Structure and rules of the new Pennsylvania Superior Court
The Superior Court, created by Gov Hastings, will sit from July 1 1895 to Jan 1 1896 with seven elected judges. The election in November will select the seven top vote getters, limit electors to six votes, and guarantee one Democratic seat. Salary is 7500 dollars per year. The court will meet at Philadelphia Pittsburgh Harrisburg Scranton and Williamsport annually and elsewhere as needed. Prothonotaries will be appointed in various locations. The court has no original jurisdiction but handles appellate reviews, habeas corpus writs, and certain Chancery and common pleas matters up to 1000 dollars, with specific exceptions. Existing Supreme Court bar members transfer to the Superior Court July 1 1895, with future admissions under similar rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Gov. Hastings
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Harrisburg
Scranton
Williamsport
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Superior Court
Oyer and Terminer
Common Pleas
Economic notes mix of labor and politics in era
The breeze of business revival shows in higher wages and a London trade surge. Coupon pay schemes surface among McKean county lumbermen, with workers unpaid for months while theft plagues mills. Governor Hastings draws criticism for Superior Court picks, sparking northwest discontent and GOP push in Erie County.
Governor’s actions approve bills and funding across state
The governor signed bills to fill borough Burgess vacancies extend insurance discrimination law and regulate building contracts. He approved numerous appropriations including Morganza reform school 74442.10 Erie Soldiers' and Sailors' Home 198000 state hospital network 485,000 and a 700000 National Guard Naval force appropriation plus monuments for Chickamauga and Chattanooga battles. He vetoed protection of nests eggs for game birds limits on utilities safety measures ruffied grouse protections and a general merchandise licensing bill and cut Kane Butler hospital funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Burgess
Pennsylvania Reform School
Morganza
Soldiers’ Orphan Industrial School
Western Penitentiary
State Board of Health and Vital Statistics
National Guard and Naval Force
Geological Survey Commission
Erie
State Library
Warren
Mercer
Corry
Oil City
Meadville
Sharon
New Castle
Pennsylvania
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Commonwealth
Kane and
Butler
Warren library backs county historical society effort
The Mail supports forming and maintaining a County Historical Society to preserve relics from the Centennial and other artifacts. Warren Library offers space as a starter, with The Mail contributing its Ramage press to aid public education and historical preservation. Government vetoes state homeopathic asylum funding due to revenue limits. Local praise for W M Lindsey as a strong Superior Court candidate fuels Republican support in Northwestern Pennsylvania.
Veto Ends Water Works Takeover Bill
Governor Hastings withholds approval from the Woods water bill calling it a prime necessity to avoid enabling a monopoly. He argues cities should not be forced to buy existing water works at set prices, citing public interests across Commonwealth cities and boroughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Hastings
Commonwealth
New Law Split Fines For Oleomargarine Sales
Under new legislation signed by Gov Hastings fines for selling oleomargarine are to be split between the county where the suit is brought and the state. The change aims to reduce harassment of innocent sellers by professional informers and simplify enforcement. In a July 4 display, President Cleveland kept indoors at Buzzard's Bay and did not join local celebrations. The flag was raised at his cottage but taken down during rain and not raised again despite later clear weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Titusville
Gov. Hastings
Cleveland
Buzzard’s Bay
Republican Pie Distribution Narrowly Approved in Most Counties
The Erie Dispatch notes that Pennsylvania north and west of a line from Beaver to Bellefonte and to Williamsport abstains from the Republican pie distribution, yet all counties except two show Republican majorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tue Erie Dispatch
Pennsylvania
Beaver
Bellefonte
Williamsport
James R Garfield Nominated for State Senator in Ohio
James R Garfield son of President Garfield receives a state senate nomination from the same Ohio constituency that honored his father 36 years ago. He says he seeks no prominence from the family name and hopes for a large electoral majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Garfield
