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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1883
Page
4
A New York Star tale describes hustlers as essential for circus tours including violent outbreaks. The account details fighters hired by circuses to protect rights, recounting a Texas incident where tent crews repelled intruders and a deadly clash went unprosecuted.
The piece argues that Virginia and New England elites shared similar social ranks. It notes English forebears of Washington and Winthrop families were alike, cites Bishop Meade and Savage, and says Massachusetts leaders were country gentlemen connected to nobility and educated at Cambridge, shaping early Cambridge in the New World.
An Irishman in a British regiment retorts he will knock down an insulted foe then apologize. A blunder over anchovies and capers leads to a pistol duel. The second's joke about capers prompts a sincere apology for a severe wound, and the episode sparks long laughter in the regiment.
A speaker recalls conflicts with locals over mining activity in Idaho and Colorado. He describes bans on blasting near a school, high window breakage charges, and a Gov refuses to issue ammunition or move claim jumpers. He says he dug a canal to drive out trespassers and was charged for coffins and a short funeral sermon.
A Nevada rancher reports a new wind driven pumping device flooded the cattle corral, floated away the hay stack butt, and continued throwing mud and gravel after the well drained. The inventor failed to include a stop mechanism, prompting calls for a regulator.
Ali Roubi and several colleagues of Arabi were banished to Ceylon for twenty years. Formerly Roby from Buffalo New York he joined the Egyptian army after the Civil War, adopting the name Ali Roubi and renouncing American citizenship. He cannot seek U S protection now that he bears the Egyptian flag.
A Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent describes a New York woman's duplex front action adjustable basque designed to ease lacing and permit flexible eating. The device features a cut away front lining, eyelet lacing, a silk vest inside the collar, and crosswise shirings with elastic ribbons to expand or contract. The wearer loosened lines of lacing before supper, yet still ate more than intended and later adjusted the basque again.
An Arkansas Hot Springs observer notes a shift toward public morality after last year’s council action. He praises a hotel room relocation for gamblers but laments the city lacks a hotel bar and offers only saloons, arguing gambling and idle time lure patients to risk and debt.
A reflection on natural order as in a basket of fruit or gravel. When shaken, small pieces drift downward while larger ones rise to the top. The passage asserts this universal tendency in human life and denies fault on either side, attributing the rise to the shaking itself.
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