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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1886
Page
1
Warren County Fair in Warren Pennsylvania runs September 7 to 10 1886 with Geo P Orr as president and A B Dalrymple as secretary announcing the event and key organizers.
The Warren farmers club convenes 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 the group. All farmers are invited to attend.
President W A Rankin and officers listed including First Vice President Fred Merek Second Vice President George Ball Secretary Willis Cowan Treasurer A Hertzel Directors Geo P Orr A Mintzer S M Cogswell A J Davis A Kirberger James Nixon Geo O Cornelius Ed J Lesser Geo C Hamilton Regular monthly meeting set for the second Friday each month at 5 PM in the Council room.
Burgess Albert W Morck leads a roster of town roles including F M Knapp Joseph Walkerman August Morck Jr Robert Mackay Wm Schnur A A Davis C Smith P J Bayer J W Crawford Clerk F A Cogswell Surveyor Geo C Hamilton School Directors Rev W A Rankin C C Thompson Charles Dinsmoor M Silk J M Siegfried A J Hazeltine Assessor G H Ames Justices Geo O Cornelius R Schnur Constable A S Dalrymple Chief Fire Dept C Hi Smith 1st Assistant A G Kehr 2d Assistant W Allen Notaries Public D I Ball H E Brown C Dinsmoor O F Hoffman Ozro Nesmith W D Hinckley
A compiled slate names candidates and incumbents for Warren County Pennsylvania offices including Congressman W L Scott State Senator J W Lee Assembly Henry Brace President Judge W O Brown Associate Judges P W Brown C C Merritt Sheriff Robert A Love Prothonotary D A Arird Register and Recorder W J Alexander Treasurer C H McAuley County Commissioners M Crocker T L Putnam Joseph Clinton Surveyor D F A Wheelock Coroner Dr J L Burroughs District Attorney G Higgins Auditors N P Curtis W O Martin F E Fay County Sept C D Arird Youngsville
Fragmentary timetable entries show Eastern Standard West and East trains with arrival and departure times at multiple stations including Erie, Kane, Oil Express, and Dunkirk. The surface content lists various express and mail trains with inconsistent times across days, lacking coherent routes or dates.
On and after June 14 1884 the schedule lists multiple train and pouch routes with times from 7 45 A M to 9 00 A M daily to Kinzua and other towns. It states all pouches close 25 minutes earlier than the listed time and the postmaster may not hold pouches past time. I S Alden P M signs the notice.
The notice lists church services across denominations including Methodist Episcopal Baptist Presbyterian Lutheran Evangelical Scandinavian Catholic with pastors, service times at 11 AM and 7 PM, Sabbath Schools around 9:30 to 12:45, and weekday masses and catechism details where provided. It notes services currently held in the Court House for Methodist.
A verse tribute by Florence Percy contemplates two small feet poised at life’s edge. The speaker questions how a motherless path will be guided and whether the delicate feet will tread joyfully or endure sorrow, urging divine guidance for the unborn child.
In a dim studio, artist Jervoise receives a royal visit from Princess Ferendia and Prince Belhaven who demand an immediate portrait. The couple admires a prior academy portrait and presses for rapid sittings, while the artist hints at existing engagements and professional pride. The prince downplays tension with a wink, signaling a bargain-friendly front.
In a dim studio the Princess charms a young observer as the Prince and Princess arrange a portrait session. The Princess insists the painter finish a linked work by Thursday, arranging dinners and social constraints, while Jack Morris looms as a possible rival whose past friendship may complicate the portrait.
The narrator recalls Jack Morris admiring a prince’s tokens and a coroneted card, recalling Laurie Bosworth once a Vienna ally of Lord Fotheringhay. He and Laurie drifted from diplomacy to journalism, noting Morris’s broad social reach and murky yet vivid recollections of high society and court life.
I meet a Princess and her husband in their Ferendia residence as I prepare a portrait. The Princess frets over punctuality and costume while Mr Nicolas aids in studio setup. Ferendia worries over dress details and official appearances. The scene reveals social circles, marriage ties, and the pursuit of art amid aristocratic drama.
