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Newspaper
Friendship Weekly Register
Location
Friendship, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1889
Page
2
A garbled and fragmentary excerpt reflects proverbs and maxims about wisdom, youth training, safety, virtue, gentleness, labor, and the consequences of laziness. It contains scattered phrases on teaching youth, honesty, preparation, and the pace of life, with several misspelled or misquoted lines.
The piece outlines how the Executive Mansion became known as the White House after 1814 when it was repainted white to protest British vandalism. It notes repeated repainting every decade, describes interior rooms on each floor, and mentions debates about a new residence versus keeping the White House as both home and office.
In Cincinnati the story recounts a hack-driver Gaddis who treasures a rare first greenback. Salmon P. Chase, then Secretary of the Treasury, visited the Burnet House and joked with the boy taking his portrait. The boy later found the portrait on a brand-new dollar bill, realizing the secretary’s playful gesture.
The article notes that historically most salt used for food and industry came from the sea. It cites Portugal producing about 250 000 tons yearly along Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, Spain about 300 000 tons from the Balearic Islands to nearby shores, and Austria's small seaboard ranges 40 000 to 100 000 tons.
A collection from the bureau lists a bronze fountain group valued at 4000 dollars and a ship model valued at 2500 dollars. The fountains depict two storks with extended necks, about twenty feet high, and are to be installed in RC.
Rev Dr Talmage urges avoiding fools and idlers in a moral lecture on the dangers of bad company. He cites business temptations, theater crowds, and pleasure seekers, warning that such ties corrupt character and ruin souls while urging charity for Johnstown flood victims and support for relief efforts.
A reader letter in the New York Journal sketches Constantinople's life and manners through veiled Turkish and Persian women, bazaars, and transport. It condemns press censorship, notes Ottoman governance flaws, and ends with a note on the longest beard in the world as a curious item.
Louis Conlon of Montlucon France carries a seven foot banner around his neck to display his unusual height. The owner, barely five feet tall, uses the banner to balance and show the oddity. He has refused multiple exhibition offers, according to New York Graphic.
A correspondent of the London Life ridicules a St Denes Gazette beer drinking persona who malfunctions tea. He argues tea irritates the nervous system and cites English Russian and Chinese cases while noting France favors coffee and Holland is tea drinking yet calm. The piece references Pope and historical views on coffee’s effects.
A report notes burls used in baking veneers display remarkable grain eccentricities on walnut rosewood mahogany oak and ash trees. They weigh from 1000 to 6000 units and the largest example is cited. A Monte Carlo report shows a 3 200 000 profit for the bank and sixteen personal crisis reports.
Hobart and Hudson Valley license rates spark debate as Walton trustees order village saloons to close at 10pm. Delaware County milk trade expands with Rockdale creamery handling 6000 pounds daily. Schenectady Locomotive Works shuts down indefinitely, 1000 jobs lost. Epidemic glanders alarms Southern Ulster farmers near New Paltz and Highland. Postmaster appointments listed across New York counties. Tests of water rates and new laws signaled amid regional growth and governance changes.
A bridge collapse on the Busquehannna River in Williamsport leaves thirty boys under eighteen dead in view of hundreds. Onlookers watched as the Beach Mill Leaned structure gave way, a heavy oak beam and roof debris trapping victims. Two survivors reached shore while authorities investigate the disaster and its aftermath.
A local seller in Ay Triana profits by supplying skunks to geological wardens at 310 per pair. The deal highlights ongoing trade in wildlife for monitoring duties and reflects regional market activity in animal procurement.
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