Mail and Ress Offer for A Year Subscriptions
The Warren Mail on January 31 1888 renews a one year subscription offer for 1 75 in advance to all readers. The ress is described as a large first class Republican journal with detailed general and political news. Both papers promise town county and neighborhood news and urge readers to join now with local club terms.
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Mail
Philadelphia
Ress
United States
Mai
Warren County
Suppressing the Truth in Contest for Speaker
The Democrats elect Mr Carlisle as Speaker while the contesting Mr Thobe is not examined. The election case was mispresented to the elections committee and the House refused to reopen it. Thobe, a working man, claims he was cheated out of votes and his supporters urge inquiry amid partisan dissent.
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Washington
Carlisle
Thobe
Committee On Elections
House
Reagan
Chandler
Navy Department
Naval Committee
Senate
Manderson
Interior Department
Coeura’ Alene
Oregon
John A. Logan
Messrs
Berry
Yeas
Mills
Crisp
Georgia
Thoebe
Hogg
West Virginia
Chipman
Michigan
Cannon
Cooper
Davenport
McKenna
Post
Steele
Messrs Baker
Illinois
Brewer
Buchanan
Cheadle
Hover
Kerr
Laidlam
Anderson
Iowa
Pacific Railroad
Cummings
New York
Mitchell
Mason
Mississippi River
Inexington
Indian Territory
United States
Duluth, Rainy Lake River & Southwestern Railroad Company
Minnesota
Breckinridge
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Bacon
N. Y
Committee On Manufactures
Randall
Burlington
Springer
Cimmarron
Landes
Committee On Banking and Currency
Wilkins
Dingley
Committee On
Warren County Farmers Club Drives State Meeting Plan
The State Board of Agriculture will meet in Warren next June, following a near unanimous Warren vote urged by the Warren County Farmers Club. President Charles Lott leads a club active in promoting agriculture and a newly started Warren Library with about 100 books for subscribers and members.
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State Board of Agriculture
Harrisburg
Arren
Warren County Farmer’s Club
Stone
Warren
Warren County
Charles Lott
Sheffield Gas Company
Sheffield
Pennsylvania
Qo Cc
W. R. Radeker
Sec’v
Senator Quay Wins First Senate Victory
A Washington dispatch notes Senator Quay secured his first victory in parliamentary action by passage of his bill to raise the deafness pension from thirteen to thirty dollars. The move marks notable early service by the new senator.
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Senator Quay
Washington
Quay
Senate
Republican committee to plan 27th district nominations
The chairman appointed Judge Cochran J C Johnson and B W Green to meet with committees from McKean Warren and Venango counties to arrange a plan for nominating candidates for Congress in the 27th district. The meeting is set for Thursday Feb 2 in Warren with exact time to be decided.
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Republican County Committee
Cochran
J. C. Johnson
B. W. Green
McKean
Warren
Venango
Congress
Emporium Press
Delegate count set for Democratic convention
A circular from Chairman Eisner of the Democratic State Committee states the next Convention will have 364 delegates. Each delegation seat equals one thousand Democratic votes cast for Governor in the last election, with fractional rules for votes amounting to 500 or more.
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Eisner
Democratic State Committee
Mrs. Joan Wilkins Sues for Divorce Over Multiple Wives
Mrs. Joan Wilkins of St. Paul sues for divorce saying her husband John has four other wives. She married him at Fagundus Pennsylvania in 1870 and lived there for years. Some particular women object to wife numbers two three and four.
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Joan Wilkins
St. Paul
John
Fagundus
Congress in Session Seven Weeks With Few Precedence
The Democratic majority has spent seven weeks in session with little legislative progress. They defeated Sam Randall in Pennsylvania and eliminated Thobe in Kentucky, implying the planned surplus will shrink at this pace.
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Congress
Sam Randall
Pennsylvania
Thobe
Kentucky
Cleveland Begins Post White House Walk Regimen
Cleveland has started walking after returning to Washington. He covered a mile and a half on the first day and intends to keep up the routine, aiming to walk out of the White House and remain away.
