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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1884
Page
4
A reflective piece argues about inherent gendered expectations shaping male and female appearances. It parodies social vanity through anecdotes about beauty, boarding houses, and the impracticalities of preserving reputation, ending with a quirky scene at a dentist’s office.
A London journal notes that a wife’s appearance and especially her toilet have become social status gauges. The piece traces changes from rigid class rules to modern taste, stressing stylish but durable furnishings, careful color blending, value in quality over show, and avoiding gilt mirrors as vulgar.
A nervous woman fears dental pain and refuses anesthesia while recounting past fears and a Western girl who laughed after nitrous oxide. The Lewiston Journal vignette centers on her belief that dental procedures will cause extreme distress and fainting.
A Parsee writer portrays the Parsee girl as a transitional figure adopting English manners yet retaining native dress. She can sue for breach of promise, pursues public display, and blends music, drawing, and embroidery with Anglicized etiquette, while domestic life shifts toward modern indulgence and mixed cuisines.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt portrays a condemned man facing execution. The sentence haunts his mind as days pass, dreams of escape overwhelm him, and the relentless phrase "Condemned to death" echoes through his cell. Religion becomes his sole remaining refuge amid despair.
The New York Commercial Advertiser warns against leaving flags up day and night. It says flags should be raised to meet the sun and lowered at sunset, bunting rots if left exposed, and overnight display invites ill luck. The piece stresses proper flag etiquette for villas and business places.
Texas is out of debt, yet cities and towns issue bonds aggressively. Some municipalities halt further borrowing while a 1.9 million town faces a proposed 5 million debt, highlighting fiscal strains across the state.
The Tootlet newspaper operates in Clarksville Tennessee delivering community updates and local notices. This compact paper highlights neighborhood events and civic notes affecting residents in the area.
The Cleveland Leader details the Leadville division feeder line from Brown Canon to the Calumet mine, with 406 feet to the mile grade and 25 degree curves. It describes perilous descents, heavy brakes, and braved train crews, noting no wrecks since safety measures and brave staff were put in place.
A humorous tale by Bob Burdette features a thrifty alarm clock harshly waking a lazy man at 4 30 am. The Sluggard mocks the clock quoting scripture until violence erupts, leaving the clock in ruins and the Sluggard returning to sleep as the breakfast bell looms.
In Putnam County years ago James Dismukes nicknamed Laughing Jim created a disturbance during a superior court session. He tricked the Sheriff, locked him in a jail cell, and then taunted the court with the key, leaving the Sheriff locked up and Dismukes free.
A collage of notes from 1883 covering costs of clerks at the Bank of England, Washington Government Printing Office staffing, Niagara’s humiliation, a Scotchman’s remark on a grand spout, Limoges enamel industry, land deeds in Kansas, U.S. coffee imports, Earlham College expansion, linoleum from cork chippings in Germany, New York gamblers, Queen Victoria and Princess Alice editions, fashion in diamonds, mind on character, W W Corcoran’s ancestry, New York vs state populations in Congress, Nellie Kane’s San Francisco career, Cedar Rapids cradle song pageantry, and a Pennsburg farmer fending off snakes, with a five-foot reptile noted.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports a high fence along the narrow gauge line near the new depot becomes transparent at certain hours, offering a clear view of Oakland hills ships and the sea wall when in shadow. The fence is half inch boards tightly spaced to produce a see through effect only during specific lighting.
An observer notes Norway’s social ease where masters bow to servants and servants shake hands with them. On an Arctic voyage a Duke of Roxburgh travels with English tea merchants and crew who greet him like equals, surprising a shipboard tea dealer who witnesses the scene.
James Cullen known as the Irish Ambassador runs The Shamrock near the Elysee Palace in the Rue Duras. The bar is a meeting place for Irish visitors with speeches and songs while political talk is barred, yet Irish patrons may sing freely.
A study notes four percent of men are color blind while women are almost never affected. Professor Thompson reports that women can distinguish tiny color shades as well as viewing the wool yarns used in the tests.
A Florida fisherman claims to have seen a swamp snake exceeding thirty feet in length. The sighting occurred in a swampy area and has drawn attention from local wildlife authorities seeking verification.
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