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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1885
Page
7
A hungry newcomer in Little Rock shovels a wealthy house sidewalk and asks for 25 cents. The stingy colonel refuses and jokes that all snow should stay where it is. Later, tramps bring a pile of snow to the door, costing the colonel three dollars and a half to clear.
Corean toys delight a young boy who trains a puppy to sit, while tiger lore, royal processions, and decorative objects reveal Corean homes. Tiger skins, silk banners, and horsehair plumes adorn royal halls and state umbrellas. games imitate the king’s parade using drums and rattles.
An elderly parishioner visits Dr Gill with a grievance about clerical neckbands. After a long rebuke on pride she offers to cut the bands with scissors. The doctor agrees, then requests a favor in return and asks her to stick out her tongue as part of a playful exchange.
A rough haired collie, a household favorite, is teased by a guest who blows in its ear. The dog, offended yet playful, later circles to station itself beside a reclining lady and eyes her before barking sharply and leaping away. The account from The Spectator notes the canine mischief as a humorous household incident.
The saying frames love as essential to Christian life, declaring that those who do not strive to be loved fail in their faith. It emphasizes relational virtue and moral standard within religious ethics.
The earth acts as a magnet, its magnetic poles not aligning with geographic poles. The axis tilts about 23 degrees, causing variation in needle direction by location. The northern magnetic pole sits near the Arctic circle, while places like San Francisco tilt the needle east or north. The explanation notes varying dip at cities and the force comparable to a long magnet at one foot distance.
Lewiston Maine journal reports Mrs Winship woke her husband to a blaze at North Turner bridge. He ran to aid, saved nearby buildings, then slept. Morning he believed he had not gone to the fire, only to learn Starbird house had burned in a display of somnambulism.
Reports describe vampire bats in Brazil causing cattle losses in Bahia and surrounding areas. Scientists explain that long-tongued bats possess suction pipillae and tuberculated lips to suck blood, leaving round trenches that bleed slowly. Wings span up to two feet and colonies cluster in deserted dwellings. locals, especially negros and Indians, fear and hold superstitions about them.
A vivid description details a bell ringer climbing beneath a huge church bell. He braces on cross beams and grips the clapper, pounding furiously in a frenzied rhythm. The noise dominates the scene as a tambourine player from a minstrel troupe provides contrast with a whirlwind of tambourines.
In letters from J M Cipeen of Johnston West Virginia Ellwood Shallcross former editor of the Saturday Journal Wheeling and others praise Peruna as a remedy. Testimonials describe relief from back kidney pain neuralgia cough liver complaint and general improved health after using Peruna and Perma from Hartman Co. Columbus Ohio and Cook Bros druggists.
An unfermented grape juice product from Portugal marketed for use in principal churches. Claims include suitability for women, weakly persons, and the aged as a wholesome beverage and aid.
An old advertisement touts Speer’s Port wine four years old, described as pure juice from ripe Oporto grapes with a burgundy style dry option for the wealthy and physicians. It also markets Speer’s Socialize Clarets and P. J. Soerry wine, claiming pure grape distillation, medicinal qualities, and a signature from Alfred Speer of Passaic New Jersey on each cork, with sales through B A L 4 W Morek and druggists nationwide.
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