Arrival and loss of mails at Warren Post Office
On June 20 1978 the Warren Post Office lists arrival and closure times for routes in both directions. Pittsburg and Dunkirk north arrive at 9 19 am and 5 40 am south. Other lines include west and east bound schedules with various times and a note that no mail travels east of Warren to Accommodation. Signed C. Allen P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
New York
Mansfield
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio
Ravenna
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Meadville
Union and Corry
Jamestown
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Cleveland
Toledo
W. B.shattuc
Gen. Pass’r Agt
O. P. D. Cooper
Gen
Warren
Dunkirk
Rpm
C. Allen
P. M
IME
Effe
Oil City
Franklin
Raymilton
Stoneboro
Amasa
A&gw Ray
Jameston
Andover
Jefferson
Ashtabula
Erie
Geo. H. McIntire
Town Officials Named in Burgess-Miles Listing
The document lists Burgess M Miles as council member with eight members named alongside. It also records Clerk R P King Assessor J P Marston School Directors Benjamin Nesmith R R King Thomas Keelor J F Wells F Henry George Ensworth Justices D J Hodges D W C James Constable John F McPherson Jr Notaries Public D I Ball C H Noyes H E Brown O F Hoffman Ozro Nesmith Auditors Geo P Orr Geo N Parmlee E F Hodges.
Local District and County Officials Named
A list of district and county officers includes Congressman L. F. Watson from Warren PA, State Senator C. W. Stone, Assemblyman W. M. Lindsey, President Judge Lansing D. Wetmore, and other county posts. Officials span Warren and surrounding towns with seats in Pittsfield, Deerfield, Sugar Grove, Tidioute, Lottsville, and Kinzua. Names cover sheriff, prothonotary, treasurer, commissioners, surveyor, coroner, district attorney, auditors, and superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Watson
Warren
C. W. Stone
W. M. Lindsey
Lansing D. Wetmore
W. B. Acocks
Pittsfield
W. W. Connery
Deerfield
Henry Brace
Starling W. Waters
Hhegkatey, & Recorder
W. J. Alexander
T. E. Barnes
M. Dunham
Enterprise
E. R. Wheelock
Sugar Grove
J.B. Jennings
Tidioute
D. F. A. Wheelock
Lottsville
Sterling Green
Kinzua
Wm. Schnur
E. A. Spencer
Columbus
E. Barnes
Sheffield
G. C. James Warren
N. R Thompson
Church Services Schedule Across Denominations
A listing of multiple congregations with pastor names and service times including Baptist Presbyterian Episcopal Meritoprist Evangelical Lutheran Scandinavian and Catholic churches. Details cover morning and evening services Sabbath School times and occasional notes on special Sundays and vespers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist
E. F. Crane
LAM
Presbyterian
W. A. Rankin
Episcopal
H.S. Getz
R. M. Warren
B. L. Miller
F.C. H. Lampe
J. Mellander
Father de la Roque
Father Mullen
Fraternal Lodge Meeting Schedule Listings
Local notices list multiple lodges with meeting nights and locations. Laban Lodge No 52 K of H meets every other Monday in K of H Hall opposite Carver House. Carroll Lodge No 102 A O of U W meets Wednesdays over St Burgess store. Norvu Stak Loonae No 241 AYM meets Wednesdays on or after full moon. Occidental HRA Chapter No 235 meets second Monday each month. Coonewango Lopak No 250 IOGT meets Mondays in Johnsons Exchange. Warren Lodge No 339 IOOF meets Tuesdays in Allen Block. Kossuth Encampment No 98 IOOF meets second and fourth Thursdays in Johnsons Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laban Lodge
H. Hall
Carver House
Nelson Ensworth
H. R. Bartlett
Carroll Lodge
A. O
U. W
St. Burgess
J. W. Lytle
M. W. BE. L. Coates, Recorder. Norvu Stak Loonae, No. 241. A. Y. M
G. L
W. M. Wm. Borne
Johnson’s
F. M. Knapp
W.C. Fred Howand
Warren Lodge
Allen Block
W. Butler
Johnson
G. H. Ames
C. P
Mail Lines East and West Connecting at Erie and Corry
Corry Warren arrives in Kane and Erie Mail departs for Philadelphia while Kane Accom leaves Erie. Warren Accom travels east and west via L S M S with Corry connections. Rail links include Oil Creek & Allegheny River and P T B with L S M S and Erie Accom. WM A Baldwin signs as General Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad
Erie Mail
Philadelphia
Warren
Corry
Erie
Kane
Corry Warren
Meee
Philadelia
Oil Creek
Allegheny River Railways
