16 Jan 1872
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1872
Page
1
A poem in the voice of a woman contemplating another year of life and care for roses. The speaker compares hopeful buds and blighted blooms to her own aging, promising to prune and tend in a future year while mourning lost prime. The refrain Another year repeats as a meditation on time, toil, and renewal.
Mrs Whiffters captures hearts with charm yet focuses on her baby and a mysterious man named Elijah Potters. Maria Quilts schemes for marriage and, amid a tangle of secrets, faces a public ordeal when a police officer unfolds the domestic dispute over a found child and engagement collapse.
The Broad Arrow notes Russia fields over three hundred vessels with twenty four armored ships and home construction for ordnance. It cites other nations Italy Turkey France and the United States and stresses sustained naval growth and vigilance to match evolving threats.
Omaha reports detail extreme cold in the far West with severe suffering. Nebraska records describe multiple deaths from exposure including a whole family and a man who died seeking fuel, while a mother burned items and placed her infant in a stove oven before freezing.
A Boston widow with five children, reduced to poverty, enters a wary agreement with a rich landlord who offers a home and help. He then reveals a sham betrothal to transfer half his estate, but the union proceeds as gratitude and survival trump romance, with a $75,000 gift cited.
Revival of Britain’s one cent postal card plan yields several methods to hide writing and avoid libel concerns. Proposals include a wider card with a middle crease for folding and sealing, and a brown paper strip attached to conceal the message while bearing the address and stamp.
A speech on self examination and inner thoughts likens mental processes to opening shelves of bound volumes. The speaker notes that reasoning unfolds as he searches his own memory and beliefs, while critics sometimes misjudge true wisdom.
The article cites W L Stone on severe winters in 1817 and 1820-21 with the Hudson frozen to the New Jersey shore and Long Island Sound icebound. It notes sleighs to Rikers Island, ice crossings by foot and horse, ice markets, and the emergence of soup houses aiding the poor.
Englebert Shuber of Fort Smith Arkansas escaped a deep rapid by leaping to a drift log after a canoe shattered. A northern hurricane iced the log as rescuers failed to reach him all night. He survived eighteen hours on the icy surface with his face and limbs frozen, reported as alive but perilously chilled the next morning.
A well planned system of gymnastics develops the widest range of co-ordinations enabling a person to use muscle groups in any combination. It teaches harmonious bodily development and enhances speed, accuracy, and adaptability for military service trades and medical professions, with boxing, wrestling and sword play as integral elements.
A discussion on felons, their unpleasant persistence, and various remedies. Journal of Health cites extreme methods like steaming with additives, delaying removal, or surgical lancet use to reach the bone. It notes a bruise reaching the bone as the typical cause and contrasts dangerous cures with safer medical care.
The Russian Government intensified efforts to advance education across the empire. Despite a population growth to about 78 million, school attendance lags due to language barriers as teachers restrict use of the national tongue, spurring calls for broader access to common schooling nationwide.
Report of a Brussels charity fair where a woman sold a lock of her hair and her husband donated a lock in support of the poor. The buyer discovered the ruse and a court action ensued to verify authenticity as Belgian law punishes deceit in sold articles. The tale sparked lively public interest.
The article explains two facial arteries supplying each half of the face and how applying pressure to the artery under the jaw near the cheek can halt a nosebleed. It notes holding pressure for five minutes may let vessels contract and stop bleeding, a life-saving technique.
A Hereford tradesman famed as a practical joker bet a traveling commercial gentleman he could not ride a mile on a horse by six o clock. The rider mounted a wooden household horse instead, saddled and bridled, and failed to cover the distance, losing the wager.
A Milwaukee House in Manistee Michigan hosted an oyster supper when a guest maliciously mixed croton oil into the oysters. Partygoers drank the hot beverage and suffered near deadly effects prompting medical aid and potential legal action against the jokester.
A rigid Sabbatarian magistrate on a deer hunt discovers Sunday is his day. He reads a Bible and refuses to hunt, but his party pursues game. He shoots a buck claiming it violates Moses law and Pennsylvania statutes, while noting his Christian violation of the Sabbath. A Philadelphia firm plans to ship 500 locomotives to Russia.
A Powell Colorado expedition reports Aztec rock writings near Uintah and traces of ancient residence to the Gulf. On September 15 a three man party found ruined cliff dwellings, pottery fragments, arrow heads, and a four to five gallon earthen jug hidden under a rock with bread baking willows tied by wild hemp twine.
The excerpt humorously contrasts hourly pay with job pay and its moral effects. It notes a plumber’s frustration when paid by the hour and then muses on using Arabian Nights pages to deter unruly boys, revealing a wry view of human nature and childhood mischief.
A list of common misconceptions is lampooned, including the idea that daily dollars can be spent to gain riches, favor returns justify refusals, gifts cost nothing, credit is not stealing, taxes will ease, death spares one, good causes guarantee victory, horses always meet claims, and blunt honesty earns universal respect.
The writer urges wearing flannel next to the body for warmth and health. Flannel is comfortable in warm weather and helps prevent cold symptoms and coughs. It avoids bulky waist constrictions and offers protection from sudden weather changes for children and all readers.
A miscellany of items spans from London legal quirks and Washington lobbyists to Niagara Falls expenses and a Christian labor project in Syracuse. Reports cover a submarine treasure hunt in Cumana Bay, English cattle plague and smallpox scares, and rail expansion in the United States with impacts on postal routes and industrial earnings.
Artemus Ward meets a persistent stranger on a train who asks about Horace Greeley George Francis Train and General Grant. Ward feigns ignorance revealing the punch line when asked if he knows Adam. The exchange ends with Ward's quip about asking for Adam's name.
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