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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1886
Page
4
A widow recalls her business life and passion while meeting Grace Merton at a cemetery grave. Grace confesses a past love for Bernard McGregor and seeks forgiveness before a clergyman reveals she has died, prompting a moral reflection on judgment and mercy.
A satirical portrait of the new California senator described as a rough diamond. He arrives with journalists at Chamberlain's and, amid talk of attire, food and Southern fare, asks for fried chicken and hominy while eyeing a black waiter. He requests a hearty southern dinner with bacon and seven-up cards.
Secretary Bayard's home is now presided over by his third daughter Mamie Bayard as he continues public duties while Carl Schurz spends his free moments delivering lectures on modern education.
A teacher shares a method for daily composition work using a shared book. Students write on Thursday, then copy next week. pieces are read aloud, corrected for mechanics, and redistributed so the poorest reach a strong reader. Readers learn to evaluate own and others work, boosting confidence and expression. The approach includes multilingual subjects and cross-class readings.
Henry Eckford explains in St. Nicholas how Chinese uses a limited sound set with thousands of characters. To disambiguate one syllable many meanings, scholars use pictorial keys representing broad categories like plants, minerals, animals, or people. This system, though ancient, remains effective for rapid reading.
A former tramp printer recounts a Massillon Ohio weekly paper run entirely by women. Sisters owned and edited the paper with a female apprentice and a male press helper, showcasing a neat, flowered office that shocked traveling tramps who avoided the place.
A Century Magazine piece on breeding fancy pigeons describes the carrier pigeon as the regal, long-bred courier of Persian and Turkish royalty. It notes the birds’ physical traits prized for show rather than utility and contrasts them with the working homing pigeon. It cites 18th century England fanciers and a Bishopsgate Street anecdote about royal blood and ceremonial beheading.
Samuel Collins established the first exclusive edged tool shop in Collinsville Connecticut around 1826. The early daily output consisted of forging and tempering eight broadaxes.
Beech er Copeland touts Walter A Wood enclosed gear mowers priced 63 to 65 plus reaper attachments. Other offerings include Meadow King mower 60, springtooth harrow 20, Oliver and Gowanda plows, Wetherill paints, Buckeye drills, wagons, fencing, cement, stoves, Paris Range, Hartford sewing machine, and general hardware at low cash prices.
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