Spring Opening of Dry Goods and Carpets at David Seiears
Our spring stock is ready for inspection with a vast carpet department offering Ingrain and Brussels carpets, mats and rugs, window shades, curtains, trims, and 50 cent curtains. Dress goods include Henriettas, Cashmeres, linens, ribbons, and cottons. New wraps, silks, satins arrive with polite service and bargains. visit early and often at No 346 Water St Warren Pa.
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David Seiears
Water St
Warren, Pa
Warren County Agricultural Association Meeting Notice
The Warren County Agricultural Association meets in Warren at the Court House on the last Saturday of each month at 1 p.m. President Chas. Lott, Secretary Willis Cowan, Treasurer W.B. Acocks. All farmers are invited to attend.
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Warren
Court House
Chas. Lott
Willis Cowan
W.B. Acocks
Train Schedule Fragments for Philadelphia to Erie Line
Fragmentary timetable lists departures and arrivals on the Philadelphia and Erie routes. Notes include West Eas to Erie, arrival times at 7 45 am and 9 00 am, with connections like Warren Express and Oil Express, plus Erie Mail timing and Kane ACC reference.
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Eastern Standard
West Eas
Erie Ace
Shef
Warren
Bing Vel Y & Oil Express
Erie Mail
Erie Erie
Kane Acc
Express Schedule Fragments Show Rand of Arrivals
Crumpled OCR style schedule notes list express routes with times such as 11 50 am 9 20 am 6 49 pm and 5 30 pm. References to Pittsburgh Allegheny Valley and North South lines indicate a train timetable fragment with arrival and departure marks and a Sunday service mention.
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Eastern Standard
Railway schedule notice from 1884 dispatches
Postmaster I. 8. Alden issues schedule details for the June 14 1884 start. It lists daily and weekly pouch routes including Corry, Erie, Bradford, Kane, Oil City, Titus, Dunkirk, Lander Germany Pa and towns like Steamburg Salamanca and Onoville with specific times and restrictions on pouch holding and closure.
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Corry
Erie
Bradford
Kane
Dunkirk
Titus
D. A.ville
Oil City
Sugar Grove
Lander
Kinzua
Cornplanter
Corydon
Onoville
Steamburg
Salamanca
Germany
Alden
Town Officials and Roles Listed in Local Notice
A historical notice enumerates town government positions and appointees including Burgess Rev W A Rankin Town Council members C Smith Pp J Bayer J W Crawford W S Leffard A Mintzer Nelson Moore A J Hazeltine Keller L Werle Clerk Geo B Smith Constable Joan G Brown Surveyor Geo C Hamilton School Directors Rev W A Rankin Jas Clark Chas Dinsmoor J M Siegfried A J Hazeltine F H Langworthy Justices of the Peace Geo VA Cornelius J F McPherson Chief Fire Dept Fred FE Windsor 1st Assistant Will C Allan 2d Assistant Al J Spinner Notaries Public D I Ball H E Brown C Dinsmoor O F Hoffman Ozro Nesmith W D Hinckley
Local county offices listed for Warren Pennsylvania
A roster of county officials includes Congressman W L Scott Erie PA State Senator O C Allen Warren PA Assembly Henry Brace Warren PA President Judge W D Brown Warren PA Associate Judges J T Barker Bear Lake PA C C Merritt Grand Valley PA Sheriff Robert A Love Warren PA Prothonotary D A Arird Warren PA Register and Recorder S H Briggs Warren PA Treasurer Geo F Yates Warren PA County Commissioners Phil N Robinson Scofield PA Joseph Clinton Sheffield PA H T Russell Russell PA Clerk C H Meacham Warren PA Surveyor D F A Wheelock Lottsville PA Coroner Dr F W Whitcomb Warren PA District Attorney J W Dunkle Warren CO Auditors O J Gunning A E Pelton Lottsville TH Mooney Stoneham County Sept T W Arird Warren PA
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W. L., Scott
Erie
C. Allen Warren
Henry Brace
Warren
W. D. Brown
J.T. Barker
Bear Lake
C. C. Merritt
Grand Valley
Robert A. Love
D. A. Arird
S. H. Briggs
Geo. F. Yates
Phil. N. Robinson
Scofield
Joseph Clinton
Sheffield
H. T. Russell
Russell
C. H. Meacham
D.f.a.wheelock
Lottsville
F. W. Whitcomb
Area church services and notices across denominations
The notice lists service times for Presbyterian Methodist Episcopal Lutheran Evangelical Scandinarian Catholic and Y M C A meetings. It includes pastors names and Sunday school hours with additional details for catechism and weekday masses, catechism, and youth group timing.
