16 Oct 1883
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1883
Page
1
A poem by Joaquin Miller questions the value of trampling others on life’s rough road. It laments envy and strife, pleading for pity and pardon as people tumble toward dust. The verse contrasts human cruelty with nature’s peace and ends with a humbling reminder of mortality.
Mrs Limbertung spreads word that Tom Flessing, recently released from state prison, must keep his past hidden to help Fanny and their sister. She meets others on the street, relaying the tale and hoping Tom cannot be identified, while Fanny weeps over job troubles. The tale travels through Tankville, leaving worry and insistence that the truth stay secret.
Nathan Brown recalls Jamestown era keelboats on the Cassadaga branch and pirogues and bateaus loaded with iron nails glass lumber and even Monongahela whiskey. He describes the crews poling upriver from Pittsburgh to Warren and Mayville, the lack of decks, tarpaulins and wakeful nights under the hulls, and notes later decline as railroads and better roads replaced keelboats.
An essay by Sarah O. Jewett arguing women should pursue skilled work over domestic service. She praises cooking schools and better training for women, noting higher wages, greater home life quality, and more freedom. She urges careful preparation before entering service, not reliance on imprecise instruction after employment.
An earnest advocate claims the body can endure any temperature but repeated attempts to harden led to frozen ears, illness, and the loss of two children. A lecturer’s trial resulted in a cold that winter, and another child died from pneumonia linked to insufficient clothing. The advised path is protection from extremes and strong health through diet, sleep, and exercise.
A group of American girls tour Koenigswinter and argue over home comforts and travel fatigue. Susie frets about beds, baths, and the trunk life, while peers mock their own pretensions as they follow their guide and long for Buffalo.
In Curiaco on October 9 Peter V. Johnston drove the young pacer Johnston to new trotting and pacing bests. The warming up reached 2.22 and the second trial ran 2.10 without a fault. Early splits were 523 for a quarter, 1.033 for the half, and 1.36 for three quarters, with judges confirming the 2.093 time despite some rounding.
An old newspaper ad touts Dr. Frazier’s Root Bitters as a cure for debility loss of appetite dyspepsia and ailments from a disordered stomach liver and kidneys. It lists L G Noyes Warren Pa as a seller and notes Yes Tooth Powder from Johnson Siegfried.
A. P. Loomis writes from Chihuahua Mexico September 17 1883 detailing the 73rd Mexican Independence Day celebrations. He describes the festive city sights the theatre events fireworks lanterns and the Mexican national anthem inviting future updates in English from the sister.
The fall hat trends echo last winter with silk hats featuring bell crowns and large brims, plus English influenced crush hats and Derby street wear with an English shovel brim. The Baltimore soft hat wanes as narrowing trousers push for narrow shoes and English lasts, while evening shoes trend to patent leather pumps and silk topped sandals. Gloves shift to tan with embroidery, one finger mittens for winter driving, and light canes with oxidized silver crooks rise in demand. Blodgett's Balm marketed as a remedies in summer ailments, sold by druggists.
An advertising snippet promotes Teaberry toothpaste claiming it makes teeth whiter, removes tartar and sour substances, and offers a practical treasure for daily brushing.
An advertisement for Dr. Frazier's Magic Ointment promises to cure pimples black heads eruptions and skin blotches on the face and more including itch salt rheum sore nipples lips ulcers and sores. Sold by druggists and by mail for 50 cents. L G Noyes of Warren Pa is listed as a seller.
A maternal scene contrasts a christening robe for a living child with a mother's waning strength and prayer for endurance as she faces an unintended burial. The poem juxtaposes joy of birth with the sorrow of loss, highlighting a mother's tears and hope.
The piece extols Baldwin's Santa Anita ranch in the San Gabriel valley describing four estates Santa Anita Puente Merced and Potrero with extensive acreage a large payroll machinery and livestock including forty cows one hundred twenty work horses and fifty Thoroughbreds. It notes vast vineyards orchards and gardens creating an impression of immense scale beyond official equalization figures.
The little book Don't from Appleton's offers practical social guidance. It warns readers to avoid shaking hands with everyone present and hurrying to a chair, to balance warmth without overdoing it, and to keep conversations tactful and selfless. It cautions against self‑consciousness, loud talk, bragging, dwelling on maladies, and sulkiness or impatience.
Mrs. T B Eberline of Allegheny City Pa had been told she could die from consumption. After using one bottle of Peruna in a week she regained strength and appetite. People called it a wonderful miracle. Your druggist offers one gratis. Yes Tooth Powder advertised by Johnson Siegfried for pearls and pure breath.
A miscellany of quips, anecdotes, and curiosities fills pages with social jests and practical quackery. Topics range from marriage dynamics and doctors jokes to travel speeds, religious bits, and cryptic botanical finds from an Ohio mound.
A Journal of Chemistry discussion argues mental work wears out the body more than physical labor. It notes higher brain nutrient needs and blood flow, stating three hours of study rivals a day of hard labor, and phosphorus is essential for thought.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. For sale by L. G. Noyes.
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