Matt and Philadelphia Weekly Press Offer Renewal
The notice offers a one year subscription for $1.75 in advance to all subscribers old or new. The Press is described as a premier Republican journal delivering detailed general and political news and local town county neighborhood news. Liberal terms for local clubs are promised. The best time to begin is now.
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Matt
Philadelphia Weekly
United States
Mai
Warren County
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg Battle Ground
John Fow
Jacob Henrici
Economite Society
Miss Rapp
Pittsburg
Justice Sterrett
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Institution For the Instruction of the
New Jersey
Delaware
Court of Common Pleas
Warren Co
Albert Grossenburg
Elizabeth Grossenburg
Samuel Grossenburg
William Grossenburg
Jerome Grossenburg
Eliza A. Arnett
Samuel Arnett
Clara E. Louer
A. Louer
Lillie O. McNett
Samuel McNett
I. J. H. Donly
Borough of
Warren
Mead Township
State of
Joseph Hauser
Orren Hook
John Sahm
Said Grossenburg
Samuel Grossenburg Jr
Samuel Grossenburg, Jr
Charles Vox
Lafayette Griffith
C. W. Kidder
Matthew Crine
Michael McCurdy
John Stromburgh
Anna Cryan
Bridgett Carr
Sai Samuel Grossenburg
David Ridlesperger
Baidensperger
John Sivens
Sharpley
Ridlesperger
Grossenburg
Prohibition Amendment Backed by Harrisburg Caucus
A joint Republican caucus in Harrisburg approved pledging to submit the Prohibition amendment to a public vote. A committee was named to draft a bill for a special June 18 1889 election, with Senators Delamater Cooper and Representatives Stewart Dravo Lytle appointed to prepare the measure.
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Senate
House
Allen
Harrisburg
Hall
Mercer
Cooper
Delamater
Newmyer
Stewart
Dravo
Lytle
Anthony Higgins elected U.S. Senator from Delaware
The Delaware race yields Anthony Higgins the first Republican U.S. Senator from the state. A Yale College man and prominent Delaware lawyer, Higgins has served as United States District Attorney and previously faced Bayard foes in seven years past. His win signals a strong Republican leadership direction for the state and party.
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Delaware
Anthony Higgins
U. S
Higgins
Baltimore
New Castle County
Bayard
Yale College
United States
Saulsburys
Senate
The Fence Law Contested in State Legislature
The old colonial fence law required farmers to fence against neighbor cattle. Counties repealed it by popular vote, but the Supreme Court ruled the repeal unconstitutional as indirect special legislation. Senators Packer and Orr have bills to repeal, shifting fence duties back to lawmakers.
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Supreme Court
Venango
Packer
Tioga
Senate
Representative Orr
Harrison's Inauguration parade rules issued
Gov. Beaver announces Adjt. Gen. Hastings as chief of staff and sets a February 20 1889 deadline for parade participation. Organizations must notify headquarters for assignment. civic groups under fifty are barred and improper attire or equipment will disqualify units.
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Harrison
Beaver
Adjt
D. H. Hastings
New York Board Pushes Grade Crossing Ban Across States
The Board of Railroad Commissioners supports a bill to ban new grade crossings and to remove existing ones swiftly. The measure aims to curb crossings nationwide and would require legislative action to implement across states.
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New York
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Ledger Gains From Major James Editing Reforms
The Ledger praises Major James for two to three weeks of editing, noting significant improvement and describing him as no apprentice with the paper. The editorial shift is framed as a new idea explained by his influence.
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Ledger
James
Prentice
Does Religion Pay In Modern Clergy Salaries
Dr Tatmach questions if religion pays as he earns twelve thousand dollars yearly plus a hundred dollar lectures while the poor clergyman earns six hundred dollars yearly and a donation party.
Pittsburg Daily Times Aiding Wind Disaster Sufferers
The Pittsburg Daily Times engages in relief efforts for the wind disaster victims listing about sixty individuals killed or injured in need of assistance and support from the community.
