Pension Reform And Banking Scandals Highlight 19th Century Critique
A cluttered column reports on misappropriations in banking with Fields Lindley Weichers & Co. and notes on global finance, tariff policy, and Alsace Lorraine tensions. It includes a vehement defense of pension reform by Lieutenant Allen R. Foote, urging targeted relief to genuine veterans and censure of pension abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fields, Lindley, Weichers & Co
New York
Europe
Alsace
Lorraine
M. Camille Pelletan
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Sir Chas. Kilke
Alsace-Lorraine
Allen R. Foote
Foote
Society of Loual Volunteers
The Fence Law Case in Warren County
In Warren County Virginia the case of Marion Greenlee v Jacob Hisenbaum concerns cattle trespass. The jury awarded Greenlee sixty two dollars for crops damaged when about twenty head of Hisenbaum’s cattle grazed on cleared land. The judge ruled no current law required fencing after repeal of earlier acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Eisenbaum
Marion Greenlee
Limnestone Township
Greenlee
Hisenbaurm
Warren County
Court OF Common Pleas
Jacob Gisexnbaun
Noyes
Lycoming
Northumberland
Allegheny
Ueirs
P.J. Falconer
P. Johnson
Robert Henry
B. A. Lynde
Geo. Wales
Patrick Powers
Louisa ©. Hartman
Henry W. Hartman
Philip Woman
Anna Homan
Emily L. Loveland
O. F. Ladera
W. J. Mullin
J. Ellis
Gao
Lee
Joseph Gillett
Confidence ad for Klein Whisky brands and local ads
Public confidence cited in advertising for Klein's Silver Age and Duquesne Ryes as pure, widely sold whiskies. Prices listed at $1.50 and $1.25 per quart, with emphasis on merit and medical endorsement. Includes local promotions for books and dental products plus a throat foreign body incident involving Mary Sauerwein and medical extraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klein
Duquesne
Atlantic
Pacific Slope
Max Klein
Federal St
Allegheny
Steerrizo & Co
Almanac Promotion and Local Notices Show 1892 peaks
Hostetter Almanac 1892 to surpass ten million copies in English and multiple languages. Hostetter Company reports 69 workers tuning year round. free distribution via druggists nationwide. Also mentions Hor ton hair parlors, Handy Dictionary giveaway with book purchases, and local printing and binding services. Includes brief, non-specific notices about insurance, a New York mayor, and Dempsey near Sugar Island Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Hostetter Company
Pittsburg
Free asthma cure trial and various remedies advertised
An OCR filled with medical ads offers Schiffmanns asthma cure free trial by mail from St. Paul Minn plus other health products. It promotes Verflumes colognes and SWAYS OINTMENT for skin eruptions and Madame Neuvilles face powder with free samples. A tragedy notes two daughters of Mr Monk Metamora Ill burned to death after playing with fire while parents were at church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schiffmann
Dr. R. Schiffmann
St. Paul, Minn
Iswayse
Bett
Noyes
Madame Neuville
Mr. Monk
Metamora
Swayne’s Ointment Claims Piles Cure for Human and Animals
Advertisement touts Swayne’s Ointment as a solution for moist itching and bleeding piles with tumors, promising relief, healing, and removal of growths. Available for 50 cents from Dr. Swayne & Son in Philadelphia. Also markets Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion for animal itching and ulcers, claim of 30 minute cure, sold by L. G. Noyes & Co. in Warren, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swayne
Dr. Swayne & Son
Philadelphia
Woolford
L. G. Noyes & Co
Warren, Pa
Sulphur Bitters Restore Strength After Debility
An elderly man describes severe debility and limited mobility for years. After taking Sulphur Bitters for a week he gains strength and appetite, and later walks over three miles, the note claiming the remedy is a right smart medicine. Also mentions the funeral cortege at Paris for Edward Bulwer Lytton, late British ambassador to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Brown
