31 Dec 1870
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1870
Page
1
A reflective poem compares youth to toy ships set afloat by boys, and adults to mariners sending ships across distant seas. Some ships return, some do not, and the speaker believes their ships rest in a better land on a hopeful day by a Golden Quay.
Cicely and John Saunders endure jealousy and gossip as Lettie Davis flaunts a rival. An earthquake seals their bond when John rescues Cicely and declares the danger past but warns it may be too late. Cicely resolves to mend and wed John as predict ed by her grandmother.
The San Francisco News Letter reports a drastic social warning from married women who refuse further acquaintance with politer wives. They declare they will now seek only girls and widows, threaten reprisals in the journal, and imply violence against any man introducing them to his wife. They claim motive is cowardice and say they will shoot rather than die.
A poor clean boy, an orphan, seeks work at the home of a wealthy Quaker, Lanman. The Quaker shelters him, then mentors him after learning the boy prays for guidance and his mother’s counsel. The boy later becomes president of a leading railroad, respected by friends and feared by speculators.
A Danbury Connecticut citizen famed for constant swearing struggles to stop. His wife, hoping to cure him, responds with a tirade of oaths that startle him into silence. He declares quitting may require his own brave step.
The Rochester Union warns of a young, well mannered impostor posing as a relative of a New York friend. He visits affluent homes, gains trust, and asks for a small loan to pay his passage home. Victims lent $40 each, awaiting drafts that never arrived, with similar con games reported elsewhere.
A leading paper manufacturer notes a one third drop in demand for book paper this season while newspaper and periodical demand rises. The shift suggests books may be superseded by periodicals as literature becomes more ephemeral in the busy age.
A colored mail carrier in Virginia was shaken by a man who urged him to be cheerful while shaking the carrier, claiming that when you shake me you shake the whole United States as I carry the mails. The incident reflects a racially charged confrontation during mail delivery.
The piece traces printing history linked to war time sites like Kehl Metz Strasbourg Toul Rheims Verdun Sedan and Trinity College Dublin. It notes Baskerville type in Kehl 1779 Voltaire edition for Frederick the Great and early Strasbourg claims to Gutenberg with dated books from 1471 and Mentelin’s 1473 German Bible.
The article argues there is a demand for capable talent in manufacturing, banking, railroads, mercantile firms, and other sectors beyond supply. It warns many projects risk failure without skilled leaders and notes salaries attract many who are not truly competent. It adds merit and steady effort lead to advancement for those who satisfy employers.
This excerpt advises finding fault privately and after reflection rather than in the heat of the moment. It urges calm, gentle firmness with children and servants, avoiding harsh judgments and anger, and emphasizes tactful timing for reproach to maintain authority and respect.
A seven year old Canadian boy named Frank Leslie was captured by Mohawk and Chippewa tribes after a bathing party on the St. Lawrence River. He endured three years with the Chippewas, was beaten for a mishap, and saved by a squaw. A white trapper later sheltered him in Minnesota and New York, then California, and finally he seeks his father near Montreal, hoping to return home after twenty three years.
Reports range from a new revenue appointment for a woman in Ohio to San Francisco oysters, harsh crimes in California, Chinese festival preparations, railroad gauge debates, a Prussian heroine at Gravelotte, and experiments on condensed foods, reflecting 19th century curiosities and conflicts across nations.
The text describes a man entering his home and attempting to bolt the door with a sweet potato and poke the fire with a coffee-pot spout. He uses a boot-jack to wind the clock and a paper-knife to cut kindling, then lifts a cold potato to light up the bed, preferring to sleep in hat and boots.
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