Warren Mail items span humor to war relics and weddings
A Norfolk era column mixes light quips about pockets and rain with a $1,500 Damascus steel sword gift for Admiral Schley. It notes Mrs Sampson’s loving cup from officers of Sampson’s era and records a Reno Michigan wedding of Donald McDonald, 98, to Margaret O Reagan, 84, with multiple generations present.
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Clifton
Boston
Nettie
Admiral Schley
Farragut Lodge
Royal Arcanum
Washington
D. C
Admiral Sampson
United States
Spain
Cervera
Santiago
Donald B. McDonald
Margaret Ann O’reagan
Reno
Mich
McDonald
Canada
What Becomes of Pins In Air Disintegration Experiments
An elderly researcher tests pin longevity in a damp garden corner. Over 154 days hair pins oxidize to brown rust and vanish within seven months. brass pins verdigris early. pens and pencils show varying decay. Steel needles endure over two years. cedar and plumbago pencils resist substantial rot.
Apple Nutrition and Folk Beliefs Across Historical Texts
The article details apples as high in phosphorus aiding brain and nerve health, notes benefits for sedentary lifestyles, and explains apple acids help counteract excess chalky matter from meat. It cites ancient ideas of apples nourishing gods and practical tips for digestive ease and eye comfort.
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Gerard
Origin of Conestoga cigars and regional slang
A New York Telegram note recalls that colonial wagons used to buy cheap four for one cent smokes in Washington Pennsylvania. A small local maker produced the roll up, initially named Conestoga cigars, later shortened to stogies and tobies. The piece estimates Pennsylvania and West Virginia together produce about 200 million stories annually for home use.
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Washington, Pa
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New York Telegram
D A V P R R Best Route to East or West
The D A V P R R is advertised as the best route with connections and top accommodations. Direct connections at Buffalo with the Empire State Express via New York Central for Rochester Syracuse Utica Albany and New York. Tickets available through D A V P R R agents.
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Buffalo
Empire State Express
N. Y. Central
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica
Albany
New York
Unwritten Cache Law Described From Eastern View
Mr. Grose reports on Canadian Northwest customs guarding caches. A man may leave a coat or rifle on a tree for a week, and it remains secure. A gold watch is safe if hung for return. Provisions cache may be partially disturbed by a hungry Indian who signals absence of secrecy but takes only enough to satisfy immediate needs.
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Grose
Canadian Northwest
Flower Islands of Scilly Exports Reach 322 Tons in February
The Scilly Islands, famed for flower cultivation, devote much of their land to flowers. In St. Marys nearly a quarter of the island’s cultivated area grows blooms. February exports totaled 322 tons from this single island, with about 200 boxes per ton and each box holding three to twelve spikes.
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Scilly Islands
St. Mary’s
Count Flinck von Finckenstein Faces Fine for Name Change
German law binds a man to his bargain when he agrees to give up his name. Flinck von Finckenstein sought to take the name Stein to wed a disapproved girl. He was granted permission yet used his old name, and was fined for illegal use of a noble title.
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Flinck von Finckenstein
Stein
Chinese brides mend their wedding ritual with basket bathing
On the wedding morning brides wear bridal garments and stand in round shallow baskets during long preparations to ensure peaceful, settled lives in their new homes.
Homesick Horses Wander 300 Miles Back Home
A Ventura California resident drove nine horses 300 miles to sell them and days later the herd returned on their own to their old pasture escaping pasture and traveling the distance without a driver or herder.
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Ventura
Cal
Ring Through the Ear as Symbol of Slavery in Arab custom
An old Arab saying links the phrase to slavery and notes a conquered person bore a ring in the ear as a mark. The tradition is described as a lasting token of subjugation among Arab groups.
Meteor Shower Pace Set At Twenty Six Miles Per Second
Meteors streak through space at twenty six miles a second. They are typically pebble sized and vanish into gas upon hitting the earth atmosphere.
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Earth
Fiery Arkansas tale of a copper cent case
A brief Arkansas note reports a young man swallowing a copper cent by mistake and a doctor forcing him to cough up the coin. The odd incident highlights curious financial misadventure in a local setting.
