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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1897
Page
4
A devotional prayer from Anna B Baldwin urging steadfast faith and endurance. It asks for courage, patient labor, simplicity, unselfishness, and contentment in daily life, with a call to persevere through sunshine or shadow.
The piece extols reading lamps as safer than flickering gas for eyes and comfort. It notes steady lamp frames, soft light, and affordable options from two to four dollars, urging every grown person to own a lamp and extra lighting for children’s study areas.
The article names plants suitable for indoor window gardens and lists many species to avoid. Included are geraniums begonias not Rex, ole tinder plumbago cacti ficus palm aspidistra lantana fuchsia speciosa anthericum amaryllis sword fern Chinese primrose primula obconica calla ibutilon anthericum Swainsonia heli strope chrysanthemum azelea. vines English ivy hoya Passiflora Cobea jasmine. hanging plants othenia saxifraga money plant tradescantia brackets fuchsia speciosa sword fern ve g onia guttata geranium. recommends Mad im me Salleroi and a single petunia.
The text gives methods to brighten trims using a flannel rag and alcohol and to refresh dusty passementerie. It suggests washing black lace in warm water with borax, using a soft wad, and removing creases from ribbon or silk by dipping in naptha and air drying, noting naptha and gasoline risks.
A mall gourd covered with white China silk and a painted face in water color. A lace cap with frill decorates the head. The gourd handle is wrapped with satin ribbons and bells, or the long end may be cut off and a round wooden handle attached.
Powers, crippled by a railroad wreck, rose from engine wiper to trusted official in Burnham and Leadville. In Canyon City he served as justice, policeman, and jail superintendent, earning a reputation for fairness despite a volatile past. A Missouri accused killer sought discharge. Powers ruled to favor re-election, sparking cheers at Johnny Shea's afterward.
Essay argues there is no art in lion taming as terrorism and rules of subduing lions fail. It states lions cannot be truly tamed or trained, their limited intelligence is overwhelmed by ferocity, and only cubs may be restrained briefly.
Boston to build a new public school named for Paul Revere costing about 3.4 million dollars including site. The pink granite building will use gray red and white brick and terra cotta and will include public bathing facilities for children.
A detailed description of a decorative promenade costume combining blue and white figured chaliie with Valenciennes lace. Features include a short lined bodice, round yoke with white surah, straight deep hemmed skirt, lace trim, elbow sleeves with ruffles, epaulettes, and possible guimpe option. Suitable materials include organdy, nainsook, lawn, or taffeta. three yards needed for a six year old.
Describes a promenade basque outfit in Castor color ed wool with soft silk fronts and black velvet trimming. Features a velvet puff crown hat with aigrettes, a fitted centre-front basque, silk vest with plaits, a pointed waist girdle, and crimped fluted seams. Suitable for various fabrics. medium size basque requires three yards of forty four inch material.
The article notes simple morning jackets in pink blue and cream with lace or feather-stitched hems suited to slender or stout figures. It highlights taffeta silks for smart evening gowns, black skirts with matching or contrasting waist, and a low cut bodice in chiffon for elegant evening functions.
A Boston Journal quip extols debt as a spur to youth asserting that a large debt elevates status and work ethic. It mocks thrift and praises heavy borrowing, noting banks’ eagerness to lend to the indebted and that the first $50,000 proves hardest to obtain.
A new bridal style replaces orange blossoms with a garland of pure white bride roses to hold the veil in place, offering a fresh traditional touch for wedding ensembles.
A fashion feature describes an upcoming silhouette driven by hip pads a high bust corset and a wired petticoat. The look relies on Paris trends and new undergarments to exaggerate hips and create a tapering waist while the skirt widens at the knees.
A U.S. Army deserter sentenced to Alcatraz years earlier attempted a perilous swim four miles to San Francisco to reach his ill wife and infant. He disappeared in stormy waters and later washed ashore at Presidio beach with a keepsake photograph of his wife and child.
A small wood built Tourist Hotel opens its first Arctic season at Advent Bay Spitzbergen near 78 deg 15 min north with thirty beds and a post office. Provisions and mail travel via steamship links. the site faces Norway potential future sovereignty and recalls historic Arctic expeditions.
The article argues heredity shapes food preferences, noting tomatoes and celery were uncommon long ago but are now widely liked. It suggests mothers influence unborn offspring’s tastes more than fathers, while fathers mainly affect physical form.
The Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette lists fruit as a diet variety, thirst quencher, nutriment source, supplier of organic salts, kidney stimulant reducing urine acidity, laxative, appetite and digestion booster, and an antiscorbutic.
