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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1900
Page
4
A collage of humor and social observation from the Warren paper includes quips on marriage, courtship, aging, and a Juicy gossip of Horace Greeley. It notes voice culture, a police anecdote, a shingle joke, a soldier tale, and a churn scam exposing gullible farmers.
A Special New Mexico Letter describes how Zunis Acomas Lagunas Navajos Hopis and other tribes gather at a sacred mountain near Albuquerque to perform rain seeking rituals. Shamans lead prayers dances and pipe rituals over four days then dig channels to imagine rain reaching their regions.
G Wharton James recalls a serene ascent to a famed prayer spring with companions then a sudden torrent storm. Two people were killed elsewhere on the mountain as thunder and lightning struck. A Navajo delegation blamed the storm on trespass and theft of their babes, claiming divine protest from above.
A wartime era cure claims to permanently heal stomach weakness and indigestion with the first dose. It promises universal efficacy, swift relief, and dependable results, advertised as pleasant and safe. Sold by Hertzel & Saner, druggists, Warren, Pa.
A Chicago Tribune anecdote features a nervous visitor admitting fear of the lake. John offers simple encouragement by suggesting she wear a bathing suit and jump in, framing a light, hopeful moment on the water.
Indianapolis Journal notes the politician accepted the office without hesitation, framing the move as decisive. The exchange emphasizes urgency in political ambition and readiness to serve.
A Chicago Chronicle piece recalls a clever buyer who uses approval hats to test millsiners. After a $25 hat is sent on approval, she returns it with a fresh paste to keep the model, then pays and leaves. the milliner notes the scheme and the customer disappears.
Special correspondence discusses U S rights amid the Boxer uprising, citing Burlingame treaty guarantees of religious liberty and U S responsibility to protect missionaries. It reviews missionary activity funded by major denominations, with figures on stations, congregations, schools, and incomes, led by the American Board and including Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, Episcopalians, and others.
Senator Beveridge studies Malay languages and plans to master 58 more. Gov. Allen of Porto Rico touted for knowledge of Spanish. Admiral Schley favors war over arbitration for national vigor. Speaker Henderson draws a pension, yet his legs wear out quickly. An English minister jokes about Charles M. Sheldon’s Cunarder voyage. A Mrs. Alexander named postmaster of Elizabethton Tenn with Senorita as a Christian name. Lord Roberts earned two Victoria crosses. his son’s is worn on the opposite side. Mrs. Charles Ewing Green funds an alcove at Princeton with Teubner texts and Migne’s Patrologiae to make a 30,000-volume library.
A weight adjustable Indian club with hollow body and threaded rod allows varied strength training. A Chicago inventor patents a pocket toothpick holder sealed with wax wafers. A tuning mechanism with independent rollers prevents instrument string binding at the bridge. An Illinois guitar designed for disassembly enables trunk storage with a bolt and thumb screw joint. A new traction wheel uses radiating tubes and rubber T heads to adapt to road surfaces.
A Philadelphia Times quotation collection notes that kindness breeds courtesy and charity proves one’s worth. It cites women’s fashion, apologies, laughter at repeated jokes, social tact, and the idea that some wear elegance with restraint while others overdo toilette.
Census Supervisor J D Poutch appoints two female enumerators Ruth Elien Funk of Harrison county and Alta Ritter of Orangeville. Ritter teaches in Kokomo. Funk previously enumerated ten years ago. He says women, especially teachers, perform meticulous, neat, capable work and notes many teachers enter census work due to school vacation.
A Constantinople correspondent notes natives ridicule English travelers for fashion. They dress in bizarre outfits with short skirts and thick veils, while Europeans in Peru resemble Paris London styles, making tourists instantly noticeable and judged by their clothes. Turks shrug and say, They are English, when travelers behave rudely in streets.
The article surveys current note paper trends including organdie and coquille finishes, pale pistachio green and heliotrope tones, and diagonal back flaps. It notes monograms inside circles, narrow white borders, and the appeal of pistachio green with small silver circlet monograms for country homes.
The passage notes Switzerland's water power versus coal scarcity, lists 383 English and Welsh towns with a population near 12 million, Belgian bulls and cows to wear ear rings aged three months, a Damascus library spared by Tamerlane, Roman princesses preferring flaxen hair contrasted with dark eyes, a David Livingstone grave relic tree moved to the Royal Geographical Society, and a telegraph pole marking his death site with an inscription block carried from Chitambo near Lake Bangweolo to the coast.
Glasgow and Edinburgh have invested 1 million pounds in electric lighting. Aberdeen Ayr Dundee Govan Greensock Paisley Perth have invested 300000 pounds in municipal illumination projects.
About 400 Sac and Fox on an Oklahoma reservation danced the otter skin ceremony held every ten years. Participants stare at a high pole bearing the otter skin while praying for visions of dead relations and the afterlife as the weeklong rite unfolds.
The article explains that cockfighting remains popular in Spain with carefully bred birds housed in individual cages labeled by number. Fights occur in Circo Gallistico, a churchlike building with amphitheater seating where birds are weighed and plucked before battles. Heavy betting accompanies the events.
A Philadelphia restaurant owner posted a blackboard promising 15 cent dinners. A mischievous man erased the letter b from beat, turning the sign into 15 cent dienners. The crowd gathered outside after the prank was noticed.
In a dense New York neighborhood a hospital for consumptives features a roof garden. Men in the sitting rooms can reach the roof and spend much of their time tending plants, watering and pruning them.
The Kansas City Times offers timeless counsel for readers on how to treat books. It cautions against bending, borrowing from private libraries, face-down placement, and marking others’ books, recommending respectful handling and quality purchases to preserve literature as valued company.
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