Monument Dedication of the Washington Monument
The Washington Monument ceremonies, held last Saturday, featured a large crowd, Masonic rites, and President Arthur delivering a brief address. A military procession passed the Capitol as Gov. Long read Robert C. Winthrop’s oration and J. W. Daniels of Virginia spoke.
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Washington
Congress
Arthur
Capitol
House
Robert C. Winthrop
Gov. Long
J. W. Daniels
Virginia
Inauguration Preparations For Cleveland Amid Big Attendance
Preparations for President-elect Cleveland's inauguration are nearing completion with expectations of a large turnout. Tammany promises 10,000 uniformed men, clubs from major cities, and Pennsylvania's Guard around 7,000. Rumors speak of Confederate troops from Richmond. lodging costs surge with rooms from 10 to 100 dollars and windows renting 5 to 50. The Ledger is blamed for political grumbling as voters are urged to stay patient and avoid further complaints.
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Cleveland
Tammany Society
Pennsylvania
Lunds
Eithed
Richmond
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Congress salary bill paints costly national luxury
The appropriation for the next Congress totals 2,076,000 dollars in salary for Senators and Representatives, plus 150,000 for mileage, 617,000 for clerks and messengers, 60,000 for correspondence, 38,000 for the library, and 11,000 for the botanical garden. The writer decries the large sums and questions the value received.
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Washington
Botanical Garden
Exposition progress reported as installations substantially complete
New Orleans exposition managers announce that buildings and grounds are in good order and fine weather prevails. They urge national press to lend aid to ensure national honor and exhibitors' interests are protected and to boost educational value by increasing attendance for the remainder of the season.
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New Orleans
Grant retirement bill fails in House by wide margin
The Solid South aided by Gen Rosecrans and several Northern Democrats defeated the Grant retirement bill in the House on Monday of last week. The measure was rejected by 158 votes to 103, sixteen short of the two thirds needed. Friends of the bill remain hopeful for passage in a full House before adjournment.
Decline in Woman Clerk Appointments and Coal Shortage Report
The piece notes Southern lawmakers favor appointing many women to clerkships, displacing widows and daughters already in posts. It laments the defeated wife-beater bill in Senate, reports a Pittsburg death from domestic drunkenness, and mentions Phi Cleveland visit by W. L. Scorr with Geo. A. Allen who seeks Pittsburg U S Attorney post after March 4. Cuicano faces coal famine as storms hinder freight and coal supplies. It also records the poet James Russell Lowell’s wife’s death in London and W C Kinstead’s death as a Brooklyn Bridge founder.
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W. L. Scorr
Washington
Albany
Cleveland
Geo. A. Allen
Erie
U. S
Pittsburg
Legislative session ends with petitions and bills in brief
In both Houses little business occurred beyond petitions and bills. Representative Brown of Erie proposed a Bill creating a Erie Marine Hospital home for indigent soldiers with 1885 20000 and 1886 25000 appropriations. A grant of 1600 for a new Board of Trustees was planned. The whipping post measure failed 24 16. The Bates bill aims to curb fictitious sales and predatory payments. Oil exchanges oppose it. Both Houses adjourned until Monday night.
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Brown
Erie
Marine Hospital
Board of Trustees
House
Senate
Congress
Gen. Grant
Pennsylvania
Warren
Oil City
Bradford
The Lenten Season in Protestant America
The article explains Lent from its German root Lenz meaning spring, notes Ash Wednesday on Feb 18 with sackcloth and ashes as penitence, questions apostolic origins, and observes that American Protestant practice lacks European rigor. It states Carnival Week precedes Lent, predicts little change in daily life, and notes Easter on April 5 sets movable fasts and feasts dates.
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America
Gallantry vs Justice on State Clerkships Texas and New York
The Texas Legislature requires half the clerical posts in state departments be held by women, a move Buffalo Express calls gallant but argues New York’s Civil Service Act achieves true merit based access. The paper says justice, not favoritism, best serves women’s advancement.
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Texas
New York
Buffalo Express
Governor withholds officer nominations over Senate rejections
The Franklin Citizen reports Gov. Parrison will not nominate more officers after the Senate refused to confirm four appointments. The move causes local inconveniences such as Chester county bank protests and lack of Notary Publics in Tidioute and other towns, seen as a petty retaliation against the Senate.
