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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1899
Page
4
The article describes how Porto Ricans use a soap plant and coconut oil lye to form lather. It notes locals shave with a glass shard mirror improvised from a broken bottle, using water from mountain pools and a donkey tail brush, with rare cuts and no concern for mirrors.
A post office inspector recalls a fugitive caught by a stamp habit. The man who stamped letters crosswise to leave a triangle was tracked from a Georgia town to Chattanooga, where investigators connected the mail to his wife. The suspect, now exposed, may stamp letters straight.
A foreign invention introduces safety paper for banking use featuring multiple line sets, some indelible and some delible. The fine alternating marks appear as a single color to the naked eye, while indelible lines in a complementary color resist erasure or chemical action, making alterations detectable.
Swedes bake their rye bread only two to three times a year and it lasts a week or more. The bread is made not in loaves but in flat cakes about dinner-plate size with a large hole in the middle.
The article describes how ordinary and sea birds react to powerful storms. Birds seek shelter as hurricanes approach while gulls terns and petrels navigate the upper air during tropical disturbances. They struggle against the wind using rising and falling flight and quick changes in direction to escape the storm's path.
The Germans have adopted a non freez ing water pipe using a narrow elastic insert inside an iron conduit. When water freezes the insert compresses, allowing expansion during thaw, preventing pipe bursts. An outer tin or lead covering prevents taste or odor transfer to the water. Tests show such pipes withstood 40 degrees Celsius without bursting while standard pipes failed.
An essay argues for joint, transparent money management between spouses. It contends women can manage finances if trusted and educated, contrasts training gaps with outcomes, and warns that secrecy or control harms marriage. It notes money matters fuel domestic tension and hinder female independence. By N. S. Stowell.
The illustration details four corsages with a mousseline de soie front embroidered in an irregular undulated pattern cut from vulture or meshed to span glea with steel beads or jet and dyed with spangles. The undulated G
A country house staircase features a china jar affixed to the newel post using scrolls of bent iron, creating a charming decorative finish for the banister.
Lord Charles Beresford warns torpedo boat duty wrecks mind and body after a year of service. British regulations grant only one week off per month of duty, highlighting severe strain. Austria aims to ease this burden with a tested, allegedly pleasanter design shown on the Thames compared with British boats.
The German emperor earns about 750000 pounds a year while the empress dresses frugally. Clothes are mended in the workroom and even outgrown garments are cut up for younger children. Six of seven children are boys.
A Portsmouth boiler explosion aboard the Melpomene prompts terse telegraph copy. The editor pressures reporters to rush a boiled down extra with stark phrasing and minimal details.
A three mile west of Cedar Bayou well in Harris County Texas known as the Singing Well emits wind driven musical noises that rise and fall with the wind. The 60 foot deep spring has drawn curious locals since its creation and was partially filled to quiet it but remains active with peculiar audible effects.
The piece recounts Rev. B Fay Mills describing a hunter who used a fawn whistle to lure deer. A mother deer hesitates, trembles, and the hunter declines to shoot. It notes deer approach unarmed travelers and warns that exploiting such trust borders on murder.
Rats gnaw through paraffined paper insulation on underground telephone and telegraph cables in St Louis. They uncover copper wires by biting away lead casings, causing outages and costing the company from dollars to hundreds per incident. Telephone men seek methods to stop the depredations.
A reflection on workers who keep steady pace and methodical focus. The text argues calm, unhurried effort yields better results, with each task done well before moving to the next. It emphasizes deliberate, single tasks, which overall speed success.
A spider wove a web around a pendulum and after multiple failures finally halted an old clock at Nantucket.
A German swindler case shows Luther's 350 year old ink remains legible. Court evidence demonstrates that forged autographs could be copied from the enduring markings and signatures.
An English writer and long time student of criminal anthropology argues that large voluminous ears are the most marked characteristic of the criminal, a claim made after fifteen years of study.
The English language now contains more than 250000 words, a figure cited as exceeding the combined totals of German French Spanish and Italian. Authorities note the expansion reflects ongoing linguistic growth and dictionary updates.
Statisticians note that over 1,000,000 English speaking men use wooden legs. This drives a large trade in artificial limbs of the period.
Native hunters in Africa earn between 15 and 25 dollars for the hide of a full grown giraffe sought for whip and sandal making. The paragraph notes demand in local markets and the economic value of each hide.
A newspaper estimate places about two hundred thousand London families living on roughly one pound per week. The figure highlights severe poverty in the capital and suggests widespread deprivation in the urban poor and slum districts.
The text cites Cuvier noting an elephant has at least 40 000 trunk muscles, more than any creature, while humans total 527 muscles. This explains the trunk's great strength and delicate movements.
When a baby crocodile hatches it is already highly active. It immediately heads for water and, during the first hour of life, pursues prey with eagerness and agility.
The article explains diamonds are cut in three forms rose, brilliant, and table. The brilliant form is a double pyramid with the top truncated to create a large plane and a small opposite bottom plane.
The text explains letters of marque and reprisal served to commission private ships as war vessels starting in 1295 but notes that they are not permitted today.
A Bristol Pennsylvania veterinarian has successfully grafted an artificial ear onto a horse. The prosthetic ear matches the opposite ear and functions under the animal’s control.
A historic note claims gold can exist in soluble form and be deposited in river gravels, explaining large nuggets forming over ages. A Slavonic chemist named Zigmody demonstrates soluble gold from salts via formaldehyde and dialysis, causing precipitation in salt-rich solutions.
A North American fisher dominates as a large, long furred polecat living by waters, valued for its fish diet and fur exported to Europe. The mongoose shows boldness against cobras and other threats, while a fishing cat killed a leopard in a single encounter.
