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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1886
Page
1
A Warren Pennsylvania notice for a sewer builder plumber and gas fitter offers prompt attendance and service at PO box 427. Isaly advertised services include sewer building plumbing and gas fitting with quick response.
Warren County Fair at Warren Pennsylvania runs September 7 to 10, 1886 under the Warren County Agricultural Association. George P. Orr serves as president and A S Dalrymple as secretary. The association meets at the Warren Court House on the last Saturday each month at 1 PM with Charles Lott as president Willis Cowan as secretary and W B Acocks as treasurer. All farmers are invited.
President, Rev W A Rankin. First Vice President Fred Mores. Second V P George Ball. Secretary Willis Cowan. Treasurer A Hertzel. Directors Geo P Orr, A Mintzer, 8 M Cogswell, A J Davis, A Kirberger, James Nixon, Geo C Cornelius, Ed J Lesser, Geo C Hamilton. Regular monthly meeting on second Friday at 8 P M in Council room.
A fragmented timetable lists arrival and departure times for Philadelphia Erie Railway routes with express services and connections. It includes lines to Buffalo Kane Warren Dunkirk and Pittsburgh and notes standard times and various abbreviations for east west and north south services.
Burgess Albert W Morck and council members F M Knapp Joseph Walkerman August Morck Jr Robert MacKay Wm Sechnur A A Davis Smith P J Bayer J W Crawford Clerk C H Meacham Surveyor Geo C Hamilton School Directors Rev W A Rankin C C Thompson Chas Dinsmoor J M Siegfried A J Hazeltine F H Langworthy Assessor G H Ames Justices Geo O Cornelius R Schnur Constable A B Dalrymple Chief Fire Dept Fred E Windsor 1st Assistant Will C Allan 2d Assistant Al J Spinner Notaries Public D J Ball HH E Brown C Dinsmoor O F Hoffman Ozro Nesmith W D Hinckley
A list of district and county officers includes Congressman W L Scott Erie Pa State Senator J W Lee Franklin Pa Assembly Henry Brace Warren Pa President Judge W D Brown Warren Pa Associate Judges P W Brown Farmington Pa C C Merritt Grand Valley Pa Sheriff Robert A Love Warren Pa Prothonotary D A Arird Warren Ia Register and Recorder W 5 Alexander Warren Pa Treasurer C H McAuley Warren Pa County Commissioners M Crecker Youngsville Pa T L Putnam Russell Pa Joseph Clinton Sheffield Pa Clerk A Cogswell Surveyor D F A Wheelock Lottsville Pa Coroner Dr J L Burroughs Sugar Grove District Attorney G H Higgins Warren Co Auditors N P Curtis Conewango W O Martin Elk F E Fay Farmington Pa County Sept C D Arird Youngsville
Pouch and express routes listed with times from 7:45 A M to 9:00 A M and 5:10 P M. Destinations include Kane Titusville Oil City Sugar Grove Lander Kinzua Corydon Onoville Steamburg Salamanca Germany Pa and Corry Erie Dunkirk. All pouches close 25 minutes before stated times. Postmaster Alden prohibits pouch holdovers.
A county list shows 41 post offices in Warren County and within its townships including Brokenstraw Youngsville Irvine Matthews Run Cherry Grove Corydon Conewango Columbus Deerfield Grand Valley Eagle East Branch Sanford Elk Freehold Lottsville Kinzua Mead Stoneham North Clarendon Tiona Pine Grove Russell Ackley Pittsfield Garland Torpedo Dugal Sugar Grove Chandler's Valley Sheffield Barnes Spring Creek West Spring Creek Scofield Enterprise Fagundus McGraw Galen Slater Cobham and towns Clarendon.
A list of church services including Episcopal Baptist Presbyterian Lutheran Evangelical Scandinavian and Catholic with pastors and hours such as 11 AM 7 PM and Sabbath school times. Some entries note court house as worship space and several parishes list 12:30 PM Sunday schools and midweek prayer meetings.
A compiled list shows multiple fraternal and order meetings in Warren. Groups include G. A. R. post, Warren A. U., K of H, A Y M, Masons, I O G T, D O H and others. Meetings occur on various weeknights and in different halls, with visitors welcome.
