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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1876
Page
3
Daily manufacture of soda waters ginger ale and related beverages advertised as pure healthful products. Notes on pricing half pint bottles at 10 cents and lists sales points and local merchants. Includes period notices about politics police chief election inspectors and road projects with varied local items.
Reports from Warren and Glade list Wells Wing & Groesbeck Peck & Freeman Bell 4 McKinney JTS others. Several new wells reach depths of 100 to 475 feet with expectations of oil flow within days. Prolific activity continues as operators push rigs near Glade City and along Conewango.
The letter column criticizes a Warren Derrick reporter for errors on Judge Hall and local geography, lampoons the Warren Republican club size claim, and mocks oil fueled lawlessness and saloon incidents at Carver House and Leonhart brewery. It includes a temperance anecdote about moderation and salvation from drink.
The legislature passed a law regulating dentistry requiring graduation or board certificates to practice. Indictment and fines of fifty to two hundred dollars apply to violators. three years of practice before passage exempts some. Also reports the death of A G Lane in Warren, a respected former county official, and a 1876 Grangers and Farmans picnic at Fair Point with a Chautauqua Lake steamer excursion and public speakers including Thompson.
A personal political letter from the era praises Tilden and Reform while noting local Republican stance and female suffrage talk. It discusses Governor hopefuls William Benson and Galbraith, calls Benson crusty yet favorable to women’s rights, and mentions local anecdotes about veterans, the Bogie Hotel, and an ice-delivery man amid Centennial news.
A letter from Pittsfield dated Aug 15 1576 accuses Mr Acocks of covert county influence and cites alleged inconsistencies in remarks by W F D and Dalrymple about sheriffs nomination. It questions Acocks’s integrity as a judge and notes alleged hypocrisy regarding temperance enforcement. The writer urges temperance voters to beware.
In Irvineton Swineton on August 18 1876 Mrs R J DeWoody’s school closed with a farewell address that moved listeners. She is praised as an excellent teacher and scholar and the scholars regret her departure. Corydon summer term closed August 18 with an exhibi tion naming unabsent pupils and prize winners.
In Columbus on August 14, 1876 a combined Democratic Liberal and Republican gathering at Stevens Hall elected J. M. Hopkins president and named officers including Charles Walton Kimball Mead W C Howard James Mazzey Lawrence Walton and others. An executive committee of ten plus the president was chosen.
A political meeting praised reform tickets with leaders Tiden and Hendricks. A grove tournament on Thursday features a aloe cup contest with fifteen rings, open-air concert, and a grand platform dance. Dalrymple, a one-armed Democrat candidate for Prothonotary, gains voter sympathy. others with missing limbs are noted in support. Western Union relocates to the Fisher building with improved facilities and a Warren Pipe Line office nearby.
Titusville Courier notes a quiet oil market on Tuesday with United opening at 2.78 and rising to 2.824, while Upper Road immediate shipment and United are the only other oils traded. Upper Road holds 2 Beira 95 with immediate shipment at 3,008,024 LA. market sentiment remains firm. Capt C E Knight, Democratic candidate for Assembly, is described as a true union soldier, though he downplays his service.
A malarial region inhabitant faces two threats from malaria: breathing miasma and swallowing it through infected water. Protection rests on invigorating the body via digestive and secretive organs, with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters touted as superior to ordinary tonics. In tropical climates malaria-related diseases are harsher, and Bitters claims broad tropical sales as the reigning remedy for fevers and digestive disorders.
A 1872 letter from Wilelvill e Pa extols Capitol Bitters for strengthening and invigorating effects. The writer claims it improves appetite and health, wards off seasonal illnesses, and is pleasant to take, urging others to obtain the remedy through dealers as medicine.
A list of assorted soaps and medicinal products appears including Imperial Chiticut Pink, Musk Floral Spray Cologne, Givan's Bulphys soap, Military Shaving Soap, Box Juniper Tar Soap, and Windsor soup. Also named are Carbolic Baur Soap, Safety Matches, French's Worm Lozenges, Dr. McLane's Worm Specific, Speulding's Glue, Liver Pills, and several patent medicines.
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