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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1903
Page
6
A narrator praises worn slippers that bring comfort and joy despite their tattered look. The speaker notes a blessed life with a loving wife who makes pretty things, but the slippers remain the best comfort, molding to each corn and offering cooling and warming relief. The piece closes with a wish for new footwear but reveres the cherished old pair from the Chicago Daily News.
Detective Warde ponders a web of crimes as a pistol switch and jailhouse poisoning point to a hidden mastermind. Herbert Wright survives an attempted morphine poisoning while authorities chase a mysterious red flannel shirt intruder who visited the Wright home.
Warde receives a note directing him to Peter's Rest on Commerce Street for a big story. He and detective Fenton travel there at night under a moonlit, unsettled sky. The area along the riverbank is unstable, with homes perched over the water and a city warn of the river’s advancing erosion.
The narrative describes a degraded riverfront district in Nilus with dilapidated houses, dens of vice, and a rough crowd including thieves and tramp travelers. Two men split up near Peter's Rest, where a ruffian bartender and a heavy atmosphere frame a scene of crime planning and vice. A police whistle and caution mark looming danger as they move toward the saloon.
Old Missouri senator resisted his daughter Jessie Benton’s marriage to John C. Fremont, urging every obstacle. After the wedding Mrs. Fremont recounted that Benton argued with a newspaper editor to announce it as “Jessie Benton and John C. Fremont” and declared the form must stay or not at all.
Harriet Crocker LeRoy recalls childhood memories of a mother tucking her into bed. The speaker images lilac scented air frogs chorus bonfires and distant dogs as a guiding, affectionate memory echoed through the years. The tone is nostalgic reverie on motherly care and childhood comfort.
A humorous verse depicts a weary husband battling flies at home. The war on pests includes poison on the table and fly paper on every couch as his wife scolds him to keep doors shut. The lively piece ends with a cheeky heaven joke about meeting flies at the door.
A reflective verse piece on death and salvation appears in the Chicago Record Herald. It contrasts mortal woe with heavenly ecstasy and includes a scene of children hurrying home to their mothers in a lonely park. The prose mentions Geo Klingle and Mrs. M L Rayne in the context of poetry publication.
Rural Free Delivery faces criticism from Livingston County New York storekeepers who claim it makes farmers lazy and hurts small-town commerce. They say mail arriving at farms replaces trips to post offices and reduces patronage at country stores. They also oppose a post office order to publish rural route lists in offices.
The West Point Board of Visitors reported to the Secretary of War praising conditions and discipline. Hazing is said to have disappeared except for a few mild cases. They approved the secretary of war directed plans for new buildings and improvements totaling 5.5 million dollars.
From Rio Grande Ohio comes a strange death report of Mrs Celia Bandy a widow who died after attempting to rescue her cat from a six foot black snake. She struck the snake with a club and collapsed dying despite medical aid. The snake was killed and many believe she was charmed by the creature.
The Chicago Chronicle cites a South Side woman who refused to silence her yapping dogs despite neighbor complaints. It argues that denying redress by labeling protests as insulting reflects a common logic seen not only in individuals but also in nations.
A Philadelphia man paid 2100 dollars for the original manuscript of Poe's poem The Bells. The Chicago Record-Herald notes Poe might have earned similar sums for all his poems, calling him a lucky bard if that were the case.
The Chingo Record Herald notes England has taken possession of three Pacific islands, remarking it is remarkable that Britain sometimes loses track of lands and reclaims islands already hers. The item uses playful tone about imperial reach and prior claims.
Miss Kate Botman of 142nd Street and Wales Avenue New York says backache and headaches from kidney trouble improved after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the product with restoring strength and health and urges others to write to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for advice.
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