Ledger seeks readers to spread democratic paper
In Akren Warren County press, The Ledger urges friends to secure five paid subscriptions to mail an extra copy, or twelve names with funds for ten to keep Friends, claiming the paper will lead in circulation and influence. The piece promotes canvassing and reader suggestions, then shifts to critique of eastern capital, mortgages, tariffs, and farming debts citing Gresham’s warnings on electoral reform and political corruption.
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Ledger
Warren County
Friends of the Ledger
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Illinois
East
Mississippi
Warren
Erie
Chautauqua
Gresham
Orphans Court
Navy
Geo Beach
Fine Grove Township
Elk Township
Said County
J. M. Clendenning
Recorder’s Office
George W. Starks
George Beach
Plunder for Pensions and Compulsory Education Debate
A sweeping critique denounces public pension schemes and war taxation while urging bold opposition by leaders. It highlights 1887 compulsory education efforts, concerns about child labor shifting to street life, and calls for robust school provision. Includes editorials on labor unrest and warnings against communism’s drift.
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Leonard Woolsey Bacon
Allegheny City School Board
Humane Society
Harrisburg
New Jersey
Allegheny School Board
Philadelphia Times
Senate clears ninety pension bills in fifty minutes
The senate dispatched ninety pension bills in under an hour amid heated political commentary. The piece notes a potential Wanamaker cabinet appointment and hints at a future formal offer to him. It also advertises gifts from a local bookstore and praises Geo Ball’s growing custom clothing business with a new cutter and tailor shop details.
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Reading Railroad
K. of L
Walls
Philadelphia
Senate
Cleveland
J. H. Driscoll
Geo. Ball
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Joux WanaMaker
Cabient
Wanamaker
Interior
Sterling Medical Annual
Hostetter’s Almanac
United States
Mexico
Messrs. Hosteller & Co
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Ovid
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K. H. Cressengham
18Th St
Brooklyn
the Olivet Baptist Church
F. Liepsner
Salvation Oil
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Harboro
S.J
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Cestoria
Castoris
E. Brainbridge Munday Esq
aAtt’y Clay Co
Texas
D. J. Wilcoxson
Merck
Dr. King
Oudh
William Laird
William Leird
Springfeld
Oregon
van Wert
Geo. 3
Davis
Cor. Diberty
Charles Bennett
Spring Creek
Albert M. Bennett
West Spring Creek
Warren Co
Oldshue
Grant Street
L. F. Watson
O. H. Hunter
M. & Dunham
Jas. Clark, Jr
B. Nesmith
A. J. Hazeline
L. R. Freeman
Dees National Bank
Warren, Pa
Myron Waters
Francis Henry
D. L. Gerould
Cashiel
Capital
H. A. Jamieson
V. Davis
P. Johnson
A. Hertzel
W.D. Brown
G.N. Parmlee
A. T. Scofield
Puest National Bank
Penn's
England
Ireland
Scotland
Europe
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Machine Shop
Conewango Foundry and Machine Shop
John T. Hill
Warren Carriage Works
Island
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Tadeo
Iempiot
Jiapr Tf
G. Koebley
J. R. Bumpus
Railroad
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Keystone Hotel
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J. K. Ronne
Liberty Street
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E. Bartsch
Water Street
Diamond Block
Business Directory
Joseph A. Schofield
Corner of
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Supension Bridge
Charles A. Peterson
Beatty Block
Brown, Stone & Rice
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First National Bank
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H.e.brown
C. W.stone
W.E Rice
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Judge Scofield
Hazeltine
T. Neill
New Exchange Block
Leonhart Bros
J. A. Schofield
Ball & Thompson
A. A. Davis & Co
D_J. Ball
DL Ball. Co
C. Thompson
Binsmooor & Cable
Office Water Street
Scofield
Hunter & Son
Chas. Dinsmoor
W. &. Trunkey
W.Y
A. ©. McAlpine
Third St
M.E. Church
J. Danforth
Second
Liberty Streets
Lenger
John Sager
Wise’s Clothing
Carver House
Court House
E. W. Sealy
W. A. Greaves
Hall Block
Episcopal Church
Smith
Golden Horseshoe
J. A. Love
Exchange Block
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I. F. W. Whitcomb
Hickory Street
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Penia
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Cloak
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