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Lutheran
Ph. Doerr
Evangelical
W. F. Shannon
Sadhbat
Scandinaviar
N. G. Johnson
Catuoric
Father de la Roque
Father Berbigier
Young Men’s Christian Association
Hoffman Block
Second and
Liberty Streets
Community fraternal groups schedule meetings in Ramona
Ramona groups list lodge and club meeting times. Ramona Council No 1080 meets first and third Wednesdays in the G A R hall. Eben N. Ford Post 336 meets Thursdays at Liberty and Water streets. Emma M Lindsey and Alice W Jefferson officers listed. Also Orient Council No 6 meets second Mondays. North Star Lodge No 24 A Y M meetings third Thursdays. several other lodges and orders specify locations in Warren area.
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Ramona Council
Royal Arca Num
G. A. R. Hall
Eben N. Ford
Hall Corner
Liberty and Water Sts
W.R.C
Emma M. Lindsey
Alice W. Jefferson
Sec’y. Orient Council
National Union
Gro
H. Higgins
F. A. Cogswell
Sec’y. Laban Lodge
H. Hall
Carver House
North Star Lodge
A.Y. M
Occidental H. R. A
Warren Commandery
K. T
Library
Warren Lodge
Allen Block
Kossutth
Carroll Lodge
A. O
U. W
Warren Savings Bank
K. OF P
U. W. Hall
Conewango Lodge
G. T
Shafter Block
Robert Baum Lopge
A Valiant Lover at the Paris Opera
A rich East Indian nabob and his daughter from Calcutta linger in Paris as he plans a move to London. A penniless suitor wins the daughter’s heart, writes her letters, and provokes the nabob to fury when he learns of the elopement.
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Calcutta
India
Europe
Paris
Nabob
London
England
Tinabob
Monsieur
Mademoiselle
Nabob Rewards Hero With Daughter’s Hand in Gratitude
After a clash and destruction in a lodging, a devoted savior collapses exhausted. A daughter’s messenger arrives and negotiations begin for reconciliation. The nabob praises the man, declaring marriage to his daughter as thanks, noting the hero saved his life and earned a debtor’s gratitude.
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Monsieur
Moorish Bridal Procession Parade Before Hotel
A Moorish bridal procession passes a hotel with a mule bearing a boxlike bridal carriage draped in tinsel. Attendants hold the box, white-clad friends follow with lanterns, a small band plays reed instruments, drums, and cymbals. The scene is described as strange and eerie in contrast to the night.
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Boston Transcript
Early marriage as a path to success and happiness
Ella Wheeler Wilcox argues that early marriages can save young people from ruin and foster happiness and growth. She believes a shared home and work for the family empower couples, even if they start with little, as long as they begin together rather than delaying until full financial readiness.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A Southern Soldier Seeks Wounded Soldier Act Pension
An application for a pension under the wounded soldier act has been sent to the executive department for S. A. Gade of Richmond County. He served as a private in Cobb’s legion and was severely wounded in multiple incidents during the war. The current fate of his request is unresolved, but he may receive several pensions for damaged limbs.
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Executive Department
S. A. Gade
Richmond County
Company E. Cobb’s Legion
Gade
Allanta
The Colonel’s Tall Monmouth Tale Revealed as Hoax
In a late night raconteur tale Col Thornton recounts a Monmouth Assizes case of a masked robber, a sailor with two malachite brooches, and a dramatic courtroom confrontation. Captain Forsyth appears, but the twist uncovers the whole story as a planned hoax by the captain and associates.
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Col. Thornton
Colonel Bean
Monmouth Assizes
Monmouth
Bristol
Assizes
Forsyth
His Majesty
S Navy
Captain Forsyth
John Williams
Neptune
Sam John Williams
Graphic Description of a Boom
A miner recalls a conversation about a Rome boom described as a new trading business on paper. It swells and shrinks, the smaller investor bears the loss while the insiders profit, and the risk stays hidden in the cellar.
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Jim
Rome
Rural Simplicity and a Drummer's Bold Kiss
A drummer proclaims joy after kissing a country girl who retorts that city fellows all say the same. The exchange, captured in Texas Siflings, humorously contrasts rural charm with urban bravado.
