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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1871
Page
4
A Troy Times inspired portrait of railroad workers notes a distinct craft culture. It details brakemen pay and duties, the authority of conductors, risks and temptations, and the strict obedience that governs life on the rails, with anecdotes of discipline and respect.
A dated admonition guides girls to seek husbands by small, practical signs. It links tidy habits, consideration for others, and temperate behavior to good domestic outcome, while warning against brutish traits and selfishness. The piece ends praising patient men who prefer prudent, homebound lives.
Two West Virginia lawmakers rode in sleeping cars to Grafton crowded and shared a berth. A lean man claimed ownership of the bed while the fat man snored. An old woman sought a place to sleep and was misled by the lean man claiming to sleep with his boy. The boy proved to be a measure of the lean man’s position as a legislator. The scene ended with a swoon and a pledge to impeach the lean one.
During a 1814 campaign General Scott used gray cloth due to a blockade, ordering Philadelphia gray material be made into uniforms for his troops who marched to Niagara on July 4. The British commander’s contempt turned to respect at Chippewa, and the gray uniforms inspired the Military Academy cadet dress thereafter.
A sermon-like reflection extols spiritual riches forged by faith not craft. It contrasts material skill with inner virtues and divine insight granted to the "babes" of faith, noting the wise may miss eternal truths while celestial witnesses observe the humble seeker.
An Elmira schoolboy recounts a printing office process from headman drafting the paper to printers arranging types folding and selling the finished sheets. He describes creating the paper on square slips placing words in boxes feeding them to a machine and watching types print then the folded papers are sold.
Dr. Nicholson discusses a young man with only two thirds of a lung after a Shiloh gunshot. The ball lodged in the lung top, left lung lost, right lung partially removed. Attending surgeons included Dr. Guild of Tuscaloosa. The patient recovered, married, and had children.
A strong booster explains the California Vinegar Bitters from Dr Walkers as a health remedy after a year in Texas trade. The writer claims the medicine treats stomach irregularities and liver sluggishness, improves appetite and digestion, and enhances overall vitality. He urges reading R H McDonald & Co. advertisement for potential benefits to many.
Provisions show pork firmer but quiet with April and May barrels. Beef steady with prime mess and India mess prices noted. Grains mix of gains and steady levels. Hogs, lard, butter, cheese, and oils listed with varied demand. Cotton and spices move, spirits turpentine dull, rosin steady, petroleum weak. Live stock opens stronger for cattle, sheep soft, city hogs firmer.
A Oswego youth in disguise as Satan enters a masquerade party by mistake. An elderly father cries out for Maria to save the children and flees through the back door with Maria and the youngsters.
Tur GALAXy March 1871 includes the seventeenth chapter of Lady Judith, a serio comic essay on one legged men, and an article about bears. Other items discuss higher education in America, San Domingo annexation, England in June, stories told in letters, and should we visit her. Poetry and drift wood and scientific miscellany promise interest.
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