25 Nov 1865
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1865
Page
1
A late 19th century page blends a 1863 timetable with poems and serialized fiction. It includes rail schedules from Buffalo to Cincinnati, a prose dramatic scene about Eustace Mervale and Emily Stratharden, moral anecdotes of social reform, and a Confederate-era biographical sketch of William Yancey.
A reader notes on types of book sizes and the term Fenian tracing to faith based brotherhoods. A separate anecdote recalls a parson asking about St Paul and a landlady's remark about preferring him as a boarder.
The speaker notes drastic changes over two centuries with few youths and women constrained by old norms. He cites stockings, night time freedom for boys, and daughters serving as waiting maids as examples of societal progress, praising current improvements.
A St Louis burglar who while robbing a room where a young woman slept could not resist kissing her lips and was caught in the act. The case promising state prison for a kiss. Also includes a pangram verse for alphabet practice and two aphorisms on happiness.
A Ann Maria Story wed Bob Short in a simple ceremony described as a pleasant union. The couple plans daily life together and celebrates their match with friends and family in a quiet town setting.
A terse line contemplates existence and birth, suggesting a view that this world offers no ease or safety for the unborn and implies a broader existential stance.
The piece argues gossip stems from narrow minds and that true cultivation attends both heart and intellect. It warns that discussing others’ faults or motives risks injustice and urges focusing on one’s own affairs to avoid impertinence and crime.
The piece recalls the 1838 Graves of Kentucky and Cilley of Maine duel that killed Cilley. It cites Graves’s 1844 letter praising courage to refuse fighting, and questions who embodies true bravery in a society that normalizes dueling.
The Tribune reports the President is unusually annoyed at reconstructionists after saying pardons and kindness failed to win support. A West judge noted eleven jurors present with one having left his verdict with another. Government rolls confirm Lee’s army at surrender totaled 28,000 and Johnston’s at 37,000.
The text notes that the slave trade was introduced to England by Sir John Hawkins during Queen Elizabeth I’s reign and that slavery was abolished throughout the English dominions in 1863.
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