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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1875
Page
3
An old advertisement touts Royal Baking Powder with guaranteed full weights for 2 pounds and up, plus Royal Celery Salt, canned fruits and vegetables, condensed milk, honey, jars, white drips, syrups, molasses, and a large selection of teas. It emphasizes quality, variety, and best prices in groceries.
Warren Ledger reports Bellefonte elected a Jew named Sternberg as burgess. The paper notes other items: local lectures, new ads, spring goods, a fire at Emporium with extensive losses, and ongoing town news including weather, school activities, and public notices.
Adnah Neyhart formerly of Vidioute died in San Diego California on the 17th from consumption at age 38. Born in Lansing New York in 1838, he built a notable oil business and left a likely large fortune. He spent recent years on the Pacific coast seeking health and maintained wide business ties.
The Vigilant Fire Company will hold a meeting next Monday evening to elect active officers. C McDaniels holds the membership list and those wishing to join can sign by contacting McDaniels & Ronde store before the meeting.
Edward Spangler died at Dr. Samuel A. Mudd’s residence near Bryantown Maryland after a life linked to the Lincoln assassination plot. He was tried with others by a military commission, sentenced to six years at Dry Tortugas, and pardoned near the end of Johnson’s presidency. Spangler, a carpenter by trade, had a noted friendship with Dr. Mudd and previously worked at Ford's Theatre.
Correspondent from Philadelphia reports arrangements completed for the Age to become an independent Times under Col. A K McClure. It will publish March 13 as a four page morn ing paper retailing at two cents with editor McClure. Frank McLaughlin of McLaughlin Bros. will handle business. The new paper vows a vigorous anti Administration stance and will resemble a Tribune half sheet in appearance.
The New York Sun cites an ancient Rome tale of Tutia and the vestal virgins to argue a juryless, cheap resolution for a Brooklyn dispute. It recalls the sieve ordeal of Poppeus and Janna, suggesting a short cut verdict by water carried in sieves from the Tiber to Vesta’s temple, with water drawn from the East River to Fulton Street.
The piece discusses the Charlie Ross kidnapping case with Pinkerton files of lost or stolen children, and notes a lack of new developments. It also covers New Hampshire campaign rhetoric, Republican optimism, and political shifts including Ramsey and McMillan in Minnesota, amid critique of Grantism.
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