Harness and Saddle Maker Benjamin Nesmith Pitts Warren
Benjamin Nesmith, manufacturer of harnesses saddles bridles trunks vallies, operates at the Exchange Building upstairs in Warren Pennsylvania. The note cites his goods and business location for customers seeking leather products and related gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. James
Exchange Building
Lewis Arnett
Exchange
Warren, Warren Co
Pennsylvania
D. M. Williams
Temperance House
Warren
George Sailor
Variety Hall
E. M. Pierce
Third
Hickory Streets
Ames & Davis
Benson & Co
Benjamin Nesmith
Deer and cottage fate in a moonlit valley
A hundred years ago a deer fed by a cottage while a young man kept his rifle sheathed. The elder sister watches, the red men threaten, and a tragic end follows the deer vanishing from the mead as the cottage burns and lives are taken.
Fatal rail accident tale shows swift telegraph aid
A WM Courier account recalls a rapid train event on a major line. A king bolt missing from a car nearly caused disaster but quick telegraph checks and yard crews prevented catastrophe as the express steamed safely to its destination. The incident highlights vigilant supervision and modern safety in rail operations.
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Sentinel
WM. Y. Courier G Enquirer
H E
Messin
King Bolt
Empress Josephine myth and marriage secrets exposed
The piece challenges the popular image of Josephine, recounting her Paris society marriage to Napoleon as a civil contract tied to Barras and Beauharnais. It notes money, status shifts, and a false age claim by both spouses, arguing for a harsher view of her character than widely believed. The text also includes brief local items on Stark County prizes, a joke exchange, and a cadet accident.
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Republic
Louis Napeleon
Jostraine
Josephine
Bonaparte
Barras
France
Napoleon
Toulon
Madame Beauharnais
Barr
Directory
The
Luxembourg
Josephine Beauharnais
Italy
la Citoyenne Bonnaparte
Beauharnais
Rue Chandereine
Paris
Eugene
Kimpress
Horran
Bagres
Stark County
Iere
Old Captain Sutter and California’s New Helvetia
A condensed portrait traces Jean A. Sutter, Swiss-born founder of New Helvetia at Feather and American rivers, through military service, exile, and settlement, noting his later life near Marysville at Hock Farm and his candidacy for California governor amid shifting fortunes. The item also covers brief anecdotes on Westward fires near Hudson, a romantic Armenia tale, a Boston beggar’s wealth, Cassius M. Clay’s political campaigning, and a quip about curls and lightning.
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Jean A. Sutter
California
Charles X
Missouri
Oregon
Plains
Sandwich Islands
Feather
New Helvetia
Marysville
Plume River
Hock Farm
Woman's steadfast love saves a condemned man from ruin
A Saint Louis style tale shows a wife feeding and comforting her inebriate husband in a jail cell. Despite scorn, she calms him, pledges to visit with a friend, and returns to lead him free and penitent the next day, inspiring him to reform.
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Calaboose
Rum
anyAne
Katy
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Warren Mail
E. Cowan
Thams
L. T. Parmlee
Water Street
Carver House
Wetmore & Spencer
Second St
Johnson & Brown’s
Warren, Pa
L. D. Wetmore
T. C. Spencer
Johnson & Brown
Ludlow Building
S. P. Johnson
Rasselas Brown
Curtis, Miles, & Edwards
Law
Waterstreet
C.B. Curtis
John N. Miles
T. D. Edwards
Scofield & Brown
Waterst
Glenn W. Scofield
William D. Brown
Justice of the Peace
Scott's Exchange
Youngsville
Warren Co
Taylor & Waters
Front
H. J. Taylor
Myron Waters
BROWN
Sugar Grove
Dorwin Greene
Summerton & Church
St. Warre
C.w.ratabun
Breeze Point
H. L. Towle
Mansion House
Gilman Merrill
Warren Saloon
Hazeltine & CO
G. W. Hazeltine
H. H. Hunt
Stockton & Fuller
Brown’s
Park Row
Erie
P.R. Bennett
Warren Pa
R. D. Ward
Dunkirk
N.Y
N. Y
Buffalo and
State Line
Pittsfield
Saeed Acocks
Warren Co. PA
Temperance ‘House
P. S. Cocx
Court Horse
Carver
J.H. Hut
Mead
Main and
Diamond Sts
Warren County
James Andrews
Bens, Exxtorr
L. E. Guignon
Peale
J. L. Kapple
Mead & M’leon’s
William Cullen Bryant
Red Men
Ani
Lirrie
Gil
Omyinous Rivine
Matsell
Courier & Enquirer
Ohio Valley
Middle States
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Alleghenies
Middle
Summerfield
Bingham Heath
Mcchiele
Empress Josephine
Zeb
Squire Togger
Virginia Cadets
Warrenton Springs
New York
M. Holenski
Ile
Sutter
Pierce
Hudson College
Armenia
Boston
Cassius M. Clay
Freeport
Cassius
St. Louis Republican
Hanse
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