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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1899
Page
4
A collage of curious facts and quips spans topics from sea losses to animal hunting in India and Icelandic views on whistling. It notes church membership figures, marriage licenses, and bold stats on aviation industry output and steel shafts.
A collection of maxims and epigrams attributed to M Wren Bancroft Disraeli Johnson Simmons Addison Lavater Socrates Rochefo Could Whipple and others. It pairs ideas on honesty candor zeal avarice and civility with brief moral reflections. The compendium emphasizes conduct in daily life and business.
A humorous old essay riffs on social foibles and gender views, noting writers’ cramp from endorsing checks and a tame mix of observations about women, manners, and hats. It also cites a scientific meeting comparing annual sunshine hours across European countries led by Spain with 3,000 hours and Italy at 2,300 hours.
A playful catalog of humorous dictionary-like definitions ranges from Centurion the century-aimed cyclist to Ultimatum as a wife’s ongoing husband fix. It teases language and gender quirks with wry, compact observations.
A compact collection of aphorisms on cheerfulness health fortune and virtue attributed to various authors. The quotes emphasize found home state of character against melancholy the usefulness of happiness and the danger of disagreeable conduct.
Near Pipestone Minnesota three natural wonders draw visitors the waterfall Red Pipestone Quarry and the Three Maidens landmark on the Indian Reservation held by the Sioux tribes Indians control quarrying while selling rough stone to whites and government funding built a school and expanded it Catlinite named after explorer Catlin the first to document the site for his History of the Indians of the Northwest in 1836.
A fraught exchange reveals jealousy as a man accuses a woman of a kiss on her brow and a burnt complexion. The tale hints at psychological and medical realism while noting the riffle can be made, per the Detroit Journal’s tone.
A French woman keeps an enduring collection of corsets from various eras in a chateau billiard room displayed in glass cases. Highlights include a Catherine de Medici style corset at thirteen and a half inches with steel reinforcement, leather stays associated with Charlotte Corday, and satin brocaded pieces once worn by the Empress of Austria with a fifteen and a half inch waist.
In Greenville Texas a justice court attachment levied on 800 pounds of seed cotton. The sale raised $11.34 the next day. after costs and attorney fees, $3.70 remained to the attacker, leaving nothing for collection.
A short comic exchange from the Chicago News depicts a husband grilling his wife about a letter from her mother. The wife asserts the letter has little to say, while the husband suspects deception on a cold day.
The Compagnie Francaise de Chemins de Fer de Nl'Est at Epernay rapidly assembled a locomotive piece by piece to test skilled labor. The task was completed in fifty six hours.
In Carlsrune the capital of Baden a new law imposes fines on anyone who plays the piano with open windows. The measure targets noise from music and aims to curb public disturbance within the city.
A collection of witty observations on human foibles and social norms. It lightly critiques manners, gender roles, work, luck, and optimism with humor. Noting the era, it blends sharp jests about parliament, courts, and daily life with a nostalgic tone.
Naturalists note widespread commensalism where species share habitats without harming each other. In New Zealand chicken islands a left side lizard and right side petrel nest together, sharing prey remains. Prairie dogs, rattlesnakes, and burrowing owls show mixed outcomes, while remoras latch to sharks whales or ships to travel and feed. Brazilian catfish mouth hosts small fish sharing meals, and pea crabs in mussels trade protection for food scraps.
In San Francisco a Chinese secret society upholds brutal rites. A man accused of revealing secrets faced an execution with a masked swordsman. The sword never struck. the accused was declared dead, then shunned, starving in Chinatown before ending his life in a suicide after losing status and hope.
Howard K. Brown of Syracuse recounts a stuttering trooper in Troop A First Cavalry. The soldier misplaces clothes and gear while searching for a blanket poncho and his carbine. A lieutenant’s glare and a sergeant’s discipline collide with humor as the troop reflects on duty and two years spent in service.
A compact meditation on happiness courage and morality. The author contrasts inner spiritual aims with outward displays of beauty and truth while warning that decency can be fragile and that labor often masquerades as play.
The oldest clocks of American manufacture were made by Gideon Roberts of Bristol Connecticut. No clocks were produced in the United States before 1800 when Roberts first put his timepieces on the market. His hall clocks stood about six feet tall, were finely finished, and prized as separate furniture pieces.
A novel type of window glass is described that remains transparent to people inside a home while appearing opaque to those outside. The invention promises greater privacy without blocking light.
Folklore among Kurds and Cossacks holds Mount Ararat is guarded by an earthly being. they believe no man can climb the peak and return alive.
