Prohibition Debate Splits Republicans and Third Party Factions
A temperance critique argues Iowa and Pennsylvania show Republicans lead reform while Prohibitionists split votes. It urges independents to back practical temperance candidates like Brace and to avoid third party obstruction, claiming reform favors those who cooperate with Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Brace
Assembly
True Friends of Reform
Good Order
Mr. Brace
Prohibitionists
Mr. Swain
Temperance
Warren County
Lara
Democratic Liquor Party
Briggs
Dunkle
Crocker
Robinson
Gunning
Pelton
Jewell
St. John
Republican Party
Who Is Responsible for the Southern War Purpose
The piece argues that Northern readers overlook Mr. Jeff Davis while noting his statements as those of a South statesman and martyr. It suggests Calhounism resonates among Alabama lawyers, affecting Northern views on surrender and the war’s purpose to unite the nation under federal supremacy. Bloody shirt imagery fades only after this realization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Davis
Bar Association of Alabama
Envelope makers raise prices nationwide by twenty percent
Beginning July 1 the envelope industry schedules a 15 to 20 percent price hike across the United States. The Mall office will continue printing and supplying top quality envelopes at the same low rates. Subscribe now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mall
Buffalo Commercial Cites President's Love for Soldiers
The Buffalo Commercial notes the President's affection for soldiers in a record of his actions. It also mentions Governor vetoing a bill allowing Chautauqua supervisors to spend on a soldiers monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Chautauqua
Beads in All Colors and Shapes at Patterson’s
A display of beads in various colors and shapes is showcased at G. N. Patterson's store. Shoppers find glass, plastic, and gemstone varieties suitable for crafts and jewelry making. Local vendors highlight affordable options and seasonal selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. N. Patterson
Georgia Legislature Faces Co Education Ban Debate
Gov. Gordon warns that a Georgia bill would criminalize any mixed schooling, penalizing teachers or trustees with a thousand dollar fine and a year in the chain gang. He argues co education is essential and slams the measure as an outrage on civilization and a return to proslavery oppression. He cites Atlanta University Fisk and Hampton as examples and challenges Southern Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Georgia
Atlanta University
Fisk
Hampton
South
Grady
New South
North
Powell's nomination shocks Ohio Democrats at convention
Gen. Tom Powell won the Democratic nomination for Governor amid factional clashes with the Cincinnati election fraud camp backed by Standard Oil and the McLean press. The convention defeat of Thurman ally led by Campbell signals a stiff GOP challenge and a party capitalized by money and manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurman
Tom Powell
McLean-Payne
Democratic Convention
Powell
Ohio Democracy
Cincinnati
Standard Oil Company
Johnny McLean
Enquirer
Campbell
Allen G. Thurman
Durbin Ward
George H. Pendleton
Standard-Payne Set
Democratic Editors of Indiana Denounce Cleveland at Annual Meeting
Scott Ray, speaker at the Democratic editors of Indiana meeting in Maxincuckeo on July 21, denounces President Cleveland and his administration as a disappointment. He attacks civil service policy and rips Bayard Garland and Vilas, warning that Cleveland’s 1888 candidacy could cost Indiana and several Southern and Northern states, including New York’s Irish vote potentially defeating him by over 50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ledger
Democratic Editors of
Maxincuckeo
Cleveland
Scott Ray
Bayard
Garland
Vilas
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Grand Army of the Republic
New York
Theoffice Department
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Army Retiring Board
J F. Simpson
3D Cavalry
Simpson
Arizona
Mineral City
Kansas
No Man’s Land
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Oregon
John B. MccName
Ohio
Department
United States
Queen of the
Hawaiian Islands
Navy
Honolulu
Coast Survey
Hassler
Treasury
Genekhal Markets
Preaching on Married Life by Mercer Minister
Rev C L Mead urged couples to practice daily courtesies and avoid fault finding at home. He warned husbands and wives against quick, petty quarrels and praised calm, courteous behavior even in politics or religion. He recounted habituations of courtship and urged renewed kindness at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
C. L. Mead
Rev. Mead
Administration mishandling naval gun tests on Atlanta
A late trial of Atlanta’s guns showed the artillery sound but aiming wrong. Two rounds damaged carriages and tore equipment in the ship, with officials promising correct alignment under a future Republican administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Fourth Annual Warren County Fair Premium List
Acknowledgment of the Premium List for the Fourth Annual Warren County Fair to be held in Warren Pennsylvania on August 50 31 and September 1 2 1887. Printed in pamphlet form at the Warren Mair office it includes advertisements from Warren business men and is praised as tasteful and well printed by St. Marys Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County Fair Association
Warren
Warren Marr
St. Marys Herald
Northern worker’s ordeal in Birmingham a social peril
A Birmingham based observer describes Northern railroad workers lured south by land agents. He details crushing costs of living, meager wages, and social ostracism faced by Northern men and their families, highlighting a doomed return north unless outside aid or money arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Alabama
Waast
Ohio River
Department of Labor
Chicago
Wheelock
Baxter's Mandrake Bitters touted for digestion cures
A vintage advertisement claims Baxter's Mandrake Bitters cure digestion issues heartburn costiveness and all malarial diseases. The text notes a price of twenty five cents per bottle and attributes it to A W Morck with Latéla as the brand reference.