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Tur
Pittsburg Daily Times
Indiana indictment of Dudley fails amid bribery glare
The effort to indict Dudley in Indiana collapses as most expect. Observers say the move was mainly a Democratic bribery tactic to divert attention from their own misdeeds.
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Dudley
Indiana
Intimate Friends Still Silent on Harrison Cabinet Plans
Even General Harrison's intimate friends learn nothing about his Cabinet intentions, and if they know they do not disclose. The remark suggests uncertainty surrounding his administration personnel choices.
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Harrison
Temperance Legislation in Harrisburg Bids Cold Winter
Harrisburg lawmakers push a constitutional amendment to a June 18 special election amid heated debate. Supporters of high license reform press for amendments while liquor interests work to strengthen the measure. In Warren County, cider and prohibition questions loom as the state wide debate continues. The Democracy position remains unclear as caucus plans falter and voters weigh the amendment.
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Harrisburg
Republican Party
Friends of the
Brooks
Philadelphia
Warren County
Supreme Court
Brown
Ryburg
Annual Internal Revenue report notes drop in spirits production
The Commissioner reports total spirits produced last year fell to just over 71 million gallons, about half of 1881, with neutral or cologne spirits at 39 million gallons. The note highlights rising toluene-free neutral alcohol and decreasing high wines while detailing tobacco byproducts used in chewing and smoking materials totalling over 68 million pounds across scraps stems licorice sugar and other materials.
Free Ballot Demand Tied to Harrison Speech
A speech by President Harrison weeks before his nomination calls for a free ballot and remedies in Congress. He insists Republicans in states with rehabilitated rebels deserve full citizenship and urges restoring both Congress branches and an independent executive to ensure electoral freedoms.
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Harrison
National Congress
Washington
Senator Hoar Re-elected to U S Senate in Mass
Massachusetts senator Senatd Hoar was re elected to the U S Senate on the 15th with 32 Senate votes and 171 House votes. Democratic nominee P A Collins received 6 Senate votes and 56 House votes. Michigan lawmakers chose James McMillan of Detroit to replace Thomas W Palmer in the U S Senate.
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Senatd Hoar
Massachusetts
U. S. Senate
Senate
House
P. A. Collins
Michigan
James McMillan
Detroit
United States
Thomas W. Palmer
Harrison Seeks One Appointed Postmaster Preferably
Harrison laments that local applicants share identical names on petitions and asks how the President can know public wants. He argues the proper course is to select a single man and recommend no others, avoiding confusion in the selection process.
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Harrison
Car stove murders spark calls to halt deadly acts
A deadly car stove incident in Talmage, Ohio followed a railroad wreck that killed eight and injured others. The piece questions why such murders cannot be prevented and urges action to stop them.
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Talmage
Ohio
Maine Senator Frye Re elected as House votes 121 to 25
Senator Frye of Maine won re election with 121 votes for Frye and 25 for Harris M. Plaisted in the House. In the Senate all 29 votes went to W. P. Frye, with two senators absent.
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Frye
Maine
Harris M. Plaisted
Senate
W. P. Frye
Tur snubbing contradicted during Garfield era
The remark about Mrs Harrison and Mrs Blaine is challenged by historical record. The quote Let us have peace appears in context of Garfield's administration, suggesting a dispute over decorum or courtesy in high society.
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Harrison
Blaine
Garfield
Mar Office Prompt Printing for All Varieties
The Mar office offers the finest job printing in all varieties and invites customers to visit when needing any printing work done. It emphasizes quality and full-service capabilities for newspaper, business, and personal needs.
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Mar
Mat
Gowns Return to Judges in a Democratic Era
An unsigned editorial notes the return to silk gowns for judges, led by the New York Court of Appeals and followed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. It imagines local courts adopting robes, jokes about tailor competition, and even suggests a woman could become the gown maker as honor and compensation for suffrage gains.
