Inauguration of Gov Hartranft Marks a New Era
Editorial recounts Gov John F Hartranft's swearing in amid snow and rain, notes his Cabinet hints, and praises the Orphan Schools. It covers his inaugural address on debt, taxes, minerals, labor, schools, militia, insurance, Centennial plans, constitutional reform, special legislation, and pardoning power. Public duties, Board of Public Charities, and state politics are described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
John F. Hartranft
M. S. Quay
The
Beaver Radical
Commonwealth
Major Norris
Philadelphia
Armstrong
Williamsport
Wayne McVeigh
Norrisburg
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
Constitutional Convention
Board OF Public Charities
Pennsylvania
Old Commonwealth
D. J. Godshark
Bethlehem
Menamin
U. S
Anderson
Cameron
United States Senate
Hartranft
General Grant
Gil Blas
Rates of Interest Across States in 1872 and a Library Fire
Gov Dix urges repeal of usury laws leaving contract free rates. The survey lists state rates from 6 to 12 percent with varying penalties for excess. A fire at Edwin Forrest's Library on Jan 15 destroyed much of the Shakespeare collection valued at 5,000 dollars, with total damages around 20,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Dix
New York
Arkansas
Alabama
Connecticut
California
Colorado
Delaware
Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Edwin Forrest
America
Rockbridge County
Signal Service
War Department
Strasbourg
Summer
Bombay
India
Spring Creek Station
Zachary T. Morton
Margie
Geo
Lottie Stearnes
John Albert
John Schultz
Warren
Pine Grove
Sallie McCoy
Venango
Erie Co. Pa
Jacob Rowland
Chautauqua County
Albany
N. Y
Ellery
Busti
Wattsburg
Columbus
Peter B. Kingsley
Clara Fritts
Sugar Grove
Katherine Dennigan
Pleasant Township
Heighhouse & Bro
Warren, Pa
Disaster Strikes Immigrant Ship Off Dungeness Light
A passenger liner bound for Australia was rammed while at anchor near Dungeness Light, England, by a Portuguese or Spanish steamer on January 22. Of 412 aboard, 97 survivors were rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Dungeness
England
Severe Minnesota Storm Leaves Dozens Dead And Stranded
Reports from Minnesota describe the recent storm as the most severe in the region. Already twenty people are known to have frozen to death with more expected. horses and cattle suffered, and railroad travel was greatly interrupted by deep snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Diverse Global Statements Highlight Late 19th Century News
A collage of facts covers people and places from Stokes and Kellogg to the Heathen Chinee, with notes on governors Dix and Curtin, New York crime, Canadian and Indian events, coal, paper, and theater. It references births, deaths, and notable curiosities across nations.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Warren Mail
Wm. A. Wallace
Thos. M. Marshall
Hendrick B. Wright
McClure
Marshall
Wallace
Wright
House
Philadelphia Press
Gen. Allen
Allen
Howard Day
Progress of Liberty
Day
J. D. Cameron
Camerons
Shortt
Eldred
Friends of Temperance
Samuel E. Dimmick
Wayne County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Chambersburg
Sam
A. Black
Our Road
Dr. Wi. Bradley
Danville
Hiram Young
York
Benj. Whitman
Eric
Hans Christian Anderson
Japan
Isabella
Paris
Mr. Stanley
Calcutta
General Dix
United States
Curtin
Russia
Alexis
T. R. Caldwell
Gen. Hartranft
London
Washington
Napoleon
G. A. Bruegel
Arthur Franklin Munson
Emma IL. Schwab
Zanesville
Jacob Offerle
Glade City
C. Dinsmoor
Daniel Offerle
Nancy Ann Acks
Pleasant
Barnes, Pa
District Court OF the United States
John Denzer
Woodruff
Erie
McCandless
J. F. Wells
Hoffman & Clark’s
Warren County
FE. A. Baldwin
Tidicute, PA
Walter Semen
Corydon
John F. Semen
Adin’'r
Cornplanter
Oil Creek
Allegheny River Railway
Corry
Allegheny River
E. M. Pierce
Ruhlman
News Depot
Wheeler & Wilkson
A. A. Davis & Co
Herosene Dues
East First National Bank
Dunham, Capron & CO
Orphan’s Court
State of
Harriet Spencer
Jacob Smutz
Alfred Spencer
Fidelio Spencer
Elias Boudinot
Recorder's
Pichelle Spencer
Henry Babcock
Rush Bartlett & Son
F.i. & Winter Clothing
Rush
Boe
the Orphan's Court
Towit
Sugar Grove Township
Youngsville
A. W. Camp
WM. Jewell
Benjamin Ellis
Ohn B. Gough
Horace Greeley
J.B. Burr & Hyde
Hartford
Phillip Bysecker
Waren, Pa
Thos. Marsh
Court of Common Pleas
Daniel Thompson
Lander
Farmington
Warren Co. Pa
A. H. Ludlow
Joseph Marsh
Pine Grove Township
J. B. Wood
Irvineburg
Thomas Marsh
Hugh Marsh
Register
Averill
Lajst
M, Miles
Tia
Culverwell
S. J. Fisher
Carver House
Dr. Douglass
Dublin
Wil Wells
Eac Witt TE
Agent O ‘Manufacturers
West Genesee St
Buffalo, N.Y
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