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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1888
Page
1
A Warren county writer rails at public expense, notes the meager attorney salary, and argues for better funding and oversight. He praises Judge Rankin, urges action on civic projects, and critiques entertainment patronage and the library hall finances while urging fair tax assessments.
Charles Wilson aged about 24 shot himself through the heart with a revolver near Salamanca last Saturday with no apparent motive. Mrs Rolland Lee of Jamestown, about 26, died Friday morning by plunging into a cistern after months of presumed insanity. her husband, a telegrapher, and the couple had been married around two years.
The great Chicago auditorium for the Republican National Convention next June stands near completion. It fronts Michigan Boulevard and Wabash, with a site near two acres valued at $1,000,000. Construction cost about $2,200,000. The hall will seat 8000 for the convention, with a theatre, three galleries, and an orchestra space for ninety. A hotel of 500 rooms and offices accompany the hall. Fred W. Peck heads the association, with 200 stockholders.
An 1880s fashion note touts new hat trends for ladies and promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a guaranteed remedy for female ailments. It also highlights A M Kent of Stillwater in Chautauqua raising a top quality Polled Angus steer, claiming 68 pounds of meat per 100 live pounds, a record second only to a Chicago fat stock show in 1885.
About seventy delegates from Erie Crawford Venango and Warren counties attended the Warren meeting starting at 10:30 AM. Sessions ran morning afternoon and evening with all proceedings kept secret. Eugene Metz of Erie was elected master workman and the next assembly will meet in Oil City.
President Rankin has called a meeting of the board of trade to be held in the council rooms this Friday evening. The session will discuss active measures concerning propositions from manufacturers and should engage every member.
David L King and accomplice Mrs Dinsmore face tied fates as a January 26 execution date looms for King, with a last minute commutation petition from his supporters. Public sympathy runs low and a new trial for Dinsmore is scheduled in Venango County starting the same day.
Readers in North Warren and North Clarendon reflect on state purchases taxing townships, asylum convoys, local industry, and public funds. A mix of local gossip, small business notes, weather and school life, plus remarks on the week’s meetings, taxes, and civic concerns.
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