Local and Other Matters From Warren Ledger
The days are longer than nights and last Sunday brought cold snowy weather, resembling a March spell. Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup sells over 500000 bottles per season and saves many from illness. A note on soap use suggests trimming waste in washing. The poet shelved plans for spring verses as winter lingered and shifted attention to “The Winter of his Discontent.”
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Dr. Bull
Kentucky
Warren
Midioute
Tidioute
Sugar Grove
Sheffield
South West
Spring Creek
Pine Grove
Pittsfield
Freehold
Columbus
Youngaville
Kinzua
Mead
Farmington
Eldred
Conewango
Corydon
Irvington
Sanenex
Schenck
Cor
Arch Sts
Philadelphia
Leperer readers praise bold editorials and local fire incident
A letter from STRAMBURG dated March 4 1878 lauds the Leperer for lively content and sharp politics, noting favorable views on the silver bill and the paper's fearless tone. A reported March 24 fire at Dr Acomb’s drug store in Tidioute sparked by incendiaries was stopped by water. kerosene soaked straw nearly caused greater damage. Local antisocial sentiment is voiced as Tidioute’s scoundrels need reforming.
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Stramburg
the Ledger
Sun
Cattaraugus Union
Leonenr
Lepter
Democratic Party
Greenback Party
Watson
HH. M.D
Tidioute
Bargain Watches From Fred Morck's Bankrupt Sale
Watches priced from ten to twenty dollars. Four dozen solid silver jeweled Patent Lever watches and two dozen solid gold ladies watches offered at ten to twenty dollars and eighteen to twenty dollars respectively. Goods from a late New York bankrupt sale, fifty percent cheaper than comparable local items, all fully guaranteed.
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Fred Morck’s
New York
Musical Convention in Cambridge with Dr Geo F Root
Arrangements for a four day Musical Convention in Cambridge begin April 23 led by Dr Geo F Root of Chicago. Tuition set at 1 50 per scholar with free entertainment for non residents. Circulars available from A F Moses Sec y Cambridgeboro Pa. Also notes Olean Record on Duke Center rail branch and Parmlee Henry spring stock, plus Dr Kings New Discovery trials at Morek Co druggists.
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Cambridge
Geo. F. Root
Chicago
A. F. Moses
Cambridgeboro
Olean
Duke Center
Yeomans
Four Mile
State Line
Knapp‘s Creek
Mrs Morrison dies after long illness in Warren borough
Mrs. Morrison relict of the late ex sheriff Abijah Morrison died at her residence in Warren Borough on Monday March 25 1878 aged about 65. She was born March 20 1823 at Unadilla Otsego Co N Y and married Abijah Morrison in 1812. The funeral was held at her home Wednesday at 2 PM Rev R M Warren officiating with many friends and relatives in attendance. Burial in Oakland Cemetery. She was noted as a noble charitable woman and a member of the Methodist Church.
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Morrison
Abbijah Morrison
Unadilla
Otsego Co
Josiah
Asenath Deming
Spring Creek
Warren County
Abijah Morrison
Elizabeth
Dinsmoor
Josephine
Mra. J. BR
O'Cloek
R. M. Warren
GX. Parmice, Esq
KR. P. King
Davis
Myron Danham
K. T. Hazeltine
James Mead
B. F. Morris
Oakland Cemetery
Myra
Morrisan
Mrs. Morrison
Methodist Church
Angels of God
Warren
Euphobia J. Morrison
Mansfield
Randolph
Moses Mansfield
Warren and neighboring items mix of notices and reports
A jumbled telegraph of brief items cites bonds quoted at 1.02, celestial musings on Mars and the Moon, upcoming Harrisburg convention in May, trout catching rights after Monday, jewelry ads, European tours, invitation printing, a Corry inventor, flying machine exhibits, new ads from A. A. Davis, Grant in Rome, Beecher and Ingersoll stock talk, cooking eggs, and religious revivals among Democrats. Also mentions carpet beating, a house fly piece, liquor license bell-punch, a planned Musical Institute, Mrs. Gillmore’s Spring goods, Piet Peck’s singing school, a President not governing, Mose Mansfield’s death, Greenback party lines, flour and grain freight, an egg anecdote, J R Raymond boot shop plans, and Philadelphia Star lampoon of the legislature.
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Grant
Rome
Beecher
Ingersoll
Bob Ingersoll
Chicago Journal
Lycoming County
National Greenback Labor Party
William H. Armstrong
St. Louis
New York
Ubames Hunt
Cory
J. R. Raymond
Philadelphia Evening Star
Herod
Letter from Brad House in 1878 about Tidioute safe crackers
A brief missive dated March 25 1878 from Brad House to Ephor thanks Mr Brace for gifts of tobacco and notes local protection against liquor. The writer references a New Orleans detective Beatty and warnings to avoid hair oiling, mentions a proportioned man Jenny 12 and a jailed sense of danger, signed Tipiovre Crackerb.
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Brad House
Ephor
Mr. Brace
New Orleans
Win
Beatty
Jenny
Tipiovre
Moonlit Memories of an Old Home in Warren 1878
In a reflective diary-like piece dated March 24 1878 from Warren the author recalls a fading light and the moon guiding memories of a childhood home in Oakland cemetery and a woodsy landscape around Conewango. The narrative mourns a lost schoolhouse and home, notes changes over the years, and mentions a local advertisement for Dr Buils Baby Syrup.
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Oakland Cemetery
Saratoga
Warren
H.S
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters Fights Malaria and Digestive Ailments
An 19th century advertisement extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a superior, vegetable remedy for fever and ague and bilious remit, claiming it eradicates and prevents malaria and related stomach and liver complaints. It asserts the tonic strengthens circulation, liver function, and general vigor, surpassing quinine as a curative rather than palliative.
