05 Apr 1881
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1881
Page
1
Poetic fragment recalls winter’s exit after revels and a wish for May’s return, contrasting cold with fading spring. The speaker notes snow’s departure and the end of indulgent days, signaling a transition from winter to early summer.
Jennie Mayberry completes high school with modest gray dress and a gift of classroom engraving from her father, who urges a sober, practical approach to graduation. The ceremony features student self-reliance, family support, and a school that values books, discipline, and community spirit over finery.
A harsh winter devastates cattle and sheep herds in the Rocky Mountain district. Estimated cattle losses reach 40 000 head worth about eight million dollars with total losses near ten million including reduced herd growth. Sheep losses around three million with 30 percent wool and pelt rebates. Horses suffer costly outfit replacements and many bones bleach on plains. Also notes Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral as a well known remedy for coughs and colds.
The Northwestern Railway Company spent over 300000 dollars fighting snow since October. Thirty four large snow plows plus up to six locomotives each cleared dozens of drifts, with one 48000 pound plow and 128000 pounds of ballast repelled by a fifty two foot high drift. A bridge gully eighteen feet deep filled as the drift rose fifteen feet above the bridge, while 324000 cubic yards of snow were cleared from one cut only to be buried again in eight hours. Nine trains and nine thousand workers shuffled snow between Chicago and Egin through the winter.
In spring fashion, Melton and Scotch fabrics appear with tighter pantaloons and varied button counts. Overcoats trend loose and high buttoning with silk lining showing. Keiler and Kulow, merchant tailors on Second Street near Liberty, advertise custom order suits with swift turnaround and fit guarantee.
A Hawkeye note reviews a tract of Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll’s creed from his lecture What must we do to be saved? It finds echoes of scripture and moral lines as the author argues his views are surprisingly orthodox and emphasizes reason, love, forgiveness, and the temple of the heart. The piece cites many quotes and parallels to biblical verse to frame Ingersoll as closer to traditional belief than critics assume.
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