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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1879
Page
2
A long OCR fragment lists many names and place cues such as Brokenstaw and Columbus with scattered surnames and affiliations. The text shifts to political notes about England crop fears, yellow fever in Memphis, and local Erie postmaster issues with Hayes civil service reform. It mixes names, places, and partial event descriptions without a clear single incident.
A discussion on Democratic strategy regarding endorsing the late Greenback ticket. The piece notes division within the party, past suggestions of a Greenback Democratic union against Republicans, and the potential outcomes if Democrats endorse or reject the Greenback candidates.
A 19th century critique accuses Republicans at Harrisburg of double standards on election control. It argues they backed state authority to place Hayes, while now denying Congress sole control to challenge results. The piece denounces party fraud and warns voters the GOP favors power over principle. It predicts voters will judge their “heads I win, tails you lose” gambit.
In Zanesville on the sixth, Gen. Ewing Democrat for Ohio governor criticized Randall's currency record while praising his party loyalty. The crowd engaged as he urged party organization to push currency reform, and the meeting closed with cheers and a hotel reception. The piece also notes the Freeman trial for the Wocassett child slaying and a letter from Rev. L. M. Turner advocating African emigration.
The Pennsylvania Ring led Republican gathering in Harrisburg prepared a fixed ticket with Cam eron Kemble and Quay. Galusha Grow was named permanent President to push a hard money line as the Riot bill corruption case shocks the state. The Democratic stance condemns legislative plunder, while the Republican convention silences critics and protects ring leaders.
A Boston letter from 1879 quotes B N F Butler arguing Hayes ignores a law favoring maimed veterans for official posts. The writer contrasts Union service with Confederate appointments, claiming the South bestows offices on cripples and veterans while Butler laments the lack of relief for a one-legged soldier friend.
The storm's damage across the city and surrounding areas is estimated at 200000. City losses barely reach 1000 while oil regions report about 130000 with detailed counts for Parker Karns railroad United Lines Petrolia Martinsburg Cambella Argyle and Karnes City. Butler county losses set at 20000 and Monongahela damage ranges 30000 to 60000. Two oil region boys are missing with unconfirmed identifications. Local tales recount a banker losing 200 and a woman Langtry losing 100. Over a hundred residents rescued women and children from peril as driftwood and debris blocked the railroad bridge at the Allegheny river.
A column urges stopping expensive doctors and humbug cures and embracing nature's simple remedies. It endorses Hop Bitters as the greatest remedy and hints at more in the next column, urging readers to rely on it for health and thrift.
A seam of steatite along Smiths Creek in Eiko county Neva to yields a natural soap source. The hydrated silicate of alumina potash and lime resembles Castile soap and is said to be easily worked with no additives beyond alkali and scentings. A Virginia Chronicle report notes a Elko firm plans to market the mineral soap.
A New York Evening Express summary notes the Pennsylvania State Republican Convention rejected a Wolfe motion calling for honest leaders. The piece mocks the demand while noting long years under Cameron and Kemble, then shifts to a colonial history of wheat introduction and Pittsburgh cholera concerns.
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