28 May 1890
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1890
Page
1
Grand opening announcement for D Shear's dry goods store promotes spring stock in carpets dress goods embroideries wraps cloaks and wash fabrics. Highlights include a large carpet department with cottage hall stair tapestry Brussels velvet and moquette options and a claim that prices cannot be beat.
The Warren County Farmer's Club meets at the Court House in Warren on the last Saturday of each month at 1 PM. Officers listed include President W. B. Acocks, Secretary Willis Cowan, and Treasurer B. F. Morris. All farmers are invited to attend.
Schedule lists arrivals and departures for WEST and EAST routes including Erie, Oil Express, Warren, St Marys, Kane, Sheffield and Buffalo. Notable times show arrivals at 7:45 am and 1:58 pm, with several express services throughout the day in Eastern Standard Time.
A reflective verse about a violet picked by a careless child and a kind maiden who suffers but heals. The speaker notes small griefs matter little to the world, comparing nature’s cycles to human sorrow and eventual return to dust, attributed to Lillie Binkley in the American.
In 1862 Camp Dick Robinson scenes unfold as Captain Watts faces a condemned friend Frank Brent. Brent insists he is innocent of a Perryville murder and appeals for a delay, while General Boyle seeks President Lincoln’s reprieve. Carrie Brent pleads to save her brother as Watts weighs duty and humanity.
In a storm bound night at Camp Dick Robinson Captain and General Boyle attempt to relay a plea to Washington for Frank Brent. Telegraph lines fail as dawn nears and a dramatic note arrives from Washington directing further action after talks with Speed and Holt.
Grand Exalted Ruler Simon Quinlin of Chicago cracks down on contumacy in an Elks subordinate lodge. New York Lodge No. 1 is accused of resisting a Cleveland meeting move and the Grand Lodge records seal is sought by civil action. The New York lodge is suspended, with Grand Secretary Moreland and John W. White of Chicago Lodge No. 4 stepping in as temporary secretary.
The Grand Lodge meeting at Quincy approved constitution changes effective June 20. Age based excess fees will raise funds and deter older applicants. mileage cuts and biennial sessions were rejected. Elected officers include G R Matson as Grand Master Workman and C P Hitch re elected Grand Recorder. next session will be in La Salle in June 1891.
Knights of Pythias officials forecast Dream City will surpass prior entertainments for the Supreme Lodge and uniform rank gathering in July. A citizens committee has raised 35,000 for tents, parade grounds, prizes, printing, fireworks, halls, invitations, music, and officers’ expenses, with potential increases if needed.
The Supreme Lodge of the order opened its annual session last Tuesday morning May 18 in Detroit Michigan with full attendance from representatives across states and many prominent visitors. The meeting will last several days and plan to enact important changes to the laws of the order.
Practical home guidance covers destroying cockroaches water-bugs with chloride of lime and sugar water or borax. Mildew removes with a lime solution strained from water. Tea stains vanish by boiling water rinsing. Pennyroyal extract repels mosquitoes and soothes bites when applied to the skin.
Mr Theo dore Pfaffin lauds the Colby Piano Company style C mahogany piano noting fine tone and touch. Pfaffin, a known piano salesman and critic, has long been in the trade with first class instruments, praising the instrument’s quality at Curcano Corrack ORGAN Co 223 State Street Curcano Inn.
The Mar office specializes in first class job printing with promptness neatness and low cost. Legal blanks are stocked or printed to order. The Mail will publish brief signed letters from county and country, but not anonymous submissions.
A humorous collage of wry observations and anecdotes about marriage cheating spouses memory and social quirks. Includes jokes about Oklahoma claim jumping the Duke of Orleans marriage in prison professional giants in Cincinnati jealous wives and a burglar alarm bridegroom with sentimental reflections on wealth and memory.
Danbury engineers heat train cars with hot air from the locomotive. A German design aims to push the bow swell using steam jets. A French photographer perfects exact portrait reproduction in marble bust form. A Belgian scintillometer aids weather forecasting. A new electric fender for streetcars protects pedestrians. A fog collision prevention system uses a funnel mounted on ships to detect sound with a microphone and bell signals.
Medical journals estimate grip caused 12000 US deaths in seven weeks. Chicago hosts over two hundred men worth $1,000,000 each. Oyster strength to open exceeds thirteen hundred times its weight. Topeka to get the longest US electric railway, fourteen miles apart. Young Japs praised as shipboard servants. some assist American ships. Law firms spend 10000 to 25000 annually on basics. some avoid typewriters. Clarkson named eight post offices. Wanamaker five new towns. Harrison four. Mor ton, Edmunds and Gladstone each own many post offices. Missouri names a Dudley post office, Indiana names Halford.
The copy touts Kemp's Balsam as a cure for coughs and colds with bright bottle imagery and easy dosing in tea or coffee. It markets the Golden Specific as a secret aid to stopping drinking, claiming many drunks have quit and promising confidence and no harm, with a Cincinnati address for information.
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