Grand Golden Mining Company Disaster Strikes Wealthy Circle
Lil Pommery's wary sister Rose mocks a financial bubble as the Grand Consolidated Golden Mining Company collapses. Phil Barrada comforts Lil after a thwarted fortune, revealing his love and a costly jewel casket as her marriage gift.
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WummMg Enterprise Cauea
Grand Golden Mining Company
Lil
Herusband
Rose
Grand Consolidated Golden Mining Company
John Pommery
Phil Barrada
Tam
Phil
Barrada
Papa
Marriage Gift Turns Tense in High Society Deception
Phil Barrada plans a wedding with Lil Pommery after Rose abandons him for another man. Banker John Pommery, deep in debt, agrees to the union to settle obligations, while Rose returns as a widow seeking Barrada's wealth. Four years later Lil is educated and settled. Rose resents the arranged marriage and longings for wealth as Barrada disarms scandal with gifts and travel.
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Phil Barrada
John Pommery
Barrada
Phil
Rose Pommery
Pommery
Rose
Lil Pommery
Mr. Pommery
Lil
Papa
Rose Pommery Stratton
Respect for the Aged Urged by Fireside Journal
A Fireside Journal piece laments disrespect toward the elderly and urges readers to treat aged parents with patience and kindness. It notes aging affects all and urges gratitude for parental care and guidance.
Good Words On Self Rule And Social Ties
The text extols ruling oneself as the grandest empire and links calm conduct to greatness. It counsels avoiding revenge for injuries and healing disputes, praising brave leaders who endure risky paths. It condemns resting on others’ labors as cowardly.
Local aide scarce as Aspinwall suffers street hardships
An officer of the U S steamship Galena laments Aspinwall conditions. He describes strangers taken ill dying in the street without aid, blaming residents' weariness and heartlessness from constant exposure to hardship.
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United States
Galena
Aspinwall
French As She Is Spoke Explained and Milliner's Notes
A glossary of French culinary terms with definitions from Aspic to Vol au vents, presented as an excerpt from a Good Housekeeping notes. Catherine Owen’s style advocates practical training for girls, arguing educated women improve families and society, urging kitchen education for a stronger nation.
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Catherine Owen
Fashion Notes: Ruchings, Turbans, Sashes and Lace Collars
The piece describes current dress trends with white nainsock ruchings and side ruche in pink blue yellow or red. Oil of geranium for insects, Russian turbans, linen collars and cuffs returning to fashion, Viola sash by Ellen Terry, crepe scarfs, red shoes with red stockings, lace breakfast caps, and decorative ribbon sets with satin beads and elaborate crape plastrons.
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Ellen Terry
Call for practical training of girls in business education
An exchange writer urges broad business education for girls to prepare them for family life and life’s battles. He argues girls are as capable as boys when young but fall behind without practical study of work and finances. He calls for home and school to teach daily life skills and honesty about the world.
Women as Architects for Better Homes and Usefulness
The Southern Woman argues for women to enter architecture, citing costly homes with impractical kitchens and noting women possess practical knowledge of convenience and economy. It suggests women would design more comfortable dwellings and expand their talents into professional work.
Nature as teacher for farmers and children in a 19th century essay
A wide ranging excerpt extols Nature as the primary educator for farmers and youths, likening plant and animal life, detailing plant functions from roots to leaves, and urging hands on lessons from maple sap to potatoes. It then surveys varied news items: G A R encampment in San Francisco, Arthur’s sleeplessness, Fredericksburg local option, Missouri Pacific trouble, underground Chicago wires, bogus butter claims, boycotts in New York, a Mississippi levee break, Pittsburg gas impact, Fremont memoir plan, a Washington office-seeker tale, a Mount Alton disaster with Italian workers, and Long John Wentworth’s health regimen.
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Chicago
House Committee On Agriculture
New York
Helena
Ark
Pittsburg
Fremont
Washington
Mount Alton
McKean County
John Wentworth
Growing Vines For Window Cultivation
Indoor vine cultivation requires little care and adds charm to walls. Water growing works for trailing varieties using a bottle or hyacinth glass with charcoal to keep water pure. English ivy and Tradescantia thrive. T repens vittata and related species suit water growth. Umbrella ferns and sweet potato vines also adapt well.
