Poem Fragment Reflects On Youth And Age
A fragment speaks of furrows as signs of strife and pain. It notes a heart once elated in youth now bent by age under a heavy birthday burden.
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1872
Page
1
The Widow Adams and the Deacon at the Green
In a colonial village a jealous Deacon Cluff plots to woo the wealthy Widow Adams. Misunderstandings at the meeting house lead to a prank by Tabitha Dole and Hannah Adams, ending with the deacon fleeing by moonlight. Months pass as choir grows and the widow marries Elbridge Clinton while Susan Adams steers the social scene. The deacon attends the wedding, greeted by a social circle that once tricked him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Jamaica
Deacon Cluff
Earning
Elbridge Clifton
Tom Paine
John Pike
John
Bessie Adams
Courne
Frorst Esk
Cluff
Tabitha Cole
Sambo
Miss Mears
Atkinson Academy
Tabitha
the Green
Susan
Hannah
Hannah Adams
Edward White
Chang
Mr. White
Susan Adams
Mr. Dole
Tabitha Dole
Elbridge Clinton
David Cole
Missa Susan
Widow Adams Becomes Deacon Cluff’s Second Wife
The Western World recounts how after mourning, a widow joined Deacon Cluff’s household as his second wife. Her marriage brought a mistress and a son or daughter, and she fulfilled the Scriptural ideal of a perfect woman praised by her husband and children. The tale notes Cluff’s fond reminiscence of meeting Widow Adams with a playful admission of no regrets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deacon Cluff
Adams
Double Canoe of Ceylon and Its Striking Outriggers
The Bay of Galle hosts diverse vessels including Arab bows and Malabar petamars as the striking double canoes of the Cingalese emerge. Built from a single hollow stem with a long buoyant balance log, these craft carry elastic outriggers that allow sailing with either end foremast. They venture twenty miles at sea, dash ten miles per hour, and display vividly colored fishes and fruits while tying to Malay influence across Polynesia and the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay of
Galle
Malabar
Coromandel
Pliny
Taprobane
Polynesia
Pacific
Madagascar
Comoros
India
Car conductors and drivers show harsh labor realities
A Y. Paper analysis notes car conductors and drivers endure long hours and little rest for meager pay. It argues many fall into transit work due to lacking alternative trades, highlighting hardship, economic caste, and the value of learning a skilled craft for better prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Texas
Answering Letters: Etiquette and a Duke's Autograph
A moral on replying to letters as a mark of good breeding. The piece notes busy people thank replies promptly and cites Arthur Duke of Wellington who always answered. A clergyman once sought a subscription and the duke returned a brief reply. the letter was later sold as an autograph for five pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Duke of Wellington
Rescue at Omaha Mormon Train Sparks Turbulent Depot Scene
Swan Petersen travels from Sweden to Iowa with his family and learns his wife joins a Mormon emigrant train to Utah. Petersen confronts his wife at Union Pacific depot, aided by jailor Gustave Anderson and police. After a riot with Mormon leaders, Petersen secures his wife and children and fatefully departs for Iowa. Second item notes Major John B Steward rescues a man on Stone Mountain Georgia after a daylong exposure and near fall, surviving a perilous descent and intense thirst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha Bee
Sweden
Utah
Union Pacific
Swan Petersen
Iowa
Council Bluffs
America
Omaha
Petersen
Hansen
Gustave Anderson
Anderson
Porter
Peterson
Captain Kelly
Powers
Christopherson
Spoon Lake
Joe Tehon
St. Joe Road
Tehon
Anderton
Jailor Anderson
Captain Kelley
Joseph Tehon
Frank Hanlon
Andrew Trainer
Kelley
John B. Steward
Stone Mountain
Atlanta
Georgia
McCarty
Villa Rica
Carroll County
Atlanta News
California Seeks Federal Legalization of High Seas Marriages
A California proposal aims to have the U S government legalize marriages performed at sea. Couples elope with a clergy member aboard a ship to Pacific waters to wed, but many such unions face invalidation under current law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
United States
Pacific
Elopers
Exhibition of Choice Cattle to Highlight Boston Show
A September cattle show in Boston, under the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, aims to be the largest in the United States. Premiums total over 22,000 dollars with 2,000 per breed for Short Horns Ayrshires Jerseys Devons and Holsteins and 695 for Guernseys Herefords. Dairy produce and farm animals offer large prizes. 1500 for saddle-horses encourages fine stock, with C S Sargeant coordinating and inviting breeder entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Boston
Massachusetts Society For Promoting Agriculture
C. 8. Sargeant
Brookline
Mass
Extensive Wheat Field Over Thirty Five Miles Wide
The Stockton Independent reports a grain belt on the west side of the San Joaquin river spanning 35 miles by 8 miles, about 179 200 acres, yielding an estimated 2 867 200 bushels or 86 015 tons. It notes a larger east side area and rail transport challenges before rain. Also claims 2 000 000 cannibals remain in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Cal
San Joaquin River
Bantas
Oakland
San Joaquin
Lathrop
Merced
Puzzling Tichborne case grips Louisville court circles
A complex mistaken identity murder case in Louisville centers on John Girton's alleged killing of Thomas Mason. Robert Johnson, wrongly jailed as Girton, claims identity as Robert White of Indiana. Witnesses for both sides support and challenge the claim as courts consider habeas corpus petitions. The case puzzles Louisville lawyers and defies easy resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
John Girton
Thomas Mason
Girton
Robert Johnson
Mason
Johnson
Robert White
Indiana
Kentucky
White
Thomas
Salem
Ind
United States
Massachusetts
Gilmore
Cyrus L. Dunham
Comany
Mysterious California Nugget Defrauded or Real Treasure?
An alleged California gold nugget weighing 2316.75 ounces troy was valued at 40 000 dollars in New York before a Paris Exposition loan. Paris bankers later found a gold surface over silver and copper with lead core, melting value 380 dollars. In Stockton, Isaac Elwell and Noyes recounted a 162 pound nugget recovered near Murphy's camp. locals cut pieces showing genuine gold but fate of the lump remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
California
New York City
Paris
Bank of France
Stockton Republican
Isaac Elwell
House of Adams & Co
Stockton
Republican
Noyes
Express
John Crofton
Fred. Cohen
Henry A. Crabb
Cohen
Murphy’s Camp
Ellsworth
Atlantic States
Bremen to Berlin: Excursion as Atlantic voyage discussed
Discussion in Berlin centers on a planned pleasure voyage from Bremen to the United States. Prominent Germans, many never having sailed the salt sea, will undertake the crossing to view the country famed for its growth and rising prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremen
Berlin
Atlantic
Worldly facts and curiosities fill a wide page
A wide assemblage of brief items covers science, weather, agriculture, travel, and oddities. Topics include levee spending estimates, large family ages, a rare talking hen, bee honey extraction, Colorado desert geology, alligator skin trade, Florida travel notices, extreme heat in India, squirrels killed by new California devices, Peru guano sources, and an extraordinary narcissus bulb specimen observed in Constantinople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Milan
Dutchess County
Hicks
Benjamin Cummings
West Brookfield
Cummings
Elizabethtown
John Wells
William Sprigg
Colorado Desert
Jacksonville
Fla
Boston
Florida
Tocoi
St. Augustine
Bombay
Allahabad
Hyderabad
California
Peru
Lima
Callao
Chincha Islands
Harry Meigs
Pisco
Oregon
Constantinople
Eplyrs Mouche
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adam
Zine
Clifton
Double Canoe of
Ceylon
Mark and Digest
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