14 Jun 1893
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 33 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1893
Page
1
Portrait painter in Warren Pennsylvania offers portraits from life or from existing pictures in oil, pastel, or crayon. Satisfaction and first class workmanship guaranteed in all cases.
Wealthy and notable figures are described in society circles. Mrs Roderick Terry and Miss Mabel Gerry are highlighted for beauty and lineage while Mary Anderson-Navarro and Miss Connery pursue pursuits in reminiscence and lectures.
Mrs. John questions who qualifies as a lady after two incidents she witnessed in public places one a shopper’s impatience and the other a line jumper she argues that true ladies avoid selfish or rude behavior in public home life or in church she and the narrator conclude many who claim the title lack basic manners The article cites a New York Times passage on the topic and then notes London’s All the Year Round Bathing Club historically meeting in the Serpentine river each morning and the medical interest in daily cold water bathing observations from that era
A miscellany notes Morocco as a state without a newspaper. A wedding in Australia featured guests showering rose petals on the bride as she rode in a carriage. London carriages makers see revived interest in sedan chairs. A printer atop Mount Washington issues a paper “Among the Clouds.” The Noahs tomb is said to lie near Nakhchivan by Ararat.
Worsted dress goods should not be wrung when washed but shaken out. Fancy china toast racks appear at breakfast tables with silver. Frame steel engravings in dark silver molding or shaded wood with silver beading. Bent whalebones can be straightened by soaking in hot water and pressing dry. Silk wrinkles smooth with weak gum arabic water and ironing on the wrong side. Ink stains lift with chlorinated lime solution applied gently to the stain.
Erie mail car deemed unlucky by trainmen. Express trains need about twice the power to stop than to start. Wabash restricts tickets to one day from sale. Chicago and Northwestern gains Denver access via Scranton coal line. Pennsylvania hires multilingual depot aide for Worlds Fair at $5000. Robert P. Burt, oldest locomotive engineer, retires to a Janesville farm. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm offers rheumatism relief at 50 cents a bottle. Morris Mullen sells the product.
A city bred girl moves to a provincial region and returns years later markedly altered in speech. Her daily talk, once refined, becomes full of quirky phrases and unsophisticated forms. The piece from Harper's Bazar notes how exposure to local idioms shapes manner and diction.
A nine person party ordered grouse with chips but the customer claimed the birds looked as large as geese. He privately confessed he could not pay for grouse for all, and in the end they all had grill.
Readable note highlights prescriptions carefully compounded and fresh drugs available at Gro 8 Davis Drug Store in period voice of local paper.
A digest of incidents and events from June 17 including bank failures in Chicago and Manitowoc, electrocution in Dannemora, a fatal crash near Cortland, ships arriving for the Columbian celebration, political moves in Costa Rica and Canada, the Ford’s theatre fire aftermath, and notable deaths from Booth to Mecca highlights and a wave of strikes, floods, and crimes across numerous states.
The article surveys early bicycle progress including the Eureka club in Cleveland, leather and wood components using paper, pneumatic frame patents, a 15 000 spectator Herne Hill track, and a 3000 dollar average world trip cost for a rider. It notes 54 workers in frame production, a combined lamp bell device, and growing use of cycling messengers in the German army. Welsh cyclists prosecute vehicles for lamps. Ohio passes penalties for tire punctures and bike theft. A phonograph at the World’s Fair promotes the bike, while telegraph messengers in Tours Dijon and Lille gain safety features for timely delivery.
A collection of early 20th century invention notes describes a rolling mill feed table with a rotating turntable, an electric welder paired with a barbed wire machine, a clockwork gas burner control, a leather faced mallet peen, an adjustable thimble with slit and screw ring, and a coal dust briquet binder using a viscous liquid from wood moss and silicic acid.
June notes at the World’s Fair report Princess Eulalia of Spain touring the White City with grand aquatic and aerial fireworks planned in her honor. Michigan Cadets paraded. Secretary Gresham referenced a commissioner appointment. President Harrison visited and dined with fair officials.
John L. Osmond was executed today for the September murder of John C. Burchill. He faced the death sentence calmly, prayed with Father Creeden, and the same apparatus used on Carlyle Harris was employed. The incident stems from jealousy over a suspected affair.