Garfield
Ohio
Ex-Gov Campbell Leads Tammany Rally and Jingo Talk
Ex Governor Campbell of Ohio headlined a Tammany celebration urging justice to Venezuela and Cuba and stability to Hawaii and Nicaragua. The piece praises his America for Americans stance and notes Maine Episcopal women can vote in parish meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Ohio
Venezuela
Hawaii
Nicaragua
Cuba
America
Woman Whistler At Kansas Church Draws Souls
A female whistler who performs arias and other acts during services emerges as a key attraction for a Kansas church as it seeks to draw congregants and save souls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whistler
Kansas
The Yankee Abroad in London and Paris
In London and Paris the week’s highlight was Independence Day celebrations by American expatriates. The crowd cheered the flag and sang the Star Spangled Banner with fervor, while Parisians and English onlookers watched the display with sympathy and curiosity. Cornell glee club’s London concert drew an enthusiastic audience and may win English admiration for their performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Chamber of Commerce
St. James’s Hall
Cornell
Democratic Deficit Overshadows Treasury Year End Totals
The fiscal year closed with a Treasury deficit of about 43.25 million dollars, added to nearly 70 million last year for a two year total near 113 million. The report accuses withholding expenditures to hide the deficit and calls it the worst since World War II, contrasting Republican surpluses with the current administration’s debt increase and repeated replenishment of the gold reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Republican Party
St. Louis Democrat
Cuban Revolt: Distinction Between Cubans and Spaniards
The article explains the present revolt in Cuba and outlines the sharp divide between Cubans and Spaniards. It defines a Cuban as someone born in Cuba with Cuban sentiment, while Spaniards are those of Spanish blood born in Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Spain
Island
Early Pace Signals a Two Minute Horse This Season
Jucy and Hal Pointer pace a mile around 2.06 with fast last halves and quarters. Rob ert J and Fantasy show similar sprint divisions, while Alix and John R. Gentry post brisk early splits. The figures suggest the two minute horse may be this season's benchmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jucy
Hal Pointer
Robert J
Fantasy
Trotter
Alix
John R. Gentry
Supreme Court extends burial aid for poor veterans in counties
A recent Supreme Court decision holds that when a poor veteran dies the family may bury him and the county pays a moderate expense. It rejects private contracting to the lowest bidder and mandates a decent burial funded by the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Nominations at Williamsport People’s Party convention
At the Williamsport state party convention last week, Geo W Dawson of Beaver was named state treasurer and several superior court judges were chosen including W C Rheem of Venango, J H Stevenson of Pittsburgh, J B Young of Beaver, J W Allison of Eric, and D C Coughlin of Luzerne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Party
Williamsport
Geo. W. Dawson
Beaver
Superior Court
Wm. C. Rheem
Venango County
J. H. Stevenson
Pittsburg
J. B. Young
J. W. Allison
Eric
D. C. Coughlin
Luzerne
Baptist Young People's Union Convention to Baltimore
The Fifth International Convention of the Baptist Young People's Union of America will be held in Baltimore Maryland from July 18 to 21. The Pennsylvania Railroad will offer excursion tickets for July 16 and 17 at a single round trip fare good to return by August 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fifth International Convention of the
Baptist Young People’s Union of America
Baltimore
Compan
Travelers find safe companion in De Witt's Colic and Cholera Cure
A short medical notice proclaims that changing water and diet causes colic and cholera symptoms and that pas medicine always cures them. F. H. xson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
Pas
F. H. Xson
Jury System Change Where Unanimity Rules However
The Harrisburg Patriot argues that requiring unanimity or a two thirds verdict in juries would expose flaws in the existing system. It notes the US Supreme Court often decides major issues by a majority of one while lower juries demand full agreement, risking hangings and mistrials. It recalls Perkins 1894 proposal to allow three fourths or five sixths verdicts and suggests renewed legislative effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Corporation
