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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1891
Page
6
This excerpt discusses aging’s impact on the body, noting muscle shrinkage, joint and spine changes, bone fragility, and sensory declines. It cites diminished nervous sensitivity, and warns elders to guard against falls and dental loss affecting nerves. It also describes an electric micrometer used by shoe makers to sort leather by thickness.
Father Boyle records a baptism at St Matthew's where a speaker from an Irish parish asks if the surname McGrath or Magrath is correct. The father replies he never writes, and suggests spelling with a roiddhin sized uy. The tale ends as the parent resolves the spelling by sound.
A brown human skull with the inscription Jimmie McDuff was found in the Dead Letter Office. Despite the name, officials doubt the skull belongs to the murderer Jimmie McDuff who died on the scaffold years ago. Washington Corresponde. St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The text notes Aldrovanda claims the chimera lives near a fire-burning mountain in Lycia, Asia Minor, suggesting a live capture for display. It also comments on public confusion during routine life, mentions Chief Gall succeeding Sitting Bull, and describes a banded traveling sensitised paper camera using intermittent light flashes and an electro magnet.
A Chicago and Northwestern condemnation case led Bridget Burns to receive 10040 dollars for 2234 feet of Kinzie street frontage near Canal. Her husband, known as Micky Burns, ran a junk shop famed across inland lakes. The railroad extended four inches onto his land triggering disputes, and Micky retaliated by obstructing tracks, climbing ladders over trains, and threatening engineers with a shotgun from the roof until police intervention finally ended the feud. After his death, Bridget sold the house for a sizable sum.
A London club member notes American fashion differs from English trends. He says New York’s fashion is original, not copyist of London. He condemns embroidered shirts, waistcoats, and jewelry, preferring simple, understated evening dress. Cor. Chicago Tribune.
Captain Sam Ellis head of Centration pawnshop operations recalls a late night arrest story. He left the station around 11 pm and found a reporter sleeping on his doorstep after he woke him with his boot. The reporter later became an editorial writer for a major Chicago newspaper.
Brief tips on dog training emphasize consistent commands use of the same words for each action and rewarding success. Morrell advises teaching one accomplishment fully before introducing a new task, ensuring the dog completes behavior before leaving, and maintaining calm temperament.
The excerpt mentions Annis Laurie and the four daughters of Robert Laurie of Maxwelton from his second wife a Riddell of Minto. The song by al Douglas of Finland places the tale at the end of the seventeenth or early eighteenth century. It notes the noted lover did not win Bonnie Annie who instead married Mr Furerson of Craigdar Rock per the New York Ledger.
A Science writer notes no airborne contagion avoidance yet, but stresses that air only harbors bacteria when it dries. He cites findings that well kept sewers hold fewer airborne bacteria than poorly ventilated school rooms, highlighting ventilation's role in contamination.
Ethel talks to her younger brother after a whipping. He laments being punished for not minding. The scene captures a child’s tears and a family moment in a period newspaper excerpt.
Quips from the Philadelphia Record reveal a shopkeeper puzzled by a customer who wanted what she asked for yet sold what she did not want. The man laments that selling to her means giving her what she doesn’t want, a paradoxical sales hurdle.
A humorous anecdote from Verdes during the war era describes Chancellor Bismarck reacting to a guest, Count von Arnim, fanning himself and criticizing scent and smoke. Bismarck comments on Arnim and another guest Lord Russell, noting intolerable aromas and the need to open a window as the room fills with perfume. The St Louis Republic recounts the exchange and the amused disapproval.
A Chicago Times quote describes an inventor claiming a revolutionary safety net for airships. The net would run along the craft to prevent fatal accidents and make navigation safer, but the precise mechanism to keep the net from falling if the airship fails remains unfinished.
Fragmentary account recalls Justin McCarthy’s dealings with Sheldon & Co publishers of The Galaxy. A cited anecdote describes McCarthy proposing a story, a cordial reply from Mr. Sheldon, and a later dramatic incident in the Galaxy office involving an arm scene and a demand for payment or a check.
Fragmented OCR style scene shows Jeames confronting a Trascible Old Gentleman with muttered curses and erratic speech. The dialogue hints at tension between a doctor, a rascal, and a friend, with garbled lines about a plan and fear, set in a crowded room.
The text fragment mentions a house and Boas but lacks clear names, places, dates, or events. It appears damaged OCR with unreadable portions, hindering a coherent summary beyond noting a house related item and a person or entity named Boas.
A collage of clipped phrases and jokes from era periodicals. Snippets refer to theater critics, social remarks, and faint notices about engagements and deaths. The text blends mock questions about actors and authors with brief captions and scattered dialogues.
An old advertisement proclaims a harvest home sale running from December 1, 1890, to May 1, 1891, with daily dinners for up to 100 guests at 25 cents. It lists abundant goods including beef, dairy, fowl, produce, canned items, pickles, sauces, crackers, oysters, and preserved fruits, plus breakfast and supper options and custom meat orders.
A Life Saver offers Atlantic washing machines for sale across Warren and adjacent counties and seeks reliable local agents. Also selling pianos organs and sewing machines from Portobice building Warren Pa. Health ad touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as remedy for malarial disease and related ailments with wide regional use.
A dental or medical advert claims Kemp's Balsam saves husbands and wives from lung decay and cures influenza and various coughs after other remedies fail. It asserts rapid, thorough action and that no other medicine matches it. Sold by druggists in 50 cent and casual one dollar sizes. Employment notice from E. Pierson & Co. Waterloo, N.Y.
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