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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1905
Page
6
A late night exchange between Two Shades reveals lingering fame and memory. One recalls a life among men with honors now forgotten, the other speaks of a child who remembers and dreams of a departed parent as hunger tempers daily sorrow.
Fred Benton and Gen Fred Benton confront Camelot of Virginia drama as Union and Confederate forces twist through Washington and Maryland. A wounded Scott Lounsberry lies at Maud Pelham’s Charlottesville home while Benton learns Rosalie’s notebook may hold the key to Chilton and Ladue. The civil war’s web of treachery tightens around McKinnon and Jennings as Benton faces a hard choice and a dangerous reunion.
Gettysburg thinned the First corps to a division as Reynolds dies and successors lack influence. The Second, Fifth, and Sixth keep their badges. the Eleventh and Twelfth become the Twentieth after suspension. The Third disperses. Wadsworth leads the remaining First as a Fourth division in the Fifth corps. Fred Benton dies on a brutal road with the Iron Brigade’s fate, while Jennings faces charges amid Stanton’s harsh scrutiny.
A New York man recalls visiting Sabanilla in Colombia where two peons carried a wheelbarrow-less contraption with handles at both ends. He notes locals use two-person devices to replace a single wheelbarrow, reflecting ingenuity on the Caribbean coast near Barranquilla.
A New Orleans man discovers a turkey served for dinner. his servant explains he seized the bird for rent owed by the fence tree roosting fowl. The tale reflects a hazy notion of rightful ownership and lawful seizure in a humorous anecdote from Youth's Companion.
Jennie reads aloud in the morning about a death of an octogenarian, a phrase she misinterprets as very sickly creatures. Herbie asks what an octogenarian is, and the narrator notes they are often dying, reflecting on the front line intelligence.
The verse contrasts a meek household provider who pays the bills with an oppressive public figure seen as downtown aristocracy. It links household restraint to broader social power and ends with a satirical note on water’s leveling, referencing Chicago Record-Herald.
A column mixes satire on Russia with poetry fragments and readers’ verses. The plea for Western-style reform comes through a quip about a Japanese varnish to brighten Russia, followed by short lyrical pieces by W. J. Lampton and others, and reflections on winter and sunset.
A humorous poem excerpt credits Polly with fussing over her apron to keep her frock clean. The piece highlights the apron’s frilled edges, its pocket, and Polly’s dramatic denial of mishap, ending in a comic scream at imagined messes.
A humorous quip contrasts two laughs over twin boys doctor and father chuckling at the bill. The piece notes ha ha as proper for the thought of the bill, while he he marks the pronominal laugh when twins are boys.
A Manchester Guardian note surveys how captive birds show wide variation in life expectancy. It discusses factors affecting longevity, such as food, captivity, accidents, predators, and notes specific ages for canaries, nightingales, blackbirds, magpies, ravens, and parrots, with historical anecdotes.
Dr Fischer of Berlin recommends sleeping with the head low and feet slightly elevated for intellectual rest. If not, keep the body horizontal to properly irrigate the brain. The habit of head low and feet high is said to remedy brain troubles and some internal maladies and can be adopted gradually.
A proposed Alpine railway from Turin to Martigny will use electric traction to climb steep grades once impractical for steam. The line includes a Paradis mountain tunnel and spans about 97% miles, powered by Alpine waterfalls.
In New York on February 1 1905 wheat No 2 red at 1.22 and corn No 2 yellow at 51 1 2c oats 39 4l. Cleveland shows mixed prices with Minnesota spring flour at 6.15 to 6.60 and hogs at 4.90. Toledo and East Buffalo list cash wheat 1.174 c corn 45c oats 32 4 5c and cattle prices from 5.25 to 5.50 with lambs around 7.85 to 9.00. Pittsburgh concludes with choice steers 5.40 to 5.60 and lambs 5.00 to 7.85.
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