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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1886
Page
4
A poem from the Chicago Herald celebrates a nurse in a striped calico dress whose kindness soothes sufferers. The speaker contrasts scorn with praise for her warm heart and soothing voice, imagining stealing the beloved figure in a moment of temptation.
In Hilltown Academy a tense classroom scene ends with Nathan Burns spared from punishment after a classmate confesses. Years later a new master, Mr Hayes, replaces the cruel figure and turns rainy days into learning by introducing Logomachy, ending card play and shaping student character.
A late life marriage tale recounts Chevalier Antonie de Kontski marrying Natalie, the patriotic Polish daughter who once dreaded piano lessons. Natalie, saved from drowning after a harsh governess coerced music, later admired his playing and accepted his proposal. Mme de Kontski, often mistaken for a daughter, speaks five languages with wit and eloquence.
A Home Journal quotation links shoe wear patterns to character noting worn heels and soles signal energy and prudence while edge wear hints at instability or weakness. A shopper labeled a thief after observing outside-edge wear, later arrested for robbery.
The Georgia dialect article surveys regional usage such as placing defining words before nouns, verbs like stop and quit, and phrases like holler and beat him all holler. It notes pronunciation shifts, pronoun reductions, and prefixing a to verbs, labeling Southern speech as broad but broadly English.
Senator Allison proposed delaying a bill to fund outfitting an expedition to view the sun’s total eclipse next August until Mr. Hale returned. Senator Edmunds warned against interfering with the eclipse, prompting solemn grim humor and no reaction from the chamber.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin cites a Massachusetts Board of Education report arguing for adding shorthand to school curricula. It claims the skill helps youths enter business roles, citing success stories and noting current overemphasis on Greek and Latin.
A German school teacher trained pupils to shout loyal greetings as the grand duke passed through on a special train. The next day at the station the children yelled Long live the grand duke until he leaves, tiring the crowd with their chorus.
Extensive list of farm tools and hardware with budget prices. Walter A Wood Enclosed gear mowing machines sell for 65 dollars with optional Reaper attachment. Anson Wood model at 63 dollars. Meadow King 60 dollars. Includes plows, cultivators, rakes, drills, wagons, fencing, pipes, paints, stoves, sewing machine, and general hardware all marketed at low cash prices.
Officials report kerosene discovered along the coast of Red Sennese Saez. Investigators search for source and potential environmental impact as residents monitor shoreline.
A compact sale notice touts a perfect library volume with over two thousand square inches of colored maps for all states territories and Canadian provinces. It includes world maps and extensive data on area, property values, agricultural output, and currency. The catalog highlights state and territory areas in square miles and acres along with bond ownership and financial figures.
In the deserts of New Mexico and Arizona a goblin tree called the Yucca palm yields a strong fiber for paper. The London Telegraph has bought an Arizona plantation to grow Yucca for making newsprint, illustrating an unlikely use in civilization.
East coast brewers lament heavy discounts and costly trade gifts. They say customer incentives such as ice boxes plate glass windows and bar fittings cut into profits, with the best profits shrinking under these expenses.
A fragmentary timetable lists connections and arrival times between Buffalo and several towns including Eden Valley Eden Center and Bradford with departures noted. The notice ends with agent J S Bartlett at 177 Main St Buffalo NY.
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