26 Apr 1870
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1870
Page
1
L G Rucker and A G W Division APSIL present a lyrical piece where a narrator laments vanished hedge rows, while April responds with a chorus of tiny voices and blooming signs. The verse celebrates renewal as buds, blossoms, and greenery emerge to comfort her.
Train timetables show Day Express routes from Oil City to Pittsburgh with intermediate stops at Kittaning and West Penn Junction. Timings include departures and arrivals across morning and evening windows, listing several stations and service periods.
A humorous serialized note recounts the tale of Enoch Arden a seafaring husband and rival to Philip Ray in a port town Annie Lee becomes the shared wife and later widow. Enock vanishes after a shipwreck returning years later to reunite with his family while Philip remains faithful.
The tale follows Enoch Arden returning to his hometown and learning his wife has remarried, believing him dead. He chooses silence and reveals the situation only to his landlady before her death, with the Ray family covering his funeral expenses through Philip's generous support.
The text argues that standing straight improves manliness and chest health by freeing lungs from downward pressure. It warns braces are harmful and offers tips to walk with the head high, chin up, and hands behind to ease breathing, improve blood purity, and vitality.
A vintage puzzle notes meanings for finger and hand positions with phrases like I love you and I hate. It maps actions such as drawing across lips or twirling in hands to declarations of affection, commitment, or status and ends with Practice makes perfect.
An eminent physician recommends a refreshing effervescent beverage for heat. Combine tartaric acid two ounces sugar two pounds lemon juice water three pints boil five minutes cool blend three egg whites flour and wintergreen flavoring bottle and chill. Mix two tablespoons syrup with water and a pinch of soda to serve.
The article asserts that walking is the finest gait for daily use, noting it is a rare ability possessed by about one in ten horses. It explains that colts are seldom trained to walk in the Northern States, but in the South riding culture trains horses to walk for easy long journeys.
An aged clergyman narrates a dramatic tale of two sisters in squalid tenements, one becoming a Memphis actress under a false name. The story follows her secret support of an ailing husband in New York, a dying reunion, and a dramatic return to Memphis with a final farewell marked by tragedy and a Lincoln reference.
The passage warns a man to feign care for a young woman and to claim exposure to smallpox to avoid suspicion. It describes the old folks quietly leaving at 9 pm, creating a conspiratorial mood, and suggests feigning sleep to secure an exit. The tone reads as a dated social instruction with cautionary elements.
A father praises his son as a chip of the old block while the boy jokingly calls himself a young blockhead in playful banter. The exchange captures humorous family dialogue.
A bemused Irishman spots a woman wearing sashes beneath her cloak and misinterprets them as untied gallases, exclaiming that her gallasses are untied. The humorous mix up hinges on clothing terminology and cultural misunderstanding.
An old frontiersman, after scalping his fifteenth Indian, proclaims that the season is favorable for staying out in the frontier. The remark reflects harsh attitudes and frontier life themes captured in the period wording.
James C. Boon a Rochester Chronicle compositor undertook a wager to set up and empty in proper order one thousand ems solid minion matter each hour for eighteen consecutive hours on Saturday last. He finished with ten and a half minutes to spare on the eighteenth hour. Wixpow Plants advice cautions on sun water and insect care.
A young lady answers a question about her native place by saying she has none and that she is the daughter of a Methodist minister. The remark reflects themes of origin and religious vocation in social discourse.
A dated aphorism compares beauty to spring flowers and virtue to stars in heaven, expressing timeless admiration for inner character over outward charm.
Reports indicate that after fifteen years as chair of Biblical Instruction at Allegheny College Meadville Rev William Hunter D D has resigned. Official data compare national debt per head with France Holland and England and note Rome troops remain to defend territorial rights not Holy See claims. Colored people in New England prepare for ratification jubilee Boston to celebrate on the 14th. London horse tram fare and car capacity details included.
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