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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1896
Page
2
Congress closed its first session with appropriations totaling 515.8 million dollars. By comparison, the fifty third, fifty second, and fifty first Congresses appropriated 989.2 million, 1,027.1 million, and 1,035.7 million respectively, placing this session’s total near the previous two cycles.
The Citizen quotes Dr A C Blodget of Youngsville praising simple road design. He calls for roads shaped like a turtle’s back with good ditches to drain water and prevent mud, celebrating travel and quality infrastructure.
The convention gavel used in St Louis this week was carved from a hickory log taken from Lincoln's New Salem log cabin in 1832. Panels on each side hold gold and silver inscribed plates.
The St Louis convention auditorium, likely the largest built for a political convention, spans 260 by 180 feet and seats 13 601. Designed by Isaac Taylor in Renaissance style, it uses 1 500 000 feet of lumber and staff-covered outer walls conveying stonework.
Rev J P Buliver delivers the address at the church in Lotteville for Memorial Day. Mr and Mrs James Phillis were recent visitors with Mrs A Phillis staying two weeks. L Wright in town arranging move back. Mr and Mrs J E Sliter and daughter Edith visited Columbus, then returned.
June 16 report notes Children’s Day in the M E church. Obed, a year old, died suddenly at 6 AM. funeral planned Wednesday at 3 PM. Locals Chas Sturdevant, Nora Thomas now in Frederick, Md., visit. Dr E M King from Grand Haven guest of Mrs W J Mead. other arrivals expected. Fourth of July celebration planned in old fashioned style.
Work started on the new 1.0.C. F. building with A Bergstrom handling stone work and Newberry & Hand of Warren contracted for the rest. Three babies born this week on Church and High streets. fathers Will Bailey Will Klinesiiver and Gust Satterlund named. A Secor represented the Sheffield Union E A U at the Grand Union session in Corry. W W Baynes and L B Shaw visit Tioga County via Kane. Ferm Mumford pled guilty to choking and whipping his wife and is jailed awaiting trial then posted bail and resumed painting. State Convention of the Swedish Benefit Society meets here this week with first meeting today at 2 PM at Hinkley’s hall. Grand parade at 7:30 PM. Sheffield prepares for July Fourth celebrations with fundraising efforts under way. Epworth League to host ice cream social at Hinkley’s hall Friday evening, admission free.
The League of American Wheelmen lists 111,061 members including 1,500 women with branches citywide. Riders report dogs causing spills while handlebars and clothes are snagged. Advice suggests ammonia spray from a rubber ball or tube to deter dogs and street loiterers.
The Buffalo Express notes at the St Louis convention Marcus A. Hanna dominates. He controls headquarters candidates and the platform while old party leaders fade. The piece contrasts Hanna and new Ohio leaders with exhausted traditional bosses and sparse crowds.
The article marks the 119th anniversary of the flag and recounts the 1776 decree of 13 stripes and 13 stars, the 1794–1796 expansion to 15, and the 1818 shift to 13 stripes with a growing star field. It notes 45 stars after Utah and five remaining territories awaiting statehood.
The article notes a trend where babies, once scarce in fashionable households, are now numerous and celebrated among royal families and aristocrats abroad. Mothers proudly nurse, photograph, and publicly accompany their infants, marking a shift in social norms.
In a June Saturday event in New York about 10,000 wheels rolled in a wide age ranged gathering from girls clubs and judges to doctors and grandfathers. A brass band of 20 performed as participants guided their wheels through the street. Canada names four Arctic border districts Angava Franklin Mackenzie Yukon totaling 1 421 000 square miles. The piece argues protection as the nation’s peace policy in 1896.
The piece defends William McKinley as the bearer of the American idea focusing on protectionism. It argues his tariff policy and American-first stance restore needed Americanism opposed by Democrats and foreign critics. It asserts McKinley is the natural leader for the 1890s American idea and presidency.
The Pennsylvania Railroad offers two low rate excursions to Atlantic City from Buffalo Elmira and intermediate stations August 6 and 20. Return tickets valid ten days cost 10.00 from Buffalo and Erie 6.00 from Elmira and Renovo with proportionate fares from other points. Travel via the New Delaware River Bridge will be direct to the shore with train times and exact rates announced later.
The Erie Railroad offers greatly reduced fares to the Republican National Convention in St. Louis in June and the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in July. Dates and rates available from any Erie ticket agent. Also includes a health ad for Chamberlain's remedy and local dealers Morris & Mullen and P. B. Canfield.
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