01 Mar 1893
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1893
Page
1
Instructions show carving a fowl with steps for removing joints and slicing breast meat, then details a method to prevent gray hair using glycerin, white sulfur, sugar of lead, and rainwater. The hair remedy notes daily use to restore color and advises variable frequency.
Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad timetable effective October 9, 1892 lists Southbound and Northbound train numbers with daily schedules. Stations include Dunkirk Fredonia Cassadaga Sinclairville Gerry Falconer and Warren, with connections to Lake Shore and Erie railways at Dunkirk and junctions for Jamestown Bradford.
A St Paul Pioneer Press piece argues wasteful road maintenance harms farmers and economy. It cites Governor Flower urging improved macadam roads, noting dirt repairs waste labor and money. Steam or horse rollers are praised for quality results.
Hon H W Thornton of Mercer Illinois, veteran in good roads work, urges a drainage based road system using sand mixed with clay to keep routes durable across prairie terrain. He cites 1857 68 railroad trips from Savannah to Warsaw and explains a central tiling channel with sand coating to drain surface water, plus gravel in ditches as needed.
A guide on pronouncing words with syllable breaks for several common terms. It also offers a home remedy for ringworm using yellow dock root soaked in pure cider vinegar and applied to the sore, noting it cures gradually.
The reader is instructed to render white tallow by frying it in a water bath, strain, then mix in camphor essence and perfume while warm. The scented liquid is poured into a toilet jar and cooled on ice overnight for use as a cosmetic fragrance.
A novel method suggests tying together shattered china pieces and boiling the articles for thirty minutes in milk. The claim states that firm alignment is essential for a successful repair, or the restoration may fail.
A common remedy is to draw a deep breath and sip water without exhaling. If this fails a teaspoon of sugar dissolved in strong vinegar may help. If still unresolved, ten to fifteen drops of choleroform in sweetened water can be taken every fifteen to twenty minutes for three or four doses.
Instructions describe stacking large heavy articles at the bottom and filling gaps with crushed newspapers to create elastic bundles. The method aims to prevent damage from pressure and ensure stability in storage or transport. It emphasizes using newspapers as packing material to cushion and stabilize bulky items.
Advice on treating bad breath suggests rinsing with water containing eight drops of concentrated chloride of soda each morning. If breath stems from the stomach, use strong laxatives until cured. For onion odor use parsley leaves dipped in vinegar. Wooden milk vessels stay moist with pure glycerin to stay sweet and usable again.
Instructions describe making a stain by dissolving pulverized asphaltum in turpentine kept warm and shaken until dissolved, then strained for brush application. It also explains cementing iron to wood by dropping a strong sal ammoniac solution into a prepared recess to form rust that secures the iron.
Instructions describe testing lime by touch and heat, thawing water pipes with a rolled newspaper torch, drying wet shoes using heated pebbles, and making paste from flour water boiling water sugar corrosive sublimate and oil of lavender.
Use cotton cloth or bed ticking and avoid wool. Line the construction with a layer of leather on the inside for durability. Secure edges and finish with a simple stitching pattern. Ensure the item is functional and neatly stitched for long wear.
Multiply the dollars by the days, strike the rightmost digit, then divide by thirty six to yield one percent. This value is then multiplied by the desired rate of interest to obtain the final figure.
A digest of major events: wrecks and deaths from a broken rail near Palmyra New York. attacks between John L Sullivan and Corbett. McKinley losses near $100000. Buffalo public building funds set at 2500000. miners killed by firedamp. Rockefeller bankruptcy actions. rail wrecks hurt and animals killed. whisky trust HQ fire. Dutch and British news include Styria explosion and fire in Manchester. canal tolls settled. cabinet changes. various trials, fires, and criminal cases. world events include Hawaii, Paris Behring arbitration banquet, and terror reports.
Five men including Dr John Overton and Dr John W Schaeffer of the United States signal service were arrested in Des Moines for body snatching. They were caught in the act of removing a corpse from a graveyard and taken to police headquarters after being driven there in a single hack. All but two confessed to the act. Will Send the Stove to the Fair. LAUREL Del Feb 24. While dredging for oysters William Parker hauled up an old stove encrusted with mud and oysters. The stove and its bivalve contents will be sent to the World’s Fair.
Atlanta February 24 Bank Examiner Williams arrives to assume control of Gate City National Bank as it remains closed through the defalcation scandal. Cashier Redwine’s loss is reported at about seventy thousand dollars, with latest developments confirming the deficit.
Knoxville dispatch reports a lynching at Jellico of Joe Payne for assaulting Miss Fannie Bell Cecil. Payne confessed and was hanged. a placard threatened further violence until 10 o'clock. About 5,000 people gathered as Miss Cecil cut the rope with a knife, smiling at the crowd. Len Tye, accused in a prior assault, is sought in West Virginia for imminent lynching.
In New York on February 27 a 14 year old boy posing as a successor to Detective Gardner of Dr. Parkhurst's society was jailed at Jefferson Market police court. Kemual Maurhofer of 112 Clinton Place confessed to an extortion swindle claiming proceeds would fund Parkhurst and Police Captain Haughey. Justin Voorhees delayed action due to youth, Maurhofer sent to Catholic protectory. Detectives pursue possible older accomplices.
In St Paul the Minnesota Shoe company buildings and adjoining property were destroyed by fire causing total losses estimated at 200000 dollars. One fireman was fatally injured when walls collapsed during efforts to fight the blaze.
The financier John W Mackay was shot in the back by a man named W C Ripps near the Lick House back court between Sutter and Post. Mackay survived and is recovering while Ripps, who shot himself, is expected to survive. Ripps blamed Mackay for his losses and expressed regret at not killing him.
A report notes the French infantry now totals 12,600 officers. A Japanese cruiser Yoshino was launched as the fastest afloat. European combat losses run 18 to 20 million per century, with similar figures in Asia and China. A German map shows troop stations readily movable to France. France tests telephones for warfare with two-man telephonist sets covering a mile.
A devotional poem praising a virtuous woman and her ideal husband. It extols purity, dignity, a quiet spirit, and moral courage. The speaker elevates character over ornament, envisioning a partnership rooted in honor, faith, and parental devotion.
A brief exhortation to cherish and openly express love for a valued friend before life ends. It urges saying kind words now so a friend feels warmth and appreciation, avoiding regret after departure or death.
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