A Pittsburgh ortho Republican visitor in Washington with a patent attorney visits Col. Lamont at the White House. After being told to return, he offers to swap offices for whisky. Lamont agrees, quipping that he’d like to rid himself of office seekers. Col. Lamont notes the visitor knows good whisky.
Philadelphia shoe industry in 1884 faced a major strike resolved by J M Washburn with Peace Union aid. About $7,000 daily wages were at stake, and a cold winter loomed. The settled accord produced eleven rules later called The Seven Commandments, guiding later arbiration across trades and schools.
A Topeka druggist and a deaf customer clash over a 75 cent price for a prescription. The customer insists on five cents, the pharmacist repeats the amount and finally complains softly that he earned only three cents.
A full sized pet deer kept in a Sacramento saloon, frightened, jumped clear through a pane of glass seven inches wide by thirteen inches long.
A Michigan man recounts Deacon Sumpter of Plymouth England waking from a spring dream to ride a pony to Bodmin in Cornwall. He interrupts a spring assizes trial, testifying that the dream guided him to witness a key moment. The judge frees the accused, calling it the finger of God.
An original vegetable preparation promises to halt falling hair and baldness with safe, certain results. It is advertised as unlike any other product, aimed at increasing hair or moustache growth. Demand grows as the company promotes its efficiency via circulars from Fredonia, N.Y., with L. G. Noyes, Druggist, Warren, Pa., distributing locally.
Dr Henry Baxters Mandrake Bitters advertised to treat costiveness and prevent related diseases. A W Morck.
William L. Dayton of Brooklyn says Ely's Cream Balm is curing his long standing catarrh after using two bottles. He reports noticeable improvement since starting the treatment.
Harrisburg gathering by the Y M C A on June 6 featured men from across the country led by Secretary C B Willis. A moving solo of My Mother's Prayer stirred tears as memories of mothers and childhood filled the opera house audience.
The Mail Job Office advertises presses, type, paper, cards, envelopes, and skilled printers for first class job printing. Legal blanks are stocked or printed to order, with second class mail matter entry noted. Submissions must include writer name and be brief and newsy. Anonymous pieces will not be published.
A temperance column references the Warren county license question and praises the W.C.T.U. efforts against licenses. It notes an ongoing campaign with sermons, press articles, remonstrances, and petitions, plus a Memorial Day observance at Tidioute and strong local sentiment for no license.
Business readers are urged to consider the Mail Office for job printing with top stock and low prices. A moral anecdote about Little Willie jokes on praying for a brother, followed by a quip on spending on wives’ funerals and support.
Mrs Warrenmyer generates strong crowds at meetings on constitutional prohibition with a highly favorable response in Kinzua where a near unanimous vote backs action. She reports large collections and the formation of two new Unions in the county with officers listed for Sheffield and another town.
State Secretary Mrs Warsey announces 104 new Unions on her official list. The report details expansion of labor or fraternal groups, outlining inclusion and registry process.
Rev N S Rubinbaum notes Bridgeton New Jersey a glass industry town with churches and homes where liquor is banished. Fewer loafers and no drunkenness observed as the city eliminates licenses and forms a temperance hotel venture. Two council votes favor license history ends.
A political stance argues it is wiser to tax the alcohol trade to support public services than to bear the burden of the consequences of its sales. The speaker urges self-imposed taxation on traders to fund societal costs.
After hours a man strolls toward the printing office with plenty of suggestions for the editor on proper newspaper operations.
A jovial Irishman wins a girl despite her father’s clear opposition. A friend jokes about fate, but the suitor insists his fate lies with the old gentleman he must face. The humor centers on stubborn pride and courting rebellion.
In a brief scene a friend remarks that Brown’s wife is an admirable talker and could be listened to all night. A companion sighs and agrees, reflecting the evening’s lingering impression as they part.
Public notices advertise blank handbills for tax collectors offered for sale at Mar Orrics with low prices and limited description.
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