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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1877
Page
3
The Warren Ledger reports numerous local items including arrests for river bathing, political candidacy notes, charitable events, and a fatal bridge accident at Oil City. It laments the failed Warren street railway after Thomas Struthers’s costly venture and notes community reminders, society notices, and obituaries alongside local humor.
Last Tuesday the Warren Fire Department held its fifth annual parade joined by Jamestown Deluge Company. Two bands performed while the Niagara Rose Co hosted a picnic and dance. After a fire alarm in the early morning a partially burned vacant building prompted praise for the Jamestown guests and gratitude for a day of community enjoyment despite limited profits.
A northern Glade strike yields about seventy five barrels while wells remain modest. Oil prices dip to 1.70, then 1.20 in Glade and 1.10 in North Warren, dragging trade down in the Warren district. A North Warren well shows potential of fifty barrels. Tidioute readies Fourth celebrations with parades and speeches. Hopkins and Acomb drillers complete 700 feet in seven and a half days, possibly a record. Azeltine & Brother send Wilson and Downing strawberries, large and sweet. A health reform issue from Battle Creek is noted.
Oliver Anderson drowned while saving lumber at the Riv er near E Daily s place. His wagon overturned and his horse reached shore. he plunged into the stream to rescue the lumber, per an inquest verdict. The funeral was held at Irvine Church with Rev W L Riley officiating. Citizens showed esteem. W G Sherman JP led the inquiry with a named jury.
In Sheffield on a visit Ephora Leperr notes neat streets, repainting and renovations. Horton Crary & Co’s tannery employs hundreds. Swain & Co’s grocery thrives. Darling’s drugstore supplies medicine. The Williams Hotel, rebuilt under Jas G. Marsh, draws excursionists. a new schoolhouse shines. Local politics favor T E Barnes for County Treasurer. Sheffield poised as a business hub and summer resort.
The La Salle area is described as a growing mining and manufacturing hub with about 10 000 inhabitants across La Salle and Peru. It notes W H Beecher and a press gang pioneer, local railroad links, and ongoing town improvements. Mentions incidents including a gas explosion death at McKinney well Kirberger farm and a large funeral procession.
A lengthy dialogue stars John, Henry, and Benny debating Veritas, intemperance, doctors, druggists, and mothers. They defend wine as a right while condemning harmful medicines, urging honesty, public discussion, and exposure of wrongs beyond temperance. The piece blends moral critique with a call to open press debate.
An 19th century advertisement extols Hostetter s Stomach Bitters to normalize gastric and biliary secretions, aid digestion, detoxify blood, and regulate urinary function. It touts Whites, Glenn s Soap for skin, and other tonics like Hill s Dye and Schenck s Palmonts Syrup, urging use for health and beauty.
An advertisement claims Green's August Flowsa cures Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint in all forms. It boasts over 50 000 bottles sold last year with no reported failures and many testimonials. Three doses said to relieve any case. Simple bottles 16 cents, regular 87 cents. Sold by all druggists. April 26, 188?
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