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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1905
Page
5
A collection of short moral snippets and civic notes. It opens with a verse praising the impact of a kind word, then zips through jokes, a brief jab at undertaker licensing, naval per capita costs, a call to curb smoke in Harrisburg, Oxford's American students, and a critique of press attacks on Lawson’s finance exposes.
Burgess Dr W S Peirce Town Council list includes C Schimelfeng President and 15 members with roles for Clerk Treasurer and Justices. Also named are Attorney Engineer and a full slate of School Directors led by W D Hinckley as President and F M Knapp as Treasurer with multiple members listed.
Fragmentary notes show a 4:61 pm express timing for the West Dunkirk to Allegheny Valley and Pit North line in Eastern Standard. The message mentions leave and myExpress services with unclear context.
A cautionary read from Old Gorgon Graham on accepting and granting favors. It warns bosses about casual requests, the risk of enabling greed, and the virtue of fair generosity without strings. It compares donors who require matches to meddlesome tricks and stresses practical, balanced giving.
A Wyoming drummer recounts taking quinine capsules that felt suspiciously like morphine. The druggist calmly explains a mix up and jokes that a Chinaman Lung Sing or Bill Birdsall may hang tomorrow for the error. The tale ends with the drummer uneasy about the accidental poisoning.
A chemist friend returns from a river voyage and recalls not the scenic moonlit hills of Kentucky and Ohio but the smell of drugstores in Louisville. He notes a patent medicine priced at 62 cents there versus 78 cents elsewhere, with the price cut from one dollar.
Philadelphia girls soak in sun for a vacation tan. The park guard mocks the fashion and notes two girls using a salt water bowl to dry on their sunburned skin while pretending they were away.
A London woman describes Andrew Lang as superciliously despondent and confident that mankind splits between Oxford alumni and non alumni. She notes his striking looks with dark eyes and snowy hair, and that Lang appears languidly sorry for nine tenths of humanity.
Advertisement notes a recently printed new lot of items now for sale at the mail office.
Train timetable for Tionesta Valley Railroad. SOUTHWARD trains No 2 No 4 and No 6 depart Sheffield at 8 45 am 4 30 pm and 6 15 am and reach Winlock Loleta and Lamona with intermediate stops. NORTHWARD trains No 1 5 and 3 depart Loleta Winlack and Winlack Lamona and arrive Sheffield with connections at Sheffield Junction and P R R and B O R Y. CHAS J GIBSON Supt.
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