Mercer County Plans Election Reform For County Conventions
The piece argues for a hybrid voting system across counties including Warren, favoring ranked choices and open caucuses. It suggests that delegations be instructed in line with district preferences, with town voters directly instructing delegates to prevent packing and corruption.
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Warren
Crawford County
Clarion County
Mercer County
Mercer
Warren County
Matthew S Quay A Notable Pennsylvania Political Figure
Matthew S Quay a York county native and Beaver county lawyer rose to state prominence as Prothonotary, legislator, secretary of the Commonwealth, and party organizer. He earned wartime distinction with the 134th Pennsylvania and held key roles under Governor Curtin and Governor Hartranft.
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Matthew Stanley Quay
York County
Dillsburg
Beaver County
Matthew
Young Quay
Jefferson College
Canonsburg
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Washington
Curtin
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Fredericksburg
Hartranft
Commonwealth
Philadelphia
Republican State Committee
Republican National Committee
Blaine
Cleveland
Rural New Yorker paints record harvest across crops
The Rural New Yorker surveys the nation and forecasts oats to be the largest harvest on record, with rye and barley fair, corn area at an all time high, prospects for an average yield, and potatoes expected to be an average crop.
Quay Leads Field Then Drops Out After Ballot
Quay scored 196 with four others at 54 votes after the first ballot. The group decided not to run, citing that voters rarely err when they back the party.
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Quay
Cleanlines and Disinfection Urged to Prevent Epidemics
Cleanlines and disinfection are urged as top preventives of epidemic disease. The message stresses cleanliness during the hot summer days as a public health injunction carried on every breeze.
Tur President Prepares Annual Vacation Retreat
The Tur President will be unavailable to the public except for Cabinet officers on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays as he plans to retreat to the woods for his customary annual vacation.
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Tur
Episcopal Bishop Rules Women Eligible for Vestry Elections
Bishop Stevens declares that women are lawful to serve on vestries in the Episcopal Church. He does not state it is desirable, but asserts eligibility as a matter of law.
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Republican Party of
Stevens
Episcopal Church
Old Hero General Grant Remembered by Republicans
A Pennsylvania Republican convention honors Gen Grant and Col Quay for bravery in war and peacetime wisdom. The party debates unity and calls for pension claim limit repeal as part of the platform.
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Committee On Resolutions
Republicans of
Pennsylvania
Republican Party
Republican Party of
Star Chamber
Democratic Party
Grand Army of
Col. Quay
Hero of the Obelisk Lieutenant-Commander Gorringe Dies
Henry H. Gorringe naval officer and hero of Cleopatra’s Needle died at his New York home on the 6th. He served from 1862 in the Mississippi Squadron rising through ranks for gallantry. He led the Cleopatra’s Needle project, raising 100000 for the voyage aboard the Dessoug and guiding the obelisk to America, weighing 196 tons and 70 feet tall.
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Henry H. Gorringe
United States Navy
New York
Philadelphia
Navy
Mississippi
Admiral Porter
Khedive of
Egypt
United States
Cleopatra’s Needle
Central Park
Gorringe
America
Dessoug
Mr. Gorringe
Mahomet Tewfik
Governor Pattison Signs Bills to Trim Legislature Pay
Governor Pattison approved a measure raising regular session pay to 1500 and special session pay to 500, and granting pay to clerks and officers during no-session years. He opposed lavish staff salaries but praised the move to fix member pay, urging further curbs on subordinate costs. He also signed a Wayne monument appropriation and a jurisdictional act for equity cases, while vetoing forest culture funding and county township officer pay bills.
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Senate
House
General Assembly
Wayne Monument
Erie
Courts of Common Pleas
Pioneering Express Driver Clark K. Lewis Dies
Tur Democrat reports the death notice for Clark K. Lewis of Laconia New Hampshire who died May 31 1885 in Gilmanton. He was a pioneer in the express business preceding railroads and served Vermont banks with the Suffolk Bank of Boston carrying large sums by stagecoach. He held this responsible position for years, noted for honesty and faithfulness.
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Tur Democrat
Laconia
N. H
Clark K. Lewis
Gilmanton
Vermont
Suffolk Bank of Boston
Sentencing of Pudrey for crimes against two girls
Judge Cowing of New York sentenced gray haired church sexton William H. Pudrey to twenty years in the penitentiary for criminally assaulting two little girls he enticed into a church. The judge lamented that church doors are opened and the sanctuary is polluted and asked where children can be safe.
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William H. Pudrey
From County Committees to Convention Delegates
Delegates shifted from being chosen by County Committees and managers to an electors by the people in a Convention. Quay maintains influence and appears equally successful under the new system, indicating broad acceptability of leadership.
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Quay
Grant's labor amid danger rebukes idle drones
A Baltimore American quote notes General Grant continues writing his book despite peril, delivering a sharp rebuke to those who do nothing even when blessed with health and wealth.
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Gen. Grant
Baltimore American
Governor Veto Clamps Charities Funding Ahead of Winter
Governor vetoes bills totaling 193800 dollars for charities including Corry Hospital. In Rochester markets strawberries sold two cents a quart with one man buying 140 quarts for a dollar. A. A. Davis & Co. proclaims full line of custom window shades.
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Corry Hospital
Rochester
A. A. Davis & Co
Grants Memorial Drive and Press Echoes Across Nation
Father J J Upcuuren lauds in San Francisco as Bartholdi Pedestal Fund nears $90,765 from 101,662 contributors. Col Frank Burr’s Grant book to include chapters by Dana, McClure, Johnston, Washburne, and Conkling. Chicago streetcar strike ends after arbitration. five cent rides resume. Global papers total 18,000 weekly and 1,200 daily in United States, with regional tallies for Britain France and German Empire.