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Franklin
Frederick Douglass noted by Lincoln era figure in birthday book
A Washington Capital personal note recalls Frederick Douglass's moment of modesty when a woman showed him a birthday book. Under Abraham Lincoln's birthday Douglass wrote of Lincoln as the only public man with whom he ever conversed for an hour without being reminded of his color.
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Frederick Dovaass
Washington
Fred Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Oregon adopts high license with local option and $300 fee
The Oregon Legislature passed a bill adopting a high license system at $300 per year. The law includes local option, allowing a saloon license only after a petition by the majority of voters in the precinct where it would be located.
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Oregon
William L Scorr and Cleveland politics in late coverage
Erie resident William L Scorr seeks favorable treatment from Cleveland’s administration including coal supply for the White House and control of Pennsylvania patronage. The note reflects political tradeoffs amid 19th century federal patronage and local influence illustrated by Philadelphia press commentary.
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Willliam L. Scorr
Erie
Cleveland
White House
Pennsylvania
Phila. Press
Fall and Winter Clothing by Jacob Keller Tailor
Jacob Keller the Tailor offers a vast stock of imported and domestic cloths ready to be tailored into suits. He guarantees a good fit with skilled workmen and the latest styles. Visit second story rooms on Second Street near Liberty.
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Jacob Keller
Second Street
Liberty
Visit to Anastasia Island and Fort Marion by Warren Residents
A Warren party travels from St Augustine to Anastasia Island by boat and tram road car to inspect the old Spanish lighthouse ruins and the 1873 lighthouse. They tour Fort Marion, sea walls, and coquina quarries, noting historical inscriptions, dungeons, and the fort’s long siege of history from 1690 to 1821, with reflections on patriotism and liberty.
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St. Acustine
Fua
Mat
Natanzas
Anastasia Island
St. Augustine
Atlantic
Florida
Fort Marion
United States Barracks
New England
Fort San Mateo
Fort San Marco
United States
Francis Marion
Pedro de Brozas Y Garay
England
Christopher Gadsden
South Carolina
Washington
Andre
Gadsden
Mr. Reynolds
New York
The Sportman's Journal profile of Turf Field and Farm
The Turf Field and Farm journal has served breeders and track managers for twenty years, shaping turf, athletic, aquatic, and sports sectors. It boasts a strong, accurate staff and wide influence in America and Europe, with counsel widely respected.
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Sportman's Journal
America
Europe
Magnetic Balm and Remedies Advertise Warm Pain Relief
A historical advertisement promotes Dr. Blodgett's Magnetic Balm and a 25 cent bottle of Hub Cough Cure by Geo. P. Orr & Co. Claims include relief for cold, neuralgia, frozen extremities, earache, toothache, stomach pains, and rheumatism. The ad also lists oranges and lemons for sale at ten and fifteen cents per dozen.
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Dr. Blodgett
Geo. P. Orr & Co
Johnson
Siegfried
Gro. P. Orr & Co’r
Register's Notice of Accounts in Warren County
The register announces that various executors and administrators have filed accounts for estates in Warren County and that these will be presented to the Orphans Court on the fourth day of March at two o clock PM for confirmation. Names include Gottloib Haag Wm R Elston L D Wetmore Z E Eddy H G Eddy Swanson August Peterson Joseph F Fay Lorenzo Preston M Lindsey and Patrick Falconer. The notice dates January 30 1885.
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Court of Common Pleas
Warren County
Liberty Street
Warren
W.G. Trunkey
Register
Orphan’s Court
Said County
Po. M
Gottloib Haag
Christian Haag
Wm. R. Elston
C. R. Elston
L. D. Wetmore
George Chapel
Z. E
H. G. Eddy
Isaac 8S. Eddy
Wm. Swanson
Jas. O. Parmlee
Charles Dahlberg
August Peterson
Andrew Peterson
S. Tipton
Joseph Green
Joseph F. Fay
Myron M. Stanford
Lorenzo Preston
Charles H. Elliott
Wm. M. Lindsey
Patrick Falconer
W.J. Alexander
Register. Register
Warren Pa
Sheriff Sale Notices from Warren County 1885
Public sales of two Pine Grove parcels and two Glade Township tracts in Warren County Pennsylvania proceed by writs of fi fa and court summons. First sale March 2 1885 at 1 pm describes two parcels totaling about 4 1 2 acres. second sale lists two four acre and one acre tracts with improvements, all as properties of Lucinda and Luther Beardsley and Oscar Brasington at suits by Warren Fitts and John M Olney.
