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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1893
Page
6
A traveling reporter details a tramp assignment in which he travels with an experienced wanderer named Jerry Cranston. They sleep in a barn and briefly eat at a farmhouse, where Jerry shows signs used by tramps to signal food and safety. The tale follows their journey to Bridgeport before the narrator parts ways.
An official Belgian official notes Mexico is poised to become a major coffee wealth source due to suitable climate and terrain. Key Mexican districts include Sierra Madre slopes, parts north of Cinalpa, and coasts of Yucatan and Tamaulipas. Vera Cruz dominates cultivation. Brazil’s present year export could be under 2.7 million bags from Rio.
A fifteen year old rider in the Sybille Wyoming country braved a crouching monster wildcat by dismounting and pelting it with rocks until he killed it. A Winnipeg junk dealer offered an old musket to an English immigrant and recounted Injun incidents while a gunsmith removed wad plugs revealing seven dollars in bank notes. The Austrian Knight Harras reportedly leaped 400 feet to the Zoboppan river in a legendary cliff jump.
The article discusses South Africa’s arid river systems, notably the Limpopo and its Notawani tributary, and recounts Colonel Parker Gilmore’s perilous camp experiences with lions snakes crocodiles near the boomslang tree. It notes floods, drought, and the region’s irrigation challenges, along with the land’s productive soils and the river dangers for travelers.
Sir George White is named commander in chief of British forces in India with two steps of local rank before taking duties in March. His merit, charm, and frontier knowledge weighed in, crucial for Afghanistani tensions, as the viceroy seeks reliable leadership in emergencies. Liars clubs in London and provinces mock deceit with five shilling initiation and potential expulsion for outsiders.
Paris papers report two high society women bet on rapid speech. both spoke for three hours, one totaling 203,500 words and the other 206,080. A London burglar turned journalist sold crime reports to a newspaper, but editors grew wary and alerted police, leaving him jailed.
A retailer advertises a stocked line from the American Tobacco Company with brands including Seal Plug in pouches Cornell, Lafayette, Royal, Marbury Bros Pickings, Richmond, Imperial, Oxford Hash, La Perigne, Princess Royal, Picadilly, Monte Cristo, English Birds Eye.
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