Forest Protection Act of 1887 Promotes County Tree Subsidies
The act provides county funded payments to landowners who plant twelve hundred trees per acre and maintain them for up to thirty years, with declining tax-based subsidies. It also sets penalties up to fifty dollars for damaging timber, and requires local publication within a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
A. D
James A. Braver
Reunion of the Three Ones Comrades
The Legislature approved a 1500 dollar grant for each Pennsylvania unit in the Gettysburg battle to fund a memorial tablet. Living members of the Three Ones of the second 20th army corps are urged to attend a reunion in Warren, Pennsylvania on September 1, 1887 and provide input on the design location and inscription. Erie, July 18, 1887.
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Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
20Th Army Corps
Warren
Noah W. Lowell
Eric
Erie
Arnica Linament Endorsed To Prevent Severe Injury
A Victorian-style note asserts a misstep can cause lifelong disability. It recommends Henry and Johnson’s Arnica and Oil Linament kept on hand and used immediately to avoid crippling injury. W. Morcx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry & Johnson
W. Morcx
Multiple national and local reports from the period
News notes from Howell Michigan to Minneapolis and beyond report deaths, political moves, disasters, and legal actions. Notable items include Vincent J. Scott’s death in Detroit, King Milan and Queen Natalie reconciled, labor conventions planned, a coercion bill becoming law, and various disasters from fires to earthquakes. Also listed are missing ships, marriages, crimes, court actions, and economic updates across the United States and abroad.
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Howell
Michigan
Vincent J. Scott
Detroit
Milan
Servia
Natalie
Minneapolis
Louis Deiby
Logansport
Indiana
Chicago
Richard
Storrs
Brooklyn
Business Educators’Association of America
Milwaukee
Tuesay- Russia
Kerki
England
Cornell University
E. L. Nichols
University of Kansas
W. H. Lamar
Washington
Jennie L
Lamar
Macon
Georgia
Maggie Lovlitts
Omaha
Chadron
Nebraska
Bacariac
Bavispe Volcano
Mexico
London
Rio Janeiro
Archibishop Walsh
Dublin
Pennsylvania State Temperance Union
Luzerne Grove
Ikesbarre
Manufacturers’ Association of
Beverly
Mass
Royal Life Insurance Company
Elkhart
Equitable Mutual
South Bend
Baltimore
Illinois
Oscar J. Harvey
Horse Claims Bureau
Treasury Department
Gambrinus Assembly
Knights of Labor
L’owderly
James Z. Mott
Rock Island
Third Avenue
New York
District Assembly
Ontario
Knights
French Senate
Feron
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland
West
Texas
Kansas
Montgomery
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Illinois Department of Agriculture
St. Thomas
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Mercantile Trust Comro
Pittsburg and Western Ailway Company
New Castle
Pennsylvania
Boston
Signal Service
Ives Party
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Jay Gould
Fahnestock
Irwin A
Minnesota
Dakota
Lewis
Sioux City
Supreme Court
Atlanta
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The
Marren Mail
H. Briggs
Glade
J. W. Dunkle
Clarendon
M. Crocker
Brokenstraw
Phil
N. Robinson
South West
O. J. Gunning
Freehold
A. E. Pelton
WM. Jewell
Conewango
Mary Anderson
Forbes Robertson
Lima
Grand Army
Col. F. D. Grant
San Diego
California
Philadelphia
Dr. Carver
Trenton
N. J
Spencer Arms Company
Agricultural Department
Ala
Washington, D. C
Albany
Harvey
Per VouLlic
A. W. Morck
Hosteter
Gooprico & Fehlman’s
Washington News
W. A. Frerritt
Louisiana
M. E. Bell
Rye
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Ebraska
ST. Louis
C. Pro- Visions
John Sill
Fred E. Sill
Keystone Clothing Company
Clarendon Relief Fund
Sol. Cohn & Co
Lars
Clothing Company
Warren, Pa
E. T. Hazeltine, Sec’y
the Beecher
Copeland
Men
Keystone Clothing CO
John T
Conewango Foundry
Penn’a
C. Richarson
A. W. Robinson
Geo. C. Cornelius
Admr
Chassa
Henry
Second ST
Cery
Henry’s
Chas.e, Henry
First National Bank
L. D. Wetmore
M. Beecher
Cashier
County
Ireland
Scotland
Europe
National Line
Liverpool
Ueenstown
Antwerp
Hamburg
Bremen
Paris
Gothenburg
Christinia
Copenhagen
An.d
P.& E. Railroad
MM Precher
N. R. Collins & Co
Main Street
Bradford, PA
Laf
Kerf
Kentucky
R.collins & CO
Sineinst
Kenton Co
Collins &Co
Erialy
G& Dist
Kenton
Kentucky - NR
Collins & CO
Cincinnati, O
Express
the Gold Law Distilling Co., Covngton
Picout
Ames, Dolls Wc
ETFE
A. A. Davis &C
Standard Paint Co
East Warren Pharmacy Sale Agents
Chamberlain Institute
Randolph
Simon
J. T. Edwards
J.K. Ronne
Liberty Street
Post Office
Citizens National Bank
Myron Waters
Francis Henry
David L. Gerould
M. Waters
P. Johnson
F. Henry
H. A. Jamieson
V. Davis
W.D. Prove
Hertsel
Geo
N. Parmiee
A. T
Transatcs
U. 8
Philip
Secrep
Hoffman Block
Market Street
Eeds
Diane
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