Quotes and jests from Warren papers on work and life
A Warren PA column compiles witticisms and anecdotes from 1898 including quips on charity praise and brevity, jokes about wives and cooks, and observations from Ridgway and Bradford Star. It notes Pope Manufacturing price lists for 1899 and a Philadelphia mill plan to provide five cent midday dinners to workers.
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Atlanta Constitution
Pope Manufacturing Company
Henry
Jane
War Department
Ridgway
Bradford
Rimary School
Iit
Republi
Rice
Portville
Philadelphia
Curious Facts on Weekdays and Year Beginnings
A collector notes patterns in weekdays for centuries and months. It claims no century begins on Wednesday Friday or Saturday and lists which months share start days. It predicts leap years disruptions and future calendar quirks including 53 Sundays and rare year squares.
People Who Live in Trees in New Guinea
A South Seas feature on New Guinea describing treehouse settlements, peculiar native cultures, and their decline after contact with Europeans. It notes reported supernatural sight, tracking skills, and survival abilities of island inhabitants.
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New Guinea
South Seas
Island Warriors and Aerial Tree Homes Fight Off Head Hunters
Describes a coastal isle where tribes live in elevated tree houses to escape fierce head hunters. When alerted, women and children retreat to the aerial refuges while the able men prepare to defend the settlement.
Peculiar Island Governor Rules Quiet Tristan d Acunha
The article describes Tristan d Acunha in the South Atlantic as a tiny British colony with 64 inhabitants who value clothing over money. Peter William Green, shipwrecked decades ago, serves as governor, elected for life, aging yet vigorous, and the island remains isolated with a rugged peak of 8236 feet.
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Tristan d’Acuada
South Atlantic
Cape of Good Hope
South American
Great Britain
Italy
Gane
Peter William Green
London Graphic
Tristan d’Acunha
Peter
New Safety Paper For Banks With Hidden Indelible Marks
A foreign concept introduces safety paper printing two sets of lines or marks one indelible and one erasable. The close juxtaposition creates an apparent color blend making chemical erasure visible and preventing easy color replication. The inventor’s name is not listed.
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Banks, &c
Aluminum in Revolving Machinery Aids Driving Wheel Oil Cups
The Engineering and Mining Journal notes aluminum reduces weight in vibrating and reciprocating machines. Aluminum oil cups on locomotive driving-wheel driving rods prevent shank breakage as wheel diameters grow with higher speeds, replacing brittle alloy cups with durable aluminum casts.
Railway Sand Protection in Far East Corridor
Report describes a Russian military railway from Europe to Andijan with fascapul shrubs planted along the desert borders to keep rails clear. A ribbon of wild oats is sown on both sides to reinforce protection against sand encroachment.
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Europe
Andijan
Fruits That Can Injure Some Eaters
The text notes that bananas raspberries and rhubarb are bad for certain people and that all seed heavy fruits like gooseberries are often undigested when a person is weak causing various complaints.
The Fungus Lifespan Guides Insect Colonization
The mushroom’s life spans hours yet supports an insect that lays eggs on the edge of the cap. Those eggs hatch into larvae that prepare to colonize the next mushroom that emerges, continuing the cycle.
Wonders of the Turnip Growth Rates
A turnip seed supposedly increases its weight fifteen times in one minute. On peat ground turnips allegedly grow by fifteen thousand nine hundred ninety nine times their seed weight each day, while standing on the peat.
Berlin Fire Brigade Fails to Move Fast in Drill
Before responding to a Berlin blaze the crew must fall in line and salute the captain. The ritual wastes at least three minutes, delaying emergency action.
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Berlin
Tobacco Patents Reach Over Two Thousand Worldwide
The article notes that the process of preparing tobacco for consumers has led to 2,274 patents. It highlights the breadth of innovation in tobacco preparation and implies extensive patent activity across the industry.
Writing Habits of Noted Authors Revealed
The passage lists how authors such as Mrs Browning Whittier Longfellow George Eliot Harriett Prescott Spofford Trollope Whitman wrote. It notes varied settings from beds and sofas to desks and even an omnibus while maintaining focus and cadence.
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Mrs. Browning
Whittier and Longfellow
George Eliot
Harriett Prescott Spofford
Anthony Trollope
Walt Whitman
Early cigarette introduction and pipe bans in military culture
The text notes cigarettes entered the country after the Crimean War by British officers adopting Turkish tobacco habits. It also states pipe smoking was discouraged at regimental messes about forty years ago and remains restricted in certain German clubs.
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Ottoman Empire
Germany
Pace of Camels Varies with Speed and Strain
The text notes camels travel seven miles per hour at their best but cannot sustain two hours at that pace. Their typical speed is about five miles per hour, described as a slow lounging pace. Pushing beyond this pace is dangerous, with nine out of ten camels at risk of breaking their hearts and dying on the spot.
