28 Jan 1891
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1891
Page
1
A page fragment lists Warren attorneys and a dentist with ads for legal and medical services. It also includes a long humorous verse about a scholar and shoplifting interview excerpts describing detection and prosecution practices in a department store.
Borough officers Burgess A D Wood. Town Council P J Bayer A J Hazeltine S Keller H P Hunter Wm Hegerty Jr Ed O'Donnell. Clerk J A Schofield. Constable A S Dalrymple. Surveyor Aison Rogers. School Directors Chas Dinsmoor F M Knapp James Clark D Hinckley Wim D McLaren KR W Teese. Justices of the Peace Geo VU Cornelius J FF McPherson
A Warren Pennsylvania clipping lists county officials including Congressman C W Stone state Senator W R Crawford Assembly C C Thompson President Judge C H Noyes Associate Judges J T Barker and Critt Marsh Sheriff Henry Fuelibart Prothonotary D A Arird Register S H Briggs Treasurer W P Nutting County Commissioners Phil N Robinson J A Akins Hoyer Mooney Clerk Fred B Jackson Surveyor Leroy Strong Coroner Dr W S Peirce District Attorney J W Dunkle Auditors H K Lyon Alex Herrington Jas Logan and other county posts with names and towns.
The notice lists Sunday and weekday services for Presbyterians, Methodists, Episcopalians, Baptists, Lutherans, Evangelicals, Swedish Mission, and Roman Catholic parishes with times for masses, vesper services, catechism, Sunday schools, prayer meetings, and class meetings.
RAMONA COUNCIL No 1080 meets first and third Wednesdays in G A R hall. EBEN N Fox Post 336 meets Thursdays in Liberty and Water Sts Hall. W R C No 45 meets first and third Fridays at 3 PM in G A R hall. Orient Council No 6 National Union meets second Monday in G A R hall. K of H North Star Lodge No 24 A Y M meets third Thursday in Library. OccidentAL H ERA Chapter No 235 meets second Monday in Library. Warren Commandery No 63 K T meets fourth Monday in Library at 730 PM. Warren Lodges No 339 I O O F meets Tuesdays in Tian Block. KossarH Encampment No 58 I O O F meets second and fourth Thursdays in Allen block. Carroll Lodge No 102 A O of U W meets Wednesdays in Odd Fellows hall. Warren LOPg No 481 K of P meets Fridays in K of H Hall at 730 Visitors invited. ConeWANGO Lodge No 250 I O T meets Mondays in Hoffman block. Robert Blum Lodge No 249 D O H meets Thursdays at PM in their hall.
A special sale of embroideries and white goods begins Monday February 2, offering reduced prices on a range of household fabrics and linens. The event is promoted by the store as a limited time clearance with discounts on selected items.
A reflective verse expresses intimate bond between speaker and mother sharing hopes fears and burdens. The speaker longs for touch and closeness while feeling mother’s presence in life’s trials and storms. It concludes with gratitude for mother’s enduring love and strength.
Astronomical and planetary notes describe Greenwich moon observations over 150 years, Algoi’s huge diameter, the sun’s vast size and light output, Mars seas with straight lines, and double stars revealed by telescopes and spectroscopes. It cites three Earth motions: daily rotation, annual revolution, and pole gyration every 25 868 years.
The passage notes insurance records suggesting American men live longer than peers in the old world and that plant food choices and avoidance of harmful substances indicate sensory response. It cites Sir Joan Lupsock keeping a queen bee for fifteen years and a fertility test. It discusses tidal effects along the Amazon and a Oswego Harbor wave-force calculation. It explains carbohydrates forming a chemist group of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, including sugars gums and starches.
Descriptions of cabinet wives and heiresses highlight extreme heights and lace wardrobes. Laces valued at 500000 contrast with Mrs Carnegie described as plain yet slender. Mrs Rockefeller manages finances, while Marabe Banks injures a finger fencing on stage. Rockefeller bedroom at Rockwood Hall features an onyx clock and ornate decor.
A historical list details 17th and 18th century Massachusetts penalties for theft and sedition including branding, ear cropping, stocks, ducking stool, and tongue cleaving. It notes Salem and Ipswich cases, plus a 1688 order for quiet in sickrooms and restraint from noisy speaking around patients.
A tall stylish woman visits a Chicago dry goods shop, eyes jewelry, and pockets bracelets while clerks miss the theft. Floor-walkers confront her, search her, and arrest her as she resists. She pleads. authorities prosecute, and the scene recurs in large stores.
A New York physician argues that hydrophobia after a dog bite is not inevitable. He notes many bites come from healthy dogs and urges common sense rather than panic or drastic actions. He recalls his own minor bites and compares risk to burns or rusty cuts.
An article notes limestone quarries near Paris formed from microscopic shells called foraminifers and the coin shaped nummulites aiding rock building. It details Egypt and Germany sources, lignite beds with fossil amber, and the discovery of ancient bees preserved in amber, illustrating natural builders and ancient life.
The quote argues that great prizes are rarely earned by the enterprising as they lie on opposite sides of the path. Wise strategies require giving up much desired aims to secure superior advantages. Robert Hall reflects on balancing competing desires in pursuit of lasting benefit.
Travers asks about prices for gowns and asks if a deposit is required from strangers. The tailor confirms deposits and the exchange hints at growing familiarity between buyer and seller.
Washington reports detail a 30 hour Senate debate on the elections bill with adjournment noted on Jan 19 and daily notes through Jan 24. Other items include bills to curb firearm sales to Indians, inspect export cattle ships, cloture discussions, and a retirement question for General Banks. House actions cover DC appropriations, literacy voting amendments, tea import taxes, inter state commerce reform, pension charges, and Meade heirs relief.