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Washington
Cleveland
White House
Randall Men Triumph in Beaver County Delegates Scrimmage
The Democracy of Beaver County held a recent meeting to select delegates to the State Convention. The Randall faction emerged on top in the scrimmage, signaling their influence for the upcoming convention.
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Beaver County
Randall
Scott
Notable Letter from Axpany Resident on Washington Visit
Jan 26 1888. Dear Grover. It must have been exceedingly cold in Washington on Thursday evening. I am feeling well. David B. Hit quotes Sam Small calling church fairs an abomination yet says church fairs are fine if run fair.
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Axpany
Grover
Washington
David B. Hit
Hell
Sam Small
Jay Gould Returns Disappointed from Europe
Jay Gould reportedly travels back from Europe in disappointment and is said to have failed to steal a throne or claim any major prize while abroad.
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Jay Gould
Europe
Will Spoon
Senator Wilson Re elected to Six Year Term in Iowa
Iowa Senator Wilson, a Republican, was re elected for a six year term by the Iowa Legislature last week. The selection was described as a good one.
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Wilson
Iowa
Senate OKs $2000 pension for Mrs Logan
The United States Senate approved a pension of two thousand dollars for Mrs. Logan by a 55 to 7 vote, delivering financial support to the beneficiary.
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United States Senate
Temperance Versus Politics In Judge Johnsons View
The Ledger attacks the Arrow and defends Judge Johnsons temperance stance. It argues temperance differs from Republican politics yet urges unity against Democratic support of rum power, praising the Republican party for delivering temperance gains and challenging third party Prohibition.
Republican State Convention Set for Harrisburg April 25 1888
Chairman Thomas W. Cooper of the Republican State Committee issues the call for the state convention to nominate a Supreme Judge and elect four delegates and four alternates at large for the Chicago National Convention. The notice outlines rules for convention timing and delegate selection under the 1886 apportionment and urges broad primary participation.
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Cooper’s Call
Thomas W. Cooper
Republican State Committee
Phrladelphia
Harrisburg
Chicago
General Assembly
Tomas V. Coorrr
Cleveland’s struggle for NY committee seat signals Hill tension
In New York last week Gov. Hill and Cleveland clashed over naming a member to fill a vacancy. Roswell P. Flower and Henry J. Mowry each garnered 17 votes after many ballots as the committee adjourned. The piece suggests Hill may dominate pivotal states and that Democrats debate national nomination.
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Cleveland
Penn
New York
Gov. Hill
Hill
Roswell P. Flower
Henry J. Mowry
Hubert O. Thompson
Grover Cleveland
David B. Hill
New Jersey
Indiana
Lippincott's February Woman's Number Emphasizes Female Work
Lippincott's Magazine for February spotlights women authors translators and critics with articles on women in literature law poetry and criticism. Mrs A L Wister translates The Spell of Home from German and the Monthly Gossip outlines an accessible literature scheme offering a $100 prize for answers to 100 literary and current affairs questions.
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Lippincott’s
A. L. Wister
E. Werner
Notice to sell rags and metals at Johnson's Exchange
I will pay cash for rags free from rubbish papers and old rubber shoes and metals during the remainder of the season. Can be found at my room Johnson's exchange Rost H Joumesow.
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Johnson’s Exchange
Joumesow
Talking Out The New York Sun on Cleveland and Randall
The New York Sun argues that pursuing Sam Randall risks Democratic defeat. It claims Manning helped Cleveland’s nomination and Randall’s election, warns renomination could happen without Manning, and predicts a doubtful 1888 canvass amid protectionist sentiment. It insists Randall championed protection and Democrats face a rough path against Cleveland’s renomination.
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The
New York Sun
Sam Randall
Manning
Cleveland
Randall
Liquor Adulterations Stun New York Consumers
A New York liquor maker with twenty years of experience exposes widespread adulteration. He claims pure brandy is rarely genuine, wine is faked with counterfeit labels, corks and packing. vast quantities of whiskey are turned toxic by poisons including strychnine. He warns temperate dealers avoid the poison and urges people to stop drinking to avoid death.
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New York
France
Tribune Almanac 1887 Fifty-Second Year
The Tibins Almanac began by Mr. Greely in 1838 and now reaches the fiftieth issue. It packs 105 pages of key political facts for 1887, noting major acts such as the Electoral Count Act and Interstate Commerce Act. It lists party platforms for Republican Democratic Labor Prohibition and Personal Liberty. For copies, address the Tribune in New York.
