29 Oct 1870
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1870
Page
1
A poem advises suitors to woo with deed not words. It contrasts boasting and sighing with steady, manly resolve, proof of devotion, and readiness to endure hardship. The tale of the bold Knight Errant illustrates decisive action and service leading to marriage.
In Goshen a aging Father Ephraim selects Adam Colburn and Martha Pierson to become Father and Mother of the Shaker village. Their faith and love unfold amid elder scrutiny as Martha endures haunting strain from their forced vows before the ceremony ends in sorrow.
The South London Press reports a lone builder on the eastern edge of Nunhead Cemetery who bought a plot four years ago and, without scaffolding, has nearly finished a six room brick house. He is his own architect and tradesman living with a son and parrot in a self built hut.
The preliminaries of the marriage between Princess Louisa fourth daughter of Queen Victoria and the Marquis of Lorn eldest son of the Duke of Argyll have been arranged with the Queen's consent.
A Cleveland Herald correspondent aboard an Amazon expedition reports daily life and natural history from Para Nazaire. He describes music from dogs, insects including fleas and fire ants, mosquitos, and "mu cuim" bites, along with sunrise scenes, birds like toucans and parrots, and dawn routines of woodmen and donkeys. He notes mixed bloodlines, rare white natives, widespread slavery with costly services, and a diverse foreign population where French is common.
A French captain in disguise escapes Sedan and hones a plan in a small frontier cabaret. He notices a Prussian officer meeting a Montmedy butcher to pass notes and money. The captain recruits the butcher to deliver a note to Montmedy’s commandant, leading to a trap and execution behind a rampart wall. The officer is observed taking notes and returning to Sedan, while the butcher is paid to relay messages and is sent to Montmedy. The plan ends with a firing and the captain heading toward Paris via Lille.
A four year old girl at a church recital begins with Up in a Balloon but is halted by her mother after a moment and forced to switch to Not for Joe, then is escorted from the sanctuary amid a hush.
A detailed Victorian portrait of London’s central telegraph office, where hundreds of operators, mostly women, transmit globalealing messages in silence. It explains pneumatic tubes, central office connections, and the rapid tube network linking half a mile of offices to St. Martin’s-le-Grand, all powered by steam.
Ten year old Willie Goodman near Bridgeport Illinois built a six foot bird kite with a large following. The kite lifted him seventy five feet before he fell back and was rescued. He returned home suffering brain fever from the frightening ascent.
In this Laws of Life piece the author urges securing maximum winter sunshine for people especially babies, invalids, and the elderly, arguing southern exposure is vital while noting north windows deny needed light and warmth. the piece compares human needs to those of sun loving plants and calls for sacrifices to provide sunshine.
The circular from Count Bismarck to North German representatives argues France must accept hard terms after the war. It cites Paris government delays, neutral powers’ intervention as harmful, and stresses securing stronger German frontiers including Strasbourg and Metz as defensive bulwarks. It notes peace must guard Germany and Europe from renewed French aggression.
The Shenandoah Valley, long known for fertility, suffers renewed ruin as a catastrophic flood follows an early autumn drought. Rain on Sept 28-29 causes the Shenandoah River to surge over fifty feet, washing away mills, barns, crops, and homes across Rockingham Shenandoah Page Warren Clark and Jefferson counties. Rescue efforts involve basket ferries and rafts. livestock losses mount, and damage extends toward Harper's Ferry and the Potomac. Years will pass before repairs restore the devastated region.
A Cincinnati Gazette correspondent describes Miss Doise of Chicago as a small, clever woman who lectured on Greek accents and Latin conjugations at the Philological Convention in Rochester. The piece praises Western girls for bravery, notes her contempt for poetry and marriage, yet highlights her independence and woman suffrage advocacy.
In Paducah, Mrs. Pell, wife of Mr. Pell, amid convulsions and lucid intervals, allegedly mimics the dying expressions and speech of a previously deceased man, Mr. Lewis, in front of Mayor Launer and Dr. Brooks. Similar episodes include a woman reacting to another child’s death, with observers calling the case inexplicable and possible mesmerism.
A woman is arrested in Detroit after throwing vitriol on two sisters. In court the victims showed a mournful scene with one sister having lost an eye and both bearing severe facial disfigurement. Jealousy is suspected as the motive.
In Canton the death of Miss Etta Barstow, a 20 year old teacher at the Pleasant Street District School, is linked to a stone attack by older boys. After injuries from the assault she traveled to Boston and died. Four boys, aged 11 and 9, were jailed for disturbing school and assault. others face possible murder charges as post mortem findings proceed in a Boston hospital.
The London Times special correspondent reports from the Crown Prince's headquarters on September 16 praising the Prussian military administration. He notes strict discipline, severe penalties for arming or harming the army, ubiquitous sentries, and the population's alarm as Prussians are seen in towns and villages.
A massive hurricane hit Cuba on Oct 14 sweeping Matanzas and Cardenas, destroying sugar estates and flooding inland areas. Loss of life estimated in the thousands with wide property damage and disruption of rail depots and communications. A French mail steamer Darien reported missing near Guantanamo, raising fears of further casualties.
A historical Chronicle notes the Ganges as the Hindu sacred river and the English imperial artery in India, detailing its annual floods from April to November, past devastations of fifty thousand lives, and the river towns, temples, and scenery that accompany its rise and fall. It also reports on a Montana expedition discovering over two thousand geysers near Madison River with seven unique vents including the Giant and Bee Hive.
A bank check passed through multiple hands from a quartermaster to a contractor and Texas cattle drovers. Years later two military reports received by headquarters contained the missing and found halves, revealing the drovers were killed by two Indian bands who split the spoils.
A compact meditation contrasts the blighting grip of interest with the Canada thistle, portraying debt as invisible teeth that bind and consume, while Canada thistles sprout relentlessly, threatening farms. The piece warns a farmer prefers discomfort over reliance on crushing interest.
A crocodile from the Nile was shown at a fair in Fort Scott Kansas. A sharply dressed Black man joked to onlookers by calling the animal a concubine from de Nile, eliciting laughs from the crowd as the show drew spectators. Separately local citizens form a company with $100,000 capital to manufacture agricultural implements.
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