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Everthing
China
Earth
Fannie S. Benson
A Child With Two Brains Autopsy Finds Rare Condition
A month old baby with a forehead swelling died before surgery. Dr Janeway performed an autopsy at Bellevue hospital morgue revealing a second brain growing outside the skull connected by a thin bone fissure. The specimen was preserved in alcohol.
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Bellevue Hospital
Janeway
M. Y. Tribune
Manchester Examiner Replies on Earl de Grey Courtesy Title
A reader asks if Earl de Grey is heir to the Marquis of Ripon. The paper says he is only a courtesy title and that in law he is plain Mr Robinson. The Marquis of Ripon objects and demands the journal stop sending him notices.
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Manchester
Eng
Earl de Grey
Marquis of Ripon
Robinson
Marais
Lord Ripon
Manchester Examiner
Skilled Hand Cigar Makers Fewer in New York
In New York City about 15,000 cigar makers exist. only 300 work by hand, while the rest use molds, and the molded cigars are regarded as inferior.
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New York City
Which Baking Powder Should We Use
The article argues for Royal Baking Powder as the only pure option free from lime alum or phosphatic acid. It cites chemists and tests showing Royal is chemically pure and healthful, while cheaper powders contain harmful additives. It notes the Royal process refines cream of tartar, with Professor McMurtrie confirming Royal’s purity.
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Royal
Chandler
Habirshaw
New York Times
Royal Baking Powder Company
McMurtrie
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Royal Baking Powder
No License Yet But Liquor Readily Available in Butier
The court rules against issuing a license in Butier on April 27 but liquor remains accessible. Several locations operate clubs sending for beer from Pittsburg, with some outlets receiving four to five cases daily. Doctors now issue one day prescriptions for alcoholic drinks.
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Butier
Pittsburg
Diagram of U S spending on schools church saloons
An illustrated chart shows public schools consuming seventy-nine white squares, church and mission work fifteen and five half squares, and saloons nine hundred forty four dark squares, each square equals one million dollars. The estimate is by Dr Hargraves of Philadelphia author of Our Wasted Resources.
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Hargraves
Philadelphia
Abolish the saloon, a call to end vice and tax burden
The speaker argues the saloon robs patrons by giving no value for money, injures moral character, raises taxes on sober citizens, preys on boys, and funds crime. He urges the community to abolish the liquor trade as a cancer on society and a school of vice.
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United States
Tropical Spray for Hair Growth and Baldness
An original and scientific vegetable compound promising safe, certain hair and moustache growth. Advertises its own efficacy with rising demand and invites readers to request a circular from Tropical Spray Co. in Fredonia, New York. sold by L. G. Noyes, Druggist in Warren, Pennsylvania.
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Tropical Spray Co
Fredonia
N. Y
L. G. Noyes
Warren, Pa
Spinner Hardware Cuts Prices In Diamond Block Sale
Local store run by Wm. Spinner at No. 254 Diamond Block advertises lower rents enabling cheaper goods than competitors. The note positions the hardware dealer as offering value due to reduced overhead.
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Wm. Spinner
Whatsoever a man sows shall he reap in nations and states
The article argues that collective actions shape social outcomes. It warns that communities permitting saloons invite ruinous results like drunkenness, poverty, and crime, while restraint builds responsibility and safety.
Law of God Links Cause and Effect in Society
A quotation asserts that a community that sponsors drunkenness will inevitably face its consequences, claiming an unavoidable law of divine justice governing social outcomes.
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God
Comparison of Churches and Saloons in States and Territories
An OCR fragment shows counts of churches and saloons by state and territory. It notes 33 of 47 states and territories have more saloons than churches, with figures for California New York Massachusetts Pennsylvania South Carolina Vermont Alabama Maine and others.
