Wilbur and Miles Attorneys at Law Advertise Collections
Wilbur and Miles, attorneys and counselors at law, announce prompt collection services. Office located over Merck's Jewelry Store in Warren, Pennsylvania. Ww W. Wilbur.
05 Jun 1877
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1877
Page
1
Wilbur and Miles, attorneys and counselors at law, announce prompt collection services. Office located over Merck's Jewelry Store in Warren, Pennsylvania. Ww W. Wilbur.
A humorous essay recounts a woman’s frugal choice to wear an old dress despite social pressure. It follows her family’s lighthearted losses and misadventures around clothing, claret, and vanished items, ending with reflections on domestic life and forgiveness.
The Erie Railroad adopts winter time starting Sunday. Erie Mail schedules show arrivals at Kane and connections to L S M S R W and Oil Creek routes. Philadelphia time is used for Erie departures, which is twenty minutes ahead of local Erie time. WM. A. Baldwin, General Superintendent.
Burgess C H Noyes Town Council W C Rowland E G Wood James Clark Jr Wm Lewis A J Davis P Greenland G L Friday P J Falconer M Spaulding Clerk R P King Assessor J P Marston School Directors Benjamin Nesmith R P King Chas W Stone J F Wells F Vienry George Ensworth Justices of the Peace J Hodges D W C James Constable John F McPherson Jr Notaries Public D I Ball C H Noyes H E Brown O F Hoffman Ozro Nesmith Auditors Geo P Orr A J Hazeltine E F Hodges
A full roster of district and county officers is shown, including Congressman A G Egbert of Franklin and multiple Warren Pa officials. It lists positions such as State Senator C W Stone, Sheriff Henry Brace, Prothonotary Starling W Waters, Treasurer Robt E Miller, and County Commissioners M Dunham E R Wheelock J B Jennings, among others.
A multi faith parish schedule lists services by denomination with pastors named and times for morning and evening worship. Baptist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Methodist, Evangelical, Lutheran, Scandinavian and Catholic congregations are mentioned with Sabbath School times and vesper or vespers in some cases.
Rail timetable notes a December 10 1876 change affecting departures and arrivals at Oil City Franklin Raymilton Stoneboro Hadley AMasa Jameston Andover Jefferson Ashtabula Cleveland Erie and Buffalo with listed times and stations across the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern route.
Trains eastward from Cincinnati via Dayton Springfield Ibana Marion Galion Mansfield Ashland to Meadville Union City Jamestown Salamanca Buffalo Binghamton New York and Boston. Listed are departure and arrival times for Nos. 3, 6, 7, and additional services with destinations including Meadville Buffalo and Salem.
A condensed listing shows Laban Lounge No 52 K of H meets every other Monday in 5 Burgess block led by Willis Cowan and Merrill. Carroll Lodge No 102 AOU W meets Wednesdays over St Burgess store. North Star Lodge 241 AY M holds regular meetings on or before full moon. Occidental H R A Chapter 235 meets second Monday monthly. Conewango Lodge 259 IOGT meets Mondays in Johnson's Exchange. Warren Lodge 339 IOOF meets Tuesdays in Allen Block. Kossuth Encampment 98 IOOF meets second and fourth Thursdays in Johnson's Exchange.
A tramp describes a modus operandi for blowing open a safe without tools. He claims using putty to seal cracks and a vacuum to pull in fine powder from a partner, then detonating to force the door. The exchange occurs with a Justice in a back room observing the setup.
In a North Hill parlor an evening of flirtation between Miss Arethusia and Mr Posomby is interrupted when the old Mr Mardigan, asleep in a night shirt, bellows from the telephone. The quip ends with a humorous threat about mending shirts or sleeping in a coffee sack.
A humorous remark notes that a husband's height influences how far his nose stays from his wife when she has eaten onions. The quip plays on scent and stature to poke fun at domestic life.
A reflective piece by Celia Sanford contrasts small, cherished nature with a harsher view of small minds. It argues that true generosity and broad-heartedness define character, while a tight, selfish soul earns little love or regard.
The Church Union editor E. B. Grannis, a small energetic woman, runs the New York paper with help from a young books keeper. She receives many letters addressed to male titles and explains she remains anonymous to avoid bias. A clergyman asks if women should speak in prayer meetings. she says it would not hurt.
The passage notes coffee beans and leaves consumed by sixty million people, tea by five hundred million, opium by four hundred million, alcohol by five hundred million, and tobacco by seven to eight hundred million. It suggests physiologists will define the natural role of these substances and mark the boundary between use and abuse.
A comical domestic moment captures Otto Bismark reacting to Eastern war news with a shout that is quickly quieted by his wife. She administers a spoonful of bromide and restores order, remarking gently to Otto.
The piece urges presenting the pastor a letter of merit and a leave of absence during the hot season. It argues this pause lets him rest at a quiet watering place and prepares the congregation for thorough sixty minute sermons in cooler weather.
An Illinois clergyman speaking at the laying of a corner stone of a new meeting house urged virtue, saying if boys and girls sparking occurs in church he would approve. He cited his daughter as the apple of his eye and stated he would prefer she be courted in church rather than a theatre when of suitable age.
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