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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1892
Page
5
Matthew Barr discusses tinsmith trade divisions, ideal age to start, and the apprenticeship path. He warns about foreign-born workers taking jobs, outlines tools, duties, and progression from apprentice to journeyman, and notes machinery replacing handwork with stable union protection for workers.
The New York Sun notes true Philadelphia pretzels remain pure in Lancaster and Berks counties where Dutch heritage endures. It warns unscrupulous makers using machinery dilute the high standard of homemade pretzels, while locals preserve the original craft and language.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes that soapsuds are a valuable manure for vines fruit trees and roses. It recommends keeping a large tub to store soapy water for garden use, highlighting vigor and rapid growth as results from applying soapsuds to plant roots.
Medicine Lake draws many visitors yearly to a water body said to harbor no living creatures. At times the surface fills with a gelatinous spongelike substance that sinks, clearing the water. Nearby stand two mountains, one of obsidian and one of layered pumice stone, at Potter Four Corners.
A London Tit-Bits item laments workers loafing on the job. The narrator notes a bricklayer across the street has not worked for an hour, claiming to have observed this while employed. The piece critiques misused wages and downtime in a casual newspaper voice.
A collage of verse and prose pieces from Chicago News and London Lancet. It includes Eugene Field’s playful fable about Eros and a fowler, musk of cobweb as a styptic with a fatal infection case, and a humorous conundrum in Detroit Free Press.
This excerpt highlights ancient use of leaf pages by Egyptians and Greeks, notes continued practice in India and Sri Lanka, and observes adaptability of Asiatic tree leaves for books. it discusses the lingering term leaf for paper and suggests leaves were once a primary material. It also recalls a humorous Victorian dialogue from Harper's Bazar about a clever child and a torn baby shoe.
Olive Thorne Miller recounts a jay she once tamed who repaid kindness with constant gentleness. The bird never squawked at her and instead whistled softly and cooingly. It stayed close and, in bird terms, gave a beak kiss on her cheek.
London Tit-Bits notes cabmen must pass a knowledge of London streets exam to obtain a license. In 1889, 691 men failed though the test was not severe, while 1,211 succeeded in passing.
The fragment references a dinner table exchange about staying above board with Old De Gonte and Kate Field's Washington. It also notes the Roumanian’s fierce pride against medicine and surgery, and a remark on bay rum adulteration in New York. Mr. Goodfellow notes Jones bread contains more halocarbon content.
A Texas Siftings fragment recalls a pale tired aunt answering a stream of questions from a Boston to Malden boy named Willie. The dialogue covers hay, God, stars, the moon, eggs from animals, and supposed nests with a sharp warning to quiet him. The piece ends noting millions of inquisitive boys exist in the U S and England.
A Boston youth on an Arizona trip refuses meals and sleep arguing animals eat and sleep standing. The village landlord insists he finish like a pig, then detains him until the man squeals. A second note recalls a dry goods saleswoman outwitting a shopper who won’t carry a bundle.
A dialogic vignette contrasts Borely Mercy and a plan to sit in an icehouse on a hot day. Includes short humorous notices about a tailor losing a customer to death, and a dealer promoting suits for ten dollars with childlike quips. Also notes a bicycle rider described as stout then thin after losing rags en route.
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