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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1883
Page
4
Dispatches report Ex-President Grant’s death as likely from heart disease. The Brotherhood of Telegraphers strikes across the United States east of the Rockies. Warren’s telegraph offices close with about twenty idle operators. oil trading stalls as markets go quiet and news remains scarce.
A York Telegraph excerpt muses on a possible general strike by telegraph operators and its sweeping effects. It argues rail, stock markets, news, and daily life depend on telegraph accuracy, contending a week without it would set society back decades. It notes rising strike pressure and political stance from a republican convention.
Cuotera spreads in Egypt amid fears of disease. A $20,000 pork fire erupts in Pittsburg last Monday. The Pittsburg Exposition opens September 6 and runs to October 13. Thomas V. Cooper is reappointed as Cameron state committee chairman. A vast Buffalo Saengerfest draws over 80,000 on day one. A violent storm sweeps the Northwest, causing heavy damage.
The Evie Dispatch notes Mrs Jennie Keyser Hogan Briggs has rejoined Ben Hogan after a claimed Chicago divorce and Briggs’ claim of being deserted. The column also surveys crop prospects for 1884 with forecasts of wheat, corn, and other staples, plus assorted quips about Long Branch, fossils in China, and political shifts.
Page highlights multiple 19th century medical ads and notices. Peruna lauds its cure-all claims from Hartman lectures, Allen's Brain Food promises brain and body vigor, Edinboro State Normal School offers cheap education, Graves Heart Regulator marketed for heart disease, and Kline's Nerve Restorer advertised as a nerve disease miracle with free fits cessation. Includes postal and street addresses.
In Clarendon Pennsylvania on July 14 1583 Roy Edward infant son of Mr and Mrs Charles Hart dies at 11 weeks and 1 day. In Sagingw Michigan two days old Buie second son of Joseph HA and Elattic Waters Pressley dies aged about 3 years 6 months.
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