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Greely
The
Tribune
N. Y
Weather notes from Eldorado Kansas in January 1888
A Kansas letter reports extreme cold in Eldorado with the thermometer dropping ten to twenty two degrees below zero on eight and one occasions, a north gale since January 15, little snow, one thunder shower, and hail replacing rain. The writer requests a mail address change from Dixon to Eldorado.
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Porapo
Kas
Mart
Eldorado
Dixon
Kansas
Insurance as a Shield for Home and Family
A persuasive brief extols insurance as essential to shelter homes and provide for widows and orphans after fire or death. It notes two companies with capital over one hundred million dollars prepared to issue fire, life, and accident policies in approved forms, with offices in the Exchange Block over the telegraph office.
Kemp's Suppositories touted as cure for piles at Noyes drugstore
Daily at L. G. Noyes drug store Kemp's Suppositories are advertised as the most successful cure for piles. Sufferers are promised immediate relief and a permanent cure with timely use. Price.
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L. G. Noyes
Kemp
Personal and Otherwise In Brief
A collage of short notices: J C McMullen dies of pleurisy in Bradford. Col Fred Grant visits Washington with wife. a newspaper adage about advertising in dull times. Gov Beaver speaks in Baltimore at a Young Men's Republican Club event. severe East storm blocks railroads in NY NE PA. a blind Hub card player. Howard Douglas sanctions Pennsylvania Knights of Pythias lodge. New York horsemen protect against cold with paper armor. Naugatuck Congregationalists build a 24 room parish house. exhortation to spend locally. Scribner's February issue highlighted by Mendelssohn letters to Moscheles from the Moscheles manuscripts.
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Howard Douglas
Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Lodge of
Pennsylvania
New York
Naugatuck
Conn
Scribner’s Magazine
Mendelssohn
William F. Apthorp
State Briefs and Local Notables Scrutinized
Pennsylvania hosts 1148 newspapers as Greene county auditors gain 3 dollars daily raising from 1.50. The G A R in Lock Haven plans a soldier monument while Mercer jail boarders mainly face liquor-law sentences. A Philadelphia judge upholds pedestrians' street crossing rights.
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Pennsylvania
Greene County
Lock Haven
Mercer
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Judge rules old fence law valid in Venango County
Judge Taylor upholds the 1700 fence statute in Venango County and strikes down the 1885 repeal act as unconstitutional special legislation. The decision keeps cattle damage claims tied to the old standard horse high bull strong pig tight, affecting Cherry and Frost dispute near Rooseville.
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Taylor
Venango County
Cherry
Rooseville
Frost
Musford
Hancock and Thorp
Oil City
W. J. Breene
Franklin Neus
Temperance notes and legislative briefings in Warren
Public meeting highlights wage reforms and banking needs for workers paid by check. Kane’s proximity reduces travel costs boosting earnings. Law and Order Society plans to challenge liquor licenses. Willard era purity pledges expand as White Cross and White Shield programs organize men and women with aims to protect virtue and support mothers meetings.
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Warren
Sidney Wetmore
Kane
Ludlow
Warren Wet
Miss Willard
Department of Social Purity
White Cross
White Shield Department
White Shield
Columbus
Miss
America
Forfeiture and land sales tied to railroad aid debated
January Senate reports favoring a land forfeiture bill to back railroad construction with a two year window for purchase of up to 20 acres at 2.50 an acre for those with pre 1836 agreements. Debates on free trade, canal projects, immigration regulation, and foreign catch restrictions fill the session notes.
