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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1891
Page
8
A New York Sun piece outlines how Indian medicine men are viewed, their roles, and the rituals surrounding healing. It notes their costumes, chants, and drums, explains the origin of the term medicine man, and compares such rites to Hebrew traditions.
A Kansas City Star reprint recalls frontier vengeance against Indians using smallpox infection and a fortified ambush at an old fort, where a cannon barrage decimated attackers with minimal white casualties. It contrasts a German peasant misperception of America with a New Yorker’s tale of a missing son in Minnesota.
A brief comic exchange notes confusion over Sullivan as an actor, not an opera writer. Maud questions Mildred about the new Sullivan opera while Mildred retorts with a playful insult. The item reflects a newspaper cartoon or caption style dialogue from the Pittsburg Bulletin.
The Detroit Free Press notes that the custom of a best man and bridesmaids is not modern but dates to early Saxon weddings. Marriages were held at the groom’s house with feasting the day before, a foremast man leading the bride, and male guardians and bridesmaids following, shaping today’s wedding attendants.
A Baltimore American anecdote describes a congressman who, after researching options in Hagerstown for his daughter’s seminary, finds the town and the school “neglige” yet refined. He praises neat buildings, fine hotels, and an upscale, quiet setting as his daughter succeeds and he redefines the term from neglige to recherché.
A German biologist claims facial symmetry is rarely perfect with the upper face uneven in many. In two of five cases eyes misaligned, seven in ten see better with one eye. The right ear is typically shorter than the left in measurement.
Two sparrows a big one and a small one chased a cotton cord in front of City Hall. The smaller bird used tactics to tire the larger, then swooped in to seize the prize as the big bird fatigued. A short, humorous urban moment reported by New York Gerald.
A Chicago Tribune reminiscence recounts John B. Weller of Ohio, an early California traveler and politician. He spoke of going to California, returning by ship, wrecking at Roncador reef, losing all baggage, living in huts until rescue, and reaching San Francisco with only his character intact. A forty-niner noted Weller arrived with less baggage than any man he knew.
A New York Commercial Advertiser note warns that electricity can aid disease in skilled hands but cautions against self treatment or advice from uninformed friends. It debunks magnetism as curative and urges consultation with a physician before using electrical remedies.
A lively brother writes to his sister on Monday May 25, 1840 about postage stamps. He calls them absurd and troublesome and jokes about kissing the queen’s back, calling the gesture an insult to the ministry. Notes and Queries remarks accompany the excerpt.
Jules Simon argues in Forum that universal suffrage is endangered by campaign finance and government influence. He notes individuals spending up to 200,000 francs for a deputy seat and Boulangism pouring half a million francs across three elections, questioning how equality can survive when votes are bought.
A fragmentary poem from the New York Ledger reflects on truth, prayer, and self deception. It contrasts outward grace with inner purity, warning that appearances cannot hide moral emptiness and that genuine faith must be lived through consistent goodness.
A London Spectator excerpt portrays a pampered cat in a grand dining room. The cat rejects courtiers and a devoted admirer, instead watching from afar with disdain as a plate is prepared. It finally saunters to the food, claws the carpet, and asserts control over its meal with deliberate aloofness.
A reflective piece extols Australia as a young nation with rich potential and a dynamic future marked by bold ventures, climate contrasts, Asia relations, Pacific position, and social progress. The essay cites Royce in Scribner's and narrates the popular anecdote that a spilled glass of water helped spark the War of the Spanish Succession between Austria and France.
Bradstreet's notes that at $1 per pound aluminum is not very high when compared to other metals. Aluminum is about three times as bulky as iron weight for weight and over seven times bulkier than gold. If silver were $1 per ounce, aluminum at $1 per pound would be fifty times less costly by bulk than silver and about twice as costly as copper at 15 cents per pound.
The text notes pencil numbering of manuscripts during drafting, with inked finalization. It reports discovery that Indian Ocean deep sea crustaceans are highly luminous, potentially proving self luminosity as a light source in deep sea abysses. It also mentions using telegraphic weather reports to better track cyclone movements and origins via atmospheric density tables from such reports.
Peter’s peace has waned recently as revenues rise to 18,000,000 francs annually. The pope has already amassed a sizable sum, well invested, for a reserve fund intended for the church.
The electric light current markedly alters vessel compasses, making it necessary to record how many hours the dynamo has run before calculating the ship's reckoning.
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