Attorney at Law in Corry Pa successor to Bowman and Bole
A legal notice states a Wright block firm in Centre street Corry Pennsylvania operates as successor to Bowman and Bole.
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Attorneys AT Law
Water Street
Scofield
Warren
Ps. C. Dinsmoor
Jas.cable
C.A. Peterson
Warren, Pa
Waters’ Block
Postoffice
Wright Block
Centre Street
Corry, Pa
Bowman & Bole
L. G. Noyes’ Drug Store
Warren Savings Bank
Exchange Block
Crawford
Forest
Venango Counties
Attorney AT Law
Johnson’s Exchange
Beaty Block
D. I. Ball
Notary Public
Johnson's Exchange
Story
S. P. Johnson
W. M. Lindsey
J. 0. Parmlee
Carpet bargains and curtaining at great value
Advert says fresh carpet stock from looms with cut to fit options and waste free sewing plus Brussels andVelvet styles. Mattings mats oil cloths window shades 50c curtain set with fixtures and lace Madras curtains highlighted for buyers.
Mules and Mutiny in Civil War Tales
Two Connecticut volunteers Jim Hurlbut and Ed Maloney remain inseparable after a Baltimore punishment incident involving a mule ride. Maloney later escorts ammunition trains, and a comic drill-day episode ends with a shouted warning to Jim about riding mules. Fegan the Medal of Honor recipient is noted for long service and a father and son both serving as sergeants, with a colorful anecdote about his insistence on proper address and pride in his lineage.
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Seventeenth Regiment
Connecticut Volunteers
Jim Hurlbut
Ed Maloney
Baltimore
Maloney
Brooks’ Station
Eleventh Corps
Stafford Court House
Hurl
Jim
Hurlbut
W. W. Paynton
Grand Army Journal
James Fegan
Fegan
Fort Shaw
Mon
Fort Dodge
Arkansas
James
Father
Faygan
G. A. R. Gazette
The Mart Seeks Brief Signed Letters Countywide
The Mart invites letters from all county parts provided they are brief and properly signed. Anonymous submissions will not be published. Letters must be newly written.
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Mart
World notes and curiosities from around the globe
A summary of diverse items includes large hosiery output, Prussia’s debt, new diamond finds in Lapland, permafrost in Yakutsk, five day weeks in China and Tibet, Icelandic winter with no snow, age crime patterns in Paris, Chinese note crimes, railway safety in India, wealth temptations, vast coin gems in Allahabad, jewelry values in Amritsar, Amsterdam street rules for horses, and pedestrian habits in heat.
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Prussia
Lapland
Yakutsk
Siberia
Iceland
Paris
North China News
Batcom
Boards of Wealth
India
Allahabad
Amritsar
Tuere
Amsterdam
Train Schedules and Routes Highlighted in Railroad Directory
A historical railroad directory lists western and eastern routes with train numbers and times, including Western New York and Pennsylvania R R and Dunkirk Allegheny Valley routes. Schedules show arrival and departure times across multiple lines and days.
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New York
Pennsylvania
R. R. West
Eastern Standard
Train Schedules for Fastward and Westward Lines
The notice lists daily train services with arrival times to Sheffield Philadelphia New York Harrisburg and other hubs. It includes Pullman sleeping cars Erie Williamsport to Philadelphia and through coaches to Philadelphia. It notes sleeper transfers at Harrisburg for Baltimore Washington and specifies Kane arrivals.
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Sheffield
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Sunbury
Lancaster
Baltimore
Washington
Pullman
Erie
Williams Pass
Kane
Warren
Williamsport
Ridgway
Chase. Pugh
J. R. Wood
Gen
Dunkirk and Allegheny Valley Pittsburgh Rail Time Table
Train schedule for the Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad lists multiple southbound trains with varied departure times. The fragmentary timetable shows blocks around mid afternoon and late morning hours, with several entries missing or garbled.
Remarkable 1862 Mission at Port Royal Led by Miss Nellie Winsor
The Philadelphia Press recounts Edward L. Pierce’s Port Royal project where 500 enslaved workers on Sea Island plantations gained wages, schools, and order. Miss Nellie Winsor, a Boston volunteer, led 100 guards, served as captain, and oversaw tasks, pay, teaching, and care while later joining Higginson’s regiment.
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Edward L. Pierce
Massachusetts
Case
Port Royal
S. C
Sea Island
Pierce
Susan Walker
Johnson
Donelson
Washington
Pope’s Plantation
St. Helena Island
Eustace
Lady’s Island
Massa Lineum
Nellie Winsor
Boston
Laura Towne
Philadelphia
Ellen Murray
Miss Winsor
United States
Sergeant Dick Demotes Lieutenant After Wheelbarrow Prank
The 4th Kentucky unit reports Devil Dick seized the first lieutenant in camp at Dalton. He towed the man in a wheelbarrow past the color line, triggering a guard-house sentence and rank reduction until the captain returned two weeks later and reinstated him. A separate quip has a nurse noting she can mind children.
