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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1877
Page
4
An amused narrator details a failed plan to disable pheasant shooting by using a telegraph hoax. A clerical mix up with a secretary’s defalcation scare precipitates a corporate collapse farce. The tale blends social gossip with a legal notice of a secretary’s flight.
A reflection on humility in intellect noting that great minds like Shakespeare Socrates Newton learned from common workers and that arrogance fades when faced with real world experience. It suggests even a conceited youth will be humbled by life’s rough lessons.
A colored man leaving the general delivery window is accosted by a brush boy in a barber shop. The boy jeers about a check and election slips, while the man explains that ballots arrive before checks at the bank and the boy scoffs at his youth.
A pale man named Tom on Woodward Avenue seeks work after losing weight to a hundred twenty pounds. A friend tries to help by finding a coal driver job, but Tom fears rejection due to his frail condition. Also told is a dream of a man trapped in an ice chest and his son discovering him alive hours later.
Gas My Canned Goods are of the best quality and selected from top packing houses. They are put up in extra heavy white sugar syrup. Featured items include Bartlett pears apricots egg plums oxheart cherries peaches yellow and white green gages apples strawberries raspberries currants pineapple aguile succotash green peas mountain sugar corn oneida sugar corn lima beans strawberry pumpkin Quinton tomatoes and French mushrooms.
Fragmentary list shows items including corned beef in 2 and 4 pound portions ham 2 pounds bef pongue 2 pounds rasi beef 2 pounds salmon 1 2 and 25 pounds price 24 pours lobster L and 2 pounds sardins condensed milk and more. The text lacks complete sentences or clear sale details.
A catalog notes guava in boxes, Pure Red Currant items including tumblers and quart jars, plus assorted Pure Jellies in tumblers.
A catalog of assorted condiments includes Helford Sauce French Wine Winevsar Gbherkins Mixed Pickles Chow Chow Horse Radish French Mustard in bottles and by quarter gallon Olives Capots Olive Oils Pepper Sauce Tomato Catsup Mushroom and Walnut Catsuy Worcest ershire Sauce Tlub Sauces and more.
The advertisement touts New Crop Young Hyson at 50e 75e 1 and 1.25 per pound New Crop Gun Powder at 50e 75c and 1 New Crop Japan at 45c 58e 75e and 1 per pound New Crop O long at 75e and 1 per pound New Crop English Breakfast at 1 per pound The dealer highlights 50e Teas claiming they are as good as can be bought elsewhere for 75c.
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