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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1883
Page
5
The Corry Herald resumes after a rest with E. Colegrove as publisher and hopeful readers. North East Sun attacks a natural gas charter plan. Jamestown launches the Morning Leader, and Chautauquan is reviewed. Local fires, scams, and street repairs are noted amid social and church events.
Miss Currie Wackerman of Buffalo visits Warren friends while many locals are noted, including J. P. Currie of Youngsville, S. J. Stauffer tied to Scheffer's book bindery in Harrisburg, and Rev. Ransom Harvey of Jamestown slated to preach. Reports cover minor mishaps, travel notes, and community sights plus a November 29 Thanksgiving designation.
A charity baseball bout last Monday pitted a fats team led by Beck and Wyman against a lean side including Goodwin Utter and Brown. The fats won 18 to 26. Receipts around 340 dollars went to two families. A rematch was set for Friday at 1 pm to benefit the poor amid lighthearted banter and claims of fair play.
A Harrisburg Patriot verse lampoons J G Niles supporting cold water and William Linn opposing prohibition. The poem contrasts Niles with a whisky fuz and a water wug balanced on shoulders, mocking pay for stance and political posturing in a satirical political reflection.
The Sixe Famcuily in the Varkeitien Evangelical Church will dedicate its remodeled edifice next Sunday October 28 Bishop Escher of Chicago will lead services in German at 11 AM and in English at 7 PM A general invitation is extended The piece notes Warren’s peaceful state and minor police activity with a fence sample advertised at local merchants Dunham and Hazeltine in Warren.
James McCollum offers for sale his farm of about 200 acres near Warren Pa in two parcels. Sixty acres are well improved with good fencing and accessible roads. Includes a new house costing about one thousand dollars two barns an old house and about one hundred young fruit trees plus a stone quarry with sand stone supply. Terms: half down and balance on easy time secured by mortgage. Inquiries Lok Allen Esq Warren Pa or James McCollum on premises Warren October 1833.
Three yearlings two heifers and one dark red steer came to Conewango township on October 6 1984. The owner must prove property pay charges and reclaim the stock. D L Miles Conewango October 17 1883.
A column describes a rotating three foot diameter cask filled with earth and perforated holes for berry plants, watered by a central pipe. The device, standing on rollers, yields 250 to 300 plants per cask and can be moved for temperature control, with top space for flowers. Patent granted September 27 1883 to G W Grove Co Oil City Pa. Warren borough backs Dwight W Buel by a wide margin.
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