A diminutive minister, David Daw of Savoch Scotland, married Grace Wilson a taller lass. To sit with his wife on their first Sunday he invited a neighbor minister who, warned not to mention the marriage, faced a sermon text about grace from Ephesians.
A German patent covers a method of inscribing on glass with an aluminum point. The glass is moistened with vinegar and the drawing made, causing aluminum particles to adhere. When dry the silvered lines resist removal by friction, producing durable markings.
During official visits, the French President rides free on the railway. On return, the secretary tallies the regular fare he would have paid and the amount is distributed among the lowest paid railway workers.
The article notes Lancaster served as capital from September 27 to September 30, 1777 and lists Baltimore York Princeton Annapolis and New York as temporary seats. It states the government moved permanently from Philadelphia to Washington in 1800.
A woman fond of novel ties will enjoy candlesticks now made with vase pedestals. The taper holder rises from a small bowl suitable for flowers or ferns.
Researchers note that about six thousand stars are visible to the unaided eye while even the largest telescope reveals at least one hundred million stars. The contrast highlights the vast scale of the cosmos and the limits of human perception.
An underground city is described in Galicia, Austrian Poland, housing over 1000 residents. The population includes men women and children many of whom have never seen daylight.
The theatres of Paris present popular representations on select days with seats at a quarter or half the usual price. This promotional policy aims to attract larger audiences and encourage attendance across the city.
The British Museum houses a rich clay pipe collection dating to the sixteenth century. The practice of waxing pipes to stop sticking to lips began with Dutch influence around 1700.
The test requires gunpowder across all classes to propel the projectile at a muzzle velocity of 2000 feet per second and to keep chamber pressure at or below fifteen tons per square inch.
Elephants have eight teeth on each side two above and two below. Baby teeth shed around age fourteen and are replaced by a full set. This dental cycle continues as elephants mature.
Special correspondence from Philadelphia notes Pennsylvania will likely send a solid delegation to the next Republican National Convention in support of President McKinley. The Grant monument unveiling drew strong applause for McKinley, who has frequent ties to Philadelphia. Captain Coghlan and the Raleigh crew received warm praise from the president during his visit.
The article blends advice on Dr Pierce and female health with political talk on President McKinley and Senator Quay. It covers healing claims for local weakness and nerves, and then shifts to Republican party dynamics, seating prospects for Quay, and Maryland/Delaware political tensions, plus a Philadelphia quarantine physician appointment.
New York May 3 President Stillman of the City bank said the bank has accumulated sufficient exchange to cover the 20 million payment to Spain. About three quarters of the sum has been in Europe for days and he stated there will be no disturbance of the money market in carrying out this international business.
The April 1899 monthly statement shows receipts of 41,611,587 dollars, up about 8,600,000 from April 1898, while expenditures reached 65,949,105 dollars, 21,700,000 higher than last year, including a 20,000,000 dollar payment to Spain.
Washington reports that American manufacturers posted a record March export total of 36,025,733 dollars, up over 25 percent from any prior month and 50 percent above February 1899, according to the treasury bureau of statistics.
New York money market updates show money on call at 5 percent the prime mercantile paper at 34 4 percent. Sterling exchange actual business in bankers' bills at 4.87144 for demand and 4.838 for 60 days with posted rate 4.86. Commercial bills at 4.8514. Silver certificates 62 62 percent, bar silver 61 percent, Mexican dollars 48 cents.
A female instructor teaches juveniles about health and dangers of alcohol, tobacco, and tight lacing using anatomical charts. One student, Maggie, finally answers that tight lacing is injurious because it can twist ribs.
Prices for flour, cornmeal, rye, and wheat dominate the report with ranges for winter patents, Minnesota and New York buckwheat, oats, barley, hay, butter, cheese, eggs, and dairy products. Notable figures include No. 2 red wheat at 81 to 81 1/2 cents f.o.b. afloat and butter to 18 cents in certain grades.
A Detroit Journal item recounts a burglar cursing his luck as he flees, only to be sprayed by an automatic germicide device in a cellar window. The intruder is drenched and metaphorically cured of his malady as the device activates.
Buffalo markets report grain prices for No 1 hard and other wheat grades No 2 yellow corn No 2 white oats No 2 rye and spring and winter flour grades. Live stock sections list cattle prices by grade heavy and light, sheep and lambs values, and hogs by class with ranges for careful pricing.
In a courtroom exchange Snowbound Snowley accuses Foxy Feeney of carrying a saw and seeking work. Feeney replies he only wants food, noting he avoids yards and wood piles and flees jobs that pay him too little. The judge mediates the dispute.
A Detroit Free Press column quotes a palmist offering a fortune for one dollar, predicting the speaker would live many years and only gain sense to manage money much later. The exchange highlights superstition mixed with thrift.
No 1 timothy per ton 12.00 13.00 No 2 do 11.00 12.00 baled hay 10.1.00 oe straw 5.00 66.00 bundled rye 10.00 00
May 1 report from Little Falls New York notes cheese sales including 77 boxes large colored at 9 1 2 cents and 2 440 boxes small sizes at 9 cents, with a few packages of butter at 16 1 2 to 17 cents.
Utica New York May 1 at the Utica board of trade sales of cheese included 233 boxes of large cheese and 1550 boxes of small cheese all consigned. No sales and no butter on sale.
A dental warning links poor dentition to indigestion. Cavities cause food particles to foster fermentation in the stomach, producing belching, burning, and vomiting. Regular dental care includes examination and filling cavities and brushing teeth before and after meals.
The garbled text mentions a sequence involving Chinese pitchers from nine to seventeen, with unclear context and a trailing fragment about Foon bate. The readable parts indicate a numeric range and a potential reference to pitchers, but specifics are missing.
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