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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1892
Page
7
A St. Louis Republic report describes the Kubus of Sumatra as an extremely shy, isolated people who trade with Malays via a gong signaling system. They live in forest depths, avoid strangers, have no concept of a supreme being or afterlife, and lack marriage and burial practices. They subsist on snakes and insects.
A Brooklyn Eagle opinion urges households with limited means to avoid fashionable pretense. It argues that pretending to be wealthier than one is invites needless worry and damages self respect. Instead, openly declaring an inability to afford certain comforts preserves dignity and fosters honest social interaction with wealthier neighbors.
In a Detroit Free Press item, Mr. Jeptha Jones is accused by his wife Mrs. Jones of drinking as she asks about a borrowed lower mower. He denies drinking and is urged to sing the answer, though he says he has no voice for singing at that moment.
Paris Letter describes a French custom where visitors leave a pasteboard card in mortuary chapels to show who paid homage to the dead. The note adds humor, imagining the dead returning the call like a statue from Don Giovanni.
A fragment from Texas Sittings features Colonel Yerger asking Sam Johnsing for water after a ride. Sam jokes that thirst depends on the boss and that he never drinks at his own expense. A Chicago Herald note lists land requirements to sustain life across crops, suggesting vast productivity differences.
The article notes Paisley produced the first handkerchiefs in 1743 popularized on the continent by Empress Josephine. It mentions the oldest English crown crafted for Charles II, replacing Edward the Confessor’s crown. It also cheekily cites Indian tiger hunters using rifles over elephants and trees, a Portland bicycle engine claim, and home care tips for patent leather and ammonia for insect bites.
An advisory excerpt warns readers against free eye exams offering cheap glasses, arguing such schemes aim to lure customers. It urges not to risk sight, advise consulting a competent oculist, and notes hospitals provide free eye treatment, stressing sight’s value and warning against cheap remedies.
A moral meditation from All the Year Round on how small social missteps can sour friendships and invite unforeseen harm. The piece cautions to be cautious in manners toward all people, noting life’s unpredictable tides may turn even a minor slight into a personal affront. It urges choosing prudence over risky talk and misjudged humor.
London Spectator notes Cleopatra’s power lay not in beauty but in a commanding presence and witty speech. Her voice, described as an instrument of many strings, enabled her to converse with Ethiopians, Troglodytes, Hebrews, Arabs, Syrians, Medes, Parthians, and many others in their own languages.
Richard H. Davis recalls encounters with educated Englishmen in the United States, noting stories of aristocrats and veterans, a cousin driving a San Antonio hack to ship a body home, and veterans from campaigns in India and Egypt. He reflects on class, travel, and transatlantic perceptions.
A San Francisco Argonaut anecdote recalls Johnson the lexicographer delaying manuscript delivery. When asked about the message, he quips that the man thanks God for anything, eliciting Johnson’s sharp remark about the author’s gratitude. A Montreal Witness note touches on wild pigeons near Sault aux Recollets bush.
Instruction advises washing off old blacking periodically and using liquid shoe dressing, as favored by ladies. If using the old fashioned blacking, apply only one thin coat at a time while ensuring gentle polishing. De troits Free Press.
A collection of brief excerpts notes plant regulation in British India under licensing and price terms for opium, reports on Labouchere’s Paris wanderings during the siege, a Chinese artifact tribute to Confucius, and promotional notices for health remedies and a World’s Fair sculpture project. The text also mentions a Minnesota offer by colored women to decorate the state’s World’s Fair building.
An advertisement touts DeWitts Little Early Risers as the most natural effective and economical remedy for viliousness indigestion and inactive liver sold by Noyes Drug Store with price 50 48.
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