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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1894
Page
3
Special Correspondence describes how preservationists find old Washington homes haunted by ghosts, especially by colored caretakers. Tales include the Winter and Van Ness mansions, the Octagon House, and the Red House, with local superstition hindering repairs, occupancy, and rental value.
Olive Harper reports on recent dress styles. Gowns feature heavy ribbed bengaline black sleeves, green faille overdresses, and polonaise drapery. Overskirts, panniers, and peplums rise in popularity while Spencer waist outfits remain a favorite. Capes, lace berths, and bretelles add elegance.
A North China Herald correspondent describes mock money used to honor the dead in Kiangsu region with tin and paper “dollars” made to resemble real coins. The piece details the die stamping method and boxes sold for cash. Also noted is Anhui epidemic rituals to mislead gods by simulating a new year, with authorities permitting the ritual. In another report, Solomon Islanders learn to start fire using a wooden stake and rubbing technique, capable of producing a glow quickly, though Europeans note it often yields only smoke.
A Curio recounts how allied powers named a commissioner to watch Napoleon at St Helena. Talleyrand proposed Montchenu, described as an insufferable babbler and nonentity, as revenge for Napoleon’s treatment of him. He warned the chatterer would irritate Bonaparte and hasten his slow, painful death.
A Scandinavian fish peddler, unfamiliar with English, thrashes his horse in the street. A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals member stops him and asks for mercy. He replies with the punch line that he has “only codfish and halibut.”
An elderly man, tired of his three daughters who rule him, advertises for a wife in a newspaper. The next day he receives three replies, one from each daughter, in a quaint exchange.
Time table for Tionesta Valley Railroad shows southward and northward trains with stops at Garfield Tiona Sheffield Barnes Brookston Wolf Run and Sheffield Junction. Connections at Sheffield with P and TH R BR and at Sheffield Junction with P and W KR RB. Jerry Crary supt.
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