09 Apr 1872
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1872
Page
1
A poem from Harper’s Magazine issue for March contemplates the allure of the future. The speaker contrasts present beauty with the distant promise of To-morrow, noting hopeful longing and the temptation of postponed happiness while asking why hearts cling to the far-off smile.
Don Roman Peralta hunts down Apache raiders who killed his daughter Inez at Puerto del Sol. He lures Joseph Provincio and fellow attackers into a ravine, blocks their cave with a rock and lever, sealing them alive for ten days until all perish, while witnesses flee in horror.
The article reviews the historic and modern appetite for edible snails, noting their presence from Murillo’s England to markets in Germany Austria and France. It cites Petronius and Pliny, mentions snail farms near Dijon earning substantial sums, Paris fried snails in butter, and novel dishes like snail soup in Bourbon Island.
The text argues barking is learned rather than natural. It cites Sonnini, Columbus, and biblical references to show domestication and human association shape canine barking. It notes modern dogs in this country bark more and fight less than in the past.
A long narrative on Lucy a girl born into a carpenter’s family with five brothers who rises to a mill girl then falls into crime and prison. The piece contrasts her hopeful mother’s dreams with Lucy’s corrupted path ending in a two year sentence and a ruined life.
In the Great Desert a liquid bed lies beneath sand and clay reached by deep wells. Arabs descend to retrieve water through shifting strata, often submerged by sudden rises. French engineers use tube wells to bore into slaty layers, delivering more water than notable wells like Grenelle.
A Toronto mass meeting backed the nine hour workday plan. Resolutions were adopted urging employers to adopt the system.
I J Pottet, father of Wisconsin’s Lieutenant Governor, writes to the Kenosha Telegraph offering a humorous plea for remarriage. He argues that domestic partnership completes happiness after years of bachelor life, comparing single life to a coat with one sleeve and urging the editor to form a two person partnership.
Chicago Times notes Jason McCord dies without a will leaving $600000 in homes lands rails and shares to his fortune tax. Meanwhile John McCord the farmer of eighteen miles away becomes heir after a court decision securing his family’s future. He appears in the clerk’s office awaiting title entry.
The King Amadeus presents the Golden Fleece collar once worn by Christopher Columbus to the Count of Flanders, a decoration from about four centuries ago.
A survey of famous lookalike cases from the sixteenth century to the Tichborne and Fontanilles episodes. It recounts Martin Guerre and Bertrande, the du Coudray affair aiding Marie Antoinette, Tronson du Coudray, the Peronne deaf boy Joseph, and the Fontanilles impostor, highlighting the frailty of face based judgments and the debates they sparked.
A Louisville Courier Journal report recounts a banker Mr S who, while sleeping on a New Orleans bound train, allegedly left his body. He viewed home life and scenery, then returned to his body and winded a clock, which his wife confirmed had been wound without her touching it.
Lippincott's Magazine recounts how President Monroe, returning with his bride, was hosted by a wealthy Richmond matron. A notable display of wealth and taste featured a waffle supper by a fat enslaved cook and her pair of long iron irons, who cooked waffles to perfection for Monroe and guests, highlighting Virginia hospitality and Monroe’s fondness for waffles.
A historic notice recalls leap year legends granting women a right to propose with a penalty for refusals. If a gentleman declines, the proposer may demand a new silk dress, provided she wears a scarlet petticoat. The tale links to recent fashion of scarlet skirts as evidence.
A collage of curiosities and anecdotes covers diverse topics from crime to culture. It notes London toads fetch five dollars a dozen, St Paul prisoners cleaning sidewalks, a London cable, Chicago hotels under construction, and a Ty Whoppity village in Kentucky.
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