03 May 1881
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1881
Page
1
Dick Hope and wife Mary Hope survive a devastating tornado that wipes Pringle's Flat from the map after a day spent visiting Dan's Rock and a river journey. The couple, miraculously spared, recount their terrifying ride and the town's destruction as they praise their survival and pray.
Public notice lists post office closing times after April 19 1881 for various regions and routes including Corry Mendyilie and P. & E. way mail to eastern and western Pennsylvania. It also names local officials such as Town Council members Burgess school directors assessors justices of the peace constable notaries public and other local officers.
A compiled roster of district and county offices with names and towns: Congressman L. F. Watson Warren PA. State Senator J. W. Lee Franklin VA. Assemblyman W. B. Benedict Enterprise. President Judge W. D. Brown Warren PA. Associate Judges W. B. Acocks Pittsfield PA and W. W. Connely Deerfield PA. Sheriff Theodore Chase Warren PA. Prothonotary Jos A Weible Warren PA. Register & Recorder A W W Jackson and Geo W Kinnear Deputy Warren PA. Treasurer F M Knapp Warren PA. County Commissioners Benjamin Ellis Sugar Grove James Roy Warren and W H Maultby Eldred. Surveyor D F A Wheelock Lottsville PA. Coroner H K Siggins Warren PA. District Attorney C C Thompson Tidioute CO. Auditors Critt Marsh Corydon IN F Wright Freehold and W W Kembie Tidioute. County Superintendent N Thompson Sugar Grove PA.
Lutheran service times 11 AM and 7 39 PM with Sunday school 9 30 AM Baptist service times 11 AM and 7 50 PM with Sabbath school 10 AM Presbyterian services 11 AM 7 30 PM Sabbath school 12 50 PM Episcopal 11 AM 7 30 PM Sabbath school 12 30 PM Meritoprist 11 AM 7 30 PM Sabbath school 12 30 PM Evangelical 11 AM 7 30 PM Sabbath school 10 AM Scandinavian services first and third Sundays 10 30 AM and 7 PM Catholic services Sundays 7 30 and 10 50 AM with Vespers 4 PM
Fraternal groups in Warren list regular meeting times and venues. Includes Warren Juvenile Temple No 29 Knights of Honor Coonam and Allen, Allegheny Lodge 1308 K of H, Warren Council Templar, Mutual Protective Association, LOPGE No 52 K of H, Carroll Lodge AOUW, Northern Star Lodge 241 AYM, Occidental HRA Chapter 235, Conewango Lodge 25 IOGT, Warren Lodge 339 IOOF, Kossuth Encampment 98 IOOF, and D O H Robert Blumconn No 249 with Thursday meetings at P ot.
In the morning light Dick Hope drives his bride Mary and her mother in a new buggy to Pringle's Flat. Eldest Mr Hope recalls a past storm while Dick negotiates the mare’s value, claiming she can go seven hundred dollars but settling for two hundred twenty one to prove the ride. The scene blends weather lore, family banter, and a hopeful start to the couple's honeymoon amid prairie sunrise imagery.
Reprinted notes survey Gettysburg relics. China tea root risk. Danville asylum delays. Elmira shopper jests twenty five pins for three cent stamp. silk industry growth in Scranton Allentown and Pennsylvania. Judge Tourgee sales reach 260 000 to 270 000 for A Fool’s Errand and 80 000 for Bricks Without Straw in three months. Oregon drink costs and licensing. six month publication of license applicants. cigarette production growth 1879 238 000 000 1880 408 000 000 tax debate. Presbyterian wine use about 200 barrels yearly plus church use totaling several thousand barrels.
In letters from Ely Bros. druggists Cawe go New York and W A Conover Newark New Jersey and W E Hamman Easton Pennsylvania testimonials claim Ely s Cream Balm cures catarrh hay fever and related ailments with rapid sales and high regard despite cautions about patent medicines. The Newark quote notes a personal nine year old son cured of catarrh.
A veteran reporter laments gossip and stereotypes about press workers. He recalls social press questions about his work and wonders why society assumes reporters only know shop news, noting reporters also value ordinary life moments off duty.
Mark Twain contributes to a Boston fair appeal against cruelty to children. He criticizes the society as misguided and quips that a Prevention of Cruelty to Fathers would inspire him to write a book. The humor centers on his sleepless baby downstairs and a faulty burglar alarm.
The quote argues men judge by deeds over self pity. It contrasts a farmer and merchant placing quality goods and crops, claiming true value lies in outward behavior rather than inner fault. It emphasizes integrity shown in daily conduct.
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