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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1886
Page
1
The group holds gatherings in Warren at the Court House on the last Saturday of each month at 1 PM. President Chas Lott, Secretary Willis Cowan, and Treasurer W B Acocks lead, with all farmers urged to attend.
President Rev W A Rankin First Vice President Fred Merck Second VP George Ball Secretary Willis Cowan Treasurer A Hertzel Directors Geo P Orr A Mintzer 8 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 8 PM in Council room.
The record lists town roles including Burgess Albert W Morck and J M Knapp with council members Joseph Walkerman August Morck Jr Robert MacKay Wm Schnur and others. It names clerk F A Cagswell surveyor Geo C Hamilton school directors Rev W A Rankin C C Thompson Charles Dinsmoor M Silk J M Siegfried A J Hazeltine. Also listed are assessor G H Ames justices Geo O Cornelius R Schnur constable A S Dalrymple and fire chiefs C H Smith A G Kehr W C Allen and Notches Public D L Ball H KE Brown C Dinsmoor O F Hoffman Ozro Nesmith W D Hinckley.
A long roster lists county offices and officeholders including Congressman W. L. Scott from Erie, State Senator J. W. Lee of Franklin, Assembly Henry Brace of Warren, and Judge positions in Warren. Also named are Sheriff Robert A. Love, Prothonotary D. A. Arird, Register W. J. Alexander, Treasurer C. H. McAuley, and Commissioners M. Crocker T. L. Putnam Joseph Clinton, with others covering surveyor, coroner, DA G. H. Higgins, auditors, and county superintendent C. D. Arird among Warren County officials.
Timetable fragments list arrivals departures and connections across Philadelphia Erie and Dunkirk lines. Entries include Express and Mail trains with times such as 7:49 am 9:00 am 12:20 pm and 5:15 pm across multiple routes and sections North South WEST EAST.
On and after June 1 1884 this schedule lists multiple early morning and afternoon east and westbound P& E and D A W P routes with local stops including Corry Erie Bradford Kane Titusville Oil City Sugar Grove Lander Germany Pa and towns on Mon Wed Fri Tue Sat. Pouches close 25 minutes before listed times. postmaster must not hold pouch over time. Alden P M.
Eben N. Forp Post, 336, and G. A. R. meet Thursday evenings in K. of H. Hall with comrades welcome. Warren E. A. U., No. 494, meets after Monday evenings in United Workmen Hall.
A reflective poem by Margaret E. Sangster explores how friendship endures beyond death and urges patience with the living. It contrasts posthumous praise with the need for mercy and gentle living, urging forgiveness and restraint in sorrow and memory.
Mark Plinlimmon, a Cumberland farmer, asks Mrs Kensington to approve his suit for Madeline Vassar. Madeline vows to marry him, despite her aunt’s belief that wealth should govern matches. Mr Vassar arranges business matters and Mr Middleworth arrives to inspect the home.
Mark Plinlimmon discovers Madeline Vassar’s suitor is in fact Mr Middleworth, but the truth unfolds when the rich heiress learns she is to marry him. Old Uncle Joe, a penniless wanderer, is revealed as the household’s benevolent guardian and the key to the match.
A bricklayer recalls a near miss above the Rialto as a brick fell toward a passerby at Rock Island station. The man stayed calm, dodged neither jumped, and a narrow miss left a dent in a board, prompting the worker to call it a remarkable display of presence of mind.
A New York Tribune interviewer quotes a well known cutlery man denouncing street knife grinding scams. He claims Italians and capitalists have bought and rents bogus grinding machines used by Italian workers who ruin knives and mislead cooks. He cites about a hundred bogus grinders operating in New York City and calls for arrests.
Old Hyson scolds a man for bringing a fine horse and notes his groomed state. The worker explains the horse is unkempt due to lack of supplies. Miss Hyson takes gear for use in decorating at a church fair, including curry combs and clippers, leaving the horse unready.
Fashion notes prescribe stationery and indoor wear from Paris to Berlin. Ultra fashionable women favor linen papers, modern bond parchment, and delicate peachblow hues with artful watermarks. Vanities include afghan linen tones and embossed designs. Parasols feature black lace flounces, butterfly motifs, and telescoping handles with a spectrum of rich fabrics and jeweled knobs.
The Philadelphia Times describes Spanish jackets paired with home dresses and tea gowns. velvet and plush fabrics appear in Moorish ribbed velvet with gold accents a garnet plush bodice and lace details. coats end at the waist with lace sleeves and decorative belts matching the plastron and revers.
