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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1892
Page
4
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Quote from Thomas Jefferson on justice and equality attributed to his motto of governance. No additional context or events provided.
A partisan broadside rails against “Pporechos” and McKinley tariff while contrasting Wilsonian and Blaine era figures. It claims the present campaign is a people’s, not strictly partisan one, with Cleveland Stevenson support across parties and calls for unity under Tammany Hall. It notes Henry Hill’s patriotism and a declined Republican chairman candidacy.
The piece surveys political and labor fault lines with references to Judge Gresham Rexy Harrison John C New Carnegie Whitelaw Reid and Senator Suerman. It notes Carnegie’s lockout and Pinkerton guards and Reid’s union disputes and raises questions about labor support and party integrity amidst prohibitionist and tariff debates.
The Democratic Society gathering last Wednesday featured strong rhetoric on tariff policy and party unity. Speakers praised the Chicago ticket and cited the Homestead crisis while urging readers to request Henry George's Protection or Free Trade pamphlet for further insight.
In Pittsburgh on July 8, Monongahela lodge of the Amalgamated Association, with about 700 members mainly Keystone mill workers, reports 300 Republicans joining a Democratic marching club supporting Cleveland and Stevenson versus Harrison and Reid. Temporary officers are named as plans for a larger nationwide club circulate, while labor unrest and heavy manufacturer influence fuel the shift.
A long standing wage dispute between Carnegie steel workers and manufacturers erupted last Tuesday at Homestead. Armed threats preceded violence that left about twenty five to thirty dead. The conflict grew from a wage scale cut of 80 to 50 cents per day. The Amalgamated Association defended union wages as manufacturers discharged thousands and refused recognition. The episode sparked nationwide disgust at arming workers and managers alike.
A Norristown correspondent reports J F Frederick and N A Frey run a 20 acre frog farm near Green Lane Montgomery County. A fenced swamp pond serves as breeding ground and the venture now yields about 1500 frog legs pairs weekly, surpassing all other crops in revenue. Frederick’s speculative idea has inspired neighbors to consider similar operations.
General J B Weaver of Iowa is nominated by the People's Party for president. The former Greenback candidate in 1880 won over 300000 votes and has shifted through roles as Republican Greenback Democrat and now a People's Party man. He is described as a strong courageous candidate with an aggressive legislative record and a platform aligned with Democrats on some points but divergent on others. Weaver is expected to attract heavy support in the Western states.
The Senate has passed a free coinage of silver bill and it now rests with the House. If it passes it will likely be vetoed by the president. Democratic House leaders oppose timing and policy, clashing with Cleveland and the party platform. the coming days will reveal the outcome.
The piece portrays broad Democratic support with governors and leaders embracing the ticket. It cites Iowa and Michigan as favorable, Illinois and Wisconsin leaning Democratic, and upcoming state elections in Alabama Vermont Maine Florida and Georgia shaping the national race. The forecast centers on Cleveland and Stevenson steering a victorious path this year.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Warren County files issue an order to attach Alonzo Bradner and Amarish H. Bradner by all their goods and lands. They must appear before the Warren County Court of Common Pleas on the first Monday of September 1892 to answer Ann Hyde in a plea of assumpsit. The writ lists specific lands attached in Watson Pleasant and Cherry Grove townships, with undivided halves in several lots. The sheriff, James Roy, serves the writ.
Alonzo Bradner and Amaniah Bradner are cited to appear before the Court of Common Pleas at Warren to answer Horace Wing in a case of assumpsit. The sheriff attaches real property in Warren County including undivided half interests in several lots in Watson and Pleasant townships and multiple specific halves and portions of lots 417 542 449 630 697 737 690 746. The 4th of June is noted as the attachment date.
Advertisement asserts Downs' Hlixir outlives all rivals as the best cough remedy. Mentions it is sold in Warren by Siegfried & Co. druggists and notes other products Carved Anchovies Anchory Paste Boonter Paste at Sixcrrrep & Co.
Trustees reviewed accounts including teachers wages building and furnishing fuel and carting repair Institute secretary salary treasurer's commission and balance due. From Mead township the total amount listed is 900 46 and the audit finds the items correct.
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