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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1886
Page
1
Warren County Fair in Warren Pennsylvania runs September 7 to 10, 1886 with George P. Orr as president and S Dalrymple as secretary.
President Rev W A Rankin First Vice President Fred Morck Second Vice President George Ball Secretary Willis Cowan Treasurer A Hertzel Directors Geo P Orr A Mintzer Ss M Cogswell A J Davis A Kirberger James Nixon Geo O Cornelius Ed J Lesser Geo C Hamilton Regular monthly meeting on the second Friday of each month at 7 PM in the Council room
Readable portions show arrival and departure times for multiple trains between Erie Warren Shef Dunkirk Kane and Pittsburgh routes. Entries include Express and Mail services with morning and afternoon departures and connections, reflecting a fragmented schedule in Eastern Standard Time.
Burgess Albert W. Morck and a slate of town officers are listed including councilmen F. M. Knapp Joseph Walk erman August Morck Jr Robert MacKay Wim Schnur and others. Clerks surveyors school directors assessors justices of the peace constable and fire department heads are named with assistant posts and notaries public.
A list of county and state officials including Congressman W L Scott Erie State Senator J W Lee Franklin Assembly Henry Brace Warren President Judge W J Brown Warren Associate Judges P W Brown Farmington C C Merritt Grand Valley Sheriff Robert A Love Warren Prothonotary D A Arird Warren Register and Recorder Ww J Alexander Warren Treasurer C H McAuley Warren County Commissioners M Crocker Youngsville T L Putnam Russell Joseph Clinton Sheffield Clerk A Cogswell Surveyor D F A Wheelock Lottsville Coroner Dr J L Burroughs Sugar Grove District Attorney G H Higgins Warren Auditors N P Curtis Conewango W O Martin Elk F E B Fay Farmington County Supt C D Arird Youngsville
Postmaster Alden releases a detailed schedule of pouch departures and routes starting June 14 1884 including Corry Erie Bradford Dunkirk Kane Titusville Oil City Sugar Grove Lander Kinzua Corydon Onoville Steamburg Salamanca Germany Pa and more with daily and specific day services all pouches must close 25 minutes before listed times and cannot be held under any circumstances.
A man named Tom Brown gains wealth but spends little and borrows, scoffing at his wife’s finances. Eventually he yields and hands over earnings, allowing his wife to manage money. Years pass, debts paid, and a rainy day fund grows as the wife’s thrift proves superior. The moral: a man’s strength is earning. a woman’s is managing every cent.
Gertrude, a proud heiress, prepares for marriage as Grace Merton, her penniless friend, arrives at Rothsey. Aunt Betsy warns Grace may become a rival in a tale of beauty envy and fragile trust set in a sunlit village.
Grace Merton uses her charm to entrap Bernard McGregor while Gertrude confronts the affair. Bernard falters but resists until Grace’s betrayal becomes clear, prompting a tense confrontation and Gertrude’s cold farewell.
A woman suspects Grace Merton's treachery as Bernard McGregor declares love for Gertrude. After alarming events and a deadly poisoning, an inquest points to Grace. Grace is declared insane and detained. ten years later Gertrude marries, reflecting on love and loss.
The West Point graduating class showcases notable horsemanship this year. California hosts a grand National reunion for G A R veterans, with honored welcome plans at the Golden Gate. Capt Franz Mason and wife credited as Bread-Winners authors, after a staged Philadelphia wedding farce. A discussion of ancient diets and endurance follows, alongside details of President Cleveland’s finances and private bank habits with Riggs & Co.
An original and scientific vegetable compound claimed to safely increase hair and moustache growth. Praised for efficiency with no extraneous advertising. Circulars available from Tropical Spray Co., Fredonia, New York. distributed by L. G. Noyes, Druggist, Warren, Pennsylvania.
The narrative traces Pontiac's uprising in 1763 1765 with Seneca involvement at Fort Niagara Devil's Hole attack near Niagara Falls and a Black Rock ambush. Bradstreet Johnson and Mohawk allies push west to compel Western Indian tribes to terms. Fort Erie built in 1764 and a joint British American expedition reaches Lake Erie as part of pacification.
The article recalls Millville New Jersey abolishing liquor sales for 11 years after local voters and liquor sellers cooperated, shifting bans from 20 of 24 saloons to full prohibition. It notes increased land values, new worker cottages, and prosperity inspiring nearby towns, with a West Spring Creek W C T U report on meetings and officers.
The A Y W C T A was organized by Mrs. Wittenmyer in Pittsfield on June 11 with officers led by President Miss Minnie Martin and other posts filled by Miss May Whitney Rec. Sec. Miss Minnie Brooks Cor. Sec. Miss Olliene Ford Treasurer Miss Willie Morley Supt. Literature Miss Emma Twombly.
Mrs M L Hoox reports a W C T U start in Cornplanter with fourteen charter members. Meetings are held in the school house and a lecture by Rev Mr Dimmick of Kinzua was given last week. Officials include President Mrs R Guild Vice President Mrs D Faulk Recording Secretary Miss Cora Green Corresponding Secretary Mrs M L Hook Treasurer Miss Lena Hoop.
Franc es E. Willard authors a bright feature on women in journalism for the Chau tauquan July edition. Godey’s Lady’s Book July celebrates its 113th volume with a frontispiece wedding day and an original story by Augusta De Bubna. Warner’s Harper’s July continues his resort sketches, enriched by Reinhart drawings, pairing vacation scenes with a love story for lively reading.
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes a Western senator pressed President Cleveland to appoint more Democrats and fewer Republicans. The President retorted by recalling a past appointment of a man later found to have stolen horses, illustrating a memory of the party’s flaws.
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