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Senate
Plumb
Committee On Public Lands
United States
Hoar
Great Britain
Dominion of Canada
Welland Canal
Bay of Fundy
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Chandler
Congress
Blair
Fry
Committee On
Committee On Finance
Mr. Cleveland
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Warren Mail
Adelphia
G. B. WilLuraMs
Second St
Judge Johnson
Ledger
Arrow Joan
Republican Party
Liberty Leagues
Friends of Law and Order
Arrow
Johnson
W. C. Rowlane
Ketterer
New York State
Democrats Are Very Largely the Friends of Protection
the Sun
Tribune Almanac
H. Barron
J. C. McMullen
Bradford Oil News
Bradford
Fred Grant
Capital
Army of the Potomac
Gettysburg
Edward McPherson
Army of Northern Vic
Nrthern
Cruimline
Banks & Brothers
Temperance Department
Law and Order Society of
Allegheny County
Meeting of Prayer For Colleges
Evangelical Church
Congressional
Gorman
Pacific
Judiciary Committee
Railroads Committee
Davis
Call
Palmer
Committee On Foreign Relations
Ator
Wagner & Reis
John L. Kerr
Night
Rudolph Aronson
Comic Opera Co
Erminie
Casino
New York City
Noyes
Henry Fogles
Peter M. Smith
C. W. Clark
E. D. Rowley
John T. Thorpe
Thos
Wood
H. Addleman
Penna. R. K. Co
Lessees
Agnes Crowley
Same
Com’rs of Columbus
James Martin
Charles G. Bolster
Levi Jones
Stanton
C. W. Nichols
White & Million
N. F. Clark Et al
Geo. W. Irvine
C. L. Douglass
Sterling Green
Henry Fugies and Wife
King & Smith
T. J. Reynolds
Danville Nail Man
Sg. Co
Bellhammer & Lesser
John Dyas
R. H. Morrison
Exec. &c
Christena Hanson
Warren Borough
H .P. Kinnear Estate
Idd Fellows Cemetery Association
Youngsville
William Reed
G. Morrison
Triumph Township
Pever ‘ Rawford
W. Barse
C. C. Joy
First National Bank of
Orren
Allen
D.A
John Billodean
R. C. Wright
Admr
Court of Common Pleas
Geo. P Orr
J. A. Cogswell
P. N. Robinson
Geo. F. Yates
H. Tussell
J. Clinton
George
Nsworth
Dalrymple
W.J Alexander
Warren County Fair Association
Ball & Thompson, Solicitors
Orphan's Court
Orphan’s Court of
Warren Co
Glade Township
Hannah E. Allen
Glade Tannery
River Bridge
H. J. Muse
Hannah E. Alien
Louisa M. Goodrich
Libellant
Ira A. Goodrich
Borough of
County Court of Common Pleas
R. A. Love, Sheriff
Charles Reed
Pine Grove
Penna
Russell
Bio Reed
Adm
Ohn Rowland
Hickory St
Gro
Cery
R. Ward, Waer’ Sree
Re.ward
N. K. Wendleboe
Tam
Liberty Street
Pestofic Warren, PA
Boston
Reynolds
Eddie's
Winch Bro’s
Water Street
Diamond Block
H. Zuern
Kopf & Henry
T. S. Messner & CO
Topas
Deliverea
Struthers
Iron Works
Struthers, Wells & CO
Warren Engines
Oisdom
Parshall & Sill
E. W. Parshall
G. W. Sill
Warren, Pa
General Agents
James Broder
Allegany Fields
First National Bank
L. D. Wetmore
M. Beecher, Casuier
Tes
England
Ireland
Scotland
National Line
Liverpooreenstown
Antwerp
Hamburg
Bremeravre
Paris
Gothenburg
Christinia
Copenhagen
M. Beecher
Cashier
Oscar Messenger
Freehold
Alice A. Messenger
Frebold
WM. B. Acucks
Thomas Irvine
Pittsfield
Pitsfield
Richard Brooks
R. Pittsfield
Farmington Coat CO
Leeper, Clarion
F. W. Cook
Faille Francaises
KHA Dames
Plaide, &c
Boggs & Buhl
Federal St
Allegheny, PA
Citizens National Bank
Myron Waters
Francis Henry
David L. Gerould
M. Waters
S. P. Johnson
F. Henry
H. A. Jamieson
8. V. Davis
W D. Brown
A. Hertgel
Geo
N. Parmlee
A. T. Scofield
Transatcs
U. S
H. S. Thomas
Wood & Thomas
Third Street
Liberty
Warren,la
Conewango Foundry
John T. Hill
C.richardson
OCAL
Rochester
N.Y
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