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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1903
Page
7
A fragment from a Chicago Daily News item mixes a lyrical mock tale with a melodramatic sigh of loss and longing. It features Lord Somebody seeking a wealthy match, a trip to Amerikah, and a dental punchline as the dentally tormented narrator vows to endure and finally pull the tooth.
The poem recalls seasons and the tree of life with imagery of blossoms and bitter fruit. A speaker asks when spring will return as autumn winds blow and birds fall silent, while a master explains life’s cyclic, single bloom and the need to endure winter. Rev. Stanley C. Hughey is cited in the New York Observer.
Poignant reminiscence of a home forgotten and wrecked, with family memories lingering. The poem contrasts a father and mother’s presence with a house that no longer stands, the swallow and rose still guarding the door despite decay. It pairs with a later sentiment urging endurance amid crime reports and moral panic.
The piece contrasts nature and city life as two forms of life’s unwritten song. The author values silent solitudes and midnight starlight, yet also enjoys the bustle and pleasures found in the energetic urban social scene.
A meditation on leaving a mark through kind acts and words. It contrasts pleasant daily kindness with the weight of debts and missed chances, and ends with empathy for a neighbor grieving a loss.
A Crestline area farmer S R Harris designed and built a rustic foot bridge over Spring Brook using a single leaning white oak. He cut and rip sawed logs into stringers and posts, installed a plank floor and railings carved from the same tree, and spent under five dollars while creating a durable, attractive crossing that enhances land value.
A New York Tribune note extols road civility among drivers. The author recounts cases of yielding to loaded wagons and women in sleighs, arguing courtesy builds brotherhood on rough mountain roads despite occasional ingratitude.
Joseph Newman urges dairymen to cut unprofitable cow boarders using Scales and Babcock test. He calls for silos alfalfa balanced rations and education to improve milk output and make American dairies the home of the best cattle.
The coming session may see a $200,000 appropriation to build a derelict destroyer for the Bureau of Navigation to tow abandoned ships to shore. Most derelicts in Atlantic lanes are American lumber laden schooners that cannot sink, posing a constant danger to commerce. The United States plans to take responsibility and rid its coasts of these derelicts.
A Leith steamer captain on a voyage to China threw a bundle of letters overboard in the Mediterranean. Spanish fishermen near Aguilas recovered a large fish containing the letters and delivered them to the mayor who deciphered the superintendent of the steamship line in London and returned the letters to their owner.
Senator John E. Fox of Harrisburg Pennsylvania claims ownership of an island in the Susquehanna River opposite Harrisburg. The island formed by sand deposits covers one acre and forty four perches and was bought for 30 cents under the law. The internal affairs department ruled the property is his.
The Louisiana exhibit features a miniature rice field watered by a tiny canal a working model rice mill a warehouse with shipping platform and a miniature train loaded with sacks of rice The display also shows cultivation methods and models of harvesting machines and threshers.
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes a Montana tale of bachelors asking Virginians for wives mirroring 17th century Virginia shiploads. It recalls three hundred years ago when Virginia bachelors imported wives from England, paying in tobacco, and claiming they were worth it.
A mother and her ten year old daughter return to a small flat after visiting Mrs Wallin at a large house with spacious grounds. The mother compares the flat to living in a hat box while the daughter echoes she would feel living in a keyhole.
In St John Kansas a boy son of Mr and Mrs William McBride suffered malignant scarlet fever causing paralysis hearing loss seizures and mental decline. After Dodd's Kidney Pills were used the spasms ceased within a week and the child steadily improved per sworn statements by the parents and Dr Jesse D Simes naming the pills as the cure.
A Philadelphia Press item records Jess recounting a marriage proposal where the suitor pressed for an immediate answer, but Tess replies that he must wait until tomorrow, indicating a cautious, delaying response.
The notice advertises Fast Train to Texas from St. Louis at 8 30 a m with connections from North and East and three additional Texas departures at 2 21 p m 8 40 p m and 3 05 a m. Through Pullman Sleepers Dining Cars and Elegant Chair Cars. Twelve hours saved to California with double daily through service via Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain Route. Tourist tickets year round. Messages to Iron Mountain Route agents or H C Towne Townsend General Passenger and Ticket Agent St Louis.
Eleanor R. Parker notes winter dish washing causes rough hands due to impure soap. She recommends Ivory soap for washing and thorough rinsing and drying to prevent chapping.
A brief attribution noting a quotation about ignorance and satisfaction with one’s opinions. It cites Ali Baba as the speaker, framing the maxim as a social critique on closed minded thinking. The line warns against complacency in belief systems.
A fragment from a 1900 page lists travel by three daily trains from Chicago to California Oregon and Washington via Union Pacific and North Western lines. It also features ads for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Piso's Cure for Consumption and quotes on truth and virtue from Town Topics and Chicago Daily News.
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