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Warren Mail

Location

Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1885

Page

4

Backbone as the measure of strength in naval officer tale

A Washington Star report recounts a naval medical officer explaining how spinal length and backbone correlate with endurance and character. He uses a measuring rod, compares boiler power to lungs heart and organs, and cites a case of a promotion candidate whose short backbone linked to weak resistance and moral decline.

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Boston artists Bertha von Hillern and Maria Becket

The article profiles Miss Bertha von Hillern and her sister Maria J. C. Becket, noting von Hillern’s shift from athletics to landscape painting in Boston under William Hunt. Becket, also a landscape painter, is celebrated for her quick perception, schooling in France and Italy, and social prominence in New York, Boston, and Virginia. The pair maintain a winter salon in Boston and New York, a Strasburg studio, and a shared studio life with strong artistic circle ties.

New York Sunday World Boston United States Bertha von Hillern von Hillern Central Park William Hunt Miss von Hillern Maria J. C. Becket Miss Becket France Italy New York Virginia Strasburg Old Dominion

Wealthy Beggar Mag Plans European Spending Spree

An elderly street beggar known as Old Mag reappears after years vanished, now dressed in neat black and claiming twenty years of saving profits. She explains she will sail to Europe on Saturday and spend 12000 this year, insisting she is 39 and intends to leave Wall Street for good.

Great Westminster Dlock London Drake Grand Pacific Dr. Tyng New York Chicago New Orleans Independence Hall Philadelphia Baltimore John W. Garrett Maryland Johns Hopkins Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Garrett Washington Robert Garrett Henry Henry Garrett Mary America Miss Garrett Cincinnati Enquirer Oil Board Mag Europe Wall Street Teleaorum Hartman Huldah Riple Smethport McKean County S. B. Hartman, & Co Columbus Osman Digma Rouen Osman Alphonse Vinet Ali Khana Mussulman Mme. Digma Ali Cairo Meraie Arabi Pasha Arabi Merai Qsman France Egypt Suakim Mehdi

Ornamental Bonnet Styles of 19th Century Fashion

The piece catalogs flowers and hat decorations for bonnet trims, detailing lace crowns, pins, Rhine stones, crepe lisse wings, gilt thread, and wide ribbons. It mentions various garden blossoms and field flowers used as fashion motifs, plus exotic-style trims and colors from gilt to pale pinks. The description reflects era fashion plates from the New York Tribune.

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Ad Claims Big U S Cigar Output and Odd Tidbits

A major manufacturer touts annual U S cigar production near 3 billion units. Moravians in Pennsylvania launched paper bags to cut waste in old bundle methods. A New York advertiser markets dog tradies promising fresher breath for poodles and pugs.

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Rich men's gifts fund colleges and a note on ocean gambling

A survey lists major donations from Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Girard, Cornell, Princeton, and others totaling millions to universities. The article notes widespread gambling on ocean liners and mentions some American women smoking cigarettes after dinner, a practice more common in England.

Johns Hopkins University Judge Packer Lehigh University Cornelius Vanderbilt Vanderbilt University Stephen Girard Girard College John C. Green Princeton College Ezra Cornell Cornell University Isaac Rich Boston University Armasa Stone Adelbert College W. W. Corcoran Columbian University Benjamin Bussy Harvard University Samuel Williston William J. Walker Samuel A. Hitchcock Amherst College Whitmer Phoenix Columbia College J. B. Trevor Rochester Theological Seminary Matthew Vassar Vassar College Gardner Colby Colby University Newton Theological Seminary J. B. Colgate Madison University Ae I. Seney Wesleyan University Crozer Crozer Theological Seminary New York England

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