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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1900
Page
7
A fragment of verse from Chicago Daily News and N Y Sun features tender baby vignettes and longing for youth. It includes playful lines about a baby across the street and a switch to reflective nostalgia on time and aging.
The pieces reflect aging, retirement, and spiritual comfort in later life from the Los Angeles Herald and H Ward Burleigh. The first poem contemplates growing frailty yet draws nearer to departed loved ones and heavenly peace. The second recalls a pursuit of Happiness that ends in generosity and fulfillment as Happiness claims the speaker.
A poem recounts a pessimist who shuns society by fleeing to a hermit’s cave and condemning humankind. Yet the world later admires his act as improving it, as readers evaluate his impact with a sense of ironic grace. The piece is credited to S. E. Kiser in the Chicago Times-Herald.
A dialect filled verse from Cora Amanda Lewis warns against seeking trouble. It cautions that chasing trouble will bring double trouble and suggests caution and restraint to avoid repayment in kind. The piece appears in Success magazine.
Los Angeles letter reports rapid rise and dramatic fall of the Belgian hare industry in Southern California. Breeders faced exploding stock, high prices, and scarce markets. Now many owners dispose of stock at low cost to avoid feeding costs as pest concerns grow.
Care of Guinea Pigs outlines pets care including housing feeding and weaning. Three letters from Mrs Johnson describe relief using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles with dates from 1897 to 1899.
In a Philadelphia Inquirer account a nervous lineman explodes with a confession to Millie and admits he is short circuited before popping the marriage question. Millie replies with an affirmative, and the couple’s romance proceeds with a hopeful, radiant tone.
In Kiowa county a New Hampshire settling duo speaks in terse lines and reveals frugal talk about horses and bets. A later tale tells of a hard luck story where both say they killed their horse with a single word exchange. A separate joke contrasts Serena the kitchen maid with hay fever.
New York prices show flour patents at 4.15 to 4.50 and wheat No 2 red at 82.34 to 82.50 cents. Oats No 2 white 27.14 cents. Live stock ranged with beef cattle 4.25 to 5.85, veal 5.00 to 8.75, sheep 2.75 to 4.50, lambs 4.75 to 6.25, hogs 5.75 to 6.00. Regional quotes follow for Cleveland Toledo East Liberty East Buffalo and Cincinnati with assorted grain, dairy and cattle values.
A Chicago Times Herald note recalls a dream where a woman is suddenly paralyzed and unable to move as a car speeds toward her with blazing lamps like eyes. The exchange ends with the idea that the horseless nightmare has arrived, reflecting popular fears of automotive power.
A Memphis reader praises Palmer's Lotion for treating a child's severe burn from hot soup with rapid relief and healing without scars. The letter urges druggists to stock Palmer's Lotion and offers a free pamphlet of testimonials and a lotion sample from Solon Palmer in New York.
A Philadelphia Record aphorism notes that when a man proposes he expects to be married, implying proposal intent carries marriage expectation.
A vintage advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee from druggists. The price is 25 cents.
A collage of quotes and notices from newspapers extolling Carter's Ink Piso's Cure Beeman's Pepsin Gum and Putnam Faceless Dyes. The items cite endorsements and ad lines from the Indianapolis News Chicago Daily News and others amid human frailties and wry aphorisms.
An odd clipped item notes Hall's Catarrh Cure sold at 75 cents and mentions a phrase about De Ruyter sending his daughter abroad to be pushed and a quoted line about seeing her finish.
Low rate round trips via Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Route to points in the West Southwest and Southeast at half price plus $2.00. Tickets on sale Tuesdays September 4 and 18 October 2 16 November 6 and 20 and December 4 and 18 1900. For full information address H C Townsend G P and T Agent St Louis Mo.
A Detroit Journal note questions credulity in sports fans by asserting a pitcher’s motions are not all necessary to the outcome. The item uses a wry tone to mock strict belief in ritualized pitching habits.
Comfortable inexpensive tours depart each Wednesday from Chicago and St. Louis, join at Denver, travel by Rio Grande route past Salt Lake City to the coast. Each party has a special agent in charge and sleeping cars are described as comfortable and exquisite. Send 6 cents for a 72 page illustrated California book from F. E. Bell, City Passenger Agent, C B Q R R, 211 Clark street, Chicago.
In a Puck gag, a war correspondent praises his chaperone as delightful while dismissing censorship concerns. The witty exchange highlights playful newsroom dynamics and press culture without external action.
An old advertisement touts a product that "moves the bowels each day" as essential to health. It claims gentle action on the liver and kidneys and also "cures ef head ache" with a price of 25 and 50 cents.
In a tense exchange Puck notes Parisian customs while Newrich retorts accusing him of robbery. The dialogue hints at cultural friction and personal conflict in the scene.
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