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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1890
Page
1
Grand opening notice for Sheawnr s offering spring stock in dry goods carpets and trimmings. Highlights include carpet department features Cottage Hall Stair Ingram Tapestry Brussels Velvet Magnette lines and colorings. Emphasizes unbeatable prices and broad dress goods embroideries whites wraps cloaks silks and wash fabrics.
The Warren County Farmer's Club meets in Warren at the Court House on the last Saturday of each month at 1 PM. President W. B. Acocks and Treasurer B. F. Morris oversee meetings. Willis Cowan listed as vice president. Farmers are cordially invited to attend.
Fragmentary timetable shows trains between Philadelphia and Erie with arrivals and departures at St Marys Warren Kane and Erie lines. Entries include Erie Mail times and various express and ace services with inconsistent AM and PM stamps.
Buffalo New York and Philadelphia RK are referenced in fragmented text with no clear event or details to summarize. No names, dates, or actions are readable to form a proper newspaper card item.
A roundup of curious notes cites Cincinnati millionaires born humble, plans for a Confederate White House museum in Richmond, and huge mail-carrier funding. It reports Eiffel’s tower for Chicago, a Spokane death en route to a letter, wartime postage validity, deserter totals, and other assorted curiosities across cities and states.
The Sisseton Indians of South Dakota reportedly sign a large majority agreement to sell about 650000 acres of gulphas lands to the Federal Government with a price of $2 per acre. Alaska mining and coal prospects attract capital. Georgia district attorney discusses perjury differences between state and federal courts.
The Wisconsin Grand Lodge meets in Milwaukee for its 1890 session amid debates on Cerneau rites and liquor sanctions. Knights of Pythias leaders renew lodges in Illinois and Ohio, while plans unfold for Illinois and Indiana brigades to converge in Milwaukee. The Grand Lodge session in Cleveland July 8-11 promises unusual interest with 5000 members expected. Dispensations for new lodges in Waco Texas and San Diego California are granted as sublodges prepare for annual elections and installations.
Royal Arcanum plans a public parade of its uniformed rank in Milwaukee during June. Major-General Otis 8. asks all uniformed rank members to report in Chicago to escort the Grand Council of Illinois to Milwaukee. Tickets and details at Plankington House with round trip fare $3.50.
The Odd Fellows Home board states funds are sufficient to solicit bids for a location in Illinois towns. Proposals may be sent by June 25, with Southern Illinois towns offering free sites and cash gifts, including one town offering 40 acres and 10 000 dollars. The report from North Carolina notes six lodges with 2015 members, the largest in that state, and Grand Cantonment prizes totaling at least 25000 dollars to be distributed at Chicago August 4 to 11. Window plants can be grown year round using sponge soaked with water and seeds placed in sunlit windows, then watered daily.
A clipped dialogue records characters Jones Brown asking about each other’s brothers. Brown notes his brother has been absent for two years in Montana, while Jones says his brother has been away five years in Brooklyn. The exchange illustrates long separation and geographic distance in casual street conversation.
A nostalgic verse honors the loss of a baby and the enduring grief of loved ones. It reflects on memory, longing, and prayer as a family faces an empty arms reality. The poem credits Helen F. O'Neill of Good Housekeeping.
Emma Smith, once wealthy in Norvalton, sells Aunt Desire’s Canton blue china to fund debts. Asa Hopper buys the set and returns to marry Emma, who accepts his long-awaited proposal. The tale ends with their wedding and a happy life, reflecting on happiness beyond youth. A New York court beauty suit note follows, discussing wives’ rights over their husbands’ affections.
In a King s Bench trial over piracy of the Old English Gentleman, Cooke explains musical accent as emphasis on a note, illustrating with you are a donkey versus you are a donkey. the exchange highlights teaching terms and court humor. A Rochester Jew writes from Jerusalem seeking funds after a mill fire accident left him penniless.
Captain Charles Bryant recalls life on the Far Seal Islands showing a gradual shift to civilizational habits. He notes class differences in savings and debt, clothing, and education, with a focus on a growing, better dressed, more structured community. The piece also discusses open air travel aiding consumption recovery, highlighting Dr. Bowditch’s observations and advice for long-term home treatment.
A collage of quirky items from 19th century sources. Greenland’s 1888 population, post offices in St Joseph, oversized trees, jack rabbits avoiding grease, and amusing anecdotes about evangelists, lawyers, and matchmaking scams. Columns mix food tips, jokes, and natural phenomena.
The terms authorize a twenty year lease from May 1 1800 granting exclusive right to take fur seals on St George and St Paul Islands Alaska. Annual rent 260000 dollars plus taxes and 7.62 dollars per seal plus 50 cents per gallon of oil. Bonds of 50000 held to secure payments, with treasury regulations limiting harvest and preventing sale of spirits to inhabitants. Read Washington Letter notes and wisdom excerpts.
The Mail offers first class job printing at prompt neat cheap rates and prints legal blanks on request. It is entered as second class mail in Warren and invites brief signed letters from the county and country, while refusing anonymous submissions.
The passage notes high religious activity in New Zealand and widespread missionary efforts abroad. It cites Salvation Army officer deployments, Armour Mission in Chicago, and declining Islam in Turkey. German religious demographics show Evangelicals leading, with Jews and nonreligion present. A New York bishop resigns in Japan, urging renewed missionary reports to gauge gospel progress. In India, beggar-meetings in Coimbatore attract hundreds, while Hindus in Madras push street evangelism and tracts echo earlier Christian arguments.
A profile of German women noting strong education before and after marriage, fluent in English and French, musical and cultured, but lacking intellectual ambition or initiative. The piece contrasts German tutelage with American girlhood, highlighting passivity and conventionality beside vast scholarly achievement.
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