Candidates announced for county offices by Republican Party
Warren officials Henry Brace W J Alexander and George H Higgins join W Warren district attorney nominee J W Dunkle and others as candidates for county positions. Nomination via Republican County Convention. district attorney and county commissioner seats listed. Republican meeting set for Warren Monday May 26 at 2 pm with primaries the Saturday before.
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Henry Brace
Warren
Assembly
Republican Co
Register and Recorder
W. J. Alexander
Register
Orphans Court
William Jewell
Conenango
John A. Spetz
Pittsfield
A.C. Blodgett
Youngsville
M. Crocker
Brokenstraw
W. M Cummings
Sugar Grove
T. L. Putnam
Pine Grove
Geo. H. Higgins
H. J. Muse
J. W. Dunkle
Clarendon
Erie sentiment shifts to Brainerd renomination in district
Report from Erie notes broad support for S. M. Brainerd to be renominated as Congress member, with Warren and Venango counties backing a district wide Erie man. Two term principle favored, with concern about fair rotation and avoiding intra party fights. Mostly united, some dissenters still push for a battle, but harmony appears likely if Brainerd curbs factional feuds and secures a 3,000 vote majority.
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Erie
Warren County
Col. Curtis
Warren
Venango
Brainerd
Washington
Ex Gov Curtin backs Randall in NY and Pa race
Ex Governor Curtin argues Sam Randall could carry New York and Pennsylvania. He doubts Randall could win both states against Blaine. The paper suggests Bayard be nominated to secure the Presidency for the Democrats.
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Curtin
Sam Randall
New York
Pennsylvania
Randall
Blaine
Bayard
Jamestown Standard
President Antuur Sets Moderation Standard in Administration
President Antuur becomes the first Vice President whose term is described as successful, establishing a standard of moderation and social order, with common-sense administration and no parade at home or bluster abroad.
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Antuur
Cincinnati riot: force withdrawn and city restored
The military has withdrawn from Cincinnati and the city is returned to normal. The latest casualty tally lists 51 dead and 138 wounded.
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Cincinnati
Buffalo Adopts Jury Tax List After Cincinnati Riot
The article notes the Buffalo move to include all city taxpayers in the jury box starting next August to improve the quality of juries, following the Cincinnati riot. It emphasizes a broader effort to reform civic participation through tax-based juror selection.
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Cincinnati
Buffalo
Abolition of the scaffold debated in harsh terms
The speaker questions the purpose of lengthy hanging and argues for immediate execution by electric chair, noting the condemned man could be killed instantly in his cell. The remarks provoke a broader discussion on capital punishment methods.
Writer Barre Eyes Eighty Thousand From Royalty Sum
The author Mr. Barre earns 80 cents a volume with about 200000 copies ordered. This suggests a guaranteed eighty thousand dollars for the year’s work.
Reading about camp life sparks a fishing urge
A brief feature on camp life inspires readers to grab gear and head outdoors. The piece urges practical, wholesome outdoor activity and suggests fishing as a natural extension of camp experiences. It emphasizes simple pleasure and a rustic, seasonal mood.
Pennsylvania Sees Blaine Favored for 1884 Presidency
The piece notes strong Blaine support across Pennsylvania with sixty-one counties sending delegates and most instructed for Blaine. It discusses potential on first Chicago ballot, compares to Seward 1860, lists electoral votes by state, and explains vote shifts since 1880.
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Blaine
Harrisburg
Mr. Blaine
Delgates
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Seward
Lincoln
New York
State Republican delegates meet in Corry endorse Blaine
Last Saturday delegates from Erie Warren and Venango met in Corry. P R Gray Venango elected president and Allen Warren and Bently Erie secretaries. Johnson Erie Echols Venango named delegates to Chicago with Cooper Venango and Devore Erie as alternates. Wood Warren chosen district elector. Resolutions back L F Watson for Congress and Blaine as presidential nominee. Wilbur Warren named senatorial delegate and joins Harrisburg trip with Allen.
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Erie
Warren
Venango
Corry
P. R. Gray
O. ©. Allen
J. D. Bently
Joseph Johnson
Erie County
Echols
Chicago
E. Cooper
Thos
J. Devore
L. B. Wood
L. F. Watson
Congress
Blaine
W. W. Wilbur, Esq
Harrisburg
Allen
Supreme Court Upholds 1874 Election Law in Lackawanna Case
The court affirms the constitutionality of the 1874 election act. It rules that a vote from an unregistered voter is illegal and cannot be counted even if the voter is qualified. Testimony about unvouched voters is not admissible at contest. voting must follow the act at the polls.
