Keystone Chronicles of Berks and Nearby Towns
A miscellany reports oil wells in Berks county and a surge of local developments. Reading records 30 children under three dying in a week while Meadville reclassifies as a third class city and New Castle notes opium addiction issues. Ridgway railroad workers face dismissal for theft and Kushequa gains a post office with James E. Sweetland as postmaster. Carnegie’s mill shifts back to coal, at a cost of 40000 dollars. Ex congressman W L Scott’s illness continues in Erie. Ridgway gas war ends with higher costs for consumers. John Clark of Pittsburgh is described as Pennsylvania’s richest colored man with a $200000 fortune. Minister Creek trout sizes and weights noted. Treasury receives 4 dollars tax from oleomargarine seller in Scottdale. Sword from Nantucket sent to Pete Gruber. three-foot blade, 500-pound fish. Erie wool outputs and county tallies quoted from Crawford Journal. Indian remains dug up near Ford City. large statue skeleton found. Renovo bears sighted by track walker Samuel Betz. Carnegie’s son robbed at Cleveland races. investigators pursue culprits. Frank Goodyear expands Sinnemahoning Valley holdings, about 140000 dollars. Cherry-picking yields two young raccoons found near Punxsutawney. A boiler explosion at Sage River injures M P Amy. boiler demolished. A Kats report promotes Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy with a 500-dollar reward claim.
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Carnegie
Twenty-ninth Street
Pittsburg
W. L. Scott
Erie
Ridgway
Pennsylvania
John Clark
Minister Creek
Forest County
Secretary of the Treasury
Scottdale
Penna
H. F. James
Pete Gruber
Oil City
Nantucket
Crawford Journal
Erie County
Mercer County
Crawford
Venango
Ford City
Renovo News
Samuel Betz
P. McGuire
Shintown
Dry Run
Andrew Carnegie
Cleveland
Jacob Perkins
Frank Goodyear
Buffalo
Sinnemahoning Valley
Wianl
T. North
Town
Davi for Rheu Doctors Advertise in Warren Visit
Advertisements tout Dr Moritz Salm and Dr J J McClellan visiting Warren Carver House on Friday and Saturday August 14 15, with praise for their character and medical skill in eye ear nose and throat treatment. They run Germania Infirmary Columbia Ohio and have written extensively on ophthalmology and related topics. Letters and post office notices listed with call for advertised letters. Also notes on insomnia and the first Bessemer steel in Maryland at Sparrow's Point marking a major steel plant event.
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Moritz Salm
J. J. McClellan
Warren
Carver House
The
Democrat
Salm
Salma
Germania Infirmary
Columbia
Ohio
McClellan
France
Scotland
England
Pennsylvania
Purveyors Promote Pure Liquor At University Ad
An advertisement from the Everygirl University in Lewisburg Pa touts Klein’s Silver Age and Duquesne ryes as healthful preventatives amid epidemics. It lists prices, brands, and a wholesale house in Allegheny, plus a university catalogue request and details on five departments, new facilities, and the registrar’s address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duquesne
Equor
Max Klein
Federal Street
Allegheny
Finch
Overholt
Gibson Hyes
Everygirl University
Lewisburg
John H. Harris
School For
Academy
Institute For Young Ladies
Wm. C. Gretzinger
Another Heavy Purchase Made
We returned from the market with many new goods bought at great sacrifice. Importers offered deep discounts at the season’s advance. Waren and surroundings’ ladies can use good goods at a bargain price and know value when they see it.
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Waren
Extraordinary Values in Scotch Zephyr and Silks
At 124 cts extra quality Zephyr goods sold this season at 25c. Two thousand yards India Cashmere in black and colored grounds with hand painted clover and flower designs, once 30cts. At 165cts two thousand yards Pan-Gee suitings with China silk effects, previously 35cts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Extraordinary textile values from a past sale ad
At 65cts, 50 pieces all wool French plaids and stripes sold earlier at 1.25 yard. $5 dress patterns. 54 inch Camel's Hair would have been 12 pattern but for late import. $10 dress pattern. High class novelties embroidered tufted goods once 25 or 30. Silk Crepe de chine India silks in pink turquoise lavender Cleopatra red. Lace ribbons and gloves urged with them. Cream Cashmere Camel's Hair Surges Albatross Ning Veilings offered as extraordinary values.
