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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
7
A montage of poems by Sages and poets recounts friendship and welcome, imagination and ambition. It includes reflections on serving strangers, the Nature of worth, and two portraits of longing for unattainable beauty and a woman who cannot sing.
Wallace Su Perneau of Colebrook New Hampshire has slept nightly in a cradle since infancy and vows to be buried in it. The 70 plus year old single man travels for work but carries the cradle, rocking to sleep each night as before. He values family lore and a painted cradle heirloom.
The retirement of Rear Admiral George W. Melville ends a era as the last naval board of construction member with practical shipbuilding experience. Future American warships will be designed by specialists trained for engineering and construction, while earlier officers came from civil life or engine rooms. Capt Rae and Rear Admiral Bowles, both tied to Annapolis cadet engineer classes, reflect this transition.
Mr. I. G. W. McCormick outlines a home made planker built from four by twelve oak planks and two by six timbers. The device crushes clods to conserve soil moisture, reduces evaporation, and can be moved across wet fields with a three horse team.
The director of the bureau of public road inquiry endorses brick track roads after an exhaustive study. They cost about 650 million dollars yearly in the country but reduce mud and dust, support heavier loads, and cut maintenance to about one tenth.
A collage of quoted sentiments from S E Kiser and F L Stanton poems in Chicago Record Herald and Atlanta Constitution plus dialect verse from Washington Star. It weaves themes of nostalgia, resilience, and hope with references to The Liner and The Tramp Ship, ending with a dialect reflection on prosperity.
A collage of verses and prose fragments shows a narrator reflecting on love and perception. The piece references Lisa A. Fletcher and Henry Austin, with snippets about a woman, her lover, and a cat, mingling poetic lines and ironic humor.
A Chicago advertiser tests a sly marketing trick by scattering match boxes with a listener paying attention only when a box disappears. Friends press on with the idea as he chases the note of attention, asking who removed the supplies and how many remain.
A railway engineer recounts a chaotic scene where a woman loses control and damages to the train. A gentleman with eye glasses and a grassy beard overhears, calls it infamy, and condemns cruelty as divorces rise.
Nellie Barfoot recounts severe misery and suicidal thoughts from illness in Maplehill. She credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with a complete recovery and urges other suffering women to try them for health and happiness.
The Washington Post urges using able-bodied convicts to build 8000 miles of public roads arguing it would solve the convict problem, provide legitimate work, and yield high quality highways like those of France, Germany or England within ten years, contrasting with private exploitation of labor.
A playful exchange between a lady and her niece reveals neighbors have stayed awake at night listening to her playing. Stray Stories continues with light, anecdotal chatter about the niece’s music.
The article urges readers to ensure they get genuine advertised goods and avoid substitutes, noting advertisers must deliver on promises or risk losing trust. It warns against counterfeits and emphasizes verifying merit before purchase.
The New York Sun recalls Molly Mitcher performing bravely after her husband fell, with soldiers praising her bravery as she loaded another charge. The account frames her actions as legendary and notes the potential for lasting fame.
The pamphlet promises greater appreciation for the work and notes money-making possibilities in the neighboring Katy district. It invites readers to send a two cent stamp for a copy and mentions other Katy publications as equally attractive and interesting. Address replies to Katy Suite A St. Louis Mo.
A dialogue fragment shows a character denying direct descent from the ven Bibbers while noting a brother is connected. The exchange hints at family lineage and distant ties within an old social circle.
New York reports grain and livestock prices with flour and wheat ranges, corn, oats, hay, cattle and sheep values. Cleveland and Toledo show scattered changes in flour, wheat, corn, oats, cheese, butter, eggs, potatoes, hogs, and lambs with regional variations.
A reader is urged to write to Dr Hartman at The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio to obtain free professional advice. The notice presents Peruna as a remedy and promises a full case statement in return for correspondence.
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