Democratic State Convention to Nominate Pennsylvania Officials
The Democratic State Convention of Pennsylvania will meet at the Harrisburg Opera House at 10 a.m. on August 15 to nominate Governor Lieutenant-Governor Auditor General Secretary of Internal Affairs and Congressman-at-Large. It will consist of 359 representative delegates chosen from each Assembly District based on votes for Governor in the last election.
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Sylvania
Opera House
Harrisburg
Democratic Delegate Election and County Convention Schedule
Centre county voters will select delegates on Saturday August 7 1886 from 2 to 6 pm at regular voting places. Delegates meet at Bellefonte Court House on Tuesday August 10 1886 at 2 pm to nominate candidates for State and federal offices and arrange party business. Adam Hoy chairman L A Schaeffer secretary.
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Centre County
Court House
Bellefonte
L. G. Lingle
Congress
Bellefonte candidates vie for local offices
The journal lists Bellefonte and Centre County figures as official Democratic nominees for Congress Senate District Attorney and Prothonotary. J C Meres L A Suffer and Wm B Mingle pursue prothonotary while R A Bumiller asks Democrats to consider his earnest bid in Centre County. Aaron Williams defends his candidacy for Prothonotary with a respectful appeal.
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C. T. Alexander
Bellefonte
State Senate
J. C. Meres
Wm. B. Mingle
Centre Hall
R. A. Bumiller
Eorror Milluem Journal
Democrats
Centre County
Aaron Williams
Curtin retirement sparks GOP chatter about governorship
The article debunks rumors that Gov Curtin will run for Pennsylvania governor, noting he seeks rest after service and has no intention of running. It contrasts with editorials that claim otherwise and cites a Cleveland administration memo urging office-holders not to use official positions for partisan campaigns.
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Cleveland
Executive Mansion
Washington, D. C
Grover Cleveland
Governor hints at possible nomination amid party mix
The governor downplays talk of a nomination for governor, saying he plans to return to Bellefonte for retirement. He praises wise Democratic nominations and notes Republican lines are badly mixed. He adds that Cameron may have quit, and he has as well.
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Ernor
Bellefonte
Cameron
Pension bills and vetoes highlight party contrasts
The piece argues Republicans exaggerate neglect of veterans while citing official pension figures. It notes Grant signed 542 private pension bills, the 47th Congress passed 151, the 48th 552, and the current Congress 665 with Cleveland vetoing about 90 of them. It also records Cleveland vetoing a Dayton government building project and Morrison's July adjournment resolution.
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Springer
Illinois
Grant
Congress
Cleveland
Reed Alone Candidate for Congress in Mifflin County
Purcetts Utterly and Shaeffer withdraw from race leaving Andrew Reed as the sole candidate in Mifflin County. The move consolidates support around Reed ahead of the election.
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Purcetts
Utterly
Shaeffer
Mifflin County
Andrew Reed
Canadian Thistle Law Urged to Stop Pestilent Weed
The Canadian Thistle Post urged farmers to strictly enforce the 24th April 1885 law forbidding locals from letting the weed feed on their premises. The notice stresses thistle as a highly pestilent weed threatening communities.
Canadian thistle law urged to curb spreading weed
The 1885 law fines landholders fifteen dollars for letting Canadian thistle seed on premises and allows neighbors to compel weed cutting. If not done, authorities may enter property, cut weeds, and recover labor costs. Road supervisors must also trim along roads or face a ten dollar fine.
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Canadian Thistle Post
Philadelphia Times
Remarkable Rescue After Fall From Outhouse Roof
In Turbotville Pennsylvania Miss Maria Frankenfield climbed an outhouse roof to pick cherries. She slipped and fell 53 feet onto a well platform. boards broke but she was retrieved alive with only minor injuries.
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Turbotville
Maria Frankenfield
Coal trade brightens in Pottsville area with Mammoth vein found
Pottsville pa July 16 The coal trade in the upper county grows brighter as nearly all collieries in the Ashland area run full time with three months steady work. Prospectors have found the Mammoth vein at Centralia, a 35 foot thick seam the largest in the anthracite region.
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Pottsville
Ashland
Centralia
Broad way Hall destroyed by fire in Nanticoke
Broad way Hall a large frame amusement building owned by Company G Ninth Regiment N G P and used as an armory was completely destroyed by fire. The hall built six years ago cost 6000 with 2900 insured. Incendiary origin noted.
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Nanticoke
Broadway Hall
Ninth Regiment
Bear Lake
Committed Men Charged in Shamokin Murder Case
Robert Parker of the Curtis House Shamokin and Robert Lawrence were jailed this morning on charges of fatally beating Vincent Rokus a Shamokin Pole buried yesterday. Local notes also mention bear in Clinton Denocrat and various patent medicine claims from Millheim and Thompsontown.
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Sunbury
Robert Parker
Curtis House
Shamokin
Robert Lawrence
Vincent Rokus
Orphans Court Sale of Weaver Real Estate in Centre County
By order of the Orphans Court of Centre County the estate of John G. Weaver, deceased, is set for public sale on August 6 1886 at 1 p.m. Two parcels are offered: No 1 a 73 acre tract in Green township Clinton County with a two story dwelling bank barn and outbuildings. No 2 a 10 acre tract with no buildings. Terms: one third at sale confirmation, one third in one year with interest, and the remaining third plus interest to Magdalena Weaver during her life with principal to heirs after death. L B Stover trustee Madisonburg Pa July 22 1886.
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Jesse Shrack
Thos. Weaver
Eli Zeller
Joseph Snook
Same
Jesse Shrock
Emanuel Hoover
Magdelena Weaver
L. B. Stover
Madisonburg
Rphans
Orphans’ Court of
Centre County
Tusseyville
John K. Runkle
Pennsyalley
Lucinda Runkle
Spangler & Hewes
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