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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1886
Page
3
A Chicago Tribune report argues most barrels labeled molasses are adulterated with glucose, creating cheaper mixtures. It outlines how mixing increases profits, describes consumer backlash, and explains simple to elaborate methods of molasses production and storage.
Paris interview reveals General de Failly aged 66 living in a forest château after his Franco Prussian War downfall at the Beaumont surprise. Once famed for Alma Magenta and Solferino, he has not appeared in society since the disgrace, which he said he deserved.
A domestic scene shows the good wife cheerful through worries about money and schooling while the good man reflects on debt and balance. A separate New York Sun piece portrays a Brooklyn bridge policeman bored yet dutiful, finding life’s rhythm in routine patrol and the day’s end relief.
The observer surveys Glasgow from a hill, noting the Clyde with its shipyards, the University, and the cathedral surrounded by sunken sandstone gravestones. Chimney pots of white clay on city roofs, two to a dozen per stack, are described as odd, comb like structures that improve draught and block smoke. The piece reflects on time and change in Beobland Behalf india.
Reports in the New York Sun describe a rare marine phenomenon called the white water moving west from Cape Sable. The surface showed minute curd-like fibers and a western edge appeared thirty fathoms deep and nearly vertical like a wall. Fish fled as the water cleared and they became scarce afterward.
The French Academy of Sciences inherits Mme Pin son of Mons fortune to found a prize awarded every five years for the best work on political economy aiding the working classes. Also noted is the City of Rome steamship’s famed 63 ton crank shaft made of fluid compressed steel, claimed as the largest in the world.
A satirical look at professional groomsmen or dummies who stage as aides to belles during debutante seasons. The piece traces their role, debts, and social tricks, including arranging lavish gifts through jewellers, while the brides gain status and the men face isolation and financial strain.
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes passenger agents regularly face persistent questioners who seek route, price, and journey details without intent to travel. These “mind travelers” display telltale signs, gather information, and overwhelm agents, yet agents remain civil hoping one might actually become a patron.
Fall displays feature Silks and Velvets with chic street and evening costumes. Woolen dress goods remain popular alongside a vast stock of Western New York and Pennsylvania fabrics both domestic and imported. Parisian robes and novelties drive demand for stylish dress suits while cloaks and winter garments await inspection. New carpets, upholstery fabrics, gloves, hosiery, handkerchiefs, and furnishing goods fill departments with latest trims and buttons for fall trade. Mail orders receive careful attention.
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