Warren County Agricultural Association Meeting Notice
Warren county agricultural association meets in Warren at the court house on the last Saturday of each month at 1 PM Chas Lott is president A S Dalrymple secretary WB Acocks treasurer all farmers invited Also Warren board of trade holds a regular monthly meeting on the second Friday at 8 PM in the council room Rev W A Rankin is president with George P Orr as first vice president George Ball second vice president Willis Cowan treasurer A Hertzel and directors Fred Morck A Mintzer S M Cogswell C W Stone A J Davis A Kirberger Jas Nixon P J Bayer and T W McNett.
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Warren
Court House
Chas. Lott
A.S. Dalrymple
WB. Acocks
Rev
W. A. Rankin
Geo. P. Orr
V. P
George Ball
Willis Cowan
A. Hertzel
Fred Morck
A. Mintzer
S. M. Cogswell
C. W. Stone
A.J. Davis
A. Kirberger
Jas. Nixon
P. J Bayer
T. W. McNett
Ev- Laban Lodge
H. Hall
Carver House
North Star Lodge
Occidental H. R. A
Warren Commandery
K. T
Library
Warren Lodge
Allen Block
Kossuth
Carroll Lower
A. O O
U. W
Shafter Block
Warren Council
R. T
I. O
G. T. Hall
Robert Baum
Dream of Intemperance and License The Curse of Gold
A dramatic dream warns against licensing alcohol and the moral cost of gambling dens. The speaker accuses licenses of funding vice and crime, urging Christians to stewardship and accountability before a judgment throne. A second narrative thread follows a bank robbery investigation and a diamond clue leading to justice.
Monthly church meetings schedule across three congregations
Temperance meetings held on the first and third Thursdays at 3 P M in the Presbyterian Church lecture room. Bible reading in the Baptist Church on the second Thursday at 3 P M. A Mother's meeting occurs at the M E Church on the fourth Thursday at 3 P M.
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Presbyterian Church
Baptist Church
M. E
Local Officials and Appointments List
Town list of municipal roles includes Burgess C C Thompson and S M Cogswell with clerks, surveyor Geo C Hamilton, school directors Rev W A Rankin and others, and various officers such as assessor G H Ames, justices Geo Schnurr, constables, fire chief C H Smith and assistants, and notaries D J Ball H E Brown CG Dinsmoor O F Hoffman Ozro Nesmith W D Hinckley.
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A.J. Hazeltine
G. H. Ames
Justices of the
Geo. Schnurr
E. Walker
C. H. Smith
A.G. Kehr
Ww. C. Allen
Notaries Public
D. J. Ball
H. E
Brown CG. Dinsmoor
0. F. Hoffman
Ozro Nesmith
W.D. Hinckley
O. Cornelius
Local Officials List for Warren County and Surrounding Areas
District and county officers listed including Congressman W Liscott Erie PA State Senator J W Lee Franklin PA Assembly Henry Brace Warren PA President Judge W V D Brown Warren PA Associate Judges P W Brown Farmington PA RK P King Warren PA Sheriff K A Allen Warren PA Prothonotary Jos A Weible Warren PA Register and Recorder W J Alexander Warren PA Treasurer C H McAuley Warren PA County Commissioners M Crocker Youngsville PA T L Putnam Russell PA Joseph Clinton Shefffield PA Clerk A A Cogswell Surveyor D B A Wheelock Lottsville PA Coroner Dr J L Burroughs Sugar Grove District Attorney G H Higgins Warren County Auditors N P Curtis Conewango W O Martin Elk F E Fay Farmington County Supt C D Arird Youngsville
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W. Liscott
Erie
J. W. Lee
Franklin
Henry Brace
Warren
W . V D. Brown
P. W Brown
Farmington Pa
RK. P. King
K. A. Allen
Jos
A. Weible
Register and Recorder
W.J. Alexander
C. H. McAuley
M. Crocker
Youngsville
T. L. Putnam
Russell
Joseph Clinton
Shefffield
A. Cogswell
Warren, Co
N. P. Curtis
Conewango
W. O. Martin
Elk
F. E. Fay
Farmington
C. D. Arird
Youngsvill
Transit Schedule Fragments for Erie and Kane Route
Readable timetable items show EST and ESL arrivals and departures with connections at Erie Warren Sheffield Kane and Oil Express and Erie Mail times. The fragment lists morning departures from Shef and Shefield and afternoon paths to Kane with evening arrivals.
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Erie
Warren
Ampoyiies
Shef
Sheffield
Shefield
Oil Express
Erie Mail
Kane
Railway Post Schedule Notice of June 14 1851
On and after June 14 1851 schedules list multiple east and west routes with specific departure times from Corry Erie Bradford Dunkirk Sheffield Titus Oil City Lander Sugar Grove Germany Pa and Kinzua Coryden Onoville Steamburg including daily and MondayWednesdayFriday patterns. Pouches close two minutes before posted time and postmaster may not hold pouches over time. Alden P. M.
