Young Men's Meeting At Y M C A Hoffman Block
Weekly gathering for young men and visitors held every Saturday from 4 to 6 pm at the Hoffman Block corner Second and Liberty streets. All are welcome.
18 Oct 1887
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1887
Page
1
Weekly gathering for young men and visitors held every Saturday from 4 to 6 pm at the Hoffman Block corner Second and Liberty streets. All are welcome.
A poem reflects on autumn quiet and aging nature. The speaker laments fewer birds and the season's gold while affirming a preference for spring over autumn. The mood is elegiac with imagery of wind eaves shadows and falling leaves.
The document proposes striking the four voter qualifications in section one of article eight and rewriting the section to specify that male citizens twenty one years old, resident in the election district, and meeting residence requirements are entitled to vote. It includes new provisions on residence periods, wartime voting, and future legislative enforcement, ending with a directive that proper laws be enacted to enforce suffrage. The secretary of the Commonwealth certifies this as a true copy of the joint resolution.
In a tale from a shop, Bennett resists selling stale fish and shoddy cloth, choosing honesty over expediency. His employer Fleming pressures deceit for profit, while Bennett’s mother and sister urge virtue as Charlie grapples loyalty and temptation. The clash highlights integrity amid 19th century commerce and family sacrifice.
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg IK reports a eight year leg sore cured after using three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He credits the remedies with healing the leg without surgery and notes prices of fifty cents per bottle for Electric Bitters and twenty five cents per box for Arnica Salve from A. W. Morck.
The article recalls Horace Greeley's attempt at a Brook Farm style community near Lackawaxen in Pike County Pennsylvania. Dispute and discord doomed the venture, showing the gap between theory and practice and ending Greeley's socialist reform efforts.
The veil at the church of Our Lady of Meixotl, valued at about £40000, drew three German thieves who planned a raid after Maximilian. Two were killed and the third fled, but the veil was recovered and restored to the altar where it is now closely guarded.
The tale recounts the Comte de Saint-Germain claiming friendship with Pontius Pilate and recounting a poisoning plot involving Mme d Esnermeuil. He describes mesmerism, a fake ball, a crystal pistol, and a dramatic courtroom ending with execution and praise from the Paris court.
A Lausanne banker bought a typewriter, praised it, then sold it after discovering it made clerks idle. He explained that fast letter disposal left staff with idle time, so he abandoned the machine and returned to pen and ink. The piece humorously reflects Swiss reluctance toward haste.
The New York Sun reports on summer tours by American workers to Europe, noting English, Irish, and Scottish expatriates visiting home, and Scandinavians and Germans making seasonal or cautious returns. A German-American story illustrates misreading a visitor as military draft.
Elixir linked to New England history over fifty years and noted for curing coughs and colds. Quote attributed to B. F. Morris outlines its long standing use and regional association.
The Mail Job Office offers complete printing services with presses and supplies. Legal blanks are stocked or printed to order, and prices are low. Subscriptions show the reader's paper by date. communications should be brief and signed, anonymous pieces not published.
A collage of humorous snippets and reflections tied to urban life. Jests about electricity, finance, manners, and everyday scenes mingle with quips on religion, fashion, tea leaves, and a Portland revivalist auctioneer. Light anecdotes feature social missteps and witty dialogues.
Chattanooga wholesaler D. A. Bradford reports a severe lung cold cured by Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption after trying other remedies. He attributes his recovery to the medicine and lists ongoing use for coughs and colds. Trial bottles offered free at A W Morck's Drug Store.
Business readers are urged to use the Mail Office for all kinds of job printing. They advertise high quality stock and low prices, encouraging customers to compare rates before placing orders.
W. C. RowLane offers house and business numbering services at low rates with a shop over Ketterer’s store, inviting patrons to visit for affordable, accurate address labeling.
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