Travelers Directory Trains From Warren Eastward Schedule
The May 12 1889 travelers listing shows Warren departures eastward with the Sheffield Express at 7:30 AM the St Marys Express at 10:05 AM the Old Express at 12:25 PM the Erie Mall at 5:15 PM to Philadelphia New York Baltimore and Washington with through sleepers and coaches, Kane Accommodation at 9:05 PM and Erie Accommodation at 7:46 AM plus Erie Mail daily for Erie and intermedate stations arriving 4:05 PM.
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Warren
Sheffield Express
Sheffield
St. Mary’s
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Phila
Erie
Williamsport
Kane
Erie Mail
Ashington
Oil Express
Erie Express
Mary’s
Timeline of Time Marks in Evening Schedule
A sequence of times shows a record of events from 11 20 pm through 12 35 pm. The list presents successive intervals and captures a late evening to early afternoon progression in a compact, numeric timeline.
Regional Rail Schedule Fragments and Times
A partial timetable lists several towns including Pittsburgh Foxburg Oil City Tionesta Warren and Tidioute with arrival times such as 5:20 PM 6:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:30 AM and 12:39 plus notes on divisions and presidents. The sparse OCR fragment shows a River Division pattern and multiple locale markers without complete service details.
Curious Animals Report From Calumet and Beyond
A beer drinking cat in Calumet, a Marinette dog that acts as a coin bank, Turne the climbing horse in Cayuga County, Captain Jinks the pumpkin-colored dog in Wisconsin, a Richmond Indiana pony with carnivorous tendencies, a cow in Ohio valley that tows wood on its horns, rests under a tree at noon and eats after one.
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Calumet
Civizen
Marinette
Wis
Turne
Cayuga County
Wisconsin
Richmond
Ind
Ohio Valley
World Geography and North American Landmarks
The text notes Iceland as part of America or Europe by origin, Greenland as a vast island, and outlines North America's size. It describes the Mississippi valley as a fertile plains region, Mammoth Cave in Kentucky with explored chambers, the Haunted Chamber, and Niagara Falls as the largest cataract with a 162 foot plunge and a vast vapor cloud.
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Iceland
America
Europe
Greenland
Turlength
North America
Lief
Eric
United States
Mississippi Valley
Mammoth Cave
Green River
Kentucky
Niagara
New York
Goat Island
A Lovers Dilemma and Other Poems From Albany Argus
A poetical collage features A Lovers Dilemma with a blind love stricken man chased by a composite photograph and a cousin's laugh. The Sensitive Visitor personifies Opportunity as a gallant intruder who never comes. Hard on the Muse follows a husband’s affectionate homecomings and a wife’s kiss that stirs a gentle thrill of bliss.
Indolence as a Temptation to Young Men Says Talmage
The speaker warns that idle men in cities tempt industrious youth. Indolence brings ease without work, while honesty and effort yield true possession. He cites temptations from hotels and offices and recounts a clerk who falls by sleight of hand, urging diligence and self-reliance.
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Hudson River
Pennsylvania
Long Island Road
Fifth Avenue
Windsor
Brunswick
Stuyvesant
Gisey House
New York
Horatius
Sluggard
T. de Witt Talmage
Unfinished Monument at Washington Family Grave in Virginia
A broken shaft near Fredericksburg marks an unhappy love tale. Washington's mother is buried there. A wealthy Northern suitor funded a monument but was refused by Miss Washington. He halted work, leaving the shaft as a caution to suitors about brides before tombstones.
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Fredericksburg
Washington
Croesus
Chicago
America
Empress Eugenie’s traveling kitchen jewel
The Empress of Austria carries a complete portable kitchen, a carefully fitted basket she calls her pijou. On journeys she prepares rich broth in silver saucepans with golden handles, using extract of meat and other ingredients to make a superior soup. The set mirrors one copied for Queen Victoria.
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Austria
Queen Victoria
Empress Eugenie
St. James
June Day Delights Sparked by Roast Beef Request
The Minneapolis Journal notes a witty contrast between poetry and dining as it recalls a June day and a joke about asking for well done roast beef. The quip highlights the oddity of a perfect June day paired with a diner’s precise order.
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Minneapolis Journal
Gambling on Vessels Stirs Atlantic Passage
A New York Commercial Advertiser report describes transatlantic gambling aboard steamships. It cites two Chicago men duped for over 1000 by casino sharps, officials admitting difficulty distinguishing gamblers from honest travelers, and frequent private stateroom games led by pros while steerage gambling remains rarer but present.
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Chicago
Ocean
Atlantic
Queenstown
New York
Sandy Hook
Gibson
Guion Line
Mr. Gibson
N. Y
Varied 19th Century Discoveries From Light To Primordial Microbes
A survey of contemporary science notes phonograph heart sounds, a new photo electric eye disease, weight loss cures via diet and medicine, and Paris electrolysis for wrinkle smoothing. It also covers microbial theories of aging, ape physiology, straw gunpowder, hydrophobia origins, rapid wing strokes in insects, and glass light transmission losses.
