a dying man’s diary request, social gossip from Puck and Harper’s Bazaar, and a long kitchen-notes monologue from Time.
Train times listed as No 3 and No 2 routes show multiple departures from morning to night. An entry references Lake Sho at Junction near Supt m Pa and a northern line with evening arrivals and late night connections.
Westward timetable for the Western New York and Pennsylvania line lists numerous station times and connections through towns such as Franklin Warren Olean Corry and Buffalo with notes of eastern and eastern time zones and officers Geo. Gatchell general superintendent J A Fellows general passenger agent and W S Leffard agent at Warren.
Harry reflects on a lifetime of pride and treachery toward Bertha, who financed their rise from a modest home to wealth. A fifteenth anniversary reunion triggers confession. Bertha recalls her quiet resilience and forgives him. He finally admits she was right about finances and vows equality.
The passage advises avoiding casual terms like funny and mad for accuracy. It condemns Americanisms and unnecessary got forms, urging direct phrasing such as blame him and I have an umbrella. It encourages precise usage aligned with New Testament and older English norms.
A county woman named Mrs. Luther Lutz credited with a miraculous cure after seven years of illness and a three month cough, saying Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption helped her sleep and recover. W C Hamrick & Co of Shelby markets the remedy and Morck Drug Store offers free trial bottles.
Advertising a patent medicine in an odd way the proprietor offers druggists samples of Emp s Balsam for coughs and colds to trial before purchase. Large bottles sell for fifty cents and one dollar. The note suggests trying it to possibly avert consumption. Spurgeon quote about holy life and duties appears.
An 19th century ad copy from Morris & Mullen recommends rubbing Arnica and Oil Liniment on the chest to relieve breathing difficulties during hard cold conditions.
A short poem narrates a rejected suitor who, after seeking a shared future, faces unheeded pleas and a broken state. A spectator, a girl titled as “She,” watches a baseball game, praising or doubting the player while his fortunes sink. The verse repeats the bleak refrain of dismissal and lost happiness.
A lone traveler recalls a savage encounter in the Big Horns west of Rotten Grass. A mighty buffalo bull defends its herd against a pursuing grizzly in a protracted, bloody battle ending with the bear slain and the herd spared.
Notes recount Francis Scott Key writing the patriotic song in 1814 during the Fort McHenry bombardment. He met with the British fleet under a flag of truce to obtain Dr Beanes release, watched shells fall, and finished the verses aboard a boat before Baltimore. The tune is traced to Anacreon and Adams and Liberty.
A brash visitor proclaims I am the wolf and declares his day to howl. The bartender, unfazed, replies he has triplets and every day is their day to howl. The wolf retreats as the exchange notes a new set of commandments replacing the old.
The Ohio Farmer urges storing potatoes and vegetables away from sleeping rooms to curb sickness. Emphasizes clean water for horses, pest control for cherry birds, and kerosene use for poultry lice, with weekly roost cleanups. Details on winter pears, soil management, and smarter feeding for hens alongside late fall woodcutting tips.
A miscellany of recipes and household tips appears alongside a humorous transit anecdote. Lemon Jumbles, toasted crackers, and stuffing are described with practical hints for better bread, popcorn balls, and gelatin desserts. A sharp commuter moment ends with a rebuke at a crowded streetcar.
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