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Corry
Erie
Bradford
Dunkirk
Sheffield
Titus
D. A.ville
Oil City
P.m
Sugar Grove
Lander
Kinzua
Coryden
Onoville
Steamburg
Germany
Alden
Religious services listed for multiple churches
The notice details Sabbath and regular services across denominations including Episcopal Lutheran Presbyterian Baptist Catholic Scandinavian and Evangelical with specific times for services and Sunday schools. Names of pastors and catechism and vesper times are provided.
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Perry
Allen
N. G. Johnson
Father de la Roque
Father Berbigier
Ph. Doerr
M. Boyer
The Tell-Tale Diamond Heist at Clifton Bank
A January bank burglary in Clifton Bank saw thirty thousand dollars stolen. An investigator checks doors, locks, and staff, exonerating the janitor while discovering scattered papers and a glittering gem amid the wreckage, implying a larger mystery.
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Clifton Bank
Warren
N Worruks
Reverend Sam Jones Owns Notable Hundred-Dollar Meerschaum Pipe
The Rev. Sam Jones owns a hundred-dollar ornate meerschaum pipe with a three-foot stem and amber mouthpiece. The bear design features ruby eyes and a silver sword for cleaning. hung in his parlor, it was a Lincoln cousin gift. A preacher gathering discussed tobacco as Jones quietly remarked he had nothing to say.
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Emily Baker
Clifton Ank
Clifton Bank
Sam Jones
Lincoln
Sam
Allanta
Origin of the Printer's Devil Tale in Venice
A historical anecdote explains how the term printer's devil arose when Aldus Manutius used a small boy left by a merchant ship as an assistant. A crowd gathered as he proclaimed the imp was flesh and blood and invited others to pinch him.
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Aldus Manutius
Venice
Aldus
Holy Church
Music Education in Bohemia Reveals Hidden Talent
Every child in Bohemia must study music, and in this lies the secret of the natural talent for music in that country.
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Bohemia
Ancient fort in Conewan go swamp unearthed bones and artifacts
Dr. F Larkins explored an earthwork in Cattaraugus county finding parallelogram earthworks 600 by 290 feet with a six foot ditch, ancient bones, and a buried funeral pile of copper and flint items. A copper elephant plate and a mica idol suggest long abandonment and rich trade, with a spring center and stone work near the western entrance.
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F. Larkins
Conewango
Cattaraugus County
North Carolina
Town Patter and Quips on School Boards and Matrimony
A West clergyman proposes separate rooms for dances and the Boston Transcript weighs in on courting methods. A Marshall Texas girl ponders bridal tour expenses as her mother asks who should pay. Wry vignettes mix politics, academia and social humor.
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Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
Sam Jones
Marshall
Texas
Mamie
Tommy Jones
West
Boston Transcript
Castoria Slogan Recalls Nursery Use Through Ages
The text traces Castoria’s presence from infancy to adulthood, noting how a mother gave Castoria during illness and a daughter later clung to it as a child and when she had children. It echoes a long running marketing rhythm for the medicated product.
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Castoria
Closing the rum shops to save the nation
A Domestic Journal editorial argues ending rum shops would save 700 million annually and end poverty, crime, and misery. It questions whether licensing and profits justify thousands of deaths and widespread hardship caused by rum selling.
Ely's Cream Balm Eases Deafness and Nasal Catarrh
A man reports ten years of deafness in one ear and two months in the other improved after about a month using Ely's Cream Balm. He notes restored hearing and disappearance of nasal catarrh with associated throat and eye discomfort. He praises the remedy as highly valuable.
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Ely
D. B. Yates
Upper Lisle
Broome Co
N. Y
Dr Fenner’s Improved Cough Honey Promises Quick Relief
An advertised medical remedy named Dr Fenner’s Improved Cough Honey claims to relieve any cough within one hour. The product is marketed with bold claims of rapid action and general coughing relief.
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Dr. Fenner
Rich Humorists and Their Big Paydays Across America
A Cleveland Leader cor express discusses how humor writers like Josh Billings Mark Twain Petroleum V Nasby and Artemus Ward earned substantial fortunes from wit and satirical pieces. It notes incomes from newspapers books lectures and syndication with figures ranging from thousands to hundreds of thousands annually and mentions publishers and papers such as Harpers Atlantic Punch and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Josh Billings
America
Mark Twain
Mark
Petroleum
V. Nasby
Detroit Free Press
M. Quad
Robert J. Burdette
Burlington Hawkeye
Artemus Ward
Cleveland Plain Dealer
England
Punch
Tom Nast
Harpers
Bret Harte
The
Atlantic
Sam Cox
Alexander E. Sweet
George W. Peck
Peck’s Sun
Bill Nye
Cor
Cleveland Leader
The Overshadowing Curse by Mrs Horton at W C T U
Notes from Mrs. Horton on the chart titled The Overshadowing Curse detail startling liquor costs in the U S Census 1880 data. The piece compares liquor expenditure to England Germany and other essentials while urging legislative action and education. Mary H Hunt of Hyde Park spoke on enforcing educational laws and temperance reforms.