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Republic
Supreme Court of the United States
N. Y. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Common Pleas
Brown
Barker
Merritt
Weighing Cleveland and Free Trade in 1884 Party Rift
A New York World critique argues Cleveland’s Free Trade stance harmed the Democratic Party. It asserts the party did not control Cleveland and suggests his Cabinet choices and civil service reforms weakened the party’s support and risked repudiation if known before the 1884 election.
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Democratic Party
Cleveland
Tilden
Hendricks
McClellan
Thurman
England
Vermont
Civil Service
Civil Service Reform
Grover Cleveland
Capt. Mackeys Railroad Hotel at Virginia Beach
A pamphlet describes the Princess Anne Hotel in Virginia Beach owned by the Norfolk and Virginia Beach Railroad Company. Capt. Mackey of Franklin serves as president. The hotel sits on 1600 acres with five miles of ocean frontage, 18 miles from Norfolk and 30 from Old Point Comfort, and is open year round with winter glassed balconies and fires. Nearby amusements include horseback riding, drives in pine forests, rowing and sailing on Lake Holly, Linkham and Lynnhaven Bays, and oysters noted locally.
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Capt. Mackey
Princess Anne Hotel
Virginia Beach
Norfolk and Virginia Beach Railroad Company
Franklin
Norfolk
Old Point Comfort
Lake Holly
Linkham
Lynnhaven
New Pennsylvania Bill Sets Excise License Rules
Mr. Lemon of Pittsburg introduces an amendment to the Brooks bill creating an excise commission in Harrisburg to grant licenses. The panel may approve applicants who show good moral character and U.S. citizenship. Deputies would inspect saloons during business hours for compliance.
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Lemon
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
United States
Ballot Reform Debated in Indiana Legislature
On the fifteenth the Indiana Legislature introduced nine bills to reform election methods. Some combine Australian and New York rules, others seek harsher penalties for bribery and vote selling. Senator Cox, acting Senate president, introduced one Australian modeled measure. Adoption of a modified Australian system is possible.
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Indiana
New York
Cox
Senate
Weighing War Fears Against Medical Progress
The piece discusses fears of another war and lauds medical science in defeating disease. It highlights Hostetter s Stomach Bitters as a versatile family remedy for indigestion, biliousness, constipation, and broader issues like nervous ailments, rheumatism, and kidney troubles.
Quotable Precepts and Pithy Quips From Various Papers
A compilation note quotes remarks from Boston Herald Troy Times Minneapolis Journal Syracuse Herald Binghamton Republican Warren Matt Bradford Star and Chicago Inter Ocean. It touches on politics society and journalism with satirical and observational lines about manners, media, and power.
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Dakota
Cayenne
Troy Times
Minneapolis Journal
Binghamton Republican
Syracuse Herald
Democratic State Committee Meeting in Harrisburg
The Democratic State Committee met in Harrisburg last Wednesday in a muted session. Wm L Scott led a restrained gathering with Elliot P Kisner elected Chairman over Dallas Sanders. The body adopted tariff reform support and set Harrisburg as the next State Convention site, contingent on hotel expense settlements.
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Democratic State Committee
Harrisburg
Wm.l. Scott
Sam Randall
Elliot P. Kisner
Dallas Sanders
Sanders
Kisner
The
Telegraph
Bolton House
Randall
Scott
B. M. Nead
Marshal Wright
Lehigh
Charles F. Krumbaler
Philadelphia
M. F. Elliott
Tioga
B. F. Meyers
William L. Scott
Erie
James P. Kerr
Clearfield
Allegheny
Cleveland
Allentown
Better Than Ever Vick's Floral Guide 1889
Rochester New York announces the 1889 Vick's Floral Guide with new cuts type enlarged format three lithographs of Roses Geraniums and Melons plus a plate of James Vick and his sons who own and manage the business The guide is offered free on receipt of fifteen cents and a certificate for fifteen cents worth of seed returned with it
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Vick
Rochester
N. Y
James Vick
Revered Pastor Praises Gen Harrison For Plain Propriety
The Indianapolis Dutch Methodist Magazine notes General Harrison shows no pretense or showmanship. He rejects political wire pulling and refusing nomination efforts. The pastor asserts Harrison would lead on Republican principles if elected, with no pledges beyond that.
