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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1887
Page
4
The article explains how horn from Australia, South America, and buffalo is transformed into combs. It covers cutting, heating, pressing, splitting, tooth formation by circular saws, a second dovetailing method, thinning, and beveling, followed by dyeing, staining, and final polishing to imitate tortoise shell.
A boiler explodes due to inability to withstand operating pressure. Causes include bad design, poor workmanship, bad material, excessive pressure, overheating from low water, and scale buildup. With proper design and skilled management, boiler explosions would be rare.
The Philadelphia Ledger laments the romantic idea that every magazine has Washington Irving and Longfellow among its essayists and poets. It argues the notion of poets at rustic homesteads is a sentimental fantasy and that outsiders see it as a lamentable comedy.
Fairxixs spots a trunk on the street with the sign This size for ¢10. Flipkins agrees. Exrav Burnier, the learned blacksmith, claims knowledge of many European languages and most Asian tongues.
A biographer notes Napoleon era style and Skobeleff’s battle attire as evidence that dress boosts self confidence. The piece argues character and wardrobe influence each other, with class, clergy, Quaker garb, and African tribes cited to show morality and clothes are not tightly linked.
A discussion notes rigid legal limits on election spending in England Ireland and Scotland with per elector caps and additional charges for excess electors. It contrasts Tory Whig financial power with Radical and Home Rule groups and cites varied regional allowances. A quirky aside mentions a man who can drink three gallons of buttermilk and a poor newlyweds household lacking crockery.
A Detroit Free Press vignette portrays Aunt Polly the voodoo woman living in a dilapidated hut by a dark stream. A young plantation worker, spooked yet curious, visits at midnight seeking conjuring help and pays with money for a potion to charm a girl.
The 1811 born Siamese twins died January 17 1874 and were physiologically distinct with limited shared circulation. Postmortem showed four peritoneal pouches, liver connections, and a likely fatal separation attempt. Nancy Bryan of Trap Hill NC recalls their marriage to David Yates’ daughters, large extended families, and the community's view. Their bodies were examined in Philadelphia then returned home near Mt Airy and buried. Local anecdotes note family size, church ties, and a curious note about a naturalist’s wife wearing a stuffed bobolink.
A. W. Morck’s drug store reports a trade surge from giving away free trial bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung diseases. The ad claims it cures coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and throat and lung ailments with a free trial bottle available before purchase. Large bottles cost $1 and every bottle is warranted.
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