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Welas
The Modern College Boy's Letter Home
A graphic era letter from Vincil Kelly at Princeton describes college violence and pranks. He notes funerals after a shooting and stabbings among sophomores and freshmen, barricades, tunnels, and planned dynamite. He mentions claret in the cellar and a looming Soph restraining act. He records Montgomery Blair's talks on reopening the Presidential question and a bill for judges to meet in Washington.
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Billy Cook
Sophs
John Hilton
Seward Livingstone
Jack Rhinelander
Sam Astor
Prex
Vincil Kelly
Princeton
Montgomery Blair
House
Louisiana
David
Dudley Field
Senator Thurman
United States Circuit
Washington
Presidential scheme and vote records in Louisiana and Florida
The passage notes votes delivered to the Returning Boards in Louisiana and Florida, to be counted and result declined. It mentions Blair believing the plan could still place Mr. Tilden in the White House, and ends with a prayer asking only to be near the victor rather than wealth.
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Louisiana
Floride
Blair
Mr. Tilden
White House
Blood, the Fountain of Perpetual Health and Youth
The speaker argues that the blood, not mythical elixirs, is the true source of perpetual health. Diseases from bad blood manifest in many forms, but a single treatment cleanses the blood and restores health. Promotes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Purgative Pellets as curative.
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Europe
Ponce de Leon
Cypreas
Everglades
Fiorids
Pierce
St. Anthony's
No old quarrels for the young men and party duty
Horatio Seymour urges youths to avoid old party quarrels as harmful and warns that quarrels outlive their cause. He stresses party unity as paramount. An advertisement touts Schenck remedies for coughs and consumption with promises of relief and doctor advice free of charge.
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Horatio Seymour
Lewis Cass
Martin van Buren
Democratic Party
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Warren, Ledger
G. N. Parmlee
Firma of
Parmlee & Henry
Dr. King
A. W. Morek & Co
Anna Deming Morrison
Ger Ofie
Frank F. Stranahan
Chagrin Falls
Ohio
Stranahan & Burneton
Stranahan
D. Stranahan
M'Junkin
Butler County
Standard Oil Company
United States Circuit Court
M’kenna
Vr. A
Axtell
Youngsville
Meadville
Afati
Snort Merne
Boggs
Citizens’ Bank
Savings Bank
Fred, Morek, and Struthers, Wells & Co
Wooley
Hayes
O'Leary
London
Vaughn
Shirley
Cobham
G. A. Cobham
Mn. Eorror
Maron
Waters
Boston
Dr. Waters
Dra. H
Dr. Thomas
Detroit
Baltimore
Dr. T
Iso
Barker
Allport
Olla Pedria
Mars
Moon
Mercury
Venus
Harrisburg
Fred Morek’s
Lzpour
Stevenson
Corry
Tinmnity Memorial Chapel
Bridgeport
A. A. Davis & Co
Prof. Peck
Piet. Peck
Musical Hall
Easler
Mose Mansfield
A. G. Marek
New York City
Merck
Blaine
Conklin
New England
Hartford
Xuna Valley
James
I Marine H. Gifford
Mayville
Hale
Pike
Duff
East Swan Street
Buffalo
N. Y
A. Davis & CO
Davis & CO
C.smimmers
Spoel
O.H. Hunter & Son
H. Hunter & Sons
H. A. Jamieson & Cos
General Merchandise
Warren, Pa
Kassomine
Beatty Block
China
Crockery
Favorite Publications
Frank Leslie
Chimney Corner
Story Gamer
Home Friend
Alvone
Oller
Rabberton
Howard
Robinson
de Forest
Benedict
S. Annie Frost
Annie Thomas
Etta W. Pierce
Mike Thin
Pealstret
Lady’s Journal
Lady's Journal
Rank Leslie
Popular Monthly
Litterature
Adifield
Paul Street
C.F. Deems
Church of the Strangers
Bingle Copiek
Pensativet
New Lok
Olkman % HertzePs Blackswith
Ludlow House
T. BE. Barnes
Bovis and Shoes Per i Byseker
Second St
Variety Hall
Booth
Asa
Mr. Buseker
Guy C. Irvine
Philip Warren
J C. Caspar
Front Street
Hanhart’'s Block
Michigan
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Company
Centre of Une
W. C. Hughart
Grand Rapids
Mich
Toll
Weacott, Cross & Co
Maine
Arnold & Bro
A. Mintzer
Troswatl& Mintzan
Hall
Keystone Block
Water Street
Icfigiairis
QLD Sport
John Kropp. Warren
J. N. Schnur & Son
Merchant Tailors
Mr. J. Keller
Cutter
Empire Transportation Company
Girard Street
Pintapenrara
Jos. D. Potts
Empire Line
FF. Firth
James M. Martin
Michael McKinney
Eirs
W. W. Blair
Philip Leonhart Jr
W.C. Lopus
J. C
J. Bonner
Nennis
Thomas P. Green
E. N
Miller
B.C. Scott
W. W. Hartwell
Penna Railroad Co
C. C. Brownell
David Brennan
Barnet Proper
Henry Malm
Moffman
Guardian
John Lawson
Peter Johnson
May
A. Doty
Great Natal Petrol’m Co
C. G. Dalrymple
Ve. Lemuel Babcock
Vienna
B.& HT. Anthony & CO
Broadway
W. WY
Metropolitan Tote
W. B. Kinsky
Steven
Ruth
Owr
Price & Knickerbocker
Statestreet
Albany
N. Ye
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