The Slavery of Labor and Industry Clash Echoes in 1886
The piece argues that slavery of the working class continues under railroads and monopolies led by Jay Gould. It notes labor strikes, rising wages cuts, and rising class tension as labor and capital lock in stalemate. It cites The Philadelphia Times on improved business conditions with 1886 first-quarter failures at 38 208 liabilities of 29 million, down from 3 658 failures and 48 million in 1885.
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Jay Gould
Gould
THE
Philadelphia Times
United States
Middle States
Pennsylvania Surpasses New York in Growth, Comptroller States
Comptroller Chapin of New York reports Pennsylvania grew rapidly, adding about 61,000 people more than New York in twelve years. The Keystone State, once secondary to the Empire, has advanced through coal, iron, oil and natural gas, boosting its status and pride among Pennsylvanians.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Chapin
Keystone
Empire State
Blaine maneuvers target rivals for 1888 bid
A historical note outlines James G. Blaine’s tactics to neutralize rival candidates for the 1888 presidential race. It cites Edmunds in Vermont, Logan in Illinois, and a Tribune influence effort, alongside the Philadelphia Early Closing Scheme backed by merchants and clergy to observe Sabbath hours.
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James G. Blaine
Vermont
Edmunds
Blaine
New York
The
Tribune
Senate
General Logan
Illinois
Widows to Receive Instant Increased Pensions
Commissioner Black directs pension agents to pay widows increased pensions immediately without application or surrender of certificates. The measure aims to promptly aid soldiers' widows, who are expected to welcome the order.
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Commissioner Black
Ex President Agtuur Improves. Secretary Manning Also Recovering
Ex President Agtuur shows marked health improvement while Secretary Manning’s condition improves but doctors warn recovery remains slow and the danger not yet past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agtuur
Manning
Illinois Legislator’s Harsh Remark Over Rail Strike
Mr Lowry of Illinois during Friday floor debate on arbitration called for a drastic act against Jay Gould while discussing the Missouri Pacific Railroad strike. He suggested that hanging Gould from a lamp post in New York would bless the community, a statement echoed by many across the Union.
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Lowry
Illinois
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Jay Gould
New York
Republicans Sweep Cincinnati City Ticket Victory
Republicans carried Cincinnati on Monday winning the entire city slate by majorities from four thousand to seven thousand votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Labor Arbitration Bill Passes House In Washington
The House approved the Labor Arbitration Bill by 195 to 30 yesterday in Washington. It now moves to the Senate where many expect it to be defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Yeas
Senate
Snowstorms and Floods Hit Multiple States From Illinois to Virginia
Dispatches report 4 to 15 inches of new snow across Illinois Iowa and Wisconsin. In Huntingdon Pennsylvania a log boom on the Rastown branch of the Juniata river broke under high water washing away millions of feet of Flynn logs. Heavy rains raised the Raystown headwaters six feet, while southern states endure stock losses floods and casualties including Alabama Tennessees floods leaving thousands homeless in Chattanooga and Charlestown.
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CuicaGco
Ill
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Huntingdon
Rastown
Juniata River
P. & A. Flynn
Susquehanna
Messrs. Flynn
Paradise Furnace
Raystown
Destructive LaCrosse Fire Levels Lumber Yards
A massive blaze in John Paul's lumber yards LaCrosse Wisconsin on Tuesday destroys ten blocks including two large lumber yards and around eighty homes. About 1000 workers are left jobless and 409 people homeless with losses estimated between eight hundred thousand and one million dollars. Rain and snow batter Pennsylvania and surrounding states cause rising rivers and blocked rail travel. Severe storms disrupt telegraph lines and snowfall blankets several cities from Cincinnati to Detroit. Authorities in Fort Worth mobilize troops as labor unrest sweeps multiple states. strikes and protests erupt across Pennsylvania New Jersey and Massachusetts.
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LaCrosse
Wisconsin
John Paul
Pittsburg
Panhandle
Mansfield
Tragedy in Lock Haven as Boy Falls Drowns
Four year old Willie Ruel Barrows, son of Mrs. S. E. Barrows, fell ill while playing on the river bank and drowned yesterday afternoon in Lock Haven. The body had not been recovered at press time.
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Lock Haven
Willie Ruel Barrows
S. E. Barrows
Boy Dies After Clothes Catch Fire In Doylestown
Norristown April 2 Linford Harvey seven year old son of Harry Harvey of Doylestown died from severe burns suffered when his clothing caught fire while playing with matches yesterday. A farmer drowned in the Susquehanna.
