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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1885
Page
8
A period debate argues drunkenness is a crime or lunacy and proposes commissions to judge drunkards. It urges long term detention with protection, removal of taverns, and state care after verdicts, aiming to reduce drunkenness within a generation. The Churchman criticizes liquor influence on tax districts, noting drunkards sway local budgets and public works decisions for personal gain.
Bell Bros announce a one day sale on Thursday May 14 offering silk goods at unusually low prices. The campaign pledges the lowest prices ever seen in Warren for the entire silk stock and promises other department bargains. The notice invites ladies to attend and see the remarkable bargains with no prices duplicated. Bust. Buos.
A jumble of 19th century notices includes a death in Paris for Augnate Laucon praised as an artist, and various ads for Shiloh remedies from Johnson and Siegfried, plus other brief items on public figures, fish market notices, and Hood’s Sarsaparilla curing ulcers.
The article records the lowest postmaster salary in Neshaba Mississippi at twelve cents in 1883 with fifty six cents earned so far this year. It also mentions Geo. Thomas in Dubuque Iowa burning himself on a stove during a fit and reports a Sherman Georgia farmer observing a strong enslaved youth guiding a plow. A New Brunswick Railway manager predicts a rail bridge to the Pacific and India in war times. A Trenton New Jersey farmer keeps a pig and cat companion showing affectionate behavior and shared sleeping habits.
A Minn attorney praising Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption claims it cures severe colds and relieves chest pain after three years use. Trial bottles are available free at A W Merck s Drug Store with large size priced at 1.60. Practical farming notes advise feeding chickens, and Voelker s clover nitrogen data suggest clover sod aids wheat fertilizer.
An 1860s style sales blurb touts Bucelen Arnica Salve as best for cuts bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Price 25 cents per box. sold by A. W. Merck. Also notes seed potato storage conditions to avoid extreme temperatures and light exposure for best seed viability.
A promotional notice extols Hop Bitters as a universal remedy praised by eminent physicians for soothing nerves, aiding sleep, and curing kidney liver and digestion ailments. It cites supposed cures for consumption, neuralgia, rheumatism, and women’s diseases, while warning against fake Hop products and noting recent deaths and marriages in Warren County records.
An East India mission offers a vegetable cure for bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous debility with full directions for preparation and use by mail. endorsements from Dr Mott and A W Morck appear. A customer testifies to relief from catarrh after one bottle of Ely s Cream Balm. Also notes on Reno printing and Illinois zinc miners idle or on strike.
Notice states the sale of the property and franchise by W E and others under equity proceedings in Warren County court. The sale is set for May 13 at 7:12 p.m. at the office of Wetmore Hinckle in Waren Victo, under an act of Assembly provisions.
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