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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1886
Page
4
On a Clackamas County farm a Quaker girl faces two suitors, Stafford the Catholic stonecutter and Morgan the railroad engineer. After a tearful family scene the daughter chooses Stafford, Morgan accepting the outcome and leaving with his friends.
A Sacramento Bee summary explains the Fiji juiep made from angora bark. A boy chews bark into a soft mass, mixed with water in a bowl, strained and served in coconut shells. The captain notes strong intoxication with immobilizing effects from the hips, requiring patience until it wears off.
In California a boy refused to retract his remark that a teacher had red hair. He faced corporal punishment and defended his judgment of color. The case went to the trustee, who supported the boy and dismissed the woman who threatened him.
The Penobscot leader Solomon Nepton, 73, is portrayed as a stately elder with a broad face and iron gray hair. He cannot read or write but speaks English fairly well.
A survey of writings from Jowa Normal Monthly, Educational Weekly, and state educators argues teachers must be constructive, reading widely and guiding student inquiry. Emphasis on educated citizens, state responsibility, and teaching methods to foster independent learning and civic virtue.
In a Maine style travelogue, J. Sun recounts a beluga hunt with a fisher and guide near the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The writer shoots a white beluga with a rifle after expert advice, witnessing a dramatic kill and a later hunter’s skill. The beluga is described as pearl blue white, fifteen feet long, valued for oil and leather, with meat eaten by some.
A late night service at the old Warsaw campground in Milton County Georgia ends with an aurora lighting the northern sky. An excited crowd fears judgment day after a shout from an old auntie. The preacher calms them with a line about judging day not coming at night. The scene closes with orderly calm.
The present Czar is described as the most ardent waltzer in St. Petersburg who often grabs young court ladies for spontaneous spins with no music or ceremony.
A broad catalog of farm tools and hardware with prices highlights Walter A. Wood enclosed gear mowing machines at 65 and 63, Meadow King mower at 60, Chase Taylor spring-tooth harrow at 20, plus plows, cultivators, rakes, drills, wagons, fencing, cement, paints, stoves, ranges, sewing machines, and tanneries and sawmill hardware all offered at cash-cut prices.
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