Immense Demonstration at Toungsville North Warren
A large crowd gathered for a political gathering in Toungsville with Cleveland Hendricks Scott noted on East Main Street. W. L. Scott spoke to an attentive audience while Prof Burns of Erie criticized the day’s national issues and praised good deeds. The event closed with cheers for the Democratic ticket and decorated houses along the route. The W. C. T. U. met at S. P. Berry’s for an afternoon social with cake and fruit and a small fund contribution.
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Cleveland and Hendricks Club
East Main Street
Youngsville and
Irvington
C. V. Cotter
Youngsville
W. L. Scott
Cleveland
Hendricks
Scott
Cotter
Hughes
Donovan
Nort Street
Broadway
West Main Street
W. F. Siggins
C. A. Cornen
W.W. Siggins
B. F. Morris
S. P. Berry
North Warren
North Warren News Item Highlights Local Oddities
The column notes blacksmiths working full time and a sixty cent oil well being sunk on the hill east of Conewango. It claims a record potato crop on Asylum ground cost the State less than street prices. It jokes about Doctor Cowden and frogs, and mentions Leonhart's beer selling to temperance men. Chestnut replaces mosses and ferns as a local flora update amid curios at Extech Hollow Rocks praised for proximity.
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Conewango
North Warren
Asylum
Cowden
Leonhart
Hatch Hollow
Extech
A Letter From Loafer Delineates a Life of Idleness
A former businessman describes becoming a professional loafer who feeds on gossip, gathers news, and manipulates local dealers to ruin rival shops. He recounts turning to lecturing, seeking the W T U presidency, and being exposed as a reformer fail due to his past, ending with a note that his tale is proven.
Ex-Loafer Prefers Work and Reform in Life
The writer argues a lower depth of degradation lies in idleness and urges publication of papers on what a man without business can do. He notes a personal reform after years out of work, contrasts lecturer absences, and invites the secular press to share his views under the name Loafer with a hint of possible anonymity.
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Sam
Tam
Loarzr. P. S
Ex-Loafer
Loafer
Mail's Politics in Warren County Sparks Paper Debate
A Republican voice laments the county press and calls for a new party paper. The writer criticizes editors for selling out and failing to report news adequately, urging reform or a fresh organ to unite Warren County Republicans. The piece condemns alleged bribery coverage and calls for honest, public-interest journalism.
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McConnell
Warren County
Mackey
Gov
Stone
Bates
Grannie Cowan
Snapes
Ep. Leparr
Assault on Governor leads to political quarrel in Albany
Albany dispatch details Samuel T. Boone’s assault on the governor after a pardon denial for Byron Fairbanks. Boone’s wife suffered a nervous breakdown after pleading for the pardon. Boone was restrained and later arrested. the governor avoided further harm and defended his actions. The piece links the incident to Erie county political corruption and Mackey’s nomination controversy.
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Albany
Samuel T. Boone
South Port
Elmira
N. Y
Executive Chamber
Byron Fairbanks
Auburn
Boone
Gillod
Townsend
Eagle Street
Medical College
G. H. Houghton
Houghton
Mr. Lindsay
United Press
Associated Press
Albany Tournal
Questioning Mackey and Tweed: a vicious party clash
In Waterford and New York the question is raised about corrupt nominating practices. The rhetoric targets Loss Tweed and Mackey, accusing them of fraud and demanding accountability. The piece denounces complacent Republicans as either free men or serfs under a betrayed cause.
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United States
Tweed
New York
Mackey
Waterford
Hhis
Amvcerican Citzen
Erie County
Washington News on Election Turmoil and Bladensburg
The piece argues a fragile Republican hold in Ohio signals a Democratic wave in New York and nationwide reform momentum. It reflects on Cleveland’s prospects, GOP defense, and a Bladensburg dueling ground with historical resonance, while weighing electoral math for Grover Cleveland’s path to victory.
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Ohio
New York
Treasury
Washington
Blaine
Cleveland
Bladensburg
Capitol
Knights of War
Decatur
Barron
Cilley
Congress
Maine
Graves
Kentucky
Clay
Randolph
Thomas H. Benton
Kenry A. Wise
Baltimore
Grover Cleveland
Indiana
New Jersey
Connecticut
California
Wisconsin
Nevada
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Mail
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North Warren News
The
Windward
Will J. McConnell
the “Mail
Corry
Telegraph
C. W. Mackey
Washington News
Erie
Caufer
Trenc
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Eric County
Republican Party
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