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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1898
Page
4
A Florida shipmaster recalls teaching a private school in Milton on 1876, where a day of rough discipline left him fearing danger from the planter. He later receives a $50 reward note praising the lesson and warning against future mutinous youths.
The Italian tenor Marconi recalls visiting Rubinstein where the pianist’s son asked for a birthday present. Rubinstein improvised a left hand waltz while offering the right hand to Marconi, producing a remarkable performance noted by the observer.
Sir Clements Markham reports that Bar on Nordenskiold showed fresh water could be found by boring solid rock. He chose Swedish coastal islets as pilots and, after drilling, found sweet water within 100 feet. The surface rock blocked saltwater from mixing with the water in fissures.
The London Bankers' Clearing House marks 125 years since its founding as last year’s throughput approached 4 billion dollars. London’s daily banking volume averages about 125 million dollars.
Representative Sperry of Connecticut likely the final survivor among Monitor builders who fought the Merrimac. John Ericsson Cornelius Bushnell and John A Griswold organized the venture. Bushnell and Sperry bonded for 200000. The Monitor was privately owned, authorized by the government to build, with a government loan and bond for repayment if it failed. Sperry recalls the battle day as a defining moment, risking his entire fortune.
Canada tests a giant mobile kitchen car No. 1899 designed to feed up to 1,500 troops for ten days with a 2,500 gallon water tank and two long ranges. A cross country test on the Canadian Pacific railway will track capacity, operations, and logistics for potential wartime use.
The piece describes large dove baiting gatherings in the South with fields bordered by woods and abundant peas. Participants include owners, neighbors, and hunting enthusiasts, all enjoying a social event with gunfire, dogs, and cooking. Critics argue some hunts resemble wholesale slaughter while others favor fair chase.
Three English cyclists who left London in July 1896 have arrived in Shanghai after a 14 322 mile journey across Europe and Asia. They faced poor roads and carried their wheels on their backs while interviewing mandarins and missionaries and living on pork and rice. An officer led the way ensuring safety at military posts throughout the trip from upper Burma. The locals’ attempt to outdo them in cycling proved the riders' main challenge.
A whimsical note in the article mentions fashioning a small purse from an umbrella handle and reports a decision to build Pennsylvania’s new capitol from white marble quarried within the state.
The article argues that salt use should be modest and mostly optional. It notes excessive salt dulls taste, taxes the skin and kidneys during blood filtration, and now many cases of kidney derangement are linked to overuse. It adds that some omit salt entirely, but the wisdom of that is not debated here.
Windsor Castle displays Queen Victoria's private boudoir to a select few with the room unchanged since her widowhood. The door bears a tribute to Prince Albert from the twenty fourth year of her reign. The withered bridal wreath given by Albert rests in a glass case as emblem of his devotion.
The Bureau of Ethnology in Washington uses the graph phone to preserve Indian languages. A delegation of Native Hawaiians visited and recorded their language for preservation. One delegate created and performed a new song during the visit.
Senator Lindsay of Kentucky mused at the Hotel Wellington about spending freely on meals and music. He would hire a small orchestra and cigars at fifty dollars a hundred with occasional vocal pieces by African American singers, recalling a Mississippi riverboat performance of When the Watermelon Hangs Upon the Vine.
A retired showman recalls his circus days and relentless self promotion. He notes he never missed a chance to advertise and autograph cards but recalls a town where 400 autographs read Admit bearer, a moment he says proved he was briefly duped by school children.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as restoring liver and digestive function to cure malnutrition and boost blood, flesh, and energy. It cites a patient from Virginia praising weight gain after four months of illness and mentions a companion medicine called Favorite Prescription for male weakness and Pleasant Pellets for constipation.
In Chelsea and throughout King's Road, butchers confirm most beef sold as English or Scottish is American bred and raised. They note American beef ships well when fresh and properly cured, but contend true prime English roast or Scottish beef comes from America. Londoners and Parisians alike observe American beef in London is common yet blamed for poorer quality.
Maurice Fox, a native of Lusk Russia living in London’s East End, reportedly fasted for twenty years with a diet of six pints of milk, three pints of beer, and half a pound of Demerara sugar. He recovered after doctors prescribed this regimen at Konigsberg, though earlier treatments failed.
