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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1885
Page
4
Dorothy Snow flees with Pierce Penfold under threat from Horace Middleton as a hidden guardian pursues a dangerous plan. A stormy night train ride ends with Dorothy tossed onto a snowbank after Middleton abducts her, while Pierce fights to rescue her and keep their marriage vow alive.
Mrs Steel urges immediate return as Dorothy lies exhausted after a scene. Pierce recounts his past with a former wife who ran off with a circus to Cardiff, leaving a baby and a broken family. The couple discusses divorce and the ethics of marrying a man still legally bound to another wife.
Pierce, unable to locate Dorothy, longs to find her aboard a departing train. He strains from the carriage, glimpses signal lights like gems, and witnesses a man sprint from a door with a struggling woman as the train speeds past a snow heap.
Pierce Penfold and Dorothy escape tragedy after a snowy accident reveals her safety. Horace Middleton is injured. a brave doctor tends him as Dorothy swoons. The couple marry, travel to the United States, and later reunite with their child Ally in a grand Castle Gower Christmas scene. Alison’s fate with Jem ends in quiet happiness for all.
A science section discussion spotlighted deaf mutes with emphasis on Prof. Alexander Graham Bell. Bell and wife attended. Bell urged separating deaf mutes during education, teaching English, avoiding asylums, and fostering speech and counting methods as in Germany. He warned of rising deafness linked to marriage patterns, citing a family with ninety deaf mutes over four generations. Chicago Times.
A Hamilton citizen Teel writes Governor McDaniel asking for immediate divorces for him and his wife after promising distress and failed legal relief. He laments costly lawyers and even asks that the case be presented to President Arthur, noting his belief Arthur’s post office is in New York. He ends with a plea to act soon.
A Boston, Lynn and Revere Beach Railroad passenger, a celebrated chemist, touted a cholera cure to fellow travelers in a heated exchange with Conductor Bradbury. He boasted the medicine would beat cholera and urged testing, prompting laughter and his retreat to the smoking car.
The piece profiles Geo W Frampton of Huntingdon West Virginia who suffered eight years of ne croses with inflamed mortified leg bone and running sores. He credits Puxuxa with his recovery and walking normally. Letters from users Alf Lusk Edgar Harte L R Wollen and Calista Fishel praise Peruna MANALIN and related remedies for various ailments including chronic catarrh and bronchial trouble.
L G Noyes will refund the price paid if Acker’s Blood Elixir fails to relieve any skin or blood disorder. A new but thoroughly tested discovery is promoted as a remedy and tonic.
Comprehensive ad listing Walter A Wood Enclosed-gear Mowers with prices 63 to 65 dollars, Meadow King Mower 60, plus Reaper attachment optional. Also promotes diverse farm tools and hardware including plows, cultivators, rakes, drills, wagons, fencing, paint, stoves, and sewing machines. Highlights intent to provide low cash prices and broad farm equipment range.
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