Ledger Friday Ledgerry Billing and Publishing Details
The Ledger outlines weekly publication in Warren Pennsylvania with annual and prepaid rates, states no discounts for arrears, and notes delivery restricted to Warren County. It mentions a refitted office, new type, and printing capabilities at basement Library building corner Third and Liberty streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Warren County
Valees
Third and
Liberty Streets
Keep Buos
Publishere
Ote J. K
Water Street
G. H. Leonhart
Carter House
C. W. King
Hickory Streets
Third Street
Somer Second
Free Offer to Ledger Subscribers
A newspaper ad promises a free copy of the Ledger to any subscriber who pays one year's subscription in advance, detailing a new incentive to boost prepayments and expand readership.
Warren County Directory Offer Ends February First 1887
An offer states the Warren County Directory books, valued at $200 each, are a required purchase for every man in the county and will hold good until February 1, 1887.
Books at 50 Cents Each Countywide Delivery
Limited stock of books offered at fifty cents per copy with delivery to any part of the county. Mail orders promptly attended to.
Arnougs Quay Holds Senate Seat Amid Treasury Ties in 1887
A Pennsylvanian report notes Arnougs Quay in the Senate yet clinging to a lucrative state treasury post. It highlights the costly coal strike that has cost six million dollars to employers and workers, with no earnings for anyone. The piece previews Victoria’s jubilee year and comments on political dynamics around licensing and prohibition efforts in Congress. It also mentions a sweeping coast defense bill and debates on a constitutional prohibition amendment, alongside local commercial notices and an ad for repairs and musical goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene
Capitol
H. Jx. Brown
Gen. Scott
Scott Circle
Glaine
Secretary Windom
Mr. Robeson
Ben Gameron
Pendleton
Endicott
Gen Greens
Brown
Continental Congress
Anthony
Rhode Island
Gireena
Theone
The Exorbitant Pension Bills Spark Western War‑Cost Debate
A critique of rising US pension costs compares the $75 million annual pension bill to European standing armies, arguing pensions may surpass military expenses. It highlights that the current bill could reach $147 million, potentially burdening taxpayers more than Austro‑Hungary, Britain, or Germany. It notes a Connecticut move to bar hospital inmates from voting, seen as aimed at soldiers' home residents who largely favor Democrats, provoking GOP concerns about veteran suffrage and party loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Old World
Germany
Great Brittain
France
United States
New York
Gary
Austro-Hungary
Great Britain
America
Connecticut
Darien
Partisan removals and patronage under Beaver era shifts
The record describes sweeping purges of Democratic officeholders and clerks within forty days of Beaver’s inauguration. It notes retained old war Democrats, cites Stanton’s 1881 letters on patronage, and claims repeated Republican appointments to fit partisan needs. It portrays Pattison-era appointments as similarly partisan with Republican generals and officers substituted for Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Edwin AM. Stanton
James Buchanan
Lincoln
Pattison
Gop
Hartranfil
Reaver
Lobin
Beaver
Wyle
Guthrie
Global temperance notes span realms from China to Dublin
The Temperance Bulletin surveys international efforts in prohibition. It cites a Portuguese society in Galle Ceylon and a petition against liquor shops in India. It notes a Zulu church ban on strong drinks, a Dublin university temperance society, a Swedish mission establishing Russia’s first temperance order, a St. Petersburg hall, and a London sailors home backed by the Prince of Wales. It highlights Mary Clement Leavitt’s world tour promoting W C T U, Toronto medical students forming a Temperance League, and various regional Y M C T U expansions in Michigan and Connecticut amid local ads for sewing machines and real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Y. W. G
United States
Galle
Ceylon
India
Dublin University
Russia
Temperance
St. Petersburg
London