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the
United States
France
Russia
Germany
England
Perkins
California
Congress
State Supreme Court
Chamber of Commerce of
San Francisco
Committee On the Judiciary
Harrisburg
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Renewal of Vitality
Thousands report renewed energy after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla this season. It relieves tiredness, waning appetite, and exhaustion from winter confinement and spring busyness. The medicine supposedly builds up the body, tones the system, and purifies the blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Summer Excursion Rates From Warren on D A V P R R
Warren travelers learn excursion tariffs from June 1 to Sept 30 1895 with Jamestown Celeron Lily Dale and other routes. Season tickets allow return by Oct 15 at 1 25 to 1 70 while one day and day specific tickets cost 85 cents or 1 00. George H Daniels is general passenger agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Jamestown
Celeron
Lily Dale
Chautauqua Lake
Geo. H. Daniels
No-to-bac tobacco habit cure advertisement
An old advertisement promotes a tobacco quit product No-to-bac claiming to relieve nicotine symptoms and strengthen users. It guarantees positive care with a money back option and offers mail order from Thees-Co Chicago and New York offices, with druggist distribution through Siegfried & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thees — Co
Chicago
Randolph St
New York
Spruce St
Siegfried & Co
Arren
Bloomers and the New Woman in 19th Century Debate
A compilation of jibes and observations about bloomers and women’s fashion, including mockery of bloomers offset by remarks on reform and social change. The piece cites remarks from the Indianapolis Journal Atchison Globe Tid-Bits Lewiston Journal and Cincinnati Tribune about the rise of pants and puffed garments and the humor or tension surrounding female dress and autonomy.
New Great South American Kidney Cure Reported
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved in six hours by this remedy. It claims prompt relief for bladder, kidney, back pain and urinary passages in both sexes. It alleviates water retention and pain during urination. Sold by Noyes drug store in Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noyes Drug Store
Warren
Fourth of July Celebrations Brighten Pittsfield Community
Miss Adda Mead and Miss Myrtle Curry return from Clarion Normal School. Pittsfield lights sixteen oil lamps and a grand flagpole marks Main and Dalrymple. Fire alarm reports a break in at L A. Whitney store with $180 stolen. Fourth of July parade features Goddess of Liberty, Uncle Sam, races, and speeches. Citizens praise the festive decorations and patriotic events throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adda Mead
Clarion Normal School
Myrtle Curry
Main
Dalrymple
Rowland K. Mead
Acocks
L A. Whitney’s
Postal Cards And Humorous Snippets In One Page
A compilation of quips and ad copy with lines about death by action, gender rights, cats and the cat o nine tails, and jokes. It promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy and DeWitts Colic and Cholera Cure with testimonials and local druggists. Also mentions English Spavin Liniment for horses and a Warren drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teddie
Marvin Clark
Chamberlain
Orris & Mu
Noyes
Warren
Nickel Plate Road seeks lake shore summer boarders
The Nickel Plate Road lists country homes on the South Shore of Lake Erie willing to accommodate summer boarders and offers to mail a copy to any address upon sending a stamped request to any agent or to B. F. Horner, General Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickle Plate Road
Lake Erie
Nickel Plate Road
B. F. Horner
Post Office Envelopes Offer Return Requests
Advertises envelopes with prepaid cards urging a five or ten day return window. If no request is made, the Postmaster may hold them. Envelopes cost little more with the card and reduce business nuisance. The MAIL office supplies envelopes and the type and workmen. Give us a call and place an order.
De Witt’s Colic and Cholera Cure Endorsed by F H Dixson
A testimonial endorses De Witt's Colic and Cholera Cure as safe and reliable with immediate improvements in Cholera Morbus and similar complaints attributed to F H Dixson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
F. H. Dixson
How to Fight Indians A Boy Scout Adventure Tale
A vivid juvenile tale recounts boys using a decoy to lure Apaches from cover. They fire rifles and drive off a group of quick retreating warriors, with the scene focusing on action and mock warfare rather than historical accuracy.
