10 Sep 1890
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1890
Page
1
Shear advertises a wide range of parasols from 25 cents and Gloria Umbrellas priced at 1.50, claiming fast colors and silk alternatives with the largest all silk assortment in town. Also promotes 2,000 Smyrna rugs at 30 percent cheaper than ever, continuing a low-price war on carpets.
Fragmented timetable lists trains and times among Erie Buffalo and Philadelphia lines. Entries include Erie Mail and Express departures and arrivals with multiple stops such as Warren, St Mary's, Oil Express, Kane Ace, Sheffield Ace, and Warren Ace. The scattered notes mention Sunday timing and Eastern Standard context.
A digest of science notes from Madagascar to Finland and Celebes reports high observatories location 4400 feet up and coral feeding ideas. An eel study orders 100 specimens for electric emanation research and warnings about green glass for eyes. A humorous tale from Bridgeport and a quip from Longfellow close the column.
In the navy yard at Wasnixatox a crew of machinists built a 110 ton traveling crane now in operation. The crane lifts 110 tons at one foot per minute, spans 62 foot girders and weighs 185 tons without its framework. Officials including the Secretary of War witnessed tests. the machine cost about $100,000 and will handle 110 ton steel guns.
Washington reports J S Clarkson son First Assistant Postmaster General has effectively ended his service as resignation took effect. He assumed the role in March 1889 and oversaw 32 335 total appointments including 26 675 fourth class postmasters and 5 660 new post offices. He is expected to become president of Judson Pneumatic Railway Company in Washington.
Frederick Kimball paying teller of the People's Savings Bank Worcester Massachusetts is arrested in New York aboard the French steamer La Bretagne after his lover Estelle Lebon aided his return. Stolen bonds valued at 43500 were found sewn in his undershirt while cash was spent. Both held for Massachusetts requisition.
A sentimental tale pairs a singer’s ethereal hymn to angels with Rosa and Annette St Clare during Ohio floods. Rosa, orphaned by the rising river, survives with her mother’s guidance, finds aid from Franz’s generous American gold, and becomes part of the St Clare circle in Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes that musk scent, even after a year in open air, cannot be weighed by ordinary senses, yet it forms microscopic impressions in the nasal nerves. It suggests early humans may have possessed a keen sense of smell comparable to animals.
A fragment from Golden Days captures a friend asking if other children fight. The twins reply yes, siblings compete, and their mother says she beats them, illustrating a domestic anecdote about discipline and family dynamics.
A Cornhill Magazine tale outlines a grim method to cull rats by baited tubs each with a brick raft over water. Rats lure others to the trap then fight for the brick, causing many drownings and a dramatic drop in the local rodent population.
A compilation of affectionate missives dated June 1890 from New Eden and adjacent places, revealing intimate exchanges between lovers. The letters express longing and devotion, with notes on daily life, studies, and social pressures affecting romance, including a returned package and acknowledgments.
The Mai Office advertises specialized first-class printing with promptness neatness and cheapness and offers to print legal blanks on demand Tuk Mart circulates as second class mail in Warren P.O. The Mail will publish letters from county and country readers if brief and signed, anonymous submissions excluded.
Tracing engraved gems from ancient times to modern celebrity pieces, the piece notes sumptuous jewels and famed stones, then shifts to two tragic duels at German medical schools. It cites penalties for the Freiburg duel and the Würzburg case, and questions if colleges will curb a practice seen as undermining law and order.
A Bloomington Illinois resident mailed a letter around the world to test mail routes. San Francisco postmasters forwarded it for clearance but the foreign mails office refused citing a postal union rule in effect since 1880. The rule stops such world circling letters due to international service objections and insufficient pay for the work.
An illness advertisement claims a cure for consumption with a promise to send two bottles of his remedy free to readers who provide their Express and P O address. The letter is signed by A Blocum M O at 181 Pearl Street, New York, requesting postal details.
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