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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
3
The essay argues that readers feel a mix of fear and thrill from violent crime news. It contrasts natural death with murder, noting how murders create a personal sense of threat and a restless urge to imagine drastic action, referencing Balzac and a vigilante fantasy.
A reflective essay argues that pessimism is the creed of the superficial, contrasting seasonal decay with nature’s renewal. It asserts life’s depth lies beyond childhood sorrow and champions growth, harvest, and a larger purpose for human effort and character. It ends by urging contemplation of nature’s purpose in eternal cycles.
Washington news tells of Salmon P. Chase era coach offered by Charles O Young as a free exhibit for the government. The ancient six-seat carriage, once carried Chase and even Abraham Lincoln, bears Rhode Island arms and lilac satin interior, a relic of antebellum spectacle now valued as a national exhibit potential.
A 1919-era account claims thousands of American black migrants in England, noting entertainment districts in Margate and Soho. It describes busker culture shifted to negro acts and songs, with colonial English reception depicted as egalitarian, while noting emerging negro quarters near Fleet Street.
Bert M. Fernald has been elected governor of Maine. He is a 50 year old farmer and cannery proprietor with a 300 acre South Poland farm. Born on a farm, he spent his life outside city limits and has prior legislative service. Zinc poisonings on sailors traced to zinc slabs in ship filter tanks.
The piece argues rapid gains in aeronautics with 20 to 30 annual contests planned in New York within two years. It envisions in air races, long endurance feats, and new fields outside the city to host events, avoiding urban dangers and building sites for aerial sport.
Dialogue excerpt shows The Artist refusing to share sketches while The Editor cites occupation of ladies in the next room. Tone suggests cautious, social humor in a magazine or theatrical piece.
A brief dialogue panel from a New York feature asks whether a young man still has a fair chance as in past decades and notes a sudden moment of anticipation pleasing a father.
Financial data from New York to Pittsburgh reflects varied crops, commodities, and livestock. Prices cited cover flour, wheat, corn, oats, butter, cheese, eggs, potatoes, cattle, sheep, hogs, and pork with regional quotes in Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburgh markets.
Paris Pattern No 2557 shows a six gore skirt with center front opening and inverted box plait back. Suitable for serge panama tweed cheviot mohair or any material with a bias trimming above the hem. Sizes 22 to 84 inches waist. yardage varies by width and nap. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address size and pattern number.
Paris pattern No 2237 offers a three quarter length double breasted coat for autumn wear. Made in tweed covert cloth broadcloth serge or cheviot, with seven sizes 32 to 44 and yardage details for 36 bust, plus a velvet trim option. Pattern Department. State name and address.
John Classic aged 18 was declared dead but as the coffin lid neared closure his mother kissed him and saw a eyelid twitch. Physicians revived him and he is believed to recover.
A restaurant patron challenges a dish labeled Lobsters in Jury as the waiter and waiter cites a judge’s remark. The exchange centers on whether the name reflects a pun or a legal term used in court. No injuries or formal charges are reported.
A terse exchange recalls a man asking if his uncle remembered him in the will. The reply reveals the uncle did remember but chose not to name him in the document. The dialogue hints at family tension and the sting of omitted legacy.
J. F. Hennen of Milan Missouri describes a long standing itchy rash that resisted three doctors. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent he recovered fully and later healed a leg outbreak linked to a flu and pneumonia illness. May 13 1907.
A Queensland judge told a royal commission on the pearling industry that pearl shell oysters are wild animals. A witness testified that eight years ago he laid 100000 shells near Friday Island. they were stolen by Japanese, and the judge ruled no penalty for stealing them. The piece ends with a quip about a slow young man once mocked by girls.
An advertisement promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. It claims to soften gums reduce inflammation allay pain and cure wind colic with a price of 25 cents per bottle.
A short ad copy imitates a newspaper card offering Allen's Foot Ease for tired feet with a trial package free. The text interweaves a Latin proverb and small print about the product from Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y.
An article describes the back as central to a woman's health, noting aches, nervousness, headaches, and pelvic pains as signs the feminine organism needs care. It claims a single remedy quickly removes the cause and restores health.
A Rockland Maine woman reports long backaches and side pain improving after three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. A Pennsylvania woman describes severe backaches and sleep loss relieved by the remedy. The ad promotes the product as a 30 year standard female tonic from roots and herbs addressing displacements, inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregularities, and nervous symptoms.
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