01 Apr 1871
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1871
Page
1
In vivid travelogue fashion, the narrator recalls a perilous ascent with guide and companions across rugged pine slopes and chasms. A dramatic escape from fire and rock culminates in a mysterious bristly rock and a final, eerie encounter of a grizzly or man.
Charley Winter a bashful, good hearted fellow confesses love for Clarice Wilmer. He struggles writing to court her, drafts many notes, and finally invites her to the opera. Misplaced letters lead to mistaken impressions and renewed anxiety about Clarice’s response.
Charley Winter impulsively confesses feelings to Miss Clarice Wilmer in a parlor. She responds with a warm, approving glance as a hint of romance blooms. If Tom Ridgely had arrived five minutes later, Charley's bashfulness might have remained unseen.
The Cincinnati Gazette notes Daniel McCartney of Salem Ohio, nearly blind, recalls daily events from 1827 onward with remarkable accuracy. He answers dates weather and events in seconds and computes complex arithmetic quickly, displaying strong geography knowledge and limited spelling skills.
An aged copy of George Washingtons three volume Holy Bible on Chestnut Street near Ninth attracts attention. Presented to Washington by Bishop Wilson, autographs appear on each title page, and the set later passed to Lord Fairfax and then John Carlyle Hubert, carrying Hubert family records from 1805.
The story recounts John B. Paddock, a Buffalo button maker, who answered a Europe travel ad from Emma Messenger. In letters dated February 8 and 11, 1871, the scammer promises travel, while the widow Emma Messenger reveals a motive to lure a wealthy bachelor.
A traveler recounts failed job calls to bankers and businessmen in New York. He describes a string of misadventures from a phony advertiser to a gambling den, a night in jail, and finally leaving for the West after harsh lessons in city temptations.
London is described as four times larger than New York and St Petersburg, twice as populous as Constantinople, and with two thirds more people than Paris. It holds 1,000,000 more people than Scotland, and equals Scotland in size while supporting vast social ills, worship attendance gaps, and large numbers of gamblers drinkers and criminals. It is called a world in itself.
The Buffalo hotel proprietor knew little, while a late night carriage brought a couple to a private entrance. Mr. Paddock, robbed like many in New York, found his checks spent and trunks gone. He stopped payment on his checks and drafts and posted a private appeal offering return of his losses.
A moral treatise deplores adults who poison or tempt children with candies laced with strychnine or arsenic. It laments ignorant buyers and urges strict laws and education to prevent poison confections and protect the young. It calls for emancipation through freedom laws with strong Anglo-Saxon phrasing.
M Jaques Carthier notes Hochelaga inhabitants grow a herb dried in sun and carried in skin pouches. They use a hollow pipe to smoke the powder for warmth and health. The narrator recounts trying it and finding the smoke very hot and peppery.
A quip recounts newspapers arguing over the plural of titmouse and goose with a country merchant who, puzzled by grammar, orders two tailor's gooses then geese and finally pleads for two by writing please send me one tailor's goose and send me another.
In Memphis slang, South Memphis trembles over a ghost at Brinkley Female College. Miss Clara Robinson reports repeated apparitions guiding a treasure rumor. A local investigation reveals alleged writings by a medium and a buried stash. a veteran defends his honor amid courtroom praise.
Mr and Mrs Meredith investigate after Clara sees a pale apparition claim Brinkley College property. The vision introduces itself as Lizzie, declares ownership, and urges Clara to obtain papers to claim the estate. Rumors spread. several girls flee or fall ill. Clara resists return to school amid parental concern and a spiritual medium is summoned to probe the event.
In Norwich Connecticut a sequence of mysterious demonstrations unsettled a local woman who told friends it felt like a call for her. The noises ended but she grew ill and died days later, leaving authorities to investigate a possible connection.
A large black silk umbrella is missing and belongs to a gentleman known for a curiously carved head. The note appeals for its return.
Albert H. Gardiner, a 72 year old, faced trial in Lincoln Michigan for allegedly striking a young man with an axe. The complainant claimed a surprise assault from behind a tree and a brutal beating, while Gardiner pleaded innocence and recounted his war service and lone homestead efforts. The court weighed witness testimony as the elderly man stood, frail but resolute, against the accuser’s claims.
A San Francisco account recalls a St Louis man who wedded a Chilean heiress in California then abandoned her to bigamy. She faced ruin in Sacramento during early gold rush days, nursing miners, renting houses, surviving fires, and fighting for land amid ruthless developers and mortgage threats.
A century old note envisions millennial advances in science noting a new process that makes castor oil edible like honey on bread. The writer celebrates a potential new school of medicine where all remedies share this agreeable, efficacious character and suit both young and old.
A collage of notes features a Shakespeare cottage sale, Miss Piney W. Forrest as Mississippi’s editor, Virginia pickle clubs, jokes about horse breaking, a New York wife’s critique of husbands, an Espyville hotel, a cat-loving Boston woman, and various oddities from Ohio and Connecticut. It also notes perils of Peru dreams, rail platform laws, a jail fire tragedy in Wisconsin, and a New York Legislature chaplain’s quip about bribery.
Portland residents recount a Chinese Odd Fellows–style society. It allegedly protects members in lawsuits and punishes transgressors, with flogging for offenders and secrecy penalties for disclosure. Membership requires praise of China and approval by a majority. dues are usually thirty dollars unless special cases deplete funds.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.