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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1893
Page
4
Mr G P Mead of Brokenstraw township seeks the Democratic County Convention nomination for County Commissioner subject to its decision.
A rapid-fire column mocks the Democratic tariff push, questions Weather Bureau charges, and notes political quips about Cleveland, Crisp, Carnegie, Gould, and woman suffrage. It ragefully skewers public figures, jokes about court dress for ambassadors, and ends with an ad for De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve and F. H. Dixson pharmacy.
The Warren Ledger accuses Speaker Thompson of using his patent office to block Senator Markley’s bill for reforming state asylums. The piece argues for two core reforms: trustees direct finances and female physicians treat female patients. It criticizes top physician control, warns of one man power, and urges recommitment of the Senate bill to counter abuses. Speaker Thompson’s acquittal or removal of impediment is urged.
Warren County Fair Association announces the tenth annual fair to be held in Warren during the second week of September 1898, with dates Sept 12 13 14 and 15. Officers include D H Siggins as President and G B Starr as Vice President, plus Willis Cowan Secretary and F K Russell Treasurer. Directors listed. promotions and community notices follow, including Hill's Pile Pomade testimonial and De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve endorsements.
The article profiles Peter Arthur chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Frank P. Sargent grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, noting their backgrounds, homes, salaries and leadership. It discusses their roles in defending the boycott amid a court case about railroad labor actions and cites Judge Tait's Ann Arbor decision as a broader legal principle on unions versus commerce.
The ad breaks down a painting scenario using Chilton Paint at 1.60 per gallon totaling 16 for ten gallons plus 40 labor, 56 overall. It claims a six year lasting coat, two paintings in twelve years for 112, 9.33 per year, and that Chilton costs a bit more but saves 103 over twelve years, with a 225 extra cost over ten gallons.
For sale by Morris & Mutlen and Fr Dixson in East Warren. Piles of people have piles, but De For sale by Morris & Mutlen and Fr. . Dixson in East Warren. 1f
The Scott Seed Co offers a prize for forming words from the letters in World’s Fair. Prospective entrants may win a free trip to Chicago and a return, plus cash and seeds, by submitting word lists of fifty to seventy words. Mail submissions with stamps to Toronto, Canada.
LITERARY NOTES The April Popular Monthly highlights Isabel McDougall on the World’s Fair art in Chicago and pictorial pieces by Dr Popoff and Charlotte Coursen. Other features include From Ashes to Palms, Birds in Flocks, A Celestial Farm on Long Island, and reminiscences by ex Mayor Oakey Hall. A second Jack o’ the Light installment continues with skewed sketches by various authors.
The text extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a safe loyal ally of nature in battling disease. It claims serious ailments arise when the blood bile, bowels, stomach, and kidneys fail to function and urges medicinal aid guided by experience. It notes the remedy is widely endorsed by professionals for nearly fifty years as preventive and treatment for liver issues malaria constipation kidney and rheumatic troubles and debility.
Governor Pattison designates April 15 and 29 as Arbor days to urge action against rapid forest disappearance and indiscriminate destruction of woodlands. He warns the evil is widespread, threatening public welfare, and urges tree planting and a broader, systematic conservation effort nationwide.
Advertisement extols Spring as a time of beauty while warning of spring diseases from impure water. Promotes Prince Regent Whisky at McCullough's Half Century House in Pittsburg and urges a registered letter post order. Also touts Pan-Tina cough remedy with a testimonial from J. Ross Mateer of Altoona praising its relief after six years of coughing. Pan-Tina sold at 25 and 50 cents at Kahle's drug store.
A periodical urged rheumatic prevention highlighting rheumatism as a common ailment. It promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a blood purifier and remedy for malaria liver trouble constipation indigestion kidney issues nervousness loss of appetite and flesh. It claims physicians and the public endorse its preventative use after moisture exposure to avoid initial rheumatic attack.
A local advertisement promotes Red Flag Oil as a ready aid for rheumatism sprains bruises and burns available for 25 cents. It also endorses Pan-Tina as a remedy for coughs colds and consumption with trial bottles free at Kahle's drug store Ott.
February and March prove hardest on the aged and frail with chest illnesses like pneumonia and influenza. A wave stimulant is urged, citing medical consensus that Klein's Silver Age and Duquesne products offer peerless aid. The ad touts six year old Guckenheimer Finch Gibson Overbolt Bear Creek at $1 per quart or six for $5, inviting orders and price lists.
The cutter proclaims himself the toniest artist in the vicinity with rapid trade growth. He invites prospective buyers to visit, leave their measure, and select patterns early to secure the best assortment at very reasonable prices due to limited staff.
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