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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
7
Louis J. Yeoman, 30, president of the Waukegan Bachelors Club, receives a flood of letters from women nationwide seeking marriage. The Chicago area jewelry businessman, son of a well known family, is noted for music and a fast automobile as he faces rumors of a forthcoming match.
A brief comic exchange on feeding and drinking spans generations as Willie’s father warns against excess and Aunt Mary echoes the caution about drinking. The Catholic Standard note frames the humor on juvenile appetite and adult habits.
The article surveys African healing practices and the claim that medicine men and Kaffir women hold potent remedies. It cites Cape Colony reports from 1885, Kingsley’s skepticism, and Tavernier’s voyage accounts of Hottentot cures that swiftly recover fever and wounds. It notes European interest and moral questions about consulting native practitioners.
Granville J Woods of 323 West Fortieth Street has hired lawyers to assert priority rights to an electrical car control system used on Manhattan railway cars. He holds patents filed after a 1896 caveat and targets General Electric and Sprague Electric for infringement if no settlement is reached. Woods values the patents at 50000 dollars and plans legal action if needed.
The article lists the 34 largest estates in Britain with an average size of 183000 acres per estate, highlighting vast private landholdings and the concentration of rural wealth among a few families and holdings.
The sparrow hawk, once rare in urban Chicago, now roosts on church steeples and towers. It feeds on insects and mice, hovering low over fields to survey ground prey and sometimes balancing an insect at its beak like a boy with an apple.
A lyric discussion on facing gloom and future decades, urging steady bearing, a plowed path, and small daily resilience to ease a century ahead. Includes verses by S. W. Gillilan and S. E. Kiser with playful lines about aging and glasses.
A light verse vignette from Washington Times about a college girl fumbling with dusting, a broom, and a griddle, joking that brains don’t erase common sense and that a cooking stove may end up at her feet. Other pieces reflect on poetry language quirks, optimism, and moral living through short observations.
Mrs. Anna Martin of Brooklyn reports backache dizziness and irregularities vanished after three months on Peruna. Miss Marie Johnson of Detroit credits Peruna with curing eleven years of female troubles in three months and urges others to try the medicine. Miss Ruth Emerson Buffalo says six weeks cured irregular menstruation and pain. Peruna marketed by The Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio invites inquiries and free health book from Dr. Hartman.
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