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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1885
Page
4
October work stresses prioritizing harvests as soft corn and nubbins improve fattening, recommends charcoal for livestock digestion, and advises selling excess stock unless feed is affordable. It warns against breeding nonpure stock and notes hay prices rising along rail lines.
The article recounts Colonel Cameron's famed driving horse, often ridden by presidents Lincoln Johnson Grant and Garfield, brought to Donegal Farms around 1875, died July 19, aged nearly 30, with a private grave on the farm. It notes the horse's fame, age, and service, including a remarkable 20 minute three-mile haul for four men. It also weaves in short quips on philosophy and other local anecdotes.
A New York correspondent recalls the 1869 marriage of Commodore Vanderbilt to Mrs Crawford, noting she chose charity and modesty over society show. The arrangement included a $500000 dowry and left Vanderbilt with the residence and furniture, while no entrapping schemes are supported by observers.
An essay suggests the honeymoon will soon fade as an outdated practice. It argues couples often endure early tensions when isolated, and that daily life and shared moods strain matrimonial unity more than romance. The piece notes long term change and questions social value.
Special sale list highlighting Walter A Wood Enclosed-gear Mower at 65 dollars and a Reaper attachment option with small extra cost. Also features Meadow King Mower 60 dollars and Oliver Chilled Plows among a broad range of farm tools and hardware.
A New York Cook profile describes Russell Sage's daily meals and health routine. He eats a steady pattern of breakfast with steak or chop, baked potato, wheat grits, fruit, and home-made bread, with coffee. lunch may feature tea, and dinner includes roast beef or lamb with fruit. He favors regular exercise, drives horses in warm months, and drinks bourbon with Apollinaris after breakfast in winter.
Dr James Larr discusses death by hanging in Popular Science Monthly August, noting rapid loss of consciousness and alleged lack of suffering. He contrasts the mental states of the swede and criminals facing execution, warning that recovery from attempted suicide may mislead about suffering. He cites Professors Tidy and Haughton on the inhumanity of suffocation.
A husband discloses his tally of kisses with his wife since marriage. He reports 36 500 in year one, 16 000 in year two, 3 650 in year three, 120 in year four, and 2 in year five before stopping the record.
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