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Newspaper

Warren Ledger

Location

Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1891

Page

8

Buffalo defeat shocks racing fans and far flung readers

A collage of oddities and notices from Belle Hamlin’s defeat to Nancy Hanks, rising gate receipts in Buffalo, a coat of Christ view, grass widows on an avenue, licensing drinkers in Kansas City, and a spectrum of curiosities from post offices, land deals, grafted crops, to beetaloo dams and natural gas strikes.

Belle Hamlin Nancy Hanks Buffalo Chautauqua Buffalo Express Lily Dale Kansas City United States

A Wonderful Career Fredrick Douglass Resigns Harsh Haiti Mission

Fredrick Douglass, 75, the famed colored representative, resigns as Minister to Haiti after a long public career. Born a slave in 1817, he escaped to join anti slavery efforts with Garrison, urged emancipation and colored troops, served as Marshal of the District of Columbia, and led a Hayti mission that ended with his resignation.

Fredrick Douglass Republic of Haiii William Croyd Lincoln San Domingo Grant Hayes District of Columbia Cleveland Europe Flarrison White House Hayti

Census shows Pennsylvania leads in Catholic church counts

Census bulletin reports Harrisburg diocese with 61 organizations and 26,262 communicants, Philadelphia diocese 251,262 communicants, and statewide totals of 654 organizations and 651,577 members. Counts by counties include Allegheny 98,919 and Philadelphia 163,658, totaling 541,577 across the state.

Harrisburg United States Pennsylvania New York Philadelphia Pitsburg Erie Scranton Adams Allegheny Armstroog Beaver Bedford Burks Blair Bradford Bucks Butler Cambria Cameroun Carbon Centre Chester Clarion Clearfield Clinton Columbia Crawford Cumberland Dauphin Delaware Hik Fayette Forest Franklin Greene Huntingdon Indiana Jefferson Lackawanna Lancaster Lawrence Lebanon Lehigh Luzerne Lycoming McKean Mercer Mifflin Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton Northumberland Pike Potter Schuylkill Somerset Sullivan Susquehanna Tioga Venango Warren Washington Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York

Worm Threat to Hemlocks in Potter County Recalled

The New York Tribune notes that green foliage worm outbreaks occurred years ago in Maine and Casco Bay, later spreading across the coast. Secretary Edge of the state board of agriculture links the insect to the larch saw fly larva, predicting irregular future outbreaks but eventual natural checks by parasites. In Potter County, hemlocks show scorched slopes and potential second leafing depends on late frosts.

Potter County United States New York Tribune Maine Casco Bay Edge State Board of Agriculture New York

The Parent of Insomnia and Stomach Bitters

The article argues insomnia stems from stomach upset and that digestion fixes sleep. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a reliable remedy, claiming it stabilizes the brain stomach connection, improves liver and bowel action, and avoids sedatives or narcotics that harm stomach tone.

United States as a leading and growing fruit nation

The United States spans climates enabling growth from tropical bananas and pineapples to winter apples in New York and Michigan. Postwar demand shifts favor Florida and California for oranges, while berries and grapes rise. Imports run 15 to 20 million dollars annually, with fruit values fluctuating since 1883 and exports rebounding in recent years to over 4 million dollars.

United States New York Michigan Florida California Austria Hungary France Spain Sicily Italy West Indies Central South America

A Fatal Mistake in Medical Claims

A newspaper blurb reviews Dr Franklin Miles’s new book on Heart Disease and promotes his New Heart Cure. Morris & Mullens offer the book free and guarantee the remedy, claiming it treats nervous and organic heart disease and related symptoms. Cousins Bros. advertise whiskey, urging readers to call.

Franklin Miles Morris & Mullens Miles

Sun Spots Forecast Yet Weather Remains Uncertain

An unusual surge of sunspot activity is reported with predictions of atmospheric disturbances, yet weather forecasts remain uncertain. The ad promotes Klein's rye whiskies including Silver Age and DuNesse, with prices and physician-backed claims, plus other brands and a mail-order catalog from Max Klein at 82 Federal St Allegheny, Pa.

Klein Gibson Fince Guckenheimer Elein Max Klein Federal St Allegheny

Gun Boat Niagara to be shown at Chicago World's Fair

Capt. D P Dobbins, Erie life saving official, will exhibit the gun boat Niagara at Jackson Park naval exhibit alongside the modern Chicago. The Niagara lies underwater in Erie with guns preserved, a relic from the Lake Erie engagement about 80 years ago. The Lawrence was raised to Philadelphia in 1886 and burned there.

Cid Niagara Cleveland, O D. P. Dobbina Life Saving Service Lakes Erie Ontario Ohio River Chicago Erie Harper Jackson Park Lawrence Lake Erie Philadelphia Dobbins Erie

How to Succeed and Nervine Restorative Remedy

This brief item discusses the challenge of life solvable by grit and health, praising the Restorative Nervine from Dr. Miles for nervous ailments. It invites readers to Morris & Mullens drug store for free trial battles and testimonials. It also notes Jay Gourp’s tale of grasshoppers delaying a train in Colorado and humorously criticizes Wall Street insects.

Miles Morris & Mullens Drug Store Jay Gourp Colorado Jay Wall Street

Miles Pills Claim Nerve Regulated Liver Digestive Aid

An advertisement promotes Dr Miles' Nerve and Liver Pills claiming to regulate the liver stomach and bowels via nerves and curing biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles and constipation for men women and children with 80 doses at 25 cents samples at Morris Mullen's drug store includes testimonials on Ely's Cream Balm easing catarrh and a push for East Warren Bazaar for paints oils wallpapers and shades with favorable prices

Miles Morris & Mullen’s

The Great Pain How to Make Dimples by Plaster Frames

This piece describes a dubious beauty method using four tiny plaster strips placed crosswise under the eyes, at the mouth corners, on knuckles, elbows, shoulders, and ankles to create dimples. The frames must stay on for three days, yielding a lasting hollow that may persist about a fort night. Also notes a sulfur bitters testimonial and advertising for a grand low rate excursion with river steamer to Alexandria Bay, touting hotels, rates, and trains.

Pennsylvania New York Rochester New York Central Hudson River BR. R Syracuse Rome Watertown Ogdensburg BR. R Clayton St.Lawrence Alexandria Bay Round Island Thousand Island Park Nobby Island Pullman Island Livingstor Warren B. Newton Islands

Pickett & Co Move Into Expansive New Warehouse

W H Pickett & Co are expanding into a vast new warehouse measuring 36 by 120 feet over four stories. The basement stocks sewer pipe nails and brick items, the first floor holds iron and steel plus hardware, the second floor features plows and farming equipment, and the third hosts a 10,500 square foot shop with about thirty workers. They ship to eight states and offer plumbing, heating, roofing, and sheet iron work at low prices with a full hardware line including axes and lubricants.

Syracuse Wrought Steel Syracuse Oliver Gowanda Gale Pickett Kassons

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