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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1895
Page
4
The ticket names Harvey T. Russell of Russell for associate judge, Robert Donaldson of Spring Creek for county treasurer, and S. E. Walker of Warren for county auditor. The slate presents three incumbents or candidates aligned with the Democratic slate.
An essay compares Atlantic shipping costs to British rail freight and notes American wheat’s price edge in England. It rouses curiosity with musings on Delphi as a hub of the universe and observes a dangerous deer encounter described by Roosevelt in Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail.
Mr. Willow of Paris proposes scent sachets to disinfect sickrooms. Two sachets in water release carbonic acid gas and diffuse perfumes such as violet or rose. A blue sachet with soda ash balances the reaction, and alternate versions use permanganate and barytum compounds to generate oxygen. The method, suitable for therapeutics or hygiene, uses volatile scents to saturate the patient’s atmosphere.
The smallest U S homestead on a tiny island in Lake Worth in Dade County Florida was entered by J J Haley of Rhode Island. The two rods less than a quarter acre site cost 5 37 dollars with five dollars for entry and 37 cents for land. Haley lives off the island earning about 80 dollars monthly by catching turtles that feed there and swim from the ocean into the lake.
Mrs W B Rogers ascends the Devil's Tower near Sundance Wyoming, reaching the 1665 foot high summit in 37 minutes after rope-assisted climbs and a handmade ladder. She plants an American flag, then descends in 89 minutes, amid cheering spectators. The feat highlights the tower as a western natural wonder.
Coryell Bartholomew of Jackson Michigan proposes a balloon attached trapeze run over Niagara Falls. His device features a 100 foot hollow steel shaft with two 5 foot spheres forming a dumbbell and a suspended trapeze. He is known for aeronautics and past world tour parachute drops.
A plan calls for a steel frame covered by rubber and cork with a hydrogen filled gas balloon inside each sphere. The inflated spheres would lift about five tons and allow controlled descent over a river. Professor Bartholomew aims to test this risky float in summer 1896 seeking fortune.
In Van Buren Maine a veterinary surgeon was summoned to treat a horse with a hard shoulder swelling. He lanced the lump and found a silver dime lodged at its center, explaining the peculiar ailment and providing the remedy.
In Paris more than a thousand people earn a living by fortune telling, with total earnings around 400000 pounds. A barber once shaved a man inside a cage with a lion to win a wager. A Novatia photographer advertises babies at two dollars a dozen.
A reporter recounts a New York Sun tale of Lee, hanged in Waukegan in 1865 for Ruth Briden’s murder. Circumstantial evidence doomed him, while a deputy sheriff later spent $1,100 in a Dallas effort to uncover the killer. He concluded an innocent man died and a rich party did the crime.
In Guthrie jail, two women Belle Black and Jennie Freeman, tied to Zip Wyatt’s gang, chat with prisoners and play cards in the corridors. Freeman, an Illinois-educated former wife of a gang member, joined Wyatt after he killed Greenwood County’s sheriff, while Black remains unflustered, both disguising as farmers or in men’s garb during raids. Wyatt wears steel armor and vows to die fighting, never to be taken alive.
Jennie Reynolds, newly stepping into burlesque as Mrs McFadder in Phryilby, captivates audiences with an original performance. The former vaudeville performer, now Mrs Mark Murphy, showcases a polished soprano voice and poised stage presence, suggesting a bright future in her chosen field.
Bicyclists contend for titles with Byers Pries and Johnson amid gear talk and payouts. Europe’s George Banker seeks Zimmermann’s scalp as new two rider bicycle concept surfaces. Stage impresarios Davis and Keogh unveil a dead shark prop for Steve Brodie lore while eyeing London ventures, risking Augustin Daly’s theater stake.
The Boston Traveller notes the venerable America schooner at Chelsea club house showing years of neglect. An old salt suggests light scraping and overhauls could restore her sea pace and dignity of her triumphal seventies days.
England's Lancashire team impressed at Taunton against Somersetshire as they totalled 801 runs. A. C. Maclaren top scored with 424, beating W. G. Grace's 344 for a first class match and helping Lancashire surpass Notts 726 for a county match.
Advertisement for strictly pure white lead products Armstrong McKelvy Beymer Bauman Davis Chambers Fahnestock. Colored tinting colors allow shade adjustment, one pound cans tint 25 pounds lead. Not ready mixed paint. pure color blends. Free book on paints and color card via postal request to National Lead Co New York or Pittsburg branch German National Bank Building.
Notice states that by order of the Warren County Orphans Court a public sale will be held at Ryan's Motel in Tioga, Warren County, Pennsylvania on Thursday, August 29, 1896 at 2 PM. The sale covers three described parcels in Limestone township with detailed bounds and acres. Terms require one third cash at confirmation and balance in two equal payments with interest. Administrator Wil Merkle represents the estate of J P Houser, deceased.
The Court of Common Pleas Warren County Pennsylvania notifies all creditors of R Humphrey that a hearing will be held at the Warren courthouse on the first day of September Term 135 at 10 o'clock a m to prove claims against the petitioner. R K H Brown attorney Warren Pa August 1 1885.
An application will be made to the Governor of Pennsylvania on August 26 1633 by a list of applicants including B L Gale Geo D Moore and others under the 1874 Act for incorporation of The Gale Manufacturing Company to manufacture and sell veneer hubs baskets and wood products and to enjoy all privileges of the act. Ball & Thompson solicitors 511-82 wat
An advertisement for a remedy named Ragumanism Cur e offered by L. G. Noyes & Co. of Warren, Pennsylvania. It claims radical cure in 1 to 3 days with immediate disappearance of disease after the first dose, noting immediate benefits and promising rapid relief. Ends with a publication date line 29-1y.
The business explains it could not cover expenses at its margin and laments the loss of an excellent institution. It vows to remain indispensable and to extend usefulness by adding a new feature modeled on the Womans' Ex-Exchange, with display for sale starting Thursday, July 25.
Home Made Baking previously handled by the Exchange will be prepared by workers from the Exchange to guarantee quality. Orders for non stocked articles will be taken and delivered on request to any part of Warren. Regular baking days will be announced in this column next week.
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