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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1895
Page
4
An 1895 editorial argues for tough measures against the unworthy poor and begging imposters, urging long-term confinement on rural poor farms modeled after Count Rumford. It condemns city lodging houses and cash aid, praises broader opportunity, and discusses industrial shifts, agriculture, and international trade impacts.
The piece portrays the German ruler as swiftly mastering international naval law to protect private property imports amid war. It also notes the rise of trolley parties as a popular new recreation, with Boston offering special parlor cars for suburban lawn and theatre gatherings.
The Warren school board met at Charles Dinsmoor's office and approved diplomas for seven Jefferson Street graduates to be honored June 11 at the Jefferson Street building. A Friday session at East Street reappointed teachers for next year, with multiple resignations and new appointments across Central, East Street, Jefferson, and West End buildings, led by Prof. W.L. MacGowan. Also notes on substitutions, staff changes, and a brief health ad for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and local Kaufman Brothers mail order offer follow.
Eben N. Ford Post No 336 G A R passes resolutions denouncing a Wild West show advertised for Memorial Day in Warren. It regards the day as sacred to memory of the dead and calls for identifying another date or boycotting the exhibition if held on Memorial Day. The resolution urges reverence for the holiday and patriotism.
The Kazcozus Kooking Klub met Elizabeth Greaves Friday night with nine members and one guest Miss Lamberton partaking of a full menu. After tea the club heard readings by members including W Howells E Blanche Mair and Adelina Russell. Advertised letters remaining in the Warren Pa post office May 35 1895 listed ladies and gentlemen with two weeks to claim before transfer to the dead letter office.
Toledo druggists Waer Truax Lairvin pledge Halls Catarrh Cure, with a sales pitch and testimonials. The notice includes a 100 dollar reward for incurable Gatarrh and asserts F. J. Cheney trusted by 11 years of business dealings. Halls Catarrh Cure sold at 75 cents per bottle.
John A. Norman of Clarendon Pennsylvania and Miss Selma Anderson of Warren were wed Wednesday at 2 p.m. by Rev. C. O. Hultgren at the First Swedish Lutheran parsonage. Emil Norman and Hulda Anderson stood with the couple. A supper followed at 210 Chandler Street, with gifts to the bride. The newlyweds will reside at 210 Chandler Street.
The Britannia wins in a race with the Ailsa off Grays End today as insurgents gain ground in Cuba. In Buffalo, Mrs. William Horton and Mrs. T. Pratt report that their grandfather Hill’s estate, valued at 200 million dollars with 170 heirs, will be divided, yielding about two million each for the sisters. In Harrisburg, a tax bill on bank shares advances, and the Cochran beer tax is amended to exempt export beer while bottlers receive free tax certificates.
A Boston pitcher Sti vetts and center fielder McCarthy clashed over a longstanding feud during dinner at a Louisville hotel. McCarthy struck Stivett with a heavy jaw-blow, knocking him from his chair, then departed and did not return before midnight.
James Ardary presents a three day sale in Pittsburg Pennsylvania on May 14 16 and 11 1895 with two nights electric light sale featuring 200 head of high bred horses trotters pacers roadsters matched teams saddlers and ponies all horses in a covered ring catalogue available Rugularism Cure mystic cure for rheumatism and neuralgia advertised by L G Noyes & Co Warren Pa 19 1y
A summer drink note describes coffee lovers seeking cool beverages in heat and praises Lipton’s high quality India tea blend. It argues one pound of this tea yields more flavor and aroma than two or three pounds of ordinary teas from China and Japan, highlighting Lipton’s World’s Fair exhibit as introducing the product to Americans.
In Tin Canisters carefully packed, so as to prevent deterioration can be kept for months.
Warren agents announce a citywide sales push for Lipton's Tea aimed at every family in town, highlighting the product as a sought after item in local homes.
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