26 Jun 1889
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1889
Page
1
D Shear promotes the leading Warren dry goods house featuring departments for domestic and dress goods white goods linens housekeeping goods woolen goods gloves and hosiery underwear laces and trimmings ribbons buttons as the shop’s prime offerings and appeal.
A poem contrasts a maiden climbing for a rose with a stranger watching, using seasonal imagery from May to July and a rural landscape. It shifts to a humorous dialect piece about Einstein and twins, depicting family life and the challenge of clothing two children.
Historical timetable notes trains from Warren to Philadelphia Erie Williamsport and Washington with through Pullman sleeping cars. Services include Sheffield Express St Marys Express Kane Accommodation and Erie Mail with daily and Sunday exceptions and specific arrival times.
Schedule fragment lists various Erie Railways train times across day periods including morning and evening departures. It references Sho rt Junctio n Afara with several times like 5:39 am 9:03 am and 11:53 pm, indicating a timetable draft with multiple route times.
A fragmented timetable lists bus or rail times for Oil City and communities including Parker Liv, Tionesta, Warren, Hickory, and Tidioute. The note shows morning and evening slots with multiple stations and unclear symbols, indicating a regional transit schedule update.
An article recounts the death’s head moth that appeared in Europe before the French Revolution. It damages beehives, inspires wax walls by bees, and features a yellow marked thorax resembling a death’s head. The caterpillar is the potato worm. The moth emits a squeak, and its chrysalis resembles a jug with a long tongue-case. A Madagascar variety has a nine inch tongue. The piece notes superstitions in Mauritius about wing dust causing blindness and a Madagascar tongue length. Also included is a German proverb discussion about “in the soup.”
Emory J. Haynes reflects in the New York Ledger on personal honor as a high moral standard. He contrasts hollow reputations with true integrity, urging readers to cultivate self restraint, keep promises, and live by principle amid social pressures, finance, and politics.
Elise Hensler, daughter of a Springfield tailor, rose to marry Ferdinand II of Portugal. Her past in Boston and Springfield is recalled as she lives abroad with plans to return to the United States after settling business matters. Her sister Louise remains in Boston.
The text surveys submarine torpedo boats and their three operating modes, with details on a bow eight inch tube, an angled over water tube, and a pneumatic gun. It also covers metal and chemical facts, medical uses of nitro glycerine, glass engraving by electricity, wood preservation, and a bill in the Pennsylvania Senate allowing women physicians in female insane asylums.
Dr Henry Baxters Mandrake Bitters advertised to cure costiveness and prevent related diseases. Morris & Mullen and N C Allen listed as sellers. The prompt emphasizes adults and children troubled by costiveness and the product as a remedy.
A New York Sun report explains that warp tendency is greater in green wood than dry wood, with the convex warp toward the heart. The middle plank largely resists warping, while quartering spruce and cutting at a downward angle helps stabilize boards for piano sounding boards.
An 19th century style ad promises the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers eczema fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and claims piles are cured. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded with a price of 25 cents per box at Morck Drug Store.
"You are all the world to me" he says as he surveys his animals, expressing strong devotion. The line frames a scene of care and attachment within a personal menagerie that reflects the speaker's bond with his collection.
Kansas City Times recounts Carver detailing how white hunters in the 1860s to 1870s hunted bison for hides and meat. He explains hunting tactics, weapons shifts from Springfield to Sharp rifles, and the mass slaughter that reduced vast herds to a small remnant.
The notice promotes the Mall Job Office at The Mall offering printing services and blanks, with experienced printers for all kinds of job printing in first class style. It mentions second class mail circulation at Warren P.O. and requests brief, newsy communications with author name for anonymous submissions discouraged.
The piece surveys literary history and personalities. It notes the age and death of a Philadelphia area woman, recalls Elias Smith and the Herald of Gospel Liberty, and recounts Whittier and John Bright at a social gathering. It mentions a valuable Gospel manuscript offered for 25000 pounds in London and a Saxon Evangelarium for Archbishop Wilfrid in 670. It also traces Ella Wheeler Wilcox, a publishing error about mustard, Roger Williams’ origins, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s feebleness, and a 1859 UK press directory listing. It closes with UK newspaper counts and religious magazines totals.
Drake's Magazine notes European residents in British India observe worship of many long tailed apes. Some apes are treated as sacred and untouchable. others raid stores and orchards, while institutions aid “crepit four-handers” during famines. The piece highlights conflicts between superstition and daily life.
A collage of humorous quotes and mock dialogues from various periodicals. Jokes range from domestic banter about bonnets and Mrs Baker to wake at sea and bath humor. Featured lines play on language and social pretenses with lightweight satire and regional slang.
Each bottle of Arnica and Oil Liniment sold is guaranteed to satisfy or money refunded. Morrie and Mullen, N.C. Allen.
A testimonial style notice from Newark Arkansas and Decatur Ohio praises Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption. Mor ris says it cured his lung abscess and enabled farm work. Jesse Middlewart credits it with saving his life after doctors gave up. Free sample bottles offered at Morck Drug Store.
An advertisement calls for 100 ladies and 100 men to request a free trial package of Lane's Family Medicine from any druggist. It claims cures for blood, liver, and kidney diseases and notes benefits for constipation and complexion. Children like it and druggists sell a large size for 50 cents. It links bad habits to not attending church and poor clothes.
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