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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1898
Page
5
A playful Christmas verse by R K Munkittrick imagines a child as Santa, sharing wishes for gifts and adventures from Spain to Klondike, cowboys gear, and a wheel for ninety eight, expressing a wish to spread happiness through gift giving.
On Christmas Eve the sheriff in the county jail offers to release all prisoners for the day at six in the morning and even to bring saws and axes to his house so they can cut six cords of wood. The prisoners balk at the work plan and the sheriff storms off in frustration.
Grandma asks Thomas about Christmas dinner. Tommy mentions neighbor Johnny Green who will get her turkey after his grandmother died last week. Thomas stands silently by, the scene hinting at a family hopeful yet uneasy holiday.
During a discussion on holiday gifts Cawker states he never makes presents and instead buys them. Several listeners respond in unison questioning the habit.
In a humorous exchange, Mr. Thinlimm offers Bobbie a golf stocking to hang up. Bobbie rejects it, calling golf stockings bluffs. The note emphasizes the all wool quality yet narrow interior and Bobbie's decisive dismissal.
A brief exchange about a Christmas church visit. The quizzer asks for a reason and the response notes the sermon's focus on peace on earth and goodwill to men.
In Faraway Asia the practice among new Christians on the eastern coast is to telegraph or table their Christian congratulations to one another.
On December 28, 1784 a Christmas conference in Baltimore established an independent church to be called The Methodist Episcopal X Church. It began with 83 preachers and 15,000 members, marking a pivotal birth in the denomination's history.
The British Museum houses books about bricks oysters shells bones and flat stones and manuscripts on bark ivory leather red iron copper and wood as cataloged in its collection.
The text lists lieutenant colonel 4000 dollars a year brigadier general 5000 dollars and major general 7500 dollars. These figures reflect early U S Army pay grades and salaries.
The Tartarian alphabet allegedly contains 202 letters, claimed as the longest in the world. Experts have not independently verified the figure, and the claim relies on language family definitions and character counting methods.
A needle machine yields one and a half million needles per week, signaling a sharp production uptick. The efficiency boost highlights expanded capacity and potential demand growth for the plant.
In New York's Plug Alley the crippled boy Cripple Dick endures poverty while Salvation Army workers spread Christmas spirit. A compassionate Salvationist visits him, teaches of Christ as light, and leaves a toy bank with $1.89 saved for a bonnet. Dick forgives hunger with hope and hosts a humble Christmas Eve gathering, where candles glow as his own bright gift.
The text extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as restoring appetite digestion and liver function, purifying blood and aiding excretion. It promises to cure consumption bronchitis asthma and other airway diseases with herbs and asserts strong testimonial from Charles Book of Kalamazoo. It also mentions Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a gentle laxative remedy available in stores.
A tale follows Dick who gives to others during Christmas while Bill secretly buys a gift for him. A Salvationist lassie delivers a moving surprise, but Dick dies that night, leaving a hopeful message that Christmas lights burn in heaven. The scene ends with reflections and a few humorous touches from a neighborhood chapter.
A notice warns against using decomposed and offensive stock, labeling inferior yellow and cheap grades as unsuitable for sale or distribution. The advisory urges suppliers to discard such materials to protect quality standards.
The passage laments mankind's cruelty and selfishness, arguing that power corrupts the mind more than the body and that fear and weak resolve unleash severe burdens on the weak. It muses on divine justice should beings be judged in a court of the universe.
An English invention called the telescriptor replaces the tele graph and partly the telephone by sending and receiving printed messages. It uses a single wire with earth return, records both ends, allows delayed reading, and promises secrecy and automatic copies like a letter book.
A whimsical note urges writers to be mindful of editors by using economical writing on both sides of the page. It humorously suggests preparing multiple title options and cross-writing to enhance appeal, joking that spectacles are cheap while editors stay vigilant.
In a family moment a parent explains Santa Claus visiting chimney tops and flying through the air to a young George. The child asks about the legend and the parent confirms the tale, naming the chimney as the route.
Dialogue reflects a family facing tough times as a father consoles his son Johnnie about Christmas. The boy imagines Santa bringing a worn sled a fresh coat of paint, highlighting resilience and hope in poverty. The scene portrays warmth despite hardship.
Germany prints twice as many books as France. Rarely is a blue eyed person color blind. In China horses stand on the right and ships launch sideways. Women criminals allegedly have larger hands and feet. A ray of light could circle the globe eight times between ticks. Babylon’s defensive wall stretched 56 miles. The Chinese fiddle resembles a hammer with two strings and is bow played.
The Jewelers' Circular notes teacups spread after tea gains Europe and coffee arrives. It traces first European coffee cups to Venice 1645 Paris 1659 London 1652 Leipsic 1694, contrasts with oriental styles, and mentions porcelain imports and Chinese fakes in a long historical view.
At Woolwich Arsenal a metal worker fell into twelve tons of white hot molybdenum steel and was instantly consumed. The War Office held a conference and ordered the steel not to be used for ordnance. The mass was buried with a Church of England burial service.
An exchange between a patriot and Swiller recounts a spirited show of revolutionary zeal in a barroom. The patriot praises the spirit of 76 while Swiller boasts of drinking whiskey with Finnigan's as the oil-like dram goes down.
A playful pair of captions recalls a young boy’s first loves and a lifelong fondness. The text juxtaposes a pang of love with a quirky devotion to green apples, framed in reflective, lighthearted prose.
In a dialogue exchange, Jones remarks he was for a period out of his mind about the girl. Smith counters with the reversal, noting the girl is now clear out of Jones’s mind. The brief exchange highlights a flip in romantic focus and emotional clarity.
A brief cartoon caption shows Mamie, five, unsure of her baby's age, explaining they have had him about a year. Two Bunko men discuss if the old man is well to do, with one noting both men are well and easy.
A. L. Mearkle argues that somnia is not fatal but controlled by will and environment. He says people can sleep as much as their brains require if external conditions are favorable, comparable to choosing adequate food to repair muscular activity.
Miss Daisy Peachblow recalls Reginald Sapley as either a fool or a knave during Christmas Eve antics. Myrta Hopgood notes the bright fellow remark, while Daisy recounts Sapley leaping and shouting warnings under the chandelier to avoid the kiss under the mistletoe.
A brief humorous remark from a temperance lecture mocks medical remedies for a red nose. A respondent asks what to take to prevent redness. The reply is pointed: take nothing, implying abstinence from alcohol is the cure.
A palace temple of Karhak is described as the most magnificent tomb in the world occupying nine acres, twice the size of St. Peter’s in Rome. Its space features gigantic columns, beautiful courts, and a grand avenue of sphinxes.
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