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Rumpf
Dynamodermic Institute
Paris
Europe
Slavery in Africa Exposed as Systemic Cruelty
The passage denounces the ongoing slave trade in Africa as a widespread, organized atrocity. It cites official reports from 1888 on slave captures and ships under various flags, including French colors, and notes rising activity despite civilizing claims. It urges urgent action and public awareness.
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England
Somali
Gissing
Aden
Zanzibar
Marquis of Salisbury
Camore Islands
Mayotta
Madagascar
Hogg
Bombay
Gulf of Tajourra
Henry Drummond
Scribner's
Miscellaneous Matters and Notable Local Bits
A roundup of assorted items notes professional rat-catchers earn 1500 yearly with only ten in the country, lawyers average 700, and Jerome Park lighting plans by Pierre Lorillard. Catskills travel remains strong in August, while a Lyndhurst mansion hosts immense wealth within twenty miles. Pennsylvanians brag of long-lived twins born 1803 1808, and a Quebec St Lawrence bridge will span six and a half miles with a 408 foot high deck. Jennens heirs pursue a £3 million English fortune, cutting ties with lawyer Cook who is expelled from their convention. A Gorham circus legend recalls a clown grave flowerings when circuses visit town.
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Pierre Lorillard
Jerome Park
Catskills
Anompire
L’anse
Mich
Jay Goutp
Lyndhurst
the Hudson
Pennsylvania
George
Jonathan Buckman
Bucks County
Samuel
John Nice
Germantown
Jenkinstown
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Jennens
England
S. C. Cook
Cook
Gorham
Cla&aon
Reynolds
Admirable Advice From Moral Parson Forked Tongue
This fragment exhorts readers to be neighborly and honorable, avoid disputes with neighbors, and sacrifice for others. It urges perseverance through misfortune, warns against lack of daily acts of love, and notes that compromise can resemble failure while praising nature as a guide to balanced energy and land versus sea life.
Cat Bite Feeds Rabies Death of Liverpool Woman
Elizabeth Jones died in Liverpool from hydrophobia after a pet cat bit her while she tended it. The cat had been taken to Cavan Ireland and had been bitten by a dog there. Jones nursed the cat as if it were a child, despite danger.
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Elizabeth Jones
Liverpool
Cavan
Ireland
Miss Jones
Electric Bitters Promoted as Cure-All Remedy
Advertised tonic claims to cleanse liver and kidneys, purify blood, and cure malaria and various ailments. Promotes relief of headache constipation and indigestion with guaranteed satisfaction and money back. Sold at Morck Drug Store for 50 cents and 1.00 per bottle.
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CarTer
Carter Medicine CO
New York
Gina
Morck Drug Store
Kemp's Balsam advertising claims and Downs Elixir pitch
The proprietor of Kemp's Balsam offers free trial bottles and promotes the product as a perfect cure for coughs and throat and lung troubles. The ad urges immediate purchase with large sizes priced at 50 cents and one dollar, and cites Downs' Elixir as life saving.
Poultry Care Tips From An Early Home Guide
ScaLpeEpD sweet milk and cooked rice will stop diarrhea in chickens. Provide closed water fountains and avoid open dishes as death traps. Use iron tincture in water for sick fowls and clean nests with fresh straw. Feed regimes change with age and breed eggs for higher markets. Ensure shade, exercise, and vermin control with kerosene and carbolic powder. Cure egg eating by nest design and crushed oyster shells.
Frugal fare and old time preserves in a domestic guide
The article outlines simple dietary advice for consumptives emphasizing light fruit vegetables and plain meals. It lists foods such as sardines bread and butter and fruit desserts while detailing recipes for fricassee sweetbreads and spiced fruit preserves with generic kitchen techniques and old fashioned preparations.
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Ciean
Canary Clocks in Harlem and Odd Tales of Youth
A Harlem family avoids clocks as a canary warbles the hours and rewinds time at noon. A youth in Dumfriesshire smiles during a sermon and is reminded that youth is a precious possession. Archdeacon Colley muses on the devil’s due and the dos and don’ts of mischief. A clergyman’s wife plans a Saturday ham boil for Monday’s collation, and a Mississippi cat saves a town by stopping a flood, earning a grand tomb and carved mice.
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Harlem
Annie Laurie
Carlyle
Commertrees
Dumfriesshire
Red Davie Gillespie
Archdeacon Colley
London
Mississippi
Reflections from the Youngstown Telegram
A collection of maxims and quips on life, honesty, perception, and human nature. The ideas cover happiness, speech, envy, grief, modesty, energy, and attitudes toward death, fame, and an enemy’s virtues.
The Mail Job Office Offers Printing Services
The Mail Job Office advertises power presses, a full type assortment, best papers and envelopes, skilled printers, and low prices for all job printing. Blanks are kept on hand or printed to order. Submissions must include the writer's name and be newsy and brief.
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MAI
Warren P
Postal Cards and Quirky Sayings From the Era
A collage of humorous items and jokes from the Omaha World column. Bits reference flies, weddings, trusts, and odd anecdotes such as a paper city, sunflower pen-wipers, waterspouts, and a joke about electric executions. Includes light social quips and regional amusements.
