08 May 1889
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1889
Page
1
Domestic and dress goods departments, white goods, linens and housekeeping goods, woolen department, gloves and hosiery, underwear, laces and trimmings, ribbons, buttons. Store bulletin lists specialty areas likely for merchandising and customer guidance.
The roster names Burgess-August and August town officials including P J Bayer and W S Leftard as council members, J A Schofield as clerk, A S Dalrymple as constable, Geo C Hamilton as surveyor, and school directors Rev W A Rankin James Clark Chas Dinsmoor F M Knapp W J Alexander F H Langworthy, with Justices Geo O Cornelius and J F McPherson among the peaceJustices of the area.
Congressmen and state officials named from Warren and surrounding towns including Warren Pa O Allen Thompson Brown Barker Merritt Fuellhart Arird Briggs Yates and commissioners Robinson Clinton Russell Meacham Wheelock Whitcomb Dunkle Gunning Pelton Mooney Putnam with locations Warren Scofield Sheffield Bear Lake Grand Valley Lottsville Stoneham Lottsville and Lottsville identified.
A garbled OCR fragment lists assorted times such as 11:20pm 11:26 pm 11:37 pm 1147 pm 11:53 pm 2:08 pm 12:55 pm with stray letters e and gh, lacking context or clear events. No coherent narrative or identifiable entities are discernible from the snippet.
A terse timetable fragment lists Express arrivals and departures between Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Rail Road stations. Mentions Eastern Standard service with north and south directions, various arrival times including Sunday schedules, and multiple express runs such as 10:45 pm 10:15 pm 6:35 pm and 5:31 pm.
A roundup of prominent women including Mrs. Hangison amid gossip, Mrs. Newton in Toronto a Crimean nurse, Mme Reyer editor of a Belgian magazine, Carmen Sylva, and Mrs. ExvizA Webster. Also notes Empress Frederick’s wealth, Mrs. Astor’s dinners, Florence Waren’s literary shift, Kate Fieip’s Prohibition lecture prop, Amelie Rives-Chanler’s visitors, and Mrs. Oliphant’s Windsor home and queenly praise.
A survey notes glaciers move four times faster in summer than winter. Reports mention new explosives from carbolic acid and a camphor sulphuric acid process yielding India ink. Notes on Ponvernepresin oxidation risk and the ocean’s cold bulk water. Pepper seeds from Cayenne and Zanzibar are used for ground chili. A London cartoon quip remarks women as riddles.
Fragmented OCR lists times and place names including Oil City, Franklin, Warren, Tidioute, Kinzua, and others. It shows a stream of Eastern Time stamps and station or stop names with no coherent narrative or clear event.
The notice lists local church services with pastors and times: Presbyterian Rev R S Holmes at 7:00 PM and Sunday school at 12:30. Methodist Rev J N Fradenburgh at 7:00 PM and 12:45. Episcopal Rev A W Ryan at 10:00 AM and 7:00 PM with 12:30 Sunday school. Baptist Rev W C King with 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM services and 12:30 Sunday school plus Wednesday 7:30 prayer meeting. Lutheran Rev Ph Doerr at 11:00 AM and 7:00 PM with Sunday school 9:30.
A poem by Eben E. Rexford urges active living and seizing daily opportunities. It contrasts dreamers who wait for a perfect moment with those who act now, noting that chance arrives quietly and passes quickly unless acted upon.
A Kentucky murder case unfolds from circumstantial evidence. Graham, a young suitor, faces accusations until a dog’s past wound and a stolen saddle reveal an insider culprit. Foster confesses as the motive turns from jealousy to robbery, and Graham is cleared while Foster is hanged. The tale emphasizes how accidental clues and human bias shape justice.
An analysis of longevity across nations and groups based on English standards. Clergy longevity is high in England, with low death rates among Established Church clergy. Insurance data show life expectancy improvements in temperate regions, and immigration patterns may influence U.S. longevity trends relative to Europe.
