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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1893
Page
2
A Detroit Free Press reminiscence details prison escapes, focusing on 19th century practices, clever inmate maneuvers, and warden observations. It recounts Williams’s fake escape with visitor aid, Henry Savage’s audacious disguise and manipulation, and James Dailey’s 14 month cement excavation to reach a sewer, ending in a costly pursuit and global flight.
Pearl fishing along the Little and Big Miami rivers in Ohio has long supported hundreds in the area. Pearls fetched high sums, Tiffany & Co. once paying 4200 dollars and later selling for 2500. Some years yielded up to 12000 dollars in pearls. clams found in sand bars yield pearls after two years, with beds forming like saltwater clams. The enterprise, led by the Hon. Theodore Wolking, aims to establish firmly in Kentucky per the Covington Record.
The New York Sun reports a breakdown of foreign born residents across major cities. Cleveland leads with 45 percent, followed by New York 42.5, San Francisco 42, Chicago 41, Detroit 40, Boston 35.5, Buffalo 85, Milwaukee 83, Brooklyn 32, Pittsburgh 20, Philadelphia 25, Cincinnati and St Louis 21, New Orleans 14, Baltimore 11, and Washington at 3 percent.
A handsome blond woman leads a pet dog up Woodward avenue while an ex quisite masher makes a chimpanzee smile remark. She replies Madame Leavy your dog, adding a city wide quip that prompts the man to pull his coat tighter and retreat down a side street.
A Parisian merchant M. Columbies died leaving a legacy of £1200 to a lady who refused him twenty years earlier. In his will he says the refusal allowed him to live independently and happily as a bachelor, while his fortune remains to the beneficiary.
Statewide readers are urged that rheumatism is common and can be relieved by Dr. Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy of Rouduct, N Y. Testimonials from E P Tayer and others claim dramatic cures after short use, highlighting blood purification and strengthened nerves as outcomes.
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