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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1885
Page
3
A church visitor questioned the sexton about lack of heat despite a furnace. After no ventilation, windows were opened on the leeward side and a handkerchief on a register rose, proving air flow and that heat failed to rise without proper ventilation.
The text extols poverty as a valued state in major religious orders and in literature. It cites Franciscans, Dominicans, Augustines, and Carmelites as beggar orders, praises Beranger and Spanish writers, and references Jovial Crew to portray poverty as noble and pleasurable. It invites readers to reconsider folly by recalling celebrated names who embraced poverty as virtue.
A London News correspondent reports a superstition among Turcomans and Asterabadi about white fowls. Believers fear a Bairum festival prophecy where a snake supposedly emerges from a white fowl’s throat and causes a painful death. Feathers vanish amid bans. Teheran links origin to Austrian needs for white plumage plumes.
The army attracted 20 767 applications for 5 000 accepted, with 8 741 born in America led by New York 727, Pennsylvania 471, Ohio 507, Maryland 255, Virginia 205, Indiana 119, Kentucky 140. Foreign born enlistments total 1 565, Iceland 576, Germany 47, England 155, Canada 155. Farmers outnumber other classes at 1 488, followed by laborers 1 405, soldiers 564, clerks 248.
A proverb-like reflection emphasizes that brief, well-directed effort shapes character more than prolonged but unfocused labor. It notes mothers hold influence during early childhood, making lasting impressions, and frames kindness as the first step when conflict or disagreement arises.
The ad promotes Dr. Marchisi Italian Pile Ointment with a money back guarantee for internal and external piles. It also notes carpentry and weaving services by LESSLER, offering striped and hit or miss carpets. Items can be dropped at the Glade Township residence or local express offices in Warren, Glade, Pa. January 1, 1885.
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