Rambling column exposes drunkenness arrests with license data
A writer compiles two years of arrest records from April 1886 to April 1888 showing 61 drunk arrests with license, 289 for vagrancy, and 82 for other causes. Without license there were 102 drunk arrests, 12 vagrancy, and 50 other, signaling higher enforcement needs. The piece critiques judges and urges stricter fines, discusses a charitable act toward a newsboy, and touches on fashion, local investments, and a court case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Food for Thought and Knights of Labor in Warren County
Editor Ledger discusses labor politics urging knights of labor to evaluate candidates by the order’s principles. He warns against supporting anti‑order politicians and calls for education of the masses, while highlighting mining strikes, a prison sentence for tramps, and the broader fight against monopolies to uplift mankind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledger
Warren County
Knights of Labor
Hastany
Congress
State Senate
Exhur
Powderly signs deal easing union tensions
Scranton dispatch notes a deal between the Knights of Labor and the locomotive engineers. Secret talks created a friendly tie to prevent cross union strikes, with injury to one affecting the other. Powderly reports 1,500 favorable replies to an educational plan and about 1,000 raised before any assessment. The Education plan draws strong support from Lehigh and Suhuylkill regions and miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Powderly
Railroad Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Knights
Nout
Lehigh
Suhuylall
Presbytery of Erie Session at Bradford Week Programme
The Erie Presbytery met in Bradford with Rev John N McGunigle of Oil City presiding. Meetings ran 9 to 12:30 and 2 to 6. A missionary meeting and centenary commemoration followed with ministers from Franklin Meadville Mercer and others. The Ladies Society held sessions at the Methodist church with speakers from Erie and Edinboro. The body includes churches from Erie, Corry, Conneautville, Meadville and Warren among others, totaling 150 delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Erie
John N. McGunigle
Oil City
Geo. W Knox
Japan
S. M. J. Eaton
D. D
Franklin
T. D. Logan
Meadville
W. Stockton
Mercer
Ladies’ Society
Woman's Foreign Missionary Societies
Methodist Episcopal Church
Southard
North East
J. C. Bence
C. C. Shirk
Misa A. £. Kilbourne
Erie Presbytery
Corry
Cochranton
Conneautville
Cambridgeboro
Belle Valley
East Springfield
Edinboro
Fairview
Fredonia
Girard
Greenville
Hadley
Warmonsburg
Jamestown
Pleasantville
Pittsfield
Raymilton
Sheakleyville
Titusville
Tidioute
Utica
Union City
Venango
Warren
Waterford
Wattsburg
West Mill Creek
Supreme union of the J A U elects officers at Corry
The supreme union of the J. A. U. held its annual session in Corry last week naming officers for the coming year. Dr B N Seaver of Columbus Pa is supreme president with E A Cook of Dayton N Y as vice president. W Ed Marsh of Corry Pa is secretary and A P Barkbert of Dansville N Y accountant Elijah Owen of Wyoming N Y treasurer WI J Gamble M Ty of Monongahela City Pa medical examiner Rev TL C Hall Sharon Pa J A Webster Cleveland O and H S Ayer Columbus Pa are additional directors. Also notes violin strings by Wyman & Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Union of the
Corry
B. N. Seaver
Columbus
E. A. Cook
Dayton
W. Ed Marsh
A. P. Barkbert
Danesville
N. Y
Elijah Owen
Wyoming
J. Gamble
M. Ty
Monongahela City
Rev
TL. C. Hall
Sharon
J. A. Webster
Cleveland, O
H.8. Ayer
Miraculous Faith Cures Reported Around Columbus Area
Reports from Corry Flyer describe numerous faith cures centered on Mrs. Riley of Jamestown Pa. Cases include Mrs. Marvin of Columbus recovering from long illness after prayer, Mrs. Day regaining mobility after paralysis, and Mrs. Blair healing a knee that was thought damaged. Mentioned are Mrs. Hopkins lifting from illness and local praise for Riley who conducts prayers in Jamestown. Also notes on hemra and rupture treatment by Johnson & SieGERIED, Druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Corry Flyer
D. R. Marvin
Columbus Borough
Pierpoint
Ohio
Ry Riley
Jamestown
Riley
Abs. Marvin
Mrs. Riley
Seading
Mercer
Obituary of Harmon L Towle and wife Drucillah Fen ton Towle
An obituary recounts Harmon L Towle and his wife Drucillah Fen ton Towle of Warren living fifty seven years together. Both wished to die near each other as their health declined. Mrs Towle died April 11 1888 at age 79 and Mr Towle soon after, with details of their early lives in New York and their long Geneva County era. The piece notes mutual care and a shared Christian life, with final reflections on their hopes for heaven and attendance at the funeral by relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon Leroy Towle
Towle
High Street
J. B. Carver
Mr. Towle
Ar. Lawle
Manlius
N. Y
OH. L. Church
Hig Trade
H. Pond
Rome
Joseph A. Carver
Clifton
N.Y
ENTERPRISING CHILDREN AT YOUNGSVILLE LENT DRIVE
In a Youngsville letter from Mrs. Cleveland the Episcopal Sunday school children raise funds by making items to sell and giving one cent per gift. Thirty three pupils contributed with Flossie Davis leading at $20. Cy Cornen and George Soles followed, totaling 276.62 with the guild adding 27. A note from Mrs. Francis Cleveland praises the effort and sender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Soles
Flossie Davis
Lielaw
Francis Cleveland
Bagcative Mansion
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Ledger
Second Street
Trollope
Albert Kirberger
Messrs. Kirberger
Jamieson
Knapp
Rogers & Mintzer
Wm. Spinner
Hertzel
Winger
Henry
Wm. Highhouse
N. Greenland
Merck Bro’z
B. Nesmith
C. Smith
A. J. Davis
Warren Way
Uanc
Jacob Wagner
P. Johnson
Patel Breight
Sapawasea
Carrollton
Grown
Judd
A. Rubiman’s
The
Brotherhood
Edu
FOOD
Thought
Brookfield
McPherson
Lebanon
United States
United States Senate
Republic
Ours
Abner
Thomas
the Presbytery OF
Wyman & Davis
Columb
Dounson & Siegeried
George Ball
Francis F. Cleeveland
Ladies Guild
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!