North East seeks identity as Grape City in state notes
State brief recalls varied items from Philadelphia to Erie, noting Philadelphia chemist efforts to create diamonds from artificial meat, a 107 year old Aunt Hannah in Philadelphia, and a $550 execution levy on Butler salt and chemical works to be sold April 6. It also mentions Independence Hall replication plans for the Pennsylvania building at the World’s Fair and Johnsonburg becoming a major oil shipping point.
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Philadelphia
Hannah
Salt and Chemical Works
Butler
Pennsylvania
Independence Hall
Johnsonburg
Elk County
Ingersoll Eulogizes Barrett at New York Club
Col Robert G Ingersoll opened a lecture series for the New York Press Club building fund with a eulogy for the late Lawrence Barrett calling him a great tragedian and friend. He praised Barrett as Shakespearean interpreter and praised Booth as superior in their era. He noted the stage’s change and wondered if the drama would end, bidding farewell with admiration and affection.
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Robert G. Ingersoll
New York Press Club Building Fund
Lawrence Barrett
Shakespeare
Edwin Booth
Lumbermen Meet in Bradford Adopts Hemlock Price Rise
An important meeting of lumbermen from Warren McKean Cattaraugus and adjacent counties was held at Bradford on Wednesday 18th inst followed by a banquet Warren county was represented by C W Stone James Clark A J Hazeltine B W Rogers H W Neily E D Wetmore C L Wood and Henry N Hall An advance of five percent on present prices of hemlock lumber was ordered to be made May 15 1891. The ill consequence of one imprudent step will be felt in many an after step.
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Warren, McKean
Cattaraugus
Bradford
Warren County
Messrs
C. W. Stone
James Clark
A. J. Hazeltine
B. W. Rogers
H. W. Neily
E. D. Wetmore
C. L. Wood
Henry N. Hall
Ground water and local roads draw Warren county debate
In Norra Warrex and Corydon notices, residents discuss riverbank water, a high ground dike, and road improvements. Obituaries include Charles Wayman and Mr. Miller. Hazel tine wooden ware works start, W.C.T.U. concerns, and local moves of Israel Conrath, Capt Scot, and others. Community updates cover marriages, schooling, rail traffic, and assorted visits.
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Norra Warrex
Cable
Hill Or Dale
Wm. Fisimons
Asylum
Ames-Rodgers
David Boles
Crawford County
Mertle Nobbs
Frewsburg
N. Y
Miss Nobbs
Wm. Nobbs
Farmington
Charles Wayman
Oakland Cemetery
Mr. Wayman
Miller
North Warren
Hazeltine
Israel Conrath
Warren
The
Arrow
Scot
W.C. T. Union
Noyes
Stan Pex
Henry Simmons Wins Gertrude Armstrong in Rival Suit
George Johnson and Henry Simmons beat in a bare knuckle contest for Gertrude Armstrong near North East Erie county. Simmons lands the decisive blow and marries Gertrude Sunday as her father withholds the dowry.
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George Johnson
Henry Simmons
Gertrude Armstrong
Armstrong
Erie County
Gertrude
Ighteen
George
Henry
Thomas
Hank
Cheerfulness and contentment in hardship
Quotation from IA D. Coolbrith's March notes cheerfulness amid adversity. It suggests effort costs but affirms contentment's value, urging a glad thought, hidden struggles, and quiet victory over lingering wounds, while choosing song over complaint.
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Iaa
D. Coolbrith
Cautious counterfeiters captured near Columbus
United States secret service officials long suspected local counterfeiters. Detective B K K O Dwyer posed as a worker to gain trust from Chauncey Marble, leading to his arrest in Erie on charges of making and selling counterfeit money. Marble bailed at $4,000 total. another suspect, Elizabeth Grant of Jamestown, was arrested and shows evidence as an expert counterfeiter.
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United States Secret Service
B. KK. O'Dwyer
Pittsburg
Chauncey Marble
Pine Valley
O'Dwyer
Stramp
Marble
O’ Dwyer
United States
Grant
Erie
Erie Dispatch
Government Building
Bryan K. O'Dwyer
D. McSweeney
McSweeney
Elizabeth Grant
Jamestown
N. Y
United States Court
Hazeltine
Carlton Capple
Titusville merchant’s trap backfires killing boy
Dean Effort, owner of a wholesale fruit and cigar store on Franklin Street, Titusville, had faced repeated thefts by unknown offenders. He set a loaded shotgun with a back‑door trigger to defend the shop. Saturday morning the weapon discharged as the door opened, killing John Barnes, a fifteen year old newspaper seller living with his sister on Water Street. The tragedy sparks outrage over the deadly precaution and blame toward Winchester for placing a fatal device where a trespasser would trigger it. The boy’s mother is dead. his father and an older brother are noted locals.
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G. A.B
Grandview Cemetery
Johnstown
J. L. Smith
Braddock
Alfred Rider
Sinclairville
Chautauqua County
Erie County
George McDermott
Union City
Erie
John Wilt
Bachelor’s Hall
Oil City
H. H. Wilson
John Barnes
Water Street
Winchester
Miller , Brothers
Titusville
Tragic Fire Kills N. P. Tobin in Franklin Home
The body of N P Tobin, a Franklin merchant tailor, is found amid the ruins of his burned residence after a morning fire. Investigators consider multiple theories including tramp attackers and possible ties to the drowning death of Tobin’s daughter Mary in New York. Community memory recalls Tobin’s strong character and later philanthropy.
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N. B. Tobin
Franklin
N. P. Tobin
Evening News
P. McCalmont
Tobin
Mary Tobin
East River
New York
Mary
England
Ben Hogan
Noted Murder Trial Ends with Guilty Verdict
The jury convicted Francis Lingo of first degree murder in the Annie Miller case at Match town Camden county, after expecting possible acquittal. Lingo had earlier faced a prior murder charge in Annie Loconey’s case and was a key witness in Chalkey Laconey’s prosecution.
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Lingo
Annie Miller
Francis Lingo
Matchtown
Camden County
Annie Loconey
Chalkey Laconey
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Barker
Frank Woods
Altoona
Hollidaysburg
Aaron Kern
Chapman’s
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Committee On Corporations
William Walker
Greensburg
Lehigh Iron Company
Aieyville
Gamewell
Gaynor
Nanticoke
Frank Courtright
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Katholisches Familienblatt
Delamaters
Emigrant Commission
E. E. Clapp
Venango County
William Clarke
Laughlinstown
Westmoreland County
James Monroe
Grover Cleveland
John W. Houghtaling
Lake Shore Road
East Hamburg
Buffalo
Frank Jones
Sugar Run
Uniontown
George McFadden
Alex. Power
Meadville
Conneautville
W.S. Crozier
JG. Rupert
Courier
Beckie Brown
Brown’s Ferry
Carmichaels
James Brown
Beckie
Ingersoll
Barrett
Lumbermen’s Meeting
Ledger
Corydon
J. Milliams
William Knapp
Battle Creek
Mich
Sanitarium
Perry Root
James Ackley
Russell
Albert Cargill
Will Crooks
B. Crooks
Kane
W. T. Caldwell
Boyd Marsh
J. M. Turney
Kinzua
Dett
Ng F. J. Morrison
Rocheste
Lott
W.C.T.U
L. S. Merrisew
Wright
Epregzer
Garland
J. E. Clark
Corry
W. W. Hague
Forest Gas Company
Henry McConnell
Torpedo
Hleney
Columbus
AED
Mr. Tobin
Orgon
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