Warren County Fair Association Announces 1885 Dates
Warren County Fair at Warren set for September 8 9 and 11 1885 with President Geo P Orr Secretary Willis Cowan Treasurer George Ensworth and several directors including Chas Lott C H Wiltsie W B Acccks Philip Seichrist and J P Samuelson listed.
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Warren
Geo. P. Orr
Willis Cowan
George Ensworth
Chas. Lott
C. H. Wiltsie
W. B. Acccks
Philip Seichrist
J. P. Samuelson
No Life Too Short to Serve a Higher Good
A Flora Joy Frost poem reflects on purpose in sun and rain, urging duty over idle hours. It speaks of seasonal fruitage, enduring faith, and living to fulfill divine pleasure. The piece encourages hopeful hearts, warm smiles, and steadfast prayer amid sorrow.
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Flora Joy Frost
Needing Formal Roles and Meeting Time for Association
The document lists officers including President Rev W A Rankin First Vice President Geo P Orr Second Vice President George Ball Secretary Willis Cowan Treasurer A Hertzel and directors Fred Morck A Mintzer M Cogswell W Stone A J Davis A Kirberger Jas Nixon P J Bayer T W McNett. The regular monthly meeting is on the second Friday at 8 PM in the Council room.
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W. A. Rankin
Geo. P. Orr
George Ball
Willis Cowan
A. Hertzel
Fred Morck
A. Mintzer
Ss. M. Cogswell
W. Stone
A.J. Davis
A. Kirberger
Jas
Nixon
P. J. Bayer
T. W. McNett
Community meetings schedule across churches
Temperance gatherings are held on the first and third Thursdays each month at 3 PM in the Lecture Room of the Presbyterian Church. A Bible reading occurs on the second Thursday at 3 PM in the Baptist Church, and a Mother's meeting is set for the fourth Thursday at 5 PM in the M E Church.
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Presbyterian Church
Baptist Church
Mother's
M. E
Laban Lodge
Allen Block
Kossuth
Carroll Lodge
A. O
U. W
Ball
Warren Savings Bank
Warren Lodge
U. W. Hall
Emory Lover
I. O
G. T. Hall
Rogpert Blum Lopge
Town Officials Named in Local Election List
Burgess C C Thompson serves as town council member along with S M Cogswell F M Knapp and others. Clerk F A Cogswell. School Directors include K P King Geo Pasworth C Dinsmoor and Rev W A Rankin. Assessor G H Ames. Justices Geo O Cornelius R Schnur. Constable S E Walker. Notaries Public D J Ball A E Brown C Dinsmoor O F Hoffman Otro Nesmith W D Hinckley.
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G. H. Ames
Justices of the Peace
Geo. O. Cornelius
R Schnur
Constable
S. E. Walker
Notaies Public
D.J. Ball
A. E. Brown
C. Dinsmoor
O. F. Hoffman
Otro Nesmith
W. D. Hinckley
Local officials listed for Warren County Pennsylvania
Congressmen and state officials named including W L Scott and J W Lee with Warren area judges, sheriffs, clerks, treasurer and commissioners. Also listed are surveyor D F A Wheelock and coroner J L Burroughs, district attorney G H Higgins, auditors N P Curtis W O Martin F E Fay and county superintendent C D Arird among others.
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W. L. Scott
Erie
J. W. Lee
Franklin
Henry Brace
Warren
W. D. Brown
P. W Brown
Warmington Park
P. King
Sherif
E. A. Allen
Jos. A. Weible
Register and Recorder
W. J. Alexander
C. H. McAuley
M. Drocker
Youngsville
T. L. Putnam
Russell
Joseph Clinton
Sheffield
F. A. Cogswell
D. F. A. Wheelock
Lottsville
J. L. Burroughs
Sugar Grove
G. H. Higgins
Warren, Co
Audicors
N. P. Curtis
Conewango
W. 0. Martin
Elk
F. E. Fay
Farmington
C. D. Arird
Transit Schedule Fragments for West Erie Route
Partial timetable shows arrivals and departures among Erie Ace Sheffield Ace Warren Exp Oil Express and Erie Mail. Times listed include 7 45 am 7 50 am 9 10 am 10 08 am 12 06 pm 12 pm 3 29 pm 4 6 pm and 5 39 pm with Kane Acc noted.
