Three fishers and a rising tide of ignorance in town
A multipart item links a poem about three fishers to editorials on education and public funds. It notes farmers being cheated by swindlers, calls retrenchment robbery, and argues for expanding schools. It also reports church festival losses and lists global Sunday school statistics, Moody and Sankey plans, and funds for a Northfield seminary expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua Lake
Universalists
Moody and Sankey
London
Evangelist Moody
Northfield
Mass
Boston
Friends of the Seminary
First Electric Plate Photo Attempt in St Louis
In St Louis on Friday night photographer Strauss of Franklin avenue tested electric light for plate production at the Southern Hotel. He captured four views of the marble bust of Thomas Allen in the rotunda using a 250 candle power Heisler lamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Strauss
Franklin Avenue
Thomas Allen
Grand Staircase
Rotunda
Aldermen Mull Over Gondola Plan For Central Park
A New York alderman floated importing gondolas to Central Park lake to boost attractiveness. Most supported the notion except one economist who suggested buying only two gondolas a male and a female and letting nature take its course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Solons
Central Park
Depositors Probe Cashier Death After Sudden Exit
A bank cashier dies suddenly and a committee of depositors examines the books at dawn the next day. The president confronts the group asking about their intrusion. The spokesman says they review accounts to determine if the death was natural.
Vegetable Hair Restorer Promises Quick Bold Claims
An ad touts a vegetable hair restorer that allegedly removes dandruff, restores gray hair to its natural color, and promotes new growth without affecting health. It claims rapid darkening to a glossy brown and urges asking a druggist, with each bottle warranted. Also notes shipbuilding bids and a Glasgow launch disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith, Kline & CO
En Cain Darn and Hall & Ruckel
Newark
Zopesa touted as liver stomach remedy in 1882 letter
A man claiming seventy years with white hair says he was sick from stomach pains and improved after using Zopesa. He advertises it as a universal cure and lists himself as widely known in the state, marking the product price at seventy five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fon
Yes Tooth Powder Sold By Johnson and Siegfreid
An advertisement notes Yes Tooth Powder available for sale from Johnson and Siegfreid. It highlights the product as the best option in dental care. The notice identifies the sellers and implies local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson & Siegfreid
The Zoar Village: A Stabilized 1817 Founded Community
Zoar, eighty miles from Cleveland and near Mineral Point, is a quaint village founded in 1817 by German settlers Huber and Ackermann. The community, governed by three trustees and a five member committee, shares wealth in a common treasury and sustains about 300 residents with strict moral and religious adherence, no preachers, and marriages held sacred.
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Cleveland
Mineral Point
Wheeling
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Zoar
Huber and
Ackermann
Wurtemburg
Bavaria
Zaar
Sodom
Gomorrah
Buckeye
How Gold Rings Are Made From Bars
A detailed account explains a bar nine or fifteen inches long becoming merchantable rings. It covers sawing, slicing, rolling, annealing, copper oxide pickle, stamping, bending, soldering with inferior alloy, and final polishing with tripoli and steel rouge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Mackay Invests Half Million in English Art Collection
The California bonanza man Mackay, whose wife has astonished Europeans, pays $500,000 to Sir Philip Miles of Leigh Court for his art collection. Cholera spreads through Egypt. Advertisements note Wells' Tooth Paste by L. G. Noyes, Druggist.
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Mackay
California
Europe
London
Sir Philip Miles
Leigh Court
England
Egypt
L. G. Noyes
Miracle in Oil City Prompts Drug Gist Boom
Miss Maggie Martin, long ill in Oil City, recovered after using Peruna as doctors failed. Local druggist Mr Simmons sold 184 bottles last week, with Mr Cowell also selling. Public urged to ask for Dr Hartman’s book Ill of Life or contact Dr H in Columbus Ohio.
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Maggie Martin
Peruna
Simmons
Cowell
Hartman
Dentists Endorse Yes Tooth Powder
Dentists recommend Yes Tooth Powder in advertising copy. Johnson and Siegfried sell the product.
Anderson Station and Union Cemetery at Macon’s Southwest area
The piece describes Anderson station sixty miles from Macon with a twenty acre Union cemetery. Guards watched over buried soldiers as thousands rest in orderly trenches, with fourteen thousand plus interred here. Northern visitors record inscriptions while some veterans return, and many graves bear headstones and the word Unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Southwestern
Macon
Georgia Home Guards
Pine
Georgia
Cincinnati Journal
How to Care for a Mocking Bird at Home
A guide explains owning a mocking bird costs 5 to 25 dollars depending on voice and age. With a large high cage and many perches, and a diet of mocker food two thirds grated carrot one third ground flax, meat, and rape, plus worms and insects, the bird can sing for about a dozen years with proper care and cleanliness.
