Warren Mail in Warren, Pennsylvania

Miscellany from a late 19th century paper round

A collage of brief items from a 19th century issue including riots cost state funds, authorship by Mrs. Southworth, quirky local humor from Athens and San Francisco, family signs of moving, a California wine drink, use of tame Indians in Omaha, Libby prison converted to a Sunday school, hotel closures after license debates, sporting feats, health updates, legislative notes, odd notices from Lincoln Missouri, a Fort Wayne divorce party, quotes from Josh Billings, a bill executor joke, Salt Lake land case testimony, and various regional snippets from Springfield and San Francisco about politics, crime, and frontier life.