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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1893
Page
8
Bethlehem Pa December 6 The strike ends after a long conference with President Wilbur as crews face delays from heavy snow. Wrecks reported at Sugar Notch with two engines badly damaged and one engineer fatally injured amid a mountain snow blockage.
Chicago dispatch reports Iceman O'Sullivan, dying in Joliet prison, confessed his role in Dr. Cronin's murder and implicated others, including Rev. Father Scanland who may testify against Coughlin. The confession aligns with Mrs. Foy's testimony and is in state attorney hands.
A dense piece surveys the luminiferous ether as a transmitting medium for light and heat, arguing its uniform yet unknown nature and immense activity. It contrasts scientific faith with sensational anecdotes, then shifts to a comic misfire about a mistletoe invention and other brief curiosities from popular periodicals.
Antone Spath, a German immigrant near Melvale station, grows willow plantations that yield one crop every four years. He explains willow weaving traditions from Europe, detailing planting, stripping, and curing methods that turn the valley into a picturesque but unusual willow market.
A strong gale sweeps the Great Salt Lake creating low whitecaps while shore foam rests like fresh snow. Despite high winds, the salty water resists heavy wave action, lifting bathers like corks due to 22 percent salt. Drowning occurs afloat. air passages suffocate even as bodies remain buoyant until shore or rescue.
A New York state village parent wrote to a Worth street merchant asking about his son's habits and where he sleeps at night. The merchant replied that the son sleeps little at night, noting his daytime napping in the store shows he gets sufficient rest.
Fort Scott Kansas fashionable circles hold onion sociables. Six young ladies in a row bite a chunk from an onion, then men inspect to guess who bit it. Correct guess earns a kiss from five girls. wrong guess kisses the bite girl.
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