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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1895
Page
4
A New York World correspondent reports a Chilmark Martha's Vineyard settlement of 146 residents with 86 or 87 percent deaf and dumb born deaf. Intermarriage among relatives minimal yet deaf mates married freely spreading the taint. all traceable 250 years to two early deaf settlers.
The piece argues the U S treasury acts as a national bank since 1840 and calls for ending separate banking functions. It notes arbitration talks among Peru Ecuador and Colombia over Amazon land, Spain’s role, and proposes patriotic rail and shipbuilding incentives. It mentions Mrs Harrison’s high pay for The Bachelor Maid and Philadelphia council chairs costing $125 each.
A New York Sun item describes two of the so called masculine appearing women on a car ride. Passengers speculate about suffragists and trousers until the two reveal themselves as medical students studying typhus and globular theory.
A famous New York City physician offers free letter correspondence to diagnose nervous and chronic diseases. Write to Dr. Greene at 35 West 111th Street describing your symptoms and he will reply with a detailed, no charge diagnosis and guidance. The service promotes his Nervara blood and nerve remedy and promises immediate understanding of your ailment.
In a New York Herald report, a pickpocket to whom a purse was swiped discovers only junk inside. He lists silk samples, a glove buttoner, face treatment cards, fabrics, a carpet price list, safety pins, chewing gum and an address card. The exchange notes that women carry little money in such purses.
A sensational claim touts relief from kidney and bladder diseases within six hours using a new remedy called the New Great South American Kidney Cure. Advertised as instantly easing pain, urinary retention, and passage discomfort for all, it is sold by H. H. Richfield, a Warren druggist, in Paris with a 10-ly note.
The Warren borough debates enforcement of a pole tax on telegraph, telephone, electric light and power lines begun in 1893. A special exemption for the Street Car Company is questioned. the council is urged to enforce the ordinance while noting health board duties and revenue implications. Also includes an advertisement for Mystic Cure rheumatism remedy.
A London invention by A S Nelson Brothers describes a thawing chamber for 80 quarters of beef. Warm air rises over steam pipes then cold air freezes moisture on behind curtain pipes, forming snow and reducing water loss to 1 percent over five days.
The narrative recounts early California journalism, focusing on Warren a hot tempered editor who killed a rival in a self defense claim. He was sentenced to life imprisonment later pardoned and released his family moved east Josie Mansfield pursued stage work after leaving home.
The Ward McAllister funeral service at Grace church drew a large crowd with hundreds outside. Afterward women rushed for flowers, some slipping past the vigilant sexton to grab bunches while others were forced to relinquish plunder. In a separate report, a Rock Island line eastbound passenger train derailed twelve miles west of Topeka, Kansas after a broken rail. About twenty passengers aboard, two men from Pennsylvania suffered painful but not serious injuries.
Paris reports a serious fire damp explosion at the eu genic pit in Mont Cean Les Mines, Saone et Loire. Miners trapped by the blast, twenty one bodies recovered and rescue efforts continue as officials investigate the incident.
Reading reports Mrs. John Zeller and her grandson John Becker fatally burned while attempting to start a fire with coal oil yesterday. The incident occurred in Reading on February 4.
Frederick Villiers describes cremation and burial of wounded in Chemulpo after Ping Yang. A Shinto priest leads a secular, ritual procession with branches, sake, and a live rooster as boxes of ashes are interred. The mood blends ceremony with ritual curio.
A New York Times sketch describes Somany's Prince William, a native of Rowenay Rye in Prince William, living with his family near East Hartford. The Williamses, horse dealers with a main East Hartford branch, keep fine draft horses in winter. Their wagons cost from 1000 to 2200 dollars, with Prince William's private wagon at 2500 dollars, and the family travels with about 100 followers using carriages and wagons for nomadic trips. They start around August 1, rest each night in a grave yard area, patrol horses, and discuss family affairs beside Prince William's tent.
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