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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1891
Page
7
A essay on electric illumination argues designers must harmonize lamp shapes with the light, favoring graceful forms over heavy brass dragons and urging separate switches for each fixture. It promotes wall glare reduction, reflects light for room-wide softness, and suggests practicals like vestibule lamps, door-triggered lighting, movable sockets, and extensive cupboard illumination to maximize daily comfort and efficiency.
Dialogue captures a cautious financial exchange as a man asks for money and the other offers a check for a thousand dollars, but the requester prefers cash. The exchange reflects mistrust and practical preference for immediate funds.
A terse exchange in a Demarests shoe factory pits a foreman against an operative who explains a grim accident. The foreman’s thunderous inquiry contrasts with the worker’s sober admission that he cut off his own fingers while cutting leather.
An old advertisement touts Red Flag Oil as a home remedy for rheumatism neuralgia burns bruises and pains with a physician always at hand priced 25 cents Pan-Tina Cough and Consumption Cure claimed to match coughs colds and consumption priced 25 and 60 cents.
An old Lancaster boyhood account recalls William Sherman known as Tecumseh Cump among local youths. Stories note his bungling laziness, West Point ambition, baptismal misadventure, and a temperamental cigar episode on Pine Mountain during Civil War days.
D E Chamberlin defines art in everyday objects beyond paintings and sculpture. He argues art now permeates industry, shaping useful items like lumber wagons and kitchen stoves to be both functional and aesthetically pleasing.
The San Francisco Chronicle explores why handkerchiefs appeared with civilization. It argues early climates reduced need for them, while fashion and hygiene later made a separate woven fabric desirable for drying or wiping the face as comfort and neatness evolved.
W J Cotter of Atlanta Constitution notes Amicolola means rolling water from Ami and colola and discusses spelling shifts like Cannasauga for Ife. He argues Cherokee terms describe water bodies with simple descriptors and that Indian dialects have a limited vocabulary.
An Eastern Minnesota passenger engine whistle cracked and emitted a discordant noise. The engineer asked for a replacement, but refused to accept whistles from a wrecked engine where a fireman had died, citing safety and superstition concerns as reported by the Duluth News.
A New York Times account recounts a New York girl facing diphtheria with calm courage as her father sits beside her. She asks him to sing a nursery lullaby, and while her health fails, she finds a final peace in the familiar song, clutching his hand until she dies.
A pair of Maine youths once vowed to keep each other from burial if one died of cholera while traveling Europe. They later shared a love of oyster stew, and a friend quipped that a whispered “oyster stew” would prove life or death by whether the other opened eyes. Lewiston Journal.
The article argues that capital tends to mass together in unions and large companies rather than a single monopoly. It notes the rise of corporate groups, enlarged firms with retained ownership, and more directors who may become capitalists, while socialism would not emerge from such concentration except perhaps in the United States in limited cases.
Historic note on the ducking stool used to punish women accused of Eve’s faults. A chair on a swiveling post over a muddy pond restrained by chains subjected victims to repeated dunks until exhaustion. Mentioned across local records and poets, with formal abolition in Liverpool cited as 1776.
Fragment from Lewiston Journal quotes a daughter of Deacon C speaking after her father's death. She recalls the slow speech of her kin and a neighbor dropping in to discuss traits of aid to fires, ending with a tender hope for warmth where her father has gone.
Daisy and Maisy debate proposals in a playful exchange. Old Mr Doddering is rich and aged, while Jack Margin seeks wealth but risks aging. Puck weighs in with quips on choosing the elder, wealthier option versus the younger, uncertain one.
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