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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1892
Page
4
The Ledger in Warren Pennsylvania lists subscription terms of 1.50 per year in advance and 2.00 per year when not in advance. Advertising rates include business cards six lines max for one year at 6.00, transient ads at 1.00 per inch for first insertion and 0.50 for subsequent, with executors notices at 3.00 for six insertions and obituary charges at 0.03 per line beyond ten lines.
The column reviews national politics and party maneuvers, lampoons tariff fear and gerrymandering, mocks reform chances, notes potential Harrison renomination doubts, and urges farmers to back reform by voting Democrat over Rice or Thompson depending on their stance. It links Cleveland-era issues to a Wisconsin or New York city tone with sharp editorial wit.
The piece extols Arbor Day and urges Pennsylvanians to plant trees and flowers for sanitary, educational, and aesthetic benefits. Gov Pattison designates April 14 and May 6 for Arbor Day observances and asks citizens to pause routine activities to plant. It also reports Republican and Democratic convention results from Crawford County and commentary on party dynamics and tariff debates.
City property description lists a 16 by 24 foot house with a 14 by 15 kitchen, six rooms, a pantry, and a good well. Six acres of land lie up King's Hollow with 240 grape vines of four varieties and two full grown apple trees, one late and one early. Telegraph office or L Glesson.
A long Chicago legend Horatio Hill the oldest printer in Chicago and a pioneer of Cook county marks eighty five with memories of Abraham Lincoln Andrew Jackson and John Wentworth. A separate note reports on cross Atlantic balloon travel plans by Professor S A King and earlier efforts by Wise Lowe and Donaldson. Also covered is Creede Colorado mining tragedy and the seventy year old twins Thomas and George Hibbard of Brooklyn with a life of temperance and smuggling era kinship.
In old times women paid up to £200 for elaborate headdresses for special occasions. A Jamaica death in Bybrook, 1838, involved Letitia Cox who reportedly lived to 160, supported by documents.
A sample calculation shows a gallon of Chilton Paint containing 231 cubic inches covering 240 square feet for two coats, highlighting its economy and ready mixed quality. The ad extols linseed oil content and pestering prejudice against ready mixes, urging color card inquiries.
Dr Miles pills claim to regulate liver stomach and bowels via nerves. Marketed as a new discovery for biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles and constipation. Praised as unequaled for men women and children with 80 doses cost 25 cents samples free at Morris and Mullen's drug store.
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