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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1887
Page
2
Joe Howard's Detroit Free Press letter paints a grim portrait of New York tenements sweltering in heat. It describes crowds on the streets on hot nights, verminous rooms, and children living in squalor, begging for shelter and basic cleanliness. Disturbing scenes of poverty, dirt, and urban misery are presented with stark, moralizing tone.
A New York Sun item recounts a barber who refuses to ask customers if they want bay rum, arguing customers know their own preferences and this policy drives business. The anecdote segues into a Civil War vignette where three ex-Confederate officers misstate their birthplaces, each claiming northern roots while having southern ties, leading to a shared toast.
James Ricalton describes rustic Russian izbas from the Arctic to the metropolis. He notes plain log houses with brick stoves, sacred images in the eastern corner, constant bowing and cross making, and strict peasant superstitions as travelers pass through villages and churches alike.
Wong Chin Foo, writing in the New York Tribune, argues that Chinese civilization is older and more advanced in social order, taxation, and jurisprudence than Western society, criticizing Christian demagoguery and religious persecution while defending Chinese governance and heathenism as a path to justice.
A German neighbor buys a small house next to a large apartment block and threatens to block light by building a flat. The owner pays $10,000 for a pledge not to build, securing control over rents while the neighbor continues to collect from the small house. This ruse yields a third less rent for the big building and keeps the status quo.
A Civil War anecdote recalls an Irishman at Bull Run surprised when the head of his neighbor on the left was blown away by a cannonball. Moments later a spent shot wounds the man on his other side, and the Irishman quips that the wounded man is louder than the man who lost his head.
A New York World summary notes London papers are large blanket sheets heavy with advertising and editorials, with news a costly afterthought. The Daily Telegraph leads income near £500,000 annually, circulation about 280,000, and vast reserves. The Times and others post lower circulations and high ad revenue, while evening papers trail in profit.
A Bogota society aims to defend and safeguard the rights of the aborigines, the oldest stock of the region. Their language, though sparse, expresses all needed concepts, with the vasta wilderness areas seldom known outside explorers and missionaries. The Panama Canal will bring these regions into wider notice.
A poetic fragment praises rural ease and security, describing a serene life with plenty for the rich, untroubled by quarrels and noise. It extols flowing meads, streams, cool groats, living lakes, shady groves, and tranquil nights within a peaceful country realm.
Globe Democrat interviews a morgue supervisor who describes patching mangled railroad victims into “respectable” corpses. He recounts methods to reconstruct heads, bones, and clothing, including sewing, wooden supports, and plaster to cover wounds, noting pay of $25 each for workers.
A sallow young man at an uptown drugstore hears a clerk promote lemon juice in hot water as a cure for headaches, biliousness, and liver troubles. The clerk says the simple remedy refreshes digestion, stimulates the liver, and outperforms quinine, with no bad effects. The anecdote cites a friend who improved quickly after trying it.
A Brooklyn Eagle report quotes a local druggist detailing why cooling drinks do not truly chill the body. He cites sour lemonade as most effective, warns beer worsens heat, and compares a hot home bath to Turkish cooling. He advises moderate liquid intake in heat and critiques ice cream soda for weak stomachs.
A humorous note from the Exchange reports a male with five legs born in Georgia. Three of the legs are hind limbs, a curious developmental detail that amuses readers and reflects the era’s fascination with unusual births.
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