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Russell
Turner’s Mill
Jerry Ruland
Ruland
Alonzo Cole
Cole
George Sage
Pine Grove Township
Chas. Reed
Ackley
Sheriff's Office
Warren, Pa
Orris Hall
John M. Olney
Said Olney
Hodge
Verback
Brewery Road
Oscar Brasington
E. A. Allen
Warren
Heriff
Wend
Court of Common Pleas
Warren County
Court House
Kinzua
County of
Pennsylvania
Corydon
H. King
John English
J. H. King
James O. Gunning
Robert English
Smith Labree
State of
R. H. English
Albert A. Pratt
L. M. Strong
A. G. Hoyt
J. J. Taylor
Messner
Taylor & Messner
Court of of Common Pleas
Borough of
Youngsville
Lucinda C. Marsh
College Street
Dorman Green
Moses Olds
John Huie
Recorder's Office
Said
P. Mead
Eliza E. Hull
Pittsfield Township
Stephen Hosmer
Willet Story
Cherry — Township
C. K. Bean
Mead Township
Bean
E. D
C. M. Howard
Said Bean
C. W. H. Verback
Recorder’s Office
C. M Ball
F. P. Hays
W. P. Book
Union Oil Company
James Pettigrew
J. A. McGee
C. W. Smith
Joseph Hall
Said Hall
John Farnsworth
Cherry Grove Township
Farnsworth
K. Bean
P. Johnson
A Allen
Clarendon Borough
Do. R. Elston
Sheffield
Elston
James Barrett
Annie Barrett
Clark E. Bean
James Hildam
Sager
K. K. Jenks
Lyman Rayment
Oliver P. Downing
G. B. Webber
Tidioute
Robert Morris
McCue
Benjamin Gorman
Dr. Shugart
John Warren
Henry Waters
J . Acomb
R. W. McCormick
Tuttle
Henry McGee
T. Russell
Susan E
Frances McGee
Margaret McGee
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Bel Bros
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Etters
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Brokenstraw
Warren Co
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Milton Mapes
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Ludlow
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Francis Henry
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Invincible
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Harry Charpel
Williamsport
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Dunkirk, Warren
Patrick H. Towell
Ruth Bowell
Richard Smith
Hallett Book Co
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General Assembly
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N. Dietch
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Court of Quarter Sessions
Warren Borough
T. F. Valentine
Mike Silk
Joan Heibel
J. N. Deitch
Chas Schwing
Henry Flacke
H. Buss
P. H. Willey
Tidioute Borough
W. P. Shaw
George Jones
N. N. Hanchett
North Clarendon Borough
E. O'Donnell
M. Murphy
D.G. Fannin
B. F. Branch
T. W. Dempsey
J. A. Brennan
Charles Campbell
T. B. Willoughby
J.T. Smith
Henry Dilberger
J.B. Corby
Joseph Clinton
L. E. Branch
Kinz
Joseph Hale
Joseph Clendening
J. H. Williams
Freehold TP
A. K
Garland, Wm
Hathaway
Pittsfield
Amos T. Banks
Irvington
Rick Donovan
Columbus Borough
Charles Henry
A. P. Garfield
J. A. Weible
S. H. Brians
Warren Co. Com
Lillie J. Paren
John Rollins
Libellant
T. Gillispie
Soronce of
LL. Siggiys
D. H. Siggins
Third Street
Library
P. O
Fisher Block
A. A. Davis & CO
Warren, Penn
Dee
H. A. Jamieson & CO
Lake Shore Tube Works
National
Simond
Dupont Powder Co
Carver House
P. Z. Bayer
A. B. McKain & Son
Liberty and
Water Streets
Episcopal Church
P. Greenland
Warren, Ia
Hickory Street
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