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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1892
Page
4
The Ledger Warren PA lists subscription terms at 1.50 in advance or 2.00 yearly. Advertising rates include business cards six lines for one year, 5.00, and transient ads at 1.00 per inch first insertion with no charge for subsequent insertions. Executor notices 3.00 for six insertions. obituary over ten lines 0.50 per line. local notices 0.10 per line. marriages and deaths published free under ten lines.
According to the Act of Assembly passed June 16 1801 all boroughs and townships in Penssyvania with two election districts must elect two Assistant Assessors at the next Tuesday's election. Each assistant shall perform all duties related to elections formerly done by single district Assessors.
Toe Lepeer advertises election tickets and stickers printed on short notice at the lowest price with telephone orders available for prompt attention.
Democratic doctrine praises equal justice while factions plot in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Delegates vie in Erie Crawford and other counties with 15 Republican districts and 5 Democratic ones proposed. Cleveland support appears across multiple party lines as Blaine reciprocity debates continue.
The Ledger surveys Democratic sentiment ten days before a mid winter convention. It argues Grover Cleveland stands above politics and that David Bennett Hill risks party unity and defeats by pursuing personal power. The piece cites Hill’s tariff stance, free coinage of silver, and past election reversals in Pennsylvania and Warren County.
The Warren borough election comes next Tuesday with a focus on choosing officers and the paving question on Water Street. Democrats meet tonight in caucus to nominate a ticket, with no major changes or strife expected. The urging support for paving argues it is necessary and economically prudent, though it may raise local taxes. The article notes renters are taxpayers and urges broad participation.
The Washington correspondent predicts a fully Democratic government in 1896 with a President a Democratic House and a Senate lean toward Democrats. He argues the House is safe for Democrats, while the Senate could shift due to forthcoming terms and recent state legislatures. Democratic success in the presidential race could seal a Democratic Senate and Presidency, though cautious strategizing is urged.
New York World argues the Freeze-out Convention narrows the Democratic choice and undermines fair process. It labels the move premature, unprecedented, undemocratic, unjust, unnecessary, and injurious, warning it could split the party and weaken New York’s influence at the National convention.
The Democratic press and people are almost united against the snap-judgment convention. The question remains whether Senator Hill will have the courage and strength to correct a mistake before it is too late.
A historical notice offers a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh and endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites F J Cheney as trustworthy for 15 years and lists Toledo wholesalers West Truax Warpine Kixxax Marvin. It describes Wall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous-system remedy, with testimonials free and price 75 cents per bottle sold by druggists.
Dr Miles pills claim to speedily cure biliousness bad taste torpid liver piles constipation by a new principle regulating the liver and bowels through the nerves. Advertises 80 doses for 25 cents with free samples at Morris and Mullen's drug store for men women and children.
An advertisement proclaims Dr. Detchon's Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and Neuralgia with a money back guarantee and a 76 cent price. It claims cure in 1 to 3 days and is sold by L. G. Noyes & Co. Druggists in Warren. The note adds a claim about Dexter lawyer Mr Jostra Ornospy, 70, crediting ice cold baths for robust health.
Advertisement claims a "Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and neuralgia works in one day to three days, removing causes and diseases with immediate benefits from the first dose. Sold for 75 cents by L. G. Noyes & Co. in Warren. Also notes 64-year-old George Suber of Barney's Corner, Indiana, who fought at New Orleans with Gen. Jackson and was recently married in August, still stout and hearty.
Advertises a special opening with a new stock of linens and damask at low prices. Announces forthcoming Ginghams and wash goods from Huster & Jarvis and notes broad editorial copy about The World newspaper and Tariff Reform. Includes a notice for Warren County Fair stockholders meeting on February 27, 1892.
A critique of the 1890s McKinley tariff argues a 13 cent per pound lead duty on Mexican ore mainly benefits Colorado Utah and Montana producers while harming Kansas Missouri and Illinois smelters. It cites Rothwell on prices, Mexican smelting growth, and a Mexican export duty that worsens the impact.
The article notes US exports to Great Britain and Ireland last fiscal year totaled 411.6 million, 30 million less than 1881, while exports to the UK exceeded exports to all other nations combined. It criticizes tariff barriers and McKinley era policy, contrasting reciprocity talks with Venezuela and Brazil, and cites Germany as a key competitor.
A Boston Commercial Bulletin table shows domestic wool prices slipping through 1891 as duties rise. Prices for fine warp Montana and Maine combing fall from 60 to 58 and 53 in late year figures. A San Antonio wool grower notes that repeal of the law could lift prices by two to three cents per pound.
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