Complete list of maiden names of mothers of U S Presidents with associated presidents: Washington Mary Ball Adams Susanna Boylston Jefferson Jane Randolph Madison Nellie Conway Monroe Eliza Jones J Q Adams Abigail Smith Andrew Jackson Elizabeth Hutchinson Van Buren Maria Hoes Harrison Elizabeth Bassett Tyler Mary Armistead Polk Jane Knox Taylor Sarah Strother Fill more Phoebe Millard Pierce Anna Kendrick Buchanan Elizabeth Speer Lincoln Nancy Hanks Johnson Mary McDonough Grant Hannah Simpson Hayes Sophia Birchard Garfield Elizabeth Ballou Arthur Malvina Stone Cleveland Annie Neal Harrison Elizabeth Irwin McKinley Nancy Campbell Allison
The article notes Cleopatra and Elizabeth I had blue eyes, Frederick the Great wore blue eyes like polished steel, Nero used a gem lens for distant sight, and Mary Stuart showed slight misalignment. It highlights varied eye traits among rulers and the mythic aura around royal gazes.
A large berry operation two miles west of Van Buren Arkansas is described as the syndicate fruit farm likely the nation’s biggest strawberry plantation. It began with forty cleared acres, now has 175 acres in strawberries expected to yield 15,000 crates in the first season worth about 27300 dollars at last season’s prices for investors.
An 19th century notice describes a dental instrument using silver and zinc strips hinged at one end to rest on the tooth and gum. The device forms a small electric circuit claimed to act on the tooth nerve for pain relief.
A dense OCR of business and general merchandise listings arranged by township and borough. It lists names, occupations, and post offices for many sellers including groceries, meats, hardware, drugs, clothing, furniture, and general merchandise across Clarendon, Cherry Grove, Farmington, Freehold, Grand Valley, Kinzua, Mead, Glade, Sugar Grove, Pittsfield, and Sugar Grove townships and boroughs.
Practical farming notes cover cleaner milking by hand technique compared to finger pressure on the teat and a method for transplanting large trees involving root ball handling. Also includes winter protection for roses, using old sod, and soot as a fertilizer and insecticide for flowers.
Farmers often harvest trees from own lots or neighbors but those planted in open space struggle due to wide roots and heavy pruning. Nursery trees, with fibrous roots near the trunk, grow rapidly when planted in open ground, making them the preferable choice when available.
An experiment at Troyes shows tomato plants grafted onto potato stalks grow better than on their own roots while the potato beneath remains healthy and perhaps improved. The method may be crucial for European limited garden space and could be less impactful in American farming.
Bulletin 49 from West Virginia experiment station states that drilling beans yields nearly double the output of hill plantings. Bush lima beans need less space and may produce more per acre than pole limas, especially toward the northern edge of pole lima cultivation. The bush lima limit is expected to lie much further north.
Instructions suggest making crates from cheap materials like plaster lath or split box strips. Use a bushel size for convenience, with inch thick ends and bottoms, nailed with 10d nails. Sides from discarded store boxes, block nailed on ends to lift, and boxes can be entirely from leftover packaging to cut costs.
The article notes cattle farmers and feeders are less nervous about the future and not forced to sell by short term downturns. Dealers nationwide report the strongest market sentiment in years among cattle traders. It also mentions a Philadelphia collector with blotting paper pieces bearing reversed presidential signatures from Harrison to Garfield, including Lincoln’s last official letter signed before his assassination.
An English guide suggests orange juice rubbed on black shoes or boots to shine like a looking glass. For tan shoes the inside of a banana skin is used, rubbed on and wiped off with a cloth for a brisk, thorough shine.
Patent leather shoes require regular care and should not be polished with blacking. Clean with a damp sponge, dry with a soft cloth, and occasionally apply a little was oil or sweet oil. Do not expose them to cold weather without warming first to prevent cracking.
A fragmented timetable for the Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad lists stations such as Dunkirk Fredonia Lily Dale Cassadais Sinclairville Falconer Fentonville and Syracuse with arrival and departure times across north and south routes. The OCR captures daily sun listings and various am and pm markers alongside scattered numbers.
Train 5 departs Dunkirk 3 20 pm with stops at Falconer 4 43, Warren 5 35 and reaches Titusville 6 55 pm. Train 2 morning and Train 4 afternoon provide connections with N L E W Ky at Falconer Junction for all eastern points. Officials named Moon Parry Daniels announce schedules.
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