Guidance on consuming milk for invalids and infants. Milk digests better when taken with bread or cheese, forming smaller curds and aiding gastric digestion. Bread slows intake, prevents bulky curd, and improves nutrient absorption.
John P. Duke recalls Civil War days in Independence Missouri and explains how Kansas Jayhawkers earned the nickname Red Legs. He describes a wartime raid where Jennison’s men took 120 red dyed sheepskins, later worn as loggins, inspiring the enduring term used for the Union fighters.
A Boston tale says Harvard students, eager to retaliate against police, carried a barber’s pole through streets after buying a receipt. Repeatedly stopped and arrested for stealing a barber’s pole, they were released as a general notice advised police not to molest the group.
In the Chicago Journal exchange a daughter presses her father as he reveals a husband for Miss Van Setemup. He notes the suitor is immensely wealthy but not talented, cultured, or educated, yet the daughter eagerly accepts.
Humorous dialogue from a Chicago Herald excerpt shows Mr and Mrs Simpkins arguing over bonnet wear as she prepares to remove her hat. The piece notes social expectations about spring fashion and propriety within a household.
A miscellany item lists a lame hawk aiding Farmer Hodge in Millsville Nebraska to drive cows home, plus quirky notes: Augusta Maine residents sickened by direct electric light, a Volapuk Gettysburg speech recited in Middletown New York, and other oddities including a turtle with an inscription, a Western young woman offering lessons and mending, and a bird dropped thread found in an apple.
Advice on tree and shrub care urging valuable sort over appearance, use ashes as fertilizer, propagate shrubs by cuttings, remove decayed branches, transplant with sun angle, avoid Maxons near roots, protect roots from freezing, keep roots moist after transplant, trim cutting bottoms slant, burn rubbish to avoid pests, plant small trees with robust roots for earlier bearing, set deeply enough to settle, transplanting reduces moisture and health similar to fever.
Practical tips for wood and metal care including linseed oil, ale and muriatic acid mix, copper nitrate coloring, and soapstone use. Also notes on screws loosening, glue dipping, and wood preservatives. Plus training thoughts on sharpening with glycerine and spirits and a discussion of shooting star light as static electricity. It also covers muscle function, massage, and electricity as a nerve aid, tying physiology to nutrition and energy.
A collection of antiquarian notes traces muff fashion to three hundred years ago, notes on George I era courtiers, Pythagorean symbolism of the number three, early English glass in 668, ancient bells usage, Shakespeare name variants, Roman street lighting absence, kissing customs in England, a Meerschaum pipe tale, and the famed kiss of Queen Margarette Alain Chartier to a sleeping poet, with a closing aphorism on the kiss.
Costiveness is the primary cause of much disease. Dr. Henry Baxter's Man drake Bitters will permanently cure costiveness. Every bottle warranted. Morris & Mullen, N. C. Allen.
Well supplied with power presses and a variety of type. Skilled printers offer first class job printing plus legal blanks kept on hand or printed to order. Prices low and satisfaction guaranteed. The Mart is entered for second class mail at Warren Post Office.
A ragbag of quips and puns on lawyers, husbands, romance, and daily life. Jests range from a horse buyer’s mood to a floor walker’s business, with exchanges about marriage, manners, and the old world values. Strong lineups of names, roles, and social scenes appear in compact vignettes.
A contrarian column jokes about home life without staying near it, notes on leaf sugar, and society’s odd tastes. It muses on debtors, longevity by gender, and real estate deeds being more word than deed. A Boston critic belittles modern poetry as rot. The piece ends with a jab at lazy neighbors avoiding sidewalk duties.
This advertisement asserts an easy path to life’s joys and claims Electric Bitters restore good digestion, banish dyspepsia, and improve liver and kidney health. It promotes the product as a universal remedy, priced at 50 cents and one dollar, sold by Morris & Mullen.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertised as best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corn and all skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Price 25 cents per box. Available at Morck Drug Store.
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