17 Sep 1890
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1890
Page
1
A local retailer advertises a large stock of parasols with modern shades and gold handles at 1.50, compared to 2.50 to 3.50 actual value. Warranted fast colors Gloria umbrellas, all silk options also available, with wide assortments in ingrains and Brussels fabrics. Also offering 2,000 Smyrna Rugs at 30 percent off.
A hunter recounts a panther encounter in the woods with Mrs. Birgin and her husband. A misfired buckshot provoked the panther, Birgin killed it with a Colt revolver, saving them. The tale ends with Birgin reflecting on practice and luck.
Warren County farmer's club meets at the Court House in Warren on the last Saturday of each month at 1 p.m. President W. B. Acocks, Secretary Willis Cowan, Treasurer B. F. Morris. All farmers are invited to attend.
Henry Dunbar hauled a thirty four inch, twenty one pound lobster from Penobscot Bay and guests at the Penobscot House enjoyed the crustacean after the catch. In Americas Georgia workers on a three story furniture factory roof found a rattlesnake coiled at the top, likely sneaked in via roof tin rolls. A Cocoa Florida witness saw a race between a large rat and a coachwhip, the rodent eluding the snake under orange boxes. At Melbourne Zoo a large snake swallowed a smaller one after both seized the same mouse. The London Daily News reports a wagtail nesting inside a freight car at Jessen station, four eggs laid and hatchlings fed during busy service. A Lima clock warbler rode the hour hand briefly, then returned to its perch as crowds watched. In Orange New Jersey sparrows harass a roosting tree with string jerks and peppered ivy to drive them away.
A compact reflection notes that silence and wisdom blur when acts or words are scarce. It argues that restraint can carry insight, and quiet conduct may express deep understanding without outward display.
Paris Illinois on September 5 reports two buggies carrying young people en route to the fair when the drivers began racing. One buggy overturned killing Miss McCallister and Miss Kerrick and seriously injuring James Hannah.
Consul Jewett notes a Greek language Christian community near Trebizond claiming direct descent from Xenophon’s Ten Thousand. They intermarried with locals, adopted Islam under Muslim rule, but remained exempt from military service as Christians, paying a head tax. Mosques exist in every village, creating tensions with authorities.
Reports tie Chancellor Caprivi to a Waldersee relative and note Tur Romania’s prize competition for assembly and senate plans. A London tower site of 300 acres advances, while Countess de Birom tours Paris in an $1800 Victoria. Carrier swallows tested by France’s military, and Empress Maria Feodorovna’s health and fears are described amid Russia’s court. Iron ore found near Privolna, Gladstone’s library holds two 1815 gifts, and Sant Stanley’s travel antics reveal tensions with his master.
A letter notes many foreign titled pretenders in New York. German vons operate grocers and small shops while others seek wealthy spouses. Stories tell of a German officer turned floor walker and a Baron whose title tumed shaky after scrutiny.
The Mail Office promotes first class job printing with promptness neatness and economy. It offers legal blanks on hand or printed to order and notes second class mailing status in Warren. It invites letters from county and country residents if brief and signed, excluding anonymous pieces.
A ragged chronicle of oversized claims and oddities spans newborns weighing improbable amounts to giants trees. Reports mention a boy’s birth in Macon, a Cyprus tree in Enterprise Fla at 104 feet diameter, records of a currant bush in Mayville New Jersey, and a Gainesville Georgia poplar felled into massive timber. Other items describe a rattlesnake at Bolton’s Americus store, and three colossal apple trees in Ohio with extraordinary girths and ages.
A string of humorous vignettes follows bashful couples and social quirks. A Philadelphia bachelor keeps clipped marriage notices with photos of past loves. A jealous fiancé retrieves a reused engagement ring, and a Paris couple jokes with a cabby as plans unfold.
Advice on removing suckers and draining excess water to protect trees. Instructions cover plum curculio control by morning cloth traps, peach borer cleaning with water and knife, and a Vermont method using lye and soap to destroy caterpillar nests. The guidance emphasizes early action and simple at home solutions.
A Newcastle watchmaker crafted three shirt studs with a miniature timepiece in the middle, wound by the top stud and set by the bottom. In Norristown, Maine a man made nine tiny horseshoe models from a ten cent piece with evenly drilled holes. Pawtucket clock hobbyist Daxious Gorr runs a clock powered by opening doors, triggering home electricals and bells with cathedral chimes across the house.
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