Congo Tribe Chief Priest Death Custom
The article notes a long standing Congo belief that if a chief priest shows illness he must be killed to prevent global catastrophe through disease. Practiced by strangulation or club, it reflects fatalistic rites tied to disease fears.
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Congo
Glove Silver Custom In Medieval England
Glove silver was a medieval English custom where servants received money to buy gloves on Lammas Day now Bank Holiday. The practice reflected social customs and payment traditions tied to annual festivals and servant gifts in the Middle Ages.
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England
Germ Infested Playing Cards Alarm Scientist Says
A noted French specialist warns that cards used in play are heavily contaminated with germs. He found on a single square centimeter of a card at least 6 160 bacteria, underscoring hygiene risks in public games.
Toll Charged for Suez Canal Passage Sets At Four Thousand
An ordinary ship crossing the Suez Canal pays about 4 000 in tolls for the 92 mile route. The figure reflects standard charges and length of the transit through Egypt's waterway.
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Tell
Suez Canal
Heaviest fee of the bar told by the Nestor
A playful courtroom quip has a veteran lawyer recalling his heaviest earned fee. The young solicitor asks what fee topped his career, and the elder quips that it equaled a ton and a quarter of goods, a yearling calf and a load of pumpkins.
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Nestor
Maine residents spurn firms with roadside advertising
Reports note many Mainers are offended by advertisements painted on boards and barns along country roads and refuse to deal with firms that advertise there. The sentiment reflects local reactions to outdoor advertising in rural areas.
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Maine
Napoleon’s Treen Falls at St Helena Last Palm Dies
Napoleon's cabbage palm at Longwood on St. Helena has been blown down. It was the island's last tree of its kind and the species is not found elsewhere.
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Longwood
St. Helena
Pumice Stone Boat Proves Its Surf and Float
A lifeboat carved from pumice-stone was tested and remained afloat with a load after being filled with water. The experiment demonstrated buoyancy and stability for emergency use at sea.
New Coal Mine Near Johannesburg and Krugersdorp Found
Rich coal deposits lie about 1.5 miles from Johannesburg and 11 miles from Krugersdorp with a coal layer 65 yards deep. The mine promises superior coal nearer the gold fields than previous sources. Diamonds found at Rietfontein near Pretoria and the mine is expected to yield twice Kimberley wealth. Gold reefs located between Johannesburg and Krugersdorp at 2000 feet depth by Kehler and associates.
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Johannesburg
Krugersdorp
Rietfontein
Pretoria
Kimberley
Kehler
Village of demon flowers reported in exotic forest
The Gaulois interviews Russian explorer M. Serge Belaguine who recalls a forest of flowers near the equator that he could not approach. Collier's Weekly notes a prior San Francisco bulb hunter tale of a perfume veiling a wilderness of orchids and deadly beauty in the village of demon flowers.
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M. Serge Belaguine
Brazil
The
Gaulois
Mr. Belaguine
Collier’s Weekly
San Francisco
Porto Rican Filters Show Local Craft Aiding Water Purity
The piece describes native Porto Rican water filters in courtyards, built as two-part devices with a porous upper stone and a ground receptacle. Water poured into the upper filters slowly drips through, yielding clear water, though moss on the lower half dampens initial impression.
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Porto Rico
Egg Plants Harvester Challenge and Growth Myths
The article explains how egg plants grow on a bush with large leaves, not upward on a stock or underground. It notes they must be raised in a hotbed, set out in May, and require careful cultivation as slight rain can rot the fruit, with about one marketable egg per six plants as an average.
Economy of the Poor in Italy Reuses Kitchen Wastes
A historical note describes frugal practices where coffee grounds from the wealthy are dried and sold to the poor and oil drippings from frying are collected and resold. The piece highlights clever reuse of food scraps as a charitable economy among the poor.
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Italy
Mexican Law Requires Consent for Second Wife
Mexican law requires a Mormon wishing to take a second wife to produce a certificate signed by his first wife stating she consents. The man must also obtain the express consent of the prospective second wife and her parents before proceeding.
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Mexico
Geological roots shape Cheshire cheese quality
Cheshire cheese owes its excellence to geology. Red sandstone and boulder clay in the region, with extensive salt deposits, create an herbivage environment particularly suited to cheese production.
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Cheshire
Aboriginal ranks among world races in ethnographers list
The text states Australian Aborigines are ranked fifth or sixth in ethnographers lists of natural races, with the Veddahs of Ceylon placed lowest in the scale of savage culture.
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Ceylon
Stone houses of Manila with oyster shell windows
The best houses in Manila are stone and handsome. Windows are not glass but glazed with translucent oyster shells, a distinctive local fashion.
