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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1887
Page
10
A Star reporter sought details on deadly contrivances sent to individuals. Inspector Byrnes at New York Police Headquarters declined to answer questions, noting the police must protect ongoing investigations while condemning the cowardly nature of such crimes and their chilling impact on public safety.
An official remarks on dynamite bombs and infernal machines found in a railroad car. He notes bombs are not popular as weapons, cites infrequent incidents, recalls a Grind Street explosion, and mentions a clerk maintaining a department encyclopedia record of such matters.
Inspector Mackellar and reporter discuss the nature of infernal devices and how bomb cases arise. The Brooklyn inspector notes such acts stem from trivial grievances, with devices using powder, gun cotton, acid, or matches and fuses. A mailed machine to ex-District Attorney Morris is shown as illustration.
A box meant to injure a merchant triggers fear among peers who fear future attacks. Inspectors cite Supreme Court precedent as they discuss crime and punishment. Reports note a forged order sent to overwhelm a market with 125000 tons, with a $500 reward for detection.
Gus Snobberly’s long evening call yields a comically misheard tale. A parrot at Judy’s house declares the birdbrain’s warning to go home, illustrating sharp wits and social friction in a lighthearted vignette.
A fragment from the Omaha World quotes a conversation about signs of quarrels before and after marriage. The dialogue suggests that harmony before marriage signals eventual conflict after marriage, while pre marriage quarrels indicate a future peaceful union according to the snippet.
A city pupil wrote a composition after a physiology lecture describing the human body as made of the head thorax and abdomen. He notes the head contains the brains when there is any the thorax contains the heart and lungs and the abdomen contains the bowels of which there are five A E I O and U and sometimes W and Y.
A verse fragment describes two strangers, a cyclist and a brindle cat, meeting by chance as a June day ends. The sinking sun casts long shadows while a sudden pain unsettles them, leaving them to hope they never meet again.
East Totian weapons include the kukri of Nepal and the Coorg agda katti, both incurved blades adapted to jungle needs. The kukri is nineteen inches, unguarded, versatile as a tool and weapon. The agda katti, wider and heavier, lacks a sheath and is carried on the hip with a todunga belt and front chain.
A mixed late 19th or early 20th century collage narrates The Ant and the Grasshopper with a labor tale and a shady payoff, then shifts to brief, unrelated items. It mentions a Pensacola gossiping mother using a wash tub for baby, odd cures for ailments, and assorted ad-like snippets. The tone imitates a penny press with quick, sensationalized lines.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a vegetable remedy for nausea, indigestion, and nervous distress in women. It claims to ease uterine disorders, menstrual pain, and pregnancy discomfort, and recommends combining with Golden Medical Discovery and Little Liver Pills. The ad offers a money back guarantee, prices, and a mail order address in Buffalo, New York.
Little P- surveys a biblical image of a shepherd gathering lambs in his bosom and turns it into a humorous misinterpretation about cooking and eating them. The piece shifts to a financial note showing Charles Town 5 cent savings bank deposits by color of depositors, totaling $124935.35 with the largest at $3000.
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