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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1881
Page
2
The column lists public officials from Warren and surrounding areas, cites party figures and regional political chatter, and mixes national commentary on Garfield, the tariff, and the Wisconsin convention. It weaves election talk with health updates and editorials on race and education.
The Tum County committee plans to organize the party this fall to support Democratic nominees. George W innear is favored for Register and Recorder due to three years as deputy and broad business approval. Dinsmoor is urged for District Attorney for his honesty and legal standing, with voters cautioned to consider character over party ties.
Washington dispatch reports the President is very debilitated and exhausted after a recent operation. Mrs. Edson calls him a great sufferer and says he is exceedingly feeble and talks little. Dr Boynton says the operation did not excessively weaken him and the President laments being hurt at doctors’ hands. Tim Crawford Democrats nominate Roger Sherman for county president. Orange Noble of Erie touted for State Treasurer.
The Buffalo Courier reports the President remains weak and feverish after yesterday's operation, believed to be temporary from the procedure. A second incision was made lower to allow drainage below the ribs, with ether used for the later stage, and doctors probe for the assassin's bullet near the ilium as earlier experts predicted.
The narrator tours the Treasury vaults describing greenbacks bonds and silver and gold in 1881. It details packaging, weights of money, and the vast scale of currency handling, plus notes the cost of government operations and large annual appropriations. The piece reflects on wealth power and the moral contrasts of money.
The Legal Adviser cites a specimen note promising to levy all possessions including clothing school books food and even coffins if collected by suit. It trends toward harsh debtor treatment and legal fees with a ten percent interest rate. Anna Dickinson in Ocean Grove criticizes reformers for ignoring fallen women and the women’s rights perspective.
The Times Table Talk notes London chatter over a royal snub or slight toward Baroness Burdett-Coutts at Marlborough House. Accounts vary whether the Queen avoided her or was diverted by a granddaughter. The Baroness, famed for charity and wealth, remains a powerful Tory ally with ongoing social influence and plans to travel to America in October for the winter.
An early morning meteor showered into the water near Goat Island San Francisco Bay. An old fisherman near the Oakland flats recounted the dramatic flash and hiss, saying the water bubbled and steamed like a volcano. He estimated the spill about two hundred yards from the island and east of south, with dead fish floating nearby.
A fragment from Pioneer Free Press records an interpreter asking Sitting Bull for his view after President Garfield was shot. Sitting Bull calls the act cowardly, speculates on the Great Father looking a shooter in the eyes, and says Indians would seek revenge if a chief or warrior is killed without such confrontation. He adds a playful note about paying damages in ponies if the coward is rich.
In Wilkes-Barre a near cloudless afternoon lightning strike injured four year old Cora Dearborn beside an open window, singeing hair and causing burns but leaving her expected to survive. In Darlington County South Carolina a single lightning bolt killed four road workers and wounded ten while they stood near J. H. Clybern’s house with no storm present.
Ex Delegate W A Burleigh of Dakota urges domesticating the buffalo and claims success. He recalls a western winter when Chinook winds melted snow into an icy sheet, forcing buffalo to stamp and break ice, freeing grass for the herd while cows and calves gleaned behind.
Albany Argus argues Republicans resist repeated references to the 1876 presidential election fraud. The piece says the crime cannot be kept silent and that elections continually remind the public of the alleged fraud through offices rewarded for agency and societal memory.
Aclaim in the Albany Times column urges avoiding work while distressed by dull senses and unsettled nerves, asserting hot bitters can easily remove misery. The note emphasizes readiness to preach or write only when in good condition.
A fragment from a period advertisement page touts Electric Bitters as a reliable remedy for stomach and liver troubles and urinary issues, cites numerous profits and bottle prices, and mentions Maine herring packing with French labels. It also references Spring Glossour and Spring Blossom jam cures, a travel note on Sunday rail traffic, and various promotional snippets with doubtful claims and prices.
A jumble of old advertisements and dialogue champions Bardock Blood Bitters as a universal cure for constipation dyspepsia and general pains with testimonials and price notes. It mixes medical quackery claims with light humor about social manners and daily life.
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