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Published every Friday morning in Warren Pennsylvania the Ledger offers annual subscriptions at 1 50 in advance 2 00 if paid in advance arrearages must be settled before paper delivery no out of county mailing without prepayment the office has new press and type basement Library building Corner Third and Liberty Streets Keep Bros publishers
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Warren
Warren County
Third and
Liberty Streets
Keep Bros., Publishers
Democratic State Convention to Nominate State Officers
The Democratic State Convention of Pennsylvania will assemble at the Opera House in Harrisburg at 16 a m on Wednesday August 18 to nominate candidates for governor lieutenant governor auditor general secretary of internal affairs congressman at large. The convention has 359 representative delegates allocated by last gubernatorial vote. Chairman W O Hessen announces county committee meeting August 13 at Dinsmoor and Cable to select a chairman and conduct other business. nominees from the last convention should attend.
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Pennsylvania
Opera House
Harrisburg
W. O. Hessen
Democratic State Committee
C. Dingigur
Dinsmoor & Cable
A rebuke to the Senate over reapportionment of offices
The president’s actions last Monday pleased Democrats by reappointing officials the Senate had rejected. Matthews was named recorder of deeds despite earlier rejection, and tenure of office issues were reinterpreted. Ramadell’s suspension and Dorsey Claggett’s nomination drew mixed reaction, though Claggett’s Union Army service and popularity bolster support.
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Senate
Edmunds
Cleveland
Matthews
Edmund
Register of Wills
Ramadell
Dorsey Claggett
Claggett
James GC. Matthews
Dstrict of
Columbia
Fred Douglass
New Haven
Black as a White Man and the Pension War
The article assesses General Black as pension commissioner, noting his contentious image but praising reforms. It cites increased ex-union soldiers employed, more cases favorably acted on, and reopening deserving claims ignored by predecessors. It questions Republican dynamics and intelligence of Edwards or miners amid partisan tension.
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Black
General Black
Cleveland
Offic
Appropriations Show Mixed Navy and Pension Trends
The 1886 congressional appropriations total 264,783,559 with increases in pension funding of over 15 million reflecting past legislation. No 1885 rivers and harbors allocation skews comparisons. Randalls watchdog stance and Navy fortifications funding draw debate while Republican support for Captain Mackey centers on his military record, criticized as gun shy from past campaigns.
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Congress
Pittsburg Post Sur- Akirt
General Black
Alabama
Navy
Randall
Issa
Randalls
Captain Mackey
W. L. Scott
Mackey
Mississippi prohibitionists threaten violent tactics to sway negro vote
In Hinds county near Jackson Mississippi an anti prohibition meeting was disrupted by armed prohibitionists. Up to a hundred pistol shots rang out as attendees fled, aiming to intimidate black voters. Prohibition leaders warn further meetings will be disrupted to prevent anti prohibition speakers. Bloodshed fears rise as similar tactics surface in Iowa and Kansas.
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Mississippi
Hinds
Jackson
Dévaunerg Lim
Iowa
Kansas
State Convention to Nominate Gubernatorial Ticket in Harrisburg
The Democratic state convention will meet at the Harrisburg opera house at 10 a.m. Wednesday August 18 to nominate candidates for governor lieutenant governor auditor general and congress. It will field 399 delegates from districts, each district allocated by Democratic votes. Several candidates are in the field including Wallace Black McCormick Scott Guthrie and others. Indications favor Wallace though an unnamed candidate could emerge.
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Opera House
Harrisburg
Congress
Gore
Feld
Wallace
Black
McCormick
Scott Guthrie
Beaver partners dispute stove order allegations in Bellefonte
The business partners of General James A. Beaver assert the Bellefonte iron and nail company did not break the stove order law and claim Beaver had no knowledge. They suggest any potential violation stemmed from a system copied from a firm in which two leading Democrats hold stock and direct affairs.
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Busines
James A. Beaver
Bellefonte, Iron and Nail Company
General Beaver
Wallace Declares Ready to Seek Governor Nomination
The piece portrays Mr Wallace announcing his willingness to accept a governor nomination if offered. It notes his record and policies as decisive, signals the convention and public would assess his deeds, and highlights his perceived boldness and non timidity as key traits.
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Wallace
Intelligencer
Prohibition and Liquor Trade in Maine Towns
A Maine clergyman reports on liquor sales near a station town of about 5,000, noting three grog shops within walking distance and multiple hotels and drug stores selling liquor. He argues public sentiment, not law, drives prohibition, and recounts Massachusetts local option effects where prohibition failed to curb drinking.
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Maine
Reform Club
Law and Order League
Wen
Massachusetts
Boston Record
List of Jurors in September Term 1886 Grand Keeler foreman
A long roster lists jurors for the September term of court beginning Monday September 6 1886. Names include Keeler Phoinas foreman Warren between Allen Eldred Fessler Fisher Friskett Geiger Green Gunn Guenther Holt Hunt Johnson Knapp Lacy Mead McNett Marsh Palmer Smaith Parmington Travers Arnot Pleasant Cogswell Cady Colby Cole Clark Carroll Day Filer Fon Falconer Gittman Gorman Gaunder Hamm Hudson Hollis Hanson Hook Jones Roberlin Kelley LaDow Lilley Miles Phillips Root Root Somers Stith Scott Sersall Scott Titus Wills Watt ey and others with several clerks and officials.
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Phoinas
Warren
Juinberm Allen
Eldred
Arnold
Pleasant
Farmer
Armagt
Ale
Mead
Bayer
J. J
Merchant
Conway
G. P
Cherry Grove
Dunhan
M. E
Fessler
Clarendon
Butcher
Fisher
Wesley
Southwest
Friskett
Nelson
Columbus Jp
Geiger
Conrad
Conewango
Green
Sterling
Kinzua
Gunn
George
Deerfield
Guenther
Holt
A. O
Elk
Hunt
T. C
Pine Grove
Johnson
W. D
Pamper
Knapp
Adam
Lacy
A. H
Carpenter
Corydon
McNett
Levi
Marsh
Benjamin
Palmer
J. IL
Smaith
Henry
Parmington
Traverse
Arnot
L. C
Youngsville
Ase
Charles
Cogswell
J. 1
Cady
Alfred
Colby
B. F
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Turmer
Cole
W. UL
Pittsfield
Clark
Edwin
Freehold
Carroll
Day
John
Filer
Lionnel
Younes
Ile
Fon
J. Warren
Falconer
Lorenzo
Columbus
Gittman
William
Gorman
Benjanan
Tidioute
Gaunder
Conewanga
Hamm
Holman
W.S
Hudson
Wiliam
Mason
Hollis
Hirram
Ponter
Hanson
J. P
Hook
Mr Glade
Jones
H. Jenning Jones
J. F
Roberlin
Glade
Kelley
Andrew
Limestone
LaDow
Lewis
Lilley
Harlow
Miles
G. W
Phillips
Russell
Root
A. B
Ricker
Sugar Grove
de Freehold
Somers
G. H
Brokenstraw
Stith
GO. B
Scott
R. A
Jenn Sersall
C. W
Winfield
Titus
G.S
Wills
Watt
Moses
Pittsfeld
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