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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1859
Page
1
A compact review contrasts a humble Christian’s silent virtue with a detailed obituary of William H Prescott. It outlines Prescott’s methodical study routine, extensive library, and writing process for Philip the Second, including his mechanical aids for impaired vision.
The text notes a man paying his note of hand as meeting responsibilities. It adds a remark about potential justification for a second marriage to avoid having more than one mother in law.
A traveler in western New York recounts a brutal night in a log cabin where a wary woman shelters him from her hunting kin. He escapes by leaping from the roof into a wolf trap and survives a harrowing trek, aided only when a wolf’s tail enters the bung hole. The tale ties to fugitive slave era imagery and media satire, noting a future continuation in the New York Ledger and reflecting on the era’s laws and theater incidents.
An aged nurse Sarah Humphries recalls Dr. Franklin’s death and a mantlepiece portrait of Jesus in his room. The piece links Franklin’s kindness to a moral reflection, then shifts to a Washington Journal of Commerce note on Cuba and a social musing on jealousy and marriage.
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