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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1893
Page
4
Advertising rates listed for Leper and Lenore press include business cards six lines at 25 dollars. Transient ads priced 1 dollar per inch first insertion and 50 cents per inch for subsequent insertions. Executor notices 300 dollars for six insertions. Estray notices 1.50, local notices 0.10 per line, marriages and deaths free, obituaries over ten lines 0.05 per line. Post Office entry noted for Penn's matter.
A biting assessment of political and economic tensions signals shifts in transportation, taxation, and labor. References to Gov Flower, canal propulsion by trolley, and income tax debates frame a critique of Republican and Rule or Ruin forces. The piece attacks plutocracy, labor unrest, and immigrant remarks amid a broader commentary on American political culture.
A caustic critique of American workers living on low wages amid charitable bosses, plus political commentary on McKinley and the 1896 GOP, wages and taxation debates, labor strikes, and Blount’s Hawaii inquiry as seen in a late 19th century issue.
In a brisk editorial voice, the piece casts blame on both parties over tariff policy, noting Republicans defend high schedules, Southern Democrats seek reform for others, and Northern Democrats fear income tax impacts. It urges the Democratic party to honor its pledge to repeal McKinleyism or face electoral defeat. It ends with an ad for Thompson's Sweet Worm Powder at 25 cents from Titusville, Pa.
The essay argues the United States has no right to depose a monarchy or impose a government on Hawaii and to aid revolutionaries. It asserts faith in President Cleveland and his Secretary over political agitators and editors.
The Philadelphia Record joins the Pittsburgh Chronicle in opposing a graduated income tax. It argues taxation should reflect ability to pay, with rates of 2 percent for 4000 to 20000, 5 percent for 20000 to 50000, and 10 percent above 50000, urging equity over partisan resistance.
A Pittsburg Dispatch editorial attacks Senator Sherman for proposing 3.2 billion in bonds and for supporting policies favoring one class over another. It argues for rapid debt use but warns against zinging annexation powers and upheaval of republican governance. The piece links U S Hawaii policy to broader constitutional rights and warns against oligarchic control.
The New York World notes cotton manufacturers earned $1,424,249 for the year ending October 1, up from $1,185,167 the prior year and far higher than 1890 figures. An illustration contrasts strikes in England where miners lost money while owners profited as coal prices soared. At Edinboro State Normal School winter term costs are $48 to $50 for fourteen weeks with term beginning December 4. applicants are invited to send for a catalogue.
Jerry Rusk, former Secretary of Agriculture and Wisconsin governor, died peacefully at 8 am in Viroqua Wisconsin at age sixty. An Ohio native, he served in the legislature and army, was brevetted brigadier general for the Battle of Saltillo Hatchie, and twice Governor of Wisconsin before his 1892 consideration for vice presidency. His career spanned Congress terms and a role in shaping the agriculture department.
Awakening widespread excitement, Dr. Greene of 35 West 14th Street, New York, now offers free letter consultations for nervous and chronic diseases. He promises an exact explanation of each illness, guidance for cure, and uses only harmless vegetable remedies. Patients are urged to write detailing their complaint for potential relief.
Edward Bellamy writes in Ladies' Home Journal about how the idea of Nationalism first arose while drafting Looking Backward and outlines the book’s genesis. Edward Bok notes that only a small fraction of yearly poems submitted to his office would engage readers if published.
Office in Hoffman block over Samuels Bros dry goods store located at the corner of Liberty and Second streets.
English youth Thomas Stone, 18, once living hand to mouth in Oakland, inherits over £32,000 from his late father after a sagas of shipboard escapes. He deserted his V ship in San Francisco Bay and found aid with Michael Rigney of Seventh Street. A British consul confirmed the fortune and aided his return home.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls a local woman who, blocking a streetcar by waving a parasol, insists on crossing from the wrong side. Conductor explains no sympathy. riders accept the recurring misstep and seek relief beyond.
A London News dispatch describes Mashonaland kopjes as uniform granite elevations forming curbstone like blocks. The landscape features towering 300 foot high kopjes with sheer sides and steeple shapes, often hosting huts in inaccessible crevices amid dense foliage.
The Boston Globe notes New York City holds about 7 500 elevators across private and busy buildings. If 5 000 are in high traffic, those elevators could transport around 6 000 trips daily for 10 000 people, nearing the U S population in scale. It adds a daily 20 mile operational run for a typical New York elevator.
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