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Warren Ledger in Warren, Pennsylvania

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Warren Ledger

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Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1891

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The Runaway Slave Incident in Chautauqua County

A detailed account recalls the 1851 capture of Harrison Williams and six others who fled Virginia via the underground railroad to Busti and Jamestown. Abolitionists mobilized a chase to challenge the fugitive slave law, leading to a courtroom battle and Williams eventual return to Canada, with later reunion stories in the Civil War era.

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Harrison Williams Virginia Abolition Party Busti Williams Storum Busti Corners Levi Jones Cotton Fredonia R. D. Warner Marioda Storum Henry Storum Lewis ' S Lark Willams Marinda Storam Norman Backus Hiram Knapp 4. K. Fox Fox Knapp Broadhead Backus Jamestown Silas Sherman New York Hazeltine Frank Palmer George A. French Dunkirk Buffalo Mr. Sherman Humphrey Pratt Sugar Grove Underground Sherman United States Henry K. Smith Benjamin F. Green Supreme Court Commissioner Smith Marvin Park Pennsylvania Canada Burrows James Broadhead Culpepper Byron Elsworth Ellsworth Storum’s Wiliams Georgia Scofield Jamestown Times Wm. Bickerstaple Warren County East Branch Bessbrook Cochranton
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Diverse News Snippets Highlight Public Figures and Odds and Ends

A compilation notes Senator Hearst's large bequest, colonial explorations, weather and geology facts, and social trends. It includes Henry M. Stanley's separation from his wife, the rise of Alaska and Wyoming populations, sugar bounty figures, and a Liverpool exhibition pygmy tale with ties to Masai and Zanzibar traders.

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England Equatorial Africa Liverpool Stanley DuChaitin
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Horrible tale of abuse shocks Cooperstown hamlet

A girl nearly 14 is the victim in a grim case alleging incestial abuse by Lewis Hughes and family members in Cooperstown near Franklin. A warrant was issued by Rev. G W Richardson. Hughes fled after bail was posted. The report condemns the crime and calls for justice.

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Cooperstown Franklin Lewis Hughes Mrs. Stroup Dora Stroup Dora Rev. G. W. Richardson
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Local Ledger Notes From Warren County July News

Clarknpow notes a quiet week unsettled by a citizen’s odd Monday evening appearance while social events abound. Mentions include weddings anniversaries Elks meetings and a fishing Barbecue at Kinzua plus a death in the town of Fullerton.

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Clarknpow John Bell En Rouse Oil City J. W. Hamilton J. H. Driscoll Buffalo Erie A. Weiner Main Street J. C. Russell McQuery and Son Stoneham W. H. Whitting Philadelphia Atlantic City Myrtie Merick Jamestown M. E. Church W. H. Holland Toledo Waters Hill John Armstrong Bradford Geo. W. Weaver Z. L. Weaver Independent Hose E. J. Armstrong Edward Leon Kinzua Kimazua Davenport Indiana Col. Voleman Col. Strong Kinzua Creek Bates
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Busti, N. Y Chautauqua County Hearst Mr. Spurgeon Sahara Desert Father McGlynn Point Chautauqua Henry M. Stanley Dorothy Tennant Lake Chautauqua James Crippen Olivia Standard Oil Company Ohio Chautauqua Lake Bill Tweed Columbia Spanish Main Hope Island Narragansett Bay Chautauqua NW. Y W.S. Malthy Scotland Akron, O Arizona Wyoming Shakspeare Napano Meadville Tribune Alabama James Brown Potter Kyrle Bellew Hong Kong Potter Bellew Simon Stevens Paris Jefferson Davis Dr. van Nostrand Stevens New York Press C. M. Keech Niagara Falls Mr. Koch Koch Casey Corydon K. O. T. M. Society Maccabee Grove Cattaraugus N.Y Cattaraugus Times Otto Chester Randolph Register Ledger Hol Coleman Titugville Hattie Chapman Lakes Mac Kinzua Hotel Samno Thomas Fullerton
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