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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1888
Page
2
The Warren Mail announces a renewed offer of the Main and the Philadelphia yess one year for 1.75 in advance. It highlights the Press as a first class Republican journal with detailed general and political news. It urges local readers and voters in Warren county to subscribe, offering liberal terms for local clubs.
A Washington dispatch recalls the 32-year-old caucus that chose Nathaniel P. Banks for Speaker after a protracted contest. Surviving members, led by Banks, gathered in Washington with Justices, Senators, and Republicans, recalling the first Republican triumph in Congress and praising Banks.
In Columbus Ohio the Democratic forgers on trial are described as using tally sheet alterations to rig election returns. One accomplice has become state’s evidence, detailing the scheme while Judge Thurman leads prosecutorial efforts. The piece hints a potential 1884 political factor in his career.
An 1888 political note endorses subscription to the Warren Marz and Philadelphia Press. The author accepts an offer and encloses $1.75 for a one year subscription, urging others to subscribe despite delays.
Senator Woorers favored a dyed in the wool Democrat for a Postmaster role. Dickinson pledged to appoint a Republican, prompting Sycamore to declare he has met no Democrat in the present administration.
Mrs Hendricks complains she lacks a pension while Mrs Logan has one on her husband’s account. She criticizes the intel lect reference in the Democratic party and says she should not reflect on Cleveland. The commentary brushes aside concerns about preference for weight.
West Point reports 304 cadets produced 33 337 trouser loads for laundry in the past year. The piece notes cadets prize essentials like white breeches as part of their life at the academy.
A. J. Steman, a prominent Buffalo lawyer and former Democratic leader in Assemblyman Sheehan's district, switches to the Republicans citing Cleveland's free trade message. Sensible man.
Axpy Curtin seeks post in Mexico while Cleveland backs another candidate and Andy protests. Also featured are new seertal styles of cloths just received by Geo. Baty The Clothier.
The Congressional conference of committees from Venango Warren McKean Cameron and their counties met in Warren at the Carver House. They unanimously adopt a delegate system with Venango Warren and McKean each receiving five delegates and Cameron three to form an eighteen member convention for nominating the district’s candidate. Mayo Taggart Norris presided and acted as secretaries.
The league publishes and distributes tariff themed treatises to explain protection benefits. It notes recent outreach of half a million documents and plans to double distribution this year. Postage 10 cents for the full list or 2 cents for individual items.
The Turf Field and Farm of New York is praised as the best journal of its kind. It carries forward the legacy of William T. Porter, founded in 1865, with a focus on accuracy over sensationalism and coverage of breeding, development, marksmanship, and field trials. Published at 39 and 42 Park Row, New York.
The writer scorns the Ledger for being a large weekly in northwestern Pennsylvania and urges Warren to print its own paper. They challenge local dealers in junk news and offer the Ramage press to publish a genuine Warren paper with original content rather than rebadged ads.
Attorney General Garland declares he will retire to private life in March 1889, signaling the end of a public service era. Cleveland echoes the sentiment as the political scene absorbs the news.
Gilbert and Sullivan productions draw crowds with Trial by Jury at Library Hall. The performance is set for Thursday February 16 inviting fans of the operetta to attend.
A state commission reported the assembly chamber ceiling is so weak that it must be removed and the chamber abandoned. Large stones have fallen and ribs show unsafe pressure. The entire chamber cost $1,000,000 and rooms beneath, including the State Library and committee rooms, must also be abandoned.
W. C. Rowan offers correctly numbered houses and business places at affordable rates. Shop over Ketterer’s store.
The large dry goods house Barnes Hengerer Co in Buffalo was leveled by a fire on Wednesday with an estimated loss of 3 million dollars. The item notes other brief observations including politics and entertainment statistics from the era.
John Wilkins and one of his six wives were arrested in Scambler and arrived with detectives in Fargo. He is the son of a Standard Oil director in Cleveland and was found to have married six women in the past year and living with all of them.
A Warren Union committee visited rooms 1 5 and 6 on February 2 to review scientific temperance teaching. Prof Miller showcased school board charts on alcohol’s effects, urging parental support, and urging moral influence beyond the classroom. The piece promotes parental responsibility and notes past political and social discourse on temperance and women’s leadership.
German exclusion from St Louis schools and sugar trust impact in New York headline the note. Obituaries include Homer Harmon and Asa Gray. Knights of Pythias order suspensions and Knights of Labor gains noted. Lecturers James Redpath and James Hassly mentioned. Counterfeiters Brownell and Emmon captured in Buffalo. Various civic and legal updates from Virginia to California, plus industry growth in the South and wage-related court rulings. Also mentions dynamiters conviction in London and agricultural debates in Mississippi, with weather and local incidents.
A promotional notice extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic nervine to aid nervous disorders. It claims the bitters provide easier, safer relief than alcoholic tonics, narcotics, or beef extracts, and says improved digestion yields rest and vigor. It also recommends use for fever, rheumatism, kidney troubles, constipation, and biliousness.
Rost. H. Johnson seeks cash for rags free of rubbish papers and old rubber shoes and metals during the season. Items available at his room Johnson's Exchange.
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