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Norristown
Linford Harvey
Harry Harvey
Doylestown
Drowning of Port Bowkley Farmer in Susquehanna River
Moses Griffith a 45 year old well known Port Bowkley farmer set out in a boat on the Susquehanna River to gather driftwood. A swollen current capsized the craft and Griffith drowned.
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Wilkesbarre
Moses Griffith
Port Bowkley
Susquehanna
Griffith
General Powderly Failing Health In Scranton
Scranton report says General Master Workman Powderly is gravely ill unable to swallow food and speaks only in whispers due to a swollen throat. He endures constant side pains and has little rest days with no visitors allowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Workman Powderly
Selinsgrove Raises Funds for Watson Town Plant Move
Citizens of Selinsgrove have raised 35000 dollars to build a new factory building for the Watson town boot and shoe plant. The firm plans to move by July with 26 Watson town families relocating to Selinsgrove, and a nail factory is planned nearby. The town shows animated activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selinsgrove
Watsontown
Wheat crop prospects brighten across several states
Seventeen hundred reports from Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Kansas and Missouri indicate very favorable prospects in Indiana Missouri Illinois and Ohio with fair to good in Michigan and poor in Kansas. An overall improvement since the recent rains yields prospects equal to or better than two years ago. The sowing area exceeds last harvest. old wheat reserves are modest though Michigan holds over a quarter of last crop. Half the farmers plan to sell while country roads remain bad. An accident occurred at Jefferson Medical College.
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Toveco
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Kansas
Missouri
Floor gives way at Philadelphia banquet injuring several physicians
At the Alum ni Association banquet for Jefferson Medical College held in Natatorium Hall Philadelphia last Friday evening twenty physicians fell 10 feet when a hall sill broke releasing a sloped floor and a heavy piano. John G Gee of Ohio, a graduate, was trapped beneath the piano with internal injuries. Five others suffered painful but not serious injuries while the remainder escaped.
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Alumni Association of
Jefferson Medical College
Natatorium Hall
Philadelphia
John G. Gee
Ohio
No End To The Strike In Knights Of Labor Dispute
St Louis April 56 The General Executive Board recalls the strike back to work as葛 Hoxie refuses to honor the New York Newark accord. Board accuses stock jobbing and declares action in the hands of district assemblies. The strike may widen across the Southwestern Knights.
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St. Louis
General Executive Board
The
Knights of Labor
New York
Gould
General Board
Turner
Hoxie
Newark
Sheriff’s Sale of Bellefonte Lot in Centre County
Public sale of a Bellefonte lot in Centre County as the property of Edmund Blanchard and Charlies McCafferty, under writs of Fieri Facias Levari Facias and Vendi. Caution: sale at the court house on April 21, 1886 at 1:30 PM. No deed until full payment. W. Miles Walker, Sheriff.
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Borough of
Bellefonte
County of Centre
State of Pa
Bald Eagle Valley
High Street
Esmund Blanchard
Chas. McCaffarty
S. A. McQuiston
Bald Eagle Valley Railroad Company
R. BR. Company
Edmund Blanchard
Charlies McCatferty
Sheriff Sales Set for Centre County Properties In 1886
Public sale to be held at Bellefonte Court House on April 24 1886 at 1 0 o’clock P M. property includes a 434 acre Burnside Twp tract owned by John Heise and a Howard Twp lot described by boundary lines and distances to stone and post marks.
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Burnside Twp
Centre Co
John
James Hall
Elisha Hall
Samuel Coa
G. W. Hall
John Heise
Howard
Centre
Samuel Reber
Property Sales in Centre County Court Seizures
A list of seized Centre County parcels sold under execution includes Unionville, Snow Shoe, Milesburg, and Bellefonte properties. Notable owners include David Tanger, A T Leathers, H G Elder, and William F Peters, with diverse tracts from 5,778 square feet to 137 acres. Sheriff Miles Walker announces March 40, 1856, sales in Bellefonte.