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Colum
California
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Vermont
Alabama
Maine
Rev C H Mead to Speak in Warren May 19 20
Tor W O T U brings Rev C H Mead to Warren for two lectures May 19 and 20. Mead, once here two years ago, is a persuasive speaker active against liquor in the South and now touring from Canada. Citizens urged to attend and consider the liquor question beyond politics amid calls to end drunkenness and its harms.
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Tor W. O. T. U
C. H. Mead
Warren
Right to Extirpate the Monster Evil, Toledo Blade Opinion
The Toledo Blade argues that every parent has the right to demand the elimination of a threatening monster evil and to decide which so called businesses should exist. It contends law should preempt crime by drying up its sources and that communists have not only the right to punish criminals but to prevent crime.
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Toledo Blade
Prohibition and Prosperity: Governor’s 1885 Progress View
The text argues prohibition does not prohibit progress and imagines universal prohibition of liquor traffic would bring broader prosperity and happiness. It reflects a temperate political discussion voiced in a lay editorial style.
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Govenor Martin
Kansas
Church Assembly Rule on Liquor Making and Use
A statement from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States declares it inconsistent with Church membership to engage in or aid the manufacture sale or use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage.
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Church of Christ
T H General Assembly of
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Champion Force Pump For Sale At Ws Spixner’s
A Champion Force Pump is offered for sale at Ws Spixner’s store located at 234 Diamond Block. The advertisement highlights the pump as the best in the world and invites inquiries from potential buyers.
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Ws. Spixner
Grocer C P Henry Offers Money Saving Groceries
C P Henry, a local grocer, advertises ways to save money on groceries and invites customers to shop at his store for value and household staples.
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C. P. Henry, Grocer
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E. Cowan
Willis Cowan
Warren County
J C. Fox
Noyes’ Drug Store
Hickory Street
Manville’s
John Lauffer
Sandstrom
LL & Tltos
Liberty Street
Shaver
CG. W. King
Axchange Hotel
Geo. H. Leonhart
Water Street
Leverh House
Frank Metzgar
Than Ae Painting
W. A. Greaves
Walsh
P.O
Dentis
Berkstresser & McAlpine
Merck’s
Carver House
T. Richard B. Stewart
Corner Second and
Liberty Sts
R. J. M. Davies
Baptist Church
Ww. Rice
Beaty Block
Attorneys AT Law
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Allen Block
Second & Liberty Streets
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Eae T. Neill
Exchange Block
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Venango Counties
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G. Trunkey
Osmer, Dale & Freeman
Scofield
MUSE
Attorney AT Law
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Dinsmoor
JAS. Cable
Etmore, Noyes & Hinckley
Second Street
W. D. Hinckley
L. D. Wetmore
H. Noyes
W.D. Hinckley
Thompson
D. I. Ball
Notary Public
Ilbur & Schnur
LAW
Front Street
W. W. Wilbur
W. W. Stone
WM. Schnur
Rown & Stone
First National Bank
H. E. Brown
R. Brown
Story
P. Johnson
W. M. Lindsey
J. C. Parmlee
Citizens National Bank
Myron Waters
Francis Henry
Geo. N. Pakmlee
David L. Gerould
Capital
M. Waters
F. Henry
H. A. Jamieson
V. Davis
W.D.D. Brown
A. Hertzel
Geo. N. Parmlee
A. T. Scofield
J.K. Ronne
Variety Hall
Handy Family Atlas
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U.S
America
Eden
Louise Grant
Good Housekeeping
Atlas
FE. Cowan & CO
Ty Wearren
Strothers, Wells & CO
Beech Street
R. R
James Nixon
Warren Pa
H.S. Thomas
Wood & Thomas
SOAL
Liberty
Qpairstow
Fisher Block
Methodist Society
Olney & Bean
Marathon
Buena Vista County
Lowa
A. Siggins
D. H. Siggins
Third Street
Library
Fireside Journal
Svivuluiy Spressen
Our
Architecture For Women
Boy In Nature
C. L. Allen
G. A. R. National
San Francisco
Arthur
Fredericksburg
Missouri Pacific
Vilas
Butler
Congress of the
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