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Texas
Mystery Unmasked at the Dance Floor
Mrs. Bleecker recognizes Tom in an unmasking moment and recalls enjoying the last waltz. Mr. Bleecker apologizes for making the moment pleasant, while a judge presides in the scene.
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Mrs. Bleecker
Tom
Mr. Bleecker
Letitia
Gum Chewing As an Art Across the United States
A Baltimore American reprint notes how gum chewing spreads from the West to the East driven by health resort praise and social acceptance. It describes chewing as aiding digestion and appetite, signaling mood through jaw motion at events, and includes a cautionary tale of a young woman whose gum habit provokes family concern.
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Hot Springs
Arkansas
Perdition
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
West
Baltimore
Petition drives for re-enacting suffrage law without jury duty
Numerous petitions reach the Washington Territory legislature seeking re enactment of the woman suffrage law while exempting women from jury duty. The request highlights ongoing debate over women's legal rights and civic duties in the territory.
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Washington Territory
Mrs Bron Potter Refuses Sunday Duty
In Texas Siftings it notes Mrs Bron Potter refuses to act on Sunday and questions whether she would act on any other day, reflecting a local piece on personal scheduling or compliance.
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Bron Potter
Texas Siftings
Observations of a Worldly Book Agent
A NY native, W. H. Jones chronicles forty thousand miles as a book agent, naming famous figures he met. He praises politeness of great men, notes varied receptions to book offers, and recounts selling high priced sets to builders, actors, politicians, and industrial leaders.
Systematic walking aids weight loss, says Buffalo Commercial
The Buffalo Commercial endorses regular walking and sensible diet as an effective plan. It notes one person shed about twenty pounds of adipose in roughly six weeks, reporting reduced discomfort and improved well being.
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Buffalo
Three Good Poems By Philip Bourke Marston
The speaker reflects on bitterness and struggle after death. He notes his harsh trials and solitary battles with fate, denying dependence on others and keeping his slain secret. The poem emphasizes personal endurance and responsibility for his own choices.
The Skeptic Rooster: A Church Debate Parable
A rural dialogue contrasts a skeptic Wayne with a preacher and a butcher to expose the danger of judging church members. The argument likens selecting the worst examples to a butcher choosing cattle and mocks the tactic of tearing others down to win favor with misused moral framing.
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Wayne
Jinin
Smirch
The Mail Job Office Offers Printing Services
The Mail Job Office advertises presses and a full range of paper goods and legal blanks. It guarantees satisfaction with low prices and invites brief newsy communications from across the county, noting anonymous letters will not be published.
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Warren P
Moral reflections on contentment and life journeys
A collected set of quotes and snippets from various voices, including a tramp, a rich man, and a poor man, each questioning life’s satisfaction. The pieces contrast wealth, poverty, and happiness, ending with a moral about human desire and the restless mind.
Scribner's May Issue Features Adventurous Outdoor Pieces
Scribner's Magazine May issue offers picturesque varied content with outdoor articles full of action and adventure. It includes "In the Steamers' Track" by William Perry Northrup detailing a cruise on the New York pilot boat David Carll and a daring tow attempt, plus "Salmon Angling on the Restigouche" by a keen sportsman observer celebrating nature.
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Scribner’s
William Perry Northrup
New York
David Carll
Restigouche
Aucassin and Nicolette as World’s Oldest Novel
James Payn quoted in London News notes Aucassin and Nicolette written about 757 years ago in France as a pure love story with rich incidents. The hero refuses a profession, longs for Nicolette, and contemplates Paradise versus the other place with a skeptical late medieval tone.
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James Payn
London News
Aucassin
Nicolette
France
Papas
Paradise
Letitia Tyler Semple One Time Nurse And President’s Daughter
Mrs Letitia Tyler Semple daughter of the late President Tyler is nearly blind and lives at the Louise Home in Washington D C She is a handsome dignified woman with a profile resembling her father and white hair worn in curls She was the first woman to enter a hospital as a nurse during the war.
