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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1889
Page
3
A reader testifies that Ayer's Cherry Pectoral eases whooping cough bronchitis and throat lung irritation, relieving symptoms in advanced disease. The wife suffered a distressing cough and side pains until the remedy cured her, with a neighbor also noting relief from measles cough.
A reader letter from Morrilston Arkansas by Robert Horton claims Gough Medicine saved him from a forty year asthma and violent cough. He recounts a long struggle with consumption like symptoms and poor relief from various remedies before finding relief after trying the product. He mentions severe lung hemorrhage years ago and attributes improvement to Gough Medicine.
Over 114 acres for sale in Conewango township three quarters of a mile from Jackson Run on Farmington road. Features a two story dwelling, two barns, good water supply and 100 grafted apple trees. Partial village property may be taken. Terms cast. Horses cows farming implements etc may be sold. Contact Hixray B. Howarn, North Warren Pa. 29 4tp
Advertises free diagnosis of kidney liver bladder heart and female disorders with candid prognosis for radical cure at no cost. Claims experience with epilepsy cures and promises no examinations required by asking for age and duration of illness. Ad appears to be an advertisement.
The undersigned announces a first class boot and shoe store in Youngsville Pa offering a full line of boots and shoes from finest to coarest. Prices discounted to the lowest and stock new with no shelf worn goods. Ladies and gents fine shoes a specialty. Repairs done promptly in best style by Charley Brace. Located Hast Mar street Kinnear block Youngsville Pa. Wr. E. Qroom P. Note seen in The Ledger.
A fragmented report details a mine collapse near Bedford with water flooding passages trapping workers and a rescue effort suspended. Survivors recount a roaring subterranean flow as authorities devise plans to drain water and resume operations. Separate items include a vigilant hunt for a lynching suspect, a hanging of a youth, and local crimes spanning Chambersburg to Shamokin with stabbings, thefts, and a police crackdown on tramps.
At New Haven on Monday a group of Yale undergraduates used a rope to hang a noose around Professor Benjamin Silliman’s statue near Battle Chapel. The eight foot chrome figure on a granite pedestal suffered a cracked head, bent body, and chipped base as students, faculty, and residents denounced the act as a grave insult to the institution.
Navy secretary directs ordnance, recruiting, and engineering chiefs to draft plans for four new ships authorized by the naval appropriation act. Proposed vessels include an armored steel cruising monitor over 300 tons, two steel cruisers or gunboats around 1000 tons, and one ram. Representative Thomas LU to finalize plans and set characteristics.
A late December Vereek collision near Rimouski station in Arachec killed four men: Whitney the express engineer, Foley fireman, Levesque fireman of the freight special, and an express brakeman. The down special stuck in snow, with two engines and cars smashed. passengers unharmed. Whitney died on his engine, others severely injured. rescue crews found Foley in the snow and Levesque reportedly alive but injured.
Swiss hired man Joseph Salseman lured three Mutter children to a barn tied their hands and feet buried them in hay. He beat Mrs Mutter unconscious with a hammer and ransacked the house before fleeing. The mother, 40, was left for dead. three children escaped to summon help. Detectives pursue the 24 year old, 4 ft 6 in suspect with sandy moustache and florid complexion.
A Western Exister printed a cut of Mrs Ria Wheeler Wilcox in a Nebraska paper and faced a rebuke. The edition prompted Mrs Wilcox to question the use of her image. The printer apologized, saying the cut came from an advance agent advertising a show with Blanche Orimian.
New Brunswick March 21 deputy Postmaster Deshier's defalcation totals 750 paid by his brother James. An inspector is straightening accounts. Deshier's friends say his mind was unbalanced due to his wife's illness. John Flinge becomes deputy postmaster in Deshier's place.
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