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Manila
Self Consciousness and Fear in Ballooning and Armor Origins
Aeronauts fear heights due to self consciousness, while unselfish climbers lose fear at altitude and seek daring. Umbrella fabrics shift from silk to cotton and mixed blends, with half of US umbrellas cotton, 40 percent mix, silk declining. Medieval armor arose to avoid missing buttons, not for combat. chain shirts offered practical fixes in laundry care and accountability.
A Trick Photograph Explained by Scaffold Pole Illusion
A remarkable image shows a man appearing to stand on or project from a wall. The trick, deemed “magnetism” by some, is simply the photographer lying on a scaffold pole that pierces the wall, creating a convincing illusion.
Nasini claims new light element in Italian volcanic gases
The Padua professor Nasini reports finding a second sun related element in gases from Italy's volcanic districts. Spectroscope shows it in the sun's corona during eclipses. The element is lighter than hydrogen, making it the lightest substance known.
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Norway
Nasini
Padua
Italy
New Aids for Water Drinkers Purify Mountain Springs
Pocket filters attached to eighteen to twenty inches of rubber tubing are now valued by tourists and campers. The inline filter protects drinkers from insects when using mountain springs or roadside brooks, reducing the risk of ingesting snakes as a roadhouse habit fades.
Black Minorca Fowl Acknowledged As Distinct Breed In America
The Black Minorca, a distinct Mediterranean breed, is valued for its large eggs and solid quality. Originating from Minorca with multiple importations, the American line has grown in size and laying ability, while preserving its renowned egg mass and early popularity in England and the United States.
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Great Sea
England
Crystal Palace
Atlantic
Madison Square Garden
New York
America
United States
Canada
Leworthy
Willis
Minorca
Thomas Cox
Castle Cary
Thomas Acland
J. H. Santee
Milk Diet Accelerates Growth in Young Chickens Study
At Indiana agricultural experiment station two lots of ten chickens each, aged four to six weeks, tested skim milk versus grain only. Lot with milk gained about 4.46 ounces per week versus 2.62 ounces for no milk, indicating skim milk's superior growth effect and suggesting performance tests as a merit measure for utility birds.
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Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station
A Splendid Cross of Wyandot and Brahma Fowls
A writer to a poultry paper reports crossing Silver Laced Wyandot with Light Brahmas yields birds equal in size to Plymouth Rock. The cross matches in many points, is a good table fowl, sits less, and mothers well with great beauty.
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Plymouth Rock
Dunkirk to Titusville timetable for Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad
Train schedule in effect June 5 1898 shows daily and Sunday services from New York to Titusville with stops at Syracuse Rochester Niagara Falls Falconer Junction Fentonville Russell Warren Irvington Youngsville Pittsfield Garland Cressey Valley and Titusville final. Timings list morning and evening departures from New York and arrivals at Titusville with various intermediate stop times.
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Sheffield
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Sunbury
Lancaster
Philadephia
Baltimore
Washington
Erie
Williamsport
Kane
Warren
Williamsot
Pullman
Phiadelphia
J. R. Hutchinson
J. R. Wood
Gen’l
Sun
Sun. Daily
Sesseeese Oes Bostod Sae
Rochester
Niagara Falls
Ar.Falconer
Sevees- Ffewsdute Ceevee
Fentonville
Saereree Ackiey
Russell
Sree Warren
Irvington
Youngsville
Pittsfield
Garland
Ee Gana Valley
Titusville
Dunkirk
Falconer
Main No. 2
Falconer Junction
C. Moon
N. Y
H. Parry
Exchange St
Buffalo
Gro
H. Daniels
New York City
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Warren Mail
Warren, PA
Castori
Royal Baking Powder CO
Tristan Acunha
Kansas
Cit
Brookie Galloway
Wilder, Johnson Co
Kans
Glass
Melton
Kersey
Clothiers
Consumer
Kopf & Henry
Grocers
Water Street
Rowland & Sons
Web
W. C. Rowland
E. Rowland
NP Rowland, JR
W. H. Drusn
U. S
Dearborn St
Chicago
the Mail Office
Boston
Cincinnati St. Louis
East
West
Jersey
Pennsylvania
R.R
Naval Definitions
Castor Bear
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
New York Central & Hudson River RE. R. Co
Lessee
Kinzua
Sitimanca
Olean
Olean Express
Pittspurg Express
Tionesta
Oil City
Pittsburg
Buffalo Express
Oil City Express
S. Leffard
R. Rex
A. Fellows
Mooney-Brisbane
Main
Clinton Streets
Buffalo N
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Sheffield Junction
Lamona
Shef
Hef
Gar
P.&w. Ne
St Shefield
Jerry Crary
Philadelphia Weekly Press
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