Warren Mail reports on Legislature action and bills passed
In the Senate last Tuesday Hall's escheat bill to transfer telegraph property to the State passed unanimously. The House approved several final bills including worker injury coverage, indigent insane treatment, avoiding detention of almshouse children, cost payments on appeals, public evening schools, higher assessor pay, tax land redemption protection, road vacation powers, and timely complaints against vacations. The railroad fencing bill was defeated.
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Hall
House
Justices of the Peace
Tax reductions on banks and tobacco enacted in 1883 act
The act reduces taxes on bank capital and deposits from d e, removes taxes after July 1 1883 on bank checks drafts orders and vouchers and other items, lowers tobacco taxes after May 1 1883 for dealers and cigars, sets cigar taxes at three dollars per thousand, and eight cents per pound on snuff smoking and manufactured tobacco with no liquor tax cut.
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Philadelphia dominance eyed as seat of government moves
A Philadelphia influence critique questions the city’s grip on state power in Harrisburg. The piece notes lawmakers, officials, and the supreme court tied to Philadelphia, urging a capital move and critiquing adjournments. It covers federal appropriations, biographies of notable figures, and currency tweaks, ending with tax and banking notes.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Jesse
Harrisburg
The Last Congress Ends with Few Laws Passed
The session closed after 7 685 bills in the House and 2 509 in the Senate. Many measures failed to become law including a general bankrupt system internal commerce shipping Presidential succession and a national educational fund. Private bills numbered thousands and notable ones like retirement of Gen Grant and Fitz John Porter relief stalled.
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Senate
Gen. Grant
Fitz John Porter
1980 Census Occupation Patterns Of American Men And Women
The data show how men and women in the United States distributed across occupations in 1980. Counts are given by total and broken down by male and female, listing numerous trades and professions from artists and authors to teachers and physicians, with large totals in domestic servants, journalists, and millinery workers.
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Blasphemy Flashpoint in Court Over Ingersoll Outburst
A heated exchange between Merrick and Ingersoll in a courtroom led to insults and a heavy inkstand wielded in anger. The judge condemned the remarks as inexcusably provocative and ordered the offensive lines expunged. The incident raised questions about the ethics and restraint of the famed infidel Bob Ingersoll.
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Bob Ingersol
Jie
Merrick
Mr. Merrick
Mr. Ingersol
Mr. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Bob Ingersoll
Local Advice Warns Against Traveling Salesmen
The Altoona Tribune urges readers to favor local merchants and craftsmen over smoothTalking strangers. It warns that traveling salesmen often take money and provide poor service with little remedy for the buyer.
Candidates vying for State offices and related notices
The piece lists Republican and Democratic contenders for state offices including Treasurer and Auditor General names from various towns. It notes postal fee changes on July 1 and mentions Gov Spraave of Rhode Island and David Davis seeking marriages, plus health updates on Senator Cameron and a Charleston trip, ending with a real estate ad by H. G. Eppy.
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Jhulings
Venango
Jerome Bb. Niles
Tioga
Butler
Captain Potts
Chester
E Hasson
Wanango
Jtarrisburg Telegraph
Gov
Spraave
Rhode Island
Virginia
Dora Inez Calvert
Wiggins
David Davis
North Carolina
Pennsylvania Paragraphs Highlights Local, State Tidbits
The column notes a colored constable in Kittanning marking a first for Armstrong county and hints at summer brigade encampments. It cites Luzerne county courts invalidating telephone contracts, praises a female barber in Mercer, and mentions Fulton’s statue placement. It reports Dukes murder trial in Uniontown, a death warrant for Ward McConkey in McKeesport, and May 10 execution in Pittsburg. Pattison orders guard inspections and debates tobacco access for underage boys. A Philadelphia schooling tobacco campaign is described with textbook notes.
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Kittanning
Philo Press
Luzerne County
Mercer
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Washington
Robert Fulton
N. L. Dukes
Capt. Nutt
Uniontown
Robert E. