Towne Repeats Tom Watson Act Keeps Bryan Populist Ticket
Charles A. Towne reaffirms support for Bryan on the Populist ticket while resisting extreme martyrdom for free silver. His circle shuns Adlai. An army officer in the Philippines reports Bryan praise on natives as copies of speeches surface with Aguinaldo references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Towne
Tom Watson
Bryan
Apostle
Free Silver
Adlai
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Corn crop outlook improves nationwide
Reports from a previously parched region indicate conditions have materially improved. The prospect of a 2,000,000,000 bushel corn crop is seen as good news, since corn is the most valuable U S crop, far ahead of wheat or cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Superior court decisions hit statewide issues in Philadelphia
Last week the Philadelphia Superior Court handed down several rulings. Two stand out for the state: one upholds the Act of Assembly prohibiting ticket scalpers, effectively wiping out that practice in Pennsylvania, and the other declares it unlawful to sell oleo margarine colored to resemble butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Act of Assembly
Pennsylvania
Emery's Open Door Platform Critiqued by Spectator
Franklin Spectator questions why Mr. Emery's platform, praised as open to China, the Orient, and politics, excludes Standard Oil. It mocks the Spectator's past claim that the Democratic candidate for Congress would be a Democrat and calls the Spectator a false prophet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Emery
China
Orient
Standard Oil
Franklin Spectator
Spectator
Congress
Franklin
City Heat Wave Kills 144 in Week of Record Heat
Philadelphia health reports show 144 deaths in the week ending July 21 caused directly by heat. The week was the hottest in 20 years with 564 total deaths, up 31 from the prior week and 41 from the same period last year during a similar hot spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Assassination of Italian King Shocks Europe
The assassination of the King of Italy adds to the bloodshed as the century ends. A scion of Europe's oldest royal line and a key figure in Italy's liberation, his death at the hands of an assassin is deplorable and likely to provoke strong punishment for the attacker, described as a crazy anarchist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Europe
Army of Liberation
Dixie land wealth rise cited in Southern reports
Recent Southern newspaper extracts praise industrial and business gains in the Confederacy. The Pittsburg Times notes wealth increases that would cover slave loss, with Southern production estimated at 1.5 billion dollars for the year and only 15 percent of resources utilized. The piece argues the South could become the nation’s Eldorado as wealth concentrates there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Confederacy
Dixie Land
Pittsburg
Newspaper Endorsements Spread Across Regions
A list of papers from the East and West including Worcester Boston New Haven Philadelphia and New York reflects a cross section of support and lukewarm tones for Bryan in 1896. The selection includes silver supporters anti imperialist voices and Democratic papers predicting defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. H
Union
Worcester
Mass
Evening Post
Fall River
Herald
New Haven
Conn
Register
Hartford
Times
Brooklyn
N. Y
Eagle
New York Herald
New York Times
New York World
New York Pack
New York
Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia Times
Detroit Free Press
St. Paul Globe
Denver Republican
Silver
Bryan
Baltimore Sun
Baltimore News
Baltimore Herald
Richmond Times
Charlotte
N. C
Observer
Galveston News
Chicago Times-Herald
Boston Herald
Louisville Post
Louisville Dispatch
Nashville Banner
Chattanooga Times
Wilmington
Del
Burlington Gazette
Denver Times
Alt Lake Tribune
New York Evening Post
Knoxville Banner
Providence Journal
Pittsburg Leader
Pittsburg Dispatch
Philadelphia Ledger
Greenville
S.C
Raleigh
N.C
Burlington
Iowa
Gazette
S. C
Utica
Lexington
Ind
Syracuse Herald
Nebraska City
J. Sterling Morton
Indianapolis News
Washington Post
New Yorker Staats Zeitung
Mobile
Ala
Charleston
Kansas City
Invention Links Typewriter to Telegraph Across 265 Miles
Two Chicago inventors Zalmon G. Sholes and Alfred C. Gilmore tested a device that sends telegraphic messages from a typewriter to another at the distant end of the line. The 265 mile circuit through Bloomington Springfield and Peoria performed as well as Chicago tests, with future trials planned over Atlantic cables. The system would largely automate receiving, leaving only wiring and maintenance to electricians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Zalmon G. Sholes
Alfred C. Gilmore
Bloomington
Springfield
Peoria
Pronunciation guide for Chinese place and person names
A phonetic lesson detailing how to pronounce Chinese names and terms. It explains vowel sounds as in far they pin how song rule and gives example renderings for figures like Taku Tah koo Li Hung Chang Pekin Shanghai Tsung Li Yamen Teeyen tsin Nieh Tael Yu Nan Fu Szeemuan Nganhwei Lian Tong Kian Chau with precise syllable guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Shanghai
