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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1892
Page
2
A Troy Times item celebrates a new polish for hairless crowns, promising a dazzling shine and windproof smoothness. It jokes that bald men will gain dignity, fewer insect annoyances, and a front-seat sanctuary presence, framing the invention as a beacon of a forthcoming baldhead millennium. It humorously notes improved conduct and attention to sermons.
The piece notes whimsical sounding titles Duke of Marmalade Count of Lemonade and Earl of Brandy were real in the 1810s Haiti under Christophe Emperor. They were names of places, not mere frills, linked to plantations later towns. misperceptions arise about their origin and absurdity compared with French and German medieval titles.
The Cincinnati Gazette notes that several ant species raid Wack ants, steal larvae, and enslave black ants. It praises their funeral rites, cemeteries, and organized life, claiming ants exhibit government, sanitation, nursing, temperance, and care of the young that humans might learn from.
Miss Donahue asks Mrs O Rafferty about her niece. She boasts the girl married a lord but reveals he is a landlord who operates a summer hotel.
An excerpt discusses testing coins in treasury work, noting how experts detect fakes by lighting edges and surfaces. It describes molded counterfeit currency, risks of passing counterfeits, and the difficulty of perfecting forgeries while highlighting public currency knowledge from a Springfield Republican source.
A young man faced two fiancées when a lively pair arrived with a cheerful companion. The curate admitted no legal residence in the parish, halting the ceremony. A mix up with the bride’s pet name in the license spurred an identity affidavit to finish the rite before canonical hours. The clergyman was later admonished to avoid repeats.
Do not neglect your paint brushes. Dip them in old ben zine kerosene or turpentine then wash with soap and hot water. Pearline removes color rapidly and preserves bristles if rinsed well after. Burn oily rags as they are flammable. King Hubert of Italy’s stables house about 150 English bred horses with name boards above mangers and state carriages upstairs. London Tit Bits notes a ghost hoax misdirection and a Dublin detective who doubted the haunting. Jupiter's moons eclipse daily, three moons eclipsed per revolution and similar sun‑by‑moon eclipses in a Jovian year.
Hunter John Glass and companion fled a charging bear after a brutal attack in El Hills thicket. Glass, believed dead, survived by feeding on the bear and creeping to the fort eighty miles away. He reappeared gaunt and scarred, declaring, I’m as slick as a peeled onion.
The article reviews transient fads that sweep the nation from walking and roller skating to bicycles, noting the public’s quick embrace and rapid drop of each craze. It contrasts pedestrian and other fads with later suspenders and necktie trends, suggesting America exhausts fads quickly. It also references Cherokee lore describing a ritual remedy to expel a mythical disease carried by a misbehaving rabbit, ending with a wind ritual to scatter the remnant.
British street railway system shows 963 miles of tramways in use for passengers. Working stock includes 4,067 cars with animal traction still dominant. In 1891 about 9,000 horses served and 579 steam locomotives operated. passenger totals near 7,000,000 and tax receipts around 4 a year.
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