09 Sep 1884
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1884
Page
1
A poem by Telen Gray Cone contemplates blue eyes scanning faces and flowers for memories and hidden love. The speaker contrasts a young man’s search for a vanished youth with an old man’s longing to find what the heart has found.
A long meditation on boys and their fate, arguing youth shaped the modern age. It asks what to do with boys, warns about past outcomes, and urges trades, effort, and self-made paths for a strong national future.
An advertisement touts Frazier's Root Bitters as a medicine that acts on the liver and kidneys, cleanses the blood, and regulates the system. Sold by Johnson & Siegfried for $1.
The article urges parents to nourish a child’s mental growth with wholesome language from cradle onward. It argues that early conversational input shapes ideas, and that words should lead ideas for rapid mastery of mother tongue. Early school exercises in English develop expression and comprehension through guided discussion and composition.
Sallow eyes and skin, restless sleep, and headaches are described as signs of a sluggish liver. The notice urges using Zopesa at once to open pores and bowels, invigorate the liver and digestion, and claims Zopesa corrects the system through the stomach and liver. Johnson & Siegfried is listed.
Advertised remedy Williams Indian Pile Ointment promises to absorb tumors ease itching and provide instant relief for piles and related itch conditions. Sold by Johnson and Siegfried, prepaid by mail at 1 dollar from Frazier Medicine Co Cleveland Ohio.
Advertisers tout Teaberry for teeth and breath as the latest toilet gem. Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets are guaranteed in boxes priced 25c and 50c, sold by local merchants.
An old nurse asserts Acker's English Remedy cures coughs croup diphtheria or bronchitis and notes it is sold by Johnson and Siegfreid.
An advertisement touts Dr Frazier’s Magic Ointment as a universal remedy for boils burns sores cuts flesh wounds sore nipples hard and soft corns chapped lips and hands pimples and blotches It lists price as ec and notes sale by Johnson Siegfried Cleveland Ohio Also promotes Saratoga High Rock Spring Water for sale by all druggists.
Description of Patti and her Welsh residence Craig-y-Nos with its castle architecture slate walls ivy covered battlements and views over the Swansea valley. The article notes the castle’s 22 rooms blue silk decor grand pianos a dressing room for a princess and a nightly orchestration in the billiard room. It mentions the late Duke of Albany’s autograph and a commemorative picture gifted to Patti.
A Missouri School Journal critique notes teachers err by using unsuitable subjects beyond children’s grasp and by treating language lessons in isolation. It argues children need thoughts before expression and urges integrating language with object lessons and reading to foster observation and expression.
Anna C Brackett condemns school exhibition schemes that turn students into showpieces with essays on simple topics like The Nature of Government. She argues such displays inflate pride, undermine genuine study, and promote an educational fraud.
The text argues that teaching reading centers on comprehension and linguistic meaning rather than just training speech organs to pronounce sounds. It emphasizes cognitive engagement with language, context, and understanding as foundational to literacy.
A Boston superintendent argues that true training focuses on the intellectual, guiding a child to recognize when to ask a question. The method emphasizes mental focus over physical restraint, with a teacher directing the inquiry through suggestion so the child self-manages the interrogation.
In 1900 a speaker noted a teacher shortage and said common schools still taught enough reading for common people to use printed rules for practical chores. The list included dishwashing, scrubbing, sewing, hoeing, milking, prow ing, wood chopping, and other practical studies replacing older curricula.
A reader describes a method to determine a tree’s height using two ground lines three feet apart and a three foot stake. When the shadow reaches the far line the tree’s shadow length equals its height, implying a forty five degree sun. Best done in Summer with strong sun and full foliage for dense shadows.
Rhode Island law states that naturalized citizens must meet native qualifications and own real estate above liens to the value of 134 dollars. The text notes property ownership as a financial prerequisite for naturalization.
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