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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1895
Page
6
The piece details the hardy wild ponies on Sable Island facing harsh winters and scarce food. It notes a master stallion leading each gang, brutal capture methods, and high mortality from exposure and tooth wear. It also chronicles a polo of drives and corral techniques used to ship ponies to the beach.
Chauncey Depew notes a French train voyage in 16 hours costing $75 per passenger, versus an American trip in 10 hours at $25. The Philadelphia Times remarks Philadelphia is not slow. Uncle Josie Field of Red Bank, NJ, has endured many campaigns since 1746 yet remains healthy and not bald. Civil War sites become national military parks: Gettysburg Shiloh Antietam Chickamauga. Atlanta hosts an exposition with speakers of different races and genders.
A New York World writer proposes a vast plan to unite New York and Brooklyn via an East River bridge and land reclamation. The scheme envisions widening the Harlem river for a ship canal, bridging the Byrlem river, and filling the land between to create a shared metropolis at a cost around 130 million dollars, likening it to reclaiming the Zuyder Zee.
The article discusses potential large future gold supplies in North America, focusing on the Yukon, Ontario, and northern Lake of the Woods area. It notes volcanic terrain, quartz veins needing stamping mills, limited capital, and early yields around Bad Vermilion Lake of about $115 per ton, calling for capital and labor to unlock openings.
The Cuban coast tragedy follows a nighttime collision when the cruiser Barcastegui, commanded by the senior Spanish naval figure in Cuba, sank after its green signal lights went out. The Mortera, approaching Barcastegui to port, struck the cruiser amid darkness, prompted by the need to stop engines to rescue a sailor.
The St. Paul is expected to surpass her three sister ships in speed and efficiency though her ultimate outtriple of the New York and Paris remains to be proven. Changes from the St. Loma have been applied to the St. Paul as refinements. The comparative performance of St. Louis, St. Paul, New York, and Paris will test domestic versus British shipbuilding quality.
The text argues Spain struggles as it frees desperadoes to be used as Cuban powder. It contends the Cuban patriots will not gain mercy and that the Cuban independence struggle grows more desperate with every release. The tone predicts the Cuban cause will brighten despite Spain's actions.
A funeral tale warns against extensive family mixing. Edwin C. Odell married thrice, producing many children and a sizable estate. Wife No 2 claimed widow status after her second husband died, and at the service wife No 3 forced her carriage beside the hearse. A police intervention settled the order as Odell’s ghost seems to loom over the episode.
The Mansfield and The City of Pleasure companies break up, leaving several first class actors unemployed at season start. Mansfield likely cannot act before Christmas and his Garrick appearance is postponed to spring. Meanwhile the Hollands perform The Social Highwayman, contrasting Mansfield’s planned opening with their comic work in The Man With a Past.
Miss Annie Irish, famed for playing ingenuous daughters in The Second Mrs Tanqueray with the Ebendals, joins Dan Frohman's Lyceum stock company. Critics say her childlike face contrasts with adventurous parts and note her need to master a less innocent stage persona.
Readable snippets show Paris interest in Trilby produced by Potter and Harper Bros.. also notes on a southern cane hybrid grain with feed value for livestock and prospective milling use. Other items include Newport ball expenses, a Topeka burial of a baby, and remarks on opinions, Ingersoll, self reliance, and Japanese migration.
Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad timetable notice from 1893 shows trains 1 and 4 running every day and trains 2 and 3 on daily service. Depot located at Laurel and Fourth, C H Betcham superintendent.
Time table takes effect May 1 1892. SOUTHWARD TEZ4mNs.
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