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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1893
Page
3
The New York World describes Central Park joggers and walkers as a daily sight for all ages and fortunes. It highlights a chiseled beauty from Fifth Avenue, a stock broker shedding pounds, and several characters who use the park track to improve health and meet friends.
A mix of verse extracts praising sun worship and poems on nature, interleaved with miscellaneous snippets. Includes musings on ancient races in Russia, school lore on the word old, quips about pardons for innocents, and short notes on punctuation slips, with brief insights into industry and daily life.
Mrs Brown Jones and Mr Jones quarrel over which two society invitations to accept both for Wednesday plus the hyphen question. They decide to toss a penny and discuss gastric and social costs while debating dining with Batchby Pokedges or Hicks Parker groups.
A collection of humorous snippets from old papers. A Detroit Free Press joke links early rising to an A M degree. Other quips include a birthday punchline from the Washington Star and a pun about engraving on a tombstone. The items reflect light humor and brief witticisms from periodicals.
In a lighthearted chatty note from S. and G.s Monthly a poker party at Mr Denslow’s home unfolds with Mrs Denslow delivering luncheon just as his first hand arrives after two hours. The banter turns on a rare all clubs hand prompting a humorous remark about the cards. The piece leans into social theater and domestic charm.
A long fragment describes wartime New York social excesses and philanthropy led by Mrs. M. L. E. Barrow. It recalls theatre charity efforts to aid Southern clergy and sick children, references Lincoln and Grant, and comments on language and humor, including etymology jokes and a misremembered tale from a Cincinnati Enquirer note.
The compound chlorobrom blends 30 grains chloralamide with an equal amount of potassium bromide in an ounce of menstruum and is praised as a seasickness preventive on short voyages. Passengers are advised to take a pedophyllin pill one or two nights before sailing and to lie flat with eyes shut on board before rough water, avoiding food on short trips. Powdered foods imitate mother’s milk by using cow’s milk, sugar, water removal, and added wheat flour and vegetable elements in concentrated forms per the San Francisco Examiner.
A New York Evening Sun excerpt recalls Charlen Yale noting dire business in a southern theater week. He cites last night as the worst, with all small receipts records smashed and sales fifteen dollars below the prior night. The scene shifts to a playful misnaming exchange between Mr. Younghusband-Darling and Mrs. Younghusband-Horse radish in a tender moment.
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