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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1891
Page
3
The article describes Christmas eve straw rituals for girls predicting marriage or hardship, New Year fortune by fire viewing, and a coffin shape omen for death. It notes widespread superstition among Poles and regional beliefs about festive divination.
A Methodist Episcopal pastor recalls a backwoods assignment in Delaware county with meager salary of 400 dollars, sharing one white shirt with his son. An elder visits, jokes, and criticizes oysters while the family faces starvation and humor cushions the hardship.
Names of Maine islands include Brown Cows and Graves noted for dangers, Porcupines at Bur Harbor and the Unbelievers and the Hypocrites reflecting tides and local lore. A Queen's reproof story follows, then Trinidad Colorado coal boom forecasts and French paper pulley tech.
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