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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1874
Page
3
A varied column lists borough officers and county officials, local business updates, weather effects, and brief notices. It mentions education prospects, a discount on teaching catalogs, and local industry shifts. Reports on theft, manure experiments, brick supply, and disinfectant methods appear alongside social commentary and brief ads.
The Union School closed its spring term with four hundred pupils marching in, declamations, readings and essays presented well by all. Judge Wetmore Prof Hooker and Rev Merchant lauded the scholars and teachers, praising Prof King and staff for capable leadership. A variety of notes and items followed, including a humorous verse by Miss Alma Parmlee and local notices on grasshoppers threatening Minnesota crops, mill work, and tobacco juice experiments amid a bustling community page.
Investor Robert Thompson buys 40 acres near the Fuller House and Irvine graveyard to build a summer mansion. Dr P W Moshleeh, a polyglot professor, settles permanently in town. Allegheny Valley Railroad faces bankruptcy but new officers plan to pay claims and restore operations. Col J J Lawrence and Col Phillips noted. Labor and road taxes urged, and local business cautions on payments. A thunderstorm hits Oil City with damaged tanks but no serious injuries. Prof Strickland to open penmanship school. local hotel changes as D G West departs. Gents clothing stock highlighted by Geo Balls Warren.
A correspondent in Ludlow, Uo Pa, describes a thriving lumber community led by L B Hoffman & Co of Warren. The Elliott mill runs at about 100,000 feet weekly, with 20,000 feet daily, producing boards lath shingles and bolts from logs. The mill yard employs about fifteen inside and as many outside workers under manager W Y Weeks. Nearby firms J G & D Curtis also run a hemlock-focused operation. The letter notes gasps of progress, local industry, trout ponds, and a growing, busy town with multiple stores and inns, plus town events and notices.
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