P. T. & B. Warren
P. T. & B. WM. A. Baldwin
Transit timetable fragment shows multiple station times
Incomplete station schedule list with times for Dunkirk Fredonia Laona Casadaga Sinclairville Vermont Ross Mill Falconer Warren Jackson Irvington Youngsville Pittsfield Garland Newtons Grand Valley Frewsburg Titusville Fentonville Ackleys Russellburg and N Warren with morning and afternoon departures and arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IV Dunkirk
Fredonia
Laona
Casadaga
Sinclairville
Vermont
Ross Mill
Falconer
A &Gw
Craig
Warren
Jackson
Rvineton
Youngsville
Pittsfield
Garland
Newton’s
Grand Valley
Frewsburg
Far Titusv'lely
Fentonville
Ackley
Russellburg
N. Warren
Justice and Constable Blanks For Sale At Low Price
An auction lists Justice and Constable blanks available cheaply. Vendors promote low rates and urge quick bidding for the sought after legal forms.
Shadow of Death Looms Across Cities and Coasts
A somber poem describes plague entering from southern regions and port cities where ships move under a scorching sun. It laments sorrow, distress, and desperation, urging communities to seek help as death settles over North, South, East, and West. A. W. Bostwick signs the verse.
Radical call for simpler dress for Beaver College ladies
The writer argues for comfortable short dresses over restrictive outfits, praising the shift toward healthfulness and freedom of motion. They compare past fashion to present and advocate modest, untrammeled attire for young women, condemning lacing trains and ruffles as hindering activity and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver College
How to remove a cinder from the eye while traveling
Practical guidance for travelers on dealing with a cinder in the eye. The text outlines methods using tears, lid manipulation, and a pencil case as a fulcrum, plus warnings against self treatment and when to seek surgical aid. It also contains an editorial aside about new fathers and parental instincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal
Lookout Mountain remembered in Civil War recollections
A Memphis reminiscence recounts Mouat’s testimony about Lookout Mountain. The account contrasts overrated battlefield hype with a private soldier’s scene of crossing the creek, palisades, and the flag raised above Chattanooga as a rare moment of survival amid looming danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mouat
Fifth Ward
Grant
Lookout Mountain
Geary
Stevenson
Longstreet
Hooker
Twenty-ninth Pennsylvania Regiment
Lookout Creek
Cobham
One
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Twelfth Corps
Palisades
Pennsylvania
Green
Chattanooga
Martin
Philo
Two Months in the Air A New York Balloons Attempt
Professor Samuel A. King plans a trans Atlantic balloon voyage starting from New York or Brooklyn. He claims a new impenetrable gas retention method enables a two month stay aloft at about 500 feet, dispenses with west to east currents, and envisions a 90 foot diameter craft with hydrogen gas and a heavy rope to drag water for stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel A. King
New York
Professor King
Aeronaut
Brooklyn
Phila
Mixed News Briefs From 19th Century Dispatches
Short notices cover Mark Henlein, a 16 year old in New Castle weighing 225 pounds, Barus’ mile best of 2 14 ½ in Minneapolis, and only 250 million in US bonds held in Europe. Other items include Sherman’s silver note exchange, school rules on married female teachers, and curious odds and ends about inventions, taxes, and archery Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Henlein
New Castle
Barus
Minneapolis
United States
Europe
California
Edison
O'Leary
Sherman
United States Treasury
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Rose Eytinge
Rose
Pittsburg
Reed
England
America
Yeats
New York
Grant
Albany Evening Journal
London
Mauch Chunk
Pensylvania Railroad Company
Nevada
Scattered Jokes and Witty Bits From The Post
A long assemblage of quips and humorous anecdotes from readers and staff. The piece strings comic observations on social manners, local curiosities, and light banter about theatre, dating, dogs, and post office behavior, with names like Burlington Hawkeye and Rome Sentinel cited.
