09 Jul 1872
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1872
Page
1
Poet Lowise Chandler Moulton asks how long a beloved will remember across seasons and youth. She contrasts bright Summer eyes with grave echoes, urging to fill the glass with new kisses rather than call the beloved from youth’s warmth.
In 1865 near Bagdad, a caravan camp faces five Bedouin highwaymen who rob Arab servants. An embedded rescue party tracks them to Casseba, engages in a fast mounted chase, and retrieves the captives after a pistol volley and a dramatic horse duel, ending with safety for the camp and travelers.
The piece extols flowers as a refining influence on character and urges families, especially rural ones, to nurture small flower plots or pots for children. It argues gardening educates children, provides outdoor activity, and improves health and character, urging readers not to forget flower seeds in spring.
Prof. Henry E. Colton addresses New York Farmers Club outlining that there is no single best region. He weighs Southern Florida, Western North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia stock country, Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington, noting rail access, soil types, climate, and entry laws. He cautions on cotton profits, mosquitoes, and timing for relocation.
A critique of Austrian journalism alleging manipulation through stock watering, bribery, and blackmail. It cites editors' fortunes from selling opinions, government influence over trials, and widespread corruption across about ninety political dailies in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
A Cornhill tale critiques the elementary theory that after a run the odds shift. An English gambler tests a roulette scheme by avoiding frequent numbers, wins big, then loses all but £50. He returns home, swears off gambling and tries to deter others.
The Champaign Gazette reports a fraud probe into Judson's branching corn samples sold to agents. Investigators found four ear stalks spliced with a pine dowel to fake doubled crops, and several ears glued onto other stalks, exposing deceptive manufacturing of the sample bundles.
A reflective proverb notes a man who hoards wealth but spares himself joy resembles an ass bearing gold yet feeding on thistles. The saying warns against wealth without contentment.
The article traces tea’s arrival in England after 1662 and notes its growing British and American consumption. It warns of widespread adulteration with dangerous substances and urges stricter laws to punish sellers of counterfeit tea.
A critic argues against public scolding of children, urging private, patient correction. It stresses that mortification harms growth and that parents should model restraint, offering guidance to prevent future mistakes while preserving the child’s dignity. A mother’s quiet correction after visitors illustrates the method.
The text argues health powers talent, claiming a strong body and good digestion unlock mental prowess. It contends energy outweighs intellect alone, and a vigorous constitution boosts performance in any profession, likening weak minds to gold in a spent pockets. A mechanic’s sharp tools need a strong arm to be useful.
A four year old boy locked alone in a dark room by his father after claiming fear of bears and wolves. The child screamed then fell silent and was found crouched in a corner acting as if lunatic. Doctors concluded fright damaged his reason. mother fainted, father haunted by guilt.
A Ga child in Heard County as a few months old repeats the phrase new moon nine times at each appearance. The moonly voice is attributed to the infant of Mrs. Spradlin and neighbors attest to the tale’s truth.
The cocoa nut tree provides numerous uses from kernel eaten in curries to milky juice as a beverage. Oil makes stearing candles and marine soap, resin seals ships, root has narcotic properties, sap yields toddy palm wine and arack, dried leaves for thatch mats and screens, mid rib as an oar, wood known as porcupine wood, fibrous center for cordage, husk polishes furniture and floors, and a bluish white stone inside the nut used as an amulet.
A Land and Water correspondent extols cats as bird deterrents for gardens and fruit beds. By tethering a cat on a short wire along strawberry rows a simple, cost effective guard protects crops from birds hares and rabbits. Even in large gardens a second cat helps. kittens assist and become loyal garden allies.
Norwegians plan a lighthouse monument at Harald Haarfagar’s grave to honor a thousand years of independence. The beacon will stand at a dangerous coastal point to warn mariners and recall national glories.
The Cincinnati Enquirer recalls the 1825 26 Bear River Beaver Trappers expedition that led James Bridger to Great Salt Lake. He tasted the water and reported salt content, fueling early belief it was an arm of the Pacific. In 1826 four men explored by skin boats but found little venous beaver streams.
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