14 May 1890
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1890
Page
1
Grand opening notice for DD Shear's announces spring stock ready for inspection. Carpets include Cottage Hall Stair Ingram Tapestry Body Brussels Velvet Moquette with varied colorings. Dress goods embroideries and white goods featured with new wraps cloaks and wash fabrics at low prices.
Warren County Farmers Club convenes at the Court House in Warren on the last Saturday of each month at 1 PM. President W. B. Acocks, Secretary Willis Cowan, Treasurer B. Morris invite all farmers to attend.
Poem invokes nature for peace and steadfast truth. Describes spring sights such as buttercups violets beeches oaks birds and dragonfly. Ends with a light humorous exchange about Cupid and a motto of friendly independence.
The public parade and elaborate preparations led to a successful evening under city lodge auspices with over two thousand members and visitors present. Detroit Lodge No. 6 of the Ancient Order United Workmen likely set a record with two hundred initiates at the last session.
Darwin notes worms bring up to ten tons of earth per acre annually by swallowing soil and forming worm casts. They promote vegetation by loosening soil, aiding rain penetration, and exporting plant matter. Destruction of worms leads to sterile soil until their activity resumes.
A narrator meets Thomas Nast in Washington on a stroll toward the Capitol. Nast, famed for his illustrated cartoons, admires the Capitol as they walk, then requests a private moment with the narrator to discuss the scene and his work.
In Washington Mr Nast visits the United States Senate with AG Gale and is awed by the august body. He asks questions about speeches and law making while befriending reporters, doorkeepers, and senators including Plumb West and Bassett. He vows to return to see more sights of Washington.
An advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as a cure for colds, claiming only pure ingredients are used. It invites readers to hold the bottle to light to see its brightness and offers 50c and 1 dollar sizes with a free sample.
The Mail office emphasizes first class job printing with prompt neat service at low cost. Legal blanks are available or printed to order. The Mail is entered as second class mail matter in Warren. It will publish letters from any county or country if brief and signed. anonymous letters are not published.
A Detroit woman confronts police with a dramatic tale about her husband Handiboe John Paul Henry Handiboe. She presents torn-out hair as proof after accusing him of lies to obtain marriage. She expects his arrival to deny her charges and to be "crushed" with her evidence.
A Philadelphia Times note portrays Stepniak the Russian nihilist exiled in London as hardworking but not as prosperous as hoped. He spends long days at the British Museum with his wife, notes in hand, writing and studying, yet public reception remains lukewarm. He rarely engages high society, though he is well informed on Russia, and contemplates a U.S. lecture tour.
Two Florida men cut a bee tree and saved hundreds of pounds of honey while discovering crane nests above the tree. They also gathered 140 dozen eggs. Reports note barnacle growth is often heavier on one hull side of ships.
A mechanical conductor promises timekeeping with mathematical accuracy at any tempo. A magnetic pen holder claims to prevent writer's cramp via magnetic currents affecting hand muscles. A mustache trainer uses a curved elastic strip with cloth faced ends to secure the mustache at night. A rubber pitching aid attaches to the finger and ball to impart more curve on throws.
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