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Arkansas
Mista
Dogs That Never Bark Across Three Breeds
The article describes three varieties said to be mute: the Australian dog the Egyptian shepherd dog and the lion-headed dog of Thibet.
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Thibet
German Inventor Patents Timed Telephone Attachment
A German inventor patents a telephone attachment with levers to set the desired number of minutes for a call. The device disconnects automatically when the time elapses, ending the connection to the other instruments.
Stories by Depew Fish Tale of Salmon Sharing
Depew recalls a ten year tradition where guests mailed him their first salmon of the season. A planned event led to all fish arriving same day, filling his house with crates of fish and ice for delivery to neighbors as pickled surplus. He notes compliments from senders and cites Lincoln on contagious storytelling.
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Depew
Abraham Lincoln
Senator Sherman Faces A Bean Counter's Price
Senator Sherman dined at a West station restaurant and balked at a $1 table d'hote for coffee and baked beans. He telegraphed C. O. D. in Omaha protesting the price, then later sent another message in San Francisco saying the price remained too high.
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Sherman
Omaha
San Francisco
Dinner with Duc d Aumale Reveals Washington Anecdote
A dinner recounts a tale about George Washington never having written anything he would recall. The Duc d Aumale recalls Louis Philippe during exile visiting Mount Vernon. Washington remarks on waking early to ride the estate and his habit of sleep and memory.
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Duc d’Aumale
Louis Phillippe
George Washington
Louis Philippe
General Washington
Mount Vernon
Washington
Angler Lies to His Partners After Day of No Catch
Three anglers stopped at a farm house to fish three brooks. Two return with six fingerlings. The third arrives despondent then reveals a creel packed with 15 trout hidden under damp green moss, proving he lied about his luck. The tale ends with a moral about deceit.
English coast hall amid Kingsley craze tale
The narrator recalls being in England during the Kingsley wave at a stately manor. A grand hall hosts hospitable shores and sea breezes while a guest notes the beauty and welcomes, but the grand dame warns that only the Atlantic separates them from feared American savages at night.
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Kingsley
England
Atlantic Ocean
Jokes Prove Timely at St Andrews Society Dinner
A speaker at a St Andrews Society dinner quips that Scots will understand the humor by the next yearly gathering. A handsome old Scot nearby retorts that it is not funny, prompting the speaker to reply that the joke will be clear in a year.
The Neglectful Clergyman
A New England church deacon group jokes that their minister devotes so much attention to his farm and orchard that sermons suffer yet he is “mighty movin in caterpillar and can kerworm time.”
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New England
Facts and Fancies From a Bygone Era
A collection of wry observations on courtship aging and social quirks. Notes on Cupid foolishness woman’s rule and shared folly mix with a tale of a bronze column found in a Doric Greek temple.
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Greece
Ancient Proverb About Animal Feedlit Weights
A cryptic proverb states a horse eats in a year nine times its own weight while a cow consumes nine times that amount, an ox six times, and a she far six ties.
Color Blind Painters Across Arts and Professions
A noted English oculist notes color blind individuals who paint well. He cites a provincial scene painter, two London ladies including a daughter of a famous artist, and a celebrity painter who produced portraits and a wedding group. A Kensington navy deserter now earns hundreds drawing vibrant posters.
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London
Kensington
Wily Pathan Sniper The General Finds His Own Son
An Indian officer recalls a Tirah episode where a general seeks help against a lone marksman. A Pathan sowar stalks the foe, only to reveal the shooter is the general's gray beard Afridi father, exposing a family trap.
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Tirah
Mysterious electric tree found in Indian forests
A German forestry authority reports a discovery in India's primeval forests of Philoteca electrica, a tree whose leaves shock touchers with electricity and influence magnetic needles from seventy feet away. Its electrical strength peaks at noon and fades at midnight and in wet weather. Birds avoid it and no insects are seen on its branches.
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India
Philoteca Electrica
Swiss highest mountain railway nears completion
The line to the Gornergrat summit in Switzerland between the Matterhorn and Monte Rosa is near completion. Begun in 1896, the railway will carry 110 passengers to two miles above sea level. Power comes from glacier water, most abundant in summer when demand peaks.
