Political commentary and 1890s election jabs mixed in scraps
The column jabs at Tammany, tariff fights, and party infighting while noting congressional reform efforts. It mocks McKinley era politics, taxes, and personalities like Richard Croker, John Sherman, and Joe Manley, with digressions on Irish Americans and labor agitators.
Warren County Committee Meet to Elect Chairman
Democratic County Committee members are asked to meet at the Democratic Society home in Warren on Tuesday July 34 1894 at 2 p m to elect a County Chairman and handle other business. The note profiles William Singerly a Philadelphia political and business figure with ties to Grover Cleveland and tariff reform.
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Democratic County Committee
The
Democratic Society
Warren
William M. Singerly
Philadelphia
Germantown
Philadelphia Record
Singerly
United States
Gwynedd
Montgomery County
Elkton
Cecil County
Fairmount Park
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Mr. Singerly
Irvine Marsh Wedding in North Clarendon in June 1894
In North Clarendon Pa on June 20 1894 at the M E Parsonage Rev Mr Clair joined EK A Irvine of Warren and May Marsh of North Clarendon in marriage. Also noted are obituaries for Emma Quick at Garland Pa June 6 1894 consuming illness aged unknown, Mrs Andrew Ritzenthaler in Warren June 24 1894 age 62 4 7 and Kinsley M Wright in Eureka City Pa June 18 1894 of heart disease aged 29.
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Quick
Garland
T. D. Quick
Emma Quick
Ritzenthaler
Warren
Andrew Ritzenthaler
Wright
Eureka City
Kinsley M. Wright
Last of Advertised Letters in Warren Pa June 27 1894
List of unclaimed advertised letters at Warren Post Office dated June 27 1894 including Brown Mrs M Peterson Mrs C Hinchberger Sarah Sweeney Dora Neily Miss Lume Shields Miss H D Traux Miss West and others. Notices urge calling with Advertised and state two week deadline before Dead Letter Office. Also features ads for Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription and Dr Agnes Heart cures, and local business promotions for Ackley Chipps Co 232 Water Street Warren Pa.
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Asc
Geo. F. Yates
D. M. Howard
Ackley, Chipps & Co
Water Street
Warren
A Little Passionately Not At All in Dowson Verse
Ernest Dowson lines describe a woman who remains aloof amid distant memory. The speaker questions whether she notices or cares, as years pass and her visions stay fair and untouched by the men who once shaped her.
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Ernest Dowson
Not Ashamed of His Record
A Utica Observer story recounts a man at a railroad station who chases a moving east bound train as it departs, runs alongside, drops his grips, and then bets $10 there is no one in the crowd who can catch the train, with no takers and the joke turning on the failed chase.
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Y. M
Warren
Utica
The Quince Blossom in Glass and Garden Charm
The piece celebrates quince blossoms with steps from cone to cup, noting the pink edges and pale petals. It praising a Murano glass cup with gold leaf, designed to display the blooms alongside New England quince blossoms as seen in Newport News.
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Murano
New England
Newport News
Bridget and the Crabs A Harlem Cook Tale
Bridget, a Harlem servant, unwilling yet misled by her mistress, kills and maims crabs during dinner prep. In tears, she claims to clean two crabs while three lie dead and two shells sit empty, the final crab resisting as she acts. The scene ends with the mistress discovering the chaotic kitchen.
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Bridget
Harlem
New York Herald
The Madonna Wept at San Remo Shrine
Rome Letter reports as winter saw crowds gather at a hill shrine near San Remo to witness a weeping Madonna. Experts concluded a hole in the statue’s head let rain filled the cavity seep to the eyes, prompting the tears.
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San Remo
Rome
Old Leather as Oil From Thrift to Industry
A New York Ledger note explains old leather is boiled and pressed into a greasy liquid, treated with sulphuric acid, purified, and bottled for use as a low grade oil. The quote contrasts practical thrift with a reflection on personal mastery by Addison, noting a powerful mind must govern itself.
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New York Ledger
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