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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1895
Page
4
In time a city will feature elevated iron bicycle paths above sidewalks for wheelmen to travel to work and for pleasure. The idea emphasizes ornamental ironwork and minimal light obstruction as streets adapt to growing bicycle use.
A fragmentary column recalls General William Mahone of Virginia reading a Military Historical Society sketch on General Thomas. It notes Thomas’s loyalty to the South, his stubbornness, his West Virginia roots, and his wife Miss Marcy of New York. The Washington Post quote and a 764 Constantinople note close the reminiscence.
Colonel Henry Watterson recounts a printer who tried to curb sleep from nine hours to two hours daily in a graded shift. He slept two hours for weeks, read, and preached the idea until one morning he collapsed at the case and slept for 32 hours. He awoke unable to set type but retained memory otherwise.
A Fairhaven News note recounts Bill Jones of Happy Valley demonstrating a dog scare using an umbrella. The setup ends with Towser biting the umbrella and Jones warning legal trouble if published. The piece frames it as a humorous caution rather than a serious method.
The Buffalo Times notes a Russian gudovoy officer, tiny in stature but stern in bearing. He wears a long kuftan, a small military cap, knee Wellington boots, and lives in a modest house. the piece mocks his size while acknowledging his rigid dignity and role in policing.
Clement Sali, London dramatic critic, recounts being threatened with a libel suit over a remark about an actress who caracoled on stage on a seedy circus bred fourfooted horse with pink eyes. The actress protested the accusation insisting her horse did not have pink eyes.
The Storm Center notes this region has more storms per year than any other, caused by fronts from the West moving straight east and southern systems shifting northeast, shaping the nation’s storm frequency.
Private James Bell of Company F Seventh Infantry earned the five pointed star for carrying dispatches 200 miles through hostile Sioux country to Crook during the 1876 crisis after Custer's death. Bell, joined by Stewart and Evans, faced a deadly ride, with Bell surviving while the others died. dispatches helped Crook unite with Terry and end the war.
An Atlanta Constitution passage describes an elephant on a wild ride across miles of jungle. The rider clings to safety as the beast charges obstacles, with the elephant’s lip stroked to calm it and its behavior likened to a giant cat. Drivers bound the animals at night, bells tolling as they seek their beasts at dawn.
A family poultice tale from Rehoboth Herald shows a boy resisting a remedy, a switch and a misapplied foot causing laughter and discipline. The excerpt shifts to Stevenson's charity as a beggar encounter reveals Louis turning pity into comic irony in Personal Aids of Stevenson by Edmund Geese.
Sir John Millais the artist is described as content with a briar wood pipe a chair and a game of patience. A rare prodigy who earned a medal at nine and studied at eleven at the Royal Academy his fame brings simple tastes and habits in his mature years.
Eight spider crabs in a New York Aquarium tank decorate their backs with marine plants glued by waterproof secretions. They pile gravel on their backs to resist incoming water as the tank refills after cleaning, while others move about the tank with their usual behavior observed by reporters.
A boastful young man declares intent to cross the Atlantic alone with only his dog aboard. A Humane Officer intervenes arguing the dog cannot accompany him. The exchange centers on whether the man has a right to risk his life for humanity and if the dog must stay behind. The report captures a tense moment reflecting daring adventure and animal welfare concerns.
A new baking service will provide home made goods once handled by the Exchange. The bakers, former Exchange workers, guarantee excellence and will take custom orders for items not in stock and deliver to any Warren location. Regular baking days will be announced next week in this column.
O H Hunter & Son advertises July sales at Siegfried & Co Variety Hall with five cent cotton dress goods and marked down French novelties to 18 and 25 cents. Silks 20 and 28 inches wide now 25 cents, previously 45 to 50 cents. Uniform prices across stock with an early August event promised.
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