Shanghigh
Tsung Li Yamen
Tsoong-lee Yah Men
Tien Tsin
Teeyen-tsin
Nieh
Nei-yeh
Tael
Tah-ale
Yu Nan Fu
Yu Nan-Fyu
Szeemuan
Zechooah
Nganhwei
Lian
British commander praises US soldiers in Tien Tsin
Gen Dorward lauds United States troops for serving with British forces under his command. He cites their brave conduct in holding a critical position against a large force, preventing enemy flanking moves that could have harmed French and Japanese troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorward
Tien Tsin
United States
Helen Gould Travels Nation For Philanthropy
Helen Gould continues a broad philanthropy tour across the United States. She travels by hot dusty paths from South to North and West, visiting clubs and colleges, attending vessel christenings, patriotic events, and performing quiet charitable acts where needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Gould
Bryan Seeks Traveling Men Support Against Trusts
The text notes Bryan courting traveling salesmen across the country on a platform to bust trusts and push free trade. It claims drummers in England France and Germany would sell foreign goods to merchants who buy home products, while the drummers back McKinley this year and oppose change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
England
France
Germany
McKinley
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Congressman Dockery
Kansas City
The
Republic
Dockery
United States
Kingston Freeman
New Great South American Kidney Cure Delivers Quick Relief
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by New Great South American Kidney Cure. It relieves pain in bladder kidneys and back for male or female and stops water retention almost immediately. Sold at A7eer & Saner druggists in Warren.
Sibley Favored by Civil War Vets and Backers Ahead of Election
Veterans and local editors rally behind Hon. J. C. Sibley for Congress, praising his pension work and urging party unity. Democratic peers criticize Lewis Emery Jr. as a compromised candidate, while GOP guardians trumpet pro prosperity stances amid a district with a 4,000 Republican edge. News and views from York State to Kentucky echo broad partisan dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Emery, Jr
Kunnel Jim” Graffey
Franklin News
J.C. Sibley
Congress
Sibley
Bradford Record
Emery
McKinley
Cameron Press
New York Tribune
Bryan
Boston Herald
Sam Jones
Mark Hanna
Kansas
Korrect
Yerkes
Kentucky
Iron and Steel
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Jamestown Journal
McKinley and
Roosevelt Club
Salamanca
Emery declares candidacy as independent to satire congress race
The text presents Emery arguing that he could run as a congressman by breaking from the machine, but his virtue prevents accepting honors. He reveals his plan to wait until conditions change and now runs for fun as the only virtuous congressman, criticizing party irregularity in the Democratic process. Kane Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery
Kane Republican
Highway Watering Troughs Benefit Travelers and Landowners
The article argues that erecting and maintaining a roadside watering trough on a property can grant a state highway labor exemption. It suggests drawing water from a spring to an elevated trough, benefiting travelers, increasing property value, and drawing attention to the farm. It also notes naming rights for the trough and incentives to keep the premises tidy.
A Fitting Testimonial From Judge to Prosperity Remedy
The American Workman reports a testimonial praising Prosperity Remedy. The letter recalls severe stomach cravings and back pain from mortgage stress, claims the remedy cured “Hard Time Pains,” and credits the product with transforming the writer into a healthier person who plans continued use.
Erie Railroad Offers Low Fares for Grand Army Encampment
For the Grand Army National Encampment the Erie Railroad posts extremely low rates from its stations to Chicago and return. Tickets sell from August 25 to 29 and are valid on all regular trains of those dates. Return may be extended to September 30. Apply to any Erie ticket agent or F. H. Garfield Jamestown NY Div Pass'r Agent for rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Railroad
Chicago
Krie
F. H. Garfield
Jamestown
N. Y
Reduced Rates to Detroit for Knights of Pythias Conclave
The Pennsylvania Railroad will offer excursion tickets from all stations to Detroit for the Biennial Conclave of the Knights of Pythias in Detroit from Aug. 27 to Sept. 1. Tickets go on sale Aug. 25 26 27 at single fare round trip. Return by Aug. 28 to Sept. 5 with ticket deposit to Detroit joint agent by Sept. 1 and 50 cent payment to extend to Sept. 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Knights of Pythias
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Dr Detchon’s Anti Diuretic Claim Warrants $100 Value
An old advertisement touts Dr E Detchon’s Anti Diuretic as a remedy for children who soil bedding due to water spring sleep. It claims to arrest the trouble at once and offers a $1 price through Hertzel and Saner druggists in Warren Pennsylvania.
