09 Sep 1879
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1879
Page
1
The listing names Burgess S T Allen and town council members Burgess J, Hertzel, McNett, Heck Barnhart, Morck, Greenland, Clemons. clerk George O Cornelius. school directors R P King, T Keelor, F Henry, Geo Ensworth, Ch Dinsmoor, J F Wells. assessor J W Benson. justices D J Hodges and D W Cames. constable John F McPherson Jr. notaries D J Ball, F L Noyes, H E Brown, O F Hoffman, Ozro Nesmith.
The document enumerates district and county officials serving Warren and surrounding towns. Names include Congressman J. H. Osmer, State Senator J. W. Lee, Assemblyman J. B. White, and various county posts such as Sheriff Henry Brace, Prothonotary Starling W. Waters, Recorder A. W. Jackson, and Treasurer T. F E Barnes along with commissioners, auditors, surveyor, coroner, district attorney, superintendent, and other positions across Warren, Sugar Grove, Tidioute, and nearby communities.
A church directory lists pastors and service times across denominations. Lutheran, Baptist, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Mennonite, Evangelical, Scandinavian and Catholic churches show ministers Rev G A Wenzel H H Leamy W A Rankin H S Getz R M Warren Rev Win Haupt J Mellander and Father De La Roque with Sunday and evening services and Sabbath or vesper times.
The notice enumerates regular meeting times for multiple lodges and chapters in Warren, including Mutual Protective Association House Council No 41 meets 2nd and 4th Thursdays in Good Templars Hall. K of H Long No 52 meets every other Monday. G A R, Carroll Lodge No 102 A O of U W, North Star Lodge No 241 A Y M, Occidental H R A Chapter No 235, Conewango Lodge No 250 I O G T, Warren Lodge No 339 I O O F, Kossuth Encampment No 98 I O O F, and other postings with officers listed.
An elderly narrator recalls visiting a new grand schoolhouse after a life of farming and log cabins. He contrasts rough log classrooms with modern facilities, recalls a stern master, students’ mischief, and the strong work ethic that built schools and colleges, shaping frontier civilization.
A column of humorous quotes and jokes on life, manners, and aging from an old newspaper page. Snatches of social satire touch on forgiveness, politeness, love, and the frailties of human behavior with light, brisk wit. Notable bits include quips about editors, weddings, and American manners.
A Syracuse Standard correspondent details a dangerous hydrographic expedition in the Niagara canon undertaken with US Engineers. Depths recorded from 83 to 210 feet below the falls reveal steep gorges and towering cliffs, with the river’s swift drift and roaring water creating a fearsome, nearly mythic underwater landscape.
A fashionable woman with a serious medical complaint seeks a renowned physician. After detailing her symptoms, he examines her footwear and rejects treatment, remarking that shoes with such high heels cannot be treated.
A humorist recalls the custom of tossing an old shoe at a newly married couple to signal that matrimony is slippery. The quip notes the playful fate awaiting couples as they begin their shared journey.
The passage surveys common beliefs held by the average boy, man, maiden, wife, teacher, parent, spinster, grandmother, and nonparents about happiness, marriage, childrearing, and household management. It notes the gap between imagined and actual duties and outcomes in daily life.
A local taproom showcases a cider barrel that exudes strong aroma and fresh juice notes. Patrons report vibrant flavor and crisp finish as the barrel becomes a centerpiece of the tasting room.
A Boston Transcript comic tale recounts a schoolboy Walter losing a jacket button used as a habit cue. Johnny Brown signals the moral by asking if Walter cried at recess, illustrating the perils of slavish custom and the value of self restraint.
The Boston Traveller laments slang phrases like Awfully jolly and Good form used by youths. It argues these expressions borrow from England or arise locally, mislead with emptiness, and degrade conversation more than songs like Pinafore, while noting catch words from English slums lack humor.
A western inventor claims to have transformed straw into a wood like material rivaling oak and mahogany. Strawboard sheets are saturated with a secret chemical, pressed between rollers, dried to a hard solid, and said to be water repellent and fireproof at a cost below premium pine.
Two grammarians argued over whether wages is or are high. They asked a day laborer for the answer and he shrugged off the dispute saying his wages is low, adding a humorous local rejection of both forms.
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