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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1892
Page
5
The June Fourth program is shaping up with merchants backing the celebration, while Clarendon Fire Department reports success with a new hose. Local society includes weddings, births, visits, and travel notes from Warren, Jamestown, Erie, and Crawford counties, plus weather impacts like damaged derricks and ongoing school and church events.
Thompson June 25. James Solenger of Marsh town moved his family to Youngsville last week. Mrs A B Dalrymple and daughter of Warren visited brother A H L Phillips. Rev Samuel Rowland of Glade called Monday. Jessie Northrop of Jamestown visiting friends at Lander. Eugene Ashton departed for Kansas home Monday night after winter in the area. S Clark visited Sugar Grove Thursday. Farmington boys played a baseball game last Saturday with a good time. Mrs H A Putnam visiting friends at Germany. A Sunday school organized at Ponds Corner schoolhouse Sunday afternoon. Uscrz Nev.
Wrightsville June 28 The town keeps its routine despite flood damage. Mrs. Newton Wright and daughter Oley depart for Chautauqua for the summer, with Mr. Wright planning dam repairs on return. Rev. Wilson unable to preach. Rev. Deane will fill in at Chautauqua. Edith Irvine returns from Fredonia. school ends for summer. Daisy notes Ditson's Glade drug store for prescriptions. Night bell at front 36-tf dour.
Bertram Calloway and a young woman share a moment over a future save in neckties. A half hour later a man hurried through a near empty city street under a lamppost, whispering that the ring is indeed the same.
An old advertisement touts Swayne's Ointment as a total cure for skin conditions including tetter eczema and eruptions. It claims no internal medicine is needed and that the skin becomes clear and healthy. The ad urges readers to ask their agent for the remedy.
At 1 30 a m Squire Littlefield bangs window demanding who makes a loud noise. Uncle Toby pleads not Toby as Jester scolds Mar's Littlefield for suggesting repainting the chicken house. The exchange mixes bluff and humor in a late night scene.
Pennsylvania railroad offers excursion tickets to Omaha for the 1892 Independent Party National Convention. From all principal stations on its lines, tickets are sold June 22 to July 1 at half fare round trip. Return limits extend to July 15, onward travel must begin on sale date, and continuous passage required in each direction. Also a trimmed-phrase advertisement for a cookbook appears.
Washington correspondent J Sibley reports General Hatch praises Joe Sibley of Franklin, urging Twenty sixth Pennsylvania Democrats to nominate the respected reform advocate for Congress. Hatch extols Sibley as a broad minded, popular tariff critic and a devoted farmer ally, worthy of Democratic endorsement despite past party shifts.
The National Economist notes broad support for congressional consideration of the subtreasury bill. It argues for full, fair investigation without bias and invites proposed improvements to ensure money supply flexibility, agricultural equity, and proper ratio amid demand. It suggests Alliance members may lack record on the bill but are ready to discuss it.
June 18 final exams for Clarion and Edinboro State Normal seniors. Ninety nine graduates, largest class yet, with ninety nine approved. Prof Cooper judged, Edinboro reinstatement eyed. Gratitude to Clarion staff and Davin. Plus unrelated ads and testimonial notes.
A Victorian-style miscellany notes a speaker who admits excellence in many languages and classical quotes yet lacks Anglo-Saxon. It references front-page tidbits, a 1829 fashion tale, Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, a typhoid tragedy in Belmont 1892, verse about longed reunions, a clothier opening at 303 Second Street, and a patent medicine ad for Mandrake Bitters amid costiveness remedies in Warren.
Senator Peffer explains that the Farmers Alliance is independent and collaborates with labor groups to aid the masses. He notes the subtreasury plan as their distinct aim not adopted by the Peoples party platform formed at St. Louis on February 21. The core principle is helping farmers use crops to counter bank charges and usury.
The Louisville Courier Journal carried a Birmingham dispatch reporting President Adams delivering a fiery roughly forty minute speech urging united action for the deliverance of the people. The crowd of about 300 confererees erupted in loud applause and near religious excitement at the conclusion.
Samuel Leavitt notes the Philadelphia Centennial and upcoming Columbia exposition will divert the public from famine era misery and monetary upheaval. Nelson Greenland plans a train to the Chicago Fair in 1893.
A. McDowell & Co announce ongoing efforts to improve their fashion publications to reflect Paris styles. Mr. A. McDowell travels to Europe to add new features to Paris Album of Fashion and La Mode de Paris. A one year subscription at 3.50 in advance includes Dressmaking Simplified as a premium.
A terse exchange reflects anger at loiterers with a jailed person answering insults by saying they did work last week digging out of jail, underscoring tensions in Philadelphia.
Patient symptoms include moisture intense itching and stinging worsened at night. The advertisement claims continual use prevents tumors from forming, stops itching and bleeding heals ulcers and removes tumors in most cases. Sold by druggists or by mail for 50 cents from Dr. Swayne and Son Philadelphia.
A historic exchange shows a stenographer asking about required words per minute before a job and after. The conversation reveals a shift from a high initial demand to a far lower ongoing rate, illustrating changing expectations in workload.
An 8 printed guarantee pile remedy promises direct application with satisfaction or money back. Priced at $1.00 with six for $5.00, offered by Siegfried & Co. Warren Pennsylvania, and available by mail with immediate trial suggested.
A fragment from a Warren advertisement page notes Miss Esmerelda Long entering a Madison Avenue shop to buy The Maiden's Prayer for fifty cents for her pianist brother, with other local deals. It lists Siegfried Co offerings, wall paper at N K Wendelboe, Warren Book Battery services, Dr Gram’s Grandmother Medicine, Geo Davie Drug Store, gold cure chatter, and Moxck Bros Jewelers and Opticians promoting stock and prices.
The long established Warren firm at 338 and 340 Water Street highlights its 36 lot plan and a summer clearance. It boasts rock bottom prices and complete stock of clothing hats furnishings and trunks. The note invites customers to call early for best selections at cut rate prices as fall arrivals come in.
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