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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1888
Page
2
A collage of old ads and notices. Claims doctor screening and cure prospects in Syracuse. Roofing paint promises ten year free repaint bonds. Lumber buyers seek pine beech and maple by log or bolt lengths. Local shoe store touts stock and value. New wallpaper arrivals and summer footwear promotions. Senior trades and goods advertised with dates and names.
Harper's Weekly outlines its place as a premier illustrated newspaper with fair editorial tone. It promises fiction by William Dean Howells and Captain Charles Eling, plus home and foreign history features, and deluxe illustrations for readers nationwide.
Harper and Brothers advertise post free subscriptions to Harper's Weekly Harper's Bazar Harper's Magazine and Harper's Young People for the United States Canada and Mexico with volumes beginning in January each year Bound volumes from three years back available clothbound for mail or express free within freight limits and cloth cases for binding sold separately Remittances by Postoffice Money Order or Draft Printed address Harper Brothers New York.
The Helena Montana area reports a second major mineral strike with a seven foot gold quartz vein seven feet wide assaying handsomely in the residence district. The first placer find on the principal street occurred about a month ago. Property owners are excited by the discoveries as reports from Washington note various political events and international dispatches including elections, court actions, and diplomatic moves.
New York markets show mixed activity with flour in stronger demand for choice grades while others hold steady. Wheat and corn options fluctuate, spot prices for No 1 red wheat and No 2 mixed corn edging higher, with futures and shipments noted. Butter and lard report dullness, rye and barley weak or nominal, pork and lard prices steady to dull.
Yesterday marked the final market day for cheese on the Whica board of trade. Total sales reached 1,405 boxes with prices from 10 to 14 cents. 4,703 boxes were traded in all dairy sectors in steady demand. Farm butter sold around 1 to 2 cents per pack, creamery butter at 2 to 4 cents, with most buyers active on the day.
Erie and Williamsport line timetables detail daily through trains from Erie to Philadelphia and from Williamsport to Baltimore Washington, with Pullman sleeping cars, coaches, and connections via New York Philadelphia Washington and Baltimore. Through sleepers operate on routes to Erie and to Baltimore, with Kane and Sheffield accommodations and various daily services.
Harper's periodical notices advertise postage free to all subscribers in states Canada or Mexico, detailing distribution terms and related logistics for Harper's magazines and year publications.
The listing notes January volume numbers and subscription start dates for bound Harpers Bazar volumes. It offers three year subscriptions with cloth bindings, mailed at postage paid or by express with freight limits, and optional cloth cases post-paid. Remittances by money order or draft to Harper and Brothers, New York.
A peek at Harper’s Magazine 1889 features include Jupiter Lights by Constance F. Woolson with illustrations, Shakespearean comedies by E A Abbey, Russia articles with The Thulstrap visuals, Canadian Doramon papers, a serial by Charles Dudley Warner, Norwegian studies by Bjorost and Wjarnson, and a historical play by the Ben-Hur author, edited by Gur tis, Howells, and Warner.
Harper's Weekly Bazaar Young People offer post paid subscriptions in the United States Canada or Mexico. Bound volumes of Harper's Magazine for three years with binding cloth cases offered at extra cost. Index to volumes 1 to 70 published June 1850 to June 1885 available cloth bound. Remittances by postoffice money order or draft. Do not copy without Harper Brothers order.
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