Honestty is best policy and Bennett rises from adversity
A damaged goods incident tests young Bennett’s honesty in a Bennett’s mercantile tale. He resigns from Fleming’s store, endures scorn, finds a better path, and is later hired by Mr Kimball. His integrity wins him advancement, a prosperous start, a thriving family, and a legacy of fair dealing amid a changing town.
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Bennett
Mr. Fleming
Fleming
Kimball
Mr. Kimball
Knowl
Bennetts
Katie
Benson
Local Political Ticket Names and Offices Listed
A compiled slate lists candidates and officials for Warren County and surrounding areas. Names include Congressman W Li Scott Erie and state and county officers such as Senator O C Allen Warren, Assembly Henry Brace Warren, President Judge W D Brown Warren, and others across roles like Sheriff Prothonotary Treasurer Clerks Auditors and more with towns including Warren Bear Lake Grand Valley Youngsville Russell Sheffield Conewango Elk Farmington Lottsville and Farmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Li. Scott
Erie
O. C. Allen
Warren
Henry Brace
W. D. Brown
J.T. Barker
Bear Lake
C. C. Merritt
Grand Valley
Robert A. Love
Ees
D. A. Arird
Register
W.J. Alexander
Geo. F. Yates
M Crocker
Youngsville
T. L. Putnam
Russell
Joseph Clinton
Sheffield
F. A. Cogswell
D. PF. A. Wheelock
Lottsville
F. W. Whitcomb
G. H
Y M C A Meeting Announced at Corner Second and Liberty
The Young Men’s Christian Association opens an offman lock meeting place at Second and Liberty streets. Every Saturday from 4 to 5 PM all young men, citizens and strangers are welcome to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attorneys AT Law and Solicitors of Patents
Allen
Second & Liberty Streets
Warren
Y.M.C. A
Young Men’s Christian Association
Offman Lock
Second and
Liberty Streets
Amended Voting Qualifications Replacing Section One Text
The text proposes striking the four voter qualifications in the first section and replaces the section starting with very male citizen twenty one to redefine voting rights. The new provisions grant all male citizens twenty one years old the right to vote at their resident election district with specific residency requirements and impose safeguards for wartime absentees. It provides thirty day US and state residence, one year state residence, and a thirty day district residence rule, along with a provision to enforce these terms and a wartime exception. A true copy of the joint resolution is appended with Secretary Charles W. Stone’s certification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie
Mother
Charlie
Helen
Cressy
Canary
Autumn
Bennett
General Assembly
Charles W. Stone
The
Commonwealth
United States
High Seas
North American Review
Edmund Kirke
Garfield
Washington
Fitz John Porter
Rosecrans
Hiram
Hiram House
Rosecrans’ Staff
Congress
Lincoln
Halleck
Harry
Spanking Sparks Parisian Marriage of Marquis and English Teacher
In Paris a 70 year old marquis married his English former schoolteacher wife after a comical scandal. The coachman who punished the teacher twice, rescued her from a beating and sparked an unlikely romance that elevated the English teacher to a leading Parisian social position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gil Blas
Paris
Marquise
Theoachman
How Black-Headed Pins Are Made
An observer notes black headed pins break apart revealing they are made from old needles. He explains most pins are produced from needles broken in factory eye tests and that these pins retain exceptional sharpness compared with ordinary white pins.
Visitor notes etiquette at Windsor dinner with monarch
A visitor at Windsor castle states that etiquette forbids addressing the monarch at dinner unless spoken to. After dining, the guest quietly returns to the grand corridor where the queen bids farewell and moves to her private rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor Castle
Fall and Winter Underwear Arriving Daily at Geo Batt’s
Geo Batt’s announces new stock of fall and winter underwear arriving daily. Local shoppers are advised to check shelves for sizes and styles as supply updates continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo, Batt’s
Aztec Mummies Found in Sierra Madre Cavern
A San Francisco Bulletin report details nude, unwrapped mummies found in a hermetically sealed Sierra Madre cavern near the Arizona New Mexico line. They include a mother and child, a well-preserved woman, and a larger male described with a cork-like tongue and arched feet. The specimens, attributed to the Aztec race, will be shipped to European museums after viewing by scientists and consuls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Egypt
Docking
Sierra Madre Mountains
Gila River
Arizona
New Mexico
Southern Pacific Road
Mexico
Cortez
Central America
Europe
Learning to Run an Engine on the Farm
The article argues that steam and other motor power will dominate work, making engine management a valuable skill. It urges encouraging boys who take naturally to engines during threshing time, noting that hands on mechanical knowledge can lead to independent livelihoods and even surpass college in some cases.
Sitting for a Picture in the Photo Business
A feature notes the large profits in portrait photography with cabinet photos selling 3.50 to 4.50 while made for about 2 a dozen. It observes brunettes are easier than blondes, many sittings for blondes, and that ladies often seek flatter images more than natural likenesses, with men and babies sometimes harder to capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Downs Elixir Ties to New England History for Fifty Years
The history of Downs' Elixir is linked with New England's past for the last fifty years. It is described as curing coughs and colds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downs
New England
Morris
Disciplining Children in the Home and Its Demands
A reflective essay argues for tailored child discipline, warning against impulsive punishment. It urges calm, reasoned correction and patient guidance to avoid anger and long lasting harm, citing a mother of seven and Mrs Sophie Orne Johnson. It highlights the cost of neglect and the value of patience in shaping lifelong behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophie Orne Johnson
Good Housekeeping
Disease Germs in the Air From Airborne Experiments
Dr. Percy F. Frankland reports in an Eng lish Society of Arts discussion the counts of microscopic organisms found in air at various sites including Primrose Hill Norwich Cathedral St Pauls Kensington Gardens Hyde Park and Science Institution. In a railway carriage counts rose from 395 to 3120 per square foot per minute as occupancy increased. Across sea distances organisms were detected up to about 120 miles with eleven of twelve tests at 120 sea miles yielding germ free air.