Napoleon Death Mask and its Crude Origins
The Napoleon death mask made after his death at St Helena by Dr Automarchi required gypsum found on cliffs due to no plaster on the island. The crude process yielded a mask that drew a six thousand pound offer before a month passed, with replicas now valued at about twenty thousand dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
St. Helena
Automarchi
Paris
Prices Charged by Warren Dealers List Items and Rates
A fragmented OCR list shows Warren area prices for apples, beans, cheese, eggs, onions, lard, potatoes, sugar, coffee, tea, flour, corn meal, and other staples. It records unit measures and per unit costs, with scattered garbled text but clear market pricing intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Hyson
Seseseech Seeresseess
Java
Local Notes from July 9 Including Deaths and Visitors
Clair Thompson returns home from Clarion school as one of the few to pass closing examinations with credit. Will Farr of Emporium Pa visits Thompson. Mrs J P Brew and children from Erie visit with John and wife. Three deaths—Vantassell, John D Conroy, Henry Chase—remove names from pension rolls. Youngsville Lodge I O O F members attend Bro Woodbury funeral in Pittsfield. Rev I L Darling and Rev McCormick lead services. Mr McC. injured diving in the Allegheny but recovering. Miss Sullivan O Donnell from Oil City and Miss Pugh from Dunkirk visit local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Thompson
Clarion School
Will Farr
Emporium
J. P. Brew
Erie
John Cooney
Vantassell
John D. Conroy
Henry Chase
Youngsville
Bro. Woodbury
Same Lodge
Pittsfield
I. L. Darling
McCormick
Allegheny
McC
Nadly
Sullivan and
O'Donnell
Oil City
Pugh
Dunkirk
Chandler's Valley Social Event Supports Rev. Gage
July 9 report notes a well attended social and play at K O O T M hall for Rev. O J Gage raising over 30. The Fourth passed quietly with Warren centennial attendance. Carl Samuelson burned hand on a dynamite cracker. Odd Fellows funeral in Pittsfield attended by local members. Rev. Gage to attend memorial service in Youngsville July 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. J. Gage
K. O O. T. M. Hall
Warren
Carl Samuelson
Gus Carlson
Albert Berg
Bark Woods
Clement Graham
Jose Gage
Wayne
I. S. Whitney
Valley Grange
Odd Fellows
Pittsfield
Rev
Gage
Youngsville
Mrs Casemere Opens Dry Cleaning Shop at 305 Second St Warren
Mrs Louisa C Casemere announces a new clothes cleaning establishment at 305 Second street Warren upstairs offering prompt attention. A French dry cleaning process is adopted enabling quick cleaning and pressing of evening wear and all kinds of garments. Ladies wraps are remodeled with plush work as a specialty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisa C. Casemere
Second Street
Warren
Lamp clocks of early clockmaking history described by Cassier
The article discusses seventeenth century lamp clocks and an early twentieth century variant using two oil chambers and a float driven by the oil level. A night lamp illuminated a dial while a falling float moved the hour hand, marking time as oil burned. It notes these devices with limited precision yet as evidence of past mechanician ingenuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassier
K. O. T. M. Picnic Grounds Open for Public Use
The K. O. T. M. grounds sit on an island in Brokenstraw creek at Irvine ton Pa and are in first class order for public picnics and private parties. Features include good water a dance platform swings tables and stands. For details contact W. A. Maines or H. F. Caldwell Irvine Warren Co Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brokenstraw Creek
Irvineton
W. A. Maines
H. F. Caldwell
Irvine
Warren Co
Market Staples and Prices Then and Now
The fragment lists varying prices for patent flour, electric light, meal and other goods, with quantities such as four sacks and per hundred measures. It conveys a rough snapshot of commodity costs and shop items in a historical trade page.
