19 Aug 1871
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1871
Page
1
A lyrical poem by Miliae W. Carpenter. The speaker endures a rainy day while urging a distant beloved to wait in a warm, sunny place. Vivid weather and landscape imagery evoke memory of shared days, longing, and the fear of an approaching unknown visitor.
Poor lodger Paul Smith shelters Camilla a ragged girl he found on a cold street. A benefactor Mrs Clavering and music teacher Richard Clavering raise her to concert fame, ending with Camilla’s triumphant debut and Paul’s quiet death in the audience, content at her success.
Accounts describe objects moving and noises around the house after Monday. Witnesses Case, Mary Silver, and family report a foot long object flying, four foot distance, axes flung, a tied sack of corn spilling, all observed when the boy Pontius was near the residence.Benjamin Silver doubts active boy involvement while noting unexplained events.
In a Troy suburb a wife of machinist Pierre lies in a trance like state with stomach pains but no clear disease. Raps and spiritualist tests occur as neighbors hear sharp sounds from the room. A medium confirms nothing decisive, while the husband scoffs at spirits. The noises persist as the patient slowly improves, stirring local speculation.
The New Orleans Picayune reports a young woman seen as a paragon of beauty who is described as a devil incarnate. She once torched a sleeping partner after a prior abuse, leaving him a lifelong invalid, then fled to New Orleans where she stays on Toulouse Street.
In Milwaukee a woman enraged by a quarrel with her husband and others dislocated her jaw while preparing a sharp retort. A surgeon reset the joint, bound her head, and ordered a strict, painful diet as treatment.
The Elmira project led by Rev. Thomas K. Beecher envisions a three-building complex centered on a family-like church. The main hall seats 1000, includes horse stalls, backstage baths, and an infirmary. A free library, parlors, and a child-friendly playroom define the home-like temple aimed at uniting worshippers. Subscriptions from members and friends total over forty-five thousand dollars, with potential to exceed fifty-three thousand, funded in four yearly installments.
A reporter confesses the urge to reveal talk that was wide in Elmira during Burrago in June 1871, noting the matter was in everyone’s mouth and following a strong instinct to tell.
A skilled young woman nearing majority arranges marriage against her mother’s will. The mother, bedridden but furious, abducts her with a six barreled revolver nearby. The girl is moved through Philadelphia New York and aboard a steamship to Europe before finally returning to Philadelphia. Her ultimate fate remains unknown.
Richmond Whig profiles Fanny Taylor jailed in Richmond describing a 45 year old former circus athlete shoemaker and blacksmith who fought with a mayor and a deputy jailer. She escaped prison years ago using a rope fashioned from a blanket and later returned. Strong drink and a fiery temper shaped her career though she is industrious and clean in jail.
The article argues against extreme dieting and raw food fads, praising balanced home cooking. It emphasizes that good cookery means well prepared simple dishes, bread and meat properly cooked, and that wives should master bread making, broiling, stewing, roasting, boiling, and vegetable cooking for a pleasant table.
A moralized piece urges caution for young women in selecting partners. It warns that strangers may charm, while lifelong, steady suitors with character and industry are the wiser choice. It cautions against reckless mating and the risk of lifelong regret.
A correspondent asks where wool can be profitably grown. The Louisville Journal replies there is no better place than on the back of a sheep.
A St Joseph visitor, William Mac Moore, recounts a 1869 Texas frontier ordeal led by 250 Cheyenne. A driving train of 14 drivers, 4 wagons is ambushed. seven killed, others wounded or captured. Two white men torture victims, escapees trek to Fort Riley and Leavenworth, aided by Pottawatomie. Captives include Mrs Bowman and Miss Emma Bailey.
The estate of Schwarzenbeck in Lauenburg, granted by Emperor William, yields a rent-roll of forty thousand thalers, valued at a million thalers. Hamburg papers say crown lands underpay rents, so the real value may triple when leases expire, potentially making the gift worth about three million thalers.
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