Local Business and Legal Notice Names Roan Warren Firms
Volume Fifty Two lists Jon Sill & Son Insurance Agents Warren Pa Edward Lindsey Parmalee Lindsey attorneys at law J W Dunkle attorney at law and notary public as well as Parmalee Lindsey Edwin Lindsey office addresses in Warren Pa and Hazeltine building details indicate prompt attention to business in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Stone
Ralph W
Attorney At Law
Wm. D. Brown
Liberty Street
Warren,Pa
Johnson’s Exchange
Warren
Edward Lindsey
Warren, P
Attentian
Hazeltine Building
Attorneys At Law
Warren Savings Bank
Chas. Dinsmoor
Chas. A. Peterson
W. W. Wilbur
WM. Schnub
Warren, Pa
Beaty Block
I. Ball
Thompson
Gems in Verse A Grand Mixture
A fragmentary dialogue poem argues about depravity and theft as speakers compare themselves to major literary figures. The exchange mulls vanity tempers and cynicism, with lines referencing Shakespeare Carlyle Montaigne Swift Shelley Machiavelli Angelo Dante Mil
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shakespeare
Carlyle
Montaigne
Swift
Shelley
Machiavelli
Michael Angelo
Dante
John Mil
The Man With the Hoe and Its Silent Reproof
A poem by Edwin Markham questions human labor and greed through the image of a broken worker bent under his hoe. It laments how rulers and society shaped him to endure suffering and asks how future generations will answer his brutal, unanswered questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Hell
Plato
Edwin Markham
When My Paw Was a Boy
A New York World lyric reminiscence recalls a father’s boyhood acts of sport and discipline. The speaker highlights the father’s skill, speed, and victories, contrasting pride with a mother’s rebuke of his foolishness, ending with a reflection on being present during paw’s youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paw
New York
When the World Is Free Verse Vision of a Just Global Era
A prophetic poem imagines a future where humanity unites across nations and faiths. Science and religion join, conflict ends, and prosperity blooms as all toil, power shifts to the people, and greed dissolves with the downfall of Mammon.
Conversation is but carving in careful measure
A short reflective note frames sharing wisdom from Sir Walter Scott on giving fits for each guest and letting neighbors carve, alongside Bulwer’s verse about faith and divine comfort in times of life’s woes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Walter Scott
Various South Street Jots and Humorous Vignettes
A collection of light anecdotes and sayings including remarks on black sheep, dog etiquette, self-made men, Job, polar fox coats, theatre audience behavior, newspapers, and a Williamsport sidewalk liability ruling. It also notes Gen. Shafter autographing children in Grand Rapids, a valley of parental discipline jokes, and a Ravenna baby found by a brakeman after a mother forgot it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job
Hoboken Justice of the Peace
Williamsport
Grand Rapids
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Ravenna
Reeder to Lead Republican Drive in Pennsylvania
General Frank Reeder, new Republican state committee chairman, will spearhead a forceful campaign for Lieutenant Colonel James E. Barnett and the state ticket. The piece praises Republican organization, attacks Democratic disarray led by Guffey and Bryan, and notes Reeder’s veteran leadership and planned nationwide canvassing tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Frank Reeder
Republican State Committee
Luzon
James E. Barnett
Tenth
Pennsylvania Volunteers
J. Hay Brown
Lancaster
Josiah R. Adams
Barnett
Reeder
Pennsylvania
T. Larry Eyre
Chester County
William R. Andrews
Charles E. Voorhees
Chief Eyre
Republican State Organization
Mr. Andrews
Voorhees
Republican
Harrity- Hensel-Pattison
James M. Guffey
Guffey
Democratic Party
Bryan
Chicago
Harrisburg
Rilling
Pittsburg
McKinley
Boies Penrose
Princeton
Nashville
Tenn
Chester A. Arthur
New York
Howard Reeder
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Lafayette Post
Easton
Republicans
Republican Party
Keystone
Westcott Life and Creation Of David Harum Noted
Buffalo residents recall Edward Noyes Westcott the Syracuse born author who linked his baritone voice to local churches and chose his bride Jane Dows. The piece details his career from banking to Westcott & Abbott and his health driven writing of David Harum completed in 1896 and published after many rejections. It notes Homeville likened to Homer and that Harum is a composite character per Westcott’s sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Noyes Westcott
David Harum
Buffalo
Westcott
Jane Dows
Syracuse
N. Y
Westcott & Abbott
New York
Mr. Westcott
Buffalo Courier
Personalities: notable figures and brief anecdotes
James A. Allen of Palmyra Wisconsin served as a justice of the peace for 50 years. The new Florida senator Taliaferro is Spanish for Smith. Locking in life details, Adventurers and leaders like Carnegie, Gomez, Senator Platt, Funston, Sage, Foster, Jourdan, Lord Chief Justice Russell, and diplomats Azpiroz join a mosaic of past and present prominence with assorted quotes and recollections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Allen
Palmyra
Wis
Taliaferro
Florida
Smith
Leo XIII
Virgil
Senator Platt
New York
General Funston
Russell Sage
A. G. Foster
Washington
Wisconsin
Prairie
Illinois
Chicago
David Starr Jourdan
Leland Stanford
Early Christian Endeavor Lesson on Timothy
A union meeting lesson presents Timothy as an exemplary young Christian Endeavorer. It stresses markable piety, obedience to God, and honoring parents, with guidance for Junior Endeavorers and daily readings from Luke 2 and Matthew 21. The piece notes leadership, missionary spirit, and enduring faith through trials, citing Paul, the Bible, and the Holy Spirit as key guides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy
Christian Align Army
Mark
Smothy
Jesus
Earth
Kingdom of Heaven
Philadelphia
God
Endeavorer
Paul
Daily Companion
Christ
Domitian
Anoter
The Silex Battery and the Quiet Victory of Right
A reflective meditation on courage duty and faith noting that brave actions shape history. It contrasts martial glory with inner battles against wrong and highlights the ruinous legacy of alcohol. The passage asserts God's guiding hand in the triumph of virtue.
