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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1904
Page
6
A Houston Post poem recalls childhood scenes and a mother daughter bond. The speaker contrasts past sorrows with present happiness, praising a blue eyed child who comes to sit on the knee and lift weariness, ending with gratitude for the baby dirl and family.
Benton and Hector flee Confederate lines across the Rappahannock heights as Union troopers press the search from Gordonsville toward Warrenton. They dodge pickets, ford the river, and hide in the hedges, aided by a quick-eyed black guide, while a pursuing force closes in and Maj. Lounsberry falls into Union custody.
In this chapter fragment Benton faces Union forward moves from Gordonsville while whispers of Lounsberry and Pelham bound for Richmond swirl around Rosalie and the Chiltons. Winston’s observations reveal Miss Rosalie’s influence and local tensions as Elinor stays home and an observatory anecdote with Prof. Newcomb closes the piece.
A doctor brews a quick remedy for a sick man in a wartime camp as soldiers in dusty coats and sergeants drink news and discuss officers. A Virginian traveler from Fifteenth Alabama joins the scene revealing lingering loyalties and hidden assignments near Gardnsville and Yorktown.
A humorous anecdote recalls President Polk visiting Farnell Hall Market in Boston. Secretary Rhodes led the way shouting for room, then, locating the president, exclaimed in surprise and confusion asking where the “darned idiot” had gone.
A humorous anecdote recounts James Jeffrey Roche’s chat with President Roosevelt at the White House. The ringing phone went unanswered and the president answered. The visitor asks for Archie and is told he is not present. The president then directs Archie to come over and play ball.
An old colonel famed for golf at Sandwich on the River Stour blames others for his bad strokes. In a bunkered moment he savages the turf with his club and declares no one can play decent golf with ships passing up the channel.
Two fashionable women visit a new neighbor as a little girl rescues a discarded doll. A caller mutters the girl is not pretty, but she retorts that she is smart with calm, pointed wit.
The piece notes railways handle about 12 million dollars worth of grain annually. It mentions a planned railroad to scale Grays Peak near Dillon Colorado, and a failed experiment with Mexican porters in Pullman cars. It also covers a wrecking case in Zacatecas, a cocaine ban by Southern Pacific, and a survey of pre 1902 global railway investments with European and non European mileage costs per mile.
A Kansas couple recount the wife’s fifteen year siege of ailments after birth of their child. Dr Williams Pink Pills allegedly relieved sleeplessness, fatigue, dropsy, rheumatism and nerve strain. The pamphlet claims the pills restore blood and nerves and suit female disorders. Sold in boxes with mail order from Schenectady.
A compact aphorism set on society shaping behavior and human relations. It contrasts forgiving enemies with those who bested you and notes how chronic fatigue spreads to friends.
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