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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1885
Page
4
A farmer recounts how his wife Mollie suggested clearing a two thousand dollar mortgage by promising to drink only from the family jug. When the bottom was later sawed out, Mollie revealed the jug’s moral, and the vow was kept. The tale ends with mortgage freedom and a lasting lesson on temperance.
A New York woman, advised by a doctor to pursue constant physical training, is wirtschafting health through a daily routine. She rides at dawn, visits a Russian bath, and endures the Swedish movement cure under attendants, paying a price in time for health. The piece notes other social-physical trends and a humorous case of mistaken identity involving two nearly identical brothers causing hotel confusion.
The Paris Parisian auction at the house of Alice H- fascinates bourgeoises and mondaines. The dressing room echoes Empress Marie Louise’s Compiegne chamber with a solid silver bath and English porcelain. A French-born bed, designed by Count d Orsay for Lady Blessington, sits on a dais with swans and cupids. Curtains are white satin with pink trim. Portraits of European royalty fill the chimney glass. The library mixes lofty histories with popular sales of Thiers and Henri Martin. The Comte de Paris history of the American Civil War is prized by the demi monde for respectability, alongside the standard volumes.
Miss Elena Porter, younger daughter of a prominent admiral, captivates society with a sparkling face and lively manner. Her elder sister, Mrs Logan, is married to a naval officer. Elena frequents naval circles, dresses in fine taste, dances gracefully, and attracts many partners. the Porter family boasts deep naval roots through both sides of her lineage, including Commodore and Admiral Patterson. One brother serves in the navy.
A modern French writer highlights petroleum’s rise as the era’s useful art. He notes daily U.S. crude output near 60,000 barrels and 30,000,000 barrels stored above ground, with most product used as illuminating oil. Western Pennsylvania, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Jersey City host refineries where crude settles, is refined in large tanks, then heated in 1,200 barrel stills to produce kerosene for home use and export.
A sequence of times shows the schedule from 7 00 pm to 7 49 pm with markers at 7 06 pm 7 16 pm 7 26 pm 7 40 pm and 5 15 pm. No context or descriptions accompany the times.
Miss Cleveland, the President's sister, handles a large stream of letters from friends and varied visitors. Office seekers, cranks, beggars, autograph-hunters and donors of many items flood her with praise, inquiries, and urgent requests. The Bartlett pear juice is noted for medical use in California as both food and drink, with initial weight loss followed by strength gain for an invalid.
Report notes that about 90 percent of the vast England India trade moves via the Suez Canal and that two thirds of canal business originates from Anglo Indian commerce, underscoring the canal’s pivotal role in imperial logistics.
The Hartford Post depicts a housing stretch as spring brings relocation chatter and jammed attics. A neighbor presses Mrs Stay there about moving plans while both lament the neighborhood limits and shared cups of molasses become scarce.
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