Democ ratic Auditor General candidate interviews in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Post reports Capt. Robert Taggart, Democratic candidate for Auditor General, visiting Pittsburgh after a Warren county base. He says Democrats have a good chance this year if they mobilize a full vote, notes Independent Republicans remain dissatisfied, praises Pattison administration, and denies ties to Standard Oil.
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Pittsburgh Post
Robert Taggart
Pittsburgh
Seventh Avenue
Pattison
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Co
Standard
Tidioute & Warren Oil Co
Turnpike Oil Co
Captain Taggart
Ele
Great Smoky
Warren Borough Orders Sidewalk Construction Law
At a council meeting on August 6 1353 the borough of Warren enacted a sidewalk ordinance requiring owners fronting on the north side of Conewango Street between A Kirberger’s paint shop and Liberty Street extension to build a four foot wide sidewalk by September 10 next. The sidewalk may be plank prick or stone and must be approved by the Burgess and Town Council. Signed August 19 1893.
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Herife
Court of Common Press
Warren County
Court House
Warren
Pine Grove
County of War- Ten
Pennsylvania
Conewango Creek
Phile Blackmore
Lyman Common
Joel Wilson
Zera Fellows
Lyman Mmon
Dommon
Geo. W. McCoy
B. “Nesmith
A. Allen
Sheriff’s Office
Warren, Pa
Burgess and Town Council
Barough
Borough of
Conewango Street
A. Kirberger
Liberty Street
GO. LP
Orr
Burgess
Bufus P
Eine
Clerk
Teaberry Tooth Powder Promises Cleansing Breath
An 1881 advertisement from Ustox New York promotes Teaberry cleansing powder for teeth and breath. It claims strong sales, quick customer upgrades to larger sizes, and notable relief for long standing dyspepsia with praise from doctors beginning to use it. Local druggist Wutser endorses the product.
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Ustox
N. Y
Zovrsa Cupmtuan Co
HSS
Wutser
Dregsist
Fifty Years of Chicago Growth Shocks 19th Century Readers
The Inter Ocean notes Chicago’s population rose from 600 at incorporation to 608 000 in fifty years. It compares Chicago’s rise to St Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Philadelphia and New York, praising Chicago’s rapid urban growth and declaring it outpaced major eastern cities.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York
United States
Dana’s Church Disruption Sparks Electoral Quip in Pulpit
In a Sunday service at a small church, editor Dana of the New York Sun blurted out a political line during a Bible reading, prompting Deacons to eject him. The distraction follows a Desoris Weekly Long Islander report noting California farmer Dr. Glenn’s vast debts and plans to raise funds via stock ranches in Oregon and a western territory.
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Charles A. Dana
New York Sun
Dana
Elias Pinwickle
Belshazzar
Alene, Mene
Tekel Upbarsin
Mr. Dana
Clapp
McFeathers
Desoris Weekly
Long Islander
Men of the Hour and Political Forecasts
The piece profiles Governor-elect J Proctor Knott of Kentucky with details on his birth in Lebanon and career from Missouri to the Fortieth Congress. It notes Democratic margins, De La Martyr’s move to ministry, and speculative talk on future presidents. It also discusses election integrity, crop prospects, and railroad earnings signaling potential national prosperity.
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J. Proctor Knott
Kentucky
Lebanon
Missouri
Missouri House of Representatives
House of Representatives
Knott
Washington
Democratic Central Committee
de la Marry
Delamater
Denver
Colorado
DeLa
J. G. Blaine
Chauncey Depew
Blaine
Garfield
Hayes
Mr. Tilden
Northwest
Chautauqua Seen as a Major American University
A New York Sun excerpt extols Chautauqua as the largest American university with the Literary and Scientific Circle claiming 30,000 to 40,000 students and a 12,000-strong class of 1886. It notes multiple institutes and a long course, contrasting its thorough education with shorter programs at Green Woods Lake Richfield Springs and other locales.
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Mail
Chicago
Chautauqua
New York Sun
Marvard
Yate
Columbia
Chautauqua Normal Department
Chautauqua College of Music
Chautauqua School of Theolgy
Chautauqua Young Folks’ Reading Union
Chautauqua Missionary Institute
Institute of Christian Philosophy
Greenwood Lake
School of Christian Philosophy
Richfield Springs
Atlantic Richlands
Cottage School of Philosophy
Martha’s Vineyard
Tidioute Notes and Local Developments August 1883
Many strangers visiting Tidioute including W. Rogers and family and several Meadville ladies. A chair factory employs seventy five men. A new dry goods store will occupy the brick block once Ball’s. Culver’s grocery will open soon and shelves are stocked. Old firms A Dunn D S Thompson S C Reynolds and R Chafey remain reliable. The long awaited bridge on Main Street finally finished. Saturday crowds drink beer and the old judge at the bridge levies heavy fines. More workers needed in town. Sheriff Allen visited seeking prey. Republicans urged to back C H McAnley outside this locality.
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Tidioute
The
Ledger
W. Rogers
Union
G. Shephard
Meadville
Ball
Culver’s
A. Dunn
Thompson
C. Reynolds
R. Chafey
McGuire
Main Street
Allen
Warren County
C. H. Mcanley
No Tears Over Costs In Deadlocked Senate Fight
The piece accuses Republicans of wasting two months and three thousand dollars daily in a futile bid to nominate a U S senator. It says Democrats face humiliation from adjournment and that the people will hold the responsible men to account, noting GOP efforts to avoid apportionment to keep current benefits.
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United States
Contradiction of Himself Cited in Senate Debate
The passage quips that Senator Stewart calls Senator Gordon a white blackbird while Gordon counters no aviary could breed a bird like Stewart. The remark argues Stewart contradicts himself after Democrats passed his bill and he offered a Republican ultimatum. The text jokes about a spectacle to cage Stewart for a crowd.
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Stewart
Gordon
Heirship Determination After Double Homicide Suits
A Baltimore man shot his wife then killed himself leaving an $80 000 estate. His heirs claimed the funds as did the wife’s heirs. The two died almost instantly. the question was who survived longest. It was decided the wife survived a few seconds and $30 000 passed to Mrs Smith’s heirs.
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Baltimore
Telegraph strike debate marks Congress attention in Washington
From the national capital, Aug. 10, 1883, the telegraph operators strike draws keen interest as Washington, a news and political hub, weighs monopoly versus labor. The Western Union service is criticized as chaotic while reforms in the Patent Office and clerical discipline are urged to speed decision and aid inventors.
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Wasmsoros
D. C
The
Ledger
Washington
Brotherhood
Puck
Congress
Telegraph
Jay Gould
Democratic Party
Western Union Company
Patent Office
Marble
Mystery Case Baffles Pittsburgh Allegheny Doctors
Mrs. Milo Ingrim paid top physicians in Pittsburgh and Allegheny then New York experts for cancer treatment. Despite diagnoses of fatal cancer the case worsened as flesh eroded to the ribs and the breast detached from the chest. The note cites Hartman and Peruana cures and mentions free samples from druggists plus a testimonial for Dr Day's Cough Syrup from E Andersen of Ridgway, Pa.
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Milo Ingrim
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
New York
Dr. Hartman
Peruana
Gratis
Dr. Day
E. Andersen
Ridgway, Pa
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A. Blodget
E. A. Allen
Sheriff Sheriff’s Office
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Exponas
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Pen Ivania
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