05 Nov 1870
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1870
Page
1
A fragment of a poem invites readers to identify its author and how to obtain the rest. The scrap, found in Indiana, recalls a summer past and a dying memory of a woman, with scenes of gardens, Limes, harvest, ships, and a longing to be with her across a sea.
A tale told aboard a train between White River Junction and Concord about Knight and Cottle, two minstrel dancers trained by a showman Briggs. The piece follows their rise, love triangle with Bertha Middleton, elopement, injury, and eventual deaths near a New Orleans–Montreal circuit, ending at Concord.
A sweeping Earthquake narrative notes worldwide upheavals from heat storms to tidal waves in Cuba and Japan. The New York area felt shaking with buildings vibrating and alarms in schools and churches as far as Detroit and Albany reported tremors and curious phenomena persisted during the event.
A New York Evening Mail note speculates on whether recent commotions are linked to yesterday's earthquake. It questions if a powerful sea or land earth-wave originated elsewhere and awaits forthcoming reports to determine time and source.
A Vermont sale tale describes a wealthy buyer and a maple sugar orchard dispute near Stowe. A Vermont attorney’s time split led the buyer to plan fruit harvest usage, while locals mock the arrangement and predict the buyer’s future sugar yield.
A Hartford visitor at Martha's Vineyard camp ground remarks on steep meeting- week charges, noting four dollars for rooms and two for breakfast. He pauses by a tent where an exhorter proclaims Salvation's free and replies that free salvation is the only thing here not bought at a high price.
A government survey through Florida collided with Cracker residents in Starke County when a line through crops damaged corn and sweet potatoes. The Cracker dad negotiates cash compensation, accepts payment, and toasts the government chief with neighbors. The scene reveals frontier attitudes toward federal scrutiny and local resistance. The rest of the article describes tea making processes beyond the Cracker tale.
Ellen A. St. Clair of Malden aged sixteen arrives in San Francisco after a 3000 mile journey through the Rockies and Indian lands. She traveled by coach with her father and a driver, crossing Yellowstone and living among Indians for over two weeks, riding thirty to forty miles daily. She plans to lecture on her journey this winter.
An imagined voyage begins in New York and traces a circular course via Buffalo or Cleveland, Chicago, Omaha, San Francisco, Yokohama, Hong Kong, Calcutta, Bombay, Cairo, Alexandria, Marseille, Havre, Paris, and Rouen. Distances and travel times total 23,736 miles in 77 days 21 hours of steady travel.
From Ba on Viti Jeru coast, Navosa mountaineers attacked Nalotu after a tense peace attempt. Officials report 370 Nalotu slain, many missing or captured, with 104 escaping alive. The threat extends toward Laguna as Nabeka implicates treachery.
The Chicago Evening Post notes a surge of Western women entering farm labor. It cites examples from Maine to Wisconsin where girls and women work as harvesters, shearing sheep and managing mowers. The piece contrasts Eastern and Western practices, praising mobility and skill in agricultural work.
A Swedish colony forming in Aroostook County Maine, about seventy to eighty settlers, aided by the state. First arrivals three months ago with twenty more, and more on the way. Land yields good crops with winter wheat already under sowing. Settlers live in plain cabins built by the state, practice Lutheran faith with some Baptists, and maintain plain dress and wooden shoes.
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