10 Nov 1898
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1898
Page
1
The speaker laments a pioneer’s death with vivid imagery of cod piles and red eyes, recalling beautiful things said about him. The verse blends honor with sorrow, signaling a cultural or regional tribute to a notable figure.
An exploration of vanished ships and crews, noting famous cases like the Marie Celeste. The article recounts how vessels disappear and leave eerie traces, with the Marie Celeste disciplined by a State Department inquiry and its captain Benjamin Briggs from New England.
A Dumfries native compositor in Glasgow has spent four years rewriting the Scriptures and has reached the middle of the Psalms. He plans to finish in two years. The project features illustrated chapters with artistic initial letters and pictorial book headings reflecting the context. The writer once ran errands for Carlyle, delivering the local morning paper.
A new stamping device allows quick affixing of stamps to letters. Stamps are wound on a roller in a handle frame, pressed across a moistened pad, and deposited on the envelope. An actuating lever touches the envelope before the machine reaches its lowest point.
An Australian inventor designed a receptacle to purify air in rooms. The device features a large bulb at the base and an elongated neck with a cap to seal the opening. The disinfectant mixture contains ammonia, acetic ether and lavender oil or other perfumery oils.
Five kittens show distinct food preferences with one craving beetroot, another cucumber, another tomato, one preferring fish, and a fifth sticking to bread and milk. The quirky tastes illustrate variety within a single litter.
The text notes angels in Gothic sculpture and tracery are shown playing bagpipes. It mentions pipes were used in churches before the organ’s introduction, early in the fifteenth century.
The article explains that in the United States a person becomes a millionaire at one million dollars, in England five times that amount, or five million dollars, and in Germany one million marks, equivalent to about two hundred fifty thousand dollars, comparing national thresholds.
The article notes hair thickness ranges from two hundred fiftieth to six hundredth of an inch, highlighting the small but notable variation in strand diameter.
A feature on gamekeepers in forest territories, their duties, dangers, and wary relations with wilderness guides. It contrasts law enforcement with backwoods life, notes the long, remote patrols in summer and the need for nerve and shrewdness, and highlights mutual cunning between gamekeepers and campers.
Statistician Michael G. Mulhall argues the United States surpasses European nations in aggregate wealth and industrial potential. The data compare real estate, buildings, merchandise, railways, and currency across nations, listing U S wealth at 81.75 billion versus Britain 59.03, France 47.95, Germany 40.26, Russia 32.13, Austria 22.06, Italy 15.80, Spain 11.30 billion. The summary notes U S wealth exceeds Spain sevenfold and tops Britain by 22.72 billion.
An Ohio legislator named Cox took a motorman post with the Columbia street railway shortly after adjournment. He works the regulation trips per diem and earns 2.50 dollars daily, with his term not ending until January 1, 1900. Cox, a Democrat, has held roles as a schoolteacher, justice of the peace, and postmaster in his home county. No American cat can equalise Chinese tomtom for noise.
A new penny in the slot bicycle pump locks after tire inflation and requires a fresh coin to reset. The mechanism engages once a coin is inserted and locks again when the tire is removed.
The article notes a long standing approach to poverty relief in China spanning over two thousand years. It claims an organized charity framework existed in Egypt as early as 2500 years before Christ.
Authorities differ on how fast human hair grows and the rate varies among people. The commonly cited estimate is about six and a half inches per year, though figures differ.
A four ton meteoric stone crashed into a warehouse in Fiume Austria and set it ablaze. The rock fell through the house and was discovered buried in the cellar with the blaze extinguished by firefighters.
Lieutenant B A Fiske explains in The Century that the decisive Manila engagement hinged on cool headed navigation in an unfamiliar harbor. He highlights Commodore Dewey and Lieutenant Calkins using a charted approach under heavy shellfire and smoke, stressing calm, clear thinking and preparedness of mind as essential to maximizing gun power and avoiding disaster.
Mrs Benson on a four mile farm near Barron Wisconsin faced a fast moving fire with her husband away in Minneapolis. She dug furrows around the house to shield them and buried her child in a potato patch then covered both with a water soaked cloak. Both survived with serious burns but expected to recover fully.
A unique ceremony in Adelong England united the three Hoffman sisters with the Quinn brothers. Two Quinn brothers were twins and two Hoffman sisters wed. Another Quinn brother is already married to a Hoffman sister, completing a large family knot. A Boy’s Schoolbook note hints at a boy’s current studies every page marked with dirt.
The weekly topic argues that true rest comes through Christ. It contrasts worldly pleasures with godliness, cites Jesus at Jacob's well and the call to labor for souls, and urges believers to seek robust Christianity that strengthens the inner person for service.
A compact devotional excerpt cites biblical verses on wealth and greed. It emphasizes contentment with what one has, warning against covetousness and urging trust in divine provision. The collection includes quotes from Hebrews Proverbs Psalms and Philippians to promote moral restraint and spiritual focus.
The Christian Standard cites a pompous official who demanded a pastor modify sermons to fit his view. The piece notes the quip that “modified” preaching tends to become “mud difified,” highlighting tension between authority and pulpit independence.
The selection warns that a man who always wears outward perfection risks pride and demonic delight in self deception. It cautions against submitting to frequent breakdowns for display rather than inner truth.
A Lewiston humorist claims No Name Pond brook in Maine is the crookedest stream in America, running alongside an electric road below Crowleys. He jokes that fish caught there have curved spines, unlike the Songo river.
Wm. K. Fisher presents a sermon on the harvest parable Matthew 9 36 38 urging lay members to pray for workers and support foreign and home missions. The piece stresses compassion for the world lost in darkness and the call to personal sacrifice and active service in spreading Jesus light.
A 45 year old woman charged with intoxication stands before a Cleveland police court. Having visited the workhouse 47 times in five years, she pleads to live with her brother in the country and vows not to drink again. The judge grants 24 hours to leave the city as parting counsel laments easy vice and hard reform.
Dr Daniel Steele urges Methodists to abandon hero worship of predecessors and statistics. He calls for a personal renewal a clean heart and divine power from above to restore the banner of salvation and practical theology.
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