Government loans on real estate as panacea for evils
Senator Stanford urged government loans on real estate, interest free, to stimulate employment and farm development. He said money deployed through secured loans would activate labor, raise land value, and sustain ongoing economic activity, with protections based on appraised security and government officers. The Ledger notes it can bind books and accepts old magazines.
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Ashington
Stanford
Senate
Public Buildings Bill Aims at Post Offices Citywide
A Senate committee favored a West bill to erect public post office buildings in towns with three-year post office receipts of $3,000, costing up to $28,000 per site and backed by a $10 million appropriation. A commission will select sites and oversee construction in eligible U.S. towns, with about 400 buildings planned in year one. Western Pennsylvania towns cited include Bradford Butler Clarion Corry DuBois Franklin Greenville Kane McKeesport Meadville Mercer New Castle Warren and others.
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Watson
Billis
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Pennsylvania
Bradford
Buttler
Clanon
Corry
Dubois
Franklin
Greenville
Kane
McKeesport
Meadville
Mercer
New Castle
Worth East
Ou City
Ridgway
Tidioute
Titusville
Towanda
Union City
Warren
House
Rouse Hospital expenses show large saving and farm gains
The article defends county spending by citing official records from 1884 to 1889, noting a net reduction in average expenses of 88108.04 and a total county saving of 4564.78 when comparing two years to prior averages. It argues improved farm value and buildings, with an invitation for public verification and no claim that inmate numbers or meals diminished. A for sale notice of 86 acres near Tidioute follows.
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Mir
Youngsville
Rouse Hospital
Davis
Commissioners Office
Rouse Poor
Rouse Fund
Warren Borough
Prisoners receive mercy at judge Brown's term
Judge Brown at a special term sentenced William Wright for assault and attempted rape to ten dollars in fines and one year six months in the Western penitentiary. Francis Skinner got ten dollars fine and one year six months. Jesse Bean was fined 325 dollars and one year in prison. Frank Martin, James Davis, James O'Brien and Michael Riley each received ten dollars and one year. Louis Johnson pled guilty to burglary and will be sent to Huntington's reform school with no fixed time. Mrs. Berry, convicted of second degree murder, had sentence suspended and a hearing set for the fourth Monday.
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Brown
Frank Martin
James Davis
James O’brien
Michael Riley
Louis Johnson
Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory
Huntington
Berry
Angels Again and War of Words over Traveling Men
Frayxuty Pa March 6 letter objects to a March 18 Mirror piece calling traveling men a class of idiots. Writer defends hotel staff and editors, laments scurrilous portrayal, and names Warren Mirror as mean. Also notes Republican Venango county ticket announcements and looming candidate fray for congress and county offices.
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Ephor
Mirror
Warren Mirror
An Angel
Register and Recorder
Frank Barr
A. J. Ward
T. B. Larne
J. M. Black
W.A. Maitland
S. A. McKinney
George Bowman
J. W. Lee
Congress
C. W. Gilfillan
Wooparp and Lassen Tailors Promote Quality and Contest
The long note from Wooparp and Lassen Tailors claims top workmanship and customer satisfaction, inviting praise while warning against stagnation. It notes keepers of accurate records and a quirky giveaway of a bedroom suit per sale by P. Greenland at their store opposite the Warren Savings Bank building, ending abruptly.
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Wooparp & Lassen
Warren Savings Bank
Wheat bounty talk signals tariff reform in Ohio farmers
Ohio farmers petition Congressman Outhwaite seeking a government bounty of 20 cents per bushel on wheat to raise farm prices and offset high protection costs. They urge reducing duties on manufactured goods if bounty is paid, proposing a phased plan over two years with duties cut to 80 percent and bounty lowered gradually. The move reflects growing tariff reform sentiment in Columbus and nearby wheat country.
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Ohio
Congressman Outhwaite
United States
Congress
Ohio Wheat District
Columbus
Growth of Patriotic Order Camps in 1889 Report
State tabular report shows 113 new camps formed and 11 919 new members initiated in 1889. Total state membership December 21 1889 reached 257 936 with 98 deaths. Receipts totaled $269 701 19 while expenses were $271 000 67. Treasury stood at $106 967 49 with investments of $255 707 23 and paraphernalia valued at $129 096 83. Total active camps rose to 508 by year end.
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Patriotic Order Sons of America
Wm. Weand
Treasury
Case School awards five $300 prizes on entrance exam
The Case School of Applied Science offers five prize scholarships valued at 300 dollars each upon entrance examination. For details address Cady Staley, President, Cleveland, Ohio. The Diamond Furniture Company proposes selling goods at substantially less than full profit. call to see them.
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Case School of Applied Science
Cady Staley
Cleveland
Diamond Furniture Company
Controversy and government telegraphs mix with deadly mine blast
Erin editor Robert Connell faces criminal libel arrest and civil suit over a Globe article accusing George Shearer of drunkenness and gambling. A separate bill proposes a government telegraph system with a one cent per word rate. In Franklin a glycerine blast kills J P Mitchell, while at Loxnow a mine disaster endangers 90 to 160 workers after collapses trap miners and hamper rescue efforts.
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Erin
Robert Connell
Sunday Globe
George Shearer
Buffalo
Erie
Shearer
Connell
The
Globe
First Presbyterian Church
Wassington
Taylor
Uline
Standard Oil to Lay New Eight Inch Line to Chicago
Leva O March 10 The Standard Oil company has a corps of men engaged who will at once begin the work of laying a new eight inch pipe line between this point and Chicago The new line is made necessary by the largely increased demand for Lima oil which has outgrown the capacity of the present line The force at the Solar refinery has been augmented by 800 men.
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Leva
Standard Oil Company
Chicago
Lima Oil
Solar
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C. E. Logran
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Venango Politics
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T. H. Cogswell
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Eaton
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