15 May 1877
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1877
Page
1
Erie to Philadelphia and back schedule details for westward and eastward trains. Notes that Erie departure times follow Philadelphia time, which is twenty minutes faster than local time. Baldwin, general superintendent, announces the winter timetable effective Sunday November 26, 1876.
A 1876 schedule shows multiple departures from Titusville Grand Valley Garland Pittsfield Youngsville Irvington Warren Russelburg Fentonville Frewsburg Falconer's Fredonia and Dunkirk with arrivals at Buffalo and Dunkirk. Timings include 7:20 am 8:46 pm 1:10 pm 5:29 pm and 11:55 am among others. Officials listed are D. Phayer general superintendent C. A. Clute assistant superintendent and L. H. Bishop agent Warren, Pa.
An extract from the schedule shows trains east and westward, station stops including Limestone Ridge Big Tree Abbott’s Road North Collins Lawtons Hamburgh Water Valley Eden Valley and Jamestown. Superintendent C Doyle notes Pine Valley Cherry Creek Conewango Clear Creek Kennedy and Crosman area timings in a period timetable.
Rail schedule shows stations and arrival times on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern line with towns including Jamestown Meadville Ravenna Akron Toledo Chicago and Cleveland. Timings list departures and connections across divisions and dated stamps in a clipped timetable fragment.
A town roster lists Burgess and council members, clerks, assessors, directors, justices, constables, notaries, auditors and other officials. Following is a poetic piece titled The Master of the House praising the baby as central, with playful questions about work and gifts.
A full slate of county official positions is announced with names and towns. Includes Congressman A G Egbert Franklin. State Senator C W Stone Warren. Assemblyman W M Lindsey Warren. President Judge Lansing D Wetmore Warren. Associate Judges W P B Acocks Pittsfield and W W Connely Deerfield. Sheriff Henry Brace Warren. Prothonotary Starling W Waters Warren. Recorder W J Alexander Warren. Treasurer Robt E Miller Warren. County Commissioners M Dunham Enterprise, E R Wheelock Sugar Grove, J B Jennings Tidioute. County Surveyor Geo O Cornelius Warren. Coroner Sterling Green Kinzua. District Attorney Wm Schnur Warren. Auditors E A Spencer Columbus, T E Barnes Sheffield, G C James Warren. County Superintendent N R Thompson Sugar Grove.
A listing of services for multiple denominations. Presbyterian pastor Rev W A Rankin with Sunday service at 11 am and Sabbath School at 12 30 pm. Episcopal Rev H S Getz 11 am service and 12 30 pm Sabbath School. Methodist Rev R M Warren 11 30 am service and 12 50 pm Sabbath School. Evangelical Rev A Rearick 10 30 am and 7 30 pm services with 9 30 am Sabbath School. Lutheran Rev F C H Lampe 11 am and 7 30 pm services with 9 30 am Sabbath School and 3 pm English School. Scandinavian Rev J Mellander first and third Sundays 10 30 am and 7 30 pm. Catholic Rev Father De La Roque assisted by Father Mullen services every Sunday 9 30 am and 10 30 am with Vespers at 4 pm.
Local notices detail regular meetings for Laban Loner Chapter Carroll Lopes and other groups. Dates include every Monday or Wednesday evenings with locations at Burgess store Johnson's Exchange and Allen Block, plus encampment schedules and officers listed.
An advertisement extols Vegetine as a powerful alterative and tonic made from plant juices. It claims to eradicate scrofula and cancerous humors, cure skin diseases, rheumatism, ulcers, female illnesses, digestive issues, and nervous debility by purifying the blood and invigorating the whole system.
The advertisement argues VEGETINE relieves pain and cures diverse illnesses by cleansing the blood. It asserts many diseases originate in the blood and that only medicines acting on the blood can restore health, presenting VEGETINE as a decisive remedy after failed treatments.
Mrs Monroe Parker of 386 Athens Street South Boston writes from February 7 1870 praising Vegetine as a remedy for dyspepsia kidney complaint and general debility and recommends it to others. Prepared by H R Stevens Boston Mass Vegetine sold by all druggists. Mall Office notice.
A man urges a last toast to women with wine and merriment. A woman implores him to vow a woman in tears instead. She recalls how wine causes tears, loss, and ruin for women, urging abstinence and mercy over indulgence.
A veteran printer known as William Knowley dies after predicting he would end his tramp life at seventy minutes past eleven. The narrator recounts Knowley’s struggle with drink, illness, and despair, his loyalty to fellow workers, and a final village funeral that honors a man with a big heart despite a troubled life.
A satirical hymn asks Fortune to bolster a flirty woman's appearance and wealth while warding off beggars and rivals. It invokes cosmetics, fabrics, jewelry, and fashion cues to win and maintain male attention, ending with protection for a beloved kitten and punishment for enemies.
A regional newspaper editor laments unpaid subscriptions in a sermonlike piece. The text warns that failure to pay harms the press and provokes stern consequences, urging prompt settlement and integrity from readers.
The New York Graphic notes women gain special training and win appointments in banks and roles as bankers and editors. It highlights Miss Emma Smith as Illinois State Entomologist and Miss Sarah A. Hubbard as Chicago Tribune editor, with Mrs. Bradwell as Legal News editor. The piece argues women can perform demanding work if trained, then digresses into a long, tangled biographical joke about James Parton and family relations.
A long moral essay by Celia Sanford condemns the shiftless young man who dodges work, uses credit, and wanders through jobs from farmhand to mill hand to store clerk. It urges self reform, citing examples of discipline, perseverance, and eventual manhood. Many quips and anecdotes reinforce the piece.
In Philadelphia at the Academy of Fine Arts annex a two thousand strong audience heard Mr. Murphy urge abstinence with a pledge of faith in victory. He praised service after Christ and called for a people-led, nonpolitical movement uniting converts to join the cause as Lincoln's choir sang.
An independent Canadian schoolmarm refused a scholar who pursued her. He retaliated by disrupting class and was flogged. His parents sued and won $3.50. The next day she opened by boasting of the punishment and offered to flog any imitators for $3.50 before resuming lessons. She remains in charge and beloved locally.
A speaker denounces men who claim the country owes them labor and threaten harm for profit, arguing they deserve burial and the price of a five cent sign to deter trespassers. The passage reflects sharp social satire on misplaced self-importance and petty greed.
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