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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1894
Page
4
A collage of political and social notes touching tariff debates editorials and Republican and Democratic lines in Congress. Mentions Senator Quay Senator Sherman Justice White and Mrs Lease plus references to suffrage movements cholera in Europe and a rural preacher promoting a bicycle maker.
The Warren Mirror and the Ledger clash over which party sabotaged finances and how tariffs affect wages. The Ledger defends Republican record, blames Democratic obstruction for delays, and condemns high tariffs as failing to ensure employment or higher wages while urging clear answers to the Mirror’s charges.
A writer argues worsening conditions for farmers and labor under wage capitalism. Eastern land value slumps while western lands hold, crops priced by capital, workers become beggars, and labor is kept wages low by class laws and export restrictions. The piece blames Republicans, praises Democratic aims but warns of obstruction.
The Columbus coal strike compromise takes effect next Monday amid pushback from some operators and miners. Oil magnates Col James M Guffey and John H Gauley expand Kansas ventures across seven counties, with 700000 acres and 36 wells, including 24 oil wells, four gas wells, and eight dry holes, in Chautauqua Montgomery Walson Neosho Allen Bourbon and Linn counties.
Philadelphia Democratic leaders from rival wings plan a united front driven by William Singerly’s peace efforts. McAleer to be renominated and Harris faction to back his run for Congress, while McAleer supporters back Harrity’s legislative candidates. Republicans risk losses in upcoming elections, as General Greenland firm rejects gubernatorial bid. his declination is final.
Lumbermen estimate about 40,000,000 feet of logs will reach the bay as yesterday's strong wind sheared many logs along the river north shore between here and Harrisburg. About 25,000,000 feet are lodged on Canfield's island and the log run will be sawed at Havre de Grace with Williamsport workers joining the crew.
Take Notice of 280 Water Street Warren Pa auction dry goods and wholesale style finds. Ladies wrappers 79c, laun dried waists 1.20, hose skirts and underwear half price. Boys all wool suits 2 to 2.88, wheel shoes wholesale prices. New Rogers Block in town. call and see. Sugar Trust tariff claim debated by Franklin Citizen Press calling large profits robbery.
Chemical perfumes may substitute for expensive flower scents as lab synthesis reproduces banana odor and other fragrances. Some fragrant plants could gain surgical value if cultivated less for perfume. Plants with antiseptic essential oils like eucalyptus resist insects and fungus, offering medical potential.
A short item on cheerfulness mixes selflessness, fresh air, beauty sleep, a silver tongue, optimism, humor, and romance. A stray note or two discusses limewater and acid details, then cites 1661 Cambridge Oxford printing and a Rabelais-esque title parody.
A family scene unfolds at table as Ruth whispers about her foot asleep and asks to listen for Smores. The line riffs on a noisy crowd and a sentiment that many people enjoy loud displays at others’ expense, narrated in a dialect voice linking to Arkansaw Thomas Cat.
The International Temperance Congress opened at Prohibition Park Staten Island with 10000 admirers greeting Neal Dow father of Prohibition. Dow spoke of progress in Maine and the fight ahead as prominent speakers from the US and abroad attended. The congress adopted a plan to form a national temperance advisory board comprising heads and secretaries of national temperance groups.
A speaker lists sweeping reforms including banning prize fights bucket shops and lotteries. He calls for stricter immigration laws deportation of anarchists and ending political influence in schools. Proposes fewer lawsuits more arbitrations heavier trust penalties and redistribution toward hospitals and moral training.
A broad temperance program calls for fewer impure literature publishers and more support for orphan asylums. It urges fewer offices chasing wealth, less church money for steeples, and more funding for education, with strict enforcement of just laws. No whisky shops in the U S, and colleges focusing on common sense. A law to block immoral real estate use is proposed. Miss Willard sends a cablegram noting plans to sail June 13 on the Teutonic, aiming for New York June 20 en route to the International Temperance Congress at Staten Island.
Rev. A. B. Parker lauds country schoolmistresses for enduring wretched pay and poor living conditions while teaching the rising generation. He praises their patient, faithful service despite privations, calling for honor to district schools and to the women who sustain rural education.
In a near lethal close-quarters chase, Mr Selous and his gun carrier wounded a buffalo in dense brush. The bull charged within ten yards, knocking him and scattering sand as he fired and sprang aside. The beast collapsed from a broken leg and lung shot, ending the danger.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat recalls a failed circus stunt where a trained lion could not safely share a den with a lamb. An aged keeper notes the lion’s dangerous refusals, requiring constant restraint with an iron bar to prevent tragedy, leading to the act’s abandonment.
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