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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1890
Page
1
Grand opening promotion announces rich stock of dry goods carpets and dress fabrics. It highlights a busy carpet department with various carpet styles, unbeatable prices, extensive dress goods, embroideries, linens, spring wraps and wraps, cloaks, silks, and wash fabrics.
The Warren County Farmer's Club meets in Warren at Court House on the last Saturday of each month at 1 P. M. President is W. B. Acocks with Willis Cowan as secretary and B. F. Morris as treasurer. All farmers are cordially invited to attend.
A fragmented timetable shows multiple trains between Philadelphia, Erie, Buffalo and Dunkirk with varied arrival and departure times, including express, mail, and accident notes. The garbled listing references Erie Mail, Warren Express, Oil Express, Sheffield, Kane, and Dunkirk routes alongside Eastern Standard times and Sunday services.
Burgess A D Wood selects Town Council members P J Bayer A J Hazeltine S Keller H P Hunter Wm Hegerty Jr Ed O Donnell Clerk J A Schofield Constable A S Dalrymple Surveyor Alson Rogers School Directors Chas Dinsmoor F M Knapp James Clark W J Alexander W D Hinckley Wm D McLaren Justices of the Peace Geo O Cornelius J F McPherson
A fragmentary poem note presents Jane in June with lush nature imagery and seasonal praise. It shifts to a satirical, flirtatious verse about a refined woman in Parisian style, noting culture, wit, and social gaze, with mixed tone of celebration and mockery. Milestone names appear, but key facts remain poetic descriptions and persona impressions.
In this long middle chapter from a Civil War memoir, the narrator and Howard Scott labor in a hidden tunnel under Libby Prison to aid fellow prisoners. They endure cold, darkness, and secrecy, then slip into a perilous escape, aided by a Kentucky guide and a wary, by turns generous, band of escapees, before encountering Confederate sentries, a dramatic nighttime retreat, and a tense march toward safety. The narrative blends personal peril with strategic daring and ends with a hopeful reunion and plans for release.
A Giorcia man sold his last pew to pay expenses of a lawsuit about chickens. A New York woman won $1000 against a rail company after two men crowded her in a car seat. Maine Savings Bank in Portland reports 825 unknown depositors, 26 inactive since 1859. A cat hatched chicks from eggs left by a hen near Daytona. A Nantes musician claims to see colors in sounds and notes women’s voices are particularly colorfully named. A Berlin-born Congo immigrant Joseph Steinmeta speaks German in New York court. A Mexican shepherd wins a five day bet when his dog tends sheep alone. A Crawfordsville woman vowed never to see sun again, then went blind and died. A Dover family finds valuables hidden by a pet bird. A short-handled hoe eases bark removal from trees. Old trees should be replanted away from new. Clean soap suds and whitewash benefit young orchard trees. Avoid grass around trees and mulch after June. Birds and raspberries respond to manure. Harvest timing matters for market freshness. Spraying for codling moth should wait till petals fall to protect bees. Kerosene kills peach trees. nests should be burned late in the day. Fruit-box labels may help buyers know fruit origin. Excess grass around trees harms health. loosen soil around each tree for better growth.
A Boston antiquary finds a dagger linked to Ravillac and Henry IV stolen from Paris in 1815. A Ravenna painting by Giotto may show Dante, differing from known portraits. An Ipswich farmer uncovers a 30 inch stone Indian serpent idol to join Essex Institute. Confederate spur from Longstreet, Lincoln’s office desk in Chicago exhibit. Ancient dentistry in Etruscan skulls with animal teeth. Manchester manuscripts reveal Mozart items possibly in Mozart’s own hand.
A humorous exchange recalls Jones known for asking Is it warm enough for you. He has died, prompting a wry remark that he can ask his perennial question year round now. The remark reflects a lighthearted, communal memory of a local character.
The Mart office advertises first class job printing, promptness, neatness and cheapness as its motto and invites trial orders. It notes legal blanks in stock or can be printed to order and that mail is entered as second class matter in Warren. It also says the MAIL will publish letters from county and country, provided they are brief and signed. Anonymous submissions will not be published.
A collection of light exchanges and jokes from a political gathering and nearby homes. Quips range from an egg-throwing moment to bemused quips about linen heat tests and a graveyard pun. The humor follows children, sailors, and merchants in everyday misadventures.
A breezy column riffs on human folly and melodrama. It notes Arrivun Potocki, who died in Cracow at age forty, left a $4 million fortune and was Galicia’s wealthiest landowner who never married in America. The bit wryly links romance and fortune to social missteps and self belief.
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