13 Mar 1889
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1889
Page
1
Flour grain and provision prices across Cleveland New York Chicago and Philadelphia show varied levels with monetary rates and bonds steady. Wheat corn oats pork and beef figures listed for multiple cities including Buffalo and Liberty with livestock noting steady cattle and weak sheep and hog markets.
A miscellany of verse and prose on love without friendship, social ambition, and travel lore. It recalls Ella Wheeler Wilcox on enduring love built on friendship and contrasts it with fragile utopianities, then lampoons a barber, a society-aspiring dame, and lists a procession of feminine names appreciating virtue and beauty across eras.
In 1785 a narrative about Baron Munchausen appeared under Raspe’s name, raising questions about authorship. The tale recounts a fake baron who married an heiress, told grand travels, and was later exposed and executed under the alias Scharrenschild. The piece discusses the impostor’s crimes, the mystery of his origins, and the origin of the Munchausen name.
The author argues English critics misjudge American literature and society, praising Mark Twain while American critics critique English tastes. He notes mutual misperceptions between England and America, conceding both sides fail to recognize true prophets in each nation as Murray's Magazine cites.
Analysis traces the doctrine of sympathy in ancient medicine and Rosicrucian belief, noting dietary charms and artifacts linked to memory, health, and affection. It cites wax effigies, hair symbolism, and alleged telegraph-like transfer, then contrasts with modern thought readers and Plato on dual souls in a London Standard commentary.
Prof Swing argues self education yields freedom to follow personal taste and natural gifts. He warns against rigid college paths, urging juniors to discover their strengths and tailor study to pursuit. If college is unavailable, self reliance remains the decisive factor for future success.
A New York manager recounts experiences with Anna Eva Fay and spiritualist entertainment. He explains how slips of paper with names and dates replaced blank slips, cabinet knots fooled audiences, and how flowers were feigned as levitating tricks. He praises Fay’s skill while revealing the stagecraft of past touring acts.
A eclectic set of short items noting a two year calendar theft causing £30000 loss, a Pittsburgh woman’s will misused yielding $130000 misallocation, a Lewiston invention to blind runaway horses, and anecdotes about life insurance with President Harrison. Also reports of a San Francisco corpse discovery, a clergyman marrying men, mail courtships, a brutal ox death, a New Rochelle infant death verdict, a typhoid scare in Victoria and a Denver hotel theft with a mouse caused accounting fix. Also an advertisement for Prof Loisette on memory training.
A snapshot of diverse items from Liberty Kentucky births to tariff talk, canal plans in France, a Philadelphia animal shelter leadership, West Bath girl making coats, and nobility fashion, with figures on Jews expelled from Russia, papal funds, and Japan education. The miscellany highlights social trends, infrastructure schemes, and notable personalities of the era.
A reflective snippet on choosing overcoats and wives, arguing indecision harms progress. It compares Roman and American standards, noting happiness comes from desires unmet. A self assured lady with noble birth and society upbringing embodies courtesy as the finest virtue.
Customers praise Baxter's Mandrake Bitters voiced by Morris and Mullea with a price of twenty-five cents per bottle.
The survey traces how terms like Bosna for butter substitutes and disrequibble reflect evolving language in trade and politics. It explains hoaxes, slang, and coined terms such as motorneer and racquet galop, linking etymology to daily life and culture across regions from London to Washington.
A country editor ends his financial review with a quip about circulation. Jokes contrast female eels, chiropodists in Chicago, and a distressed editor claiming the paper’s wide reach. Snippets feature remarks on ancestry, favorites, and a Montana welkin ring joke. Several Chicago marriages conclude a lighthearted item about names and unions.
A 47 inch circumference scarlet geranium leaf was gathered in Hanford California. Reports describe dewy vegetable leaves from transpired moisture. A Philippine wild flower reportedly spans a yard in diameter with oval creamy petals. Carrie Harrison of the Washington Agricultural Department found an old wella plant seldom seen in the U.S. A vigorous antipodean thistle root yields new plants when cut. The Paris Academy notes Colocasia vibrating movements up to 120 per minute. Scotland’s rare marsh plant of arrow-grasses appears extinct, while Methven Moor is swarmed by black headed gulls obliterating remaining vegetation.
A Shelby firm notes that Mrs. Luther Lutz suffered seven years from a severe illness. After three months of relentless coughing she took Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption and slept through the night after the first dose, claiming miraculous relief. A free trial bottle is offered at Morck Drug Store.
Advertising a patent medicine in the peculiar way in which the proprietor of Kemp's Balsam for Coughs and Colds does it is indeed wonderful. He authorizes all druggists to give those who call for it a sample bottle that they may try it before purchasing. The large Bottles are 50c and a $1.00. We certainly would advise a trial. It may save you from consumption.
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