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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1891
Page
10
Fragmentary poem depicts violets sent to a beloved as the speaker acknowledges impending death. The lines speak of flowers resting in a white nest and the beloved’s future welcome, while acknowledging the mystery of dying.
Phineas Ellsworth known as Billy Brag, a pompous rancher at the HX, is teased for boasting and avoiding real danger. After a steady run of missed chances to prove himself, he finally faces a staged ride and a stagecoach hold up along Five Mile Creek, with the crew preparing to join.
The journey to Parker's ends in a deadly ambush near a bluff two miles west of the HX. Walt Dyer and two team leaders are killed as shots erupt and a rider named Billy Bray resists an attack, while Phin Ellsworth fights back, leaving Dyer mortally wounded yet the story concluding with Bray surviving and boasting of the deed.
The Bahamas sponge industry employs 5,000 to 6,000 colored workers, excluding shipowners, brokers, and shippers. Wages for clipping, washing, and packing run 50 to 75 cents per 10 hour day. fishing profits depend on sponge yield. Vessel owners fund outfitting and share profits with masters and men. few earn over 300 dollars yearly. Owners typically own their ships and profits rise from supplies. Fishermen generally secure a modest living, while shipowners gain substantial profits overall.
A knee operated drill places work on a table on a block. the operator holds the piece and uses knee pressure to feed it to the drill. The design frees both hands and enables sharp control. Claimed to boost output by at least 68 percent over similar devices by rapid adjustment and action.
The firm announces its new ware house measuring 36 by 120 feet with a basement holding sewer and stove pipes bricks nails shoes and pipe fittings. The first floor stores 125 tons of iron and steel plus cords belting and hardware. The second floor carries farm implements and paints while the third floor houses a 10500 square foot shop with thirty workers. The firm ships to eight states and offers plumbing heating roofing and sheet metal work along with a full hardware line and popular axes and lubricants at low prices.
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