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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1900
Page
6
A fragmentary verse piece describes the storm easing after its fury. Imagery of waves, moonlight, ragged clouds, and a lone star conveys a somber mood. The text notes how sympathy touches the scene as the sea quiets and the night deepens.
In Fort Emory, John Folsom contemplates a new housekeeper as Elinor nears return. A widowed, educated Mrs. Fletcher arrives from Omaha, praised by church members and officials, shaping a busy, cautious welcome for Elinor and her schoolmate. Maj. Burleigh visits that evening seeking Mr. Folsom.
The narrator steps into a parlor and hears silken rustle above as a quiet voice tells a servant Mr. Folsom may not return for days. Burleigh declines to linger, yet the strangely familiar voice echoes in his mind, stirring memory of a prior encounter.
The Gate City quartermaster depot sits as a sprawling corral of sheds with a blacksmith shop and brick office. Fort Emory guards, a spur to the UP line, and a looming eastern plant spell growth despite warnings of a boom’s instability as Hal Folsom builds a stock farm and faces Sioux tensions led by Red Cloud and Burning Star.
A Louisville wit recalls a church napper, then helps a friend draft a funeral monument line. The proposed inscription reads George Blank born died asleep as usual, but the joke backfires when the widow is not shown the epitaph.
In a 1894 Irish land bill debate Mr Kenny addressed the Speaker as My lord while Mr Powell Williams called him Mr Mayor and Mr Bodkin saluted him as Your reverence illustrating how debate norms descend from the house of commons to smaller assemblies.
Collier's Weekly recalls Gen Botha and Woolf Sampson in a Boer War skirmish from 1881. Sampson seemingly struck in the neck, Botha shot, but Sampson leveled the score. Years later they joked about the moment in Johannesburg over drinks.
A Buffalo Courier item notes a young man visiting a house with his younger sister who bonds warmly with a young lady there. The hostess remarks on the girl’s affection and a reaction from the other guest highlights a familial resemblance to her brother.
In October 1829 the Rocket, built by the Stephensons, won the Liverpool and Manchester railway prize and settled the question of locomotive steam power superiority, as reported by the Detroit Free Press.
Train 120 departs Harrisburg at 7 30 for Sheffield arriving 8 10. Train 6 runs weekdays to Harrisburg and Philadelphia with through Sleeper cars. Philadelphia sleepers stay until 7 30. Through trains to New York Baltimore and Washington, with sleepers from Erie Buffalo via Emporium to Philadelphia and from Philadelphia to Erie. Westward trains to Erie Warren and Williamsport with through sleepers and coaches. J R Hutchinson and J R Wood listed as General Manager and General Passenger Agent.
Dunkirk Dunkirk Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad New York Central and Hudson River Company Lessee issues timetable in effect June 17 1900. Superintendent Gro W Bartlett based in Dunkirk New York H Parry Buffalo N Y General Agent and George H Daniels Genl Passenger Agent New York City listed.
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