Warren Ledger reports quiet city life and local notes
The semi weekly Warren Ledger for Tuesday morning March 24 1895 notes visitors in town from Erie Sheffield Altoona and Titusville along with new awnings projects and Easter service plans. It covers local jokes marriages burglaries and a notable jury verdict for damages in Meadville plus social events at the McCalmont and motto Cousins wedding and a farewell musicale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Sands
Erie
Jerry Crary
Sheffield
W. Weil
Altoona
Ferry Stewart
Titusville
Millie Lesser
Chas
Hulquist
J. H. Sandstrom
Emma Davis
Youngsville
James J. Kinkaid
Jamestown
Bloom
Warren
New Telephone Company
Henry Rosenthal
Fannie Morris
President of Reichstag Resigns After Vote
BERLIN Mare 22. After the Reichstag refused to send congratulations to Prince Bismarck, the president of the August body resigned in Berlin this morning following a large vote.
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Reichstag
Berlin
Mare
Prince Bismark
Scott's Emulsion Promises Quick Relief for Weakness
Advertisement claims women with pale complexions and skin issues will find relief in Scott's Emulsion. It asserts rapid cure of emaciation and general health decline through use of the product.
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Scott
Emulsion Promises Strength Returns For Stout Health
Inmulsion takes away the pale haggard look that comes with General Debility. It enriches the blood stimulates the appetite creates healthy flesh and brings back strength and vitality. For Coughs Cols Sore Throat Bronchitis Weak Lungs Consumption and Wasting Diseases of Children send for our pamphlet mailed free Scott Bowne N J All Druggists 50c and $1
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Scott& Bowne
AllDruggists
Steamer Delays Spark Passenger Worry and Fire News
STEAMERS OVERDUE three ocean liners should have arrived three weeks ago. Sioux City's big fire report notes half a million dollars in smoke. Bradford, Pa, March 22. An aged couple at Palmers Mills were tortured and robbed by masked men securing over 600 dollars. Mr and Mrs Merritt Childs, both over seventy, were bound gagged and burned as assailants seized 600 dollars more. The couple were found this morning in a pitiable condition. Mrs Childs likely to die, Mr Childs to recover. Three suspects are hunted by officers amid bitter local feeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Palmer’s Mills
Marvins Creek
Merritt Childs
A Disastrous Fire in Sioux City
A massive blaze destroyed the Western Transfer warehouse at 200 Iowa Street and spread to the linseed oil mill across the street. Total loss exceeds 200000 dollars, with insurance totaling about 31740 for contents and 30000 for the warehouse. Oil mill insurance undetermined as National Linseed Oil handles policies. The Franklin and Pennsylvania firms each held 3000 dollars, Commercial Union 000 on elevator seed. Market value of burned warehouse contents estimated at 200000 dollars.
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Sioux City
Western Transfer Company
Iowa Street
Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Company
National Linseed Oil Company
Franklin and Pennsylvania
Commercial Union
Rebellion in Peru Sparks Three Day Battle in Lima
Secretary Gresham received McKenzie dispatches from Peru reporting three days of fierce fighting around Lima. Over a thousand dead lay unburied as both sides exhausted. An armistice was agreed to bury the dead and tend the wounded.
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Peru
Washington
Gresham
McKenzie
McKengie
Lima
Fatal Fall at Wire Rope Factory Collapse
In Williamsport Pa on March 22 eight carpenters were securing a heavy stringer when a second stringer gave way and part of the roof collapsed, tossing workers twelve feet to the ground. George Stephenson and James Frye are believed fatally injured. the rest suffer severe bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
George Stephenson
James Frye
Pleaded Not Guilty By Eleven Indicted Officials
Ten of eleven indicted police officials appeared before Justice Ingraham in the court of oyer and terminer and pleaded not guilty to the Tuesday indictments returned against them in New York on March 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Albion convict Fred Allen given ten year sentence
Fred Allen, convicted of an attempted rape in Albion New York, was sentenced to ten years in prison. The judge lamented he could not impose a twenty year term. The report notes the harshness of the prior crime and the legal outcome. A separate ad promotes a rheumatism cure offered by a Warren Pennsylvania druggist.
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Albion
N. Y
Fred Allen
The Strike Ends for New York Electrical Workers
Four thousand electrical workers resumed work today after a settlement granting all their demands, ending the strike that paused power services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Winter Weather Warms with Stomach Bitters Claim
An old pamphlet style advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a broad remedy enhancing circulation and blood enrichment to combat winter and spring ill effects. It cites relief for chill, rheumatism precursors, kidney complaints, dyspepsia, liver issues, constipation, and nervousness, advising travel with the product and noting sales positions for Landis & Co of Shippensburg, Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Advertised Letters List at Warren Post Office 1895
Mar 30 1895 notice lists remaining letters by name including ladies Westlake Flora Brower Minnie Florence and gentlemen Blueheart Edger McKean T L Carisur James Phillips T R Corbin Palmer Gillen Rawlings Hawkins Shutt Ingalls Smith Jackson Spolley Liljebert and others. All letters not called for in two weeks will be sent to dead letter office. Please say Advertised when calling for letters. MO M Siegfried P Al
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Warren
Postoffice
Borrow
Jessie Westlake
Flora, Brower
Minnie Westlake
Florence
Blueheart
Edger McKean
T L. Carisur
James Phillips
T. R. Corbin
Mr. Palmer
E. A. Gillen
W. L. Rawlings
S. G. Hawkins
C. Shutt
Wallace Ingalls
J. F. Smith
Isaac L. Jackson
The Original Production at Library Theatre
Hoyt's A Trip to Chinatown to be shown Thursday March 28 features a complete set of scenery a facsimile of the original Hoyt's theatre New York production. The scenery by Arthur Voeghtlin a celebrated New York artist enhances the local show with authentic visual appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyt
Chinatown
Library Theatre
Hoyt's
New York City
Arthur Voeghtlin
New York
Charley's Aunt to Open at Library Theatre Next Saturday
The long awaited presentation of Charley's Aunt comes to Library Theatre next Saturday evening. Described as genuinely funny this season, the production features a splendid cast and follows the show’s successful New York and touring runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Theatre
New York
Standard Theatre
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