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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1900
Page
4
The piece surveys varied obsessions from plate collections and anniversary cups to towels, handkerchiefs, cut glass, mouchoirs, and sewing. It notes the rise of practical, useful keepsakes, apron fashions, book hoards, and a taste for Chinese and Japanese items, plus photo displays of local beauty.
A deputy marshal recalls a lunch hour at a crossroads store where Mrs. Culler and Mrs. Higgins bargain for black dress fabric while joking about state politics and social tension. The scene ends with their husbands' political rifts softened by local intrigues.
A collection of aphorisms and maxims attributed to Shakespeare Carlyle Longfellow and others on topics of gratitude humility ambition jealousy and judgment. The passage surveys human nature ethics and social behavior with concise parallel lines and authorship hints.
Curiosities of life among Moros describe a bamboo charcoal forge where bellows pump by hand while skilled smiths craft the bolo blade from old steel. Prices range from fifty cents to fifteen dollars as Filipino Mindanaoans, peaceful and aspiring, adapt to American rule and commerce with Chinese traders prominent in mercantile life.
An anxious mother urges her son Tommy to wash his face before a minister's expected dinner visit. The boy frets that the minister might not come, while the family hovers between hope and routine.
The article notes California’s year round pasture system in Humboldt and Yolo counties with cows fed mainly on natural forage and alfalfa. It cites large creameries in the state, high butter charges, and investments, while acknowledging export cheese quality issues and calls for cheese making education for improvement. It mentions specific farms, milk yields, and alfalfa harvests shaping a growing dairy industry.
The report describes a detachable tie retainer for plain collars, a street-sweeping machine operated by one person, a quick sealing mechanism for fruit jars using independent levers, California patented swim aids keeping the body horizontal, back-mounted air-tight cones for buoyancy, and a cut-off key to repair or extend fire hose without stopping the engine.
A nameless Atchison column laments social tricks of courtship and marriage rumor. It critiques money, weddings, and fashion as it sketches neighbors comments on brides, husbands, and family dynamics.
The future Empress of Japan will be Princess Sada Kujō, daughter of Prince Kujō, cousin of Prince Yoshito, heir to the throne. The wedding brings Fujiwara lineage into the royal line, with vast gifts from the emperor and late empress dowager. The ceremony and dress will blend old and modern forms as princes and court ladies prepare lavish trousseau.
Navy notes an increase in desertions from American ships while Japan receives four torpedo boat destroyers from Yarrow yards. Britain opens a war employment bureau for army reserves families and reviews leave policies as battleships Duncan and Cornwallis advance at Thames Iron Works. Russia plans a 64 gun armored cruiser, and Indian leave rules tighten amid Transvaal operations.
A soldier writes from the front admitting a lack of patriotism and sympathy for the enemy, describing enlistees as chasing country and profit. He states natives are poor marksmen but dangerous, urges home readers not to call them heroes, and condemns the war as corrupt and profit driven while acknowledging some may learn from the brutal experience.
The piece analyzes Boer warfare during the early conflict, describing their tactics of ambushes, hidden trenches, and flexible positions. It explains how outposts use folds in terrain and defile positions to mislead pursuers and inflict heavy early losses on British forces.
The New York Commercial cites coal industry strains due to alleged restricted output to sustain prices while arguing ample underground reserves and labor ready for work at fair wages. It notes Germany test launches new artificial paving stone from coal and tar.
A reformer argues the spoils system is gone but government employees show weak patriotism and political interest. He suggests allowing employees to vote locally with ballots sent to states, to bolster civic duty amidst pension office scandals and a complex postwar pension case from St. Louis. He warns against restoring patronage while noting widespread administrative faults.
The government maintains 11 ships sounding and mapping seabeds to locate dangers. In the past year about 10 000 square miles were surveyed across Asia Africa and the South Pacific.
Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a police raid clue. A card posted above the door of the last opium joint read Abandon dope all ye that enter here. Sergeant Skinner is identified as a student of Dante through this line.
In a Washington Post style column a series of child anecdotes unfolds. A teacher asks Lukewarm meaning a small pupil replies incorrectly. A mother consoles a crying child over pretend being an orphan. A doll mitten joke and a girl misreads a T as I. Hazel, six, confuses the alphabet block and misanswers the family drink at supper.
The text cites three cases on liability and public imposition. Coffee v Louisville & Nashville Railroad held a baggage rule void as an unreasonable public imposition. North Chicago Street Railway v Bauer found no negligence when a passenger is jolted from a platform edge while exiting near destination. Pullman Palace Car Co v Hall denied liability for valise theft from a sleeping car though misaligned doors and a thief gaining entry were noted.
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