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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1887
Page
4
A Boston Journal summary notes that modern servant quarters are now more homelike and well kept, with housekeepers urged to teach daily order, bed care, and open doors. It cites Good Housekeeping advice, recounts a Canadian‑French maid who slept on the floor, and discusses dresses and rules to improve servants' manners and refinement.
A historical sketch describes Peter I of Russia hosting a mixed assembly at banquets where shipwrights and artisans sat beside generals and priests. Dinners featured coarse attire, excess drinking, and violent revelry, with the old aristocracy systematically excluded and lowered in status to emphasize the czar’s favored nobility.
A centuries old story from China describes a prime minister who devises a pecuniary scheme to solve royal funding problems. The tale claims deer skin used in court rituals became a primitive form of money, leading to the idea of tank notes.
The ad claims the salve cures cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and even piles. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded and lists 25 cents per box with A. W. Morck as the seller.
A vivid reminiscence recalls Col Delany of Virginia as a Washington notable of Jackson's era who traveled in a coach and four and later died in a Baltimore private asylum. The piece then recounts Calhoun and Forsyth debating Whig and Tory labels, and Forsyth’s quip about a political punch bowl. It also highlights George Washington as a boy, noting his disciplined rules and athletic prowess, from Youth's Companion.
A reflective proverb compares a gentle heart to ripe fruit that bends and is easily plucked by all, while a harder heart stays out of reach.
A Western choir features tenor Coffin, noted for his unique stage presence. The remark plays on the surname and the performer’s consistent singing role within the group.
An anecdote from the 1861 Bull Run aftermath recalls Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State Seward visiting Gen McDowell’s three months’ troops. Lincoln shook hands along a long line urging enlistment, a moment praised as fitting restraint between the sublime and the ridiculous.
A Chicago Mail quote discusses how rich girls face poor odds for first rate husbands as wealthy fathers leave large fortunes but many suitors lack status. The essay notes even three heiresses with $500,000 each end up widowed and unmarried, arguing men fear marrying above their station. The piece cites tramp chief Turtramp and Shakespeare to underline social dynamics.
Mrs Phoebe Chesley Peterson Clay County Iowa aged 73 credits Electric Bitters with curing long kidney trouble and lameness. she now dresses herself and does housework and praises the remedy. Available for 50 cents at A W Morck's Drug Store.
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