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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1894
Page
7
Special correspondence from New York on Central Park. Superintendent Parsons directs about 300 workers across 840 acres to maintain ornamental trees, shrubs, and flower beds. The park covers 400 acres with roughly 500,000 trees planted since 1857, the year it opened.
The article describes Superintendent Parsons managing Central park with about 200 laborers and 44 drivers, 30 gardeners, 15 carpenters, and 10 skilled workers. It covers turf maintenance, watering, flower bed design, lotus and water plant care, arbors, and seasonal improvements, including more fountains, roses, and wildflowers, to sustain beauty year round.
Black Spanish lace and delicate silks lead the spring wardrobe for children in a New York dispatch. Descriptions include lace mantles with jet bead trims, surah and faille accents, and elaborate jabot tabs. The feature highlights stylish yet refined dolls’ outfits, with embroidered frocks in pale blues, olive camel’s hair, and Quaker drab cashmere, all praised for design and fit.
Special Bermuda correspondence recalls island life in Bermuda with colonial grandeur, house parties, royal visit antics, and a donkey cart escapade. The narrator notes funeral customs, the phrase home for England, and the vanity of colonial hospitality amid bright skies and sea breezes. A donkey dash ends with comic misadventure as the cart leaps a wall and drags the author and companion.
A New York Times editorial argues against the McKinley tariff and Perkins' protectionist stance. It likens tariffs to obsolete octroi systems and supports unrestricted commerce between states, noting California and Oregon trade would suffer under high duties and praising the shift toward open markets. The piece credits Perkins as capable but maintains tariffs harm all regions, especially his own.
The piece cites Senator Voorhees and Colonel Grant arguing a large surplus is acceptable while Democrats cry unjust taxation. It notes public anger at excess revenue, linking surplus to political power gains in 1884 and tariff reform. It urges Senate to trim the sugar tax added to the bill.
The Boston Transcript calls Senator Quay’s tariff speech unique for removing customs duties from politics, praising a Pennsylvania politician’s blunt stance. The St Louis Republic criticizes Hill and his allies, urging immediate departure and condemning their guidance.
Rail schedule lists southward and northward trains with stop times from Garfield Tiona Sheffield Barnes Brookston and Wolf Run. Connections at Sheffield with PFRE B and at Sheffield Junction with P W JERRY CRARY Supt.
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