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Supreme Court
Commonwealth
Lackawanna County
Trunkey
Col Watson for Congress Delegates Instructed
At Meadville a meeting of return judges, A H Steele urged delegates to the State Convention to support L F Watson of Warren for Congress
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Col. Watson
Congress
Meadville
A. H. Steele
L. F. Watson
Warren County
Steele
Watson
Venango
Erie
Forest
Mercer
Crawford County
Pennsylvania
Washington
Titusville
Republican Gains Across Cleveland and Ohio Local Vote
Republicans posted gains in Cleveland last week with the 3 000 level majority in the city, while Democrats hover near a 3 100 average in this year’s results. The shift is attributed to liquor legislation failures by the Democratic Legislature, with statewide gains noted even as Cincinnati turnout fell amid municipal unrest and German voters leaning Republican.
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Cleveland
Cincinnati
State election shifts boost Republican gains in Legislature
The first state election of the year shows a Republican vote rise from 13,068 to about 16,000 for Bourne while Democrat Sprague falls from 10,201 to under 10,000. Republicans drop one Senate seat but gain four House seats after last year’s tally of 30 of 37 Senators and 55 of 72 Representatives.
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Bourne
Sprague
Senate
House
Prohibition Call Urges Mass Stand Against Drink
In a church pulpit plea observers note nearly 16 million members in the United States could dec 20 vote as they pray to end temperance evils. The speaker urges annihilation of traffic and a united stand for prohibition across the nation.
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United States
Acker’s Dyspepsia Tablets Sold by Johnson & Biegfried
Advertising copy promotes Acker’s Dyspepsia Tablets as a guaranteed relief for indigestion sour stomach or constipation. Product is offered through Johnson and Biegfried.
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Acker
Johnson & Biegfried
Blaine Poised to Lead in Chicago Balloting
The piece argues James G Blaine will lead the presidential nomination vote in Chicago, citing past ballots from 1876 and 1880. It notes strong support from California Illinois Indiana Iowa Maine Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New York and Pennsylvania, with Massachusetts shifting to Blaine and potential gains in Ohio and other regions. If the South backs him as in 1876, Blaine is the likely winner.
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Union
Alabama
Minnesota
Arkansas
Mississippi
Missouri
New Hampshire
California
Colorado
Nebraska
Connecticut
Delaware
Flordia
New Jersey
Georgia
New York
North Carolina
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Rhode Island
Louisiana
South Carolina
Maine
Tennessee
Maryland
Texas
Massachusetts
Vermont
Michigan
Virginia
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Blaine
Chicago
Garfield
Iowa
Ohio
Shout the Republican Ticket Names for The Great Movement
A poem urging support for the Republican ticket by shouting prominent party names such as Blaine Lincoln Arthur Edmunds Porter Logan and Eugene while stressing unity in principle, readiness for battle on election ground, and the call to awaken voters across states and regions.
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Edmunds
Vermont
Porter
Fitz John
Indiana
Eds
Media American
Cuares Reape the Novelist Died in London
Notices report the novelist Cuares Reape died in London on April 11 at age 70. Other briefs note heavy snow in Ohio, state weather, and a pensions ruling granting $8 monthly to soldiers who lost an eye. The era discusses emigration to Europe, mine disasters, crime sentences in Cincinnati, and record mail shipments across the Atlantic aboard the Elder and Alaska.
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Cuares Reape
London
Ohio
Europe
New York
Pocahontas
Virginia
Cincinnati
Atlantic
Elder
Southampton
Australia
Alaska
Ohio Wool Growers Swindled by Democratic Promises
The Ohio wool growers who voted Democratic to restore protective duties were defrauded as a bill to restore duties failed in the Democratic House. About nine-tenths of Republicans backed the measure while two-thirds of Democrats opposed it, reflecting long held free trade support.
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Ohio
Remark on American writing and Erie correspondent
An Erie Herald writer lauds American journals for strength and style, cites local Erie author signing as I. B. 6, compares his pen portraits to Ruskin and Kingsley, and wonders why he does not author a book. April 7.
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Erie Herald
The
Mart
Ep. Heraup
Addison
Halcyon
Spectator
Erie
Ruskin
Charles Kingsley
Yale Professors and Students Plan Long Walks for Profit
A Yale professor and three students abandon the idea of paying others to walk to death for a prize. They plan personal walks to Scranton via Albany and Baltimore via Philadelphia to gain benefit and exercise. The piece argues long, leisurely walks would benefit Americans amid the rise of riding and the danger of neglecting leg use.
