07 Nov 1888
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1888
Page
1
DD Shear advertises the largest assortment of black and colored silks and Henriettas, striped and plaid dress goods, plushes and velvets, blankets, shawls, flannels, woolen and cotton underwear, hosiery and winter accessories, cloaks, and house textiles with emphasis on low prices and full stock.
Rail timetable details listing daily and exception Sunday services for Sheffield St Marys Kane Erie Warren and through trains from the East and South. Includes Pullman sleeping cars from Philadelphia Erie Williamsport and Washington Baltimore and schedule times for various connections. CHAS E PUGH General Manager signs the notice.
A fragmented timetable lists multiple trains and times across lines labeled TRAINE and TABLI NE 27 with entries such as 4:00 pm through 6:43 pm and 8:25 am to 11:00 am, including several 0:20 style notations.
A string of scattered timing entries and place names appears to map a regional schedule. We see references to PM AM times, cities including Oil City Tidioute Warren Kinzua and places such as Oleopolis Eagle Rock President Thompson's Irvington and Junkeyville. The OCR yields no coherent event or clear schedule.
This piece urges farmers to collect forest leaves for poultry litter and to remove fast stones from mowing areas. It notes mulch use for strawberry beds with straw to prevent wind drift and stresses advertising selling farm products. It cites 1880 census figures showing forest crop value surpassing farm property totals in several regions, comparing forest output to other national asset categories.
Advertises Bucklen's Arnica Salve as cure for cuts bruises sores ulcers eczema chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with money back guarantee. Priced at 25 cents per box and sold at Morck Drug Store.
Advertising copy touts Kemp's Balsam for coughs and colds. Proprietor offers free sample bottles via all druggists to encourage trial before purchase. Large bottles priced 50 cents and one dollar. G. Noyes endorses trying it to save from consumption.
Poem lines celebrate a beloved’s eyes outshining sun and moon. The speaker, cited as Josephine Pollerd in the N Y Ledger, extols the enduring glow of the beloved’s eyes amid changing day and night. The verse contrasts natural light with intimate affection and home warmth.
John Smith recounts his courtship with Katie Rogers and the clash with Katie's sister Miranda over class, birth, and propriety. A revelation explodes when Katie explains Fitzherbert is a disguise for a married West End milliner and the pair confront social expectations in Riverbank.
The piece highlights hardworking housewives who support families from dawn to long hours, question eight hour work debates, and face neglect. It then surveys women landowners in Oregon and the West, noting Abby Duniway, German women, widows, and rising female farmers in Iowa and Minnesota shaping households, farms, and suffrage support.
A California writer notes women invest in real estate and run small nurseries and fruit farms. Miss Austin and Miss Hatch built Hedgerow Vineyard Company from four teachers to a major raisin producer labeled Austin brand. A Santa Anna ranch woman uses a shotgun to reap alfalfa after her father-in-law’s gun-backed ban. Miss Carson, Montana’s sheep queen, leaves an enduring monument in her mountainous homeland.
A column argues for women retaining their maiden names after marriage, contrasting American practice with Spanish custom. It notes the value of a professional woman’s name, cites cases like Dolores Gonzales, and suggests using both surnames for children to preserve pedigree and identity.
Alice Stone Blackwell argues in Christian Union that female suffrage in England and Wyoming has proven powerful and peaceful. Two hundred thousand English women with municipal voting have influenced outcomes toward temperance and moral aims, with no force used.
Dr. Lucy C. Ware becomes president of the Women’s Homoeopathic Medical Society of Chicago. Rev. Carrie J. Bartlett, minister at Sioux Falls, grows a larger congregation and moves into a new church. Mrs. Stantorp endows more beds for charities, supporting suffrage. Mary A. Brooks leads Woman’s Chronicle and public schools in Little Rock. A. L. Wilson, San Francisco Breeder and Sportsman manager, is esteemed for horse pedigrees and turf knowledge.
The piece cites the Chatsworth disaster and similar incidents to compare passenger and worker fatalities. It notes no official statistics but cites Railroad Gazette data showing many railroad employee deaths from nonoperator causes. It references the Bussey bridge disaster of March 1887 and notes higher employee deaths than passenger deaths that month.
A Churchman editorial laments declining devotion to public worship. It argues congregations chase entertainment over reverent worship, noting costly music and sermons aimed at pleasing listeners rather than God, and urges preachers to prioritize edification over amusement.
A hopeful youth aims to join journalism as the editor offers a trial. The editor notes a morning editorial condemning prizefighting and calls Jake Lugger a cowardly blot, asking the youth to interview Slugger and get his view.
A doctor who hates tobacco warns a puffing young man on a train about smoking. The youth counters that nine of ten cases of black eyes come from people not minding their own business, turning the exchange into a witty crossfire.
In a crowded Sixth Avenue elevated car General Sherman allegedly carried a likely young colored maiden on his knees from Twenty-eighth to Thirty-third streets. A Jacksonville tale recalls a ball given to the general with a rebel partner who declared she was a rebel. he replied that he had made rebels dance many times.
Jim mourns the drowning of a young African companion who fell from the wharf while fishing. A bystander asks if the boy was a relative. Jim, crying, says he was not a relation but might as well have been for all the bait he carried.
The quote notes that women are everywhere from biblical scenes to everyday life, from battles to quiet mornings in bed with sensational novels. It playfully calls women “a dandy” in all roles and settings.
Fragment from Life notes the unstoppable nature of time and the elusive attempt to arrest a minute, reflecting on the limitations of human control over fleeting moments.
A Richmond Dispatch reader jokes that doctors, like lawyers, are known to lose patience, sparking a brief reflection on professional tempers in the city.
A Washington Critic quotation notes a distinction without difference between an auburn haired sweetheart and a red headed wife, reflecting on phrasing rather than events or entities.
An advertisement states Arnica and Oil Liniment is not offensive and will not stain clothing or the fairest skin, endorsed by Morris and Mullen.
A collage of jokes and quips from Puck and other papers features sailor talk about a boat named The Kiss, jokes about dress fabrics, thoughtful asides on money and marriage, plus light humor about religion, politics, and common life. Notables include Mrs Partington, Mrs Cleveland fundraisers, and a record of humorous exchanges from papers like the Burlington Free Press and Washington Post.
A publisher promotes subscription to the Mail and Philadelphia Weekly Press at a price of 1.74 for all Republicans. The notice emphasizes universal appeal and limited-time value.
In Chicago, Judge Shepard's Chevalier divorce hearing hinges on a child’s sudden interruption. A blue eyed, golden haired girl pleads that her parents owe her attention, prompting silence as the court and lawyers observe the moment with somber compassion.
Mor ris of Newark Arkansas and Middlewart of Decatur Ohio credit Dr King s New Discovery for curing lung illness once deemed incurable. Ris says he can work on his farm after three bottles, Middlewart says doctors gave him up yet he recovered. Free sample bottles at Morck Drug Store.
An ad touts a single trial of Dr Henry Baxter's Mandrake Bitters as a cure for costiveness and torpid liver. The bottle is priced at 25 cents.
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