24 Sep 1890
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1890
Page
1
From eastern markets Mr Shear presents a large wash goods selection including Ginghams Seersuckers Prints Zephyrs Satines Chambrays Charlies and more The shop advertises a thousand parasols in latest shades with a special price and notes warranting fast colors and silk umbrellas Also highlights 2000 Smyrna Rugs at 30 percent off amid carpet sale claims and ongoing low prices for ingrain carpets.
The Warren County Farmers Club meets at the Court House in Warren on the last Saturday of each month at 1 PM. Officers listed include President W. B. Acocks, Secretary Willis Cowan, and Treasurer B. F. Morris. All farmers are invited to attend.
The article notes California wine output reaching eighteen to twenty million gallons, the largest in years, with California fig cultivation praised and the East supplying a solid market. It also cites wide-ranging economic figures from patents to rail floods and global silver production.
An advertisement claims a powder can be placed in tea or coffee without the drinker’s knowledge to permanently cure alcoholism. It asserts thousands have been cured, guarantees no harm, and offers a circular from GOLDEN SPECIFIC Co. at 185 Race Street, Cincinnati.
Henry M. Stanley and Mrs. Stanley with her mother Mrs. Tennant prepare to sail for New York on the Teutonic, scheduled October 29.
A speaker declares devotion to Stella using vivid similes and modern imagery. He renames his beloved as a spring day and a Sunday vest that fits perfectly, praising her beauty and perfection in earnest, affectionate terms. The verse blends traditional metaphors with new prompts to convey deep admiration.
A winter evening at Lyons station leads Jacques to recount a comic yet poignant tale of misdirected letters. An errant postal mix up ships his marriage proposal to the wrong recipient, triggering a rain soaked chase across France and ending in a surprise engagement with Amelia.
A natural history note recounts how a mantis hunts living flies. The creature stalks, pounces, and clamps with a steel trap-like snap, carefully stripping wings before consuming its meal. Miss E. W. Bellamy cites Popular Science Monthly for the vivid description.
The San Francisco Bulletin ponders why long trusted workers such as engineers captains and sailors suffer fatal accidents after decades of safe service. It notes trains run for twenty years without incident followed by a disaster, and crews misjudge on final voyages, suggesting sudden mental failure as a possible cause.
A buyer notes the recommended house is damp with walls damp, shutters off, drainage misaligned, a water-filled cellar, and a leaky roof. The agent counters by highlighting the block’s piano absence as a perceived advantage.
The Temple Bar article argues Britain’s penal system is among the harshest, with no remission for two years hard labor and limited work options. It contrasts international practices, noting harsher solitary confinement in Germany, Austria, and Belgium and highlighting Belgium’s deduction of pre-sentence custody time.
Reports cover long Russian factory hours and speculative life extension by Dr Brown-Sequard, telescope brightness, peach farming ventures in Georgia, Utah oil drilling, ancient Chinese wares, Feather River engineering to drain gold-rich beds, energy in a dissolving spring, Eden location debates, sound visualization by Mrs Watts Hughes, and Dr Julius Nelson on dream cycles and seasonal mood.
The Medoc district lies from Blanque fort to Soulac between the Quaronne Gironde and Landes, a fifty mile long strip famed for its vineyards along river banks. Chateaux perch on vine clad slopes while woods are preserved around residences. many proprietors plant new groves as every rood of Medoc soil yielding grapes proves profitable. Fortnightly Review describes the scenery and viticulture of St Julien Margaux St Estephe Pauillac Cantenac among others.
The Chambre Syndicale des Fleurs et Plumes announces a 66 color card with new and existing shades. Verveine heliotrope bluet and dauphin lead. triton and maroquin appear as key tones. greens and reds show fewer novel hues. some colors gain new names in the season.
A collage of lighthearted jests and cartoons from multiple periodicals. Bits about quarrels, marriage, travel, letters, and society observation showcase witty exchanges, social foibles, and playful wordplay reflecting early 20th century humor. Includes exchanges about parents, editors, poets, and letters with cultural references.
A Reading Railroad Pottsville express plunged down an embankment near Shoemakersville causing numerous deaths and injuries. Officials reported a speed likely around sixty-five mph with 125 to 150 aboard as wreckage and bodies were recovered amid a prolonged rescue effort.
The Mail Office advertises specialization in first class job printing with prompt neat service and cheap prices. It notes legal blanks available or printed to order and that it is entered as second class mail at Warren. It invites letters from county and country residents if brief and signed, with anonymous submissions rejected.
Reports from Metz arrest for selling fortress plans. British iron and steel trade hints at a busy winter. Jolitz pit disaster kills seven in Saxony. Calais tulle weavers lock out 5,000 workers for higher wages. McGann nominated in Illinois. Ireland’s M Marum dies at church service. McAuliffe Slavin bets widen. London feverish over event. King Charles of Portugal ill. Manchester chess star Mackenzie dying. Northwest roads raise rates Oct 1 on grain and mill stuffs to eastern ports. Berlin crisis sightings: Schaumburg and Baron Looper suicides. Osman Pasha misreport corrected. St Louis County pop reaches 44,480. Duluth growth cited. Mrs. Elihu Wing dies in Greenfield. London dispatch says underwriters lost Gretna and Lord Raglam. Kohoe’s flight leaves creditors unpaid. toll on Italian creditors.
In Fort Situ Arkansas on September 22 a fierce storm in the Boston Mountains drove a group of ten men and dancing bears into a creek bottom arch. A torrent swept the ravine and seven men and all the bears drowned in the surge.
Two Santa Fe freight trains collided near La Plata Missouri on Saturday evening. Brakeman Gill was instantly killed and one engineer and his fireman were dangerously injured. Both engines were demolished and four carswere thrown into a ditch.
Reapina Pennsylvania hosts a bicycle contest to break the 21 mile in one hour record. William Van Wagoner wins with a time of one hour seven minutes. W Leeds of Cleveland takes second in 1 10 and M Murphy of New York finishes third in 1 12. Twenty starters competed.
Across New York Cleveland and Chicago reports show wheat prices steady to lower, corn and oats varying by region, and pork and lard futures mixed. Live stock markets in Chicago and Buffalo display firm cattle, weaker hogs, and moderate sheep demand with varied prices.
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