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Erie Ace
Shef
Warren Exp
Sheffield Ace
Shefield Ace
Oil Express
Erie Mail
Wrie Mail
Kane Acc
Corry
Erie
Bradford
Dunkirk
Sheffield
Easton P. & EE
Sugar Grove
Lander
Kinzua
Cornplanter
Corydon
Onoville
Steamburg
Germany
Alden
The Haunted Room in a Georgian Hall Ghost Tale
A governess Miss Lucas travels to Yoxley Hall to teach May Rossel. She encounters romance with Herman Rossel, dark hints from Flora, and whispers of a haunted room. A spectral white lady appears at night with a dagger, then vanishes, leaving Miss Lucas frightened and unsettled.
Practice Question Frays Tense Conversation
Mr. Rossel asks about a practice while the speaker pleads to avoid one, their frightened plea surprising the other man’s handsome face. The exchange hints at tension and unseen stakes between them.
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Mr. Rossel
Education Notes Across States and Institutions
The article surveys 1830s to 1880s education topics. It notes Michigan University enrolls 1 554 students, Pittsburg opens a newsboy school, and per pupil costs in common schools range from 1.06 dollars to 8 75? cents. It mentions salary ranges for Pennsylvania county superintendents, Heidelberg University rejecting funds to admit women, and agricultural college appropriations in Wisconsin and Minnesota. It observes teachers from Millersville Normal School among many superintendents, and Philadelphia public schools teaching sewing to 7 000 girls biweekly as an industrial shift. It ends with satirical remarks about ex-officials’ children and a cabinet member’s family.
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Michigan University
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
University of Heidleberg
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Millersville Normal School
Philadelphia
Prominent figures noted in varying fortunes and plans
Miss Mary Anderson will not return to the country before October. Adeline Patti sails for Europe and Patti has appeared forty times this season earning four thousand dollars per appearance. Christine Nilsson plans to sing at the Trocadero in Paris next month for charity. Mrs Langtry adds ten thousand to her New York real estate holdings, totaling one hundred thirty five thousand. Florence Nightingale remains active aiding wounded soldiers in the Soudan at age sixty five. Johnson the runner becomes US champion after beating Hagerty in a six feet two hundred twenty five yard dash. Gen McClellan will visit Antietam battlefield for Decoration Day, his first since the battle. Miss Endicott praised as one of Washington's most beautiful women. Dr Newman and others credit Grant's recovery to prayer, while some newspapers suggest a miraculous escape from a syndicate of deluded doctors. Adeline Patti's departure to Europe raises concern Americans may not hear her voice here again due to age accident or disposition.
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Swindon
Yoxley Hall
Herman
Flora
Hermon
Rossel
May
Lucas
Miss Rossel
Herman Dear
Miss Lucas
Mr. Rossel
Mr. Laurence
Miss Russel
Herman Rossel
Mary Anderson
Patti
Christine Nilsson
Paris
Langtry
New York
Florence Nightingale
Soudan
Newman
Talmage
Gen. Grant
Adeline Patti
Europe
Lee s farewell to Richmond and Confederate riders return
Amid ruins and tears Lee parts from his capital two days after Appomattox. A company of unarmed Confederate horsemen rides up to Lee s home as he bids farewell to comrades, then disappears into his lonely house ending the Confederate dream.
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Lee
Richmond
Appomattox
Franklin Street
Social danger of elopements and eloping couples
A New York Herald observation warns that impulsive romances threaten young women. It argues many suitors lack character and prospects, risking heartbreak and ruined futures for brides who ignore prudence and social norms.
