New Books Offer Adds to Premium List for Readers
A publisher’s premium sale offers four titles plus The Leprechaun for two dollars when paid in advance, or two dollars for the four books and Leprechaun for non‑prepaid subscribers. Titles include works by Donoven, Turgenich, Miller, Hawthorne, Hale, Spurgeon, and many others, with varied genres from novels and travel to essays and religion.
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Lepcer
Mesera, Funk & Wagnalls
New York
Tee Lencer
Tue LepGer
Edmund Donoven
Fan Turgenich
Russia
Joaquin Miller
John F. Newman
John Habberton
A. R. Gaweis
Archibald Malmaison
Julian Hawthorne
Africa
Sir Samuel Baker
Rev. C. A. Spurgeon
Rachel
Eadward Everett Hale
Gordon
Archibald Forbes
Jean Paul Zitcher
J. C. Goldsmith
Paetry
Laura
C. Hollomey
Joseph Fope
Victoria Hospital
England
Rutherford
Edgar Fawcett
Yen Youis
Wigslittle
The
Sierras
Virginia
Aydin Wood Baldwin
Anold Sailors
Captain Roland Soffin
Wycliffe
John Laird Wilson
Egypt
Geo. F. Pentecost
D. D. True
George Parsons Lathrop
Prince Saroni
Narragansett
Edward Everett Hale
Edwin Arnold
Asia
Cromwell
Paxton Hood
W i. Williams
H. R. Haweis
W. &. Winks
Thomas Gibson Bowles
David Pryde
Colin Clout
Grant Aller
George Elliot
Nathan Shepherd
Charlotte Bronte
Laura C. Holloway
Hobart
Justin D. Fulton
D. D
Richard A. Proctor
W. F. Crafts
A. M
India
F. Sax Muller
W. E. Baxter
Jas. A. Froude
Franz Delitzsch
Samuel Wainwright
Ene Spurgeon
Ernest Dandets
David H. Wheeler
Martin Luther
Wm. N. Emo
Jules Clarette
Emo
Canon Farrar
Zwingli
Jean Grobhe Hike
Pay $2 for Tar Lepeer and four books offered
A promotional note urges readers to pay $2 for Tar Lepeer and four additional books, claiming recipients effectively receive $4 worth of books for 50 cents. It invites remittance via postal note, money order, registered letter, or personal visit to the library.
A Plain Duty Calls Voters to Favor Water and Gas Reform
A local editorial urges citizens to elect only candidates who pledge pure water and good gas. It encourages party collaboration in local elections, notes Democrats may win easily, and urges putting candidates in the field early to ensure reform and reliable utility services.
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Lepcer
Democratic Party
Hair in the water at Warren water works
A Warren establishment reports frequent stoppages of water motors due to matted hair clogging supply pipes, traced to Glade Run tannery. The water company faces annoyance and unknown quantities of filth in the suction, with calls to cover reservoirs to keep lizards and other creatures out.
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Warren
Glade Run
Meredith
Water Company
Postmaster Politics Sparks Letters on Civil Service
The Ledger critiques a war ren post office controversy. It endorses B F Morris and questions O C Allen and I S Alden as candidates, arguing a post office should serve the people, not a party. It defends Allen’s tenure and warns against political bucket shop imagery amid Civil Service reform.
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the Ledger
Warren Postoffice
Allen
Brother Morris
Cleveland
B. F. Morris
P. Northrop
A. S. Dalrymple
O. C. Allen
Alden
Arthur
Clewland
Civil Service
Mal
Mr. Allen
Morris
Post Office
Ine Lepeer
Dalrymple
Warren field wells yield 60 barrels daily after shot
Tur staging qualities of parts of the Warren field are shown by a recently torpedoed well on Glade run. Drilled eight years ago by Jonathan Watson, then sold to A. McWilliams who used gas as house fuel. It produced about one barrel daily until last week when shot and began flowing at about 60 barrels per day. The record notes the change and mentions local politics and library efforts.
