13 Sep 1881
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1881
Page
1
A fragment from Warren County records shows a court action pending, with officials enumerating case details and parties involved. The readable text indicates an official filing and scheduled proceedings in the near term.
A tight couple in a small town neglects a local paper and falls prey to a vase swindler. After Mrs Meggs warns them, they renew the newspaper habit, Obadiah finds better wages, and Josie starts dressmaking, securing a steadier income.
Local rail schedule lists northbound and southbound trains with arrival and departure times across stations including Dunkirk Cassadaga Sinclairville Vermont Mill Warren Jackson Irvington and Grand Valley. Notes indicate connections at Dunkirk with Jamestown and Bradford trains. Officials D Thayer and Clute oversee operations from Warren Pennsylvania.
timetable details for New York Pennsylvania Ohio R R Atlaretan and Great Western Railroad dated Nov 7 1880 listing eastward and westward departures from Bradford Salamanca Jamestown Lakewood Corry Union City Meadville Rochester Albany Boston and Chicago with connections at Mansfield Cleveland Cincinnati and Niagara Falls palace sleeping coaches on select trains and standard time note.
District officers named with names and hometowns across Warren County including Congressman L Watson Warren state Senator J W Lee Franklin Assemblyman W B Benedict Enterprise President Judge W D Brown Warren associate judges W B Acocks Pittsfield and W W Connely Deerfield Sheriff Theodore Chase Warren Prothonotary Jos A Weible Warren Register and Recorder A W Jackson and deputy Geo W Kinnear Warren Treasurer F M Knapp Warren County Commissioners Ben J Ellis Sugar Grove Jas Roy Warren and W H Maultby Eldred Surveyor D F A Wheelock Lottsville Coroner H K Siggins Warren District Attorney C C Thompson Tidioute Auditors Critt Marsh Corydon N F Wright Freehold W W Kemble Tidioute County Superintendent N R Thompson Sugar Grove
Church listings show multiple denominations with pastors and service times including Lutheran Baptist Presbyterian Episcopal Methodist Evangelical Scandinavian and Catholic. Details include morning and evening services, Sabbath or Sunday School times, and occasional vesper or vespers timings.
Notices list regular meetings for R.T. of T. and Mutual Protective Association in K of H halls. Includes Rouse Council No. 41, Laban LoDg No. 52, Carrnolt Lodge No. 162 AOUW, Norv Star Lodge No. 241 AY M, OccidentAL H R A Chapter No. 235, Conewango Lodge No. 250 IO GT, Warren Lodge No. 339 IOOF, Encampment No. 98 IOCF, Robert Bram Lopes No. 249 DC H, Warren ConnET Band led by Geo H Leonhart meets Mondays in Harragah Hall.
Franklin Division timetable shows trains from Oil City to Petrolea Centre Titusville Centerville Corry Mayville Brocton with multiple daily departures and Sunday changes. Through coaches Oil City to Bradford and Pullman cars Mayville to Pittsburg. Tickets and baggage checked. contact WM Baldwin Buffalo or T H Wilson Oil City for full details.
Pennsylvania lender offers 6 percent loans on long time for sums of at least $1,000 secured by bond and mortgage on good farms. Borrowers may pay in installments of $100 or more at their option. Contact N. H. Hill in Jamestown NY or Dinsmoor & Cable in Warren PA.
A vivid account of a Maryland barbecue grounds near a spring with deep coal trenches, spits over hot coals, and log fires. Crowds arrive by coach and wagon, families on horseback, ladies in finery, and enslaved people active at kettles and carcasses. Music, dancing, and a jovial atmosphere pervade the day.
Derrick notes the volatile boom in Oil City and Bradford where fortunes rise and fall quickly. He cites examples of men moving from beggars to wage earners, and others jailed for fraud after rapid profits.
The Franconia selectmen rename Hay Stack mountain as Mount Garfield in a Democratic display of respect for President Garfield and his family. Mount Garfield, at 4500 feet, lies near Lafayette and Lincoln in the White Mountains, 700 feet lower than Lafayette.
Travelers are offered special inducements by the Burlington Route with an incentive to read their advertisement elsewhere in the issue.
An Arkansas Paper notes a Wisconsin incident where a man kissed a woman and she was paid six hundred dollars by a jury. It mocks the outcome and comments on wider female sexuality, claiming Arkansas would outpace the world. The piece also mentions another revolution in San Domingo.
The President was carried from the White House sick room to a departing train and later to Francklyn Cottage in Long Branch. Surgeons, attendants, and a large party accompanied the journey, noting stable vitals and the President's calm, fatigued mood as the special train sped along at high speed.
The Buffalo Express cites Dr Bliss and Mrs Garfield during President Garfield's illness praising her courage and devotion. It notes the public acclaim for Mrs Garfield as the most admirable wife and nurse, while urging that such qualities are common among devoted American spouses rather than exceptional. The Rochester Herald comments similarly on her “womanly” conduct and humanity.
Jay Gould now holds roughly half the United States railroad mileage, signifying a dominant position in the nation’s rail transportation network and raising questions about competition and monopoly in the industry.
A Newark area reader reports ten years of hay fever sufferings ending after first use of Ely's Cream Balm. J Cottyer of Elizabeth NJ and G Schreiber of Elizabeth NJ attest immediate relief and possible cure after long seasonal symptoms.
A collage of brief items: NC prohibition majority 116156. New York wealth, $3,000,000 men. Leadville journalist dubbed local leaditor. Zalubelle riddle. Philadelphia area horses valued at 500000. Coney Island 125000 Sunday visitors. Moody and Gran t remarks. Grant in Mexico praise. Otsego runaway wife ad. Middletown jury verdict quirks. Norfolk moonlight joke. Cornell crew voyage. Marvin jailed for bigamy. global grain shortfall with potential exports. new 1878 counterfeit silver dollar. Little Maud S trotter shod in Hartford with prized souvenirs.
Curexens send to C F Fletcher Jamestown New York for circular Lange shans Asiatics Hamburgs Leghorns Plymouth Rocks and Bantams 20 varieties Imported and Premium Stock Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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