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Europe
Gornergrat
Switzerland
Matterhorn
Monte Rosa
Nitrate of amyl used to paralyze crews on ships
The text warns that nitrate of amyl can quickly render a person insensible by inhalation, acting like a temporary paralytic stroke. It notes the substance is cheap and plentiful and a few gallons dashed on a warship deck could disable the crew.
Austrian Invents Secure Contribute Box System
An Austrian inventor creates a method to prevent robbery of contribution boxes. The collecting sack features sliding bars across its mouth that lock into a preset position when attached to the box bottom, securing the contents.
Persians Invented Glass Varnish For Rock Preservation
A 516 B C coating by Persians protected sculpted rocks from weather. The transparent varnish remains today while the rocks beneath appear honeycombed, showing long lasting preservation.
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B. C
The Marrying Age and Male-Female Averages
The article notes the average marriage age for men as 27.7 years and for women as 25% years. It uses traditional demographic estimates to compare gender differences in marriage timing.
German Servants in Berlin Migration Scale
Report notes that about 50 000 servant girls travel from German provinces to Berlin each year, underscoring a large domestic labor movement.
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Berlin
Yearly Fall of Water Noted on Turnpike Roads
A claim states that 27,000 tons of water fall yearly on every mile of the turnpike road. The source outlines this as a statistic about water deposition affecting road surfaces and maintenance.
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Turnpike Road
Truth about violin harp and banjo strings from Italy to America
The article debunks the myth that cat viscera were used for gut strings and explains violin strings mainly come from sheep skins and proper curing in Italy. It notes American makers produce good skin strings but inferior to Italian imports and highlights weather effects on gut strings versus weather-resilient wire strings.
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Italy
Shakespeare
The Miner Describes a Colorado Shaft Incident
A speaker recounts a tale from a Colorado mine about a 300 pound man who fell into an 850 foot shaft and survived by the air being compressed as he descended. Two men followed, found him near bottom, and he was stuck but unharmed, an unbelievable escape witnessed firsthand. The tale ends with the narrator swearing to its truth.
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Colorado
New York
Eel-Skin Leather Factory Operates Near London Bridge
In a London neighborhood near London Bridge an eel skin leather factory processes eel skins into leather like material. Workers produce whiplashes harness laces and handles for whips and other items by weaving and treating the skins into a pliable tough corded material.
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London Bridge
Destruction of London Sunday eel market recalled
A reader recalls the long lived Surrey eel market once thriving in London with centuries of history. Vendors called sniggers sold eels at sixpence a grab with sand prepped eels weighed by the vendor. The note mentions hydralike uproar in Seventh Avenue as eels surfaced.
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London
Surrey
Metropolis
Seventh Avenue
His Ship His Sweetheart and the Sailor’s Language
The piece notes gendered language for ships varies by language with masculine ships in French Italian Spanish and Portuguese while Germanic tongues keep no gender. Sailors however treat the ship as a true female companion with waist collars stays laces bonnets ties ribbons and other feminine items.
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Athene
Rancher Posts Warning On Tree About Wife Departure
An Arizona rancher warns that any man who aids his wife Sarrah after she left will be punished severely, promising violent retribution and a warning to trespassers. The message declares the danger of sympathy for her and urges fools to heed the warning.
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Arizona
Sarrah
Orter
A Humming Bird Builds Rainproof Nest
A writer in the American Sportsman describes watching a humming bird nest near a window. During a heavy shower the bird covered the nest with a large leaf, which had a hole and was fastened to a small stick, then returned after the storm to unhook it and reveal a dry nest.
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American Sportsman
Hidden Treasure After Khartoum’s Fall
An old tale notes Sir Herbert Kitchener ordered 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition dumped into the Nile after Khartoum fell in 1885. He later learned two boxes held 10,000 gold sovereigns each. Recovery seems unlikely as the Nile bed mud would bury the treasure.
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Sir Herbert Kitchener
Khartoum
Nile
Kitchener
Tommy's Cake Request Bypasses Household Rule
A five year old named Tommy quietly tries to outsmart his mother’s cake ban by appealing to his grandmother. He follows them to the pantry and says the rule doesn’t apply if grandma simply gives him a slice without asking.
