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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1877
Page
3
Miscellany notes from Warren, including weather, local commerce, and social commentary. Topics cover Col L F Watson in Erie, floral displays, river travel, rail and road signs, city development, a July Fourth planning meeting, and a lengthy social critique of beggars and tramps, with reflections on charity and labor.
Weekly oil field report notes North Warren wells steady and average output near 700 barrels daily. Crull farm well cleaned and flowing at 400 but now ~200. Brace well on island near Eggleston farm awaiting results. Kirberger farm wells tubing with oil present. Thos Bell and Clemons yields about ten barrels. Oil price 221. New hearse by McNett & Son showcased on Decoration Day. Local social note on teachers and schoolchildren amid growing stranger arrivals and church invitations.
Soldiers again decorate graves as citizens fail to fund the observance. A new McNett hearse leads the processional to the cemetery where vocals, prayer, and an address mark the event. Numerous veterans decorate graves in Warren and nearby areas amid limited civic support. In Titusville, Capt. Knight’s well and oil infrastructure burn with $1,200 loss, no insurance.
A letter notes some flour barrels carry less than stated weight, with 196 pounds common in some brands while others fill less. Consumers should check weights and demand full-weight millers. Also mentions temperance meeting, tradesmen moves, a backyard whitewash joke, and Greenland Brothers expanding furniture business with in-house manufacture and undertaking services.
In Columbus on May 28 1877 ongoing temperance sentiment has energized speakers like W W Brown Chet Wilson Esq and Prof Curtis. Murphy crusade swells to 432 adherents with Band of Hope session adjourned for warm weather. Local baseball victory 36 to 10 by Bruisers highlighted by Henry Zickendrath. Community groups such as Youths Royal Standard Society grow while Mrs Watsons suggestions promote abstinence. Incidents include Montague shooting by Bonner girls leading to bail and court talk. Elder Brown delivers robust temperance lectures at M E Church and 80 signatures collect on Murphy cards. Treasurer and county post races and Warren Academy offices provoke local political chatter.
A brief note promotes The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser by R V Pierce from Buffalo NY, noting its 1874 edition sales and price. The Randolph NY area reports two robberies, including a Dow bank residence theft with ladder entry, two watches taken, a damaged ladder, a post office safe blown and $150 stolen, and ongoing local crime concerns.
A fragmented column urges year round revival of faith and cites a Chicago clergyman’s anecdotes. It extols Hall’s remedies and Schenck’s Mandrake Pills for fever, liver disorder, and general fatigue, praising their claimed universal toning effects and urging readers to procure the “People’s Remedies” via local druggists.
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