06 Nov 1889
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1889
Page
1
Warren Hotel on the corner of Water and Liberty Streets offers good sample rooms and barn accommodations under proprietor J. W. Clements.
F. G. Carpenter portrays Constantinople as a sublime city at the Bosphorus mouth where Europe and Asia meet. He guides readers through Stamboul, Skutari, the Golden Horn, and Galata, describing mosques, palaces, bazaars, and the bridging boats that bind two civilizations.
Hand picked fall fashion at Shear's Store featuring French dress goods with unique patterns not duplicated elsewhere. Prices range from 10 to 20 dollars per pattern. Cloak department popular with ladies and children garments newly received, 500 pieces priced to move to clear room for new stock.
The Warren County Agricultural Association meets at the Warren Court House on the last Saturday of each month at 1 P M. Officers listed include President H Evans Secretary Willis Cowan and Treasurer W B Acocks. All farmers are invited to attend.
fragmented timetable lists arrivals and departures for Erie and connections to Buffalo Philadelphia Dunkirk Warren and Dunkirk routes with times such as 7:45 am 9:00 am 12:25 pm 5:25 pm 8:05 pm and Sunday services including Express and local trains between Erie Buffalo Pittsburgh and Dunkirk with several illegible entries.
The record names town council members P J Bayer W 8 Leffard A Mintzer A D Wood A J Hazeltine S Keller L Werle Henry P Hunter Wim Hegerty Jr Clerk J A Schofield Constable A S Dalrymple Surveyor Alson Rogers School Directors Chas Dinsmoor F M Knapp James Clark W J Alexander W D Hinekey Wm D McLaren Justices of the Peace Geo Q Cornelius J J McPherson
Congressmen and state officials listed for Warren Pennsylvania include L F Watson for Congress and O C Allen as State Senator. Warren candidates for county roles span President Judge W D Brown Associate Judges J T Barker and C C Merritt along with Sheriff Henry Fuelihart and other county posts.
Postmaster R A Love issues pouch timings across Pennsylvania routes including Corry Erie Bradford Dunkirk Ridgway Titusville Oil City and Kinzua with daily and weekly sailings. Pouches close 25 minutes before listed times and cannot be held under any circumstances.
A survey of varied notes cites new job openings for women in tennis instruction. Other items report a Johnstown girl's loss of 32 relatives in a flood and diverse statistics on electric stations sparrows oil fields and a New York banking scheme for Chinese settlers.
A pair of verse fragments reflect on youth, happiness, and fate. The pieces contrast early joy with later understanding, urging patience and belief that God knew the best even when life hides its meaning. The fable about a girl losing a ring underscores consequences and divine timing.
Carlyle Smith writes in Harper's Bazar a humorous verse about a spendthrift narrator who trusted a lover, claiming wealth spent on sweets and clothes but now unhappy and bankrupt. The speaker contemplates not suing and longingly laments the breakup and loss.
A New York City five story brown stone structure on Lexington Avenue near Twenty seventh Street features carved presidential heads over windows. The ambitious design called the President by owner William Broadbelt honors Washington Lincoln Garfield Grant Monroe and Jefferson among others with intricate reliefs and a large eagle crown. The interior will be elegant, intended as an apartment house, with ongoing public interest from sightseers and a stone carver at work on the facade.
The London Sun discusses the gruesome physics of electric execution noting the instant kill might still involve immense pain as nervous tissue polarization stretches nerves. It questions current strength, warning that too high could disfigure the body while too low might cause a deathlike trance and possible burial alive.
A Northwest Indian legend from St. Louis Globe-Democrat recounts a Great Spirit promise of abundant buffalo if a red calf were spared. Braves hunted west of the Rockies and killed the red calf, after which the herd vanished and buffalo never again appeared on that side.
A survey of global records notes the Brooklyn Bridge main span 1595 ft 6 in and total length 5989 ft. Fortress Monroe cost over 3 million dollars. Popocatepetl rises 17784 ft with a 3 mile crater. Oxford University is the largest in scope. Deer Park Copenhagen is Europe’s largest park and Fairmount Park Philadelphia the largest U S pleasure ground. Lake Superior is the globe’s greatest freshwater body with 400 mile length. St Gothard tunnel is the world’s longest. Mammoth Cave KY is the most extensive cavern. Mammoth trees in Tulare County stand 276 ft high with ages of 2000 to 2500 years.
The tale centers on Pygmalion a Cyprian statuary who shuns marriage and loves his art. He carves an ivory statue and the goddess of beauty grants it life making the statue his wife.
Evolutionary view traces the horse from Eocene five-toed ancestors like Eohippus and Orohippus through Miohippus Anchiterim and Hipparion to Pliohippus in the Miocene and Pliocene. It notes three-toed forerunners, the shift to a single dominant toe, and structural changes during the Pleistocene before modern horses, with breeding shaping speed.
Three women, Mrs. George Bonar Mrs. Frank Morgan and Miss Sallie Wiberg, became separated from a Mount Hood ascent party and spent hours on a high rock. Searchers found them cold and huddled as wolves and panthers howled nearby. They carried an alpenstock sharpened at one end for defense.
A humorous exchange where Bobby mispronounces words including do dew and Tuesday, prompting Mr. Featherly to correct him with a playful tone. The brief anecdote illustrates how politeness can outshine language details in everyday life. A second note reports thick woolen stockings saving a Middlebury woman from rattlesnake venom, turning the bite area green.
A Boston Courier essay argues that taking oneself seriously is a forgivable fault. It praises a quiet self regard that elevates merit and can win esteem, noting it is better than loud boasting and can subtly influence others.
A humorous dialogue quotes a daughter and suitor debating how to support her in the manner her mother did, ending with a blessing. The piece notes a Boston boss carpenter who insists workers whistle lively airs, arguing work quality mirrors whistle tone.
A writer recounts joining a Nepal shooting party with Bir Sham Sir and riding an elephant into the Nepa terai. The piece details the rough mount, mahout guidance, and the animal’s sure-footed treks, including climbing ravines and avoiding bogs, as a novice learns to ride.
A German artist used a clever social ploy to raise funds for a widow by selling a plate with a smoke image. He drew a scene by waving the plate over a candle and brushing to refine the image, then advised preserving with French retouching varnish to hang dust free.
A compilation of brief humorous exchanges and quips from multiple sources. Jests about gender in children, fashion, college rules, and everyday social scenes appear, with caricatured dialogue and light irony. The items span diverse voices and locales, from Atchison to Washington and London Moonshine.
An old advertising jingle traces Castoria from infancy to motherhood, noting generous praise for the comforting remedy across generations and stages of life. The refrain highlights trust in Castoria for babies children and mothers alike, reflecting mid century consumer culture.
An old printing house towel, worn and ink stained, hangs by the door and bears witness to the work and grime of workers. After years of use it grows rougher and darker until one windy morning it tears from its hook and falls to the floor.
A Texas county attorney E Brainbridge endorses Electric Bitters claiming it saved his brother from malaria and jaundice. D I Wilcoxson of Horse Cave Kentucky also testifies the remedy could ward off and cure malaria and digestive ailments. Sold at Morck Drug Store for 50 cents and 1.00.
A collector of brief comic moments includes a physician failing a patient in medical salesmanship, a New Yorker estimating a World Fair tower height with inflated costs, and a doctor dodging a danger verdict while a wife inquires about her husband’s condition.
A vintage ad promotes Dr King s New Discovery for coughs colds and chest troubles with a money back guarantee and trial bottles at Merck Drug Store. It also notes a sale of children s shoes at NorTHROP S.
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