The New York Tribune notes Parisian parasol fashion with drooping rib domes and sea-warbing wing points. Descriptions include black grenadine with diamond jets, guspure lace, carved wooden handles, and silk lined variants in gold, white, and beaded satin. Many styles show Oriental lace edges and rich flounces.
Items describe leather sofa bolsters and library seating, Sclavonian doylies edged with coffee lace, morning dress caps with velvet ribbons, hanging ceiling censors, Madras muslin overhangs, crocheted silk handkerchief bags, Japanese silk portieres, and moth control tips. Moths threaten bearskin and tiger rugs. powdered clove touted as a deterrent.
A collection of maxims on personal integrity, effort, and judgment. It warns against self deception, emphasizes hard work, prudent trust, and the dangers of broken faith, noting envy and the limits of religious belief in guiding action. It also jokes about whisky judgment as a rarely taught talent.
A Macmillan's Magazine reflection on how naming in journalism has grown from a simple sign of authorship to a pervasive obsession. It contrasts the restrained era of Thackeray with modern periodicals, noting editors and readers prize names while warning of intrusive publicity and the lure of love and fame in Parisian press culture.
A St Paul wife tired of her husband’s post dinner naps in a warm room opens a window on a 30 degree below zero night. The sleeper wakes with frozen ears and promises to stay awake, ending his easy chair slumbers.
A survey of recent science reports notes nitroglycerine popularity among physicians, pressures to 400 atmospheres not destroying fermentation germs, and seaweed turned to transparent paper. It also mentions Alpine visibility from Dole, electric cranes in Bourges, and musical tones from a metal plate. Social quips on friendship, church life, and a joke about dressmakers bills conclude the roundup.
The article details artificial eyes, mostly imported from Europe, with Paris producing the finest. Glass hemispheres form the eye, colored pupils, and a white that matches real eyes. Red veins are drawn on before glazing, and boxes categorize eyes by color. Artificial eyes cost five dollars and last one to five years.
In New York City about 15,000 cigar makers exist. only 300 are skilled hand workers, while the rest rely on molds. The molded cigars are deemed inferior.
The Matl Office invites business men to consider its facilities for all kinds of job printing. It emphasizes high quality stock, low prices, and a price guarantee, urging readers to compare costs before placing orders.
Pain and dread attend the use of most catarrh remedies. Liquids and snuffs are unpleasant as well as dangerous. Ely's Cream Balm is safe pleasant easily applied with the finger and a sure cure. It cleanses the nasal passages and heals the inflamed membrane giving relief from the first application. Fifty cents.
A Pittsfield Massachusetts pastor defends his wife’s independence after church gossip about her attending Episcopal social events. He told his congregation his wife is not their property and is answerable only to God, directing members to speak to him directly about any grievances.
The text contemplates society’s fixation on health and the growth of the medical marketplace. It critiques vanity in health questions, notes widespread nostrum ads, and catalogs a century’s riches of medical devices and testimonials, ending with a morose biblical reflection on flesh.
Arnica and Oil Liniment combines oily cures with Arnica sealing properties. Suitable for both humans and animals. Each bottle guaranteed. A W Morer.
An original scientific vegetable preparation claims to halt falling hair and baldness and to increase hair or moustache growth. Advertised only by its own efficiency, it is said demand is rising. Send for a circular from Tropical Spray Co. in Fredonia New York. sold by L. G. Noyes, Druggist, Warren Pennsylvania.
An advertisement for Dr. Henry Baxter's Mandrake Bitters claims relief for dizziness loss of appetite and general illness. Sold by A. W. Morck with a promise that every bottle is warranted to satisfy.
Local publication notes blank handbills offered for sale at Marr Om. The item appears as simple promotional material or placeholder printing without listed details or dates.
Readers can tell the paper by the date printed opposite each address on the wrapper. A&G Communications requests briefs from county and country areas. Anonymous articles will not be published. The writer’s name must be supplied, though not necessarily for publication.
W T U column highlights Rev C H Mrap's speeches at the Warren Court House aiming to stir support for temperance. Mrs O B Watson led a Bible reading at a women’s meeting where sixteen new members joined the Warren Union. Annie Wittenmyer will visit to discuss constitutional temperance. Rhode Island’s victory inspires Pennsylvania petition drives.
The speaker urges radical prohibition, urging voters to cut down the "tree" of liquor by using every vote as an ax. He cites scripture to demand absolute prohibition and calls on temperance workers to march under a common banner, while promising reserve support for those not yet ready. He contrasts moral suasion with legal suasion in the anti liquor movement. Window Shades to order. A.A. Davis & Co.
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