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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1885
Page
2
A movement promotes Tuesday pay to curb Saturday night excess and weekly waste. Proponents cite firm experience and Monday pay as easier for budgeting, while critics urge personal self control. advocates argue mid week wages help thrift and steady living.
Congressman Bayne of Pittsburg credits Quay with moderating party policy and expanding independent concessions. He says Quay advocated Blaine for 1876 and Grow for 1880 but was overruled, and that Quay’s influence helped the party recognize voters wishes and secure a large majority.
A general order from Grand Army of the Republic headquarters in Washington announces Washington as the site for a monument to Gen. Grant. Posts must prepare rolls listing name rank regiment and post of each donor to be bound into volumes. Funds will be deposited with a trust company and used solely for erection, engraving, printing, and distributing the rolls, with Grand Army members contributing time and labor at no cost to the fund.
The Liberals lose ground, the Tories gain, and the Parnellites show strength, likely to balance power. An alliance with Liberals appears imminent while a Whig Tory merger could end deadlock. In New York Hill leads Davenport by 11 694 with Prohibitionists at 31 000, helping Republicans in the legislature while Democrats win the governorship.
News outlines the sudden apoplexy death of W H Vanderbilt on December 8 1885 at age 64 after a morning at a studio and lunch with family. It notes his wealth status as America’s richest man with vast railroad holdings and government bonds and details funeral arrangements with pallbearers including Chauncey Depew and J Pierrepont Morgan before burial on Staten Island.
The Circuit Court blocked fraudulent returns for Cincinnati Senate and Assembly races. The three Democratic Justices on the Supreme Court overruled, directing the Clerk to issue certificates to the Democratic nominees. One Republican judge dissented, prompting concerns of partisan bias and shift in Hamilton County power.
The President receives Cabinet at 12 noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Senators and Representatives visit daily 10 to 12 except Mondays. Other visitors with business go 12 to 1 30 daily except Cabinet days and Mondays. Respect visitors are received in the East Room at 1 30 daily except Cabinet days and Mondays.
The Syracuse Standard imagines a future president delivering an annual message simple enough for two columns. Prof Proctor warns that cooling Earth will become porous with interior cavities absorbing water, eventually leaving the planet dry. The remark ends by asking what temperance advocates and milkwomen would do then.
A practical farmer leads the department and offers a combined deal. One year of Weekly Press plus one year of American Agriculturalist and a choice between Household or Farm Conveniences, totaling 400 value sent for 235. Includes sample copy and premium list.
A 19th century speech argues against large land acquisitions by individuals, urging land law repeal and fair use of railroad grants. It notes rising home demand, calls for honest handling of grants, and emphasizes integrity in pension rolls while promising reforms to improve listing and processing of veterans’ claims. The section ends with a transition to The Mormons.
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