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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1898
Page
4
A detailed menu for a sixteen guest supper includes oyster croquettes celery salad crackers olives salted almonds bon bons coffee and more with quantities and prices. It also offers frugal decoration tips using holly wreaths and a central fruit bowl and notes decorations should be tasteful and modest for ongoing card parties. The piece ends with a poetic insert by E S Kiser describing winter scenes and a village graveyard.
In London the question of suitable eating houses for young women clerks has been debated. Women earn about half the pay of male clerks, three to four dollars weekly, limiting meals to sandwiches and tea. Employers note poor nourishment and anaemic appearance from inadequate meals, while women perform as well as their male counterparts yet receive lower wages.
Reverend Anna Shaw of Chicago urges rapid appointment of female officers. She says she would prefer policing over presidency and envisions two hundred uniformed women on New York and Chicago streets to curb crime, drawn from Salvation Army and American Volunteers.
Chain bracelets are back in style with slender delicate links set near the wrist, accented by precious stones and a dangling end with a pear shaped pearl or uncut gem. A note on male aging: a man reaches his heaviest weight at forty.
King George of Greece joined in amateur running and jumping events using the alias George Papadopoulos. He won a contest but was accused of being a professional. To avoid mob violence he confessed his identity to a police officer who escorted him to safety.
Two boys aged 13 and 15 in Monticello Maine tried for a deer before classes. They shot the deer, one with buckshot and one with a bullet, killed it, dressed it at home, then went to school on time. The item notes no harm to humans and mocks older, less prudent men.
Isabel Hampden, famed frontier beauty, flirts with Lieutenant Loring after meeting Ardsley. Hampden explains she has learned to wield charm from garrison life while Loring, a West Point cadet, discovers his feelings amid rival suitors. The tale centers on autonomy, desire, and perilous romance on redrawn western frontiers.
Ard sley woos Miss Hampden amid private theatricals and a vow, they marry, he goes on a scout and is lost in battle. Twenty years later Miss Hampden, now General’s wife, discovers Ard sley’s West Point ring among Indian relics and learns his grave remains unknown.
Southern Arizona prison officials fight a growing influx of marijuana inside jails and the outside chain gangs. The drug, smuggled from Mexico, allegedly commands high street prices, with convicts purchasing it at four dollars an ounce while free citizens pay fifty cents. General Shriver at Yuma uncovered a large cache buried for inmate access.
London screens feature the Corbett Fitzsimmons boxing photos with admission ranging from five dollars to two dollars and fifty cents, drawing sizable crowds.
Joseph McKenna, once Attorney General, is nominated for the Supreme Court vacancy after Justice Field's retirement. The article traces his California roots, early legal career, Congressional service, and cabinet work, noting opposition from Pacific coast bar members and his key roles on the Dingley law and Union Pacific debt settlement. It recalls his family, religion, and hobbies, and touches on related political and social notes from the era.
Government efforts to shield remaining westward game from pot hunters face limits as animals range beyond park borders to feeding grounds. Hunters resume extermination across adjacent areas, prompting renewed appeals for congressional action.
A drunken tramp confronts two gilded youths outside a saloon and delivers a haunting speech about ruined manhood and lost family. He recounts a life broken by drink, noting a wife, children, home, and ambitions all destroyed, before dissolving into the night as the bar doors swing.
Russia is said to own 30,000,000 horses or nearly half of the world total. Most belong to peasants across the vast empire.
Dr. R. V. Pierce of Buffalo promotes his Favorite Prescription as best for treating female diseases. He claims high success rates and urges women to seek skilled medical care over untrained advice. A Pennsylvania reader reports relief after six bottles and improved strength and well being.
A reader recounts a buggy scene where a horse slips a loose bridle and unties itself. The article contrasts the wrong tying methods with a tight bow knot method, detailing steps to secure a bridle and leash to prevent loosening.
Joseph M. Garrett of Woodford County Kentucky answers a Breeder's Gazette query from Iowa on the best gait for a lady's saddle horse. He favors the rack or single foot, notes shoeing varies by horse, condemns pacing as unsuitable, and says no breed is best while Denmark stands out for good gaited saddlers.
An expert from Columbus argues that marketing lambs at eight weeks yields the highest price per pound. He notes a narrow season and warns that delaying to three to five months reduces value, while full grown sheep add little per head. Younger sheep can maximize profit when raised under economical market-ready conditions.
The article discusses fattening hogs for market, noting heavier weights in recent markets, driven by cheap grain and feeder patience for larger size. It warns that October prices were low, grain rallies pushed feeders to hold until October, and packers gained heavy supplies. It advises feeding plans to finish stock for early spring and to use substitutes for grain when possible, distinguishing beef vs dairy rearing strategies for calves.
A cattle commission circular argues dehorned cattle sell better and are preferred by shippers feeders and packers. It notes horned cattle cause penalties in feed and sale, and that fall calves grow faster and cheaper than spring calves. Prize rams: five blackface shearing rams from a firm sold publicly in Lanark Scotland at 385 dollars each.
Practical guidance on feeding cattle with chopped corn to save costs. Advice on hog management notes lice control and finishing pigs with alfalfa. Describes feeding transitions, lack of perfect balance, and common hog enemies. Also discusses a novel horse check rein and a note on balky horses citing tender shoulders and care over the whip.
A fragment of Flora Macdonald dress about two inches long sold at Inverness for £6 10s. The item links to the famed Highland heroine and reflects enduring historical interest.
A London bookseller observes no demand for Tennyson’s poetical works while noting brisk sales of the Poet Laureate Austin’s writings. The remark highlights changing reader interest in contemporary versus established poets.
About a century ago starch was used to stiffen frills around necks and religious folks called it the devil s liquor and viewed its use as highly reprehensible.
A quirky estimate claims London postmen collectively cover about 48 360 miles daily, allegedly twice around the globe. The figure reads as a playful exaggeration about the city’s mail carriers and their routes.
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