27 May 1871
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1871
Page
1
A poem by John W. Chadwick reflects on a June day and a blue bird’s nest in a hollow shell. It contrasts war’s cruelty with a belief that divine love endures, blessing amid loss and pain, and that peace begins today through faith in God. The speaker affirms that God’s love remains firm regardless of conflict.
In Bath at the end of the century two doctors Dr Heathcote and Dr Lenoir clash for social prestige. Lenoir known as the Magnificent wins favor with Col DeGrey and Mrs DeGrey, cures by unconventional means, and exposes a plot involving poison and a nurse. After a dramatic confrontation, Lenoir reveals secrets, preserves a wife, and Bath’s Pump Room settles into a fragile peace.
George Gibbs records a curious 1858 incident on the U S Canada border in the Cascade range where red snow appeared on a rocky ledge. A pocket lens revealed tadpole shaped pigment bodies, giving water a bloody tint and earthy taste. The Lakeside Monthly notes and the Omaha Journal discuss a luxury rail plan from San Francisco to New York with Salt Lake stops, and ponder social effects.
The Evening Mail cites Samuel F. Ruggles predicting 75 million Americans by 1900, excluding annexations. His figures claim a dense South and West, irrigation expansion, and growth of states and cities, with New York and Chicago doubling in size and a reduced national debt as a distant memory.
The essay discusses how both men and women flatter the opposite sex through preference and attention. It notes women may seek male acknowledgement to awaken social vitality and describes women who use flattery as a refined performance, especially those accustomed to male attention or minority status abroad where male focus persists.
The article discusses extensive paper uses in China and Britain, including garments, housing, and car walls. It describes paper calender rolls, disc wheels and their construction, and proposes paper as a railway wheel material due to its noiselessness and weather stability, noting its strength and adaptability compared with wood or iron.
Marvy Wager recalls a man who prayed and preached while his wife labored in all weathers and died of consumption. She argues he should face harsh punishment for alleged wrongdoing, contrasting his fate with Jim Brudso in a moral day of judgment debate.
In San Francisco a twelve-man jury convicts Laura Fair of murder amid questions about capital punishment for women. The piece traces her storied life from Alabama to Nevada and California, highlighting trials with Judge Crittenden and multiple marriages, ending with a verdict that underscores the authors’ condemnation of exemplary punishment for female murderers.
The Lancet cites Dr. Pye Smith arguing against viscera transposition or aorta origin for left handedness. He suggests right handedness arose from shield use and nesting habits, with natural selection favoring those using the right arm in fighting and teaching the habit to descendants.
Implies a set of fashion guidelines stressing instinctive judgment and personal fit over one size for all. Advocates harmonious colors, continuous lines, subordinate ornaments, and individuality, warning against overreliance on fashion prestige. Also reports on Utah mine prospects and uncertain future of fissure veins versus Wasatch region.
Isaac Nye known as the hermit of Champlain died in Burlington Vermont at almost eighty after closing his store over thirty years ago. He lived a reclusive life with a companion Irish boy James Fogarty and rare visits beyond funeral attendances. His wharf and lumber rotted while remnants of goods and a quiet old business lingered in place.
A collage of anecdotes and notes. It covers labor losses in Fall River and Chicago circulation boasts, education reforms in Texas, a Minnesotan wedding feast, Iowa City's debt pledge for a newborn, William L. Barry the long-time Lebanon Herald compositor, global railroad figures, a grim mining tale, Wim Hawk’s river rescue reward, Nathaniel Greene biographical tidbits, German Odd Fellowship, a strawberry picker anecdote, Holly Springs church money collection moment, Imperial crown details for Kaiser Wilhelm, Benjamin Franklin’s bequest for Boston artisans finally aiding housing, a Chicago court ruling on a wife’s independent property, a Mankato perpetual motion project and local pride in a future discovery.
A fashion writer argues that thrift can drive style by altering worn gowns into new underskirts and tunics. Tips include using flounces for trimming, pairing velvet tunics with fine silk skirts, and converting aged gowns into round underskirts with minimal material through ruelle and frill trims.
A thermometer kept seventy five years in the Paris observatory vaults ninety one feet below the surface shows virtually no alteration. The entry implies a climate without change for readers seeking steady conditions.
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