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Poetic urging to act over words as a wounded person heals. The speaker says true aid matters more than speeches or prayers and urges giving him a lift and a start now.
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1882
Page
1
Poetic urging to act over words as a wounded person heals. The speaker says true aid matters more than speeches or prayers and urges giving him a lift and a start now.
Poem lines praise true love likened to ivy that clings beyond life and through death. It compares the enduring bond to a tree's branches and notes ivy’s firmer hold as time fades and spring returns not. The verse emphasizes loyalty and grace gained with age, until life ends.
The Bradford News criticizes oil speculation after a sharp rise and fall, estimating vast losses in Bradford and the oil regions. It likens margin bets to forbidden gambling, cites manipulation by Major dealers, and warns that many will not recover before oil prices tumble again.
The Atlantic announces 1883 features with Oliver Wendell Holmes writing frequently for the magazine. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow completed a dramatic poem Michael Angelo to begin in January. Nathaniel Hawthorne sketches The Ancestral Footstep to appear, with George P. Lathrop. Henry James Jr plans Daisy Miller dramatization and other writings. W D Howells to send Europe travel sketches. Charles Dudley Warner to contribute several papers. Hovu Guron, Mirrain & Co., Boston. Boarders and school room items advertised by A A Davis & Co and Morck Bros.
Jack Haskins, an engineer on the Day Express between Buffalo and Rochester, faces a cracked wheel and a looming disaster. He kept his nerve, guided the train to safety toward Pension Bridge, and sacrificed himself when the engine plunged into a ditch. A statue-like rescue by a fireman and a street photographer immortalized the wreck, and a Rochester master mechanic offered cold comfort before Haskins recovered. The hero received fifty dollars from the railroad, a modest reward for a life-saving deed.
A moralizing piece urges envy and stinginess, urging readers to admire an elegant neighbor’s wealth while warning that such thoughts lead to misery. It advocates frugality and paying debts, ending with a sales pitch for A. A. Davis & Co Stationers.
Fashion notes praise blue fox fur and Turkey red trims while outlining damask robes, leather lace, and padded mantles. The piece mixes style tips with quips about hats, gloves, and skirts, plus humorous anecdotes about theater manners and social habits.
A collection of election anecdotes from Massachusetts and beyond notes smoking bans at polls. Stories include W A Hill marching with a scissors grinder’s apparatus to cheer Pattison, a Plymouth Conn voter correcting a butter bill ballot, and a bored party banter about church attendance among Democrats. A Harrisburg woman recalls a wine bottle reserved since Buchanan’s 1856 win, now opened after a Democratic governor election.
A cheeky note reports a late night party at a Ripley residence with a small, select invitees list. Revelers arrived unseen at midnight bearing gifts including bandages scissors and clothing bundles revealing a boy unknown to astronomy, described by weight between six and 150 pounds.
A Pittsburg foundry cast an anvil claimed as the heaviest in the nation. Report says 160 tons of iron were melted for the pour. Johnson & Siegfried advertise Yes Tooth Powder as best for sale.
A physician scholar argues beauty fades if women fret over trifles and delays. He cites over anxiety about small matters from sewing to kitchen mishaps as aging faces and worn nerves. The piece urges calm, dignified womanhood and resilience amid daily delays.
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