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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1892
Page
6
In Pittsburg, women and girls work in iron mills making bolts and nuts. Bright, skilled workers handle pointing and threading on dangerous dies amid sulphur smoke and hot oil. Pay ranges from fifty cents to a dollar daily, with long hours and a shared factory life noted by observers.
A struggling artist recalls arriving in New York with twenty five dollars and days of walking to school. She bartered to button the shoes of three overweight sisters for twenty cents a day, earning enough for bus fare and saving up for housing as her art gained recognition.
A London Illustrated News excerpt notes how Erskine used swift character reading to unsettle witnesses by a knowing remark about a Manchester-born man and a Brommel fold necktie. Laughs eased tension as the tactic achieved focus on the case facts. Also cited is a New York Times piece on children fearing microbes.
A conduit railway system uses induction to power streetcars with no overhead wires or batteries. The primary circuit lies under the roadbed while the secondary is on the car, eliminating any metallic connection between car and main supply, as described by the New York World.
Train times for Sundays shown as northbound 10 02 a m and southbound 6 15 p m depart from Depot corner High and Beech streets. H Ketcham superintendent William Spar ticket agent.
Time table for Tionesta Valley and related lines lists southward and northward departures from Sheffield and Garfield with arrival times at Wolf Run, Brookston, Barnes, and Sheffield Junction. Notes connections with P and E R R and P and W RR, tickets sold along the route, and freight points Vandergrift and Dunham's Mill. Includes Narrow Gauge Railroad to Garfield and towns Van dergrift and Dunham's Mills.
A store announces a stock of eight full lines from The American Tobacco Company. Brands listed include Marbury Bros Pickings Richmond Blend Imperial Mix Oxford Hash La Perigine Princess Royal Picadil li Monte Cristo English Birds Eye, inviting smokers to view the selection.
Fehman Brothers relocate to a large four story warehouse measuring 386 by 120 with a vast basement stock including sewer and brick goods, 125 tons of iron and steel, wires, tools, and timber. The second and third stories feature wrought steel, plows, machinery, paints, and fixtures. The shop on the third floor covers 10 500 square feet with about thirty workers, serving eight states and offering plumbing heating roofing and sheet iron work at low prices.
Morris and company announces a large, well stocked drug store offering medicines, drugs, toilet goods, brushes, and sundries. The prescription trade is rising. department coverage is complete, and they aim to grow further by fair measures while thanking the public for support.
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