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Devil Dick
Kentucky
Dalton
Brave stripling soldier laid to rest in foreign soil
A poem recalls a young soldier who died in battle with a broken staff and a grave found in carnage. The verses honor his pure soul and enduring memory.
Two Color Bearer Philip Larrabee’s Civil War Duty
Philip Larrabee, descended from naval and Lexington veterans, enlists after Fort Sumter. He rises to sergeant and color bearer, carrying the regimental flag through later battles as his sister Martha reads every letter detailing his regiment’s trials in the Shenandoah Valley.
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Philip Larrabee
Portland
Yankee Craft Enterprise
Boxer
Philip
Burroughs
Lexington
Martha
Old Bay
Phil
Fort Sumter
Father
Shenandoah
Philip Larrabee’s Valor at Shenandoah and Martha’s Sacrifice
In a Civil War saga, Philip Larrabee volunteers for a perilous mission after a colonel’s plea. He bears the colors at a brutal assault, is mortally wounded, and with a dying whisper calls out Martha as his sister lies lost in battle. The piece ends with a tribute to women’s heroism in war.
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Philip
Philip Larrabee
Shenandoah
Phil
Martha
Minnie Ball
G. A. R. Gazette
Sailor’s Tale Sparks a Gutsy Test on a Train
A conversation aboard a train reveals one man’s wartime bravado as a stern woman challenges him with a dramatic test. She dares him to stand thirty feet from a wheelbarrow to prove his nerve, then dismisses his reluctance as cowardice.
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Sherman
Sam
Scottdale
Bully Brooks Leads Division at Baltimore Campaign
George L. Kilmer recalls General W H T Brooks replacing Slocum in 1862. Soldiers called him bully after a foraging lamb incident. Brooks imposed strict orders and a humorous rebuke for a novice forager, then rewarded him with a share of the lamb. The First division soon labeled him “bully” Brooks.
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Baltimore
Warrenton
W. H. T. Brooks
Slocum
Twelfth Corps
Brooks
George L. Kilmer
Republic Magazine
Soldier Poet Creds on Fear in Battle and Rest
A veteran note contrasts bravery and fear in combat with lines from Captain Jack Crawford and the poem Soldier Rest. The piece reflects on courage, the toll of war, and the solace of sleep after conflict.
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Jack Crawford
Our
Isle
Auction notices printed at Mai office low rates
Neatly printed notices advertise low rates at Mai office for auction bill printing and a free notice of all auctions for those who have their bills printed there.
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Mai
It Deserves Your Support for Local Papers
Editorial urging readers to subscribe to local newspapers as a vital community investment. Argues editors provide free lines for public benefit and justify support as financial aid, not charity, contrasting with other town leaders and citing a pro business stance.
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Mr. Myser
Mrs. Myser
Harper’s Bazar
Memphis Company Drills Daringly Under Mexican Captain
After secession, southern youths turned to Hardee's Tactics and local military drills. A Memphis company led by a Mexican veteran drew crowds for daily instruction. During a crowded session the captain shouted Huddle to regroup the scattered men after an improvised miscue.
Minor son enlists after parents' objections
Charles Gates, a minor, ran away from home to enlist after being sent to drive cows and fetch dinner. He served three years without furlough, returned unharmed with his regiment, and surprised his family by driving the same cows into the pasture on a night of welcome and joy.
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Charles Gates
Blue and Gray Honor Guard At Richmond Funeral
In Richmond I witnessed a prominent citizen's funeral with a guard of honor on each side of the hearse. Blue uniforms of the G A R walked beside the blue, while Confederate veterans in gray stood opposite, a striking sight for a northern G A R man. The note calls on readers to witness this union of former foes.
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Richmond
Confederate Veterans
War Path
Newspaper Man Questioned by Unarmed Adversaries
Citizens urge the newspaper staff to take sides on disputes and fix concerns, while others avoid direct confrontation and seek support through media channels. The dialogue hints at conflicts between readers and the press over stance and influence.
Draft dodger from Kansas causes surprise in Congress
A Kansas native described as the coolest man by a congressional arrival says a cyclone dropped him and his family near the observer’s home. He explains he came to get out of the draft while filling his pipe with tobacco.
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Congressional
Kansas
Sam
Washington Post
Why I Joined the Woman's Relief Corps
A speaker explains personal reasons for joining the Woman's Relief corps including stories of her father a veteran, an uncle and cousin who suffered and died without pensions, a college friend shot in service, and a husband in pain, all fueling a vow to aid widows and orphans and comfort old soldiers.
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Woman's Relief Corps
Prisoners Captured After Confederate Detachment Run
A detachment under General Basil Duke moves through northern Kentucky before dawn. Guerrillas are worn out and hunted after local sympathizers at a seminary aid them, then flee as Federal troops close in. A laggard rider escapes, while others are captured. The scene ends with taunting songs about the Confederates.
