17 Jul 1888
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1888
Page
1
Advertised sale promises everything in stock at rock bottom prices with dry goods and carpets nearly given away. Sellers urge shoppers not to miss the opportunity as the cheapest sale of the kind in the region.
A veteran voice recalls a bugle signal reviving courage and youth, banishing the bivouac’s chill as sacrifice and memory endure. The text frames dawn as a life giving call, lifting spirits despite age and loss.
A speaker recalls thirty years of hidden cheating and guilt. He describes caring for Hanner Amy Hamilton and her final illness, confessing that his past act failed to meet his duty. He contemplates mercy, love, and the life he shared with a faithful partner.
A collection of aphorisms and reflections on life, virtue, and human behavior, with emphasis on restraint, humility, and the value of memory. The passage weaves cautions about pride and public opinion, alongside notes on weddings, deaths, and the enduring ties of home.
An old advertisement asserts that a misstep can cause lifelong disability, but keeps a bottle of Henry and Johnsons Arnica and Oil liniment ready. Used immediately it will save one from becoming a cripple, as claimed by B. F. Morris and N. C. Allen.
Cecil Crane guards Inez nine years after saving a mother and child from a wreck. Alton Forrest wooes Inez, asks for a year, then disappears and marries. Inez learns of his fate, confessing true love for Cecil, who reveals lifelong devotion and reunites with her.
An old Washington chiropodist recalls treating nearly every president from Buchanan onward for foot troubles. He recalls Lincoln hosting clergymen, Grant visiting Beale, Garfield's frequent visits, and Arthur staying cautious about his shoes, with anecdotes of presidential feet and stories from the White House.
Genevra, married to Francesco degli Agolanti, is believed buried alive after a trance. She escapes her grave clothes, seeks shelter at her husband’s house, but he and her mother and uncle deny her. She then goes to Antonio Rondinelli, who recognizes her voice, shelters her, and later marries her. The bishop approves divorce as death and remarriage as love.
A Washington correspondent rhapsodizes over Miss Monteira of North Carolina describing her as a graceful petite figure in wine colored plush with pink ostrich plumes. He notes a swan like neck a wreath of brown hair and blue purple eyes accompanied by rosy cheeks and crimson lips in lavish terms.
A science note lists 172 known species that are blind. The count highlights diversity in loss of sight across habitats and lineages.
A San Francisco Chronicle letter describes a Constantinople scene with Turkish women in galleries and old patriarchs on Angora rugs as dervish followers in flowing mantles chant and sway. A three year old child leads the trance while priests bless and tread over others in a ritual said to cure ailments.
The piece recalls how France used to call official gifts pot de vin and bouquets. It recounts Carnot in the war ministry turning a 50 000 franc bribe into a government payment, with the firm losing the amount while Carnot kept the receipt.
The Philadelphia Times notes a rich woman wearing a large ring on her thumb. It recalls a 200 to 300 year old fashion where signets adorned the thumb among nobility when fingers carried no jewelry.
A rapid mix of notes covers a fortune heiress planning a marriage to a much older Black man, global Sunday school counts, bequests to Yale Divinity School, a German actor’s humble beginnings, a petrified horned snake found in California, Venezuelan president Guzman Blanco noted as a duelist, large broods in Michigan, a man in Pennsylvania owning many pets, and writing skills of William Evarts. Other items list Morse’s birthplace tablet, Plymouth Rock, a Cincinnati banjo case, domestic life claims about ex-Governor English, mail costs per citizen, memorials for T. J. Potter, a Pekin duck laying varied eggs, a Georgia rooster mystery, Bismarck’s late hours, King Humbert’s gray hair, Thomas Hill’s Portland life, De Lesseps and press payoffs, a New Haven woman’s legal suit over treatment, Stockton on Louvre humor, Jay Gould quitting yachting, and a university opening to women.
A vivid reminiscence by Joseph Grandelmyer recounts Nevada coyotes herding jack rabbits across Humboldt and other valleys. The staged hunt features long detours, tight formations, and quick, brutal deaths as wolves close in then feast.
An Italian traveler with a trained bear stayed at a farmer’s home. A dishonest butcher entering the barn sought a calf and was hugged by the bear until restrained. The tale, recounted as near Los Angeles, spread as a humorous punishment.
The Philadelphia Ledger warns against overwork in a piece noting a physician who, at about age forty, rose through sheer perseverance but died of heart disease caused by anxiety. He advised taking six weeks of holiday to delay success but ensure its development, a warning from a dying man.
A campaign urging Republicans to subscribe to the Mail and Philadelphia Weekly Press for 1.75 dollars. It promotes the paper as essential reading for party supporters.
Communications are requested from all parts of the county and country brief and newsy. Anonymous articles will not be published. The writer's name must be supplied, though publication is not guaranteed.
A Shelby firm reports Mrs. Luther Lutz suffered seven years from a serious illness with a persistent cough. After three months of coughing and sleepless nights, a dose of Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption brought instant relief and a full recovery after one bottle. Free trials offered at Morck Drug Store.
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