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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1902
Page
7
A verse vignette contrasts a cultured, wise man with a vulgar millionaire who flaunts wealth yet lacks refinement. The rich man comforts and conspires to elevate the learned man, showcasing pride in association amid a social crowd. S8. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
A Washington Star poem laments returning to work after vacation. The speaker recalls sun, beach, and fashionable detours, then resigns to duty as the railway train separates him from two beloveds, Angeline and Sue, and peers at looming censures from the boss.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune poem recalls a mother's Bible kept close, its rusted clasps and faded gilding yet offering solace. The speaker senses the motherly spirit near the worn book, its sacred language comforting the writer through memory and loss.
A Washington Star verse notes the lure of stirring trouble for excitement. It concludes that after a period of disruption one longs for peace of mind and a settled routine again.
A reflective poem fragment from British Weekly depicts a mother hopeful for relief from heartache as school ends. She imagines reunion with her child in heaven while recalling lessons learned. The refrain returns to the line When school is out and ends with the mother’s death.
P Gordon Mills urges timely action in the Indianapolis Sentinel. He argues fervent effort yields results and warns delay lets opportunities pass. He contrasts decisive work with idleness and frames life as ongoing enterprise guided by personal deeds.
A poem urging daily acts of happiness and love to fill a year with sunshine. Emma C Dowd notes the harm of daily scowls and hateful acts, contrasting them with cheerful deeds joining work and play to spread joy throughout the year.
Poem fragment from Atlantic by John B. Tabb portrays a lone bird as a symbol of solitude and inward pain. The speaker questions whether the bird’s voice foresees fading visions and a heart captive to longing, ready to depart forever.
The article recounts Hernando DeSoto leading an expedition from Tampa Bay in May 1539 and marching westward to the Mississippi, fighting native peoples, reaching the river’s bluffs in Tunica County in May 1541, and dying in May 1542 before Moscoso finished the mission and returned to Cuba.
The article explains post office mail recovery after car fires. It notes how burned usable letters are wrapped and rerouted, and how inspectors recover fragments or send them to the dead letter office. It discusses liability for destroyed mail and the safeguards like registered mail and money orders.
The piece argues that check design mirrors personality and wealth. It notes Astor and Vanderbilt patterns, preferring plain printed checks for practicality and readability, while elaborate engraved checks signal showiness. It also contrasts bank types, with country banks tending to fancier, cheaper-paper checks and big banks offering plainer, higher quality options.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer passage a speaker recalls twelve to fourteen engagements in a single summer and notes a strategy of binding lovers to their words after each pledge. The dialogue hints at a clever daughter who drums up business as a damaged affection lawyer.
The Geographic Journal notes Askal Chin in Thibet as the highest lake at 16 600 feet above sea level and the Dead Sea as the lowest at 1 200 feet below sea level. The report highlights extreme elevations among global lakes.
In Rural New Yorker J E Morse describes a cheap water tight root washer built at home. A box of 12 by 21 by 30 inches with a 14 inch cylinder and slatted head works powered by hand cranks. Uses 24 inch screws and 22 inch pins to assemble. Revolve slowly for a minute to clean roots, requiring little cash and basic tools.
The Globe-Democrat supports enforcing the new law imposing a ten cent per pound tax on oleomargarine colored to imitate butter. It argues oleomargarine sold on its merits is wholesome and urges rigid enforcement against adulteration or deception as a fraud on the people.
Farmers' View notes how buyers seek sleek well fed horses and how traders in cities buy undernourished animals, fatten them with oats, and sell them for a profit, predicting losses for sellers of sickly stock. The observation highlights market demand shaping pricing and care.
In a Detroit Free Press item a man and his son view a picture showing four peaches and a cut melon marked fifty dollars. The boy argues a cheaper, finer picture exists at forty dollars because it has more peaches and an uncut melon.
A Philadelphia Press quote humorously notes ague as paradoxical, causing body tremors yet stubbornly sticking to a person. The exchange features a suburb speaker and Cillman debating why the illness both shakes the body and lingers.
Ladies can wear shoes one size smaller after using Allen's Foot Base powder. It eases tight or new shoes and claims to cure swollen hot sweating aching feet ingrown nails corns and bunions. Sold by druggists and shoe stores 25 cents. Trial package free by mail Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A quoted remark from the Indianapolis News notes that a man who cannot accept a job poor in status mistakes egotism for ambition. It reflects views on career expectations and personal drive.
A collage of vintage remedy pitches and quotes: Cough suppressants and laxatives priced at a quarter, Burdock Blood Bitters praised for clearing skin, Dr Thomas Electric Oil for burns and pains, Hale’s Honey of Horehound for coughs, Pike’s Toothache Drops for instant relief, and Putnam Fadeless Dyes noted for fast color.
Market notes dated September 30, 1902 cover flour wheat corn oats hay and livestock in New York Cleveland Toledo Liberty East Buffalo and other centers. Prices include Minnesota patent flour 3.75 4.00. wheat No 2 red 75 to 79 cents. corn No 2 66 to 67 cents. oats 31 to 34 cents. cattle steers 4.00 to 6.40. calves 5.00 to 8.50. sheep 2.25 to 3.75. lambs 4.85 to 5.62. hogs 7.00 to 7.30. plus regional variations in butter eggs cheese and potatoes.
Veteran Josiah Heller of Urbana Illinois testifies to curing kidney trouble with Dean's Kidney Pills first tried at Cunningham's drug store in Champaign in 1889. He reports relief from back pain and loins pain and says he has repeatedly used the remedy with lasting results. A free trial offer is extended by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, with 50 cent boxes available nationwide.
Mrs G Bruce of Lansing Michigan credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of travel fatigue and ovarian issues. She reports rapid improvement within a month and lasting well being, stating she did not lose any engagements. The letter invites others to seek free confidential guidance from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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