Descriptive Pamphlet On Climax Incubator Offered
J. L. Cousins & Co of Kane Pennsylvania will mail a free descriptive pamphlet about their Climax Incubator to any applicant postage paid.
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J. L. Cousins & Co
Kane, Pa
Largest Pine Log Load Moved by One Team
Harper's Weekly defended its depiction of a massive timber haul showing twenty logs stacked high with a driver atop the pile. The load, from Gratwick Smith Fryer Lumber Co of Tonawanda, comprised 16 foot logs scaled at 14 595 feet board measure and hauled four miles to Otsego Lake Michigan.
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Harper’s Weekly
Wisconsin
The
Weekly
Michigan
Gratwick, Smith & Fryer Lumber Company
Tonawanda
Otsego Lake
The Best Farmer Thinks Ahead and Works
A column cites a maxim on farming foresight and includes a quoted remark by Guy Min in San Francisco last week criticizing U S immigration policy as he spoke to locals about housing Americans.
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China
Kingdom of Heaven
United States
Guy Min
San Francisco
Short Stories and Snippets of Wit from The Paper
A collection of humorous excerpts including reader complaints to editors, jokes about female postmisters, a child’s tears over forgotten wants, a bookstore owner urging clear name labeling for art, and a quip about journalism being a healthy profession with aging pseudonyms like Veritas Anon One who Knows Vox Populi Justice Pro Bono Publico and X Y Z tax payer.
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Anon
Vox Populi
And
Justice
Publico
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Warren County
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Geo. N. Frazine
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Third Street
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Market
Enry Cobham
Hos. Walsh
P.O
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Attorneys At Law
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Second
Liberty Streets
D. ©. Allen
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Samuel T. Neill
Exchange Block
Crawford
Forest
Venango
Richard B. Stewart
Corner Second
Liberty Sts
Yarverk
Co. W. King
Myott
Beery & Hotel
Geo. H. Leonhart
Prop’r
Water Street
Warren Pa
Osmer, Daie & Freeman
Scofield
Warren ‘A
W G. Trunkey
Elmore, Noyes & Hinckley
Second Street
Warren, Pa
U. H. Noyes
L. D. Wetmore
C. H. Noyes
W.D. Hinckley
J. Muse
Johson’s Exchange
W. A. Greaves
Beaty Block
Bo & Thompson
D. I. Ball
Notary Public
Ilbur & Schnur
Law
Front Street
Postoffice
W.W. W. Welbur
WM. Schnur
Jrown & Stone
First National Bank
H. E. Brown
R. Brown
H. KE. Brown
Insmoor & Cable, Attorneys At Law
Dinsmoor
CABLE
Rexianner
Court House
RE. W.sealey
R.J. M. Davies
Liberty Street
Local Directory
Warren CO. Agricultural Association
A.5
Board OF Trade
GFP
Bng
Railroad Guide
Philadelphia & Erie
R. R
Eastern Standard
Buffalo
Express
Pml Express
Dunkirk, Allegheny Val
Pittsb
Sungay
MAILS
Warren P.O
Episcopal
A. W. Ryan
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E. D. Hammond
Presbyterian
Perry
Allen
W. W. Painter
Lutheran
Ph. Doerr
L. M. Boyer
N. G. Johnson
Ocarnonic
Father de la Roque
Father Berbigier
Christian Smith
Beech Street
James Nixon
Aeeeeee & Retail
Ustige
Eben N. Fore
H. Hall
Warren E. A. U
United Workmen
Woop & Thomas
COAL
PRZ
Onco
Tava & Cow Augusta
Chapter
May. “What Room Is Miss Lucas
Tam
Sarah
Nurse
Mrs. Rossel
Beethoven
Mendelssohn
Lincoln
Hatton
Farmers’ Clubs
A. B. Allen
Jones
Boston
Josh Billings
Kentucky
Louisville
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Smith
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Boswell
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N. Y. Herald
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Thomas
Sam
Arkansaw Traveler
Hwe
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