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Basil Duke
Kentucky
Dick Wintersmith
Confederacy
Village papers feel like letters from home
The New York Sun notes country editors find city readers on the elevated train examine village pages with interest. On Fridays and Saturdays business men skim village news and ads, then editorials, recognizing familiar names from their own rural origins. The village paper reads like a letter from home to former villagers.
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New York Sun
Wealth and lifestyles of notable 19th century figures
The passage profiles figures such as Epitor Josefh Putitzer with a 638000 yacht investment and W W AsrTor paying 25000 yearly rent in London. It notes Barrett sued by Sarony for 160 over a photo bill, and various remarks about Albert Pike, Henry Hart, Felix Agnus, and General Butler highlighting wealth, habits, farms, and lavish establishments.
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Epitor Josefh Putitzer
W. W. AsrTor
London
Wixtson Barrett
Sarony
Union Square
Joan J. Ingalls
Albert Pike
Henry Hart
New York
Felix Agnus
Baltimore American
Baltimore
Nacirema
Grn
Butler
Washington
Boston
Lowell
Odds and Ends From a Distant Ledger of Oddities
A Beeville resident named BeeBee BeeBee. a New York restaurant serving eggshell meals. an Atchison streetcar painted black for funeral rites. A St Louis citizen rents turtles to restaurants for ads. Sing Hi, a Chinaman, becomes tenor in Dorchester quartet. Luck favors an eighty two year old San Franciscan who just cut his third set of teeth. A York woman ninety seven never used medicine. So48 and Elizabeth Strange of Hendricks county Ind have remarried after fifteen years apart. Glynn county Ga claims a Blackest man White, the Brownest man White, the tallest Lowe and largest Small. Florida hatching of alligators eggs in incubators grows as demand outstrips supply. Half the village’s little negro children dig eggs for hatcheries.
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Beeville
Bee County
Tex
New York
Atchison
Kan
St. Louis
Sing Hi
Dorchester
Mass
Luck
York
Elizabeth Strange
Hendricks County
Ind
Glynn County
White
Brown
Lowe
Florida
Military notes on Hugo in French navy and new gunboat name
Hugo joins the French navy as grandson of Victor Hugo. Russia builds a smokeless powder factory at Kazan. British army illness disables ten thousand men. Sanitary work cut East Indian army death rate from 60 to 15.2 per thousand. Zalinski gun tested at Shoeburyness with six projectiles hitting a 2 1 2 by 4 yard angle at 4 000 yards. Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie decay. Machias chosen as the name for a Bath gunboat citing Revolutionary War link.
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GrorcheEs Hugo
Victor Hugo
Russi
Kasan
Zalinski
Shoeburyness
Eng
Fort Sumteer
Fort Moultrie
Tracy
Machias
Bath
Kennebec
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First National Bank
J. A. Partridge
New Waters Block
Llen, Higgins & Allen
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Corner Second
Liberty
Emae
George H. Higgins
WM. Herson Aulin
Aces Hotel
Knapp & CO
Water and
Liberty Streets
Silbur & Schnur
Hazeltine
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W. Wilbur
WK. Schnnk
Em. Carls & Peterson
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Queida Market
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Market and
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Osice
Third St
M E. Church
J W. Dunkle, E
W W. Freeman
Hazelfire
A. F. Bole
Torn F. McPherson
N. Yates
W. A. Greaves
T. Neill
H. J. Muse
Oe & Thompson
Savings Banks
Warren County
Viving , PA
Marriea
A. J. Hazeltine
W. Beaty
Geo. B. Ensworth
Cashier
M.B. Dunham
L. R. Freeman
Jas
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L. B. Wood
CW. Stone
C. W. Beaty
F.H. Rockwell
Legion
JOS. Fleming & Son
Pittsburgh
Joseph Fleming & Son
Market St
Anna Page
Austin
Texas
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Bonn
Toledo
Ohio
H. Hallett & Co
Maine
Pitcher’s Castoria
D. Shear’s
OUR Dress
Hamburg
Nainsook
C. E
Moire
Faille Francaise
D. Shear
Waren
Railroad Guide
Hiladelphia & Erie R. R
Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley
R. R
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
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Y Dunkirk
Fredonia
Laona
Sinclairville
Gerry
Ross Mill
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GW Cross
Frewsbureg
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Moneys We
Fusselsburg
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Jackson
Rvineton
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Torpedo
Grand Way
Titusville
Lake Shore and Erie Railways
Jamestown
Bradford
C. H. Ketcham
C. E. Batcheller
Nana
Olean Express
Kinzua
Salamanca
Olean
Irvington
Tidioute
Tionesta
Oil City
Pittsburg
W.S. Leffard
R. Ber
Supt
J. A. Fellows
Exchange St
Buffalo
N. Y
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Garfield
Tiona
Barnes
Brookston
Sheffield Junction
Wolf Run
Amann & Lesser
Emile
Ferd
Carver House
MAK
Intelligence
New York Herald
Grace le Baron
Ters
Mty
Kate Brownlee Sherwood
Scott
U. S
Castoria
Pitcher’s Castorla
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