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Percy F. Frankland
English Society of Arts
Primrose Hill
Norwich Cathedral
St. Paul's Cathedral
Kensington Gardens
Hyde Park
Exhibition Road
Chemical Laboratory of Science Institution
Royal Society
Job printing offered at the Ma office
Readers are invited to visit the Ma office for all grades of job printing at low prices.
The Mail Job Office Advertises Printing Services
The Mail Job Office offers presses and a full range of papers envelopes and legal blanks with skilled printers for first class job printing at low prices. Subscriptions show reader addresses by date and communications must be brief and signed. anonymous pieces not published.
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Warren P. O. Ag
From grave to gay and other daily maxims
A compilation of adages and witticisms reflecting social humor and moral reflections. It notes Phebe W. Cousins as the first female U S marshal in St. Louis, child ancestry curiosities from Marlboro Conn, and a string of quips about honesty, health, money, behavior, and society with period tone and local references.
Mandrake Bitters Claim Cure for Bad Breath
An advertisement asserts costiveness causes bad breath and that Dr Henry Baxters Mandrake Bitters remove the cause and prevent the evil for 25 cents, promoted by B F Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Baxter
B. F. Morris
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Warren Mail
EE. Cowan & Co
E. Cowan
Ww. Cowan
D. Cowan
Warren County
A. Peterson
Warren, Pa
Brown &Stone
D. Stew
Reverdy B
Richard B. Stewart
Physicians and Surgeons
Reverdy B. Stewart
Stewart
Third Street
Ohn F. McPherson
Water and
Hickory Sts
Clark
Attorney AT Law
Verback Block
Freeman
Hoffman Block
L. G. Noyes’ Drug Store
Warren Savings Bank
A. McAlpine
Merck’s
L. R. Freeman
W. G. Trunkey
Trunkey
Attorneys AT Law
Judge Scofield
Liberty Street
Ennati & Son
Oneida
Exchange Hotel
Geo. H. Leonhart
Water Street
Ortrait
W. A. Greaves
Rice
Beaty Block
Ko. BH. Higgins
T. Neill
Ontee
Crawd
Forest
Venango
J. Muse
Johnson's Exchange
R & Cable
Scofield
Dinsmoor
Jas
CABLE
Etmore, Noyes & Hinckley
Second Street
W. D. Hinckley
Notary Public
L. D. Wetmore
H. Noyes
W.D. Hinckley
Oo & Thompson
D. J. Ball
Albur & Schnur
LAW
Front Street
WM. Schnur
STONE
First National Bank
H. E. Brown
CG. W. Stone
Story
Page
Johnson
W. M. Lindsey
J. C, Parmlee
Rowland
Atickory St
I. F. Watson
BE. Nesmith
A.J. Hazeltine
L. F. Watson
A. J. Hazeltine
M. B. Dunham
B. Nesmith
Jas, Clark
Arbuckles
Ariola
Atlantic
Pacific
D. Shear
John Burroughs
Mail
Rocal Directory
Warren County Agricultural Association
Court House
Chas. Lott
Willis Cowan
W. B. Acocks
M. Beecher
Railroad Guide
Philadelphia & Erie
R. KR
Eastern Standard
Shef
Ridgway
Oil Express
Frie Mail
Erie Mail
Erie EX
mKane
New York & Philadelphia
Buffalo
Express
Dunkirk, Allegheny Val
Pittsb’y
RB. R
MA Sungay 'S
P. O
Corry
Bradford
Dunkirk
Kane
Sugar Grove
Lander
Kinzua
Cornplanter
Corydon
Onoville
Steamburg
Salamanca
Germany
Alden
England
Ireland
Scotland
National Line
Liverpool
Ueedstown
Antwerp
Hamburg
Bremen
Havre
Gothenburg
Christinia
Copenhagen
New York
P.& EB
Cashier
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Senate
House of Representatives
F. H. Langworthy
C. H. Meacham
Justices of the Peace
Geo. Co
O. F. Hoffman
Ozro Nesmith
Churcbes
W. P. Bignell
Episcopal
A. W.W. Ryan
Llam
Wm. J. Coulston
Lutheran
Ph. Doerr
Baptist
W. F. Shannon
Sabhbat School
N. G. Johnson
Father de la Roque
Father Berbigier
Eben N. Forp
H. Hall
Orient Council
National Union
G. A. R. Hall
Gro
H. Higgins
Sec
Y. Laban
K. T
Library
Warren Lodge
Allen Block
Kossath
Carroll Lower
A. O
U. W
Hall
Warren Lopge, K. of P
U. W. Hall
CONEWANGO LopG@E
G. T
Shafter Block
Warren Counciil R. T
House of Representatives of
Mail Job Office
St. Louis
Phebe W. Cousins
Marshall
Marlboro
Conn
Duluth
Peter
Paul
Mathuselah
Tom
Ed Pender
Tom Smith
Andy Jordan
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