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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1885
Page
4
A fragmentary verse laments a doomed passion during Antony and Cleopatra era. The speaker reflects on a woman's beauty as deadly lure drawing men to despair while Antony's fate hovers on the edge of woe. The piece hints at Cleopatra's hypnotic influence and tragic outcomes.
Lilian Ferguson travels to Chessington Hall to take up a governess post and meets Ellen Morton, a companion to Mrs Grove, while a deaf and dumb gentleman on the omnibus hints at a fateful delay. The two girls reunite at the hall as secrets unfold, including the widower and a handsome uncle, until the deaf gentleman reveals himself and alters the anticipated romance.
A Nashville American clip describes a buggy ride along the Lebanon Pike where a small colored boy offers a nickel for a cure. He hands a worn chameleon and says after a future moon boil the lizard in water will cure horse shying by “nintanoin de eyes of yo’ howse.” The piece notes this belief is common among farmers' negroes in the state and used as a folk remedy.
A gentleman at a train station sought a final kiss for his daughter. A prim housemate replaced the seat, he leaned to the window and cried out. A cotton umbrella jab forced him to retreat amid calls to scat the grey headed wretch.
A local effort seeks funds from readers to sponsor a monument honoring Artemus Ward. Donors are invited to subscribe toward the project while the design and placement are under discussion by a community committee.
A tale of Robert Burns visiting Edinburgh where a print of a soldier’s death moves him to tears. He learns the verses are by Langhorne though a young Walter Scott, then unknown, is implied as the helper in identifying the poem. Burns praises the boy’s future promise.
A Milledgeville Union reminiscence recalls Alex Stephens in the old Georgia capitol, reading proof sheets in his hotel room with humor and self deprecation. The note describes his cane pipe, a visiting student’s witty exchange, and a lost paragraph used to light a pipe.
A smooth faced young theater actor enters the San Francisco marriage license office to obtain a license and is pressed for proof of divorce. Deputy Joe Cook explains a decree is required and suggests contacting Colusa county for a copy. The man and his actress fiancée realize both lack decrees and walk away, to reconsider their plans.
In a Providence Journal excerpt a scene unfolds in a warm church where a very pretty girl with curled hair draws amused attention. Flies swarm around the nearby seating as the couple leaves, prompting her remark that she would not curl her hair with sugar and water again.
Accounts from West Coast of South America and a cable repairing steamer describe a whale entangled in a trans Pacific cable. The animal was held prisoner for seven days before dying, with the cable severely damaged yet recoverable, preserving the sheath yarn and core.
Professor Austin Phelps states death haunts every mind from conception to death. He notes that both devout Christians and sensual skeptics fear it, resist it, and strive to forget it until the end, calling it the one overwhelming terror of human life.
Advertised cures claim instant relief and complete cures for kidney and back ailments. Testimonials from Rev A J Merchant and others praise rapid improvement and multiple diseases, claiming superiority over other remedies and noting a 25 cent price for Houpn Cough Cure.
An elderly sailor explains moon blindness, its causes and cures, recounting episodes in the China Sea and Indian Ocean. He notes its association with sleeping with the moon on the face, recalls a Singapore landing case, and says the ailment, though frightening, is always curable. He mentions a bad headache and that no women are known to suffer from it.
A hotel clerk catalogues oddities in a safe including watches, umbrellas, cards, pocket knives, and five hundred night gowns. He notes many are aged yellow and some embroidered with initials. Annie Pixley once left a satin night dress costing about 75 dollars, later sent to her after her city performance.
Ruskin argues the word wife embodies domestic virtue and calls women to weave fortunes and care for home. He defines home as centered on the noble woman, whose quiet influence extends beyond walls and walls of cedar or vermilion.
The Digger Indians once seen as the Pacific coast’s most ignorant people have been educated on Rancho Chico. They have learned to read and write and some have become musicians. Their Sunday-school choir performed hymns national songs and other musical pieces in San Francisco under their instructors care.
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