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Warren Mail

Location

Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1890

Page

4

Various curiosities and anecdotes from early 20th century press

A collage of brief items covers duties on New York baggage checks boosting duties collected, odd habits of workers and vendors, cultural notes on Spanish mentillas, Native American tales, a tour through quirky urban scenes in Central Park and Coburg, and a long confinement story of Joseph Duvuette in Michigan.

Terre Haute Press New York Harper's Magazine Central Park Stout Lartford Times Wantilla Dry Goods Chronicle Eagle Valley Nev Buck Teekaboo Teeka New York Sporting World Coburg Alexander von Rotheneck Echo Kennebec Journal Richmond Maine Central Railroad Skowhogan Lewiston Maine Ife Joseph Duvuette Michigan Sanilac

Lion Escape Sparks Farmers Fear At Ohio Circus

During a rainstorm in an Ohio town, Dan Rice’s circus warned spectators that the Numidian Lion had escaped. A farmer and his family prepared a makeshift trap, hoping to capture the animal as crowds fled the tent seeking shelter. The scene blended humor and danger as the crowd dispersed.

Old Dan Rice Ohio Ople

Junk Collar Ad Seeks Rag and Scrap Pickup

I will pay cash for rags free from rubbish papers etc also old rubber shoes and metals during the remainder of the season. Can be found at my room Johnson Este Rost H Johnson.

Johnson’s Este Rost H. Johnson

The Married Man Versus the Single Man

A N Y weekly excerpt mocks married life, describing transformed habits and self restraint after tying the knot. It contrasts the married man with the single man, noting changes in dress, behavior, and social perception, with playful satire from the N Y Weekly.

Astor's Real Estate Faith and Social Roundtable Memories

J. W. Watson recalls John Jacob Astor's real estate gamble with dirt that won't run away and a refusal to grant leases. He notes Astor's wealth, ties to Irving Spalding and Halleck, humor about riches, and nightly visits to Billy Reynolds' chop house with a literary circle, while pitying Poe.

J. W. Watson Frank Leslie John Jacob Astor Philip Howe City of New York Philip Astor Thirty Millonaire William B Fitz-Green Billy Reynolds Thames Street Trinity Church Fitz-Green Halleck Irving Poe

Bananas Ranked Highly Wholesome Food by Kellogg

Dr J H Kellogg extols ripe bananas as among the most wholesome foods with high nutritive value. A pound of bananas rivaling lean beef in elements, while travelers and Quito residents rely on them heavily. Even market bananas are wholesome if carefully selected.

South America India Quito J. H. Kellogg

In the Divorce Belt and a Child’s Fly Question

A New York Sun item notes Willie and Jimmie, aged ten and six, playing as one asks how God made a fly. The other replies that God makes flies as carpenters do not, asserting God’s created order with the line Let there be flies and there are flies.

Willie Jimmie

Mean Streaks Across Men Reflect Inherent Traits

Observation notes that some men are born mean some acquire it and others have meanness thrust upon them. The result is that nearly every man has a mean streak about him somewhere.

Wade the Mastiff and His Seven Day Plan

A Pittsburgh Dispatch inspired portrait of Wade, a large English mastiff who favors women and children and defends the weak. The piece notes his reserved yet dignified nature, occasional overbearing gestures toward smaller dogs, and a Saturday ritual where he skips breakfast to accompany his master to the railroad station after the butcher’s weekly meat basket arrives.

Wade Wade Inece Pittsburgh Dispatch

Mesmeric Attempt Targets Government Printing Office Clerk

A young Government Printing Office employee, daughter of a Presbyterian minister, recounts an encounter Friday evening with a stranger who claimed strong mesmeric power. The woman tried to control her and followed her toward Capitol Hill, leaving the young woman fearful and wary of possible danger. Policemen were not visible, and the episode raises concerns for authorities and psychologists alike.

Capitol Hill Linwile Pusuluou Miss W Washington Post

Her Duel with the Doctor in Vienna Draws Noted Fencer

A nineteen year old Croatian educated in South America challenged a young doctor in Vienna after he refused to apologize to a friend. The duel followed sword rules with a student and an officer as seconds. The doctor fought defensively and retired after the second round with a non dangerous wound. The girl, praised by seconds as the finest fencer they had seen, halted the scene and departed.

Hoe Bor N. Y Vienna South America Vienna Tagblatt

Cleopatra's mummy and wedding breakfast tale

Among wedding banter a guest toasts the groom while guests discuss Cleopatra's mummy as a metaphor and a bride shows displeasure. The ad cites Dr Henry Baxter's Mandrake Bitters with the pitch of the greatest good to the greatest number and a 25 cent price. Morris Mullen and N C Allen are named as sellers.

Henry Baxter Mandrake Bitters Morris & Mullen N. C. Allen

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