25 May 1899
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1899
Page
1
The excerpt honors soldiers buried unmarked in graves north and south who defended the nation at perilous fronts. It urges readers to lay flowers and offer prayers for both humble and great fallen, while noting some graves remain without decoration or tears.
Nancy Brown mourns Jamie Brown a Civil War soldier a deserter rumor lingered in the town. Col Hamlin reveals the truth clearing the stigma and the community plans to honor Jamie with flowers at his grave.
Captain Jack Haynes, 110, longtime resident of St Louis Memorial Home for Veterans, recalls his 1812 service with distinction. Though poor and aged, he remains a patriot, peering over double glasses at Maine wreck reports with tremulous hands and a battle fire in his eyes.
Poem recalling the San Juan Hill battle with vivid imagery of troops, the flag, and Old Glory atop the crest. It honors fallen soldiers and the line "He helped to put it there" as a tribute. Memorial Day verses urge flowers on graves and the unity of Blue and Gray through history.
Lightning struck a pine on a hill near Volterra revealing the top of an Etruscan tomb beneath the tree roots. Workmen carving the fallen trunk uncovered the sepulcher remnants during clearing.
A German biologist states the two sides of a face are never alike. In two of five cases eyes are misaligned, one eye stronger in seven of ten people, and the right eye tends to sit higher than the left.
The city reports 712 fountains for humans, 286 large troughs for horses and cattle, and 470 small troughs for sheep and dogs across streets and suburbs of London.
How to honor Memorial Day with living plants rather than fading cut flowers. Advice covers planting living roots like fairy rose and polyanthus on graves, care for roses, and building hardy canna beds with deep soil, manure, and weekly liquid fertilizer.
The potato is the world’s leading staple crop by total annual production, surpassing wheat and corn with about 4.0 billion bushels. Europe supplies seven-eighths of the potato crop, producing more than twice its wheat and contributing to cereals being only 50 percent more overall.
The piece notes nickel as a modern metal unknown until 1715 that now dominates plated ware and, as an alloy with steel, offers superior resistance to corrosion. It claims nickel itself is non-corrosive and imparts this property to alloys. Even five percent nickel in steel prevents oxidation.
Destructive storm hits northern Ohio with damage to Akron Toledo Canal Fulton and nearby towns. Reports from New York City Mazet inquiry notes, Ambrose obituary, Dewey fund drive, Cuban and Philippine affairs, Bell and Gomez updates, and various deaths, accidents, and political developments across the period May 18 to 25.
A devotional piece on spiritual establishment through faith in Christ, outlining how God strengthens the heart amid trials, and urging steadiness in knowledge holiness and conduct. It cites 1 Peter 5 6 10 Col 1 20 23 and Heb 13 9 to define the established heart as steadfast in the gospel and growing in Christ likeness.
Dr Friedlander of Wiesbaden advocates electricity as an antidote to insect stings. Apply a constant current with a negative cathode on the sting site. Galvanization causes burning yet relieves pain and swelling, neutralizes venom, and works even after some time has passed. He reports repeated successful tests on bee and wasp stings.
A jealous listener describes a hunting method near the Auskarada Lakes. Hunters bore a large trunk hole and drive sharp nails around the edge pointing inward. A martens head reaches the bait and is trapped as the nails bite, similar to a fishhook barb.
In Australia, wire fences are used to establish metallic circuits between agricultural stations six to eight miles apart. Instruments connect to the fence strands so that a telephonic link exists at no extra cost. No difficulty is reported in talking with a station eight miles away. several stations are joined through this setup.
A Swiss report describes how plague victims buried in Haarlem in 1660 remained infectious when a vault was opened after four decades by masons. Workers contracted glandular swelling though not the full plague. The piece notes Los Angeles draws power from distant mountains.
The article discusses burdock as a versatile plant, edible in various forms. It notes origins in China and Japan where young leaves are eaten as spinach and stalks boiled like asparagus, while roots require deep soil for optimal yield.
The article discusses heart purity as the foundation of Christian maturity rather than perfection. It cites scriptures and Bunyan to stress being established in faith and Scripture without becoming bigoted, urging mutual edification through sermons and prayer meetings. Amos R. Wells is quoted on studying history science and philosophy, emphasizing eternal spiritual values over earthly wisdom.
The message recalls Elijah confronting King Ahab during a three year famine as Israel turns from idols. It stresses repentance, the righting of sin, and Elijah's Carmel test and prayer, affirming that earnest prayer in Christ brings God's blessings and forgiveness.
The article describes three base colors in wild quadrupeds black white and tawny and notes two variation tendencies melanism and albinism. It highlights fallow deer as showing all three shades and cites the West African short horned buffalo as a tawny example. It discusses crossing wild and domestic cattle to explain color diversity and predicts white varieties may arise in hybrids or spotted forms.
The Detroit Journal notes a cruel act where a rival, driven by malice, sent arsenic in a can of corned beef by mail. The intended victim consumed the meat and suffered a cosmetic effect, prompting reflection on villainy and chance.
The Empress of China is said to carry 3000 dresses on her travels. They fill 600 boxes and are tended by 1200 coolies.
A cryptic excerpt notes the United States consuming the most of aoy, referencing 10,009 and a year. It mentions anch and inhabitant terms and the word TORE, leaving a fragmented statistical fragment for interpretation.
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