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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1887
Page
1
A column by a local writer criticizes Sunday closures of soda fountains and other businesses as overzealous enforcement. It recounts a tragic tale of a woman drawn into prostitution, condemned by society, and later died by poison. The piece urges law and order to avoid moral panic, notes hospital bid savings, and includes reader correspondence defending prohibition and parental guidance.
The article details Clarendon’s upheaval with many residents moving, businesses relocating, and new buildings rising. It notes housing, lumber shortages, and fire protection needs, plus plans for the Henry House, various stores, and local courts with numerous cases on the docket.
The Misses Grace and Annie Stone hosted a spacious lawn party at Hon. C. W. Stone's home last Wednesday evening. About twenty couples attended with Stella Grimm of Franklin and Clarice Oxnard of Terrytown on the Hudson. Wyman's Orchestra played as refreshments were served under the trees and onlookers on the sidewalks enjoyed the scene. Separately, White & Co., successors to Beecher & Copeland, announced the closing of their hardware business and stock being sold at actual cost.
The Prohibition party and friends of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union held a convention at the court house last Tuesday. They nominated J. H. Horton for register and recorder, I. Conrath and T. Fulkerson for county commissioners, George Ensworth and A. Rosine for county auditors, C. A. Strong as jury commissioner, with J. T. Pratt on the state committee and A. Hertzel W. Hague L. Kreer and W. H. Clark as state convention delegates. W. W. Hague elected county committee chairman, Dr J. M. Davies secretary. No district attorney nominee. Resolutions praise the state convention platform, loyalty of WCTU and U for signatures and funds, defend prohibition, support labor, and criticize the Republican Party’s liquor policies. About $500 raised for campaign.
Editor Lepeer asks if the Rouse hospital can sustain itself with a $70 000 poor fund and farm output while noting the 1886 auditors show a $7 884 55 shortfall beyond the $4 200 annual interest. The county covers the deficit by drawing on county funds rather than levying a poor tax.
The era’s industrial outlook forecasts wheat crops 10 percent below last year, corn up 10 percent, wool steady, cotton near average with prices higher. Manufacturing capacity remains ample, steel rails priced for winter and fall, and bridge work planned on major rivers. Worker strikes total 123 through June, with 324,734 people affected, while building trades and transportation are heavily engaged. New shoe mills rise in the East, knights’ memberships shift, and labor politics grow in the West as co operatives appear.
An 1887 letter from a Warren veteran at National Home in Dayton notes heat, many deaths, and large July crowds with rail excursions and a beer hall boom. It reports annual beer sales of 9018 barrels, 6481 members, and per-head consumption about one and a half barrels. A separate item recounts a twelve year old girl abducted near South Valley, later found and Marsh arrested after a chase. A July storm near Sneak Grove damages crops and a barn fire at Freehold with heavy insurance.
The Chautauqua lake railroad opened last Saturday afternoon with a two engine train that included a mail car baggage car and six passenger coaches carrying about 500 people from Jamestown. Judge Marvin spoke at Long Point introducing Willard White the project builder and owner who thanked supporters and urged that it is more blessed to give than to receive. B C Richards of Warren served as conductor.
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