Picketts Hardware Expands Into New Immense Warehouse
W H Pigkett and Co announce moving into a vast new four story warehouse spanning 836 by 120 feet. The basement holds pipes, bricks, nails, shoes, and iron goods while the first floor displays iron and steel, belting, hose, saws, axes, and tools. The second story lists plows, seeders, drills, mowers, rakes, carpentry and white lead paints. The third floor, once a shop, encompasses 10,500 square feet where about 30 men produce plumbing, heating, roofing, sheet metal, and gas fitting work. goods ship to eight states. The main stores offer hardware, ax es, belts, lubricants, and oil well supplies at right prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse Wrought Steel
Syracuse Oliver
Gowanda
Gale
Pickett
Kassons
Miles Nerve and Liver Pills Marketed as New Principle
An advertisement touts Dr Miles pills claiming to regulate liver stomach and bowels via nerves. It promises quick relief for biliousness torpid liver and constipation with 30 doses costing 25 cents and free samples at Morris and Mullen's drug store. A Kansas inoculated chinch bug release in Wisconsin reportedly caused millions of dead bugs and farm jokes follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Morris & Mullen
Kansas
Wisconsin
Burglar Captured After Midnight Break In
John Wood of Main street woke to glass breaking at about two in the morning and wrestled a burglar named Robert Terry until help arrived. Wood found swatch and wallet on the suspect. The scene suggested a bottle of Sulphur Bitters. An accompanying testimonial touts Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh and deafness.
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John Wood
Main Street
Wood
Robert Terry
Bargain Clearing Sale by Meyer Jonasson Co
A clearing sale offers over 200 jackets and blazers at less than half price. The ad promotes ladies and children’s wear, ribbed undergarments, silk and lisle hosiery, Wilton Velvets, Body Brussels, tapestry Brussels, and grand reductions on Ingrain carpets with marked price cuts across these items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyer, Jonasson & Co
Wilton
Brussels
New Plague Strikes Potatoes Name Potato Louse
A new insect pest nicknamed the potato louse appears in parts of the state. It is smaller than the potato bug and covers leaves, causing rapid leaf withering and acres of potato destruction. Paris green fails to affect the louse. Farmers lack effective remedies despite many trials. Also included is a testimonial from Smith P. Hunt of Waverly Iowa praising Sulphur Bitters for catarrh and liver complaint, claiming six bottles saved his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Green
Bank of
91st Year Opens Sept to Students at College
The 91st year begins September 16 with Classical Latin Scientific and Scientific courses. Preparatory Department run by the College Faculty. Expenses law and morals of the place upheld. No saloons. For catalogue apply to President Morrat. 8-7-1m
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Morrat
Allegheny, Meadville
College
David H. Wheeler
Geo Ball Advertising Pitch at 338 and 840 Water St
An old style ad from Geo Ball at 338 and 840 Water Street touts 35 years of customer service, fair pricing, and a wide range of menswear. It highlights suits from $20, Derby hats at $2, straw hats 50 cents, outing shirts, neckwear, and silk umbrellas as low as possible, claiming to beat all competition.
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Derby
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Ledger
New Castle
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad
Monroe Kisling
Bernville
du Bois
Kushequa
Kinzua
Mt. Jewett
James E. Sweetland
Jackson Koehler
Cousins Bros
Davi
Rheu
SION
Warren, Pa
Clark
Maria Johnson
Emma Oklund
Selma Johnson
Minnie Rouse
Anna
Bessemer
Maryland
Maryland Steel Company
Sparrow's Point
St. Louis
Bessemer Steel
Batkinsville University
Glee Club
the Baseball Nine
Harper’s Bazar
W.h.pigkett
Ely
B. W. Sperry
Hartford,Onn
Ghildren
Lisle
W.H. Pickett
Lini Ment
Hunter
E. C. Knowles & Son Oil City
Gthington
Jeferen Gillge
Washington, PA
Water St
Geo. Ball
Fehlman Brothers
Warren Ledger
Boston
Mass
Winslow
Rand & Watson
Goodrich & Fehrman Winslow
New York City
Goodrich & Feldman
Holmes & Coutts
Crown Acme
Acme Oil Co
Akron
Arren Ledger
Goodrich & Fehrman
F. Schumacher Milling CO
Humphrey & Nemoyer
Water Street
Episcopal Church
Nelson Greenland
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