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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1888
Page
2
A travelogue style note describes church attendance, funerals, and the social scene in Guatemala. It contrasts male and female religious practice, details heavy drinking, billiard rooms, and the luxury of coffee fortunes. It notes Spanish American women, gentlemen of standing, and the ease of intoxication influencing behavior.
The piece explains Indian tea production from bud to final drying, detailing leaf grading, plucking by women from April to December, daily weighing and rests, withering on long floors, rolling and fermentation, drying, and sorting into grades like broken Orange Pekoe and Pekoe. It notes workers carry leaves in baskets, transport via lofts and conveyors, and that the process yields coppery red tea colors and final sieving before packing.
A narrator recounts being mistaken for a French officer by wary troops at a village near headquarters. After a tense moment spies and soldiers scrutinize him, misidentifying him before Gen Sherman provides a pass that allows free movement. The anecdote is attributed to Scribner's Magazine.
The article argues that simple diets of New England farmers, heavy on salt pork beef and varied fare, are no obstacle to long life. It notes tobacco impacts temperament, warns of poor cooking, and questions sanitations awareness, suggesting lifestyle factors influence longevity more than strict dietary theories.
The Lincoln State Journal quotes a misrepresented remark about Har and Atos, noting a claim that a tramp wandered into a yard at dawn and sawed half a cord of wood before seeking food, illustrating a heated exchange over honesty and action.
A critical extract discusses the widow’s plight from infancy, detailing harsh traditional controls on women. It condemns stripping, poverty, unpaid labor, isolation, and enforced subservience as corruptions of female status, noting the stigma of widowhood and lifelong suppression.
A vivid description extols Spain with its picturesque towns and elfin castles built on miniature mountains. The text notes quiet scenery belied by bustling animals and human activity, with age worn walls and roadside crosses signaling past mortality observed in the landscape. Quotes from W. Parker Bodin in Democracy Monthly are cited.
A clerk tempts a boy on Woodward avenue with saving on an overcoat. The boy bites a receiver and breaks down crying, later saying the trick saved him money and may prevent his brother Bul from needing shoes this winter. The tale ends as the boy takes the rest home.
The article notes macaroni production is largely domestic with only about one in ten pounds consumed imported. It mentions control by hands and under Rahua, claims of near impregnable supply during earlier decades, and references to Dr. Livingstone and Henry Stanley in relation to supplies during African explorations.
The New York Sun notes the shift in manners where society panels discuss each heiress’s chances of marriage. Suitors face public scrutiny as every move of courtship is chronicled, reflecting a new feature in journalism in New York City.
A Concord New Hampshire resident opened a bank account in the city and deposited checks so carelessly that he overdrawn. When asked to settle, he angrily demanded the checks be returned merely half used, saying if he owed any money he would draw a check to pay it.
A Philadelphia man invented a machine using six bands to produce as many barrels daily with sixty men. It has operated successfully and coopers show strong interest. If profitable, it could revolutionize the cooperage trade.
The Sehwenksyula Debating society debated the Iv question for hours about go handbooks and footnotes. Shoe and Leather Reporter notes the playful terms pointers and disappointers. The text mentions Cenlidowerved valued eight times silver by weight, selling at $8 per ounce, and recalls gold being coined in Christendom in 1820.
Fragmented OCR text lists connections with Pt E Sheffield and P.d& W at Sheffield. Mentions times 6:44 7:05 7:25 and stations Garfield Siding Tionesta Valley lines. References arrive times 7:40 a.m. 8:10 a.m. 5:20 p.m. and places such as Tionesta and Fransworth.
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