12 Aug 1881
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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1881
Page
1
A fragmented verse from Independent marks a river as a locus of love and danger. It contemplates love’s mystery and risk, where pursuing it harshly could freeze waters and snap the “silvery wings” of affection, leaving a broken heart in darkness.
Town business is quiet with few wells drilling though prospects look for revival next month. A man struck by lightning near Tiona is recovering. Local people travel to Corry and Bullion oilfield. Blackberries, green corn, new potatoes, and apples appear. a Swedish ghost is rumored in Clarendon. Riddlesperger well at Stoneham may yield twenty barrels. Groner and Brothers install a new rig on lot 528. Minnie Campbell departs for Titusville. H Burgess visits oil country. Spence reports dull times there. D Y Hale addresses a domestic dispute notice. Julian Rawson plans a visit to the lower oil country and will write letters to the Ledger.
French astronomer M Flammarion favors nonmaterial comet tails perhaps electric or etherial. He calculates the 1843 comet tail would sweep space at 40 000 miles per second, contradicting solar attraction. Pasteur advances rabies research with brain inoculation shortening incubation. brain and saliva both carry virus.
The Fleuss diving lamp uses a self contained oxygen supply for combustion, with exterior air excluded. It releases combustion products through water vents and has been tested underwater and in gas rich, explosive environments, following the success of the Fleuss helmet.
In Washington during Congress sessions, Senators and Representatives face constant requests for government placements from applicants including several women. The article notes many seek due to political debt, not merit, and argues for separating public service from politics, citing Blaine and Conkling amid reform debates.
A San Francisco Examiner piece traces Jesse and Frank James from wartime violence near Kansas City to a half century of marked robberies and deadly encounters. It recounts Pinkerton pursuits, sensational train robberies at Glendale and Kansas City, battles with detectives, and the family’s stubborn endurance across Missouri, Texas, and the frontier.
A rambling 19th century letter extols grasshoppers as a volatile force, noting their life cycle and vast, destructive swarms. The writer compares grasshopper onslaughts to famine, peppered with musings on criticism, fame, and political gossip about Abraham Lincoln and a secretary of war.
A dramatic scene in a classroom features a brave boy who defies a teacher with a chair. The teacher remains calm, then consoles him with gentle words, revealing the impact of kindness over force. The moment ends with the boy’s remorse and gratitude for a fatherly mentor.
Wright county presents the Walled Lake twelve miles north of the Dubuque and Pacific railway and 140 miles west of Dubuque city. The lake sits two to three feet above ground with a ten to fifteen foot stone wall surrounding it. Stones vary from three tons to a hundred pounds and form an immense construct. A belt of oak woodland lines the center lake, while the surrounding county is rolling. In 1856 a storm breached the wall, prompting repairs to prevent flooding. The lake covers 2,800 acres with depths up to 26 feet of clear cold water, yet its source remains unknown.
Reports from Edijah Gordon in Georgia describe Liberia’s climate as harsh with fever claiming emigrants who might otherwise return home if funds allowed. He notes staple crops, lack of plowing, tribal wars, and no livestock, with increasingly bleak prospects. Also cited are political critiques of Hancock and Lincoln over Yorktown display and a Dublin Review remark on German infantry, plus trouble at Sliekory Point Illinois Methodists over boys smoking at a Sunday school festival.
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