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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1887
Page
2
A New York Tribune piece notes how buyers misjudge antiques in Broadway shops. It details papier mache statues, overproduced bric-a-brac, fake Damascus blades, beechwood ebony imitations, and mass manufactured armor, clocks, and mummy cases, all made locally with convincing craft.
The New York Tribune reports that seventy one Indian districts license social impurity as a trade and notes Christianity remains weak in those areas. It highlights Bombay Benares and Jullunder Christian presence, condemns imperial mission results, and warns that officials and soldiers return with derision toward mission work.
A Newark Sunday Call report describes a tramplike scene in a crowded Market Street saloon where a patron pleads for help. The bartender ejects the man by the collar claiming swift action saved the life as a dangerous fall below stairs is implied.
A man delivers a lecture titled Talks About Law in central Dakota towns. The speaker notes previous publicly given talks by men leaving court and asserts authorities would not permit such a sul phurous discourse. The Dakota Bald reports the opinion of a local reader.
A poem excerpt by Ella Wheeler Wilcox portrays a lover urging a held back maiden to escape a dark room and join him to the sea. Her queenly gaze is drawn to the bright world beyond the casement, but a fatal plunge ends the tale as waves claim her.
New York Globe-Democrat correspondent reports Dr. B F Curtis conducted vivisections at Carnegie lab to study abdominal injuries and treatment. Dogs were subjected to simulated accidents including weight drops to rupture organs, then treated with Lambert-Czerney suturing and antiseptics. A dog hospital in a coal vault housed many dogs as the experiments continued, with most subjects dying in pursuit of scientific knowledge.
L. S. Fitzpatrick reports from Sitka on crude Russian built houses, Indian customs, and shamans. He details Sitkan church worship, overcrowded rancheries, and harsh living conditions. The piece shifts to St Paul and St George seal rookeries, describing male seal dominance, sizes, gestation, and parental behavior.
The article describes a large craft of wrapping and pasting newspapers for mailing with over 500 workers in the city. Experts fold four page papers in five seconds, delivering 700 copies per hour, amid competition and wagers. Women excel at the task but talking hinders advancement. men earn about $20 weekly, women about $12, with some paid by piece work.
A World sketch from Omaha contrasts busy streets with a joke about police presence. A councilman praises the city’s bustle while a man questions policing. The quip notes officers would be run over in crowded crossings, highlighting local traffic concerns.
The Ceylon pearl fishery and Red Sea mother of pearl harvest are reported unusually productive this season. Shells are auctioned in Jeddah Suakin and Messowab with bulk shipments to Trieste and some to Havre London. Finest pieces head to Bethlehem for engraving and sale to pilgrims.
A passerby asks a policeman what two unnamed men are arguing about as they debate a precise tally of railroad ties from Pittsburg to New York. One man claims 7 286 411 while the other bets he is ten off, with a drink wager.
The passage argues that character, whether in vice or virtue, becomes fixed through repeated choices, forming a lasting habit. A person shapes himself by his own decisions, ultimately becoming unchangeably who he is beyond any outward disposition or power.
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