05 Aug 1871
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1871
Page
1
A reflective maritime poem describes foam crested waves and a glittering wake under a blue sky. Sailors recall distant horizons, the sea’s wind songs, and the glow of love and paradise as time and realms slip away. The verse spans dawn to night near the Mersey as a ship traverses memory and longing.
Lucy Ellen Marigold, a beautiful yet spoiled young woman, loses the devotion of Mr. Barrister after a string of deception and flirtations. Her upbringing by the Marigolds and social pretensions hindered genuine prospects until a final breach at the door ends the courtship for good.
French producers report methods to render cotton cloth fire resistant by mixing starch with carbonate of lime and exposing fabric to sulfur vapor. A separate process uses sulfuric acid baths to create a waterproof varnish-like coating, with hot pressing and calendering boosting strength.
A Delaware couple believing the end times neared sewed long white garments and climbed to their woodshed roof to await Gabriel. Mrs Callender slid off five feet, dislocated her ankle, and the pair’s rescue involved paying a physician’s fee in the most worldly fashion.
A San Francisco report debunks the island treasure myth while detailing Cocos Island in the Pacific. It notes the island’s height, accessibility, and dense mining shafts and reports new expeditions forming despite no discovery of precious metals.
The piece explains that female birds with dull plumage stay in open nests and are vulnerable to predators, while species with equally attractive male and female plumage build concealed nests in holes to reduce discovery and risk to eggs and nestlings, citing Once a Week.
The London Telegraph reports four fortune tellers arraigned in London on trial and found guilty. Zen davesta also known as John Dean Bryant a botanist aged 50 was jailed for telling a woman her fortune for 13d. Two married women paid 6d for bone tickets at No. 3 Homer Street. a magic mirror life and death pictures and a Book of Fate were found. Shepherd alias Prof Cicero, Thalaby alias Prof Thalaby and Shipton alias Prof Baretta faced similar charges with phrenology and mystic props. All four were convicted and sent to the House of Correction for three months hard labor.
A study of how colorfulness in birds relates to sex and nest building. Male bright species often nest openly, exposing the sitter, while equally colored females reduce visibility. conversely when females are dull and males bright, nests tend to be exposed or open. Various families illustrate open nests versus concealed nests.
In spring the Ardennes shepherds keep one or two white shaggy dogs as sentinels. They rest in valley pastures unless the scent or sound of a wolf triggers fierce defense. The dogs guard the young and repay care with loyalty, as described in Overland Monthly.
The piece argues wood and straw differ mainly by local cost and availability. It notes one cord of wood yields about 100 pounds of paper while one ton of straw yields about 50 pounds less, with a 10 percent waste rate for wood. Experiments favor mixing straw and wood for best quality without rag usage. It cites a large U.S. mill producing four tons daily with minimal glue use.
Professor Winchell of the Michigan Geological Survey reports a deep valley with high bluffs connecting Lake Superior to Green Bay in Lake Michigan. The path could support a ship canal, potentially shortening the voyage between the two ports.
Five miles from Duquoin Illinois James Williams and his two daughters aged about 16 and 18 faced a wave of rumors about witchcraft. Eyewitnesses describe nightly fits with flying, pin eating, and flies swallowed during spells while daytime rationality returns. The father suspects poisoning by a villain with medicine hidden in the girls’ clothes. Local observers urge medical examination and caution against credulity.
In Nevada Missouri a man named Layton killed Bedford after stalking him for years. Layton rode to Osage County with a revolver and a horse, then confronted Bedford at Marsh Owens threshing scene and shot him thrice, killing him. Layton rode away calmly.
In a St. Joseph Missouri storm a three story house five miles southeast of the city saw Mrs Lovell kneeling at a bedside with her two daughters when a bolt struck, killing her instantly and also killing Mr Blakeman nearby. Several others were injured. Mrs Lovell, wife of John S Lovell of Warren County Virginia, is reported in Montana. The daughters aged 9 and 6 were uninjured.
The Carson Register describes a jar at the Branch Mint holding several gallons of liquid gold partially precipitated. The liquid resembled sherry in color and magnified the visible gold settled at the bottom, creating a radiant, heavenly display as observers compared it to an inverted vault lined with gold and light.
The British Coal Commission inquiry is expected to report that adequate coal will remain in Great Britain and Ireland for eight hundred to a thousand years with rising consumption. Welsh deposits are noted as enormous.
The piece contrasts past and present female body ideals, noting how corsets and artificial aids press waists and distort health. It laments mothers forcing strict dress codes and moral policing, contrasting with earlier carefree childhoods where limbs moved freely and strength mattered.
The article details a Madagascar tree Urania speciosa with water-filled pockets in its stems. Travelers can puncture the stalk ends to obtain fresh water, while the leaves and bark serve building, wrapping, tableware, and vessels. Each stalk yields a pint to a quart of water.
Don Piatt recounts a Buffalo theater anecdote where Booth’s Richard harms Dean playing a king. An overheard plan to rush the furnace leads to staged panic as the dead king fans flames and writhes, while Booth delivers a dramatic exit and a blunt Shakespeare line, Dean enduring a black eye and a broken nose.
The article discusses C F Varley’s critique of the claim that the brain acts as a battery sending electrical currents through nerves. He cites experiments with two water basins and a galvanometer, showing chemical action from perspiration and acid can generate current without muscle effort, and argues electricity is not present in the body as a motive force.
The text compares Newes to a state as large as Illinois if flat, but notes it is crumpled and folded to fit into a small corner of the map, illustrating its irregular shape.
A collage of brief items covers tobacco education, editorial farewells, election betting laws, editor feuds, cattle prices in Texas, lodge mischief, a poetic quip on women, a Kansas City lovers note, ex emperor’s exile routine, Kentucky salt wells with gas, shoemaker oil wealth, a Wadesboro widow jailhouse melee, and the German army vision issue. The piece blends satire with curious local anecdotes and transatlantic notes.
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