Trains on the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Schedule
On and after Monday September 14 1868 trains on the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad run with mail and express services listed. The report also includes medical advice and agricultural notes on apples vegetables and farm management with details on storage methods and rail progress toward the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Farm
Titusville
Corry
Lake Shore
A. & G. W. Railway
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Erie
Brocton
Buffalo
West
Cleveland & Erie
Buffalo & State Line
Buffalo & Bross Cut Railroad
H. Ff. Sweetser
Gen’ Sup’t
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad
Warren
Philadelphia
Oil Creek
Allegheny River
Alfred L. Tyler
Controversy Over Assassination Claims In Democratic Press
The Democratic press questions reports that Grant would not serve a full term and that assassination was endorsed in a party platform or speeches. The Tribune notes two verbatim Blair reports differ on whether assassination was implied and asks if Pomeroy retracts a brutal murder claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
White House
Blair
M. M. Pomeroy
Assassin’s Organ
Electorial College
America
Mr. Pomeroy
Tridune
Sir Mathew Hale Advice on Speech and Reputation
The letter urges avoiding conversation with liars swearers or those using obscene or wanton language. Such talk may corrupt reputation or, at least, fill memory with improper discourse. Remembrance of past passages will haunt you when your thoughts should be better employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burh
Werhach
Iise
P.canved
P. Lavsn
Cory
Jackson Ted
Hoefland
Thave Deriv
Hoofland
Elory
Philad Cha
F. A
Mathew Hale
Child’s quarrel over Susie Bates provokes moral talk
A frightened boy endures taunting from a neighbor’s daughter who labels him ugly to Susie Bates. The exchange prompts the child to remark that the Lord made both Susie Bates and him, and he asks a nurse if she is ashamed to speak against the good Lord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Bates
Sizu Nornune
St. Vitus
Julius
Fellah
Seeing 18 Depriving and Optical Illusion Letters
A puzzled paragraph discusses two part shapes in capital letters and how eye size perception changes when a page is inverted. It notes upper halves appear smaller, while turned upside down the difference is exaggerated and explains a general optical tendency. A short ethnic joke follows about a boot black observer and a conversation on reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SSSA
Paris Fashion and Civil War Oaths Stir The Times
The piece notes autumn fashion with pannier styles and crinoline, predicting down filled cushions this winter. It shifts abruptly to a polemical comparison of Civil War figures, citing oaths by Robert E. Lee Beauregard and contrasting supporters of Grant and Seymour as humane versus cruel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Robert E. Lee
War Office
Beauregard
Grant
Sherman
Thomas
Sheridan
Meade
Seymour
Forrest
Raphel Semmes
Howell Cobb
Quantrill
Wirz
The Empty Cradle Remembers a Lost Child Across Time
A narrator on stairs carries an old cradle to the lumber room and recalls how a baby once slept there. Through hopeful imagery the piece links vanished children to battle losses, aging, and the possibility of immortality as it closes with a blessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Ireland
Boston
John
Baby
Kingdom of Heaven
Swinging rounds and costs in a 1868 New York dispatch
A wire dispatch from Oct 24, 1868, notes Andrew Blair and others in political swing tactics and satire. It humorously advocates aggressive campaigning while urging deference to Southern bondholders and Kukluxers, alongside economic details from the Astor House and assorted moral commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dianisi Horavio
Elon
Jesse
Rash
Andrew Tie Finst
Nota Bena
Blair
Frank
Washieron City
D. C
New York
Ife
Saratoga
Astor House
Astor Llouse
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The
Warren Mail
E. Cowansn
DR. EB. L. Cook
Hoffmans Block
Mead, Valentine & Jamieson
Warren Mills
Liberty and
Water Streets
Boon Mead
R. T
Valentine
H. A. Jamieson
Allen & Reeves
Water Street
Hunter
HH. Auney
F.D. Reeves
G. W. Allen
H. L. Bartholomew
Irvine
J. N. Schnur
Russell House
J. A. Neill
Watson & Davis
Warren, Pa
W. C. Coburn
M. D
J. W. Potter
Tidioute
White’s Hotel
N. B
Venango
Forest
Sfebosly
Trantum & Beach
QO. O. Trantum
R. C. Brac
Bay and Saginaw Salt Co
East Public Dock
Atlantic Hotel
J. M. Havens
Jamestown House
Depot
Jamestown
N. Y
Court House
John Thomas
Culbertson, Bowman & Wood
Youngsville
Warren Co
J. A. CuLperrson
D. C. Bowman
G. R. Woon
George Reig, JR
Second Street
J. B. Brown
Langbotf
W. Martin
Cortland Street
Greenwich
Washington Sts
Peter Martin
WM. Martin
George Ball
J. H. Mitchell & CO
Carver House
J. H. Mitchell
W. Stone
D. Titus
U. S
Shaffer Block
WM. D. Brown
Liberty Street
Wetmore & Clark,kneys
Johnson & Brown’s
L. D. Wetmore
J. R. Clark
P.j. Trushel & CO
Front Street
Warren Pa
Randall's Drug Store
A. Kirberger
Greenland Brothers
Charles Dinsmoor
Hickory and
Wilbur & Allen
Attorneys At Law
Johnson’s Exchange
First National Bank
W. W. Winpur
T. Allen
Russell
Ond Street
M. Russell
Disston’s “Law
J.h.mitchelis& CO
Hunter & Mathews
ATEW
Variety Hall
Buffalo and Erie Railroad
Ohio
Day Express
Cincinnati Express
New York Express
Toledo
Steamboat Express
R. N. Brown
IL Creek
Ballimore
Harrisburg
Williamsport
Great Oil
Pennsylvania
Pey
Ver
A, PA
Ian
Sthem Pr
Len
Wwe
Arch Street
Sierra Nevada
Rocky Mountain
Washoe
San Francisco
Granite Mountain
Central Pacific Company
Prackee
Humboldt
Salt Lake Basin
Central Pacific Railroad
Sacramento
Salt Lake
Pacific Railroad
Ach
Pacific Slope
Far East
Far West
Erie Railway
New England
Dunkirk
Buffelo
Salamanca
All Western Lines
NTI
Western
Union
Depot Corner Exchange
Michigan Streets
Avon and
Hornellsville
Chemung
Susquehanna
Delaware
Raunapo
WM. R. Barr
Gen’ Pass
Agt
H. Riddle
Wilitam Sairu
J.B. Burr & CO
Hartford
Conn
Wilcox & Gibbs
Mail Office
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