17 Dec 1870
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1870
Page
1
A compact verse sequence in four scenes where a tired speaker and her heart long for rest beside a grave. They recount weary labor at the desk and in love, reflect on faded passion, and endure a life of disillusionment as time wears away.
The narrator recalls his entangled romance with Clara under the severe gaze of her guardian Samuel Rowley. After repeated secret meetings and a thwarted library interview, Rowley prevents the match, leading to a dramatic scene where Rowley’s hand is trapped under a tree and the narrator helps rescue him with ladders and a saw amid comical peril. Clara remains torn and the romance ends with an eventual broken engagement and an awkward wedding elsewhere.
New Mexican correspondent reports a Chihuahua State find about seventy five miles from Chihuahua city. Don Pedro Gonzales and three partners washed twenty three ounces in nine hours with nuggets up to an ounce. The site lies in a deep arroyo two to three thousand yards long, fed by springs, yielding $1 to $3 per pan.
A reflection from Leisure Hours on gentleness as a universal virtue. It argues that calm, cheerful manners dispel gloom, win others with soft words, and protect against quarrel, envy, and misperception. It contrasts serene influence with ill temper and questions why gentleness is not more cultivated.
Dr Miller on Dyspepsia notes anxiety and financial worries trigger stomach trouble. Brain overwork drains blood and nervous force needed for digestion, while retirement from work without dietary changes worsens indigestion. He urges balanced rest and eating as a natural law of the body.
The Para rubber export total for last year exceeded the prior year by 22 731 arrobas and 241 250 in market value. While accessible districts tire, vast rubber regions and rivers remain underexplored, promising continued yearly output growth despite exhausted sources.
A Boston gentleman wrote from France that Franklin town was building a meeting-house and might need a bell. Dr Franklin replied that the people of Franklin preferred sense to sound and would receive a town library instead.
Fragmentary note recalls the Massachusetts rations for soldiers or workers, mentioning plum pudding portions for each man and a lighthearted cheer from comrades.
A condensed reminiscence tracing Gian-Maria Mastai born 1792 to Pius IX. It covers his youth in Sinigaglia, early dabbling in fashion and poetry, his Rome social rise, failed Guardia Nobile attempt, religious conversion, Chile mission, and rise to archbishop, cardinal, then pope under Leo XII and Gregory XVI. It notes his later Ultramontanism and inherited difficulties, ending with a contrasting Parisian note on gun technology and Napier.
A Sioux City Journal report describes a prairie fire on the Dakota side that night. Strong western winds drove flames toward the city, lighting streets with crimson glare as buffalo stampeded through town, rifles fired, and many citizens fled or watched in fear before dawn revealed only gory pools in the streets.
A Bedminster New Jersey resident preserves revolutionary era clothing and relics gathered from local families. The assortment includes head coverings from men and women ranging from leather militia helmets to bombazine bonnets nicknamed poke. A standout piece titled old 76 provokes a striking image of a headpiece obscuring the lips, while the collection features many other interesting olden day items.
The report notes rising water tables and flood warnings in parts of Connecticut. Officials advise preparedness as groundwater levels exceed typical seasonal readings, affecting communities near rivers and low-lying areas.
The Plymouth Church Bazaar introduces a theatre, art gallery, restaurant, post office, and telegraph service. The baby-show drew thirty infants aged six months to three years with votes costing ten cents each, naming Harry Bonney Stout, Horatio Merritt, and Harry Allen as top contenders. The event, lauded for novelty and profits, may be copied by other churches.
Describes personal observations that water spouts favor coastal regions like the Gulf of Mexico and Indian Ocean. Recounts five spouts forming under one cloud near Java Head during a dramatic sunset thunder squall with arches, pillars, and lurid glow. Also includes Gail Hamilton denouncing long skirts and urging women to keep short dresses for freedom.
The passage extols work as a cure for grief and a guide when sorrow presses. It argues against yielding to despair, urging redirecting troubled waters into useful channels through daily duties. Grief is framed as selfish. fulfillment comes from toil that benefits others and strengthens the spirit.
An early settler predicts 100 acres of walnuts will yield 65 000 trees in twenty years, worth about 200 000 dollars from lumber and posts with minimal labor. He adds pine will reach 100 feet in fifty years. The American Tract Society has issued 442 million tracts in 141 languages over forty five years.
In Lawrence buffalo meat is plentiful and cheap. the German army is mostly aristocrats. gloves with an inside pocket become popular in England. farmers in Hardin County Iowa lost farms after a five year suit over $25. an Ohio widow is urged to use a false name for washing to avoid disgrace. various notices include excommunications over a church dance, state buildings in Nebraska, and shifts in telegraph funding and knitting machinery in New York.
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