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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1883
Page
4
A New York Sun item recalls a proposed seaside picnic by soldiers and locals. The speaker boasts handling a bar as crowds threaten chaos with fighting over beer, gunnery cartridges, and guns hidden for the event. The piece notes potential hospital lists and possible police involvement.
In a remote Arkansas hamlet called the District a doctor introduces coffee against the will of old Gressom and a preacher John Sumpter. A press is driven from the mountain, a daughter, Lamath, returns from the world changed, and a community braces for upheaval as Jeff Magle sows discord and rumors of state intervention swirl.
A tall preacher declares he will preach in a church despite opposition, draws revolvers, and threatens worshippers while denouncing exclusion. He wins favor with John Sumpter and his daughter, leading to marriage and a new church as a railroad arrives nearby. The tale blends conflict and a subsequent community transformation.
A stylish couple on a city streetcar arouses a scene when a large black woman sits beside the man. He helps his companion off at Eighteenth Street and returns to escort the woman he thought was his partner away from the negress. A sharp cry of Willie alerts the man, who resumes with the distraught companion as the odor purveyor sings ta ta Willie.
A reminiscence from All The Year Round describes onboard cats Tay Sandy and Lever ruling ship life on the Elbe voyage near Antwerp. One cat dived 30 feet to chase a rat, was badly hurt but saved, while another hosted rats in forepeak store rooms until Tim the cat disappeared, leaving gnawed bones and fur.
A tale notes Brown’s habit of always moving his residence, sparked by a boy who asks whether moving is cheaper than paying rent. Brown replies he cannot decide, as he has always moved.
Clara Bell recalls a tall narrow man in uniform at a fair. She notes his thick bosom protected by a belt and epaulets, a bang covering his forehead, and a habit of checking his cap mirror. She humorously contrasts peace time attire with battlefield armor.
Washington correspondent recalls Gen. Sherman a social favorite who forgets dinner plans. He exits home in full dress and, misled by Mrs. Sherman, follows Gen. Van Vliet to find meals. The quip notes Sherman’s dependence on others to locate dining events.
Report notes jeweled bracelets worn on the left foreleg as a new novelty among wealthy dogs. Montana hosts a surge of 800000 cattle in pasture. Street-car conductors warn that drivers must cross a street before stopping, a rule ladies may not learn.
The firm invites patrons to inspect its Fall and Winter stock promising thorough garment checks, guaranteed workmanship, durability, and full refunds on unsatisfactory purchases. It touts Flexor hats as the finest and sole agency for Warren Co. products in Warren, Pa. November 1, 1883.
Beech er Copeland advertises Walter A. Wood Enclosed-gear Mowing Machine at 65 with cheap Reaper attachment. W Anson Wood mower 63. Meadow King 60. Chase Taylor Co Springtooth Harrow 20. Also Oliver Chilled Plows, Wiard and Gowanda tools, Buckeye Drill, wagons, fencing, coal tar products, paints, and Hartford Sewing Machine with broad hardware offerings at low cash prices.
Harper's Bazar is described as the leading stylish household journal with famed fashion plates and pattern sheets. It touts art needlework illustrations, high literary merit, and contributions from eminent American and European authors. The notice promises a host of brilliant novelties for 1854.
Harper’s Magazine starts its sixty eighth volume with the December number, lauded as the most popular illustrated periodical in America and England. It features a new serial by William Black illustrated by Ab bey, a new novel by E P Roe with Gibson and Dielman illustrations, descriptive illustrated papers by H Boughton Milley Farnham and others, plus historical and biographical pieces and short stories by Howells and Reade.
Subscriptions in the United States or Canada receive 1000 postage free as part of Harper’s Franklin Square Library year offerings.
Harper & Brothers announces yearly subscriptions for Harper's Magazine Harper's Weekly Harper's Bazar and Young People with postage free to the U S and Canada. Last four Bazar volumes in cloth binding mailed prepaid at seven dollars per volume plus one dollar cloth cases. Remittances by post office money order or draft. Newspapers must not copy without authorization. New York.
A 1885 promotion explains that solid silver watch cases should have silver caps, gold joints, and no soldering. It contrasts cheap albata caps and silver joints with Keystone cases, claiming durability, homogeneity, and resistance to dust, recommending Keystone Watch Case Factories for pamphlets.
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