07 May 1890
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1890
Page
1
Grand opening advertisement touts spring stock in dry goods carpets and dress goods at D Shearfrs. Highlights include cottage hall and tapestry carpets, embroideries and white goods, spring wraps and cloaks, wash fabrics and silks with unbeatable prices.
The Warren County Farmer's Club meets in Warren at the Court House on the last Saturday of each month at 1 p.m. President W. B. Acocks, Secretary Willis Cowan, Treasurer B. J. Morris. All farmers are invited to attend.
A survey of world era systems and their start points. It lists the Abrahamic, Augustus, Tyre, Antioch, Hegira, Chinese, Nabonnassar, Hindu, Kal Yug, Persian, Persian reform, French Republic, Jewish, Constantinople, and Russian calculations, noting start dates and influential events. The text traces how eras anchor years to events, rulers, or creation.
A survey of oddities and curiosities includes an empress’s reforms in China metaphor, Hubbard Ohio hotel boast, a Cleveland parson wedding venue claim, Iowa governors since 1859 with only one Democrat, an epitaph in Blairsville Pennsylvania praising honesty, Italian bank-note production in the United States, a CalicoRNA judge’s colossal night blooming cereus, a 30 foot pink coral from Japan worth about fifteen thousand dollars, and a trend of carrying diverse pets in public.
Fragmented verse describes a deceased person’s memories and a scattering of belongings sent back by a departed loved one. The speaker mutters about jewelry, silverware, and gifts once owned, speculating who may have sent items, amid a mix of reverent and querulous tones.
A youth embraces ambition to forge a glorious name in life and set a lasting legacy through effort and courage. The lines point to a vow to strive and achieve, echoing a noble resolve to be remembered.
A Columbus Dispatch poem fragment recalls a weary hunter returning home. He blames the dog for the failed hunt, while a rail fence and a fired shotgun foreshadow a grim twist. The verse ends with a promise to meet again.
A poem excerpt describes Priscilla a village maid famed for her beauty. Her father left trade and city life. Among country swains none win her favor as she flaunts suitors and mimics their sighs.
A writer compares society to a tree orchard tended by female nurserymen and argues for extending universal suffrage. The piece critiques male rule and urges laws to empower women, asserting guarding freedom and republican ideals depend on women’s equal participation.
The Skandin ar, a Norwegian paper in Duluth Minnesota, urges open hearing on woman suffrage, arguing men and women have long debated the issue and stressing the need to consider both its supporters and opponents.
Reports on early suffrage advocacy in England and Boston events. Notes on Christiania school council with mixed gender. Waco Texas female superintendent praised. Belgium allows women in medicine and pharmacy but bans law. Indian Zenana testimony plan features two women commissioners. Manta Mircueut supports suffrage with geometry analogy. New York City leprosy society forms Women’s Branch aiding Molokai with regular meetings and updates.
The text recounts the mythic death of Kenith king of Scotland by a booby statue set to kill with arrows, after he sought a golden apple in its hand. It also notes a machinist sinking into a barrel of printers ink when stepping onto a covered shaft.
A London inventor unveils a hot water device to warm piano keys while another suggests wall paper heated by low-tension currents for a comfortable room temperature. A British device blends stilts with wheels, a veteran crafts a musical shirt, and an Irish inventor promotes a vibration reducing bicycle tire. Thief-targeting walking-sticks like the Continental lifting stick alarm shops nationwide.
A witty exchange questions women’s eligibility for Freemasonry. One woman argues about inclusion, while the other replies that Masonry aims to improve men, implying women’s membership is unnecessary. The dialogue ends with a satisfactory explanation.
Civil War veteran recalls Groveton Mayre’s Hill Fredericksburg Antietam and Winchester scenes. He describes wounds burial rites Bible photographs and moral choices of dying soldiers with vivid yet restrained detail. He also recounts Crook’s capture at Cumberland Maryland and later marriage to a captor’s sister.
The piece notes 1889 department membership of Pennsylvania at 44 613 with a yearly gain of 2 788 and Meade Post Philadelphia begins erecting Gettysburg monuments for Major Generals Meade and Hancock. It also mentions Sherman a banker and lawyer, and Ness of Searsmont Maine regaining sight after head injuries.
The Georgia Historical Society notes pikes ordered by Governor Joseph E. Brown at the start of the Civil War. Six foot seven inch wooden shafts with four iron bands and an eighteen inch blade, spring loaded to deploy. Sent to Savannah for Fort Pulaski defense but never used, described as more mock war than deadly weapon.
The Mail will publish letters from all parts of the county and country if brief and properly signed. Anonymous articles will not be published.
A fragmented Europe gossip piece notes rulers and royals in Europe. Tur King of Greece valued among royalties. Emperor William portrait shows bracelet. Turkish ruler urged to exercise. Avusta gifts gold bracelet. Victoria travels with lavish retinue. Czar morphia use. Kaiser William conducts Sunday services. Empress Avanata lauded for arts and wounds relief. Naples heir startled by a Kodak amid Roman traffic.
Australia has produced 130 volumes on scientific subjects. Grorox Extor’s letter paper warns “You are ettested to burn this etter when read.” Emitz ZoLaA reportedly cleared $100000 from Nana first issued in 1879. A LeaprxG Queensland paper asks readers to correct reading of a previous issue. French translations of Earth and Man appear, and a $500 gambling tale prize is offered by the British Sunday-school Union.
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