The Boy Who Says We Should Be Our Teams Pride
A Springfield Union reflection on a post office helper who embraces his role and the value of belonging to a busy firm. It urges employers to treat promising youths fairly with guidance and praise, as humble work builds future leadership.
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Boston
Springfield Union
Why I Am a Woman Suffragist
A blocky, impassioned defense of women's rights argues that women possess plain sense and thrift, challenge unfair pricing, and fight for recognition in government. The speaker cites independent finances, resisting overcharges, and traveling without patronizing stereotypes, concluding that women deserve the vote and even governance.
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Ceptin
Buardette
Human Biometric Averages From Historical Text
A collection of physiological data lists typical values for humans and animals. It covers teeth, skeleton weight, bone count, brain weight for men and women, breathing rates, blood flow to kidneys and heart, air intake, height by nationality, heart blood pressure per beat, lung cell count, and pulse rates across life stages and genders.
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D.cowan
Warren County, PA
Ocal
M J. Walkerman
Liberty Street
Warren, Pa
DLOW
L. Agnew
Eee A. Schofield
Exchange Block
R. J. A. Love
Warren, Penna
J. W. Clements
Water
Liberty Streets
AM. McAlpine, E
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Third St
M EK
J W. Dunkle
F. R. Scott
John Hepburn
Liberty St
Third
Third and
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W G. Trunkey, S
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Hazeltine
Rown, Stone & Rice
First National Bank
H. E. Brown
K. Brown
H. Ke, Brown
W. Stone
E. Rice
A. F. Bole
Wright Block
Centre Street
Corry, Pa
Bowman & Bole
John F. McPherson
Water and
Hickory Sts
Perry D. Clark
Verback Block
N. Yates
L. G. Noyes’ Drug Store
Warren Savings Bank
Pie
W. A. Greaves
Muel T. Neill
Crawford, Forest
Venango
H. J. Muse
Johnson’ S Exchange
Beneath & Cable
Attorneys AT Law
Water Street
Scofield Block
Dinsmoor
IAS
CABLE
Etmore, Noyes & Hinckley
Second Street
W. D. Hinckley
L. D. Wetmore
D. H. Noyes
W.D. Hinckley
B. & Thompson
Beaty Block
D. I. Ball
Notary Public
Ilbur & Schnur
LAW
Front Street
W.W. W. Wilbur
M. Schnur
Johnson’s Exchange
Story
P. Johnson
W. M. Lindsey
Parmlee
Shear
D. Shear
Arren
Warren County
Marriea
L. F. Watson
B. Nesmith
A. J. Hazeltine
Cashier, Diredors
M. B. Dunham
L. R. Freeman
James Clark
L. B. Wood
GOAL
H. S. Thomas
Wood & Thomas
Third Street
Liberty
Warren, la
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Neem
Warren & Farnsworth Valley R. BR
Garield Vandergrift
Dunham's Mill
Clarendon Corwen
Underwood
Garfield
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McCalmont
Underwood, Cornen
Clarendon
Ridgway
Vandergrift
Garned
Dunham’s Mill
A. D. Wood
Tionesta Valley
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Barnes
Donaldson, Martin
Brookston
Foxburg
Allegheny
Farnsworth Siding
Tiona
Markham
Farnsworth
Leavin Garfield
Jerry Crary
Philip Bysecker
Hoffman Block
Market Street
Ludlow House
Pitcher’s Castoria
Traveler’s Directory
Chas. ‘Eb. Pugh
Man’ Gr
J.R. Wood
Dunkir
Heny Valley
Pipisburg
Y Dunkirke
Fredonia
LQODS
Casadaga
Sinclairville Falconer
A &Gwcraig
Frewsburg
Fentonville
Russellburg
N. Warren
Jackson
Irvington Youngsvill
Pittsfield
Garland
Torpedo
Grand Vaile Ar Titvale
Lierie Railways
Dunkirk
Jamestown
Branwin
D. Thayer
Gen’ Clute
L. T. Bishop
Age
C.A
Warre
Iq, Pa
Western
Penna
R.R
P. R. BR
River Division
Pittsburg
Parker
Peres Franklin Jv
Oil City
Oleopolis
Eagle Rock
Tionesta
Hickory
Junkeyville
Tidioute
Thompson
Irvineton
Kinzua
Bradford
Kingua
Corydon
Wolf Run
Quaker Bridge
Red House
Salamanca
Clean
Geo. S. Gatchell
J. A
Pass
Exchange St
Buffalo
S. Leffard
J. K. Ronne
Hickory Street
Oya
Royal Gantales
Royal Aking Powwder Co
Wall St
Carters
Broadway
Gray
Albany Argus
Pride
Opportunity
Orella Key Bell
Pegasus
Frank B. Welch
Boston Courier
Sir Walter Raleigh
Shakespeare
Lucy
Captain Smith
Boston Transcript
Churchman
Willie
Tommy
T. DeWitt Talmage
D. D
Africa
Morris & Mullen
N.C. Allen
Eli Perkins
Youngstown Telegram
Omaha World
Ark
Atlanta
Texas
Escourage
the Boy
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