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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1887
Page
8
The publishers of this paper announce power to collect all Ledger subscriptions and prior accounts to November 1 1884 for Morris and to July 14 1885 for W W Howard. Payments due by July 1 1887 will be settled at the office. unpaid accounts will be turned to an attorney for collection.
D Shear returns from New York. Strickland and Webber campaign for county superintendent. Clarion normal school spring term opens April 12. P Northrop welcomed a daughter. Warren Episcopal Society buys a pipe organ. Clergy exchange between Oil City and Clarion. Miss Hausman returns with spring goods. Farmers association meeting tomorrow at 1 80. George Williams returns from Buffalo. Mrs Everett Anderson and Miss Scofield visiting in town. Methodist choir concert at Glade Run hall Friday. Relief association meets at Mrs Davies home Monday 3 oclock. Mike Ball to resume medical studies in two weeks. Mining interests tour to Arizona. Cherry mantlepiece exhibition at McKaims. State normal school instruction inquiries via A J Davis. Youngsville Episcopal services in new church next Sunday. E O B S to introduce five candidates with banquet after. Mrs Sexton displays fancy combs. Bevcher Copeland hardware sale to Willard White Co. Fred P Bue to manage. Evangelical donation at parsonage Thursday eve March 31 for Rev Beyer. Beyer to leave town next month. friends invited. College or business prep questions answered by state normal at Clarion. term begins April 12 1897. Mercer Republican and Mercer Dispatch consolidate. Republican obliquely cites county printing. Mozart hall entertainment by W C T U Monday eve. Maud Whitney to perform. Jamestown Sun spurs electric light company formation amid local bravado.
The item describes lectures by Dr. James Hedley on the Sunny Side of Life at Library Hall and Association Hall, praising his eloquence and audience reception. It also previews the Redpath Concert Company at Library Hall with Miss Chamberlin the whistling soloist and other performers. Gilmore's Great Band Concert is advertised as a major tour stop with high praise for the leader and much anticipated repertoire.
Between March 17 and 23 numerous property deeds were recorded. Transactions include BW McConnick to Mary A Rowland in Deerfield for 1 dollar, and ED Horn to O D Lorn in Pittsfield for 30 dollars, with many other deeds in Conewango Warren Mead and neighboring locales ranging from 11 to 12,000 dollars. An advertisement for a free pathological clairvoyant examination also appears, offering diagnosis and cure prospects from an Syracuse address.
M B K Wendelboe is highlighted as a long time decorator supplying wall paper, window shades, fabrics, and wall finishes with a large staff and reasonable rates. The article notes his vast inventory, painting supplies, frames, and instructional guidance, inviting readers to visit 209 Liberty Street, Warren, Pa. Cleveland. Duty and President Cleveland’s routine described with humor. An incident from the Roslindale wreck: a widow’s daughters survive, shaken but safe. The Ledger announces lithograph and engraving services, plus a Handle Factory for sale and a note on local excursionists returning home. Piano and sewing machine ads conclude the page.
The article notes cuts in internal revenue and stamps on proprietary medicines benefiting consumers and reducing costs for makers. Green's August Flower and Boschee's German Syrup shrinkage by thirty six cents per dozen prompted larger 75 cent bottles, adding one fifth more medicine while sample bottles stay ten cents. It asserts August Flower and German Syrup rank among the world’s best sellers for dyspepsia, liver issues, coughs, and lung troubles.
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