Don Camerons Crime and the Silver Gamble Debate
A detailed opinion piece questions what constitutes gambling versus lawful speculation in the Don Cameron silver purchase. It argues that buying silver was not gambling but a standard investment, compares it to other purchases, and defends Cameron against charges of corruption or pledges broken, while condemning opportunistic attacks by rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley
America
Dr. Alexander
Struthers
Warren Library Association
Clarendon
Don Cameron
Pittsburg
Washington
Senator Cameron
Ep Lenatr
Leeak Elections Voters to Choose Township and Borough Officials
Next Tuesday the voters of this county will select township and borough officials. Some candidates are already in nomination, and most will be by tomorrow night. Nominations are not binding, as voters must choose from all candidates they deem best for the positions. The tax payers will learn to attend caucuses to select good men. A few more days of such springlike blizzard weather would remind that spring is near.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Pat
Squire Jewell
S.P. Berry
King
Baptist Church
Warren
J. Sanford
Asylum
Will Olson
Farmers’ Club
Asylum Park
Sirus Pry
Blackstone
Slackstone
Custom House
Brudent
Asylum Hog Slaughter and Odd Notes From Warren
Nourse Warren reports sixty eight hogs slaughtered at the asylum pens with pork products and lard processed. A later outbreak of hog disease affects a similar number and more die. Weather, robin behavior, and fish freezing curiosities fill the column along with local politics, town growth, and comments on Blackstone and tariff theory.
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Nourse Warren
Warren
Hearst wagers on recovery after doctors’ verdicts
Hearst offered to bet with Congressman Clunie that he would get well within a week or two after physicians declared his recovery impossible. In Tombstone years ago Hearst faced severe illness, denouncing doctors as liars when they doubted his survival. Anna C Fall and her husband, Boston lawyers, urged changing state law to allow spousal partnerships in law firms, arguing united practice is blocked by existing restrictions.
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Hearst
Clunie
California
Tharst
Tombstone
A.T
Fromaris
Chicago Herald
Mer
Anna C. Fall
Boston
Disgraced the Wiley M. E. Church Pastor Sci
In Springfield Ohio district a Wiley M. E. church pastor Rev H W Simmons faces formal charges of gross immorality after allegedly attempting improper advances on Mrs Haines during a pastoral visit Trustee proceedings moved the case to the presiding elder Simmons denied the charges A church pulpit incident led to a confrontation as Mrs John William challenged his conduct prompting a heated exchange from the gathered members and critics urged moral character assurances for clergy
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Springfield
Wiley M. E
H. W. Simmons
J. W. Haines
Simmons
John William
Sister William
Lue
Bear Hunt Ends With Rabbit Tracks In Phillips Hill
Thompson Kilt L G Wilson return from Corydon after months away. Henry Shutts, lively neighbor, reports a bear sighting on Phillips hill. a guard escort follows. tracks prove rabbit footprints. Local notes: Q T Thompson hauls bark to tannery. Eva Ruland sick. Steve Braley kicked by horse with poor prognosis. saw mill resumes operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Wilson
Corydon
Henry Shutts
Phillips’ Hill
Q.T. Thompson
Eva Ruland
Steve Braley
Lander
Politician Lawyer Wants Farming Now Time to Secure It
A satirical piece mocks a lawyer politician who says he longs for rural life yet remains tied to urban power. The narrator imagines him swapping courts and campaigns for a farm while noting his mismatch of appearance and rural ambition. The riff questions his genuine suitability and hints at tax and mortgage burdens in farming life.
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Ioo
Pioneers migrate to Washington and local distress over roof repair
Hinzua residents Mr and Mrs Loren Labree and son Harry and J E Lyle plan to move to Washington for health. Mrs Joseph Pentz slips on ice and breaks her arm. Peter Smith departs for Marquette County Michigan to join a large carriage shop. Hood Gail Co shed roof on section boss house. rain and snow cause damage and illness. Miss Ella Pitcher, our postmistress assistant, has been ill with the grippe but is improving. CORNPLANTER.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren Labree
Harry
J. E. Lyle
Washington
Labree
Joseph Pentz
Peter Smith
Marquette Co
Michigan
Sandor
Hood, Gail & Co
Ella Pitcher
Widow tied to killer in Garfield case heads to Jersey City
Mrs. George Harkness travels from Bennett station to Jersey City where she will wed James Henderson, blamed for her first husband Harkness’s death in Garfield in August 1882. A coroner ruled accidental. she has received anonymous letters and payments from a man who claimed responsibility and sought an interview.
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Pittspurg
George Harkness
Sarah Burton
Bennett Station
Jersey City
James Henderson
Garfield
Warren County
Harkness
Bradford
Pittsburg
Chicago
Montana
Cupid
Storm warning and prophecies of record tornadoes and cold waves
Weather notes warn of a period of great storms from May to May 1892, predicting the most destructive tornadoes, severe hazards, and extremes including heavy snow, rain, and earthquakes. It cites planetary alignments as causes and outlines a February storm track from the Pacific to the Atlantic with varying effects across regions. The piece also adds a science notes section on distances, light, nebular origins, and the mechanical universe concept.
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Pittsburg
Sr. Josevu
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
Earth
Mercury
Weatier
Pacific Coast
Rocky-Allegheny
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi Valley
Neptune
W. T. Foster
Sister Catharine Drexel Takes Final Vows in Pittsburg
Miss Catharine Drexel of Philadelphia heiress to 7 million dollars entered a convent in Pittsburg two years ago and on Thursday adopted the black veil. She will be Sister Catharine and found the Blessed Sacrament order to educate Indians and Negroes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catharine Drexel
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Sister Catharine
Order of the Blessed Sacrament
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Senate
Dan Cameron
House
Sec. Blaine
Leeak
the Ledger
Tloth
Ohio
Thompson Kilt
Hinzua
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