13 Aug 1890
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1890
Page
1
An essay from Domestic Monthly argues for perfect openness between spouses while noting the dangers of idealizing marriage. It urges couples to share confidences moderately, avoid snubbing partners, and practice courtesy to prevent petty quarrels. It stresses forgiveness and gentle judgment as foundations of lasting happiness.
The ad highlights a large wash goods selection with ginghams seersuckers prints and satins. It touts one thousand parasols in latest shades with gold handles discounted to 1.50. It notes a sale on carpets including ingrain and body Brussels and claims 2,000 Smyrna rugs are 30 percent cheaper than ever.
The bulletin notes 254 registered unions in England and Wales with about 350000 members. It describes a perfected English locomotive achieving 90 mph on trial and discusses how electric light currents affect vessel compasses. It covers French paper from hop vines, aluminium bronze for propellers, rapid photography, a thiocamaro disinfectant, sun maturation of wines, and a new nonmetal ring for electric railways. It also highlights the electric microscope and medical microbe findings, plus an advert for Arnica Oil Liniment from Morris & Mullen and N.C. Allen.
Hartford Times reports Mrs Betsey Averill of New Preston Connecticut celebrated her 103d birthday born May 5 1787 in Southbury She recalls Washingtons death the revolutionary era and the forming of the Constitution Her husband died aged 77 Her family served in the Revolution and War of 1812 She is a pensioner for her husbands service with sixteen grandchildren and thirty great grandchildren She remains active reads well and attends church She previously marked a 100th birthday with 50 descendants and a gift of Ward Beecher sermons
A correspondent vents about Buenos Aires, criticizing its smells, snobbery, and the large American population's poor standing. The piece argues natives and foreigners mix but mocks Americans as distrusted outsiders amid a cosmopolitan, troubled port.
A Warren based notice by W L Darina offers to reimburse buyers travel to Erie to inspect Colby pianos. He invites letters to Warren and promises factory visits to demonstrate construction facilities and answer questions.
A romantic poem depicts a couple walking at dusk along a narrow path through wheat fields. They share intimate moments as the light fades and nightingales sing, with the partner speaking of sorrow and joy to come and promising to walk together through future days.
Aunt Beeny recalls Mary Charles and John, the twin boys cared for by Mrs Jenny, split by war yet reunited in death. The sisters’ bond, the plantation’s change, and Beeny’s steady care frame a quiet portrait of kinship tested by conflict and loss.
A Canada Presbyterian essay extols daily reading, arguing that one page a day builds knowledge and thought. Over ten years, this habit yields twelve substantial books, fostering concentration, curiosity, vocabulary, and literary taste for the attentive reader.
The text surveys claims on who invented the compass citing Lafitean noting Vasco da Gama’s link to Lisbon, others attributing to Flavia Gioja, Chinese origins, Solomon’s era, or ancient Greeks and Romans. It references Arabs, explorers, and historians while acknowledging uncertainty in the true discoverer.
An English sailor returning up the British channel expresses relief at leaving endless blue skies and bright sun. He says the familiar fog lifts his spirits and brings renewed life after a long journey.
W L Ricketts, clerk for the House Immigration Committee, describes the padrone system in New York. He cites 27 000 Italian arrivals last year with two thirds facing bondage, profiting from tickets rents and wages and warns of political leverage through vote selling. 100 000 Italians in NYC with 70 000 in a small district, enforcement limited, and naturalization rare while many return to Italy wealthy.
The Montville rock known as Sheegan, a giant granite boulder near Norwich, is described with measurements by Prof. Crosby. It towers about sixty feet high, spans seventy thousand cubic feet, and weighs around six thousand tons. A Mohegan dwelling site sits beneath, while a ladder grants a view over the surrounding valley.
A collection of domestic tips and comic anecdotes detailing broom storage methods, silk thread health warnings, turpentine uses for cleaning and moth prevention, lace cleaning instructions, and various curious snippets about people, places, and inventions. The item blends old housekeeping lore with social vignettes and short humorous exchanges.
The Mail office promotes first class job printing with prompt neat service and low prices. It keeps legal blanks on hand or printed to order and offers tax mail as second class mail in Warren, plus accepts brief signed letters from county and country with no anonymous submissions.
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