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H. Gardner
Ian
Michael
Seiz
David Tanger
Unionville
Centre County
Main
Union Streets
Main Street
Old Township Road
Union Street
Thomas J Geary
U Taylor
C Taylor
Messuare
Snow Shoe
Olive Street
George Davis
Unionville Centre County
William D Smith
Apple Street
B F Leathers& Son
Bald Eagle Creek
Union Township Centre Co. Pa
James Alexander
Jno Iddings
Joseph Alexander Jr
Bellefonte and
Philipsburg
Joseph Alexander Sr
Bald Eagle
Union Two
Thomas Davis
Muncy Mountain
Henry Brockerhoff
William E. Taylor
Liberty
Beech Creek
Daniel Buver
Aline Quigley
Austin
Andrew Linn
Joseph M de Hass
Oak Hall
Calvin Osman
Said Osman
W L Sellers
Post
Daniel Korman
Terence Murray
H. D. Landis
Nell
H. D Landis
H D Landis
Uf D Landis
J Rand C T Alexander
HD. Landis
Half Moon Two
George S Gray
William Lamborn
McDivitts
H G Elder
Benner
Centre
William Eckley
Andrew Shivery
Crennan al
Floshannah Creek
William Wilson
Sebastian Graff
John Graff
Paul Zantginger
Rush Township
Kittamfoe Coal Company
Phoenix Lumber Company
Stynes
Hayes Hamilton
Patton
Frank Bolger
Geof Reeger
Pattan
F Reynolds
J'T Hale
Milesburg Centre County
William Hrassmyer
Charles Adamst
Garner
Charles Adams
Grassmyer
George M Reeser
Allehany
Said Street
L C Peters
Wiver
Samuel Osman
William F Peters
Penn Township
Benjamin Weiser
George Wert
Millheim
Cubarie
Geo Wert
James Wilinger
Spring Township
Pricilla E Corman
Seth H Yocum
Henry Gordon
College Township
Dale
Bellefoute and
Boalsburg
Felix Dale
Evan Thomas
A W Dale
Jonathan Kreamer
Borough of
Milesburg
County of
State of Pa
Robert Shirk
John Hibler
Boggs Township
Rail Road
Annie Campbell
Central City
Railroad Street
Kate E Mulholland
Aaronsburg
Haines Township
Aaron's Square
Apple Tree Alley
Mumbower
West Street
Lra Gramley
Miles Walker
Bellefonte
Register's notices in Centre county Orphans Court list
The Register's office records examine and approve accounts for heirs and creditors with a scheduled April 28 1836 hearing. Names include Wm N Bueer Henry Iddings Isaac Gates and many Executors Guardians Administrators. multiple townships and deceased individuals are cited. A separate notice states a 1886 constable sale of Emanuel Rote personal effects.
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Henry Iddings
Georgie Duke
Craig
Lydia Duke
Lydia’ Parsons
Huston Township
William Weaver
David Aaron Weaver
Frederick Weaver
Haines Township
John T. Johnston
Samuel Woomer
Taylor Towns
Kime
Orphans’ Court
Centre County
Samuel Lipton
Milesburg
Solomon Gates
James C. Harpster
Wm. Harpster
Ferguson Township
Isaac Gates
John D. Decker
CG. C. Auman
Daniel 8. Auman
Penn Township
Dee
Benjamin V. Fink
John
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N. Y
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Mass
Keene Bros
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Castoria
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Lively Selinsgrove
Jefferson Medical Coliege
Millheim Market
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M. Long
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Greg
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John Tanner
Potter Township
George Brumgart
Samuel Frank
Miles Township
Wm.b. Mingle
Henry Witmer
Elizabeth Tate
Foster Tate
Daniel Grove
Sarah A. Hoy
William Hoy
Felix M. Burkholder
John W. Cashen
Benjamin Bu Ver
AC Witherite
Sarah Levy
John Wentzell
John Irwin Wentzell
Peter Wentzell
Alexander Harpster
Samuel Goss
David Harpster
Emanuel Rote
Haines Iawnshin
Joan Bowersox
Constable's Sade
John Bowerrsox
Penn Twp
Steen Ee Dre
G. Root
Peart
Fay
Manilla
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IT. A. Slocum
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CR Company
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Boston
Standard
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Masa
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Fastioniersen
Stumid
M’fg
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John H. M.alyvir
Lowell
Fox
Theo Patton
H. Jr. Trumpsheller
Vonada
Tra Vonada
Tunitrene
Liet
Coburn, Pa
National Medical Association
P. A. Bissel
Omeness
California
Nevada
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Atlanta Constitution
Detroit Free Press
Argonaut
Peabody Medical Institute
W. A. Parker
Balfinch Street
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Hayfever
Ruggits
ELY Brothers
H. A. Arcuer
M.D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
Tas Centaur Company
Fulton Street, N. Y
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