Editor and ad Proprietor Warns on Public State of Affairs
The piece shows the editor musing on national politics with references to Uncle Sam and Grover Cleveland. It notes a ten day window for the governor to vindicate his honor and mentions nearly 11 000 poor emigrants arriving in New York last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tub County
New York
Gilead
State OF New York
Nancy B. Hitchcock
Ashland G. Hitchcock
Ada Hitchcock
Jerry Freenan
Clayton Hitchcock
Floydhutman Hitchcock
Charles Russell Hitchcock
Hazel Bird Hitchcock
Hartzell Bee Hitchcock
Maynard Chester Hitchcock
Robertha B. Keefe
Canenlea
Allegany County
Cuba
N. Y
Charles W. Stevens
S. McArthour Norton
Friendship
M. Norton
Farmers' Club meetings reported by Every Week questioned
The article questions Every Week’s claim of regular Farmers' Club meeting reports and invites readers to form their own opinion on page two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Club i
Republicans Convene in Minneapolis Nominate Next President
In less than four weeks the Republican delegates will assemble in Minneapolis to nominate the next President of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
United States
New York Central Engine A Mile In 36 Seconds Claim
A New York Central engine reportedly covered a mile in 36 seconds. The claim, while striking, is presented as a demonstration of advancing mechanical efficiency and modern progressive intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Duke of Westminster retracts poisoning rumor about Orme
The Duke of Westminster says he was mistaken in declaring that his race horse Orme had been poisoned. He states the earlier poisoning conspiracy rumor against the English nobility is now exploded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Westminster
Orme
England
Political corruption epoch amid census and reapportionment
The piece denounces Democratic census counts and reapportionment linked to Tammany influence and Flower Hill legislation. It frames the era as colossal political corruption and urges public moral reckoning, invoking national symbols to underscore outrage.
Postmaster General Wana reports on free mail delivery experiments
The report to Congress states the 46 town experiment authorized by the last Congress was a success with postal receipts in nearly every town rising to cover the cost of free delivery. The House, however, has cut the post office appropriation bill, opposing further extensions of free delivery or other postal services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanamaker
Congress
House
Critics claim Congress spent vast sums with transparency
The passage attacks Democratic lawmakers over prior spending, asserting every cent was accounted for and predicting the current Congress cannot match that alleged honesty. It argues future generations will see Democratic justice as lacking integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
New York election inspectors bill signed by Governor Flower
Seven measures received executive sanction on Saturday including a radical reform of city elections. The New York election inspectors bill moves control of metropolitan election machinery to Tammany Hall, a change critics call a perversion of legislative and executive power. The governor’s justification is criticized as inadequate and partisan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flower
New York
Tammany Hal
Canada urges staff representation with British Ministers in Washington
A Cleveland police report notes a man with 121 wives and jokes that he could plead insanity and be acquitted by a seated jury, reflecting the era’s sensational tone in free press coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Washington
Neiis
Cleveland
Free Press
Political muddle as Democrats resist tariff reform
In Congress a block of Democrats fights the tariff bill to add timber to the free list while Pierce revives the silver question. The House debates salaries for consuls, post office reforms, and foreign trade measures. Presidential speculation centers on Reed Rusk Lincoln and Mitchell, with mixed signals across parties and states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Rusk
Rusk
Reed
Lincoln
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Palmer
