06 May 1871
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1871
Page
1
A lyric on early spring birds and thaw, contrasting warm noon light with lingering frost. The speaker notes bluebird, warbler-like songs, and crocus peeping near the housewife’s door as winter reluctantly yields to green. Winter’s east wind and snow threaten yet promise a tint of green to come.
Aunt Jerusha Wiggins, a wealthy New England widow, idolizes her crinoline as her pride while a meddling watch misfortune and two rough thieves test her fate. Her loyal suitor Peleg Brent helps search for the stolen jewels as she faces social gossip and near disaster, ending with a romance and marriage.
A young Richmond woman recognizes her former lover William Wirt while he lies drunk in the street. She covers his face with her handkerchief, leaving his initials visible. He vows reform, keeps it, and marries the handkerchief’s owner amid a tale of vice and virtue. Europe spends 100000000 a year for education science and art.
The New York correspondent of the Boston Courier reports many well-to-do families in the city lack true home life. They fund costly hotels or boarding houses, paying up to 150 dollars yearly, while husbands work downtown and wives seek social freedom and flirtations, causing scandals.
A party describes a mud volcano on a hill slope near pines with a thirty foot crater. Steam jets erupt every five seconds and shake the ground. one man, Hedges, falls from the crater rim while near the rim. The account appears in Scribner's for May. The San Francisco sheriff escorts a jury to a theater after hours.
An 19th century Royal Society discussion outlines average brain weights by race and region. English averages reach about 47.50 ounces, with French 44.58 and German 42.83, while Asiatic and African groups show lower means. The study notes variation among observers and highlights European dominance in overall brain weight.
Scribner’s for May argues that the earth may be a molten mass with a crust about fifty miles thick and a center rich in metals like gold and platinum. Professor David Forbes of England is cited as supporting the molten core idea, noting iron-rich fragments from aerolites bolster the theory.
In Quincy Illinois the county jail prisoners were driven to the polls by the Sheriff and allowed to vote upon his demand, sparking intense local excitement.
A Detroit Free Press report recalls a Grand Trunk Junction incident where three Salt Lake City wives of Mormon elder Coleman seized control, resisting his plan to continue, and steering toward safety in Detroit. Passengers intervened as the quartet pursued independence and new housing options.
The essay urges steady effort and focused purpose in any occupation. It warns that half the world’s work is wasted in aimless, undirected labor and encourages young men to pursue a clear calling with energetic progress. It stresses advancing step by step, never reverting to inactivity.
Wisconsin is described as the real iron producing state of the Union with four hills along the Menomonee River shown to hold vast iron quantities. Analysts estimate these ranges contain ten times more iron than all Lake Superior ranges combined.
Gippsland Times describes drifting landmasses on Lake Wellington seen from a Steam Navigation Company vessel. A 30 by 20 yard island covered in grass and shrubs carried pigs aboard, with a smaller detached piece nearby. Drift from Marley Point reportedly moved with winds, reshaping Roseneath run by 20 to 30 acres per the district surveyor.
A Jefferson Me man David Lane who joined a Maine regiment in 1862 and served until 1864 was reported killed at Chapin’s Farm but he says he was captured and later lived in North Carolina. His wife, believing him dead, applied for a pension and in 1870 married John Cunningham, with whom she now resides.
A London life insurance firm plans to employ only women. California sails toward a $2,000,000 canal by lottery. Greeley recalls Anna Dickinson and lectures misread as a Dutchman playing the Jewsharp. Victoria and Eugenie notes. Maryland orders a colossal Taney statue modeled in Rome. Monroes Iowa maps reveal vast maple and tree growth. A small Ossipee River island touches four towns and two states.
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