21 Oct 1873
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1873
Page
1
A poem praising October as a season of hunting and forest life. The speaker longs for months spent in the woods, contrasting them with the smothering mills and mines. He recalls campfires, hunts, and clear springs, claiming true bliss lies in the forest's shadow.
A long confession from a condemned man recounts his cruel life. He describes poverty, enslavement as a child, a sister named Mary, a master who kept them, her death and the discovery of a dead baby, then the murderer's climactic confrontation with his former master.
A Newfoundland on a canal boat near Utica leads to chaos after chasing a child into the canal. The captain drowns, the dog is blamed, and the wife takes control as the boat’s wrecked crew endures a comic, tragic scene aboard. Also notes General Cass on the Northern Pacific rail line and a British Medical Journal report on a woman with four artificial limbs able to work and walk.
A narrator recalls choking a man and harming a woman then kissing a baby and cutting a curl from Mary’s head. The killer notes wealth and friends, laments loneliness, asks to place the curl on their heart after death, and bids good night as sleep nears. The fragment hints at murder and remorse.
A Philadelphia company, Olesmargarine Manufacturing Company with capital of five hundred thousand dollars, claims to produce butter from fatty cow tissue rather than milk. The process involves extracting oil from beef fat, heating, pressing, then churning with water or buttermilk and a touch of anatto. They project output rising from one thousand to ten thousand pounds daily, with initial sales to hotels and restaurants.
Bottlebury of Camden plunged into the creek to save Miss Sparks after she fell from a boat. He carried her to shore, where her father offered thanks and the crowd reacted with mixed emotion. Bottlebury faced breach of promise charges and was awarded two hundred dollars by the jury.
Gen George B McClellan and his family sailed for Europe as Atlantic and Great Western and Erie executives push toward a lease. In London, he and James McHenry and Bischoffsheim plan an informal stockholders conference to harmonize interests and pursue closer ties with the Erie system and other lines like New York Boston and Montreal.
An elderly mother and her daughter visit Taunton Asylum to see a son confined for insanity. A visiting wife seeks release for her husband but violence erupts as he assaults the son, wounding him, while the old lady intervenes. Five attendants finally restrain the furious man.
Washington reports that witnesses Buddington Chester and Morton and Dr Bessels denied suspicions of foul play in Captain Hall’s death. Bessels helped Hall after the sledge voyage, coffee was shared with the crew, Hall fell unconscious and paralyzed on the left side, doctors deemed death natural and the treatment appropriate.
A fiery letter denounces a fashion piece by a female contributor, mocking ornate 19th century dress terms. The writer ridicules described garments including overcoats, dresses, and pantaloons, noting absurdities and mixed styles that fail to please.
A stormy afternoon lightning bolt struck the home of James Niver near Clove Branch Junction. It tore boards from the sill, killed a cat on the stoop, and ripped the well spout before fading. A child asleep in the corner woke unharmed. Mrs Niver narrowly missed the shock.
A Richmond paper recounts a sagacious dog guiding a wife to a lodge where her husband lies injured with a swollen eye, bleeding nose, and immobile legs. The narrative hints the husband sought to dispose of a loyal dog and to locate a gambler who struck him.
General Otto Frederick Marshall of Wheeler New York kept a 28 year old horse for 22 years. One night he switched to a newer horse and the old animal, sensing neglect, wandered from the pasture, went to the post office as usual, and died upon returning home.
A boy explains to his father that a Bible verse proves Methodists by noting all the people said Amen. The anecdote highlights the child’s playful interpretation of religious affiliation through a crowd’s response.
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