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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1883
Page
4
In a tale from the Arkansas Traveler, old Josh Spillit, a famed drinker, refuses offered mixtures and shares how his wife’s tears moved him to vow never to drink again. He recalls being left drunk after a fishing trip and asks for water to mark his pledge.
An 1860s tale recalls Mile. de Prage proposing to M. de Lesseps in La Chesnaye garden. She, under nineteen, ignored age, insisting on him as the suitor. He explains his sixty years, yet she persists. They wed amid the Suez celebrations after the bans were published.
A Boston Herald retold tale from New England about a widower who rejects religious consolation and a later wife who laments with biting humor. The narrative also contrasts a Maine school committee member’s extreme grief with a remark about losing a cow.
In a Detroit suit a defendant sought to prove financial steadiness. A witness claimed he paid debts, but the opposing attorney pressed for loans. The witness hesitated until the defendant demanded a loan, then clarified he would lend $25 only with a first mortgage on about $2,000 in real estate.
Miss Birdie Bigbug performs piano at a mansion party hosted by Colonel Duby Bigbug. A stranger, revealed later as a gifted yet unimpressed critic, mocks her playing until he is knocked unconscious and wakes in hospital. Montana reports 100000 cattle in pasture.
The article surveys cane and walking stick making, listing imported woods from China and the West Indies, palm canes from Borneo, and other foreign varieties like ebony and cactus. It details labor in New Jersey swamps, sandflat straightening methods, and a heat curling process to form handles with careful finishing.
Jim Nelson recalls a French pianist in New Orleans who played a piano as if piloting a locomotive. The vivid tale describes rapid keys, thundering exhaust, and a dangerous ride ending with a bow to the crowd amid a chaotic crash.
A Colorado man hid in a cellar leaving a pet grizzly in his bed as would be lynchers arrived in darkness. The attackers failed to pull off the lynching after injuring themselves and the bear while the man earned a fierce reputation as a fighter for the stunt. A second scene features a funeral joke about color of handkerchiefs and tears in church.
A New Danger from St. Joseph reports a society young lady playfully biting a gentleman, the bite deemed poisonous and nearly fatal. The piece compares a prior fatal bite and cites Pasteur to suggest a perilous view of Missouri girls, warning men to avoid bite risks.
A dialect piece from the Arkansaw Traveler extols nature’s twilight as a smile of life and critiques law, pride, and hardship. It imagines the buzzard soaring high while stricter law helps the good and harms the bad, ending with gendered remarks on women and pride.
The New York World describes a scene at an upscale restaurant where eight o’clock guests, including two well dressed ladies, observe a nervous man at a table with companions. A richly dressed woman accuses him of deceit, demands his return home, and he exits in embarrassment while his companion offers a wary farewell.
Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean reports the Navajo Nation numbers about 27 000 with around 10 000 warriors. They are well armed and own vast flocks of sheep cattle and ponies. Manuelito valued at least 300 000, largely in sheep, once a man of power now a heavy drinker. The Navajo Agency lies 45 miles north of Fort Wingate New Mexico. Their crafts include silver coin ornaments and richly dyed wool blankets and rugs valued from 5 to 100 each. Blankets contain pure wool with unfading dyes and show skilled weaving. The tribe is described as strong and formidable in appearance.
A Lime Kiln Club trustee proposes spending 25 for a looking glass for Paradise Hall after returning from a legislative visit. The president condemns the motion as vanity and declares the club must curb vanity or disband. He fines Pullback 1700 and costs, and the rest of the session focuses on finances.
A man along Cow Creek in Tuolumne County California profits from operating a skunk ranch. Skunk secretions fetch high prices for use in traditional medicine among Chinese buyers. Boston City Council forms a committee to discuss handling of inebriates noting that "treating" contributes to their condition.
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