Wages and tariff debates echo in Warren Ledger 1886
The Ledger reports on tin-plate workers in South Wales and wage levels, criticizing tariff protection as a robbery scheme. It contrasts American labor costs with Welsh wages, argues tariffs raise prices, and denounces Republican and Democratic stances as self-serving. It also notes a Presidential reception of twelve brides and summarizes the Quartermaster General’s fiscal report for 1886.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Iron Trade Exchange
D. Whitehouse
Abercorn
South Wales
South
Wales
Abercorn Iron and Tinplate Works
Subscriptions and Christmas Gift Offer From Ledger
The Ledger reports 2,943 subscribers with 57 names left to reach 3,000 before January 1. A Christmas gift catalogue offers books and assorted goods at reduced prices to subscribers who prepay one year at $1.50, valid through December 24, with items on display at Johnson & Siegfried's store. Also features anti prohibition letters and political commentary from the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robison Crusoe
Swis Family Robinson
Don Quixote
Migrim Progres
Thaddeus
Warsaw
Pumpet- Anderga
Tom Brown
Hughy
Jame Eyre
East Lanne
Milton the Floss
Eliott
Adam Rede
Alett
Folin Holle
Oliver Twist
Dickens
Pern Leave
Panny Fern
Paul
Virginia Rasselas
Wakefield
Gullivers Trevers
Byron Menchauisen
Eagh
Willey Hiely
Asops
John Halifax
Boox
Vauty
Hedilard’s
China
Canada
Napoleon
George Washington
Uustory
Jusenile
Lou
Robinson
Robinson Crausoe
Santa Claus
Bago
Gsergets
Hill
Johnson & Siegfried
Ucis
Grand IA Ration Sale Offers Bargains on Dry Goods
Late fall and early winter sale promises drastic price cuts across dress goods and woolens. Features include 5, 8 and 16c values on dress fabrics, half wool pieces at 12 to 17c, 27 and 36 inch widths at 15 to 25c, 54 inch all wool tricots and flannels, and 54 inch home spans at 0.5 to 1 dollar, with a wide variety of colors and blends. Also advertised are box ropes and combination strpes for city buyers.
Great Bargains on Black Goods at Our Store
The Great Bargain Department showcases 36 inch all wool cashmere at 45e, 40 inch all wool cashmere at 68 cents, 46 inch all wool cashmere at $1, and 40 inch brocaded cashmere at 75 cents. Also offered are 40 inch serge at 85 cents and various fancy Black Goods including Sebastopouls and Carlotta Cloths.
Velvet fabric sale with varied colors and discounts
A garbled catalog advertises Black Satin Marveileux at 1.25 and Black Sarah Silk at 1.25, Bly at150, Stripe Plushes at1.35, Stripe Velvets at2 with savings. It touts many Velvets and Plushes in colors, Usiduroys at 0.70, Gros Grain Silk at1.23, and claims unusually low prices and high quality across a large stock.
New Markets and Bargains in Garments and Accessories
Over 200 garments showcased including shawls under 3 dollars, undergarments and hosiery at deep discounts. Bargains feature cashmere hose, Saxony waists, medicated undergarments, and wide selections of shawls, flannels, trimmings, buttons, ribbons, and corsets with prices cut dramatically from standard retail.
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Shin
Domestic textiles price list excerpt shows various goods
A fragment lists prices for indigo blue reronants at 5 cents per case, solid color prints at 4 1/2 cents, Best Dress Prints, wolff style diets, Brown Muslin in multiple bales at 4 5 6 and 7 cents, and several cases of Cotton Flannel priced from one to twelve cents, indicating bulk textile pricing.
Queries on Warren county liquor licenses and Pennsylvania politics
A fragmented Harrisburg dispatch questions how many dealers hold oleomargarine licenses in Warren county and whether claims of a law change by the olen bill were truthful or misleading. It notes federal versus state law issues, references Superintendent Higbee, syndicate schools for soldier orphans, and criticizes taxation and tariff policies. The piece also outlines Democratic party rules for Pennsylvania, including central committee structure, meeting times, and the state executive committee composition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County
Pennsylvania
The
Amil
Harrisburg
Higbee
Democratic Party
Central State Committee
Central Committee
State Central
State Executive Committee
Party rules and representation in state conventions 1855 schedule
The document outlines Democratic party rules on adivers of the state central committee, representation in state conventions based on gubernatorial votes, and amendments with final approval by the state convention. It recalls 1855 effective date and references the 1883 New Jersey interpretation. Scattered items note political context, local ads, and medical ad copy.
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State Central Committee
Accuticve
A. D
Local undertaker advertises in Warren Pa area funeral services
C H Hunter and Son announce twenty years in undertaking now as a special business with large stock of funeral furniture and guaranteed prices. They offer personal attention on all occasions from 214 Hickory Street with office day and night. Also notes sale of bottling works at North Clarendon Pa and other local ads for horse liniment watches clocks and jewelry repair and a clairvoyant examination by Dr E F Butterfield of Syracuse NY promising radical cure prospects at no expense.
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Betterer
Hall Block
Front Street
Goodrich & Fehlman’s
Theodore Messner
Goodrich & Fehlman
North Top
M. Jackson & Bros
Main Street
North Alarendo
Warren
Warren County
Hickory Street
Jim
T. W. McNerr
L. G. Noyes
Wyman & Davis
Raf Rotterer
E. F. Butterfield
Syracuse
NW. Y
Abbey
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Kate Partington
Grace Peek
Eva
South Carolina
Oscar
Edison
Voegiin
Dazien
Noyes’ Drug Store
Handkerchiefs and Linen Goods Sale Ad
Handkerchiefs offered at half price per dozen for ladies linen Items include one case remnants Turkey Red Table Linen 60 inches wide Prices merchandise and guarantees stated Insurance policy not charged Inferior goods claim and promise of refund if not satisfied Samples available by mail.
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Warren County
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the Ledger
REED
Autor
Bascement Library
Siird and
Liberty Streets
Reed Revs., Publishers
Arren, PA
Mail
Republican Party
Congress
Quartermaster General
Cleveland
Public Office
Lea Public Trust
Star
Constitutional Defense Association
Rwhani Vaux
Philadelphia
Henry Ward Beecher
Indiana
Senate
Pittsboro
Com. Gazette
Tuk Campbell
London
Ommenciing Todaiy
Froma
Hunter & Son
Sir Brarge
Senator Edmunds
Arthur
Bruce
Clevetino
Buffalo News
New Jersey
Coxpress
Cleerland
Ilinois
Burdett
Er Morek Brothers’ Jewelry Store
Merry Christmas
Morek Bnorisxs
Warren, Pa
Kilmer
C.h.hunter & Son
North Clarendon
C. C. Campnerr
Sloe
Hood
Worcester
Mags
Lottie
C. 1
Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
C.H. Hunter & Son
W.W
Norris
New England
Elijah Hill
Columbus
DR. Walton
Arsula Walton
Columbus, Warren Co
John George Arnold
Andrew Hertzul
Wm. A. Irvine
Irvine
I. Bippie
L. Newbold
Pau
OCE
I Pleasant Township
Napuantel Mayfair
P.O. Ikyx
Brooklyn
Carl Pudenz
Maintreet
W Freeman
Holtman
J. K. Ronne
Liberty Street
Postoffice
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