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America
Re-elected Officers Lead State Organization
Former officers of the state organization were re-elected with Frances L. Swift of Allegheny as President Ellen F. Watson of Pittsburgh as Cor Secy J D Weeks of Pittsburgh as Ree Secy and N H Woods of Huntingdon as Treasurer There are 58 vice presidents who serve as county presidents.
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Frances L. Swift
Allegheny
Ellen F. Watson
Pittsburg
Cor. Sec’y
J. D. Weeks
Ree. Sec’y
N. H. Woods
Huntingdon
Word of the Lord Carried by Visiting Women Host
A historical report notes a notable moment at a meeting when greetings from several religious bodies were received simultaneously. Psalm 68:11 from the revised version is quoted: "The Lord giveth the word, the women that publish it are a great host."
Academic boys debate on temperance laws outcome
Twelve student jurors judged a six on six debate on prohibitory versus high license laws. The question asked if a Prohibitory law better promotes temperance, with 11 votes in favor of Prohibition. A prior related debate occurred in New York before the Social Science Association between Rev. W. F. Crafts and Robert Graham defending High License.
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New York
Social Science Association
W. F. Crafts
Robert Graham
Prohibition Debate on License and Respectability
Prohibitionists object to licensing stamping respectability on vice. Beecher urges High License to raise saloon character, while Father Cleary opposes making liquor respectable under law. Catholic bishops in Baltimore echoed this stance last November.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Father Cleary
Philadelphia
Stars and Stripes
America
Catholic Bishops of America
Baltimore
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Warren Mail
EK. Cowan & CO
E. Cowan
Warren County
BK. Rice
Beaty Block
Warren, Pa
R. Reverdy B. Stewart
Third Street
Liberty
Market
Enry Cobham
Rehos. Walsh
P.O. Box 127
Italy
McAlpine
Forkstresser & McAlpine
Merck’s
Llen & Higgins
Attorneys At Law
Solicitors of Patents
Second
Liberty Streets
Geo, H. Higgins
Ck, Warren
Noel T. Neill
Hest
Exchange Bio Pa
Crawford
Fornango Counties
R. Richard B. Stewart
Onice
Corner Second
Liberty Sts
Yarver
Oo. W. King
Geo. H. Leonhart
Water Street
G. Trunkey
Osmer, Dale & Freeman
Scofield
Onsuees
Johson’s Exchange
Oor
L J. Muse
W. A. Greaves
Warren, la
Bach & Thompson
Cp. L. Ball
Ilbur & Schnur
Front Street
Postoffice
W. Wilbur
WM. Schnur
Brown & Stone
Coun
First National Bank
E. Brown
K. Brown
W. Stone
HK. &. Brown
Imerre Lindsey
Parmlee
Johnson’s Exchange
Story
Johnson
W. M. Lindsey
Insmoor & Cable
Dinsmoor
Jas
CABLE
R. J. M. Davies
Liberty Street
TOR
Christian Smith
Rhaler IN
Tarren County
Pe&uovy Ec
Beech Street
R. R
James Nixon
Warren Pa
ELW
ELY Brothers
Owego
N. Zy
Local Directory
Warren CO. Agricultural Association
Board OF Trade
Judgment
Christian
Earth's Vineyard
G. D. Kent
Tracy
E. Baker
Jove
London
State Department
Henry L. Thomas
Washington
John Thomas
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Locust Avenue
Pittsburg Chronicle
Thomas
West India Islands
Hamilton Fish
Austria
France
White House
Holland
Cleveland
Samoa
Arthur
Hayes
Grant
Railroad Guide
Philadelphia & Erie
Buffalo
Eastern Standard
Allegheny Val
Pittsb
South.rive
Sungay
P. O
Epen N. Forp Post
GA. R
K. of H. Hall
Warren E.A. U
United Workmen Hall
Scientific American
Munn & CO
Broadway
Munn
Office Scientific Americam
Hallett Book Co
Portland, Me
Viola Allen
Salvini
Ward
Mrs. "Grant
Gen. Grant
Japan
Gen
Col
Fred
Wall Street
Mrs. Grant
Ferdinand Ward
Joseph Wheelock
May Blossom Company
Anna Louise Carey
Munson Raymond
Lotta
Lake Napatcong
Minnie Maddern
Lyceum
Mary Woolcott
Meenie
Joseph Jefferson
Rip
Effie German
Wallacks
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Star Theatre
Mary Anderson
Ed. F. Thorne
Lawrence Barrett
Victor Hugo
Hernani
Alfred Thompson
Maggie Deane
Barney McAuley
Billy Birch
San Francisco
Charley Reed
Minstrels
Oliver D. Byron
Metropolitan Opera House
Agnes Halleck
Kate Caselton
Sidney Rosenfield
Annie Pixley
Kiley
Niblo’s
Daly Brothers
Morrice Barrymore
John McCullough
Henry EK
Abbey
Marie Zoe
Madame Celeste
Oliver Doud Byron
New York People’s Theatre
New York Post
John R. Paxton
Jim
Michigan
Ireland
Whitehall
N. B
Dudsey
Mr. Grap
Temperance
Money
Warren P. O. Az
Temperance Corner
Mary H. Hunt
Hyde Park
Mass
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