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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1890
Page
6
Mr. Hanor driving a buggy through Stony Creek ravine in Pennsylvania encountered a panther that leaped at the carriage. After the animal persisted and snarled, he struck it with a whip and finally shot it four times, killing the panther.
A mosaic of short items: Friday crowds at Paris 1889 expo defied superstition when the Persian shah visited, lifting attendance from a Friday lull. Also notes on prideful talk, a rural school mistress and her table tale, a singing tree found in Nubia, Rabelais trickery recalled, and a New York pastor urging the poor to church offerings with a seven dollar, thirty five cent collection count.
A poem contrasts a coffin scene with a bouquet of ripe wheat as a symbol of a life well spent. It speaks of labor, crosses, and peace in death, praising the harvest of good deeds gathered by God from life’s field. Jerome Sundeax notes in the Louisville Courier Journal the impact of electricity on telegraph lines, showing underground wires suffer fewer storm interruptions than above ground.
Nickel plays a dual role in industry as a rust and wear resistant coating and as an ornament for items from household articles to watch movements. It is used on iron, brass, and copper, sourced mainly from Texas mines, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the Lake Superior region, shipped as five to twenty-five pound anodes costing 85 cents to 31.25 a pound.
A New York Sun humorous folk dialogue recounts Fourth of July scenes in Huntsville Alabama with Uncle Rethen and his wife puzzled by the fuss. It notes the crowd, locals in carts before the court house, and the idea that people celebrate simply because it is the day to celebrate.
Notes and Queries recounts a legend of a pugnacious Irishman at Donnybrook fair. He wears a canbeen and dhudheen in his band, twirls a shillelagh, and trails his coat as he taunts fellow revelers. His cry: past tin o'clock, and not a blow struck yet. Will any gentleman oblige me by threading on the tail or me coat.
A Boston fire official envisions electricity replacing steam in future fire engines. Stored power at hydrants would yield lighter, faster gear with near limitless water throw, transforming firefighting. The column also shares a jumble of curious snippets from ice shortages to De Quincey descendants and life expectancy comparisons.
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