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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1875
Page
3
An antique advertisement lists bulk Royal Baking Powder at 45 cents per pound and 2 pound cans at 50 cents per pound. It promotes Royal Celery Salt, various canned fruits and vegetables, syrups, honeys, and teas with multiple brands, sizes, and prices, reflecting a broad grocery catalog from an early retailer.
A long list of county officers and officials including President Judge L D Wetmore, Prothonotary W A Waterg, Clerk of Council A J King, Recorder James G Varah, Sheriff HP Davis, and other roles. Names appear with varied spellings, reflecting 19th century OCR. Items include directors, superintendents, and various clerical positions across public offices.
Local notes report Ott the Road Master doing good work on Warren streets and highlight various town attractions and incidents including new goods, local ventures, farming woes, a census update, a parish trip, church events, and community notices from Jamestown and Ridgway areas.
Sheffield editor notes steady town improvements since his last visit. Walter Horton and Horton Crary Co drive tannery, lumber, and store growth with solid pay and fair bark prices. Amos Lee dies leaving a viewed legacy, including the Lee House hotel and a hillside cemetery. Local depot condition mocked, while the Lee House earns praise for clean, self-sustaining hospitality under Charles Lampkin. Wm. Hayne pursues a new well at depth, aiming for a twelve hundred foot target, amid hopes for a productive future.
A Nebraskan relief report thanks donors from Warren Linclearville Fredonia and Dunkirk for winter aid to Hamilton County. It notes improved crops despite grasshoppers and squirrel damage, urges strychnine use to save corn, and reflects on drought and recovery. The writer, Manchester, expresses gratitude and humor while discussing politics and local news.
A brief note reports a man named Trawley Wilcox of Sugartiun Mekean Co Pa killed a large black snake on a bridge near Ade Yarmour Asq. A publisher Everts & Bro of Philadelphia seeks local support to publish a Warren County historical atlas drawing maps and histories of Montgomery County Ohio and Warren County. Also ads for piano tuning Pickled Tongues frost strawberries and a Sabbath School festival at Irvineton to raise funds.
Cattaraugus County reports poor crops from lack of early rain, while Allegany dairying stays steady. Little Valley hosts a 3400-copy Republican paper edited by A. W. Ferrin with mixed success. Local society purchases a 750 lb bell for the Congregational Church. Indian reservation surveys proceed under eight-dollar daily pay, promising two years. Olean lager praised, diamond tale from Pine Grove, Judge Siggins’s fragile health, and local political maneuvering around Register and Recorder candidates. Bold travel excursion to the falls advertised for next Saturday.
Fragmentary verse recalls a morning scene under dawn light and forest calm. The speaker mourns a lost May and contemplates reunion in heaven as memories of a loved one linger in prayer and memory. The poem hints at bittersweet longing, faith, and a belief in eternal recognition.
Erie Gezette surveys local building and loan associations with annual reports from 1874 and 1875. It lists totals, loans, profits, share values, and liabilities for groups including Presque Isle, Ben Franklin, Peoples, and a savings fund. The piece notes name changes of the Erie newspaper and other local items.
The Gap Works will be remodeled and improved to produce gas from petroleum under the supervision of inventor J H Bowman. The new process claims gas of superior quality that can burn in ordinary burners without special equipment. A Pittsburgh firm has used it for a year, yielding about 300 000 feet per day, rivaling cheap coal gas. The change is expected to provide brighter, cheaper illumination.
Interest rises in Glade as new oil wells show promising yields. Liparn tells truth amid pressure while Beatty and Bell wells prove strong. July 3 excursion to Niagara Falls offers full fare $6.85 with six hours at the falls. Perfumery E D York Co moved to Hoffman Clark building. Davis Hall Jewelers slash stock to first cost.
Our Sugar Grove neighbors will celebrate the Fourth on the 31st a Saturday. Program includes a national salute at sunrise a flag raising at 8 00 with national air by the band, Declaration of Independence read by Prof N R Thompson, an oration by Rev D H Snowden, music by the Keystone Band, a parade by a fantastic company, and a grand fireworks display in the evening.
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