Services Planned at Episcopal Church in Youngsville
County clips report upcoming services at the Episcopal church on Sunday morning August 5. Dorothy Jackson has returned from Pittsburg. W.H. Shortt and family go to Chautauqua for the season. In Sugar Grove Mrs. Whitcomb and her daughter Margaret visit, with several locals at the lake and at Allegheny Springs. Miss Baker of Warren visits Miss Edith Thompson. J.R. Binder attends a Milwaukee photographers’ convention. Tidioute improves cement walks, aiming for established grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngsville
Episcopal Church
Dorothy Jackson
Pittsburg
W. H. Shortt
Chautauqua
Sugar Grove
Whitcomb
Margaret
Warren
Lucy
Agnes Abbot
Carrie Cummings
Mosshammer
J.C. Hamilton
Allegheny Springs
Tidioute
Baker
Edith Thompson
J. R. Binder
Milwaukee
Tionesta
Lara Mix
Pleasantville
Grace McDonald
Oil City
Wilber T. Mix
Ocean Grove
N. J
A. M. Boardman
Rhea
Wm. Haggerty
Geo. Muir
A. Shutt
Reuben Dalrymple
Homer Dalrymple
Stafford
North Warren
Frank Miller
Frank Whitcomb
R. Whitcomb
Reduced Rates to Kane for Firemen Meeting
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers excursion tickets to Kane for the Northwestern Pennsylvania Volunteer Firemen's Association meeting from stations within 150 miles at one fare round trip. Minimum 25 cents. Tickets usable Aug 15 and 16 for travel to Kane and return valid through Aug 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane
Northwestern Pennsylvania Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Reduced Rates to Chicago for Grand Army Encampment
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers excursion tickets to Chicago at single fare round trip for the 34th Annual Encampment, Aug 27 to 31. Return allowed until Aug 31, with extension to Sept 30 on depositing the ticket with a joint agent in Chicago before noon Sept 2 and paying fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grand Army of the Republic
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Erie Railway offers excursion tickets to far west states
The Erie R. R. sells one way and round trip excursion tickets to Washington Oregon Montana North and South Dakota at very low rates. Erie rates from this section are cheaper than other lines. Ticket agents provide maps timetables and rates. Contact D S Rowe Corry Pa or F H Garfield Jamestown N Y for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie R. R
Washington
Oregon
Montana
North
South Dakota
D.S. Rowe
Corry
F. H. Garfield
Jamestown
N. Y
100 Tons Wanted for Scrap and Old Materials
Advertises cash for secondhand items free of dirt and iron including rubber boots worn tires brass lead zinc copper boilers and other metal goods. The seller operates from a room in Johnsons Exchange on the second floor at Second and Liberty streets and welcomes old friends and others at any time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson’s Exchange
Liberty Streets
The Latest In Invitations at the Matt Office
The Matt office showcases wedding invitations announcements calling cards ball invitations and programs with neat elegant designs offered at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt
Blank Deeds and Mortgages for Typewriter Use for Sale
Blank deed and mortgage forms marketed for typewriter use available at the Malt office. Suitable for legal document drafting and record keeping.
Jacob Keller's Tailor Offers Best Fit Suits and Coats
In town, Jacob Keller's tailor shop markets the best fit in suits and overcoats with appealing prices. Call to visit and compare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Keller
For SaLE A Backus Water Motor 3 h p in good running order
Printing office item offering a Backus water motor of 3 horsepower in good running order for 50 dollars. The sale includes a lead feed pipe and valve and notes the motor ran several presses under eighty pounds of pressure. Contact Mail Office Warren Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Visiting Cards Sell Slow at Mail Office Auction
Postal office offers visiting cards and calling cards in bulk with bulk rates. Best values include 75 cents per hundred, 50 cents per fifty, and 30 cents per twenty five cards amid a small stock of assorted styles.
