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Warren Mail

Location

Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1885

Page

4

Timber use and building methods in northern Mexico

United States Consul Winslow reports timber in northern and central Mexico is scarce and mesquite dominates. Long lumber is needed for rails, bridges, and heavy doors, but houses use adobe and stone floors. pine and cypress boards and other sawmill products are anticipated for shipment to Mexico along rail routes. Also notes wintering wake-us woodpeckers at Fairview reservoir and a bluebird incident in stove pipe.

United States Winslow Guerrero Mexico Mexican Central National Fairview Res Voir Fairview Reservoir Tenie Rs Norwich Bulletin

British Africa Maps a World of Empire and Rivalry

London Letter notes Britain controls 292000 square miles in Africa with about 3 million people including the Cape and Niger Delta. Germany has carved a coastal strip near the Cape, creating a Cameroon border split with Britain. French and German moves push toward Timbuktu Bamako and St Louis outposts as Stanley notes Africa’s future commerce frontier.

England Africa Pondoland Cape of Good Hope Amiens Orange River Gold Coast Ashantee Sea Sierra Leone Liberia Niger Cameroon Bismarck Dr. Nachtigal Cape Colony Mamayum Damara Timbuctu Timbuctoo St. Louis Bamako Stanley London Philadelphia Telegraph

No Lodge Nonsense Aimed at Husband Ends in Alimony

Mrs Alexander Harvey of Gloucester New Jersey devised croton oil pranks to keep her husband home from his lodge. He suffered eruptions from the inflamed fabric causing pain and anger. After twelve months a separation followed and the husband sought alimony as public details emerged. The incident attracts wide amusement as a notable case.

Alexander Harvey Gloucester N. J

Electricity at the Corner Grocery in 1900

A Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph item imagines a boy delivering a quart of electricity to a corner grocery. The grocer jokes about Johnson’s “tricity” and sells the boy a quart with a roan of raisins as a playful prepare for the washer and wringer.

Johnson Littsburg Chronicle-Telegraph

Humanity content to accept the inevitable in daily life

A reflective note from the Indianapolis Journal on human nature. It argues people tolerate limits and strive to cope with modest means while nurturing vast, illimitable hopes.

Indianapolis Journal

Yakut Family Shares One Pipe Among Guests

A family in Yakut tradition passes a single pipe among all members and visitors, each taking a turn to smoke in sequence, reflecting communal ritual and hospitality.

Lincoln at Springfield Campaign Speech and Lightning Rod Reputation

In 1836 Lincoln spoke at a public forum in Springfield during a county seat campaign. George Forquer defended Democrats, mocking Lincoln's youth. Lincoln rebutted with a sharp retort about a lightning rod protecting a guilty conscience, a symbol that haunted Forquer’s image among old settlers.

Lincoln Springfield George Forquer Forquer Salem Sender Sang

Cathedral of Christ the Savior Described in Gold

A description of Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior details a ten million dollar, sixty year project begun after Napoleon's defeat in 1812. It notes five gilded copper domes, marble exterior, exquisite interior decoration, and a Greek cross layout that can hold ten thousand worshipers.

Moscow St. Savior’s Russia Napoleon Bonaparte Alexander I Europe Galignani

Regulation urged to protect pine timber and future supply

The St Paul Pioneer Press stresses the large value of lumber interests and warns that without strong actions to regulate pine cutting and to allow young trees to grow, the industry could decay within a generation.

St. Paul Pioneer Press

Mansion scheme blows up in Brooklyn wedding tale

A Brooklyn salesman earning 3000 a year pretends wealth to impress a Chicago merchant. He rents a luxury mansion for a six month ruse, hosts a grand wedding for his daughter to a Chicago heir, and loses nearly all his savings while the couple plans life in a Chicago home. The bride marries well, but the mansion lease ends and the man returns to his boarding house job.

Brooklyn Broadway Bridgehampton L. L Chicago N. Y Indianapolis News

Wrecks of Club Life in New York City

A writer contrasts New York club life with English excess, recounting a broken man who bought a British lieutenancy, gambled to keep status, and drained funds through costly presents, a divorce, and an eventual broom sweeping in Broadway stores, ending with a rueful note on ambitions.

New York England Stock Exchange New York City Broadway Gath

Woman Who Silenced All But Family After Father’s Death

The Lancaster New Era reports Mrs. George W. Sensenich of Beartown died suddenly while her daughter, who for 25 years spoke only to her mother and two sisters, had not spoken to anyone else. The daughter, about 30, avoided men, attended church, and smiled when spoken to, while never reciting lessons. She spoke to several after her mother’s death, and the case has become an eastern Lancaster County talk.

Lancaster George W. Sensenich Beartown Sensenich Downingtown East Earl and Caernarvon Elizabeth Kurtz Lydia James Emery Salisbury Harriet Levan Wenger Bareville Emma Bridgeville John C. Eno Second National Bank New York St. Louis Street St. Louis John C.’s Eno R. R. Dobell Quebec England Dobell David McPherson Senate Beauvoir Wood St. Louis Road St. Lawrence J. M. Lemoine Francis Parkman Boston John C Merchant’s Club St. Rock Garrison Club Merchants’ Club Dime Museum New York World

Portrait of Mr John Habberton Author of Helen's Babies

The description portrays John Habberton as slight in build and stature with a small mustache and long jet curls. His mild eye sometimes sharp, and as editor of the New York Telegram he sits at a rough desk cluttered with odds and ends including a wrecked train relic and an antique bronze paper weight.

John Habberton New York Telegram

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