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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1883
Page
4
The Ledger lists annual subscription terms of 1.50 advance and 2.90 per year otherwise with 15 cents added for papers sent outside Warren County. Advertising rates include 5.00 for business ads up to six lines, 1 per inch for transient ads, and 0.10 per inch for local notices. mortgages and death notices are free with obituaries limited to ten lines at 4 cents per line for excess.
The Ledger Steam Printing House advertises first class job printing second only to one rival in Northwestern Pennsylvania. All orders will be promptly attended to with satisfaction guaranteed. Ben F. Morris is editor and proprietor.
Miss Many Dantes of Troy is paid 29000 by the railroad company in what is said to be the heaviest damages ever. Senator Davis resigns as president pro tem to allow a new appointment before Congress ends. Tariff bill moves to conference. Dems may back passage. Ex Senators Conkling and Sprague are active in politics while Mrs Sprague plans to depart for Europe. A Boston petition argues women should not gain more political duties. Census shows regional variations in agricultural value per worker, Pacific leads, South last. Carey’s testimony shocks Dublin on Irish assassinations, Parnell questioned in Parliament, Ireland seeks relief from friends.
The Fairfield Tribune notes wages in protected factories lag behind unprotected ones. English unprotected labor earns as much in nine months as American protected labor does in a year. Since 1860 wages rose 19 percent while living costs rose 41.3 percent, showing workers losing real buying power. 1880 was a boom year, yet unemployment rises as owners cut jobs to boost prices.
The Lancaster Intelligencer notes Senator Lee's bill to regulate railroad freight charges, aligning with Gowen's ideas. It argues for equal rates for like service to favor business, criticizing intra state burdens while supporting freer interstate commerce and urging swift legislative action.
Sana Beennarr’s avoidable path to ruin through gambling casts a shadow as her husband’s failed acting bleeds into family finances. A jewel loaned by an American admirer funds debts, while Gebhart and Lily’s lover Gebhart loom as memory. The Harrisburg Patriot adds Georek D Herbert as editorial writer with a new decretary press and other improvements.
The conference committee of the post office appropriation bill agreed October 1 as the date two cent postage takes effect. The House set January 1, 1864, and the Senate July 1 of the current year. To avoid a large deficiency the two houses compromised, leaving three months of the fiscal year under three cent postage. Department estimates suggest the October 1 reduction will not cause a deficiency much over $1,000,000 for the near fiscal year. The state supreme court recently ruled local election expenses are paid by the districts. Meadville authorities sued, won, Crawford County court verdict reversed by the supreme court. the county commissioners appealed and won.
George Coyle, a known oil region figure, died after a pistol wound to the ankle followed by chloroform anesthesia. He faced trouble with a Forest City man, and despite sober moments he was regarded as a bad man. He was buried in Warren cemetery, with funds from a Canadian brother to cover debts and remaining assets to his mother.
A Erie committee selected C M Reed property on State Street by the park for new public buildings. Costs cited include 128 feet on State and 168 on the park at 300 per foot. The piece also notes strong local opinions on a costly lock up, temperance critique, and a political dispute involving Benson, Taylor, and Stafford with legal actions and libel claims. Gas pipes and water mains are criticized for leaks and poor street conditions.
A glowing notice promotes Baird's Mammoth Minstrels at Roscoe Hall Monday evening with strong praise from the Boston Journal. The program features vocal and orchestral pieces, a witty quartet, a dog team act, skilled dancers, a contortionist, a trombone artist, a burlesque prima donna, and other acts. Tickets are available at Noyes' drug store.
Dayton Journal notes a large audience watched Robert McWade and company in Rip Van Winkle with a moral emphasis. McWade’s solo performance and dialect praised as unsurpassed and the play praised for its sympathetic portrayal and restraint from drink. McWade and a first class company appear at Roscoe Tall next Monday evening.
In Sugar Grove Pennsylvania Allan G son of W H and Ada McCollin died at age two. Dora Middleton wife of Charles Middleton died in Sugar Grove at about age 32.
An inventory shows an overstock of dry goods with many lines still full and discounts from 10 to 50 percent. The ad promotes large cloaks dolmans and jackets at ruinously low prices and underwear for ladies gents and children at 20 percent off along with other winter goods discounted 25 33 1 3 and 50 percent.
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