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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1870
Page
4
A reflective poem recalling plans for fame and future glory. Jim earns a hero’s name during war, Willie Poole seeks to save souls abroad, and the speaker blends as scholar and observer. The refrain asks which will bear the greater name.
A correspondent to The World recounts the diamond rush across South Africa from Port Elizabeth to the Vaal and Orange rivers. He details diamond discoveries, native traders, and royal displays in Bloemfontein, noting huts torn open for gems, rapid wealth, and a code of mining laws amid fierce pursuit of fortune.
A Quiver excerpt counsels a young man to pursue realistic goals over daydreams of fame and fortune. It urges steady effort, perseverance, and prayer to achieve success, warning that imagination without action can be a dangerous trap.
A Grayson Kentucky case features Peter Mock, an elderly German farmer, who objects to juror Bill Franklin during jury impaneling. He insists Franklin is meddling in his business and refuses the juror on principle, despite the judge noting Franklin is not on the panel.
The wind and rain contend over a tale told by the sunlit voice of Madame Sunshine. A golden swan grants fortune to a poor boy, a shepherd child, and a family, producing rings that shape four brothers into a mason, a painter, a musician, and a poet, ending with a humble couple finding happiness.
A Lakeland Long Island family reports a white robed woman found prone on their piazza. The figure rose and fled toward the road, passing through a closed gate as neighbors offered to stay overnight. Testimonies from trusted locals support the event’s truthfulness.
Illinois has grown more rapidly in population over the past ten years than any other state, with an increase of about 700000 residents. The expansion reflects shifts in urbanization and migration patterns within the Union.
A newly added Andaman monkey named Jenny, presented by Captain Brown, joins the Zoological Society at Regent's Park. Jenny, eight or nine, has served on HMS Vigilant from Port Blair, earns prizes, and is notable for smoking a pipe and drinking grog with a peculiar feeding pose.
A observer laments Paris as a modern Babylon pressed by war. Hospitals occupy grand buildings, 1.5 million non combatants remain, Bonn Strasbourg falls endangering Paris. Riots flare, news is controlled by Prussians, beauty succumbs to destruction and sorrow.
A Lake George resident discovers the local postmaster is a shoemaker pegger. The visitor holds misgivings about his name Daniel Pratt and discovers mail awaiting him. The shoemaker mocks illiteracy and defends his Post Office duties with blunt humor.
The Detroit Bridge and Iron Company received a $500,000 contract to build a railroad bridge over the Mississippi at Hannibal Missouri. The structure spans 1 580 feet and marks a major regional infrastructure project for the firm.
A young dentist J F Galentine shoots Dr W H Jones a prominent Cleveland physician on the West Side after alleged advances to a married woman. The murder occurs near Jones office in Foot's block. Galentine is arrested on the Centre street bridge and a post mortem confirms a fatal chest wound. Jones leaves behind three brothers and three sisters.
In practical terms from Vineland New Jersey Dr Joseph Treat shares a peaches drying method. Do not pare peaches before drying just blanch briefly to slip skins and pit removal becomes faster. A bushel can be processed in a boiler at once with water drained afterward.
The piece notes animal behavior mirrors the handler and stresses calmness for cows and workhorse steadiness. It cites a Massachusetts Ploughman quote on nervousness harming animals and outlines broom corn seed value for cattle feed with prices and feeding methods.
Correspondent urges the Journal of Horticulture to publish practical methods for extending pear storage. With pear planting rising, three fourths ripen in autumn and keep poorly. readers are asked to share successful techniques to keep fall varieties into midwinter or beyond.
A Saratoga landlord confronted a guest found awake at night shouting in the house. The guest defended his loud actions as shouting the battle cry of freedom while continuing his nocturnal search for invisible foes.
The article argues the continental war yields some gains for the United States, warning of vast casualties and economic disruption in France and Prussia. It urges American farmers to boost next year’s harvests to capture potential benefits and to invest locally as currencies and burdens shift due to the war.
Numismatic note recalls Servius Tullus era brass coin bearing Janus and a galley prow on the reverse. The first silver coin appeared A U C 484, the Sestertius showing chariots, Victory, and Roma. Gold coinage began in the second Punic War A U C 46, featuring imperial images and called aurei.
The chignon has fallen out of fashion in Europe, now worn only by the demi monde. The change signals a broader trend toward different hair trends across social strata and regions.
Ned Walraven and Almyr St Aubyn prepare to depart their shared life as four trunks await removal. Walraven secretly loves Evangeline Delaney, daughter of housekeeper Madanne Delaney, while St Aubyn is captivated by Evangeline at the Hall. The widow’s deathbed scene and a mother’s box set a path of loyalty, love, and looming intrigue.
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