04 Mar 1871
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1871
Page
1
A humorous verse in which a narrator dismisses the reliability of news from distant sources and mocks how reports travel through cables from Rome to New York. Farmer Brown tests a cable on a fence and chair rocker, failing to hear any transmission, while lampooning sensational sea yarns and daily fresh news.
In a New York society tale, Glennie Merrills, a gifted kitchen girl, inspires vanity and envy among Ada Grey, Lena Clifton, and Gracie Douglass. As Zulienne, the mysterious poetess, she captivates editors and peers, ending with Lionel Grey proving true devotion and Glennie’s ascent to bride in a grand Clinton Grey reception.
Excerpts from Andrew Sherburne's memoranda recount the Continental ship Ranger of eighteen guns built in Portsmouth in 1777. The 1779 voyage with Thomas Simpson, encounters with a vast convoy, captures of the Holderness and another ship, near-miraculous escapes, and return to Boston show the peril and bustle of naval service in the war.
Scene centers on Glennie Merrills as she accepts praise and affection from Gracie Rose Clifford Lena and Georgie. Zulienne questions forgiveness for Glennie while Glennie contemplates fame and the ache of longing noting fame cannot satisfy and love remains supreme.
Ada confirms her sister Zulieme as Lionel's bride in a celebrated nuptial scene. Glennie Grey asks to be called by her first name and receives public praise from Mrs. Grey. Lionel admires Glennie for her bold nature and noble spirit despite family memories of past scorn.
The Troy Press reports Waterford and Lansingburgh residents will form a force to exterminate surplus island cats that have multiplied after living in the woods and become fierce.
A Wood’s Household Magazine writer argues that proper behavior begins at home and shapes all social conduct. True manners grow from love and patience, not empty politeness, and cannot be faked for special occasions.
The Public Printing Office in Washington is to be connected with the Capitol by pneumatic tube to carry messages and proofs. The plan envisions a rapid system for internal communications and document transport.
A collage of humorous clippings notes a Maine doctor paying 13000 for a misset leg, quips about hair and babies, eccentric travelers, and oddities from Newport to Indiana. It cites obliquely on Madame Mehemet Ali, a mute woman’s recovery, a clairvoyant ad, hulls of driftwood dining on hunger, and stray anecdotes from newspapers nationwide.
The piece outlines a vast junk economy in New England with cotton waste woolen rags iron and paper stock flowing to mills. It notes millions in foreign and domestic stock and substantial weekly consumption by Kingsley Iron and Machine Co Old Colony and Ames shovel firms.
Stenographic reporting by machinery is proposed as a new aid. A steno graphic system may transcribe spoken words by keys on paper, enabling reporters to follow fluent speakers after months of practice. A condensing device is hoped to shorten speeches for newspapers.
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