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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1882
Page
2
The text quips about Congress members pushing to enforce House committees and expand them. A proposed plan by Congressman Ofth suggests a ten member majority and four minority panel replacing the Speaker, but the feasibility is questioned, especially with three parties.
The bill by Mer Hazevrin of the Tlouse calls for printing 180 million in fractional currency shinplasters of ten twenty five and fifty cents to be legal tender under one dollar and exchangeable for coin or notes. U S Senator Davis seeks to retire Judge Hunt at 70. Folger may become judge and Conkling secretary of the treasury. The Chicago Herald attacks Scoville over Garfi eld assassination links. Sam Joserns of Philadelphia shoots a Democratic ally in a convention incident and has the shooter jailed.
A state temperance convention met in Harrisburg Tuesday to Friday with delegates from across the state. Resolutions favored school education on alcohol effects and a constitutional prohibition amendment to be submitted to the next Legislature. Officers elected include President James Black of Lancaster and numerous secretaries, with a board of managers led by William Hargraves and Louis Wagner.
William S. Vanderbilt has moved into his new Fifth Avenue home, opened to family friends. The interior required 600 to 700 workers for 18 months, with 60 foreign carpenters and sculptors two years in Europe and then to the United States, paid about 60 dollars weekly plus travel.
A new Harrisburg Telegraph will launch after March first with C. H. Bergner Thos F Wilson Hon E F Barr F A Bergner and W McAlarney on its staff. Thomas Wilson named editor and C H Bergner business manager. The paper vows to be a commanding influence in Pennsylvania and support Republican politics. A Philadelphia Press Map of Pennsylvania is offered with a year’s Weekly Press for $1.50. full package Main and Press for $3, including the map.
The note lists seasons at Florida resorts and mentions Boston abandoning a world’s fair in LS85. It also recounts anecdotes from 19th century letters about vaccination in Illinois, cedar preservation, and varied social reflections including a courtroom tale about temperance laws in Pinsilvana and a discussion of alcohol licensing.
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