29 Apr 1881
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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1881
Page
1
A persuasive letter argues that wise love and unity could end oppression and crime, enabling universal plenty. It urges cremation as a humane, modern disposal method, urges concerted action over law, and asks reformers to be patient, balanced, and respectful of tradition.
In a Washington letter a Kentucky senator recounts a cloak room tale of a ride on a famed New York Bloomingdale road mare. Senator Beck recalls Captain Norris and Lady Suffolk, the fleet mare, racing past and a dizzying eight minute four mile trip ending with a celebratory stop at a roadside inn.
The article describes Italian twins on display in Vienna joined from the sixth thoracic vertebra, sharing one abdomen yet maintaining independent feeding and thinking. It notes both are healthy over three years old and capable of separate ailments.
A prominent Democrat outlines thirteen points arguing the Democratic senators justify their course in the Virginia Senate stalemate. He asserts the majority cannot function without minority support, denounces Mahone deals, and insists on fair committee division and the Vice President's limited power. The piece supports the Democrats’ stance and emphasizes procedural fairness amid a divided chamber.
In a humorous dispute on Van Buren and Jackson streets a man bets ten dollars cows have no front teeth on their upper jaws. After quizzing milkmen and a Waldron Street observer, the men learn cows do possess upper-front teeth, only to backtrack as mockery cools.
Williamsport reports a three day flood on the West Branch bringing tens of millions of pine logs to Loch Daven and Williamsport booms. River rose to twelve and a half feet and receded to about nine. Lumbermen estimate two hundred million feet in the boom with potential for fifty million more, promising full mill capacity through September. Lock Haven boom is packed with forty million and cannot take more.
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