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W. H. Jones
New York
United States
Mr. Jones
Atlantic
Pacific
Jones
Philadelphia
Roscoe Conkling
James G. Blaine
James A. Beaver
John T. Hoffman
Wilbur F. Story
Chicago
George W. Childs
William M. Singerly
Philip D. Armour
M. Depew
U. S. Grant
David Dudley Field
William M. Evarts
John Jacob Astor
William H. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
George Vanderbilt
Jay Gould
Whitelaw Reid
Carl Schurz
William B. Dinsmore
Adams Express Company
Marshall Field
Col
Robert G. Ingersoll
Col. Ingersoll
Henry Ward Beecher
Rollin M. Squire
John A. Logan
Robert T. Lincoln
Gov. Foraker
Ohio
John Rosen
George M. Pullman
Murat Halstead
Napoleon
Bishop Potter
A. J. Drexel
Potter Palmer
Charles A. Dana
Carter Harrison
Ferdinand Ward
Samuel J. Tilden
Macaulay
New Orleans
E. A. Burke
General Logan
J. Pierrepont Morgan
Benjamin Harris Brewster
Audubon
William Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Baldwin
Detroit
Beauregard
J. R. G. Pitkin
Sheridan
John Wentworth
Gov. Hoadly
John McCulloguh
John T. Raymond
Bartley Campbell
Mme
Patti
Lawrence Barrett
Edwin Booth
Henry Irving
Mary Anderson
Maggie Mitchel
Ellen Terry
Cleveland
James A. Garfield
Gov. Hill
Julia Ward Howe
Clara Louise Kellogg
Washington
Letitia Tyler Semple
President Tyler
Louise
Washington, D. C
Semple
Taxidermist Breeds Owls To Meet Demand In New Jersey
A New Jersey taxidermist raises owls to supply modern requests from collectors and museums. The practice draws interest from local wildlife groups while highlighting niche market demand and ethical questions surrounding the breeding of birds of prey.
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New Jersey
Brace Up With Electric Bitters Cure
Feeling low with poor appetite and headaches seek a lasting lift not a stimulant. Electric Bitters purify the blood enhance liver and kidney action and restore vitality, available for 50 cents a bottle at Morck Drug Store.
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Morck Drug Store
Reading bargain offered by Warren Mail and Press combo
An advertisement touts a combined offer for Warren Mail and Philadelphia Weekly Press at $1.75, urging readers to subscribe to both now for best value.
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Warren Mail
Phila. Weekly Press
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E. Cowan & Co
E.cowan
W.cowan
D. Cowan
Warren County
C. W. Stone, W. E. Rice
NHAS
A. Peterson
Notary Public
Beaty Block
Aoe & CO
Qneida Market
Liberty Street
A F. Bole
Wright Block
Centre Street
Bowman & Bole
Rn E. Harrison
Western Lands
Water Street
Youn F. McPherson
Water
Hickory Sts
Pz D. Clark
Attorney AT Law
Verback Block
Wee Freeman
W. V. N. Yates
L. G. Noyes’ Drug Store
A. McAlpine
Merck’s
Freeman
W. G. Trunkey
Gamit & Trunkey
Attorneys AT Law
Judge Scofield
Echange Hotel
Geo. H. Leonhart
A. Greaves
Muel T. Neill
Exchange Block
Crawford, Forest
Venango
H. J. Muse
Johnson’s Exchange
Oe & Cable
Dinsmoor
JAS. Cable
Etmore, Noyes & Hinckley
Second Street
W.D. Hinckley
L. D. Wetmore
H. Noyes
BA ™ & Thompson
D. J. Ball
Ilbur & Schnur
LAW
Front Street
W. Wilbur
WM. Schnur
Johnson's Exchange
Story
P. Johnson
W. M. Lindsey
J. D. Parmlee
Solicitors of Patents
Second
Allen
Savings Banks
W ’Sevings
L. F. Watson
B. Nesmith
A.J. Hazeltline
Cashier
Drrectors
Ll. F. Watson
O. H. Hunter
A.J. Hazeltine
Dunham
L. R. Freeman
James Clark
Ohn Rowland
C. &e-Shop
Hickory St
Local Directory
Warren County Agricultural Association
Railroad Guide
Philadelphia & Erie
R. BR
R. R
Express Express
Punkirk
Allegheny Val
Pittsb
Sunagay
P. O
Morocco
Invincible
Williams
Admiralty
Philip Bourke Marston
Fred Nye
Mail Job Office
Min
Harry
Sargent
Hitch and Kick
Omaha
Boston Post
Ham
Mary Walker
T.— Blizzard
Richmond
Religious Herald
John
Norwich Bulletin
Burlington Free Press
Peoria
Bridget
Harper’s Bazar
New York Sun
Bramm
Meadville
Puck
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