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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1878
Page
4
Dr W F Carver from the West completes a grueling feat by breaking 5500 glass balls with a rifle in 500 minutes at Brooklyn Driving Park. He endures heavy recoil and eye irritation yet finishes with 41.5 minutes to spare, amid mixed opinions from supporters.
Pete Frost, once dismissed from the Portland and Buckfield line for crashing engines, petitions Frank O. J. Smith in Portland and is rehired. He later proves a skilled conductor with no further accidents, praised as one of the road's best from Boston.
A Western physician, unnamed, publicizes a beef carbon tonic for consumption. The mixture includes beef steak, charcoal, sugar, rye whiskey, and water, to be steeped overnight and served before meals. The piece also offers a quip about a sick parishioner’s inability to sleep, joking about his nose between his eyes.
A satirical tale recounts a Russian magistrate punishing two rival fish-women by forcing them to kiss in public after brief confinement. The scene unfolds as they protest, are jailed, then compelled to kiss three times in the market square, with fines imposed.
Budd Doble told a Lewisville News reporter Mollie McCarthy will enter fall races at Baltimore Saratoga Long Branch and Jerome Park with a possible Louisville start at the Jockey Club meeting. He notes her recovery from overheating and predicts new mare records with Parole on the Eastern trip and two to two and a half mile dashes as ideal.
Chief of Police Chamberlain found a rare white pond lily stock during a Block Island visit. He transplanted them to tubs with soil at the same depth, kept them flooded, stored them in a cellar over winter, and revived them in spring. The plants grew to cover the water with fragrant, exquisite flowers and buds.
A north side woman seeks Dr Bull s Cough Syrup but mispronounces the name. After asking for Dr Oxen and others she finally requests Dr Bull s Cough Syrup at a drugstore, realizing the error only after a neighbor’s nudge.
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