A narrator warns of a kitchen ghost arising from flour to bake bread overnight. The poem paints a cozy domestic scene with a magical bread-making sprite that fills the house with scent and abundance by morning.
Musidora of the East leaves behind Finnian seaport aims for Dakota to help her uncle Absalom. She recollects a ballroom dream as she travels and settles in a log cabin that becomes a bright home. She grows to love the vast Far West despite fears of Indians and loneliness.
Musidora Magnus helps two wounded men after an ambush while she contemplates danger at Lovely Falls. One man recovers and identifies her as the girl in blue, sparking a romance with Cecil Grieve and plans for a New York wedding as Masidora departs the Dakota frontier with Uncle Absalom acknowledging the outcome.
Mrs. Eliza R. Parker advises on a wide seasonal assortment of vegetables and practical steps for making fresh salads. She covers selecting ingredients, dressing with olive oil or cream, essential seasoning, and gentle handling to keep produce firm and flavorful.
A Rehoboth Herald note recalls a well known architect who pressed a stone yard boss for the exact shape of a ordered stone. After being told no he drew the shape on the wall beside his phone, then realized his mistake and said he would call down to explain.
A group of ladies give a small biographical lecture course at private houses and interview a senator to use his home for the next talk. The subject proposed is Bacon, and the senator hesitates noting a possibly more fitting topic than prose or prose repute.
William Drysdale argues against relying on Webster's dictionary for pronunciation and spelling as language shifts. He cites editor Mahn of Berlin 1854 and recalls examples from Rise of the Dutch Republic and kidnap to show conflicts between Prussian and American English, ending with a satirical note on English language purity.
A collage of humor from Tid-Bits and various papers features medieval jokes, wry quips, and classroom wisecracks. Anecdotes cover absurd puns, mock politicking, and light social jabs, with glimpses of Erie jokes, a New York window trend, and a raft of contemporary gags.
An Indiana factory run by a German master granted eight hours' work but refused ten hours' pay for eight. He boasted of an order from Shegago and threatened to “sheep” him for ten dozen chairs, implying the rule works both ways. The plan failed.
Arbuckle’s coffee priced at 15 cents per pound and three pounds of best gloss starch for 20 cents advertised at Boss Grocery.
An 1886 essay by H. Evans of Tid ioute Pa. surveys the Jersey breed’s origin on Jersey island, its climate, farming practices, and prepotency, arguing for Jerseys as superior dairy cows with high butter yields. It contrasts with Short-Horn beef cattle and notes long breeding lifespans and dairy advantages.
The number of breeders in the United States territories and Canada is estimated at four thousand with herds ranging from six to as many as twenty.
Statewide personal property valuations under the 1885 tax law total 386 149 417 71 with four mills tax. The prior law posted 145 286 662 and a four mill levy produced 581 147 06. Philadelphia Times notes the new three mill rate will tax more than double the old. Indiana Messenger reports a 5 10 conscience payment for a back issue. Mrs Gussie King of Pittsburgh wins a divorce after sixteen years. Pittsburg has 120 divorce applications currently. Miss Lindley of Meadville, a Presbyterian, left 10 000 to Allegheny College for needy students.
An original vegetable compound promises safe and certain hair and moustache growth with no extraneous advertising. The Tropical Spray Co. in Fredonia New York invites requests for circulars while L G Noyes in Warren Pennsylvania distributes the product. Also offered are eave spouting tin roofing and plumbing services by William Spinner at 234 Diamond Block with guaranteed satisfaction.
The mail office invites business customers to use its job printing services claiming access to the best stock, quality work, and guaranteed low prices. It urges customers to compare prices before placing orders.
A long time hay fever sufferer reports rapid relief after applying Ely's Dream Balm. After starting two weeks ago the user claims a full cure and hails it as the greatest discovery ever known.
A user testimonial extols Parker's Tonic as a cure for erysipelas blotches on the face. The speaker claims no cure existed for 25 years until using the tonic two years ago and asserts it built health and strength.
John Langdale daily receives choice peaches and pears prepared especially for canning, ensuring fresh supply for preservation and kitchen use.
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