07 Mar 1857
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1857
Page
1
A village tale recounts a rich man who praised generosity yet refused to repay gifts of pork. The butcher helps him fake a stolen pig, prompting villagers to believe the lie, while the ostentatious resident feigns shock and keeps his own meat.
In the Warren Mail dated March 2 1857 a verse asks who Glendeen is and describes a young woman as a raven haired modest beauty with blue eyes and a gentle spirit. The poem praises her charm while noting she is from out of town and unnamed.
A reflective poem of memory and longing set among pine trees and a distant loved one. The speaker recalls a motherly calm, the ghostly phantoms at the pines, and a failed reunion as night deepens. Hope and sorrow mingle as the pine voice promises eventual release.
A fatherless boy rises from a country store to captain his own cargoes while aiding his mother, contrasted with a man who earns wealth by honest commerce. The piece argues perseverance, diligent work, and loving one’s calling drive lasting success more than birth or fortune. It also shares a snake anecdote and a moral on marriage for love over money.
A two day riot among twelve Irish laborers at the Bergen tunnel in Jersey City erupts after payroll celebrations. Four shanties burn, fire companies and military units quell the clash, about fifty arrested, seven mortally wounded, many battered beyond recognition.
A 14 year old heiress with $250000 wealth elopes with a 31 year old known Fifth Avenue figure. The wedding was arranged without her parents, but a seminary principal confined the bride, who escaped and married on the15th at a fashionable uptown church. The couple then left for Washington for a Southern honeymoon.
Channing argues that true dignity comes from the soul's growth and energy, not social rank or possessions. A person rises by exercising higher principles, not by force or outward status, and only through self-directed effort can one reach noble thought and action.
Frances Tomkinson of Ottawa Michigan suffered a broken leg that poorly healed forming a wound. After six years of failure he used Holloway’s Ointment and Pills for nine weeks and the leg became sound, astonishing onlookers.
The article states the value of property held by the Mexican clergy amounts to 150 million dollars, highlighting the assets involved in church holdings within the country.
A critical reassessment applauds Professor Holloway for transforming medical practice by cleansing the blood and treating disease. The piece contrasts his celebrated system with past methods, praising his pills and ointment while noting public trust and global fame. A humorous druggist anecdote and a carpet auction excerpt follow.
In Louisville Kentucky on Monday a divorce was granted to a gentleman named Collier aged eighty.
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