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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1882
Page
2
Frail clippings report on Garfield related topics including a new five cent stamp design and remarks from officials. Mentions Canadian governor general speech and a postal service note. Also includes a Edinburgh writer's health note and Moody and Sankey’s USA visit.
A 19th century survey notes in three of the nation’s principal cities the colored population exceeds a majority. It lists Charleston and Savannah with high percentages, Norfolk Augusta Richmond and others showing large black shares. Milwaukee claims a notable 26 percent.
The Du Bois dam uses a float controlled crest to regulate water flow, lowering when floods rise and rising to hold the water level, avoiding overtop. It automatically opens and closes spillways to manage depth, preventing strong whirlpools and aiding fish migration during spring floods while enabling artificial flood creation for various uses.
A. M. Soteldo Jr formerly editor and San Francisco Chronicle correspondent shot Clarence Barton at the National Republican office in Washington D C after a dispute over a previous publicized affair. Barton survived. Soteldo sustained fatal injuries.
A French merchant’s office makes a masked ball prank backfire as a clerk’s monkey costume causes chaos. The employer exposes the ruse and promotes the trickster over colleagues who plotted the hoax. Also includes Josh Billings sending a health testimonial from Newport about Hop Bitters for a liver ailment.
Ex Custodian Pitney revived a Treasury contingent fund controversy by recalling testimony about payments to workers for work at Secretary Sherman’s residence. He asserts Upton and Lamphere contradicted him and that Sherman and Mrs. Sherman knew of such payments. Pitney offers to prove the records and notes. Senator Logan faces pressure amid disputes with Senator Sherman, but resists implying personal motives.
A collage of medical ads and light anecdotes recounts cures and tonics from Baxter's Mandrake Bitters to Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Sanford's Cure for Catarrh. It promotes Electro-Voltaic belts, warns of tainted sausages, and lauds Electric Bitters as a women's health aid, with several local merchants listed for sale.
On and after Monday Octo twins on the Philadelphia and Division Will ran as follows. The fragment hints at a schedule or sequence but lacks complete details to identify participants, times, or outcomes.
Gen Sup t Clute and Ass't Sup t note close connections with trains on Lake Shore road at Dunkirk for both East and West. Through tickets can be purchased and baggage checked.
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