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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1889
Page
4
The issue discusses a Democratic State Committee meeting in Harrisburg on January 26 1889 and analyzes the tariff reform sea change amid veteran voters opposing Cleveland. It also outlines plans to submit a prohibition amendment and the political dynamics in Warren County with Republican and temperance factions preparing for a May or November vote.
A public call for ballot reform argues for an Australian style system to curb corruption. Voters receive pre-printed tickets with all candidate names, mark or erase inside private booths, and have sworn officers assist ill or illiterate voters. The process preserves standard counting after deposit.
In his inaugural message Governor Hull calls for changes to election laws to curb widespread corruption in elections. He cites a presidential election seen as highly corrupt, notes large expenditures to influence electors, and warns that monopolistic interests threaten public welfare. The piece also mentions 1888 Philadelphia disappearances, Blaine's rumored state office, many marriage licenses, and immigration patterns from Italy and Russia.
Warning against Mercury based catarrh remedies notes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo contains no mercury and is taken internally. Advertisement promotes druggists selling for 75 cents and mentions John Sill Son insurance office in Warren Pennsylvania. Also promises Woolford's Sanitary Lotion cures for itch mange and scratches in thirty minutes sold by L G Noyes Warren.
N S Shaler argues that competitive athletics at Harvard raise physical condition and moral standards. He cites reduced drinking tobacco use and tea coffee intake since gym and field sports expanded. He notes about half the students engage in athletic training with clear benefits to discipline and overall well being.
Reader get up a club of five in your locality and get your paper free. Try it. Dr Theel, Philadelphia's renowned specialist for nervous debility, blood poisons, kidney and special diseases, has cured more cases than all others combined. He has cured cases pronounced incurable by leading physicians. We would advise those suffering to consult him personally or by letter at his office, 228 Fourth street, Philadelphia, Pa.
A public notice urges citizens to sign a ballot reform petition. Instructions include cutting out the notice, signing full name and address, and mailing to Justice publishers at 1026 Ridge Avenue Philadelphia. The call to action targets the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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