Treasury Silver Stock Reaches 5040 Tons with Frac Added
The Treasury at Washington holds silver dollars weighing 4,032 tons of 2,000 pounds per ton and, with the fractional silver included, increases to a total of 5,040 tons of silver in the vaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington
Feminine Fashions and Summer Accessories Preview
Amber jewelry returns to fashion as leg o mutton sleeves reappear in Paris. Crocus white dominates bridal wear with straw fringe bonnets and matching shoes. Velvet basques rise in popularity while soft muslins avoid starch. Nuns veiling stays standard for summer, and Paris trims include five point star parasols. Leather buckles adorn hats and dresses as light summer silks stay soft.
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Paris
New York
Newmarket
Blaine Recall Showcased as Memory Marvel
Senator Thurman recounts Blaine's 1876 Ohio visit when the leader remembered a wealthy farmer and horse breeder named Squire Brown from four years earlier. Brown had greeted Blaine and Blaine later recalled the colt and his trotting potential, illustrating an extraordinary memory.
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Senator Thurman
Blaine
Squire Brown
J Blaine
Brown
Squire
Mr. Brown
Ohio
Judge Thurman
Whispered Postcard Whims and Witty Notes on Life
A breezy collage of jokes, proverbs, and quips from a 19th or early 20th century periodical. It weaves social humor with brief anecdotes about editors, doctors, farmers, and public figures, punctuated by pithy sayings and moral observations. The piece riffs on manners, health, luck, and everyday folly.
A Girl's Equipment for Self Support
A Jasper's Monthly critique asserts that girls educated for limited roles risk later dependency when bread winning is needed. It argues for practical self sufficiency training so women avoid reliance on luck or political patronage and earn fair wages through craft skills.
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Jasper
Alphabetical Aphorisms for Personal Conduct
A concise moral list urging virtues from integrity to perseverance. It covers avoiding evil, respecting others, keeping promises, and choosing virtuous company. The alphabet framing adds a rhythmic, aphoristic guide to character and daily behavior.
Nasby to publish eight volumes of European travels
Petroleum V. Nasby plans eight volumes of his European travels to be issued in eight annual doses. A premium locomotive at the Chicago exposition reached 75 miles per hour on the Philadelphia and Reading line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petroleum V. Nasby
Philadelphia & Reading Road
A Sure Cure for Skin Diseases
An advertisement for Dr. Frazier's Magic Ointment claims to cure pimples black heads grubs blotches eruptions and other skin conditions. It promises clear healthy skin and notes the product also treats itch salt rheum sore nipples lips and ulcers. Sold by all druggists and by mail for 5 cents, with L G Noyes in Warren PA as a distributor.
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Prop'r
Water Street
Warren
Ree Yal Hotel
Geo. H. Leonhart
Dld
O's & Dunkle
Attorneys At Law
Scofield Block
Story
N. M. Orr
J. W. Dunkle
V. G. Trunkey
Osmer, Dale & Freeman
Scofield
Warren A
IS J. Muse
Warren, Pa
Johnson’s Exchange
All Orders
Cobham
W. A. Greaves
Pall & Thompson
Atorneys At Law
Beatyblock
J. Ball
C. C. Thompson
M. Swanson
Johnson's Exchange
Wilbur & Schnor
Ofice
Front Street
Postoffice
W. Wilbur
WM. Schnur
Rown & Stone
First National Bank
H. E. Brown
Kt. Brown
C. W. Stone
Johnson
Lindsey & Parmlee
W. M. Lindsey
J. C. Parmlee
Scofield Block of Stairs
Dinsmoor
Pi & Cable
Jas, Cable
Cte & Strong
G. O. Cornelius
Leroy Cornelius
L. S. Strong
B. Stewart
Hickory
Richard B. Stewart
Second and
Liberty Sts
Rexanner
Court House
Abbie Evans
Liberty Street
Baptist Church
R. J. M. Davies
Homepathic Physi
DR. Blodgett
Blodgett
Battle
A. J. Davis
Irvington
G. W. Shannon
Youngsville
A. M. Belnap
Sugar Grove
Wellman Bro’s
Russellburg
Briggs & Russell
Fentonville
A. Nichols
Pittsfield S
Connelly
ADIF
Christian Smith
Warren County
COAL
Second Street
Liberty
EK. Berkstresser
Suxiscon Dentist
Merck’s
Carver House
A. A. Davis & CO
A. A. Davis & Co., Warren, Penn’s
Second & Liberty Lts
H. A. Jamieson & CO
Simond’s, Disston’s, American Saw Co
Holmes Patent
Log Dog
Hickory Street
T. S. Messner 4
Church and
Palestine
Australia
Germany
Presbyterian Board
Maryland
Texas
France
Walnut Leaf
John Roach
Chester
Chicago
Glasgow Scotland
Wisconsin
Oil City
Johnson & Siegfried
Andersonville
Feminine Fashions
Josh Billings
Missouri State Teachers’ Association
New England
Bishop Hall
Papa
Henry Ward Beecher
Backus
Abe
Illinois
Sam
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