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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1860
Page
2
The notice warns subscribers that the paper’s policy requires payment in advance and credits past laxity to be ended soon. It emphasizes the need to honor the rule, avoid strikes from the list, and recalls the printer and a $150 advance.
From the Board of Revenue Commissioners report filed in Harrisburg on February 2, Warren County shows 24 mill tax 3404.96, 1 percent tax 2298, 2 percent tax 16, 3769 taxpayers, per-capita tax 91 cents. Valuation totals and increases from 1857 to 1860 are given, with notes on watches tax 5125 and Orphan's Court sales 4227. Commissioner D. M. Martin praised for diligence and accuracy.
The report notes no vote yet and suggests Douglas leads in preliminary Charleston Convention days. The Cincinnati Platform with the Dred Scott decision is reported by the resolutions committee and may be adopted. The piece warns of double dealing and fraud, urging vigilance against alleged cheating.
An April essay uses a warming fire as a metaphor for life stages from infancy to old age, describing embers fading to ashes and urging readers to ponder influence beyond life. Community notices follow, including a Teacher examination at Warren Court House on May 8 and church lease updates. Reports praise the Sunbury and Erie Railroad line, a new extra train for the May School Directors Convention, and a burglary at Struthers and Wetmore in Johnson’s Exchange with theft and no leads.
The Warren council held meetings on February 27 March 12 17 and April 9 1860 with Burgess G N Parmlee and members Sill Waters Brock Keller Smith Verback Hertzell and others. Committees on Poor Streets and Sidewalks were appointed. multiple treasurers and pay orders were approved. road and survey work planned. minutes to be published in town papers.
In a Warren Mail letter, R Miles is accused of malice over Academy Lands and a proposed Union School plan. The writer defends campus reform, recounts how the Academy would be merged into the Union School, and rebuts accusations of secrecy, embezzlement, or private gain while urging public support for improved local education.
A long excerpt details the House Investigating Committee report alleging Buchanan violated declarations on Kansas affairs. It cites Wendell’s extensive funding to political papers, including Union and The Pennsylvanian, under executive printing, and hints at money flowing to the Straight American Party to split the People's party. The piece questions political corruption and urges reform, ending with a note promoting Carter's Nerve Pills via the Daily Observer.
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