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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1883
Page
6
A letter to the Ledger urges kinder treatment of workhorses on local roads. The writer attacks overloads and lash use, arguing cruelty harms animals and people, and cites moral obligations toward beasts. Farmington notes follow with community items and local society updates.
Publisher announces Elzevir edition of Irving’s Crayon Papers free of copyright restrictions. Specimen pages available now for 35 cents cloth binding or 45 cents half Russia binding. Complete Irving works offered from under $26. previously the cheapest edition cost over $30. List: Jonx B. Alden, 18 Vesey Street, New York.
Rutledge's Monthly offers a 320.00 reward to the first to name the middle verse of the Old Testament by February 10, 1883. If multiple correct answers, the prize is shared. Send 20 cents to receive the March issue with winner name and answer. Easton Penna indicates Rerimper Peepisurya Co. Tur editor laments beer wheels in Fredonia.
The Anthony Age answers a Milwaukee reader on the world’s largest railway by mileage and by passenger numbers. It lists major systems including Pennsylvania, Missouri Pacific, Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul, and others, noting that totals rapidly change with new construction and consolidations.
A New York cloth agent sent to Atlanta to settle a retail house failure questions a neighbor about the business. The neighbor asserts the failure is due to dull trade and poor sales tactics, noting the seller’s lack of drink, smoking, gambling, or pursuit of women but poor selling acumen. He explains a single misfit may ruin a shop, as buyers balk at mismatched pricing and persuasion.
A collage of social vignettes on women and fashion notes includes Emma Benson an 18 year old Indiana girl who died from a ruptured blood vessel after excess at a masquerade. It cites bridal tours fashion manners and a London Queen quip on etiquette while recounting charitable acts by the Empress of Austria.
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