23 Aug 1870
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1870
Page
1
An intimate verse recalls a summer farewell and a lasting bond. The speaker reflects on memory with a loved one as seasons turn, the garden, limes, and distant ships shaping a wistful longing to be with her again across a sea.
A 1848 Mississippi River voyage includes Judge Underwood and Henry Clay aboard. A high stakes twenty deck poker game leads to a selling of a slave pair Ninette and Tommy, a raffle, a dramatic dice contest, and a judge’s plea guiding the boy to win his freedom. Ninette becomes Underwood’s housekeeper and Tommy his trusted aide.
A moral exhortation urges temperance as essential to happiness and self preservation. It contrasts the sober life with the intoxicated, warning that indulgence brings suffering and ruin. It advises young men to avoid idleness, use time wisely, pursue noble aims, and strive to become “a man.”
A humorous note reports a man who prefers sleeping in with rolls on his mind rather than rising for a morning meal. The remark contrasts laziness with appetite as an example of domestic quirks.
A widow in Findlay recalls a past marriage as she encounters her first husband, presumed dead after an Indian massacre and captivity, who decades later rescues her from grief. He explains his survival, wealth from a gold mine, and fate brings them together again. They now live happily.
An old woman who asked her pastor to pray for rain saw hail wreck her cabbages and quipped that she never knew him to undertake anything without overdoing the matter.
A vintage health tip recommends soaking the entire spine in hot water for ten to fifteen minutes to reduce circulation and calm the nervous system, claimed to induce sleep better than drugs.
A Methodist minister uses a basket of apples to teach his son a lesson about filling the mind with good or bad readings. He explains that the mind cannot hold more than its capacity and that dime novels have crowded the boy’s mind. The son learns the point and stops reading such books. The story ends with a moral: generosity and integrity matter, even if others misuse it.
A reflective piece urges restraint and kindness when facing financial strain and marital stress. It contrasts petty anger with gentle explanations for household needs and warns against letting gloom poison family life. Included are brief notes on grasshopper outbreaks in the Pacific states and a gag about a round world ending.
A New York man recently received a patent for a sash holder. The remark about a pretty girl's waist as the best sash holder has sparked humorous comment about the invention.
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