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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1901
Page
7
A poem by Mrs. Lillias C. Nevin in the New York Observer recalls a boy’s promises to be good. He recounts misdeeds at school and home including hiding a book, breaking a rule, fighting a classmate, and running from cows, yet expresses remorse and doubt that boys can always be good.
An article outlines how hens balance yolk and white, choose nests by season, and brood with careful egg management. It details incubation timelines from 21 days to hatching, egg turning, heat needs, shell breaking, and how many eggs a hen can lay and brood over years.
Cleveland Moffett recounts Robert Merrill alias Steeple Bob climbing New York Trinity church spire. Merrill describes gripping corbels and a four foot top stone ball, claiming the ascent was easy for a fit man, while the tower trembles with every street and train rumble.
A western inventor describes a machine to cut a tub of butter into uniform one or two pound bricks for wholesale and retail use. The frame and vertical wire framework slice the butter in stages, producing evenly sized blocks with adjustable weights and a mold to create bricks. The piece notes density differences may affect actual weight.
Letters from women claim Peruna cures catarrh and improves health after doctors fail. Miss Katie Klein of St. Louis and Miss Anna Prescott of Minneapolis recount strong relief from catarrh, stomach issues, and nervous fatigue. The ad promotes Peruna as a universal remedy, linking catarrh to digestion and nervous weakness with testimonials to encourage trial.
A child notes water's ubiquity from rain to brine and holy water. He recalls family scenes with rubber boots, onions causing tears, and a big eel caught by his father. He praises water for saving drowning and quenching fires as he watches firefighters at work. The piece ends with a nod to a flood.
A playful scene shows three year old Clara watching a teakettle puff steam as its lid rises and falls and she blurts out that the kettle has asthma. The moment blends domestic curiosity with a child’s imaginative interpretation.
National Good Roads association and Illinois Central Railroad plan a seven week education oriented road building trip. A special train with engineers machines and operators will travel from Chicago to New Orleans creating dirt gravel and macadam test sections at 15 to 20 focal points. Communities will provide labor teams and materials while officials hold conventions to promote drainage and ongoing highway improvement.
The article warns of deadly germs hidden by winter snow and awakened by spring sun. It promotes Dr Greene's Nervara blood and nerve remedy as a preventive booster, citing Sheriff Jonas T. Stevens of Hyde Park Vermont who reports relief from a severe arm humor and itching, with address for further contact.
Pure jelly mixes dissolve in hot water and cool to set. Available at grocers in six flavors plus an unflavored calffoot for wine and coffee jellies.
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