Prince of Wales
Mary Clement Leavitt
China
W. C. Anions
Sandwic Islands
Hawai Islands
Australia
Japan
Toronto
Trinity Medical Schools
Temperance League of the
Medical Students of Toronto
Dairymen Mount Opposition to License Tax Reform
A nondescript wartime style note warns farmers against oleomargarine lobbyists and urges letters to U S senators and Washington representatives to oppose license tax cuts. It frames the issue as farmers versus manufacturers, noting agriculture pays a large share of taxes and calling for vigilance against “tricksters” in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mail
Warren
My Dairy Co
Visss
Office OF Ganden Iv
Circaco
Jan
Virst
United States Senate
UG Hlother
Washington
Gallen City Dairy Co
Congress
A Statue for Logan and Other Washington Monuments
Washington dispatch surveys plans for an equestrian statue of Gen. Logan in the capital, noting competition for prominent sites and the influence of the Grand Army of the Republic. It recounts existing statues of McPherson and Greene, their locations, costs, sculptors, and the political symbolism surrounding public monuments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Logan
Pherson
Gen. Logan
McPherson
Atlanta
Gen. McPherson
McPherson Square
Vermont Avenue
K Streets
Hamilton Fish
Chamberlain Club
Senator Palner
New House
Louis T. Robisso
Cincinnati
Robert Wood & Co
Philadelphia
Gen. Scott
Rawlins
Gen. Greene
New England
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Gen McPherson
Farragut
Dupont
Scott and Thomas
Greene Square
Garfield Memorial plans and funding progress in 1880s report
A Cleveland correspondent details the Garfield Memorial effort, noting subscriptions and early $126,000 raised for a memorial at Lake View cemetery. It describes the chosen George Keller design, the $100,000 masonry contract, reduced height, and halted work due to winter, with completion expected in early 1858 and Garfield’s body guarded in the cemetery vault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Garfield
National
Garfield Memorial Association
Europe
America
George Keller
Hartford
Conn
Lake View Cemetery
Executive Committee
Ixeller
Mentar
Here
Frawn J. Manin
Paic
Local Businesses and Officers Listed On Second Street
Brown and Stone on Second Street above the First National Bank. KE, H E Brown, and C W Stone listed. Binsmoor and Cable at Office Watersstreet Seafield Block over Hunter and Bon's dry goods store. Chas Dinsmoor named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown & Stone
Second Street
First National Bank
KE. Brown
H. E. Brown
C. W. Stone
Binsmoor & Cable
Ofice Watersstreet
Seafield
Hunter & Bon
Chas
Dinsmoor
Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Ledger
Warren County Directory
Arren, PA
ArnouGs Quay
Senate
State Treasury Department
Victoria
Marthews
Register of Wills of the
District of Columbia
Ingersoll
Chicago
Gallaghas
Westmoreland County
House
Tingland
Atlantic
Coas
Tag
Reapubblican
Representativ Burns
Erie
Dem
Agen
Wyman & Davis
J. K. Weaver
Weter St
Temperance Bulletin
Michigan
Mr. Bull
National Guard
RicPherson and Greene
Massachusetts Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Mse
Tom Heed
Asi Reed Island
Doz Ioral
Reed
Mr. Randall
Randall
Appropriations Committees
J. H. Thomsdell
Francecy
Maine
Peusiners Directory
Neill
New Exchange Block
Leonhart Bros
J. A. Schofield
Ball & Thompson
Beatty Block
A. A. Davis & Co
D. J. Ball
Dr. Ball
Jas
CABLE
Wetmore, Noyes & Hinckley
Johnson’s Exchange
Ll.d. Weimgel
Nuyes
W.D. Hinckley
Freeman & Trunkey
Ofice
Judge Scofield
Liberty Street
Freenan
W. G, Truneey
W. E. Rice
Cornelius
Justice of the Peace
Scofield
R. €. Lehnar
Law
Verback Block
Warren Savings Nk
W.Y
Jo M. Davies
Horaceopathic
Baptist Church
A. W. Morek
Second
Carver House
Lencur
McAlpine
Merck
J. Danforth
Corner
Second and
Revere
Frank Metzger
Ludlow
T. C. Jackson
Corner Market
Second Streets
Lew Meyer
Suspension Bridge
Palace
Nick Moll
Hoffman Block
Eorner Liberty
W. A. Greaves
Stuie
Episcopal Church
W. Freemax
Richard B. Stewart
Warren, PA
R.M
J. K. Ronne
Postoffice
Pone Rowlant
Water Atrest, Warren, Penn’a
Stok
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