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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1878
Page
1
A heated essay argues beauty does not reflect soul. Thoughtful minds wear rugged features. beautyOften paired with power or cruelty. The piece cites Bryant and Blaine, recalls a dramatic motorist tale, and ends with a ghostly horseback night ride near Mobrsville Shoemakerville.
A fragmented roster lists numerous local government roles including Congressmen, judges, county officers, clerks, treasurers, auditors, and school directors. Names such as Watson, Stone, Weblmore, Wheelock, Lindsey, Seheur, and Waters appear alongside positions like sheriff, Prothonotary, Clerk, Treasurer, Recorder, and Juries Committee.
A mixed poem fragment contrasts Scottish lore about patience and hope with an older romantic tale. It mentions a nameless Scottish verse about dreary roads and cheerful mornings, then shifts to memory of a dainty lady reading on a porch and a chivalric knight described with idealized beauty and moonlit vows.
In a sunlit orchard Barbara Wylde urges Squire Dallas's new hired man to fetch wild strawberries for the family. She critiques her sisters, girls dream of romance, and Barbara schemes to make him work for her while pondering which sister will win the man’s heart. The scene blends light romance with pastoral imagery and class cues.
Barbara Wylde befriends a stranger posing as Squire Dallas’ hired man while gathering strawberries. Captain Severn reveals his true identity after a playful chase, forgives her deception, and the pair share a strawberry tart. A late October wedding seals their union at the Wylde home.
A North Carolina church revival among local Black congregants features nightly shrieks dances kissing hugs and trance-like states ending with many collapsing at dawn. The piece questions the practice arguing it harms employers and risks social disruption while noting the community’s religious faith.
Boston letters discuss Dr. Clarke's views on death and pain, noting that unconsciousness, not suffering, often marks dissolution. An illustrative case shows a patient with incurable disease accepting fate with faith, using agreed finger signals to indicate pain as life ends.
A Detroit man learns his wife visited a fortune teller who warned he was harming himself through overwork. Initially angry, he concedes the reading may be true after supper and plans to address it with a carriage ride downtown and a new bonnet. The tale appears in the Detroit Free Press.
A Dublin suburb tale recalls a doctor and grocer quarrel ending with the doctor injured and amputation required. Also noted: The Second National Bank of Scranton to liquidate with full deposits, ex-legislator Bullard found guilty, Brother Jasper’s mass baptism, and Inter-Ocean’s silver dollar circulation proposal with western hogs and cattle awaiting payment.
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