10 Jul 1889
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1889
Page
1
Mr. Shear unveils from eastern markets a prime selection of dry goods and carpets, claiming the largest county stock. Wash goods include ginghams seersuckers prints zephyrs satins chambrays and more with low sale prices on Challies Latines crepe cremes and Jersey ribbed vests. The store touts low prices and broad assortments and invites customers to see for themselves.
The page lists daily and Sunday-except-Sunday trains with origins and arrivals at Sheffield St Marys Erie and other hubs. It notes through Pullman sleeping cars Erie to Philadelphia and Williamsport to Baltimore Washington, plus through coaches Erie to Philadelphia and Williamsport to Baltimore.
Fragmentary OCR shows multiple times and place names such as Oil City Tionesta Warren Bradford and others. The text lists arrival and departure times interspersed with city names, suggesting a regional schedule snippet without complete context or coherent sentences.
The piece cites an English physician on indoor air causing respiratory disease and links cold and hot foods to health risks. It urges mouth rinses after meals to prevent diphtheria, notes purer air requires clean water, and warns iced beverages can raise gas absorption in room water.
Guidance on shaving safely and effectively including wet vs cold water, warming razors in winter, stropping and cleaning edges, and brush care. Also notes on razor direction and skin tension to avoid dulling the edge, with a brief literary aside about a sad sunny Sabbath and a pickpocket.
A fragmentary collage juxtaposes reflections on happiness chasing fashion and freedom. It opens with a meditation on pleasure and fortune, cites Puck and Laura Bridgman, then shifts to a yachtsman’s world and a domestic scene of a young woman directing chores while singing at the piano.
The Harrisburg correspondent to the New York Times recounts a Maine sleigh journey in the harsh 1839-40 winter. Captain R L Zely of Uniontown describes nearly freezing to death after his horse breaks through thin river ice, dragging the sleigh to safety and reviving him by a torch of rescue and warmth.
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt, Miss Lauen bids farewell to Ferguson as he reveals plans to open a large retail confectionery store. He speaks of business and heartbreak, while she collapses into his arms, torn by sorrow.
A compact obituary of Charlotte the Princess Royal describing her childhood, bold mood, and marriage to Leopold of Saxe Coburg. It recalls her dramatic escape to her mother, her playful nature, and the grief that followed her death which influenced English sentiment and Victoria’s rise as successor.
A mosaic of brief items reports a 16 inch frog captured in Orlando after heavy rain and a French physician debunks stomach snakes. Notes recount March eyestone sales, ancient Lake Superior origins, a Philadelphia-area student excuse, a wind-powered toy of 400 figures, nurse Miss A. A. Crisp’s NZ wedding, tea habits in Russia, a Norman lynching, Suffolk probate will, Egyptian feline mummies, postal money orders by Britons, and tobacco effects on Michigan youths.
A crowded column of curiosities reports Utah Mormon emigration to Canada, a horse in Jackson County learning self-care, Nashville charity ice missions, and fashion trends for garden party lawns. Other items include a humorous Washington visit, docked-horse boycott talk, Irish judge quirks, Philadelphia mayoral antics, and Johnstown relief jam humor.
Reports describe paraffine oil found in Irish bogs and refined by laborers in England while Clerkenwell dial painters face eye-strain and blindness risks. Scotland expands paraffine oil output as Japan launches Takashima coal mining with 2,500 workers. Isle of Man hosts ancient lead mines near Laxey with a giant water-wheel ventilating the mines. In France a large celluloid industry uses sulphuric and nitric acids on paper to create pyroxiline for molding, employing many workers.
Guaranteed to bring satisfactory results or a purchase price refund. Dr King’s New Discovery promises relief for throat lung and chest illnesses including consumption bronchitis asthma and whooping cough. Trial bottles are free at Morck Drug Store.
Folklore warns a bride breaking a shoe heel signals unhappiness. Classic prohibitions advise against returning to a parental home within 100 days after a funeral, and forbids visiting houses with recent births or deaths for four months after marriage. Bread, sugar, and bacon charms appear to ward off demons on the journey.
An old advertisement calls for 100 women and 100 men to visit any druggist for a free trial package of Lane's Family Medicine, described as a root and herb remedy discovered by Dr. Silas Lane. It claims to cure blood, liver, and kidney diseases, relieve constipation, clear complexions, is suited for children, and is sold in large size packages for 50 cents at all druggists.
The notice urges every Republican to take the Mail and Philadelphia Weekly Press for a special price of $1.75. It emphasizes broad readership and affordable access to the publication.
A witty survey of 19th century gender roles and social habits notes that shooing away stereotypes, with lines about aprons, ladies pockets, and a mother’s 36 000 daily words. It mentions pie parties, picnics, sawdust as exercise, and a Pittsburgh streetcar etiquette placard. A humorous plant that makes people laugh and a sermon printing quip conclude the aside.
A guide outlining polite behavior at table and in conversation. Do not interrupt, distract, or display public toilet habits. Express disagreement with courtesy, never rush meals, avoid public wit at others’ expense, and honor consideration as a defining trait of a refined person.
The text cites measures of cities and structures including ATHENS around 25 miles in circumference with 250000 citizens and 400000 slaves, The Temple of Diana at Ephesus 420 feet high roof support, and Nineveh 15 miles long with a 100 foot high wall. It also notes the largest pyramid at 461 feet high with base 11 acres and 33000 workers in construction.
Morris & Mullen druggists announce long standing sales of Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Dr King s New Life Pills Bucklen s Amnic Salve and Electric Bitters. They guarantee results and offer refunds if buyers are not satisfied praising remedies merit and universal satisfaction.
Over 60 people were forced to leave their homes yesterday to call for a free trial package of Lane's Family Medicine. If your blood is bad, your liver and kidneys out of order, if you are constipated and have headache and an unsightly complexion, don't fail to call on any druggist today for a free sample of this grand remedy. The ladies praise it. Everyone likes it. Large size package 50 cents.
A rural exchange features a drug apprentice offering dyed products and mentions of strychnine or rough on rats in a terse, frontier dialogue. The brief underscores a curious, possibly unsafe trade in questionable substances.
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