A Man Of Quiet Wealth And Simple Duty
A portrait of a man who avoided craving status and wealth. He lived on a modest competence, felt no debt to the world, and allowed the years to drift by without seeking public glory.
16 Mar 1899
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1899
Page
1
A portrait of a man who avoided craving status and wealth. He lived on a modest competence, felt no debt to the world, and allowed the years to drift by without seeking public glory.
A verse celebrates a light hearted friend who enjoys life as days pass. It urges living in the moment, recalling that joy often comes after trials and memories outlast fame. The poem champions cheerful nature, avoiding gloom and sorrow.
A reflective piece on how life’s journeys reveal wounds not from strangers but from the ones closest to us. The author laments that although the world feels square with many corners, the deepest hurts come from loved ones during travel toward the west.
Rev. Dr. T De Witt Talmage, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Washington for nearly four years, resigns citing increasing religious journalism duties and calls for broader work. He plans to remain in the city and devote most time to literary pursuits.
The Navy received word from Portland that remains found in a chair near Santiago are of a Spanish seaman, not Villamil. An engineer aboard the Gloucester said he helped care for Spanish sailors from the sinking Pluton, and one died en route to shore, his body left in a chair. Officials suspect Villamil’s body lies at the sea bottom.
Hamilton S. White president of the Syracuse board of fire commissioners and third assistant chief died of heart disease caused by smoke and excitement at a downtown city fire.
Weather conditions bring steady rain from San Francisco to San Luis Obispo halting drought concerns. Rainfall reaches far south as the weather bureau notes and officials say the needed precipitation helps agriculture and reservoirs statewide.
New York March 14 money on call 34% per cent prime mercantile paper 34 4% per cent Sterling exchange actual business bankers bills at 4.8544 4.854% for demand and 4.834 4.838% for 60 days posted rates 4.8444 4.87 commercial bills 4.8214 4.83 silver certificates 5914 60%4c bar silver 59%c Mexican dollars 47%4c
The market reports varied prices for flour types with winter patents at 3.65 to 3.90 dollars and Minnesota patents at 3.80 to 4.10 dollars. Rye and cornmeal show ranges, while oats and barley list several grades. Butter and cheese values are noted, alongside eggs and pork.
Buffalo market reports show grain prices for wheat corn oats rye and flour with varied grades and prices. East Buffalo stock numbers list cattle sheep and hog ranges, including export steers and spring lambs with price brackets.
No. 1 timothy per ton shown at 9.50 to 10.00 dollars, No. 2 timothy 8.50 to 9.00, baled hay 9.50 to 10.00, baled straw 6.00 to 7.00, bundled rye 10 to 12 dollars.
A digest of global events notes ongoing skirmishes around Manila with no clear advantage. Reports cover politics in Nebraska, Pan-American expo directors, Cuban debt payments, Kipling, Fashoda, Sino-British tensions, and various disasters, fires, and arrests. The bulletin also includes maritime movements, military reinforcements, and notable deaths and society notices.
Quote from Washington Star notes a German emperor's friend pressing for action and the reply that a single warship in Manila Bay suffices to convey willingness to stir trouble, highlighting rising wartime tension.
A temperance talk by Wm. K. Fisher urges personal self mastery over alcohol, citing Daniel and Scriptural lessons. It emphasizes resisting saloons, upholding the Christian Endeavor pledge, and relying on God’s strength to overcome temptation and attain eternal reward.
A fanciful notice describes a mysterious black lake near a volcanic area in Southern California. The lake’s ink like fluid dyes fabrics, resists water, and remains enigmatic in origin. It also touts a German patent for solid alcohol chunks in cans, a portable, explosion free fuel for cooking, lighting and heating.
In Geneva a substitute for the postman uses a box to drop letters into an electric bell and floor bell. The system activates a hydraulic lift that raises the mail to the recipient on the floor and returns for the next item.
Wm. K. Fisher presents a temperance lesson urging Epworth Leaguers and Methodists to support strong church-led action against the liquor trade. The piece stresses the church’s stance that the saloon is evil, advocates prohibition, and calls for unwavering effort, self mastery, and unity in the fight against alcohol.
The piece recounts Elisha aiding a struggling school near Jericho by rescuing a borrowed axe head from the river. It then shifts to Elisha thwarting the Syrian king by spiritual vision, where his servant sees heavenly hosts on the mountains. The devotional ends urging believers to open their eyes to reveal God’s hidden workings in nature and faith.
A party game called a literary salad involves writing famous poetry lines on slips folded in a salad bowl. Players draw a slip, read the line aloud, and guess the author. If wrong, the drawer pays a small fine, typically one cent and sometimes five cents, with reference books handy for disputes.
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