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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1895
Page
2
A Malacca resident recounts a perilous journey with his Malay servant Pamba through a forest near a farmhouse. Apes form sentinels, attack the cart, and Pamba fights to protect the family. a fatal ambush follows. Pamba dies, and the expedition ends with searchers discovering his torn body amid fallen apes.
Mayor William F. Shanaman of Reading Pennsylvania draws crowds to his morning court by delivering moral lectures to petty offenders. He uses admonition tailored to each case, sometimes with severity, to reform behavior and deter repeat misdeeds, attracting families from surrounding towns seeking his guidance. More than 1,000 people earn a living in Paris by fortune telling, totaling about 2,000,000 in earnings.
A West Side Chicago Times Rexald piece riffs on personal property assessment procedures. A deputy assessor recounts district work, neighborly oaths, and odd cases where poverty and piano values clash, with a running scene featuring a parrot and a diamond-laden lady. The piece ends advising openness to assessors to secure fair valuation.
"Mr Hawkins," she said, "decide a bet between me and Mr Barrows. He says 500 feet to the hotel and I say 1600." Hawkins replies that both are right, noting about 500 of Barrow's feet and 1,000 of yours. London Tit-Bits.
A vivid portrait of Sarah Brown known as Yvette, the famed Paris model who inspired Trilby. The piece recalls her riot-provoking influence in the Latin Quarter, her circus past, connections to Jules le Febvre, and the student life around the Academie des Beaux Arts Julien.
The battle near Ambolomenty in Madagascar is described as fierce with the Hovas displaying unusual courage. French forces kill many natives and the Sakslava sharpshooters stack the corpses into a huge bonfire. The Paris Illustration explains incineration was chosen for sanitary reasons due to rapid marching and large numbers.
Weather bureau figures show 1,120 deaths from lightning in the United States during 1890 04 period, averaging 224 yearly. Most fatalities occur April through September with June and July peaking. Lightning damage is notable, while a new invention named the dumb piano lets young ladies learn music without producing sound.
Southward trains depart Sheffield at 7 15 a m with stops at Gilson Barnes Hovers Donaldson Meese Hammond s Brookston and arrive Howland or Sheffield Junction. Other trains run to Bowland Howland Brookston Barnes and Sheffield with connections at Sheffield and Sheffield Junction. Jerry CrarySupt.
Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Rail Road Co appears in the fragment as a railway company name. The text repeats the entity and includes a stray ampersand and stray initials, offering limited readable detail about a specific action or event.
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