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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1882
Page
4
The piece discusses Thanksgiving as a national festival with roots in New England, noting varied gratitude across citizens. It urges hard work alongside worship, cites harvest abundance and scientific progress like electric lighting, and quibbles about census report delays and accuracy, urging timely public release.
Cincinnati Gazette notes tell of a New York girl profiting from oil trades, a rich aunt’s fate, and Thurlow Weed as a self educated figure. It argues one must study life, updates on Greenbackers in Congress, a misrecorded vote for Elliott, oil downturns, and Warren county losses. It urges honest toil and economy to rebuild after heavy speculation losses.
A November oil market report describes a full panic with heavy losses across the board. Prices swing from 1.04 to 87 1 2 cents, then recover to 98 cents, with 3,520,000 barrels traded. The Bradfod and Orry posts report widespread failures and depressed trade, while the public fears a lasting downturn.
The late Horace Greeley’s daughter Miss Gabrielle Greeley, last of the family, was observed entering a Broadway store. She has lived in seclusion at Chappaqua since her sister Mrs. Colonel Nicholas Smith’s death, with sympathy from those who know her. Her companion Miss Chamberlain, editor Ivory Chamberlain’s daughter, is praised as educated and accomplished.
A jumble of dialect proverbs appears alongside a railroading costs summary detailing rolling stock values for a Pennsylvania Express train. The article memorializes Robert M. Gresos of Pittsburgh as a lawyer and eloquent democrat, praising his Convention work and Garfield tribute.
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