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Yale
Scranton
Albany
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Phila
Times
Witnesses claim Grant would be killed organizing negroes
A witness before the Senate committee on Captain Matthews's murder asserts that sending Gen Grant to mobilize negros would lead to his death. The remark, applauded by Democrats, adds that independents would kill if necessary to prevent their majority.
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Senate
Capt. Matthews
Copiah County
Miss
Hoar
Gen. Grant
Minister of the Gospel Faces Moral Question
The query asks whether a minister endorsing evil enhances or diminishes the evil itself, implying that leadership integrity reflects on the actions it supports or opposes. It explores accountability, ethical leadership, and the impact of religious authority on moral choices.
Mrs Dr Walton's Periodical Tea in Private Practice
Mother Walton prescribes this valued medicine in her private practice as a reliable treatment for female disorders and monthly troubles. Mailed for 50 cents. Sold by Johnson and Sigfried. FRAZIER MEDICINE CO. Props Cleveland Ohio.
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Dr. Walton
Mother Walton
Johnson & Siegfried
Frazier Medicine CO
Props
Cleveland
Ohio
Democratic Convention at Allentown selects leaders and nominees
The State Democratic Convention met in Allentown on April 9 with full delegate attendance. Key figures include Milton Speer as chair, W H H Davis nominated for Congressman at large, Richard Vaux, B J McGradh, and H B Plumer for Electors at Large, and several delegates chosen at large. Randall urged for President, with a platform labeled Randallish, asserting free trade while claiming protection.
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Allentown
Robert Taggart
Tidioute
W. G. Trunkey
Warren
Warren County
Milton Speer
W. H. H. Davis
Richard Vaux
Philadelphia
B. J. McGranh
Lancaster
H. B. Plumer
Venango
Wa. F. Harrity
Wm. A. Wallace
Clearfield
James P. Barr
Allegheny
Eckley B. Coxe
Luzerne
F. Meyers
Dauphin
Wm. H. Snowden
Lehigh
Chicago
C. H. Noyes
Benj. Whitman
Erie
Randall
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Salary of Teachers in Pennsylvania Sparks Debate
The State shows wide gap in monthly pay for female teachers from $50 in Pittsburg to $15.97 in Wyoming County and $39.75 in Philadelphia, with male teachers earning $24.67 to $54.97, and Pittsburg reporting $180 monthly for 49 male teachers. State Superintendent Higbee criticizes high turnover and low, transient compensation.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Wyoming County
Philadelphia
Venango
Higbee
Wyoming
Phila
Local notes from Ludlow and Warren April 12 1884
Transfer of residents near the schoolhouse and new business moves. oil drill plans by Anchor Oil Co and G H Dimick. local improvements including stump pulling with gas and new boiler at Campbell mill. Foreman Donahue leaves tannery for Rochester. confectionery and stationery shops noted. long list of unclaimed letters at Warren Post Office. local ads for candies, wall decorations, and Acker’s Dyspepsia Tablets.
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Ludlow
John Bates
Gil Maybe
Geo. Russell
Herbert, Russell & Co
Philadelphia
Anna English
Kinzua
G. W. Campbells
Laura Warner
Wilcox
Robert Warner
John Springer
Will Chambers
J. G. Curtis
G. W. Campbell
Anchor Oil Co
Truby
G. H. Dimick
Wildcat Camp
Frank Donahue
Rochester
N. Y
Frank
Mike Kafferlin
Johnny Colwell
Lamp Black
E. K
B. Roberts
C. W. H. Verback
A. Wetmore
S. P. Johnson
David Garrett
Theo. Chase Estate
Loren Labree
B. P
Marshal Jones
Curt Loree
D. Parkhurst
Universal Fire
J. M
PLR
A. J. Foster
James McGrew
D. E. Ash
Fred Morek
John J. Magee
Joseph A. Magee
S. W. Vandersaal
W. H. Copeland
Genevieve B. Roberts
L. B. Hoffman
Thos. Far
J.A. Weible
H. Briggs
Warren
Church Etiquette and the Rise for Ladies in Pews
A columnist decries the male pew rising custom in American churches noting its absurdity and social habit. It cites New York's Church of the Strangers where hymnals advise guests to move along rather than stand. The piece urges clergy to reform the practice nationwide.
