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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1894
Page
4
The Democratic County Committee of Warren convenes in the Democratic Society rooms on Tuesday May 22 at 2 p m to set time and place for the County Convention and conduct other business. W R Dawson chairs.
A discussion of the Pullman workers strike, noting how Pullman’s influence controls much of the town and rents, the wage system’s failings, and the hope that cooperation rather than wage exploitation can resolve labor conflicts. It contrasts wealth creation by labor and machines with workers’ arched grievances and imagines a future where labor may gain leverage.
A long debated plan for a free bridge over the Allegheny from Warren to Pleasant gains momentum. Officials propose Warren county and Pleasant township share costs, with a June 23 election over 26 000 plus private gifts likely from Warren and the Fair Association, urging immediate council action.
A old dispute over uniting with Glade resurges as Glade taxes rise above Warren levels. Former opponents now back annexation, seeing mutual gain and urging voters to submit the proposal. plus coverage of Canton Populist convention, a Park fire in WaspinCro Park, and a Rochester Sunday school offer to A P Armstrong for $1500 yearly.
The Philadelphia Press asserts the sugar trust funded President Cleveland’s election and, with cabinet consent, helped modify the Wilson bill to benefit the trust. It cites E J Edwards as Holland and names Lamont, Carlisle and several senators. Critics call the accusations improbable under McKinley tariff. supporters say the press exposes corporate influence on legislation.
In Carmichaels Pa Hood’s Sarsaparilla is credited for stopping recurrent scrofula flare ups in a son of Arch Kerr of Kerr Bros. Furniture. Biden news notes local politics Higgins of Olean for lieutenant governor and Stone renominated to Congress. Also mentions a mail pouch patent, a sprained leg, and upcoming religious events along with obituaries and marriages in Warren County.
A severe storm Thursday morning drenched Warren with continuous lightning and heavy rain totaling 3.15 inches. Bridges at Jackson Run on D A V P and P E railway lines were destroyed or undermined, trains rerouted, and yards and gardens flooded. Local sewer and lawn damage plus a £100 repair bill for D I Ball’s garden are noted, as Jamestown manufacturers fear factory closures if the coal miners strike persists.
A Yale professor, while pursuing fossils in the western wilderness, encounters a war-painted Indian buck on the warpath who unexpectedly recognizes him and asks about Professor Hadley. Once friends, the Indian sits to chat, shows interest in bones, and sends regards to the Hadley family.
An advertisement extols Hood s Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and nerve tonic, claiming cures for nervousness sleeplessness loss of appetite and general debility, and promises lasting health from purified blood. It also notes Chautauqua county grape growers failing to reach a marketing plan, each to act individually at harvest.
An old verse extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a guaranteed remedy for all functional disturbances and chronic weaknesses of womanhood with a money back offer if it fails. The piece also notes the Republican renomination of William A. Stone in the Twenty-third district and John Dalzell in the Twenty-second by acclamation at Allegheny.
A Buffalo Express humor item recounts a cigar shop crowd hearing a tale about a boxing gloves dancing Irish woman at a post office. A dignified man defuses the gag by revealing the sign Letter Box and a pun Let her bos, prompting groans as the teller seeks a quarter for more stories.
An English analysis of Zem Zem water from the Mecca sacred well shows 69 grains of chlorine per gallon and extraordinary hardness. Despite 20 times the recommended ammonia compounds, no bacteria were found due to 40 years of hermetic sealing, per Youth's Companion.
A Philadelphia physician asserts blood is life and can be preserved indefinitely outside the body for later transfusion. He contends blood healing and chemotherapy are advancing, predicting rare deaths from blood starvation and the use of preserved blood for dangerous or lingering cases.
A Madison New Jersey woman received letters patent for an envelope improvement. The invention prints a device on the flap underside that remains dry and stable but spreads with steam or moisture to reveal if a letter has been opened. The design aligns with a government call for methods to detect tampered sealed letters.
A fragmentary dialogue centers on a dispute over what Antonio allegedly said and whether witnesses were present. The quoted exchanges hint at a cautious, even evasive tone as participants insist on precise wording and accountability in a terse interchange.
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