Sisters of Charity in the South Amid Fever
The article extols the Sisters of Charity as premier nurses during the fever sweeping the South. It praises their selfless sacrifices, noting they desert not their post and minister to the suffering without worldly reward. The piece hopes for heavenly reward for their sacrifices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisters of Charity
Paradise
How to Cook a Husband
Satirical household advice jokes about how to treat husbands as a dish. It warns against harsh methods and suggests a playful method using warmth affection and secrecy, framed as metaphorical kitchen guidance from a periodical household column.
Two Types of Fever and a London Swim Feat
Two fever types exist with mild convalescence and a deadly form that burns in forty eight hours. In homes treated with heat and immersion, none of one hundred children died and temperatures fell from 105.3 to 101. Physicians say heat alone would kill within 24 hours without such treatment, explaining early child mortality. Prof Hoare of London swam two miles bound with hands, shackles, and blindfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Corr
Prof. Hoare
London
Arsenic Use Turns Woman to Maniac in Stockton Cell
A Sacramento Bee report tells of a twenty year old girl who overused cosmetic arsenic for a golden hair and pale skin. She suffered headaches sleepless nights and progressive mental decline, ending in confinement as a maniac in Stockton. The piece notes Josh Billings’ quip on life and luxuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
John Donovan
Arkansas Springs
Heaven
Earth
Hell
Citizens’ Relief Committee
Gayoso Street
Chance
Memphis Avalanche
Vassar
New Jersey
Stockton
Sacramento Bee
Internal Revenue Receipts and Tax Changes in 19th Century US
Washington reports show a decline in internal revenue for the year ending June 30 with total receipts of 111,089,319 down from 118,995,184 in 1877. A drop of about eight million, largely from whiskey, is offset by a rise in beer and fermented liquor receipts. Commissioner Raum plans to ask Congress to raise beer tax from 1.00 to 1.50 or 1.67 per barrel as July and August indicate further declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
Washington
Raum
National Treasury
Gambrinus
Congress
Phila
Times
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. B. Stewart
Hazeltine & Davis’ Drug Store
Hickory St
Union School
Wm.swanson
Johnson's Exchange
Cable & Knapp
Allen’s Block
Eddy & Co
James Cable
M. Knapp
Lindsey & Parmlee
Johnson’s Exchange
Warren Pa
P. Johnson
J.D. Parmlee
Brown & Ball
Beatty Block
First National Bank
W. D. Brown
D. I. Ball
Jim D. I. Ball
G. H. Leonhart
Meat Market
F. A. Cogswell
Front Street
Parmice & Henry’s
Oe Mitchell, & CO
Lycoming
German American, Fire Association
Niagara
Phoenix
Shawmut
New York City
la Crosse
Warren Savings Bank
J. WH. Mepchell
Willis A. Mitchell
P. W. Murray
Corner Water
Hickory
Morek & Co
William Schnur
Morek’s
Front St
Oo. F. Hoffman
Warren, Pa
Second Street
Wilbur & Miles
Merck’s
W. W. Wilbur
M. Miles
K. J. Hodges
Willie Water Street
Messner & Trushers
Sextus Keller
Smith’s
WM. V. Hazeltine
Liberty Street
Scofield & Hooker
Junlus R. Clark
Chas
H. Noyes
Clark & Noyes
Allen & Thompson
Warren County
Central Block
W. Allen
Co. C. Thompson
Brown & Stone
H. E. Brown
R. Brown, Co
W. Stone
Anforth
Variety Hall
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
Agrete Arte Eerie
Dayton
Warren Greenville
Marion
Galion
Ashland
Union City
Jamestownh
Salamanca
Hornelsvile
Elmira
Springfield
Bingham
Boston
Ibana
Sil
Greenville
Kent E
Akron
Bam
Urbana
Ayne
Louisville
St. Louis
Local Directory
R. Dennison
Sec
R. R
P. & E. Division
Allegheny Valley
Ime Tabl
Southwestern
Gheny
C.A
N, Warren
G.w.cross
Erie R’y
Lake Shore and
Erie Railways
D. Thayer
Gen’ Jlute
Ass’t
L. T. Bisupp
Warr
N, Pa
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Re
Mail Office
Valor
A. W. Bostwick
Brave Women
State and General News
Professor Wortman
Rome
Josh Billings
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