X.Y
Publishers Assn Rules Adopted by Allegany County Group
At a Bolivar meeting on April 29 1892 the Allegany county Publishers Association unanimously adopted rules to take effect the week of May 9 1892. Resolutions of respect and entertainment notices to cost no less than five cents per line, card of thanks at one dollar, obituaries and wedding presents lists at least five cents per line unless published as news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegany County Publishers’ Association
Bolivar
Progress of Electricity and Its Railroad Promise
The piece notes rapid advances in electricity influencing rail transport and mail delivery. It mentions wealthy New York patrons funding tests for electric mail transfer from New York to Chicago and Boston to Omaha, aiming for an hour. It also hints at electric propulsion for air ships and telegraphic crossings of continents, suggesting extraordinary feats already achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Boston
Omaha
Srey
Continent
Atlantic
New Fuel Discovery From Frozen Natural Gas Ice
A Muncie special reports a natural gas pipe near Mill Grove froze a joint. An ice plug was forced out, then ignited by flame and burned like gas. The incident suggests possible freezing and liquefying gas into usable fuel blocks under high pressure, prompting investor interest for a new industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Indiana
Mill Grove
Community Notes From Friendship Town
Local notices list court matters and townsfolk in town Friday Monday and Sunday including Judge Norton Surrogates clerk James Hyde and Miss Kate Gardiner. Community groups plan ship social ice cream and a Law and Order League meeting amid calls to curb street disorder and improve morality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Hill
Genesee
A. B. Cottrell
Richburg
James Hyde
Belmont
Norton
Buffalo
Wellsville
Kate Gardiner
May
Hammond
A.L. Elliott
Chicago
Maggie
Lizzie Madden
Emira
Henry Gilpin
Fred Rice
Wells
Light
Hichardson
Robbins
J.T. Hull
W. C.T
Law and Order League
Two Night Comedy Presented by Genesee Ladies at Academy Hall
Misses Herrick and Morrison of Genesee N Y produce a humorous stage sketch portraying life in a district sixty years ago assisted by local cast. The show runs May 19 and 20 with good music and reserved seats at Tuningtons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrick and Morrison
Genesee, N. Y
Academy
Tunnington’s
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Uncle Sam
John Chinaman
Grover Cleveland
Immber
Ways and Means Committee
Pierce
Tenn
Committee On Rules
More
City of New York
City of Paris
Snodgrass
Tennessee
Senate
Crisp
Senator Hill
Lew
White House
Senate Committee On Post Office and Post Roads
Democratic House
General Wanamaker
Postoffice
Harrison
Washington, D.C
Publishers’ Ass’n Rules
J. E. Middaugh, JR
Judge Norton
A.P. McIntosh
Belfast
Melvine Crabb
Black Creek
Darwin Middaugh
Tom
Epbworth League
Darling, Waldo& Cook
Young People’s Society of the
Congregational Church
Temperance Rooms
Good Templars
Bert H. Helme
S. Ss. Reed
Miss Johnson
Daniel Johnson
Grant Reynolds
Joseph Reynolds
Joshua Corbin
M. C. Mulkin
Friendship Lodge I. C. G. T
Templar
Mark Smalley
May Hyde
Lelia Reed
Sibyl Stevens
Publishers’ Association
America
Brundage Bros
Grainera, &c
Frank B. Brundage
Allegany
Livingston
L. S. Denison
Geo. F. Brooks
M. E. Davis’ Store
W. D. Latham
H. Weir & Co
Andersons
O. W. Hammond
Suor
J. W. Bartlett
E. A. Newton
Steve
King’s Hardware Sale
WM. Gregory
S. M. Norton
Negany
Isereel LI
Pisk
Angelica
Alegany County
Fisk
Saaid
Alonzah, Hooker
State OF
Mary McCorkall
Mary Kenney
Owen Kiley
Daniel Ricy
Aubie Criscol
Alice Waite Bells
Nex
Thomas Riley
Birdsall
Alegany
Ereetine
N.Y
Thomas F. Riley
Ss. McArthur Norton
Burr Farm Povultry
Frank Hawley
Hundre
Piatt & Rice
Watt Pawers
Angelica, N. Y
Sete Ce
Metalic Watches
Geo. Peck, Jeweler
Belmont, N. Y
J, C, Holden
Mary Me‘Corkall
Mary Kennedy
Owen Riley
Daniel Riley
Abbie Drisell
Alice Wait
Inw
Kit
Ellen E Riley
McArthur Norton
Noxkron
Weir & Bissell
Wm. Richardson & Co
Wm. Me Cracken
Allis
T. F. Fisher & C0
Wellsville, N
Baptist Church
C. H. Fisher
Wellsville, N. Y
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