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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1892
Page
2
Holiday goods advertised for Christmas purchases with December dry goods spending estimates. Sales pitch claims better value at $9 for more goods than others charge $10, urging customers to compare prices and visit to see new lower prices on ladies garments shawls silks velvets dress trimmings and other items for holiday shopping.
A mixed London page features J Redfearn Williamson’s ballad about fading fame and fifty years’ reckoning, plus brief notes on cold water injuring plants, a tombstone anecdote, cork paving experiments, a German axiom, a Freshwater boy’s Tennyson remark, and various short items about women workers, Parker’s medals, youth, fossil finds, and a London cemetery sign.
A hunting tale recounts four men deceiving a cocky English guest new to hunting. They set decoys to trick him. he fires at dawn and bagged four canvasbacks instead of birds, prompting laughter from the pranksters. The piece mixes stubborn bravado and comic misadventure from Detroit papers.
At a dinner Burnand and Gilbert sat at opposite table ends. Burnand joked about funny lines sent to Punch. Gilbert replied with dry humor implying Burnand never prints such material.
Miss Delaville Barrington in The Green Bushes attempted a death by water scene but found no mattress under the river on set. She fell hard onto bare boards in the miscue. A gallery voice shouted a witty line about frozen sabers, sparking laughter through the house.
A surgeon’s bungled bleeding of a noblewoman caused a fatal artery cut. Her will left him an 800 franc annuity to ease his conscience, ensuring he need not risk harming others for money. The line cites the Argo naut Tat for context.
The ad claims widespread rheumatism cases and presents Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy as a cure. It cites testimonials from B P Tayer East Nassau New York and others like C L Seaver Birmingham Conn G Lansing Troy New York praising improved health after brief use.
A service advertises rapid delivery to any part of Warren or Glade, promising swift transport on short notice. The message targets local residents needing fast courier or goods delivery within the two areas.
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