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Warren
A. McWilliams
Glade
Jonathan Watson
McWilliams
Notable 19th Century Figures Headline Snapshot
Mr. Booth to perform as Jago in New York on Monday. Leland Stanford enters California senatorial race. Countess di Soderini ill in Rome. Dr. Carver begins coal breaking feat in New Haven. Robert W. Wright, late Cleveland editor, known in Connecticut. Mrs. E. B. Crocker opens large San Francisco conservatory. Frederick Gebhard enters English racing horses for major events. Hole and Newmarket Handicap selections noted.
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Mr. Booth
New York
Jago
Leland Stanford
United States
California
Countess di Soderini
Miss Stokes
Philadelphia
Rome
Dr. Carver
New Haven
Robert William Wright
Cleveland
Ohio
Connecticut
Serenes
E. B. Crocker
San Francisco
Frederick Gebhard
Hole
Ode to Temperance Traditional Hymn to Temperance Union
A lengthy poem praising Temperance and the Warren Christian Temperance Union. It extols temperance as divine, condemns alcohol excess, and envisions families safe and wholesome lives under temperance rule. The verso also advertises Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a health tonic and purifier.
Questions on scale of prices and opium den critique
A letter to The Ledger argues for a price scale aligned with foreign prices and condemns opium den smoking and Chinese association. It questions tobacco and whisky taxation, urges reform, and urges lawmakers to back treaties aiding lumber and wood products while protecting consumers over manufacturers.
Adventures at Atlay Party
A narrator recalls attending a village play party hosted by respected locals. The lively, unruly evening features games, mishaps, a kiss scene, clumsy pranks, and comic social graft as guests flirt, tumble, and toast oysters and pies before ending with reflections on perilous social clubs.
Reciprocity and free trade in the nation’s economic path
In a Gatza Pennsylvania letter, Hever Baxter argues that opening our markets to foreign goods while protecting domestic industries hurts the masses. He proposes tariff reciprocity with multiple nations, aligning price scales with other countries, and expanding opportunities for labor and commerce as essential to national growth. The piece critiques free trade as a temporary step toward wider protection, urging broader engagement rather than isolation.
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Havanas
Baker's
Jersey
New York
The
Lumberman
Philadelphia Press
Hever Baxter
Gatza, Pa
February court cases listed for various civil matters
A February term docket lists numerous civil actions and estates. Names include Carl Gore, Jacob Davis, J. A. Thompson, W. B. Roberts, Edwin Thompson, James McKinney, Elizabeth Cross, John McKinney, H. J. Dreyer, Genevieve Roberts, Jno Ahlquist, Joseph Marah, L. W. Peck, James Adams, Emery Eavis, Anna Henderson, and others against various defendants. Several estates and partnerships appear, with multiple cross filings and interpleader style suits noted.
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Pebrurary
Carl Gore
Jacob Davis
Robert Thomson
T. Cummings
Same
J. A. Thompson Estate
T. Gilmore
W. B. Roberts
C. W
John Streoting
Emery Eavis
Samuel Lord
Anna M. Henderson
K. EK
James Estate
Ve. Frank
Alien
Lake Bros
Im Jr. & Co
J. M. Brown
M. Beecher
A. Sandberg
B. J. Morrison
Eliza Buroughs
F. M. Pratt & Co
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Struthers Library
the Ledger Steam Printing House
Pennsylvenia
LepGurie
Warren, PA
Schuyter Comax
Mankato
Minn
Mr. Colfax
Tus Warren Water Works
Glade Run Tannery
Democratic State Committee
Bolton’s
Harrisburg
Don Cameron
Library
Tus Levert
Warren Water Works
Phersonal
Warren Christian Temperance Union
Temperance
Ayer
Congress
McCulloch
North Western Lumberman
Mexico
Spain
St. Domingo
Washington
Friends of
East Branch
Mary Jane Simmons
Eliza Jemima Brooks
Eliza Jemima
Eliza
Elder Grimes
Grimes
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