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House of God
Church of the Strangers
New York
Local firms offer cheap furniture and skating goods in Warren county
A. A. Davis & Co. and McNett & Co. advertise a large opened invoice of box paper and promise the lowest prices on furniture, claiming more goods than any two Warren county houses. VanAreTy Haut features Clipper Roller Skates. Acker's English Remedy is guaranteed by Johnson & Siegfried for cough and asthma relief.
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A. A. Davis & Co
McNett & Co
Warren County
VanAreTy Haut
Acker
Johnson & Siegfried
Dr Bosanko's Pile Remedy Sold At Fifty Cents
An advert claims Dr Bosanko's Pile Remedy cures piles and skin diseases instantly. It asserts health improves with the remedy and notes L G Noyes, a local druggist, sells it for 50 cents.
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L. G. Noyes
Bosanko
Warren Warren Prices Paid and Charged by Local Dealers
A corrected weekly price list from Geo. P. Orr & Co detailing prices paid by Warren dealers for apples butter beans pork cheese dried apples eggs hams lard onions potatoes shoulders and more, alongside prices charged for sugar coffee tea molasses syrup rice lime cement timothy seed clover seed salt kerosene and other staples.
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Geo. P. Orr & Co
Warren
Y. Hyson
Japan
Rio
Ashton
Higgins
Eureka
Grain prices and assortments listed for mill products
Per barrel in sacks .86 75 6 00 5 69 5 75 4 00 5 00 Patent White Wheat Amber Graham Baker's Rye Corn Corn Meal Chop Feed Bran Flour in Above prices subject to change with the grain markets. $1 per bushel.
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Graham Baker's
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Arthur
Harrison
Logan
Eugene
Daniel Steinmann
Sambro
Nova Scotian
Struthers Library
Mrs
A. A. Davis & Co’s
Acker’s
Warren Co
Anderson
Albert E. Anderson
Adolf Anderson
Alex. Stochey
Miss L. Beck
J.M Brown
Rreees Bradford
E. A. Burkit
Emma Brecht
Evelyne Brown
Jno
Ida Schuntz
D. Hook
Lena Henderson
A. W. Hjilmar
Anna Hasard
C. Hertzel
Holm
Sophia
W. D. , Shafer
H. L. Smith
J. Arthur Trask
Mary C. Walters
Bina Whitmore
Frank Williams
Flem Rs
C. ©. Allen, P
Warren, Pa
Wallen
A. A. Davis
Warren Light and Heat Co
Eginning
Ae Light & Heat Company
Alost
Grade Township
A. D
Treas
Martin Cash Road
B. F. Morris
A. Driesbach
Collector's Commission
P.J. Trushe
J.M. Davidson
John Co. Thomas
DNROM
Plymouth Rocks
Wyandottes
G. J, Mead
Sats Erie
Harry Charpel
Williamsport
Union School
Warren On
C. D. Arird
Leclaire & Herrick
Brighton
F. H. Rockwell
H.G. Lapham
Conrath Wright and Company
George Given
Warren County Hardware Company
BE. A. Allen
General Produce Market
Warren Mills Co
Er Bus
Silver King
Knapp, Cable & CO. S
J. H. Mitchell & Co
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Etna
Hartford
Phoenix
Home
Howard
N.Y
Niagara
Star
Liverpool
London & Globe
England
Queen
Royal
Imperial
London Assurance
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Sun Fire
Lancashire
British America
Toronto
Canada
American
Reliance
Mutual Benefit Life
National Life
Mutual Life
Traveler's Life
Harford
Scofield Block
Rae & Gruver
Peewee
Trvucehes
Water Street
Liberty
Market
Bartsch & Grover
Hannah Howard
Columbus
Jones Smith
Admr
Isméot
John P. Lawson
Oscar F. Lawson
Admi
Chandler's Valley
Sanford Drake
Samuel Hagle
Freehold
Rosanna Townley
Borough of Warren
Jas. O. Parmlee
Warren,Pa
R. Arnold
Ellen Arnold
Warsen Co
County Court of Common Pleas
E. A. Allen
Court of Common Pleas
Court House
Deerfield Township
County of
State of
Barnhart
van Epps
Preston
Bristol
Silas Shay
Francis Deland
Alma J. Deland
Charlott J. Watson
William J. Watson
General Insurance
Nishes
Glass
Johnson & Siegeried
George Ball
Warren, Fa
Warren, Pennsylvania
Wells & Noyes
Drues
M Medicines
OLLS
DYE Stout T'S
Youngsville, PA
Fairmount House
Fred Swans
Rochester School of
P. Greenland
Mammoth
Front Street
Episcopal Church
High Street
Hazel
Laurel
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