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J. J. Upcuuren
Order of United Workmen
San Francisco
Bartholdi
New York World
Frank Burr
General Grant
Charles A. Dana
A. K. McClure
Joseph E. Johnston
Grant
E. B. Washburne
Roscoe Conkling
Chicago Current
Chicago
United States
Great Britain
France
German Empire
British America
Mexico
Brazil
Chili
Peru
Ecuador
Washington in Summer Beauty and Rapid City Improvement
Washington standardizes as a summer resort with 60 000 shade trees and ongoing upgrades. The State War and Navy building nears completion at 7 million dollars while the Pension building shows occupancy readiness. City streets gain granite pavement on Newspaper Row and asphalt covers nearly one hundred miles. Drives around Washington offer smooth travel and scenic views to Bladensburg Alexandria Georgetown and Mt. Vernon with historic sites along Potomac bridges and landmarks.
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Washington
Cleveland Leader
White House
Potomac
State, War and Navy
Bladensburg
Alexandria
Braddock
Old Georgetown
Arlington
Robert E. Lee
Martha Custis
Curtin
Big Chain Bridge
Cabin John’s Bridge
Mt. Vernon
Grant Preface Essays From Ulysses S Grant 1885
Ulysses S Grant in a New York dispatch explains his reluctance to write memoirs, his health near death, and his plan to publish volumes with the help of F D Grant and brothers. He notes omissions and seeks reader approval, dated New York July 1 1885.
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New York
Century Magazine
F. D. Grant
U.S. Grant
McGreevor
N. Y
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Matthew 8
Beaver
C. C. Merritt
Eldred
Robert A. Love
Farmington
D. A. Arird
Youngsville
DR. J. Burroughs
Sugar Grove
Republican County Committee
Brokenstraw
John Akins
Columbus
Lucius White
Conewango
W.m. Jewell
Cherry Grove
Dr. Pryor
Corydon
E. J. Morrison
Deerfield
M. Devore
Elk—James Roper
M. E. Durham
Freehold
O. J. Gunning
E. M. Hodges
Glade
A. P. Trushel
Kinzua
Geo. W. Moorhouse
Limestone
L. H. Sprague
Mead
E. R. Pierce
Pine Grove
H. M. Putnam
Pleasant
G. W. Head
Pittsfield
O. W. Stright
A. W. Jones
Spring Creek
W. Baker
Sheffield
R. C. Wright
South West
Clark Kenderson
Triumphh
W. E. Stephens
Watson
J. W. Wilkins
L. C. Baker
Colonel Quay
Republican Platform
Cooper
Frank Reeder
W. R. Rogers
Allegheny City
McManes
Leisenring
Carbon County
Committee On Permanent Organization
Charles 8. Biery
A. Wilson Norris
Matthew S. Quay
John Cessna
Jacob Longenecker
William Burgess
Franklin County
Henry C. Greenawalt
Hay Brown
Lancaster
James A. McDavitt
H. A. Baldridge
Blair
Theodore H. Wighton
Mous
Gen
Dr. Fenner
Amy
Estray
Cena
Fair Grounds
Etters
Horace W. Roberts
Borough of
Warren Co. Pa
William P. Roberts
Minneapolis
Minn
James Steadman
Warren Co
D. I. Ball
Pendente Lite
Warren, Pa
Bajest
Court of Common Pleas
Equitable Aid Union
State of Pennsylvania
Raymond Briggs
Russell, Pa
Joseph Briggs
Allen E. Briggs
Adm
Struthers
Iron Works
F’a
Struthers, Wells & CO
Citizens National Bank
Myron Waters
7Randis Henry
Henry
Capital
M. Waters
P. Johnson
F. Henry
H. A. Jamieson
V. Davis
Ww. Brown
A. Hertzel
Geo. N. Parmlee
Sol. Cohn
Mich
Strelitz
Keystone Clothing CO
Bartlett
Cutter
Rush D
Keystone Clothing Company
Schellhammer & Lesser's
Jewett’s
Nelson Greenland
Suspension Bridge
BAYER
A. B. McKain & Son
Liberty and
Water Streets
Thomas
COAL
Second Street
Liberty
John Sill
Wareen
NEW Wikham, Rowland & Greenland
Hickory St
Sersall
Postoffice
Said Township
Oress
AII
John Mead
William Barber
van Horn
Peter Knapp
Paul Erner
Jacob Knapp
N. Sill
Robert Arthur, Jr
Arthur
Sill’s Run
Sill
Sills Run
Allegheny River
Pleasant Township
Arren County
Amasa Dingley
C. D. Ross
Benson J. L. Dennis
Alonzo F. Abbott
First National Bank of
E. A. Allen
Ustice
Mail Office
First National Bank
J. H. Eddy
M. Beecher
Ies
U. S
England
Ireland
Scotland
Europe
National Line
Liverpool
Queenstown
Antwerp
Hamburg
Bremen
Avre
Paris
Gothenburg
Christinia
Copenhagen
Cashier
McKean County
R. Morrison
Abram H. Dailey
Recorder of
John Hazeltine
Seth W. Green
Sugar Run
B. G.,morrison
Stephen Morrison
M. Reid
J. M. Wardwell
Sterns Mills
Warren Water Company
D. C. Allen
W. RB. Meredith
Warren, Penn
Jacob Keller
Corner
Second & Liberty Lts., Upstalra
D. Shear
Stewart
Walter A. Wood
W. Anson Wood
Chase Taylor & Co
Gowanda
Curtis
Remington
Buford
Buckeye
Jackson
Wetherill
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