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the New Court
Chicago Tribune
Buffalo Express
McKean County
Bradford
Gov
Orlady
Rice
Willard
Erie County
8. A. Davenport
Conneautville
HE Warren
E. Cowan
Willis Cowan
Dwight Cowan
Warren County
Warren, PA
John H. Sandstrom
M. A. Myers
Spring Creek
W. J. Alexander
Warren Academy
Myron Dunham
South West
W. M. Lindsey
Lindsey
Maine
Protestant Episcopal Convention
Episcopal Church
New York City
Tammany Police
Strong
Baltimore, Md
Matt
Indianapolis Journal
Cobwigger
Smith
Iudge
Lewiston
Lewiston Journal
Cincinnati Tribune
Goddess of Liberty
Lelia Cole
Sam
Charlie Kennedy
Ephraim Krantz
John Smith
E. Krantz
Mr. McGarry
Claude Brown
Claude
Jim Acocks
Fred
Whitney
DeWitt
F.H. Dixson
Frank
Maud
Ethel
Venus of Milo
Mary Sibley
Sidney Mich
Morris & Mullen
Ram
Jack
Lippincott
Tom
Warren Retail Markets
Fehrman Bro’s
Irvington
Chandler’s Valley
S. P. Johnson
J. Smith
Conenango
Allegheny Oil & Lumber Co
Cordelia Evans
Tidioute
David Mahan
Adelbert Putnam
Farmington
Jotham Akeley
Wm. Hodges
Pine Grove
Elnor Barlight
J. M. Walters
Clarendon
Treas
Annia Anderson
L. D. Phillips
Annie Dubois
Geo. W. Frazine
Magdalena I. King
Valcon
Clement P. Curtis
Martha Johnson
Sugar Grove
Amos Johnson
Same
Ae Grove
Peter Greenland
John T. Bayer
Ohn Truby
Charles Benson
Glade
C. E
Warren County Common Pleas
Anna Watson Syms
Act of Assembly
Parker Syms
Warren Mail
Gro. F. Yates
John N. Anderson
Elk
Pennslvania
John Halberg
John Johnson
Scandia
Ball & Thompson, Attys
John Graham
Conewango
Mary E. Graham
Admx
North Warren, Pa
Horatio Nichols
Dora Nichols
East Branch
Etters
John Lake
Freehold
Sarah Lake Ramrix
T. A
First National Bank
F. H. Rockwell
F. K. Russell
Penn’a
Ireland
Scotland
Europe
National Line of Iron
Liverpool
Queens
Iown
Antwerp
Hamburg
Bremen
Havre
Gothenburg
Christania
H. S. Thomas
East St
D. A. V. & P. Railroad
Telephone
Warren National Bank
Capital
G. N. Parmlee
H. A. Jamieson
F. E. Hertzel
Wm. D. Brown
A. Hertzel
Jerry Crary
N.P. Wheeler
D. W. Beaty
C. Smith
Ces Schimmelfeng
H. T. Russell
A. T. Scofield
L. W. Showers
Elderton
Agnew
Davis Drug Store
Warren Mills
Felix Faure
Napoleon III
M. Faure
Thiers
Hon
Grevy
Carnot
Baron de Courcel
Georgia
Alpharetta
Florida
Wright
Pitcher’s Castoria
Woolen Mills
Kertcher’s
T. O. Slater & CO
Morgan
No. 336
Water Street
Ackley & Wheelock
C. Best
Averill Pain
Water St
THE
Pickett Hardware CO
Claus
Neat
Rochester
WN. Y
Buffalo
Elk Co
N. K. Wendelboe
Wendleboe
Wendelboe
Liberty St
Warren Savings Bank
A. J. Hazeltine
O. W. Beaty
G. B. Ensworth
G. H. Jackson
L. B. Wood
James Clark
Charles W. Stone
M. B
C. W. Beaty
Dunham
L. I Freeman
C. Sigel
Olean
Olean, NY
Foley Bro’s
Foley
Bro’s
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