Exclusive young matrons unveil a ring featuring a baby's front tooth set with diamonds and turquoises. The wearer explains she saved her child’s tooth and arranged blue stones to enhance its pale hue, inspiring others to copy the idea with their own babies’ teeth.
A veteran cavalry horse mirrors a rider’s fears and resolve as the column lines up. The nervous animal trembles while awaiting the call, knows bugle signals after six months in service, and tugs at the bit. On the advance the horse may surge or bolt but steadies, gripping, ears back, ready to endure the worst.
Epicures seek miniature vegetables as the new delicacy. Truck farmers supply tiny potatoes turnips carrots cauliflower and even cabbage heads the size of a baseball to markets in large cities. These minis are praised for tender easily digested fiber compared with mature produce.
The Dukes of Northumberland retain exclusive use of a large vault in the chapel St. Nicholas at Westminster Abbey. This prescriptive burial right endures despite space pressures, with the Seymours’ tomb in the vault and Lady Louisa Percy, elder sister of the current Duke, laid to rest there in 1883.
The Scientific American praises Jacques Vaucanson for his automatic duck. The device imitates a living bird, waddling seeking food swallowing seeds, splashing in water, and quacking with lifelike accuracy.
A humorous collection of aphorisms in a mocked German English dialect. It features quips on love, aging, beauty, friendship, and social behavior with playful misspellings and pointed observations about men and women. The tone mimics a rustic sage sharing blunt, witty maxims.
The 450 woollen mills of European Russia employ 50,000 workers and generate goods valued at 45,000,000 roubles.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a reliable, non alcoholic treatment for stomach weakness and dyspepsia, claiming it nourishes nerves and diges tion. The testimonial from W H Braswell asserts cure after two years of illness, and a free medical guide is offered with ordered stamps, addressed to Dr. R V Pierce in Buffalo, New York.
A veteran hustler recounts a wake-up service in a Western town where subscribers were hard to wake at a fixed hour. He hired a powerful East import to handle late risers, and after an hour and forty minutes he had licked fifteen in a single morning before withdrawing to avoid a mass confrontation.
The article compares weights and strength among lions bears tigers and polar bears. It cites lions typical 3800 to 350 pounds, a 500 pound minimum for adults, a 540 pound African lion record, a Bengal tiger at 520 pounds, and notes bears like grizzly and polar bears display exceptional strength carrying heavy loads and moving boulders.
A compact sermon-like meditation contrasts action and faith with service over sermons. It warns against half-hearted faith and clerical pretense, urges fidelity in small duties, and cautions that wealth and appearances cannot replace genuine character.
A collection of historic figures is noted as the sons of tradesmen such as shopkeepers, tapestry makers, apothecaries, potters, beggars, weavers, butchers, cutlers, innkeepers, bakers, soap manufacturers and other common professions.
C F Holder describes his experiences with the physalia a nautilus like surface dwelling creature in southern waters Its balloon five to six inches long and tinted purple pearl and pink bears a sail like dorsal fringe The purple tentacles armed with darts can kill a fish or sting a swimmer causing intense pain asthma and weeks of healing The physiochemical venom is potent and dangerous among stinging sea animals it is the most dangerous of its kind
An old article catalogs remarkable walking sticks and canes linked to historic figures. It notes a Jerusalem olive wood staff once owned by Pontius Pilate, Dr. K Hale's jeweled chronometer staff from Detroit, Queen Victoria and Charles II connections, Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Confederate steamer Alabama, and Napoleon Bonaparte, with auction prices ranging from a few dollars to thousands.
In San Francisco Bay rookeries egg pickers harry murres for eggs while gulls dive in to steal and consume them. The scramble sparked clashes among workers, a forming company, and legal action. A federal detachment later deported all egg pickers from the area.
In a Carondelet Street office a riverman famed for appetite and tall tales faced a cotton factor over a missing consignment. The questioning lawyer pressed for truthfulness, but the Major declared his veracity unmatched in New Orleans, triggering roars and a collapsed case.
A compilation of aphorisms on justice truth conduct and character. Notable lines touch on truth in action, aspiration, responsibility, judgment, age fit surroundings, and the social impact of courage and praise. The text blends references from Disraeli Emerson Hugo Wycherley and others.
A contentious exchange over a newspaper department called What Women Are Doing escalates into a sharp female lead challenging broad coverage. A bachelor quips about love and dyspepsia, noting time changes and contrasting appetites as the dialogue reveals tension.
A large tom cat traveled on a mail steamer between Sydney and San Francisco for 13 years and has died. The feline was buried at sea after nearly completing 1,000,000 miles of travel.
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