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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1889
Page
4
A review praises the serial Loyal at Last by ion as one of the best on the subject, noting its stirring incidents and strong plot that will engage readers from start to finish.
A futograph of Isaac Newton shaped as a letter sold for £315 to Trinity College Cambridge. A South Carolina secession ordinance signed by convention members now rests with a Union veteran in Belvidere New Jersey. Paris yields a Canova bust of Mme de Stael from a second hand shop. A rare 1612 Shelton edition of Don Quixote surfaced in London. A Lancaster, Pennsylvania stove dated 1769 is noted. Napoleon’s Waterloo wagon, the Powhatan mantle in Ashmolean, and a San Pablo timber relic at Washington Navy Dept complete a curious catalog of artifacts.
A column recounts odd anecdotes from a London whale milking hoax to a Boston prayer meeting debt confession, Swiftian humor from Bishop Marley, Lovick Pierce camp climax, and a Choate office quip about Reginald Adolphus Jones claiming pedigree and connections.
A roundup of 1880s statistics notes a Portland Maine maker selling 25 000 hypodermic needles since 1886. It cites 1888 US imports of iron and steel, California fruit canners usage, US production of tobacco cigars and cigarettes, honey and wax outputs, sewing machines, steam engines, and petroleum exports with year over year comparisons.
A historical police code outlines uniforms and insignia, arrest procedures, conduct expectations, use of force, handling of prisoners, duties to prevent crime, reporting, decorum, and grounds for dismissal. It covers Sabbath peace, surveillance of suspects, whistle signaling, and penalties for intoxication, bribery, or misconduct.
Borough regulations empower police to arrest beggars and wanderers, including children and those in sheds or open air, for begging or loitering. Officers may use discretion on minor items and consult the Borough Attorney for unresolved cases. August Merck Jr is Burgess. WarrEn, Pa. April 1, 1889.
Section 1 sets the Chief of Police as head of the Police Department under Burgess and Council. Section 2 requires station house inspections and reports on cleanliness and order. Section 3 assigns arm and equipment control to the Burgess. Section 4 tasks police with rapid response to riots and mobs to protect property and arrest disorder. Section 5 directs monitoring of pawnshops, secondhand dealers, saloons, gambling, and suspicious venues. Section 6 requires police to secure murder scenes at night and cooperate with the Coroner.
A 19th century borough code outlines police recruitment criteria and duties. It sets health, literacy, age, character, and sobriety standards. specifies navy blue dress. mandates full-time service, strict discipline, and confidentiality. It details pay during injury, arrest procedures, public guidance, and constant patrol obligations.
A column of sensational yet unverified slips details child kings in An nam, debts of Austria, royal habits of emperors and queens, and a portrait of European rulers. It reports Wilram’s kitchen menu dispute, Victoria’s civil list savings, and the Austro-Hungarian heir’s multi titled future, with notes on German and Russian royals, fashion, and Windsor house costs.
Anecdotes and witticisms from social life include engagements teased by Miss Stirrup and Miss Kerenon, a gardener’s chromes in the garden, a Boston classroom quip about cooling with beer, and playful banter about Queen Anne houses.
Italian savant M Govi claims Galileo discovered the microscope as well as the telescope. He cites a 1610 book noting Galileo’s lens observations of near objects and a 1614 letter describing flies seen with a lens. The Times reports the usual date 1621 for the microscope’s invention attributing it to Drebbel.
A Tramp and a woman share a brief exchange in the Epoch where she offers a drink. She explains it is a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen. The Tramp, skeptical at first, accepts and jokes about preferring ordinary gin yet agrees to try the fancy brand.
Electric Bitters praised as a pure medicine curing liver and kidney diseases removing pimples boils and salt rheum driving malaria and aiding headaches constipation and indigestion. It promises full satisfaction or money back with prices 50 cents and 1 dollar at Merch Drug Store and cites a testimonial about Down's Elixir.
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