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Newspaper
Kane Leader
Location
Kane, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1888
Page
2
The Kane Leader notes proprietor Eug J Miller and publication schedule. It states the paper is issued weekly on Thursdays from M Dade's Block above Kane Bank and entered at the post office as second class matter on Thursday March 15, 1888.
Wilhelm Frederick Ludwig, King of Prussia and German Emperor, died in Berlin at ninety years, eleven months, and eighteen days. The article traces his military rise from age ten, his regency in 1858, and the 1871 unification of Germany, noting Bismarck, Moltke, and Von Roon as key aides. It comments on the crown prince’s illness and potential succession, then reports a severe northeastern blizzard affecting travel and telegraph. It also covers tariff and internal revenue reductions in Congress and ends with a long New York Sun rail travel feature praising the Pennsylvania Chicago Limited from New York to Chicago as luxurious and efficient.
Henry Bergh, 65, longtime president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, died in New York on Monday. A lawyer by training, he also served as secretary of the Ameri carr Tegation in St. Petersburg in 1862. He earned fame for fearless humane work and devoted efforts to protect animals.
On Tuesday Mr RANDALL introduced in the House his long expected internal revenue and tariff bill. It repeals the tax on tobacco in all forms and cuts whiskey tax from 90 to 50 cents per gallon. It also repeals license taxes for wholesalers and retailers and the tax on spirits from fruit. Total internal revenue reduction about 70 million dollars and customs reduction around 25 million.
The Democratic National Convention is expected to bring up to nearly eleven thousand people to St Louis. Local leaders work to provide a suitable hall and raise thirty to forty thousand dollars to cover the event expenses. The Senate passed the dependent pension bill by forty four to sixteen. Names listed include Bate Beck Berry Blackburn Cockrell Coke Colquitt Daniel Eustis Gates Harris Pasco Reagan Geulebney Vawee Wilean of Marv.
A Kane Pennsylvania cash store advertisement urges cash purchases with cash prices. It lists numerous goods and sale prices including flour, sugar, coffee, meat, produce, textiles, and household items, all labeled cash only. The piece promotes thrift and cash efficiency over credit.
An aged advertisement proclaims YAMSHIRO tea as Japan’s finest with a special Mikado award in 1879. It notes shipments to American Tea Co. and Boss Grocery in Kane, marketing a ten day sale at 10 percent off cash or approved credit. The piece wields social critique on price, credit and trust, prefacing a shopper’s plea for fair costs.
L. D. Basser promotes Akron Flour Anchor as a proven, nationwide favorite now available in Kane. The advertisement claims guaranteed satisfaction with home delivery within the borough for $1.50 and promises refunds if not as represented. It extols flour quality and family harmony while urging neighbors to try the product.
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