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Tommy
Why He Wanted to Quit at School
Tommy tells his mother after his first day that he will not return, arguing they teach him many things he has never heard of and he does not want to waste time learning them.
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Tommy
A Large Family at Residence Park
A tiny girl explains that the Or phen family live in a great big house at Residence Park and that Mr and Mrs Orphan are both dead. The text then reflects on duty as a daily power that rises with us and follows us until we are no longer in the light.
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Orphen
Orphan
Gladstone
Daisy's Question About Milk from a Bad Cow
In a childlike moment at dinner Daisy asks if a bad cow could have produced the milk beside her plate. She drinks none and wonders about the source with innocent mispronunciation and curiosity.
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Daisy
Never Kiss and the Rarity of Affectionate Salutations
The passage notes that kiss greetings are unknown among several cultures including Aboriginal Australians Maori and Eski mos. It discusses the rarity of kissing as a sign of deep regard in these groups and others.
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Australia
Napoleon's bean salad diet and Louis XV eggs cost contrast
A French writer claims Napoleon favored bean salad with a belief that 60 cents a day covers meals. In contrast Louis XV reportedly enjoyed a costly dish using eggs from various birds priced at 100 dollars.
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Napoleon
Louis XV
Too many for one life for a queen to meet all
The speaker notes the British Empire houses 400 million people. The Queen would need seventy more years to see each pass by night and day. The statement underscores the magnitude of the empire and the scale of the monarchy.
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British Empire
Diamonds for Cutting Glass
A diamond in constant use for cutting cold glass lasts about three days.
Population in War Time and Social Facts From News
The article compares wartime manpower, noting France can field 370 per 1000, Germany 310, and Russia 10. Iceland has 70,927 people with one free, sinecure policeman. It also states milk is 87 percent water and 13 percent solids, with sugar concentrated in the solids.
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France
Germany
Russia
Iceland
Railway Timetable Notes From Early Pennsylvania Route
Eastward and westbound trains listed with departure times from Harrisburg Sheffield Kane Warren and Philadelphia. Pullman sleeping cars operate between Harrisburg Philadelphia New York and Erie Williamsport with through coaches and transfers at Williamsport for Baltimore and Washington. Generals Hutchinson and Wood sign as managers.
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Sheffield
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Pullman
Philadelph
Sunbury
Lancaster
Philadephia
Baltimore
Washington
Erie
Williamsport
Washnaeee
Willamsport
Kane
Warren
Wil Hamsport
Raseoneet
Phiadelphia
J. R. Hutchinson
J. R. Wood
Gen’l
Avent
Dunkirk Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Rail Schedule 1898
Timetable in effect November 20 1898 shows arrivals and departures for the Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad serving New York Boston Rochester Niagara Falls Dunkirk Fredonia Warren Irvington Youngsville Pittsfield Garland Titusville Oil City and other stations with multiple daily sun and pm services and through connections to Warren and Falconer Junction.
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Sun. Daily
Bun Sun
New York
Cescoseeeees Bostod
Cesreees
Ssesssees
Atdady
Ceeessservee
USSCR
Ose
Rochester
Sree Miagara Falls
Seecoseee
Bumbio
Cosevee
Dunkirk
Fredonia
Laly Dale
Ce Casbauara
Sinclairville
Aicodel
Geeee Sefcel Cats
Falconer Junct
Cesece
Ftewsdafe Ooo
Oil City
Sunday Train Schedule Details for Dunkirk Route
On Sundays Train 5 departs Dunkirk at 3 30 p m with calls at Falconer at 4 43 and Warren at 5 35 arriving at 6 55 p m. D C Moon Superintendent Dunkirk N H Parry General Agent 308 Exchange Buffalo NY G H Daniels General Passenger Agent New York City.
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Falconer
Warren
D. C. Moon
H. Parry
Buffalo
N Y
Gro
H. Daniels
New York City
Irvington
Tionesta
Oil City
Pittsburg
Folie
Buffalo Express
Oil City Express
Leffard
R. Bell
J. A. Fellows
Avert
Mooney-Brisbane
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W. C. Rowland, JR
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U. S. Pension Claim
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the Mail Office
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Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
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Lamona
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