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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1887
Page
7
A detailed Indianapolis feature describes an $1,600 one story cottage with five rooms a bathroom and pantry. It explains flexible layout options from parlor to living room usage and a window seat, plus plumbing and cellar plans to improve housekeeping and efficiency.
A country writer in New York laments the decline of journalism quality and public appeal. He contrasts country reporters who stay "one of the people" with college bred writers aloof from the masses, arguing big labels and costly literature fail to serve readers who want soul and practical news.
In a heat wave the city’s free baths draw crowds of working girls. The writer notes varied outfits, often ill fitting, and finds most have bad feet from tight shoes. Women splash, prank, and quarrel while lifeguards and a police presence calm a chaotic bath scene. The piece contrasts working girls with more fashionable peers and ends with a nod to a New York source.
Connections made with P and EB at Sheffield and with P and W at Sheffield Junction. Trains run Garfield to various stations with listed times. Through tickets available from Ridgway to Erie. Freight delivered at Vandergrift and Dunham's Mill. Passengers for Dunham's Mill must take the 10:23 a.m. train from Clarendon.
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