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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1897
Page
4
In Warren Maine a poem depicts a sunset scene beside meadow bars. The speaker describes rosy clouds amber light and a silver disk of moon as a mock bird sings. The meadow stretches to purple hills while sheep bells and clover sway as twilight falls and a lovers kiss completes the scene.
Three men Tom Dick and Bill trek to a new gold field beyond the red sunset range seeking fortune and water. After days of drought and gold in the gully Bills sudden disappearance leaves a cryptic note on the tent unsettling the survivors.
In the desert heat two men follow a rival to a gulch where owner Bill lies dead beside a massive pure gold nugget. A worn letter reveals a family back home, and the survivors split what remains to start anew, while Bill’s fate stands revealed.
In Transvaal, Tshakma baboon activity disrupts farmers as the apes kill lambs not for meat but to drink milk. They raid lambs, retreat to cactus thickets, and avoid men while approaching women. Farmers disguise as women, use guns, and pursue the troublesome simians.
In Germany and Switzerland firms increasingly put a printed return address envelope with letters to ease correspondence and reduce misrouting due to illegible writing. The practice is described as a growing business custom in these regions.
European vegetarian movement led by Mme Alexandrine Viegele proposes a broad ethical reform urging women to discard animal derived clothing. She advocates replacing feathers furs and skins with plant based fabrics like ramie to mimic silk satin and velvet, sparking debate over feasibility and impact on milliners and retailers.
Marguerite Suddaby, a seven inch baby doll like woman born in Yorkshire, now stands under twelve inches tall in Hartley England. She weighs under two pounds and wears doll clothing. She sleeps in a doll bed and uses a handkerchief sized blanket. She dances and runs like an automaton despite normal parentage and good health noted by the Philadelphia Record.
A quaint tale from Nelvoir at the Duke of Rutland's country house tells of a village girl hired as under housemaid who, upon meeting the duke, blurts a reverent misquote. She clasps her hands and exclaims a misapplied blessing in a playful misstep of etiquette.
Business notice seeks occupations for women to work at home. Leather work is presented as an immediate opening with demand for pocketbooks cases portfolios and similar embossed items. A bright woman needs few lessons. materials are bought wholesale and care and precision suffice.
A Georgia newspaper recounts a new subscriber paying a dollar with grand, hyperbolic praise. The writer extols the silver dollar’s heft, size, and imagined feats, insisting the coin’s value outshines its 43 cent market price.
The piece argues gold fish suffer in bright light and glass tanks. It notes half die from lack of rest and exposure. It suggests remedies like grotto rocks and dense plants to create shaded hiding spaces for the fish.
Mrs Blunt aged 95, mother of the Bishop of Hull, England, boasts of having seen King George VI at the Jubilee in Hull and also witnessed the parade at Quésu .cvoria.
The annual seaweed harvest brings income to poverty stricken coast dwellers in Western Ireland and Channel Islands. Jersey holds a formal court session to set the harvest day while preparations across Jersey Guernsey Alderney and Sark begin. Harvesters are mobilized and boats ready for the great day.
The passage details a sea weed harvester with strong sickles and provisioning. Boats go at ebb tide to reach distant rocks, gathering seaweed as carts arrive at low water. Much of the crop is spread fresh over fields as fertilizer, while the rest is cured for food using a special wrack cake as a staple treat.
Greenwich, Ct introduces a trolley carriage that runs on side wires without rails, using flexible dual cables for current and return. It claims near noiseless operation, a top speed of about a mile every three minutes, and simple steering with a foot start stop lever, aiming to bypass local trolley-line approvals.
A call for mothers to lead daughters to wellness through Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. The ad touts Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo as a trusted physician for feminine ailments and endorses his remedies for weakness internal disease and debilitating drains. It promises cures and urges purchase from reputable medicine dealers.
A St Joseph orator sparked laughter by likening a nursing infant to national support during a celebration in a neighboring town. The speaker aimed for patriotism but drew ire as the mother, a confirmed old maid, showed embarrassment. Inquiry revealed she held a neighbor’s baby.
In the Language of the Day, a minister is described as not windy but capable of performing marriages that all succeed. He is called not pneumatic but a solid tyer, a metaphor for reliability.
A 19th century remark asserts that Switzerland has a higher proportion of lunatics due to mountain scenery, noting the mind is affected by the alpine landscape. The claim frames geography as a mental influence without empirical backing.