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M. Enough. L. Haines
Gen. Harrison
Methodist Magazine
Indianapolis
Straigh
Railways, Dalightful Figures and Public Notices
A collage of 19th century notes reports railways employ about 785000 men, Wanamaker sails for Europe, a Franklin statue in Washington, and deaths, pensions, and legal notices. It covers Harper’s Ferry survivor Owen Brown, Blaine Jr. starting work, Dakota schools funding, Libby Prison move, pension bills, rail foreclosures, and a Pittsburg wind disaster jury ruling.
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Morton
White House
Owen Brown
John Brown
Passadena
Cal
Harper’s Ferry
James G. Blaine, Jr
Waterville
Maine
Dakota
P. F. McClure
Harper’s Magazine
Garfield
Cleveland
Ohio
Garfield & Garfield
Harry
James
Mentor
Bits of Business and Global Trade Snippets
Survey of diverse commerce notes vast production and export activity from umbrella making in 300 workers to Canadian egg imports, New York book sales, Cheboygan lumber, and Barus shipbuilding. Reports on fur dyeing, ivory billiard ball reuse, Siberian railroad interest, Japanese cotton mills, Australian wool, champagne fermentation patent, California bean and onion shipments, Rochester evaporators and wage data, Cypress furniture on St Simon’s Island, and Illinois orange shipper coops seeking favorable carload rates.
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Canada
New York
Cheboygan
Mich
Baru
Eneuisn
British Comunisia
Queen Charlotte’s Island
Siberia
Japan
Australia
America
London
San Francisco
California
Golden State
Rochester
St. Simon’s Island
Edgar Saltus Novel Leads Lippincotts February Issue
Edgar Saltus's new novel A Trans action in Hearts forms the leading feature of Lippincotts Magazine for February. It chronicles the Rev. Mr. Gonfallon's struggle and temptation in a masculine study of love for his wife's sister with a near accidental victory. The style remains brilliant and epigrammatic, promising a sensation second only to The Quick or the Dead. Other articles promise great interest.
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Edgar Saltus
Lippincott
Peterson's Magazine February issue review
The February Peterson's Magazine matches January quality with a beautiful steel engraving The Last Day at Home. It also features two full-page wood engravings Cupid Tobogganning and The Mill Ford, a large fashion plate, and extensive needlework designs plus admirable literary contents.
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Peterson’s
Mill Ford
Finest clothing store in Warren County advertises wide stock
The Carver House area store led by A. Weiss offers a large updated selection of serviceable and fashionable clothing for men and boys with Spring suits emphasized. The ad invites shoppers to save money and remember the store’s long established area presence.
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Warren County
Carver House
A. Weiss
Warren
Secret treaty rumored between Japan and Russia opposed to England
A whispered report claims a covert pact exists between Japan and Russia against England. Separate notes mention a Beecher memorial tablet for Plymouth Church in Brooklyn and a Tennessee club meeting weekly for fishing and shooting games, with Treasury funds cited.
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Japan
Russia
England
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
Treasury
Sea Coast Fishing and Shooting Club
Tennessee
Royal traits and rumors from a world of monarchs
The piece surveys rulers and royals, noting Victoria and Francis Joseph retrenchment and honors, Greek queenly beauty, Alpine pleasures of Princess Letitia and Spanish ties of Infanta Paz, plus Japan’s young heir Haru educated abroad with foreign tutors.
