Bar Harbor trip trips and political notes from papers
Bar Harbor host Buainz travels while Gov Parksox approves fifty five appropriations totaling 4085.45 dollars. The Philadelphia Record notes Bar Harbor air boosts reciprocity rumors as storms lash the west and Lake Superior regions. Editor changes at Port Allegany Reporter follow A J Hughes departure after eighteen years. The Philadelphia Record marks its fourteenth anniversary with a twelve page edition.
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Buainz
Bar Harbor
Parksox
Philadelphia Record
Insanity suit leads to $100000 damages suit
Miss Anna Dickryson sues the managers of a state insane asylum claiming damages of 100000 for alleged confinement. The case is among a bundle of items noting political meetings in Harrisburg and Erie, while commentary on tariff policy and newspaper cartoons runs through the rest, with references to the McKinley tariff and local politics.
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Anna Dickryson
Predictions and public finance critique with bathhouse quip
A Philadelphia Record note recalls ex president Cleveland's warnings on money withdrawal harming trade and governance. It argues against surplus cash in public hands, urging pay as you go and warning of illicit profits by officials. A bath rule adds a quip: don’t drink spirits before or after bathing, prompting questions about alternatives for leisure.
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Cleveland
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Thompson Nomination Causes Oil Country Stand Against Speaker
The Bradford Record accuses Speaker C. C. Thompson of guiding the Burdick bill away from fair hearings to favor a Corporations Committee packed with Philadelphia and Pittsburgh interests. Oil country reps warn he betrayed their constituency and may face political fallout, while Grover Cleveland denounces wasteful government spending and urges American thrift.
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Thompson
Burdick
Committee of Judiciary General
Judiciary General Committee
Corporations
House
Corporations Committee
Mr. Thompson
Jesse Baker
Oil Country
Judicial General Committee
Commonwealth
Bradford
Grover Cleveland
The Bardsley Lesson on Philadelphia Voter Duty
A Philadelphia Saturday Review editorial laments backroom saloon deals and party convention ratifications that decide elections. It argues the public is inattentive, praising brief awakenings spurred by tariff uproar and party rhetoric. The piece urges readers to embrace civic duty and vote more consistently.
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Abraham Lincoln
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Bardsley
Philadelphia Saturday Review
Changes in Registration of Voters
The late legislature changed voter registration to house to house visits by assessors who list voters by street order. Original lists are revised for accuracy and duplicates posted in districts. County commissioners must prepare alphabetical voter lists from originals sixty days before elections to deter fraudulent voting.
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Pittsburg Post
Dr Haines Golden Specific advertised as a cure
An advertisement claims Dr Haines Golden Specific can cure liquor habit by being added to tea or coffee without the drinker’s knowledge. It asserts thousands cured, no harmful effects, and offers circulars from the Golden Specific Co in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Golden Epecific Co
Race Street
Cincinnati
Death notices for Mrs Helen Logan and Mr George Kolfrat
In Russell Pennsylvania on May 26 1891 Mrs Helen Logan aged 78 11 months 3 days died after long residence in Farmington township where she lived since 1856 She was Scottish by birth and well liked by neighbors In Irvington on May 27 1891 Mr George Kolfrat aged 71 years 9 months 20 days died at his residence
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Logan
Russell
Helen Logan
Farmington Township
Kolfrat
Irvington
George Kolfrat
Longstanding Chronic Disease Cure Offers In Ohio By Doctors
Doctors advertise treatment for chronic diseases of the blood skin and nervous system and eye ear nose and throat. They claim 15 000 cases treated in Ohio in twelve years with many formerly incurable now recovering. Services include eye and lid diseases rectal issues and male sexual health with free consultation and no cutting.
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Ohio
Columbus
Carrier House
Navy
Another Heavy Purchase Made in Warren Area
The market bring back shows large new goods stock bought at reduced prices as importers sell at sacrifice. Ladies in Warren and surrounding areas can find bargains and usable items at low prices, reflecting confidence in strong demand for seasonable goods.
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Warren
Extraordinary Value Fabrics and Scarce Scotch Zephyr Goods
Extraordinary values offered on 123 cts extra quality Scotch Zephyr goods sold this season at 25c. Also 2000 yards India Cashmere in black and colored grounds with hand painted clover and flower designs. Reproductions of earlier 30c items. Plus 2000 yards Pow-Gee suitings with exquisite colorings and China silk effects at 15c.
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India
Woollen Dress Goods Prices and Patterns
65 cents for 50 pieces of all wool French plaids and stripes sold before at 1.25 a yard. Dress patterns at 65 cents. 54 inch Camel's Hair, would have been 12, now 10. High class novelties embroidered and tufted goods once sold for 25 to 30.
Great Bargains at Meyer Jonasson Co Clearing Sale
Silk crepe de chine and India silks sweep in vivid colors with lace ribbons and gloves. Over 200 jackets and blazers sold for less than half price. Also discounted are cashmere blends, Albatross veils, ribbed cotton hose, and best bargains on silk and lisle underwear, velvets, tapestry Brussels, and ingrain carpets.
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Meyer, Jonasson & Co
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Levcer PussisHine Co
B. F. Morris
Library
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Lepcer
Ledger Printing House
Pennnsylvania
Ledger Publishing Co
Warren, Penn’a
Aren
Penn’s
Penn’a
Lake Superior
A.J. Hugues
Port Allegany
Layman
Roxbury
N.Y
Hughes
Harrisburg
Brainers
Deleaware
Samuel Carey
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Bering Sea
State Department
Blaine
Scofield
U. S. Court of Claims
Brookville
Jeffersonian-Democrat
Wild Cat
Jefferson County
Register of the Treasury
Court of Claims
Congress
Craig
Eptson
Atlantic
Erie
Altoona
Loyal Legion
Veteran Union Legion
Western Penitentiary
Phila
Wiedringhaus
Seisel—Blgedau
W. A. C. Mueller
Lutheran Parsonage
F. Emil Seisel
Brookston
Forest County
Anna Bleedau
Boston
Mass
B. G. Gregory
McClellan
J. I. McClelland
Moritz Salm
Id, Pa
Brussels
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