A report notes a fine levied after phosphorus was divided to supply matches with a stated quantity of one hundred thousand heads. The item highlights the material used and the scale of production.
The article describes how Montreuil's population largely produces dolls heads. It details the process from lime and earth kaolin mix to moulds, eye insertion, baking, polishing, coloring, and final assembly into dolls, celebrated as a Christmas delight for young girls.
Mrs William Astor reportedly purchased the famous diamonds known as the Indian Twins for 125000. Each eight and a half carat cushion cut stone is pale blue and highly lustrous. The twins once belonged to Warren Hastings, and one was later found worn by a Western cattle man in a Chicago barroom.
Fehman Bros touts itself as a leader in affordable lamps china and glassware offerings stressing unbeatable low prices and value for customers within a local retail market.
The hat of Daniel O Connell, shown to the County Kildare Archaeological Society, bears his name in his own handwriting on the inside. The hat is notably wide with an 8% inch inner width and a ten inch long diameter, and it fully covers the speaker’s head to the chin when worn by the chairman.
Sydney telegraph operators claim a new Australian record during the Federal Convention elections. Between 6:20 P. M. and 2:30 A. M. they received and transmitted 1,065,570 words at about 133,196 words per hour. The Sydney staff totaled 120 men using 56 instruments.
A wealthy citizen of Barmen Germany funds a city chorus open to every inhabitant with a singing voice at no cost. The effort invites male and female residents to join and perform for the community.
A Glasgow Evening News correspondent recounts a Carlyle anecdote from a visit to the Templand farm. After Mrs Carlyle complains about cold coffee, she drops a red hot cinder into Thomas Carlyle’s cup and quips that it is hot enough now.
The piece notes rising daytime diamond sales and the revival of earrings as a trend. It observes jewelers claim more diamonds are sold for everyday wear than in recent seasons and comments on the fashion pendulum and public sentiment.
Historical reports reveal Paris central markets sold crayfish and crimson lobsters colored with red paint to look fresh. Prosecutions followed for adulteration and fraud as authorities halted the scam.
Mrs. Roach, kin to the Vanderbilt Kissam line, has for years personally supervised the handcrafting of railroad flags used on the New York Central system. She oversees 11 month work with helpers, and the flags, costing material alone $1,600 yearly, number 4,000 yearly earnings total $5,000 for the maker.
The 39 day ascent ended July 31 as Prince Luigi Aosta planted the Italian flag atop the peak after reaching 8000 feet and crossing the divide near Mount St Elias. Success counters doubts about invincible mountains and highlights his naval and royal lineage. The peak sits on the British American border near Sitka amid Alaska coast terrain.
A brief directional notice invites readers to call at the Golden Horse Shoe located at 309 Second Street in Warren Pennsylvania for contact or inquiries.
A man outlines a demanding list for the ideal modern partner. She should read seriously, manage housekeeping, and value health and happiness, yet be well educated, well bred, and not pretentious. The piece notes a critic would demand equal virtue from him before friendship.
The United States and Canada sign a cooperative agreement to send mail to the Klondike region twice each month under the supervision of the Canadian mounted police. Costs will be shared by both governments.
A Kansas City Star tale describes a solitary traveler who enters a hotel parlor and asks the time. She reveals she is on her wedding trip and has not spoken to anyone but her husband for a week, fearing she would go mad without human contact.
A brief exchange from Typographical Journal notes Edwina asks if short skirts shorten women while Ethel quips they lengthen men, reflecting witty fashion commentary.
A survey records 2,150 women authors and journalists in France, about half novelists. Many writers come from the Department. The artists are mainly in Paris.
Maggie Mitchell, famed for sixties theatre, now aged sixty appears ten years younger at her Long Branch area country seat. Her acting fortune, prudently invested, provides a large income and public admiration for her later life.
In Blue Rapids Kansas the opera house will be run by women after the secretary of state issued articles of incorporation to a company composed entirely of women. The move marks a milestone for women in local cultural leadership and ownership.
The sea tale recounts an event off Barregat where a broken boiler gauge caused danger. Chief Engineer Gilkey urged fireman Bennett to save himself, Bennett refused, and both men evacuated the boiler room as steam filled it. Two crew members then lowered through a ventilator to shut off the steam. The scalded workers received care at Staten Island’s Marine Hospital.
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