The article notes the ostrich egg as weighing three pounds and equaling twenty four hen eggs. It describes German ports Hamburg and Bremerhaven adopting pneumatic grain elevators for unloading wheat, with Bremerhaven’s machine on the Geestemunde wharf featuring towers and tubes resembling a ship.
The article discusses pear trees as highly satisfactory for shade with deep roots and minimal soil impact. It notes cherries attract birds and breakage risk, sour cherries deter birds, European walnuts grow slowly but yield valuable nuts after about ten years. Thomas Meehan in Ladies' Home Journal praises utility and shade.
A lesson for apple growers notes that the best apples were worth $2 a barrel or more in 1896. It recommends a cold storage room, a frost proof cellar under a barn, tar paper, moisture, leaf bedding, and bin storage one foot deep to minimize decay all winter. Those who discarded apples could have earned fair compensation with proper storage.
The guide advises shortening the top of cabbage and celery severely to cut evaporation and induce vigorous growth. It notes a large root mass forms on transplant, allowing growth to resume after a two to three day shelter if weather is unfriendly.
The Colorado State Board of Horticulture recommends treating pruning wounds with a quart of alcohol dissolved with gum shellac to create a paint like liquid. It should be applied after smoothing the wound with a knife to exclude air and resist weather changes.
Investigations into carnation diseases conclude bacteria are not to blame. Shrike and aphids are identified as injurious insects. Mr. Woods of the Department of Agriculture urges careful cultural care, noting vigorous plants resist insect onsets better.
The passage emphasizes that farm failures in fruit growing often arise from neglect after a good initial start. It notes that growers, initially attentive in year one, may lose interest in year two or three, leading to neglected trees that become stunted or die. A strong follow up after the initial planting is urged as essential to success.
The Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station reports a successful development of a new berry hybrid named Loganberry. The cross between European raspberry and wild American blackberry is described as a red blackberry and ready for further study.
Experts say lands richer in timber should stay under government control and be strictly protected from devastation. The text argues that nations protect resources, noting Americans overestimate their forces as inexhaustible.
The Illinois Staatszeitung laments farmers who have recklessly felled nearly all valuable hickory trees, showing little regard for future generations and their needs.
The piece argues steep hills should remain forest to seed new crops after clearing. It notes that even moderately steep slopes gullies badly when cultivated, particularly in winter, signaling a need for kept vegetation.
A guide notes apples must be laid gently in baskets and handled with care. It urges periodic assorting to remove defective fruit and warns that small bruises are often underestimated in picking practices.
The article describes copper plates used as currency along the northwest coast with blankets as small change. Copper pieces bearing grotesque faces were once produced by the Hudson Bay Company for fur trade. Values fluctuate wildly, from two or three blankets to thousands, as they pass hand to hand.
The British and Colonial Druwug gist reports a Russian chemist has found an anaesthetic many thousands of times stronger than chloroform. It vaporises rapidly and acts at long distance. Experiments in St. Petersburg test enclosing it in bombs to anaesthetise rather than wound enemies.
A reader from a medical firm in Pennsylvania reports taking Dr. Pierce’s remedy after six years of illness and death fears. After using multiple bottles, the narrator says health improved and many hard efforts paid off.
This passage describes converting a shipping hog crate by adding cleats and crosswise strips with evenly spaced half inch holes. Movable lever arms with aligned holes enable a catching mechanism once assembled. The text ends by detailing the crate’s final appearance.
A hardware man argues with a farmer that prices for goods have fallen over a decade. He points to nails down to 3 cents a pound, a plow at 12 dollars, a planter at 40 dollars, and a binder at 89 dollars, illustrating broader deflation in farm supplies versus rising value.
A Dallas man named Dean planned a steam locomotive to skim the Yukon ice. He conceived a steam engine first but realized two coal cars were needed to travel St Michael to Dawson City and back.
The piece urges beginners to invest in a few strong birds, remove sick pigeons promptly, and use humane culling if needed. It suggests hemp seed during moulting, leg bands and records to prevent inbreeding, fall buying for better prices, checking for red mites, nest hygiene, and home remedies for canker with lemon juice.
A. B. Cook in the American Agriculturist profiles a young farmer who supports his family from a five acre poultry operation. He keeps 500 hens across ten yards with Brown Leghorn and Black Hamburg stocks. Each hen lays about 125 eggs yearly, totaling 5 208 dozen eggs sold at 15 cents each earning 781.20 before costs. After a 500 food expense, profit stands at 281.20.
Train 6 departs Dunkirk 4 30 P M then Falconer 5 45 P M Warren 6 37 P M arriving Titusville at 8 P M Officially issued by Dunkirk New York superintendent Parry General Agent Buffalo and Gro H Daniels NYC names of agents printed.
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