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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1883
Page
5
Brace up despondents. Butler county court house burned by a defective flue with about $60,000 loss, insured for $38,000. Various local items follow including theater recaps Esmeralda at Struthers Hall and remarks on readers, tramps, and a hospital committee report.
A dialogue recounts yesterday’s talk of Jones the Poor Tom and his luck. Brown dismisses the idea of helping him, while the narrator returns to Jones who is now said to be missing. A clue emerges that Jones recently made a large wheat-related gain.
Mayor Broder of Bradford visited this week. L A Chase of Russell stopped by the office Wednesday. E B Sunderland of Corydon was in town last Monday. Mrs D B Bernard runs classes in Ridgway and Warren. G B Webber of Columbus wintering in Viola Del. for health. H L Towell, ex resident now in Ohio, at court. H C Babcock now in Bolivar N Y with family at Lakewood. Miss Mary Hausman of Warren donated an elegant plush cushion at the Hebrew fair. Henry Rhoades moved to Warren with family living in the Hoffman house. Mr Zimmerran, wife daughter of the Rhoades, staying with them. Still of Quaker Hill left team at Charlie Schwing’s saloon after a fire in the wagon box caused by matches. Mrs I Lott of North Warren active in teaching singing and Bible class. request for Christmas remembrance noted amid potential misprint.
Myr J B Cable of Knapp and Cable Insurance boards with ex Sheriff Brace on High Street. A tramp asked for food Monday night. given a meal and left. In the morning Cable, awakened by a match, saw the intruder in his room and fired. The thief fled through a front window onto the veranda, leaving Cable’s overcoat behind. No clear injury reported.
Vicinity oil items report rigs and progress across farms in Glade Conewango and Warren with crews drilling, spudding, and pipe driving scheduled into the weekend. Bertha Welby speaks Thursday at Struthers Library Hall in the Hunchback show, praised in Buffalo letters for broad ideas and a likely full house.
Local obituary profiles J Dennis James who died at his Glade home on the 9th, age 61. A lawyer turned public figure, he helped push Borough government, edited the Warren Democratic Advocate, and led a greenback paper in Tiona and Warren. He built James Hall, was active in business and music, served in borough offices, and died poor but remembered for eloquence and public service. Funeral held at his residence with Rev P S Allen officiating.
A letter questions Rev Jas Rea of the Baptist church over a sermon calling the Library building a “Struthers sepulchre of hell” and accuses him of insanity. The writer notes Rea’s past respectability and asks whether a once respected minister has fallen to madness or malice in critiquing the hall and its benefactor Mr Struthers.
Struthers Hose Company announces a Monday evening entertainment in Library Hall under veteran stage manager John W. Baum. Warren Quartette and Messrs Lusk Bell Manville and Gross assist as locals perform Shipwrecked or Down by the Sea with foreign support. early seat reservations urged.
A letter from Minszaroris clarifies a published item about Fred Warrington, stating the child was left with his grandmother at her request and dying mother’s promise. A Warren Insane asylum escape involving Louis Doubet is noted, with uncertain arrest status after a shotgun incident. Local remarks comment on Corry’s nightlife and a saloon advertises fresh Baltimore oysters twice weekly.
Local merchants promote mufflers and silk items at Sol Cohn & Co and Sol Cedsar & Co. The City Crockery Store advertises silverware china lamps and glassware. D. M. Gross & Bro and Warren merchants call on customers to settle accounts before collector takes over. Key stone Clothing Co highlights holiday tailoring. Living ads feature five and ten cent counters at D. M. Grosa & Bro.
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