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Silex
Monument to 1831 lucifer match inventor unveiled in Jura
St Lothaire in the Jura mountains raises a monument to Charles Marc Lauria a country doctor who conceived the lucifer match in 1831 but lacked funds to patent it. Austrian and Hungarian claimants contest priority of the invention. A West Philadelphia fiancée deceives her fiancé by diverting $100 from an engagement ring to a life membership in a woman’s suffrage society. Philadelphia hotels may hire trained firemen to inspect properties, with costs offset by insurance savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lothaire
Jura
Charles Marc Lauria
West Philadelphia
Woman’s Suffrage Society
Philadelphia
Unhesitating Confidence in Christ as Soldier of Faith
Wm. K. Fisher presents Epworth League guidance on steadfast obedience to Christ as captain. The piece compares Christian life to military service, stressing discipline, vigilance, and reliance on the Holy Spirit to avoid blind leadership, with Paul and Timothy as models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Scheel
Christ
Paul
Timothy
Plummer
God
Junior League on loving care and Christian duty
A sermon urges Christians to show love through deeds toward the sick and needy. It cites first John and stresses faith that works by love, guiding compassionate acts and faithful testimony rather than mere words for Jesus. It calls believers to act, reflecting Christ’s likeness in daily charity.
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Christ
God
Jesus
Loving God and the World
A Christian Endeavor World reflection warns against pretended piety and worldly love. It argues that God and the world are at war and true obedience requires denying worldly desires, choosing God's love over material attachments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Jesus Christ
Christian Endeavor World
Money Power Tide Reflections by Horace Bushnell
The quote reflects a view that the world’s money power is being moved by a divine tide. It compares the spread of wealth influence to sea tides, suggesting resistance is futile when God initiates the process. It frames money as a global force guided by spiritual currents.
Newfoundland dog kills policeman bite mystery
Policeman Albert W. Owens of Flatbush, Brooklyn, was bitten by a large Newfoundland as he walked Erasmus street. His wound was cauterized and he sought the dog’s owner for repayment. The owner said the dog died minutes after, leaving Owens incredulous and pondering the strange sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Owens
Flatbush Station
Brooklyn
Erasmus Street
No. 64
Owens
Jones’s Color Blindness Complicates a Red-Headed Romance
In Harlem Life a note titled How did Jones come to marry that red headed girl reveals White-Poor Jones’s inability to perceive color. The piece uses humor to depict social constraints and personal longing in an urban setting.
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Gree
Jones
Also Mentioned on This Page
Burchard Wright
Warren Savings Bank Building
En G. Smith
JON Sill & Son
Exchange Block
Water Street
John Sill
F. E. Sill
Parmlee & Lindsey
J W. Dunkle, E
Biestow
Geo. Ball’s
Warren, Fa
Ee & Peterson
T. Danforth
S. Keller’s Sons
Second Street
Woes & Stuart
Third Street
A. C. McAlpin
R. W. Stuart
Wiecs & Schnub
Ww. Greaves
Nes & Thompson
Local Directory
Congress
Joseph C. Sibley
Senate
Henry H. Cumings
K. W. Parshall
Warren Borough Officers
Railroad Guide
Philadelphia & Erie B. B
West Ae Standard
Han East
Western West
llegheny Valley & Pit _ Eastern Standard
Dunkirk
New York and
Eastern Standard
C. Smith & Son
Baker & Bowman Co
Utz & Dunn
Levis & Pifer’s
Ladies’ Fine Shoes
Goker & Son
Second St
Warren High School
W. L. Macgowan
Leon H. Ensworth
THE
Pickett Hardware CO
Syracuse Steel Plows
Planet Jr
the Pickett Hardware CO
Lin
GEMS
Chas. H. Fletcher
Centa Srrcer
New York City
Peal Medicine CO
Cleveland
J. H. Siegfried
the Life Ledger
Denver News
Bulwer
Cabmen
Cuba
Tacon
Belascocia
Times of
Wisconsin State Journal
Andrew Carnegie
America
Gomez
Senora Azpiroz
Beaconsfield
Disraeli
Y. P
C. E
Wm. K. Fisher
Dr. Ayer
Ayer
Medical
Eee
Ager
Lowell, al
Setoritia
Epworth League
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