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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1871
Page
1
Lettice and the ten year wait for love and luck
In a quiet English town Max Hamilton abandons a safe Redbury practice to seek fortune in Melbourne with his brother Frank and Lettice Oldfield. A decade later Max returns, learns Lettice waited for him, and discovers Frank won Lettice’s heart while Max’s own hidden love for Lettice is fulfilled only through selfless sacrifice and enduring family bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Lettice Oldfield
Dome House
Lettice
Melbourne
Max
Redbury
Old Town
Bent
Hamilton Brothers
Mr. Oldfield
Amy
Ing
Lestice
Dryden
Australis
Letttee
Mex
Express
England
Tlettice
Ote
Taettice
Laettice
Dr. Hamilton
Miscellaneous items from the Worcester Spy and beyond
A collage of brief notes covers pricking politics by ink, a brakeman’s daring fall rescue near Schenectady, a Chicago Tribune death notice waking from trance, berries and infant illness in Philadelphia, a bee battle in Canada, a San Francisco murder funeral procession, a tank water alarm system in Illinois, Mrs. Stanton’s California lecture mishap, accidental poisonings in Ohio, a mysterious Ice Cave in Iowa, a Iowa river refrigeration mention, a Iowa court decision on laudanum and drink, Indian rail tramway experiments, and stellar distance facts about Alcyone and the Pleiades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Schenectady
Chicago Tribune
Rochester
N. Y
Ozaukee
Wis
Philadelphia
Canada
San Francisco
Buda Station
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Stanton
Chronicle
Iowa
Decorah
Supreme Court
M Masdler
Alcyone
Pleiades
Acyone
Aedler
Self-Insurance Gains Steam in Philadelphia Shipping
A major Philadelphia steamship company weighs abandoning traditional marine insurance in favor of self coverage. Audits show premiums total about 35 000 dollars yearly, funds that could finance new ships. Proponents say self insurance cuts costs, improves dividends, and rewards efficient crews, especially in large, multi ship groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Charleston Rice Trade Rises as Exports Flourish
Charleston strengthens as a major rice export hub with 41,172 tierces grown in 1869-70 and a 6,000 tierce rise over last year. Before the war 161,515 tierces were harvested. European buyers imported Carolina rice, and current demand could reach 100,000 tierces. Efforts to use Chinese labor face verdicts favoring negro labor as most profitable for rice swamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Havre
Copenhagen
Bremen
Amsterdam
Europe
Tampering With Coin Frauds Revealed By Mint Assayer
The Philadelphia Mint Assayer reports on counterfeiting methods for gold coins. In a sample of 1000 dollars, 34 double eagles showed varied tampering from burning and shaving to acid treatments and filing. Some pieces retained milling, others were lightened 10 to 80 cents in value, and a few contained foreign metal fillings. Specific gravity tests in water are cited as the best detection method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Let the Torch of Intelligence Lit Every Household
A call to parents to provide good reading for all members, arguing education nourishes mind as food nourishes body. It asserts reading reshapes family atmosphere, spurs ambition in boys and open new life for girls, guiding society toward useful, honorable roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes Winslow
Hammond
Clouston
Virginia man hacks calf to retrieve ring rumored swallowed
A Virginian, trusting a fortune teller, cut up a prized calf searching for a ring said to be swallowed. The family has since lived on meat priced at about $3.50 per pound.
Tin sheet feats from Great Exhibition of 1551 iron trials
The article details an American iron paper specimen exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1551 and a British contest to roll thinner cold iron sheets. It highlights experiments by Marshfield Iron Works Llanelly, Hope Iron Works, and Pontardawe Tin Works, ending with a Swansea mill's record sheet of 10 by 54 inches weighing 20 grains and 44 surface inches at 16 grains, a 30 percent improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Gillett
Jonathan Little
Pittsburgh
Britain
Marshfield Iron Works
Llanelly
Carmarthershire
Messrs R. Williams & Co
Staffordshire
Wales
St. David
Marshfield
Pontardawe Tin Works
Pontardawe
Messrs. W. Hallam & Co
Upper Forest Tin Works
Swansea
The Folly of Answering Matrimonial Advertisements
A Cincinnati divorce case reveals a husband who used matrimonial advertisements under fake names to seek young brides. Ellen M Dabney sues John Pat Dabney for non support cruelty and adultery, alleging engagement in Connersville with another woman and hundreds of letters and photographs as evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
John Pat Dabney
Ellen M. Dabney
Cleveland
J. D. Pratt
F. W. Werkes
Connersville
Ind
Waverly
Kangaroo droop fad mocked as new fashion folly
The article ridicules a new fashion called the Kangaroo droop. It describes a glove with buttons and a posture where the wrist is extended and the hand falls palm down, likening it to helplessness and mocking the descendants of the Kangaroo.
Maine Girl Mocking Lover With One Leg Remark
A Maine girl teased by friends about her lover who has one leg replies that she would not want a man with two legs because he is too common. The quip reflects playful banter over unconventional romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Giant Tree Measured In West Indies Expedition
The author and companions discover a massive tree on a hillside, noting a 44 foot girth at ground level and a height estimated between 150 and 200 feet. They describe climbing, air roots of seventy five feet, and how the top remains unseen among the forest canopy as Mr. St Luce D Abadie later records the height at 192 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
The Will of the Chinese Father and the Elephant Divison
A will left seventeen elephants to three sons in shares of one half one third and one ninth. A neighbor adds his elephant to make eighteen, the sons take nine six and two respectively, and the wise man reclaims his elephant. The query asks if the division meets the will. Also note mention of tortoise-shell bird cages in London imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fum-Hem
Nu-Pin
Ding-Bat
Sum-Pank
Sum- Pank
Fum-Hum
Num
Ding- Bat
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Henry R. Jackson
Scotland
Herbert
Rea1
Hlome
Enoch Arden
Missouri
St. Louis
J. M. Waldrup
Leasant
Mr. Waldrup
London
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