Ackley Station Correspondence Highlights Local Visits
Ackley Station July 30 notes social calls and visits in Warren Falconer Stockton Ellington Sugar Grove and nearby towns. Community members attend camp meetings and a Bennetts Hall dance. Earnest Atkins dies at Kinzua July 19, with funeral at Hale cemetery. sympathy extended to family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackley
J. T. Palmer
Warren
Vis P. Johnson
Ella Elderkin
Falconer
Benj. Marsh
Ethel Cone
Barnes
Isabelle Barnes
W. B. Hale
Ella Hornstraw
Bill
Chadworth Kingsley
Kane
Glen
Glen Kingsley
Louie Swager
Falconer’s
Andrew Arnold
Boomertown
Stedman
Minnie Nicholas
Ellington
Hannah Hale
Louisa Fellows
Mabel Johnson
Gerry and Ellington
Charley Hale
Sugar Grove
R. S. Thomas
Ira Johnson
Joel
Forbush
B. Marsh
Earnest Atkins
Kinzua
Hale
F. E. Depew
Gussie Hale
Nellie Ladow
Frederick
Bert Lindsey
Jerome Arnold
Frank Marlett
F. Fox
Russell
Eri. H. Fellows
Pearl Atkins
Jennie Lindberg
Matilda Thompson
Salamanca
Community Notes From Warren Area News Entries
An assortment of local updates from Petrolia to Warren includes wedding attendance in Petrolia, illness calls to Minneapolis for E W Cooney, visitors from Erie and Butler, bridge repairs at Brokenstraw, rail yard changes at Horns Siding, weekend parties at Stilson Hill, and residents traveling to Ocean Grove. Local figures like Will Conroy and Charles Nelson are noted with brief remarks on their activities and health. Camp meeting closure and visits to families are also reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hindman
Petrolia
Marie Vandyke
E. W. Cooney
Minneapolis
Minn
Lawrence Cooney
Bessie O’brian
Erie
John Harrington
Thos. Green
Patrick O'Brian
Chautauqua Lake
Charles Gillespie
Dunlevy
Youngsville
Will Conroy
Petroleum Centre
Will
Charles F. Nelson
Brokenstraw
Fitzgerald
Henry Hallick
Horn’s Siding
Lubold Visitor and Mt Gretna Outing Mentioned
Cherry Grove notes report H K Lubold visiting Warren on Tuesday and Corp I G Barber joining his company today for a brief Mt Gretna Pa outing. Mrs Julia Baxter and France visit their old home, Seymour Wheelock guests, Mrs W Wilkins improves from illness, and attention centers on a large rattler killed and its mate feared nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Grove
H. K. Lubold
Warren
Corp. I. G
Real Estate Transfers for Warren County Week Ending Aug 1 1900
Real estate transfers show multiple payments in Warren County with buyers such as Freddie A Young Lydia Jane Young and Richard Fosburg Wm Fosburg. Transactions include Pine Grove Warren Corydon and Pleasant properties with sums from 36.08 to 2700.00 involving buyers and sellers including Marcella J Shook Marion J Wright and Geo H Higgins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie A. Young
Lydia Jane Young
Sheffield
Richard Fosburg
Wm. Fosburg
Farmington
Myria Grannis
H. J. Muse
Corydon
Wal Con
John F. Hegerty
W. W. Wilbur
Warren
Francis B. Briggs
T. T. Moll
Alice Moll
Pine Grove
W. W. Hodges
Russell Chemical Co
T Moll
John N Schnur
Treas
Warren Co
Triumph
Geo H Higgins
East Warren Real Est
Emil Fosberg
Henry Fosberg
Geo Bauer
Jennie Bauer
Chas Ford
Rose Cole
Pittsfield
Wm Cameron
J A Morris
Wascon
EI Biddle
Atty
Jas B Johnson
Pleasant
Marcella J. Shook
Marion J Wright
Novelty Envelopes and Local Trade Notes
The MAIL office lists the Mann Wired Envelope as a new novelty with low prices for business card Co. offerings. John Stinger now runs Struthers Hotel Barn aiding farmers with horses, no livery on site. Crescent bicycle offered at 25 dollars by F Somers on Carver House corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Struthers Hotel
John Stinger
Bankruptcy Discharge Hearing Sought in Western District of Pennsylvania
Lewis Fox of Russell Warren county Pennsylvania applies for full discharge from all debts under the bankruptcy act of 1898. Creditors and interested parties must appear before the District Court in Pittsburgh on August 4 1900 at 10 o'clock to show cause why the petition should not be granted. Clerk William T Lindsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Common Pleas
Warren
F. H. Roc
Well
J. P. Jefferson
Eodore Messner
W. C. Watson
W. H. Filler
William Keegan
District Court of the United States
Western District
Pennsylvania
Lewis Fox
Russell
Warren County
Congress
Pittsburg
William T. Lindsey
Administration notices from Warren county estates
Notices announce administrations on the estates of Ella Morse Horton Sidney Brookfield Wetmore and Sophronia J Taft, with debts due and claims to be presented. An auditor for the Pickett Extension Table Company dissolution will meet August 4 1900 at 10 AM in Warren to audit and report distributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etters
Ella Morse Horton
Sheffield
Warren County
Jerry Crary
James Horton
Sidney
Sidney Brookfield Wetmore
C.D.A
Sophronia J. Taft
Warren
Pennsylvania
Erry D. Clark
Admi
C.T.A
Warren, Pa
Court of Common Pleas
Pickett Extension Table Company
J. W. Dunkle
County of
Not a Banquet But a Bargain Feast
A public sale announcement invites readers to a bargain feast with a budget friendly spread. The notice emphasizes the event as a money saving opportunity and extends the invitation to neighbors and friends.