Great fire in Fake, North Dakota leaves about three thousand homeless as senior houses churches and public buildings serve as shelters. Relief trains with meat flour and provisions arrive. fire under control by dawn. Insurance men estimate insured losses at 2.8 million and uninsured residences 0.5 million outside the city.
Chicago June 9 judges Woods and Jenkins ordered an injunction against opening Jackson park gates Sunday. Judge Grosscup dissented and urged not granting the injunction. June 10 Chief Justice Fuller granted superseders for Edwin Walker and Commissioner St Clair suspending the injunction pending appeal. Hearing set for next Thursday morning with Circuit Judge Allen and Judge Bunn to sit.
Police refuse to confirm or deny reports that Correiro confessed to Bertha Manchester murder. Authorities’ silence is seen by many as proof the report may be true or that admissions equal a confession.
In Rome on June 12 rumors claim Dr Edward McGlynn never sailed from New York and may stay away this year until he chooses. Also reports say Archbishop Satolli could be summoned by cable to confer with the pope and propaganda.
Max Judd the new United States consul general has visited the foreign office several times to inquire about his exequatur. Papers signed by Count Taaffe Austria premier will be delivered to Judd this week.
Justice Brown grants divorce decree in New York suit filed by Mrs. Frank Leslie against William C. K. Wilde of London England ending the marriage.
June 12 report says James Gilbert the dynamiter, freed from Portland prison as he neared death, departed from Southampton aboard the American liner Chester.
The Vatican has sent three letters to Cardinal Gibbons and leading American archbishops in Ireland and the United States detailing scholastic policy. The missives outline aims, methods, and anticipated effects on church education and discipline.
Money active at 347 percent with weak exchange. Actual business includes 60 day bills at 4.85 and demand at 4.86 percent. Posted rates show 4.84 to 4.88 for bills with commercial paper around 4.86. Government bonds hold steady with sixty day rates near 4.85. Pacific railroad bonds show minor bids on Union firsts, sinking funds, Centrals around 1.04 to 1.05.
Wheat and corn markets show mixed movements with No 2 red and No 2 or higher grades testing various bid levels while rye and barley hold steady. Butter cheese and eggs remain steady with state and western offerings noted alongside futures as options fluctuate.
Henry Lesser prominent Warren Pa merchant died suddenly of heart disease at the Iroquois hotel in Buffalo yesterday afternoon after arrival here last Thursday to buy goods. He was 85 and well known in the oil regions.
The Duke of Veragua and party arrived at Grand Central Station in New York at 9 pm and were taken to Hotel Brunswick after touring the West. The text notes a rapid oil dispersal shell design with two movable ends to release oil on impact.
Little Falls notes today’s board of trade sales including 430 boxes at 8 14 cents, 2 364 boxes at 8 ½ cents, 2 470 boxes at 8 34 cents, 910 boxes at 9 cents, 162 boxes on private terms, 350 on commission, 380 daily at 8 84 cents, bulk at 7 ½ cents. Ninety five packages of creamery butter at 18 44 1 ½ cents.
Six hundred five boxes at 814c four thousand four hundred eighty four boxes at 943 one hundred eighty four boxes at 94 eighty boxes at 934c and ninety eight one boxes on commission Ninety seven packages of creamery butter at 19 two le bulk at 19c
Buffalo Hay Market in BufFrao lists timothy new per ton 17.00 No 2 16.00 common mixed 15.00 16.00 baled hay 16.00 clover 16.00 17.00 loose straw 4 10.00 baled do 8.00 9.00 bundled rye 2 14.00 415.00.
A fragment from the Detroit Free Press presents a warning line about Sam Ruggles, labeled a lady killer, expressing concern for a pretty Miss Green and a cautionary remark about not playing with matches.
Poem praising the unseen hero who values content over fame and noisy praise. The speaker honors the quiet, steadfast virtue that guides life toward right and inner harmony, rejecting boastful slogans and worldly measures.
Poem exhorting readers to pursue spiritual ascent and noble aims. It envisions lifting the soul above earthly cares, inviting a chorus of hopeful ascent away from worldly wrangling toward a celestial, godly magnificence.
A Whittier line warns that brutal acts reveal a fiendish side of humanity. It condemns inhuman trade and violence as a grim harvest, contrasting callous hearts with the humane ideal.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.