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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1853
Page
2
The notice states r. w. Cane, Beans' Building at North West corner Third and Walnut streets, Philadelphia, is the paper's only authorized agent. It appears in a dec 1853 newspaper with the claim of the largest circulation in the county.
A reflective front notes readers and staff illness and partial delay in this issue. It mentions Willson aiding during absence, a shelfed printer, and aims to be on schedule next week. Then city council business on the Sunbury and Erie Railroad report, Erie to Philadelphia Mint rumor, Whig convention date, Warren Lyceum lecture, and local notices about lawyers and recommended music publications.
The firn of John Black & Co of Pittsburgh is praised as the best grocery firm in Western Pennsylvania. The column urges grocers to examine their advertisement in another column and contact them if NY state permission can be obtained.
The Court of Quarter Sessions confirmed several road projects in Pittsfield Pine Grove Eldred South West Sugar Grove Sheffield and Glade including public roads from township lines to intersecting lanes and county lines. Also noted were grand jury actions county jail repairs and auditor appointments with a new post office at Sheffield and a relocated Sheffield West Sheffield office.
A letter from a farmer criticizes a patent holder seeking 125 for the right to manufacture and sell an ox yoke in a township. He calculates statewide sums and cautions buyers to verify the agent’s title to prevent infringement, noting the high national value of the invention.
The Pittsburgh Post warns of counterfeit Fives circulating in the city and Allegheny, imitating the Webster Bank note with a central Daniel Webster portrait and Bunker Hill scene. A likely source agency is suspected. Hague urged to act. Also recounts fire rescue at Harpers and notes a Woolen Factory turned Paper Mill project in Laona and North East investors.
Abstract summarizes public finances for 1853 54 detailing receipts and expenditures debt reduction and proposed tariff reforms 25 percent standard across most imports. It notes post office growth mail routes and revenue shortfalls with Congress funding needs and notes mint operations coast survey lighthouse service and public works. Also mentions partition notice and local sheriff action in Pennsylvania.
London weekly report cited by the European Times claims Emperor Nicholas demands any settlement originate from Turkey and that only military victory will settle the issue. Private letters from St Petersburg describe him as deeply irritated by Eastern events and unwilling to negotiate or compromise.
An old promotional piece touts Wild Cherry as a universal remedy. It claims children use Wild Cherry tea for worms and colds while adults mix syrup of Wild Cherry bark with other ingredients to treat spring ailments. It asserts Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, a chemical extract with tar, cures pulmonary diseases and astonishes physicians.
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