Ward McAllister’s Society as I Have Found It offers dinner etiquette notes. It discusses who hosts, seating, timing, table decor, courtesy, and avoiding social missteps in refined circles with examples and maxims.
Governor Fowle pardoned Charles E. Cross and Samuel C. White, president and cashier of the State National Bank, who fled to Canada in 1888 with $20,000 from express shipments. They were recaptured and sentenced to hard labor before their wives secured petitions with thousands of signatures.
The field review of troops occurred yesterday about four miles from the agency. The transportation department of the army displayed its units after the review. In line were 3,000 men and 370 horses in the parade.
The Pension Office reports from January 1 to 15 issued 10 377 pension certificates many under the dependant pension law. This marks the largest number issued in a like period.
St Louis report says Bertha Gross, 30, at San Antonio Texas on Wednesday during a lovers quarrel shot James Hartley of Battery I Third Artillery fatally wounding him and then committed suicide.
An advertisement touts Baxter's Mandrake Bitters for indigestion from Morris and Mullen in North Carolina, crediting Atlen.
In a Washington Star quip a naval officer’s wife asks about naming warships by state. He retorts that the next first rate vessel will be named for Matrimony, noting such ships cost the most. The exchange plays on the high price of top class ships.
A Sunday school scene ends with a nervous child confessing he just moved from Missouri and cannot answer who led the Israelites into Canaan. The superintendent presses for a name while a frightened boy remains silent.
A college letter home jokes about an economical campus with yellow poplar woodwork and matching furniture. The youngest family member humorously asks to see furniture that supposedly matches, highlighting a playful misunderstanding in a lighthearted home scene.
A short comedic exchange unfolds as a husband fears the baby may be dead, but his wife reassures him with a breezy line about leaving him as well as ever. The husband rushes home, relieved, hearing nothing amiss two blocks away.
A Texas Siftings quip recalls Doctress Anna Curem curing malaria with a joke that leaves the patient with an incurable heart disease. The exchange highlights a humor piece about medical misadventure and punning names.
A newcomer asks for the quickest way to First Street in Seattle. A native replies with a concise local joke, advising to go to the block end and drop off to land on First Street, as printed in Puck.
A man explains to an older partner that he broke off the engagement due to being hard up. He returned all presents and realized money from them, stating there was no other way to raise funds. The dialogue suggests financial strain and a decisive ending to the relationship.
A fragment from Munsey's Weekly shows a woman crying out to Harry about superstition and how her hair would look, with Harry gently replying he doubts she is superstitious. The dialogue highlights domestic humor and light romantic tension.
In a courtly exchange, Edith remarks on graceful conduct as a judge notes aging with poise. Miss Tenseaens-Did he? The dialogue captures a genteel, ironic moment of courtesy and aging.
A caller records a quarrel over employment terms. The speaker warns they will leave Mr Duste tonight if the latter does not retract remarks from this morning claiming the services are no longer required. The dispute centers on continued employment and next steps.
In Webster County Iowa a jail inmate received The Kreutzer Sonata. The sheriff read the book to judge its suitability and found two steel saws concealed between pasted pages. The pages were expurgated and it is unclear if the prisoner got the amended volume.
A committee reassembled in Washington on January 24 to ratify demands for a new Confederation of Industrial Organizations. Key planks call for Treasury notes, silver coinage, land reform, limits on taxation, graduated income tax, public control or ownership of transport and communications, direct popular election of national officials, and strict voter registration and ballot integrity. Ben Terrell of Texas was elected president with J. W. Hayes of Pennsylvania as secretary-treasurer.
Helena telegraph operator E A Street sold his placer claim holdings near Lembi County Idaho after experts were sent by ex Senator Tabor. The sale fetched 100000 though the property is later reported worth about 15000000 detaching a fortune from a single transaction. Meanwhile New York trade editors note Western centers stay stable amid financial troubles and show growing Western energy boosting Eastern confidence.
London January 23 Parliament reassembles. In the Commons lobby Mr Parnell declared his plan to assert control as Nationalist leader and to engage actively in work during the current session.
Boston January 22. The body of Prof. Ewald Weiss a leading Conservatory of Music professor in Boston was found on a White Mountains peak in New Hampshire by hunters. He had disappeared last December.
In New Orleans on Friday night the second trial of Provenzanos for lying in wait and shooting was marked by an acquittal. The verdict underpins the theory surrounding the murder of Chief Hennessy.
Stephen F. Sherman, convicted of unlawfully removing grain from the International and Lake Shore elevators in Burrao New York, was brought into court and sentenced to five years' imprisonment at hard labor at Auburn.
The Failure Record reports 880 business failures nationwide in the past week, up from 411 the prior week. This compares with 338 failures in the same week last year.
Brigadier General S V Benet chief of ordinance of the army was placed on the retired list at age 62. The retirement occurred on Thursday in Washington.
In Jessur Pa on January 23 109 year old Mrs Mary Ruaane died after living to the century mark retaining her senses until then and then becoming blind.
Readers urged to subscribe now for Masti and the Phila Weekly Press at $1.75. The offer promises good reading at a low price and emphasizes value for current and new subscribers.
Dyspepsia relief described by two named users, Mrs G C White of Taberg New York and W W Hamilton of Lock Haven Pennsylvania, after taking Burdock Blood Bitters. Repeats claim of cure and repeated testing proving efficacy against dyspepsia.
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