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Victoria
Francis Josep
Austria
Earl of Granville
William
Germany
Charlemagne
Russia
Princess of Wales
Duchess of Cumberland
Prince of Wales
Francis Josefh
Vatican
Frederick
Windsor Castle
Prince Consort
Great Britain
Queen Otc
Greece
Letitia
Aosta
Louis Ferdinano
Bavaria
Infanta Paz
Spain
Madrid
Charles Theodore
Princess of
Wales
Pall Mall Gazette
Denmark
Japan
Haru
Prince Haru
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Giddings
Chicago Inter-Ocean
John Wanamaker
Europe
Benjamin Franklin
Libby
Chicago
Richmond
Virginia
House Committee On
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Reading
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Lancaster
Joseph Fleming
Mercer County
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C. L. Willey
Hackenstein & Co
Illinois
W. C. Rowland
Ketterer
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Connecticut
Waterbury
Scientific American
Venice
Detroit River
Tere
John H. Reagan
Texas
Canon Bagot
Dublin
Wilk
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Kate Bushnell
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RNOON
E. C. Beach
Pres’t Warren Union
Drigen Ary Hall
J. W. Carner
Rip van Winkle
Drug Store
L. G. Noyes
James Martin
C. G. Bolster
Levi James
Same
Eliza J. Zeigler
D. T. van Vechten
A. L. Stanton
D. H. R. James
A. White
G. W. Cranch, Jr
T. J. Reynolds
J. L. McWilliams
W.H. Truesdell
Nellie C. Buchanan
Albert Harris
Penna
Fire Ins
Springfield Fire and Marine Ins
Anglo Nevada Assurance Corporation
North British and Mercantile Ins
Reading Fire Insurance Co
E. J. Hall
Weed & Co
John Jones
Springfield Fire and Marine Ins. Co
Charlotte J. Dey
Martin Devore
David Holt
Geo. Vollmer
J. A. Weible
Magee & King
E. M. Southwick
Fertig Et al
Rebecca Barber
John McCalmont
Conklin Run Oil Co
Robi. Gibson
F.C. Ward
Geo. Bates
Chas. C. Duffield
F. P. Hue
Finland
Paris
Jenny Lixp
Glasgow
Li Hung Chang
France
Turre
Central
Africa
J. H. Donly
Warren, Pa
Vrsuant
Orphan’s Court
Priest Hollow
Elkop
RE. W. Anderson
E. H
G. W. French
Fred Nelson
EB. W. Anderson
Swan Erickson
Chas
E. Erickson
Airstow
GEO
Ball’s
Thomas J. Fleming
Orphan’s Court of
Warren County and Commonwealthennsylvania
South West
County and Commonwealth
Enterrise
Tidioute
M. F. Benedict
Thomas J Fleming
W. Davis
Doane Burrows
Morck Bro
August Morck
Optician
Warren Savings Bank
WA Savings
L. F. Watson
B. Nesmith
A. J. Hazeltine
M. B. Dunham
L. R. Freeman
James Clark
L. B. Wood
H. S. Thomas
Wood & Thomas
Third Street
Liberty
Warren, la
Albany
Saratoga
Boston
Pullman
Great
Cincinnati
J. Louis
St. Louis
Minnesota
Dakota Mebrarka
Colorado
TEXA
F. H. Garfield
Jamestown
P. Farmer
Agt
A. M. Tucker
Gevaent Cainearson
Pass’ Rag
Struthers
Iron Works
Watron
Struthers, Wells &C
Parshall & Sill
FE. W
G. W. Sill
James Broder
Bradford, Pa
Bradford and
Allegany Fields
Fred
E. Young
New England Nurseries
Aik
Citizens National Bank
Myron Waters
Francis Henry
David L. Gerould
M. Waters
P. Johnson
Henry
H. A. Jamieson
V. Davis
W. D. Brown
A. Hertzel
N. Parmlee
A. T. Scofield
U.S
Inc
Boggs & Buhl
Federal St
Allegheny, PA
First National Bank
L. D. Wetmore
M. Beecher
Cenepsihios
Rou Oldest Bank
Savings Banka
Ireland
Scotland
National Line
Liverpool
Antwerp
Hamburg
Bremen
Gothenburg
Christinia
Copenhagen
P.& EK
Cashier
Pittsburgh
Market Street
Joseph Fleming & Son
Market St
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