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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1888
Page
3
The Leaper offers a prepay deal with Century Magazine and St Nicholas. Normally $4 and $3 plus Leaper $1.50 total $8.50. Prepay one year in advance at $1.50 and get Century and St Nicholas for $6, or Century for $3.50 and St Nicholas for $2.50, saving $1 overall or 50 cents per title. Subscriptions start with the November issue.
Local items note sleighing, a total lunar eclipse, and winter cold while railing at snow as costly. Reports cover mail delays on the Philadelphia and Erie road, plans for a Knights of Pythias lodge, a $70,000 municipal budget, and a Sunday W C T A meeting. Factory jobs and ice-house activity boost employment. newspaper notes include Smethport Amer’s 21st year, Bradford Weekly Era debut, and city curiosities about postage stamps and local schools.
The clipping promotes dressmaking by Mrs 8 D Forkam on Field Street Kane and urges watching G P Fryling to attract customers. It mentions fresh nuts at the City altery, pipes and fittings from Thompson ro s, and B F M Gonnell Co selling genuine Electric Light flour. James Co offers fresh bread cakes at City Bakery and urges trying Electric Light flour samples.
Punresutawney Spirit recounts a tale where Solicitor General Gorge A. Jenks studied opponents and exploited their hobbies. He matched his brother Judge W. P. Jenks with a misquoted scripture tactic to force a dramatic rebuttal, allowing George to win the case by distraction rather than argument.
Major Josiah Zink of Dorchester Greene County Missouri died January 2 aged about sixty eight. Born in Clarion County he trained as a cabinet maker in Shippenville then owned a large Missouri farm after moving there postwar. Enlisting in 1861 he led a Pennsylvania regiment as captain later commanded a battalion through the Civil War. He was praised as honorable and kindly and noted as brother to WLS Zink of West Kane.
A fragmented list shows gents and ladies names, including Blosser, Johnson, Birkel, Karlson, Hares, Kile, Meath, Peterson, and August, with others under foreign and municipal notices. The item mentions sale of remaining millinery stock from holiday trade, starting January 24 through February 28, inviting ladies to view.
The page lists numerous Kane area grocers bakers and shops offering dry goods groceries meats and clothing with promotions for Christmas and holiday items. Sellers emphasize fresh bread baked goods flannels and bargains with hints of markets and rates.
Updates include Coleman's recovery, Van Etten returning to Warren, Lay's Philadelphia trip for stock, and Mayor Dempsey's bid for Grand Army post. Reports cover inquests, school tax injunction discussions, and miscellaneous county items, fire departments, robberies, oil activity, and notable travels.
Local notes cover Miss Hutton visiting Laona New York, boardinghouse activity, and woodsmen weather. Mentions F W Wynans’s Newark son visiting, New Year resolutions, Burrows returning near Corning then to New York for a bookkeeper post. Advertisements tout fish season goods, shoes, sewing machines Helpmate, fresh bread, and bakery specials. local vendors promote bargains and variety stores.
Mr N W Frohlichstein of Mobile Alabama praises Dr Kings New Discovery as a remedy for bronchitis catarrh and consumption claiming instant relief and cure He also recommends Electric Bitters and Dr Kings New Life Pills and notes trial bottles are free at J D Magowan's drug store.
An ad base claims James Compounr Tar Syrup is not a patent medicine but a doctor’s favorite prescription for throat and lung troubles. It promises to soothe inflamed tracts, strengthen tubes, and allay inflammation, asserting no physician can find its equal. W. Griffith & Co. markets it.
Thompson Brothers and Co invite the public to visit their Mt Jewett hardware store, promising a wide stock and favorable prices. They thank customers for past support and seek liberal patronage, signing as Mt Jewett, Pa, November 5, 1887.
An advertisement fragment from Smethport Pennsylvania urges inspecting a stock of dried fruits at Boss Grocery and hints at C. A. Burdick for buying organs or sewing machines. Mentions The Domestic sewing machine and Hasxitt & Bfrnick as agents with a vague April date.
Mrs. John Rich of Horntownsville New York recounts recovery after using Dr Carey Sons Great Female Friend Fernate Friend Sarsaparilla and Kidney Cure. She reports lasting improvement from ovarian trouble ulcers and kidney issues after doctors gave up. July 10 1887 Potter Co Pa includes patient testimony aimed at urging others to try remedies.
W D Hoyt and Co of Rome Georgia advertise Dr Kings New Discovery Electric Bitters and Bicklen Amnica Salve as superior remedies. They claim four years of strong sales and several cures for consumption with few bottles. Sold by J D Magowan.
Three Worcester's and three Webster's Dictionaries valued at $89 and four Dictionary Holders worth $15 950 are offered as prizes for best essays answering why to use a Dictionary Holder. Send inquiries to La Verne W. Noyes at 99 101 W. Monroe St Chicago or ask at your local bookstore.
An advertisement touts a universal salve for cuts, sores, ulcers, and piles with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. It lists seven Dennis remedies including Blood Liver Kidney Cure and Panacea, with prices from 25 cents to $1 per bottle, sold by J W Griffith & Co Kane and Dr Hottel Jo Jo, G T Dennis Eldred Pa.
A local resident reports purchasing four second hand stoves from a seller identified only in fragmentary notes. The items include models of unknown brands and current conditions are unspecified. No further details on price, delivery, or locations are provided in the readable text.
The New York B announces a red letter sale opening Friday January 27 with every article marked in plain red figures. A.J. WusNer faar will be closed?
The Yankee Blade, a weekly Boston family paper, offers regular subscribers of the Leaper a one year trial for $1.00, half the normal $2.00 rate. The promotion seeks widespread subscriptions with Potter & Potter as publishers and Boston as the printing location.
A fragment notes an ice lot sale mentioning Kane Bakery a confectionery and related items. The unreadable text hints at a historical business listing or advertisement and preserves the named entity Kane Bakery within a brief, period voice.
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