Important bills defeated and measures from labor stalled
The article lists numerous proposed laws rejected or stalled by Governor Pattison, including mining safety commissions and fund allocations. It notes Knights of Labor endorsements, defeated anti-discrimination, free text book, and eight hour bills, plus boasted town pride as a driver of progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Meade
Reynolds
Hancock
Gettysburg
Twenty-first Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry
Sixteenths
Seanor
Knights of Labor
Senate
D. R. Jones
D. RB. Jones
Allegheny
Village grief highlights Corydon death and funeral
Corypox May 23 1891 William McAllister long a Corydon resident dies after a week with la grippe and pneumonia at age 68. Rev H L Bates delivers funeral address and local and visiting attendees noted. Band serenade and flour decorated sidewalk mark the community’s tribute amid school commencement remarks and diplomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Grippe
H. L. Bates
Einzua
M. Mead
D. I. Snover
F. R. Case
J. W Brown
N. J. Whitman
William Portman
Jos. Green
Sharpsville
Larkin
Chapman
Crawford
Ella Buck
Randulph
N.Y
Bradford
Clark McCollister
Mar
Mark McCollister
Reuben McCollister
Frewsburg
E. Morse
George McColister
Willow Creek
McCollister
Joseph Green
Corydon
Sharpsburg
Peter Forbes
Mound City
Odell
Fourth annual commencement at Sheffield school in M E church
The fourth annual commencement of the Sheffield school was held in the M E church on Wednesday evening the 20th. A large audience attended as the class took their places on the rostrum. The program opened with a double quartette titled Greeting Glee and a prayer by Rev A M Lockwood. Luther C Hassinger delivered the first address on Antiquity, followed by a duet Land of the Swallows by Miss Laura Mead and Mrs E L Kracer. Maria Farrell spoke on With Night Comes Stars and Carl Gildersleeve discussed Gone Yet Present highlighting American authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gildersleeve
Kuntze
Messrs. Pryor
Barrow
Stanford
Secor
Mary E
John Farrell
Arrell
Luckwood
Sheffield
M. E
Barnes
A. M. Lockwood
Luther C. Hassinger
Hassinger
Laura Mead
E. L. Kracer
Maria Farrell
Carl Gildersleeve
May 20 1891 Irving letter questions local drunkenness claim
A Warren Mail letter from a town resident signed X accuses Judge Noyes of enabling drunkenness. The writer challenges X’s truthfulness, noting no liquor licenses or hotels then, and questions who was judge in recent years. The letter urges verification and cautions against partisan motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tun Enyror
Warren
Noyes
X Hey
Mr. X
Judge Noyes
If He Should Let Em Go Poem About Proof-Readers Crank
The passage humorously suggests a proof-reader, though celebrated in mythic honors, would prefer pay increases and simple pleasures over monuments and laurels. It playfully satirizes the idea of universal praise for editors as philanthropic cranks.
Mayor Luther Dies After Short Illness
James H. Luther, mayor of Olean, aged 55, died last Saturday morning after a brief illness from grip affecting the heart. A leading businessman with a large foundry and machine shop, his death prompted mourning in public buildings and half mast flags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Luther
Olean
Tobin murder case ends with Videto charged in Pennsylvania
Frank Videto was arrested in Chicago on a murder charge involving N. P. Tobin in Franklin, Pennsylvania, with authorities sending for requisition papers to return him for trial. The saga links Tobin’s daughter Mary’s Staten Island murder and Dr. Robinson scrutiny, as Videto protests innocence and cites an alibi.
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Frank Videto
Chicago
N. P. Tobin
Franklin
Videto
Uriah L. Hull
Sixty-second Street
Horace Elliott
Hull
Cole and
Hickey
Seventieth Street
Wentworth Avenue
Frank Bull
Cole
Pennsylvania
el Franklin
Eliott
Elliot
Tobin
Violeta
Messepger
Mary
Staten Island
N. Y
Shippen Acquitted at Tionesta Murder Trial
Edward Shippen was acquitted by the jury at Tionesta on a self defense plea in the Say murder case. Jurors deliberated from 11:45 p m and returned a verdict at 8 10 p m. Shippen thanked Mrs Say and expressed willingness to help, while she and her father were overwhelmed by the interview. Mia Say will live with her parents in Elk County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Shippen
Tionesta
Joseph W. Say
Shippen
Mrs. Say
Mia
Say
Elk County
Marriage Schemer Bowen Foiled by Desertion in Buffalo
A Buffalo dispatch reports Miss Bertha Flenner of St Catherines Ontario and J Perry Bowen planned to wed after Bowen posed as a wealth Englishman with a $60,000 inheritance. He vanished after delaying the marriage and owes money across hotels and towns. Flenner’s relatives returned her to Canada amid the scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Mise
Bertha Flenner
St. Catherines
Ont
J. Perry Bowen
Canada
Miss Flenner
Bowen
See
Highth
Washington
D. C
St. Augustine
Pla
Henry Adams
Mather
Gusher Struck At Roberts Farm Delights Erie County
A Friday afternoon gas vein on William Roberts farm near Harbor Creek produced a genuine gusher. Reportedly the best well in Erie County its roar could be heard three miles away. flames illuminated the countryside as 208 feet of pipe flew two squares. Driller Wright notes unprecedented gas pressure. Neighbors and Erie observers describe deafening noise and immense excitement as flames burned briefly and were put out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Roberts
Harborcreek
Erie County
Wright
Casa
Roberts
W. Owen
Erie
A Wilkesbarre Romance and Railroad Sale Report
A Wilkesbarre romance unfolds as George Thorn returns to his wife after forty six years apart. He had left in 1863 after a quarrel, died, and now reappears at Mrs Jones’s door after a long absence. He apologizes but will not disrupt his wife’s happiness. The Meadville & Linesville railroad sale ends with bid by W S Harper and George Cullum at 26 000, purchased for the Pittsburg Shenango & Lake Erie railroad, with Col S B Dickbee set as president on June 1.
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Wilkesparis
George Thorn
Ingland
Dorsey
Scranton
Thorn
The
New Orleans Picayune
Meadville & Linesville Railroad
Delamaters’ Road
H.L. Richmond
Hon. W.S. Harper
George Cullum
Messrs. Harper and Cullum
Pittsburg, Shenango
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Labor
Pattison
Commissioners of Fisheries
Board of Commissioners
United States
Court of Quarter Sessions
National Guard
Ledger
Sheffield School
Commi
Irving
Quer
Luther Dead
Cesar
Jove
Spizzerinctum College
Frank Videtto
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