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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1876
Page
4
A Cincinnati Commercial correspondent describes the German Baptists known as Dunkers. They practice triple immersion, kneel at water edge, and baptize face forward in running water. Men wear long hair and beards, women in plain calico outfits with gray sun bonnets, while church life centers on kissing and foot washing.
A group of Harvard graduates in Duxbury plotted a nocturnal pantry raid with dark lanterns and candles. They seized edible items in a single-file scramble, returning with a roasted turkey and other fare as they were surprised by the proprietor while counting the alleged theft.
A hotel in the city sees a recurring prank where guests hand sealed envelopes marked with amounts to clerks for safekeeping. A seedy man tried to place 180 dollars in the safe, but the clerk tore the envelope and exposed torn ten dollar notes. A separate tale recounts a man using a dummy to scare boys, later found suspended from a tree with a note mocking the theft. Nearby fruit trees appear bare as harvests seem off.
English yacht crew pursues an old mother polar bear with two cubs along a fiord. After a long pursuit the boat grounds and a rifle shot kills the mother. The cubs are captured and later sent to Paris where famine era Parisians allegedly devour Arctic bears as food for powder.
The piece reflects on oysters as a social character tied to September, exploring moral contrasts between genteel dining and debauchery. It portrays oysters as mild yet linked to wild company, noting their placidity, occasional rudeness on edges, and their association with late hours and gin, while affirming their respectful dining role among gentlemen and gentlewomen.
A Blackwood writer notes Napoleon's absorption in battle reducing fear. He remained focused on directing troops amid shellfire and destruction, seemingly unaware of personal danger. An example at Hanau shows him speaking undisturbed as a shell exploded nearby.
A compilation of items covers Luzerne County editor Susan Dickinson, Massachusetts politics, naturalized Chinese voters, a metaphysical remark, milk theft, a Kentucky shooting, Boston decimal weights, a Texan musk dog, Royal military drills, a Troy glass mishap, tapioca in San Francisco, English accidents and innovations, a London post office oddity, Parisian demolitions, Baltimore rats and peach boxes, cider hydrometry, Egyptian horse plague, and a Boston tea merchant attack tale.
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