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Warren Mail
E. Cowan
Willis Cowan
Dwight Cowan
William McKinley
Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
Edmund B. Hardenberg
Wayne CO
Galusha A. Grow
SusqueHanna CO
Robert H. Foerderer
Joseph C. Sibley
Venango Co
Assembly
L. C. Baker
Columbus
A. T. Hackney
Glade
James Brann
Frank M. Knapp
Wan-Heap-Li
Buffalo
Nebraska
Cleveland
Paramount
Kansas City Platform
Congressional
KeKean Miner
News and Views
Indianapolis Journal
York State
Saratoga
Bethlehem Steel Co
Cuba
Doctor McKinley
Grand Army National Encampment
Robert H. Johnson
Irvington
Mary Welden
Stilson Hill
Miss Loveless
Butler
Miss Welden
F. Somers
Carver Ouse
Hinckley & Rice, Solicitors
Israel Emard
Elk
F. J. Dion
Admr
H. J. Musk
Commonwealth
Senate
House of Representatives of
General Assembly
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Geneva Assembly
W. W. Griest
General Assembly OF the
Secretary OF the Commonwealth
House of Representatives
W.G
N.greenland & Son
Commissioners
Borough of
Cornstrom
Eric
Anderson
John
W.N.Y
P.R.R
Johnson
Rich
Ballott
Asa Heirs
Bishop
HENLY
Scesseecssseee
Mecrew Bros
Wood
Sewubadit Senkitee
Great Nat. Pet. Co
Someon
II Qdty
Socesces
Rccorseee
Columbus Township
McGahn
J. R
Betts, Howell
A. Weaver
McCormick, Chas
Smith O.&m. Int
Conklin Run Oil Co
Alters, H. & F
Bachup
W. I
Weaver
Sager
el Decaconte
Knupp
Yates and
Elk Township
Pemmenie
Albert
Ludlow
Day
Poople
White
Eldred Township
O. C
C. B. Pet. Co
Ray
WM. A
DOW
E. W
Kina
Sua
Morrison, S. A
Nesmith Estate
Dixon and Wardwell
Limestone
Slater
Sirove
Parrish
Pleasant Township
Brown
E. H
Archibald A
Valentine
E. T
Kellum
Chauncey
Pittsfield Township
Terrill
Richardson, Enos
Been Rinhots, Co
Davenport and
Cr South
Reek Township
Owe Vor
Brown and Co
Ballard Bros
Ghen McCafferty, Hugh
Parker and Page
Sager, John
Meipes Ae
Ld Township
Raft
West Township
Wilson
Triumph Rman
Ufsod
Kortman
A. Devore
Alle
McCue
Colby
And
J. W. Colby
Ofo,& m
Ofo. & m
Sofo, & m
J. F. Rounce
W. J. Mead
H. M. Preston
County Commissioners
F. B. Jackson
Meenanes
Warren Savings Bank
Edinboro State Normal School
John F, Bigler, Princi
Allegheny College
Unsit
Meadville, Pa
Stein Bloch
New Boston
B. G. Gregory
Allen
Liberty Street
Rowland & Sons
Sign Decora
W. C. Rowland, J. E. Rowland
W. C. Rowland, JR
Siogers
Washington, DG
Castor
Kopf & Henry
Second St
Short St
T.w.mcnett
T. W. McNett
T J. Foley
Prin
A. A.davisa
B. Warren Tel. Co
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