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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1895
Page
6
The council met on Monday evening and voted to close a long standing and vexing bridge matter. The decision ends weeks of debate and clarifies municipal ownership and funding responsibilities.
City leaders met to decide the bridge issue with new ward members sworn in. The council approved purchasing the Pleasant Bridge company structure for 1200 dollars, set March 10 as the possession deadline, and discussed repairs, cost sharing, and sidewalk rules. The meeting covered street lighting, park benches, a hose house, and other borough business amid finances and census notes.
A list of 1895 deeds records transfers in Pittsfield Brokenstraw Glade Clade Sheffield Farmington and Conewango with prices from 1 to 1000 dollars. Entries include freemont Lainey to S A Brooks John A Day to Wilson McGrew Fred R Johnson to Warren borough James Clark to Ernes tine Ugarick P W Thelin to Sheffield and Theodore Stebbins to Emmett D Stebbins plus Lucy Hall et al to Chauncey S Honer. Also an advertisement for a Rheumatism cure offering 75 cents per bottle from L G Noyes & Co Warren Pa. 19-ly
The piece argues against alcohol as medicine, recalling Harvey Jenner and phlogiston beliefs, then cites doctors and temperance hospitals. It notes many physicians report success without alcohol, including Higginbottom and Munroe, with multiple hospital cases showing no need for alcohol in treating fever and delirium tremens.
ANN ARBOR Mich Oct. Cuyler J Barton a farmer pleaded guilty to arson and was sentenced to five years. Fires of incendiary origin destroyed 100000 worth of property in the county. Barton had been arrested about a year earlier. The fires were started by a machine using four candles with fuses to ignite explosive compounds, allowing him to be miles away when the fires started.
A Spanish naval officer arrived in Havana from the scene of the wreck and reports the Cristobal Colon is a total loss.
Wilkes Barre reports four miners entombed by last night’s explosion at the Dawanco colliery were recovered this morning and brought to the surface. The deaths mark a tragic early morning update as rescuers confirm the casualties.
Paris reports the French government has received word that French forces seized Antanarivio, Madagascar's capital, on September 7. The claim details the success of operations in the island nation during ongoing campaigns.
The May Memorial Church in Syracuse marks the anniversary of Rev Samuel BR Walthrop as pastor. Dr Calthrop, born in England, is famed for broad culture and athletic vigor. He praises Williams Pink Pills for rheumatism and blood vitality, citing personal success and recommending them to others.
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