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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1879
Page
1
At Warren post office on June 20 1878 arrivals and closings are listed for routes to Pittsburg Dunkirk and westward. Times include 9:19 am 12:06 pm 1:40 pm 2:20 pm and 7:20 pm with notes of no mail east of Warren and limited accommodations. Signed GO C Allen P M.
A public notice lists local government officers including Burgess Miles and J H Palmer with council members, clerk, assessor, school directors, justices of the peace, constable, notaries public, and auditors. Names include Benjamin Nesmith, R P King, Thomas Keelor, J F Wells, and Geo P Orr among others. The document reflects municipal offices and assigned roles.
A roster of county and state officials and candidates is provided for Warren County Pennsylvania. Names include Congressman L F Watson Warren. State Senator J W Lee Franklin. Assemblyman S B White Youngsville. Judge Lansing D Wetmore Warren. Associate Judges W B Acocks Pittsfield and W W Connely Deerfield. Sheriff Henry Brace Warren. Prothonotary Starling W Waters Warren. Register & Recorder A W Jackson Warren. Treasurer Y E Barnes Warren. County Commissioners J Roy Warren H Maultby Eldred Benjamin Ellis Sugar Grove. Surveyor D F A Wheelock Lottsville. Coroner Sterling Green Kinzua. District Attorney C C Thompson Tidioute. Auditors Critt Marsh Corydon, N F Wright Freehold, W W Kembie Tidioute. County Superintendent N B Thompson Sugar Grove.
Local church notices list pastors and service times. Baptist Rev H H Lenings at 11 AM and 7:30 PM. Presbyterian Rev W A Rankin at 11 AM and 7:30 PM. Episcopal Rev H S Getz at 11 AM and 7:30 PM. Methodist Rev R M Warren at 11 AM and 7:30 PM. Evangelical Rev B L Miller at 10:30 AM and 7:30 PM. Scandinavian services first and third Sundays at 10:30 AM and 7:30 PM. Catholic Father De La Roque assisted by Father Mullen with masses at 7:30 and 10:30 AM and vespers at 4 PM.
Poem juxtaposes wedding bells and funeral tolls to reflect on life and death. The bardic meditation contrasts joy and sorrow as bells echo through sun and rain, linking bridal blessing with burial rites and the cycle of human toil and rest.
In a Saturday office scene, printers protest overdue pay as a tyrant Colonel publishes a dull leader. The crew laments shortages, jokes about wages and stamps, and a generous benefactor pays a six month ad bill, lifting their spirits briefly. The piece closes with a spoof on glove language from English to American usage.
Bucklen's Arsenic Salve touted as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum tetter chapped hands chillblains corns and skin eruptions. Guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded at 25 cents per box. For sale by A W Morck & Co.
A six month marriage narrator laments wifes vanity and footwear woes while a second note, Dear Minnie, urges delaying marriage for years. The piece contrasts shopping, social pressures, and domestic expectations with humorous anecdotes about husbands and ushers in churches.
An advertisement extols Boschee's German Syrup as a universal remedy for coughs colds and lung diseases. It asserts it prevents pneumonia and other maladies and claims world leading sales and universal safety including safe use for children. The product is offered in a large size for 75 cents.
Bob Burdett recounts a traveler’s playful dialogue about railcar personalities. The Adjuster notes kinds of passengers from the window-scraper to the butternut overall watcher, the chatty talker, the plumed belle, the bag carrier, the freeloader with a lunch bag, and the pass rider, all shaping the weary journey with humorous insight.
Passengers in a sleeping coach react to a crying infant as a fat man complains he cannot sleep. A mother defends the child, declaring experience with children gives her the right to travel peacefully despite the disruption. The altercation escalates with sharp exchanges.
A Chicago cor respondent recalls Americans stranded in a distant land, describing the slow process of returning home, the harsh climate, and a jumbled climate timetable. The irony of choosing any climate yet demanding extra unavoidable weather is noted.
A clergyman recalls caution in rebuking church disturbances after a past incident. He told a tale of rebuking a laughing, grimacing youth who was later revealed to be an idiot, making him fear misdirected rebukes. The service then proceeded with good order.
An 1878 letter from Mrs Mead praises Dr Fenner's Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic for liver disease numb limbs and general debility. It claims the product cures biliousness liver complaints jaundice dyspepsia constipation headaches fever and ague enlarged spleen scrofula skin eruptions sleeplessness and other ailments. Additional products claimed to cure cough pain rheumatism and other disorders are listed with quick relief claims.
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