18 Jun 1872
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1872
Page
1
A poem in a Boston Globe credit finds a sailor’s lost love returning as the sea and sky frame a doomed longing. A maiden wanders the shore, singing of a return while the sea echoes her plea. The speaker recalls the sea as cruel and hungry as the East pale ships appear at dawn.
In a hot midsummer morning scene a husband and neighbors joke about haying while a wife, Louisa, quietly endures heavy domestic toil. A warning from an aunt prompts Louisa to seek help, and she secretly buys wood. Her act leads to a changed balance as the husband realizes his neglect and resolves to share the burden.
The article details Professor Thompson's early use of thick india-rubber tires on steam engine wheels to dampen road shock. It explains a three-wheel design with a flexible tire and chain vertebrae, plus air channels to maintain pressure, enabling the wheel to conform to rough roads and distribute weight smoothly.
Beecher notes speakers who captivate crowds resemble Whitfield in force though differ in build. Most are large, vigorous men with strong digestion and vast lungs, exhibiting explosive delivery that overwhelms listeners. Some lean, shrill figures exist, but the standout is John Randolph as a compact, intense speaker.
A Missouri judge rules that newspapers cannot collect for Sunday advertisements as Sunday work violates statutes. The case is appealed and no final decision is issued yet. Regardless of outcome, the author notes the character of a person who uses Sunday advertising and then refuses payment.
The story describes Chinese gamblers using tricks against American draw poker players in a Pacific coast town. It notes promoters of Chinese emigration oppose by wisecracking, then shifts to a Science of Health discussion on brain matter and cruelty, arguing brain fluid balance impacts pain and endurance.
The article describes starting a first class pencil factory with modern machinery needing about 100000 dollars, half an acre for drying houses, and using Florida red cedar and graphite from Asiatic Siberia. It details mixing clay with graphite, forming lead wires, drying, gluing wood strips, turning, polishing, stamping, and packing for distribution worldwide at two to twenty dollars per gross.
Col Forney cites David Paul Brown noting his youthful taste for dress. Brown defends style by saying good boots and clean hands mirror mind and character, arguing exterior polish pleases others and can enhance inner worth. The quoted view likens appearance to diamond polish, improving allure without changing weight.
In Provincetown Massachusetts more than a quarter of residents are Portuguese. They arrived during the whale fishing era and are described as a hardy daring fishing community.
James Parton notes Thomas Jefferson's disciplined habit of garden farm weather and receipt books showing constant recording and analysis. He kept pen to hand from youth, entering precise dates and tasks and reviewing entries to inform decisions. His weather logs, garden records, and calculations reveal a meticulous mind shaping practical and scientific farming.
A large English colony of 145 farmers and tradesmen departs on the Nestorian bound for Lincoln Nebraska. They seek land along the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad corridor and plan to settle as American farmers with an emigrant home provided. The move aims to escape costly leases and pursue Western land ownership while maintaining family and craft skills in a new nation.
A Bangor man now in Cincinnati followed a mysterious street warning to a third rate hotel where he discovered a deceased Maine friend. He protected the body and arranged burial, salvaging the friend’s belongings for his mother, avoiding theft and dissection risks. He had no idea the friend was in the city.
A call for young men to commit to their chosen path and endure hard work. Wealth and usefulness come from sticking with labor, shedding shiftless habits, and bearing the heat and burden of the day in farms, shops, and factories. The motto: Perseverance and Industry.
The author notes Californians rush into new ventures like wine and wool, often without proper methods or quality checks. Wool production is growing with many Merino flocks and imports, but grading and selection are lacking, risking market failure unless buyers see clear wool quality. Still, long term prospects appear strong as the industry matures.
The Washington Patriot recalls Purdy an officer in a New York regiment who forged Seward’s name for 4000 dollars and fled across the West. He married Manuel Zapata’s daughter in New Mexico, murdered his wife and her brother, fled Nevada, was arrested near Lake Sevier, Nevada, tried by a masked posse, and shot on the spot after a brief examination.
Sir Samuel Baker notes Arab women scent themselves by burning perfumes in a dug hut hole. A cham pagne bottle placed over embers releases volatile oils as the wearer inhales fumes. The mixture includes ginger cloves cinnamon frankincense myrrh sea wood and a horny disc from a shellfish.
A inmate at the Michigan State Prison becomes heir to a $980,000 estate upon the death of his father. The beneficiary’s status in prison raises questions about inheritance and eligibility for the funds.
A wide range of brief items reports on mining and crafts in Utah and Minnesota, beekeeping and sugar beets near Freeport, and a local fatality in Moorhead. It notes Brigham Young’s large family, a rash of marriages promoted for profit, elopements in St Paul, and humorous misadventures from Iowa to Tennessee.
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