This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1895
Page
4
Associate Judge nominee Harvey T. Russell of Russell is named in a formal notice seeking appointment. The filing highlights Russell as a candidate for judicial service, with details indicating the official action and jurisdiction involved.
The article extols chestnuts as a versatile, starch free food, noting Italian use from flour to soup and claiming chestnut trees yield income and shade. It contrasts Japanese and American chestnuts, rejects clairvoyance, and discusses future naval torpedo boats with steel hulls and 26 mph speed.
A 19th century reflection notes how whiskey and oil trusts set production to keep prices high and profits up. It argues farmers must organize to regulate cotton and wheat acreage and prices nationwide, just as monopolies regulate their industries, and asks when this will happen.
The Denver Republican suggests adapting agriculture to arid lands by natural selection of crops. By year after year acclimating wheat oats barley and vegetables to dry soil irrigation may be unnecessary. The piece cites hardy fruit grafts from Russia and cold regions as a model for future arid region crops.
Murat Halstead reflects on early journalism errors for suppressing bear stories as entertainment and presents One Hundred Bear Stories. The collection spans world lore from ancient times to today, citing Bible bear tales and noting the bear’s humorous dignity, savagery, and enduring popularity in American letters.
A historical concern notes farmers who breed horses and livery stable keepers facing disruption as electricity and bicycles reduce demand. Shoers and horse-related trades struggle, but optimism remains that Americans adapt quickly. New trades will emerge, favoring those closest to the old work.
The passage asserts that understanding the meaning clearly before speaking yields better expression than rules. It emphasizes conveying every shade of meaning with the voice. It notes global annual silver mining at about 214 million dollars worth.
A Negro building will appear at Atlanta's International and Cotton States exposition with exhibits from south and north showing progress in industrial educational and artistic fields. A colored boat by William H Grant made while a hotel second cook in Lynchburg Va symbolizes ingenuity. Edmonia Lewis sculptor will display busts including Charles Sumner. A colored educational congress will meet in December. strong emphasis on future potential and music.
Michigan may restore vast denuded pine lands by reforestation, with white and Norway pines thriving on bare soil and a 40 year horizon for timber value. The piece also discusses cheap literature trends, profitable horse meat trade in Germany, temperance laws in Indiana, a new US agriculture seal, and social shifts in Washington society led by Senator Calvin Brice’s wife.
The piece argues children lie from imperfect brain development rather than depravity. Dr. Nathan Oppenheimer cites a scientific reason: a child’s mind must form accurate ideas and transmit them back clearly. If either function is underdeveloped the child becomes an unconscious liar.
The Century likens good city government to a religious revival with mothers and women showing strong interest. It blames vested interests and neglect by “best citizens” for city ills, urging civic duty over personal gain. Also notes Eugene Richards on intercollegiate athletics and faculty control, and laments lack of national honors for stage greats like Henry Irving Edwin Booth and Joseph Jefferson.
The Engineering and Mining Journal notes mineral production in the country fell by 62,554,996 dollars in 1894 versus 1893, a 10 percent drop. The decrease in value exceeded the fall in physical quantity as prices paid were lower in 1894 than in 1893.
The note observes that the career path of George Meredith proves a journalist can excel as a fiction writer. It highlights the ease with which a reporter can reach literary distinction, using Meredith as a prime example of crossover success.
Arthur Briggs of Eas titusville and Miss Emma White of Garland married June 21 at the bride’s home. Various residents visit relatives, travel to Corry Warren Rochester Jamestown and Spartansburg. Community events include church ice cream socials and neighbors discussing garden woes.
Bucknell University advertises as the best school at a low cost with nearly one million dollars invested. John Howard Harris is named as president of the college offering four courses of study, including an academy for boys, a ladies institute, and a school of music. Catalogue by W. D. Gretzinger, registrar, Lewisburg, Pa. 196-wit.
Thompson Hill residents greet visitors from Warren and Corydon while townsmen fish on Chautauqua lake. The 119th N G Cal reunion was held at Lan der, and the Maccabees met at the Methodist church with Rev. Borland presiding. The order now has forty one members after starting with fourteen. Minnie Robbins visits her sister in Russell. Blind.Eara Johnson of Ackley Station gave a schoolhouse entertainment with about twenty five attendees. L. D. Wilson returned from Corydon. SUNFLOWER.
Public Library announces new circulation titles across FICTION JUVENILE MISCELLANEOUS and a patent medicine claim. The list includes Ad ventures of Capt Horn American Peeress Annals of the Parish and many works by Zangwill Turgenev and Scott plus educational volumes from Huxley Froude Clodd and James Balfour. Also advertised is Rheumatism Cure claimed to work in 1 to 3 days by L G Noyes & Co Warren Pa.
In Wexona Missouri on July floods subside and a search for bodies proceeds. At noon the bodies of Rev G Runcan and his daughter and Mattie and Norma Nevels were recovered along with an unidentified man. A terrible stench rises from drowned cattle and other animals in the wreckage.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.