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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
7
A poet longs for a century of life through restraint yet dies suddenly after a playful alleyway frolic with a goat. The Chicago Record-Herald notes the irony of a life spent on hygiene and hours versus an abrupt end.
Poetic reflections on nature's music from birds and bees to oceans and storms. Verses echo harmony, comfort, and spiritual peace, attributing the calm heart to divine love and a foretaste of the better life. Includes quoted lines and attributions to Claire K. Alden and Miss BE. H. Warner.
Two poems celebrate summer and love. Frank Walcott Hutt’s harvest lyric portrays autumn abundance, while Mary Small Wagner’s piece recalls a simple country path “just wide enough for two” and a longing to clasp a loved one’s hand.
A poem from the Atlanta Constitution by F L Stanton contemplates Jean’s absence. The speaker imagines a world of beauty and music that would ease life’s burdens and inspire gratitude even without earthly relief. The verse appeals to faith and companionship as solace amid shadows.
S. E. Kiser writes in the Chicago Times-Herald that riches and a grand throne mean little without shared glory. The speaker desires companionship and public praise, preferring communal happiness over solitary power or wealth.
Excerpt from Frank Walcott Hutt's "Success" praising bold captains who pursue high purpose. It contrasts timid sailors with adventurers and stout hearts who weather all storms. The verse emphasizes unwavering faith guiding a change of tide.
A compact Town Topics notice outlines six chapters of life from birth to death with headings Born Bred Engaged Web Worried Dead. The brief implies a local feature or literary column reflecting community life and notable events.
A historical note explains a wheeled washing device for farm wagons. A narrow watertight box fits beneath a jacked wheel, a pail of water is poured in, and the wheel is revolved to clean the wheel and axle efficiently, offering a faster alternative to using a standing pail.
George Wyler of Ohio Farmer outlines raspberry plantation setup focused on drainage and humus rich soil. He recommends east or south facing ground, clover sod with prior potato crop, winter manure 8 to 12 tons per acre, deep spring plowing, 3½ foot row spacing, potato interplanting, dormant plant shipping, earth mulch cultivation, and careful pruning to boost quality and long-term payback with multiple crops.
Dairy and Creamery recommends linseed meal gruel as a substitute when fresh milk is scarce. An American breeder describes a recipe using hay tea, oil cake, oatmeal, and water, boiled and strained, fed warm then cold, with increasing oil cake as calves age. The method reportedly yields calves comparable to those fed whole milk at four to five months.
A brief caption describes repurposing an old iron kettle with a bottom hole. A rough stone wall supports the kettle as a makeshift watering trough, illustrating inventive reuse.
Artistic water trough built with sand and cement mortar fills breaks in a kettle. Water can enter by a pipe over the top or a side hole. The design is described as both an ornamental roadside feature and a practical water source.
The article urges farmers to mow noxious and poisonous weeds along roadsides and fences during late July and August. One mowing in midsummer can render them harmless for the year, with a second mowing ideal if possible, especially under drought conditions.
A fruit farm needed to remove two acres of vines. Workers struggled, then a Yankee visitor used a mule hitched with a chain and a 2x4 lever to lift vines from the ground, repeating the method for quick removal. The technique could apply to grubbing and small root systems and fence posts.
A Farmers' Review excerpt blames oleomargarine and preservatives as the main threats to butter, arguing they thrive on greed and disguise their true nature. It warns that consumers, misled by false health claims, buy the chemicals or bogus butter products and calls for widespread knowledge to defeat these enemies.
George Hazel recalls a Belknap Montana wedding in 1878 performed by Reed J P a frontier justice who forced vows to the US Constitution and Montana acts and a life of service the groom to split wood fetch water shovel snow and be a gentleman the ceremony included a kiss Lord s prayer and ended with a pistol shot and beer corks.
A young man and his full grown pet sheep Romeo attracted crowds on Broadway near Forty-second street New York City. The animal wore a collar and moved through traffic with doglike ease as the pair walked toward Eighth Avenue. The man said he was attached to Romeo who accompanied him wherever he goes and that he raised him himself.
A physician at the New York Medical College and Hospital for Women finds three to four young girls sharing a bench and discussing a chunk of candy. The girls reveal their game is to tell the biggest lie, prompting the doctor to confess he never lied as a child, followed by the smallest girl offering him the candy.
Market quotes from New York Cleveland Toledo East Liberty East Buffalo and Cincinnati list prices for flour wheat corn oats butter cheese eggs potatoes cattle hogs and sheep. Prices show steady ranges with best steers around 5.60 to 5.25 and hogs around 5.75 to 5.90 in various markets.
A humorous exchange is quoted from the Philadelphia Press where a visitor offers to sharpen the editor's saws and the editor replies that they use their own files for that. The brief dialogue highlights a playful clash over metaphor and practice.
A 25 cent powder ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease to ease tight new shoes and cure corns and itching. It targets feet that are swollen smarting and sweating and notes availability at all druggists and shoe stores with a free sample offer. Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY.
A witty exchange features Puck correcting a mix up between Minerva and Bacchus about a favored owl. The dialogue hints at classical figures and a playful reference to a boiled owl as a joke.
Public notice invites all U S residents to request a free book on opium and whisky diseases by B M Woolley of Atlanta Georgia Box 887 and promises delivery without charge.
Comic exchange about Mr Widder and his first husband’s ice bills appears in the Baltimore American column. The quip hints at lingering family finances and witty remark about burden and relief after death.
An Indianapolis News item promotes Hoxsie's Croup Cure with a noxious noopium claim and a 50 cent price. A customer testimonial from Wm O Endsley of Van Buren Indiana dates February 10 1900. The clipping also includes quotes on self-respect and bad habits from Town Topics and the Atchison Globe.
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