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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1885
Page
4
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Opinion argues against universal Front street paving with Belgian blocks. It favors selective paving: a central wagon lane with smooth dirt carriage drives on sides, balancing cost and utility for travelers, freight, and carriage owners while avoiding overreach.
Readers protest management over profits and failed access to continental star attractions at Library Hall. They blame the audience for growling, arguing patron support shapes offerings and quality.
Patronized audiences attend any performance while indifferent crowds flourish. No truly bad shows exist yet interest wanes as audiences chase dramatic change. Library Hall fails to meet expectations as good productions yield to short lived touring companies and fleeting troupes.
The Democratic defeat is linked to a two day prior caucus that left little time for public discussion of candidates and issues. Parmiee was seen as opposed to public improvements, contributing to his loss. Thompson, burgess elect, is presumed to be the people's choice and may build a strong record.
A clipped era column notes a widespread anti skating crusade across New York City and Long Island citing prohibitions on rink patrons among telegraph and telephone girls, polo bans in Binghamton, and moral concerns. The piece mocks Republican motives and hints at Cleveland cabinet chatter while reporting on local papers and temperance speakers.
General Woleeley has received 485000 in bounties for his military service. Mrs Lowell of Minister Lowell is seriously ill in London. Mr Astor the American Minister at Rome will resign by February end. Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn relies mainly on single syllable words. Senator Cameron will spend weeks in Florida to improve his health amid dyspepsia. Gladstone faces fierce opposition in London over Justin McCarthy’s play The Candidate as Gordon’s death news arrives, with public scorn mounting.
Felix L. Oswald argues temperance stems from misreading nature and Providence. He cites the alcohol habit as a cultivated vice, not an innate appetite, noting normal instincts oppose poisons and childhood education shapes predisposition. He warns against excusing drink as natural craving.
A reflective anecdote discusses heredity versus home influence on vice, citing Dr Zimmerman. It recounts a Brus sels youth saved from a correction house by a physician who kept him away from parents' bad example, yet the boy still sidled toward old temptations and playmates, even as an office boy.
In a tense House debate on a relief bill for General Grant, Slocum and Rosecrans opposed the measure while Randall and others argued procedural rights. The roll call failed to achieve the required two thirds, with 158 to 103. The Erie Herald notes Pennsylvania tax collection districts and personnel, predicting changes in the internal revenue office under President Cleveland.
The United States Great Britain extradition treaty draft for Canada includes murder and manslaughter, counterfeiting, forgery, embezzlement, larceny, fraud, rape, abduction, child stealing, burglary, arson, robbery, threats, piracy, mutiny, or conspiracy at sea. Ayer’s Sarsaparilla touted as eradicating tainted blood.
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