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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1887
Page
1
A dense weekly column from North Warren and North Clarendon reports weather, crop failures, social events, weddings, and local goings on. It notes potato rot, heavy drinking in nearby towns, church services, a notable medical cure, new businesses, moving post offices, and upcoming tax deadlines alongside dances, visits, and market tidbits.
Miss Sadie Foster, nearly eighteen, sister of Policeman Robert Foster, died at his Glade home from an arsenic overdose. Evidence at the coroner's inquest indicated accidental poisoning while she had bought the poison to improve her complexion. Funeral services were held in Titusville on Tuesday.
The Constitutional Centennial celebration in Philadelphia September 16 to 17 will be a major national event with federal and state support. A grand processional display on September 15 precedes a September 16 military parade and a September 17 services led by Justice Miller. Pennsylvania Railroad offers excursion tickets at two cents per mile from eastern stations September 8 to 17, return by 22.
Readers are promised the Barnum and London combined spectacle returning to Warren on Wednesday September 28 with vast attractions. The program includes modern wonder Jumbo and his giant skeleton with Alice, Paul Boyton water displays, three circuses in three rings, a Roman hippodrome, an elevated Olympian stage, and a grand free street parade drawing large crowds and enthusiastic praise.
The twelfth annual Greenback labor party gathering in New York will meet in Albany on September 28, 1887 to nominate candidates. The call insists on full legal tender paper money, public control of railroads and telegraphs, and taxing incomes and personal property to fund cheap homes. The text urges adherence to party principles until government is controlled.
Thomas G. Woolfolk, charged with killing nine relatives in Arata Georgia, arrived from Macon amid fears of lynching. Nine bodies—Richard Woolfolk and his wife, six children, and Mrs West—buried in one grave, battered beyond recognition. Motive suggested as fear of inheritance by a second wife, details of crime unknown.
Industrial and labor news report broad recovery in manufacturing across regions. Iron prices rise while mills stay busy. textile and coal sectors show strong orders, wages, and new plants. Knight of Labor activity grows but memberships dip. Pittsburg expands furnaces. Birmingham and Paducah plan mills and factories.
Busy week at Camp Hancock near Mount Gretna details a sham battle among three brigades and target shooting. Eight privates and a corporal were dismissed for misconduct. Heat caused prostrations. camp life and transport home planned. Also reports a fatal lightning strike near Corry and Kentucky election results with Buckner winning statewide.
A gas leak caused a Saturday evening blaze at Mr. Phipp's home. Miss Lizzie Manson, a relative, suffered serious burns with her life in danger, while Mrs. Phipp and her child were also seriously burned. The fire spread quickly, damaging eight buildings and totaling about $6,000, limited by a 600 barrel water tank.
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