Keokuk
Town
Paris
Edward Bulwer Lytton
France
Sulphur Bitters Cure for Runaway Baby Health
The letter praises Sulphur Bitters after months of worry over a baby's head sores. A druggist recommended the remedy and the child is now healthy and thriving with no sores. Mrs J C Hall of Lowell cites the turnaround and the small cost as proof of the cure. Also mentions Kemp's Balsam for coughs and wallpaper from N K Wendelboe offering various skins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Hall
Lowell
Salvation Army Weighs Help For Julia Beam In Tarnished Life
Julia Beam, seventeen, is the subject of a public outcry after a tar and feather incident near Glen Gardner New Jersey. Clergy debate mercy while Salvation Army founder’s wife advocate aiding the fallen girl, seeking to reform rather than condemn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackburn’s Ford
Bull Run
Washington
Fair Oaks
Salvation Army
Julia Beam
Julia
Glen Gardner
N. J
W. Lawton
Methodist Church
Parson Lawton
New York
Buried the Wrong Man In San Francisco Divorce Case
Estelle Pons, a French native and former wife of Frank V. Pons, believed a dead stranger in San Francisco was her ex-husband and funded a funeral. After the funeral, Pons returned alive, causing a bitter bout. she had a single motive for the burial of a pauper. The scene ends with a threat to bury himself next time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelle Pons
Pacific Coast
France
Frank V. Pons
San Francisco
Ned
F. W. Fons
Golden Gate Park
Gold Brick Swindle Tops Nation Suspect Bob Carter Arrested
The gold brick swindle continues to spread with Carter, a young smooth talker, linked to a Vermont farmer victim named O Donald near Hampton. Six months ago Carter gained $6,060 under a tale of a west gold mine and sample bricks worth 15,000 each, aided by a supposed United States assayer. O Donald, a $50,000 man, kept quiet to avoid embarrassment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunko Steerer
Carter
Vermont
Dodge
O Donald
Hampton
O’donald
United States
Letters of Administration for Betsey Dunn Estate
Officials announce Letters of Administration for Betsey Dunn late of Glade township Warren county Pa granted today to Perry D B Clark administrator G T A. All persons must pay promptly and those with claims must present them duly authenticated for settlement at 126 Warren Pa. Oct 21 1891.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsey Dunn
Glade
Warren County
Perry DB. Clark
Adm Rg. T A
Warren, Pa
Samuel Matheson
Sugar Grove
Eliza Matheson
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D.D. Reed
Fice
Liberty Street
Warren
Warren Coo
Ledger Printing House
Peninsylvania
Ledger Publishing Co
H” Warren, Penn‘a
Penn'a
Ledger
Pennia
G. W. Sfarsa
Keystone Bank
Brazil
Maxor Wimany
Brice
Ohio
Senate
Foraker
Friends
Sherman
New York City
House
Briagraand
Democratic National Committee
Supreme Bench
Silas M. Clark
Christopher E.heydrick
Franklin
Venango County
Heydricck
Crawford
Time
Clark
Indiana County
Heydrick
Seigfried’s
Terry
Madante Neuville
East Warren Pharmacy
F. H. Op Oy
Itc
East Warren Bazar and Pharmacy
BE. H. Dixson
Ane
Mary Sauerwein
van Houten
Horton’s
Water St
Siegfried & Co
Lepger
Alywite
Providence
John Sill & Son
Mayor Grant
Dempsey
Sugar Island
Ireland
Airs
Esfriad & Co
N.K. Wendelboe
Uli
Chas. A. Johnson
Alex Erickson
N. KE. Wendlebee
John A. Sandstrom
D. A. Swanson
Skandinaviska Vannen Odin
Act of Assembly
ALLEN
Hicerss & Allen, Solicitors
Glade Township
Siyron Waters
GN. Parmlee
Preg
D. L. Gerould
Cashier
Afyron Waters
P. Hall
A. Jamivser
V. Davis
P.johnson
A. Hertzel
W.D. Brown
A. T. Scofield
United Tetes
Wyman & Davis
THE
Elsted
Ware
Castogue
Water & Street
Carver Touse
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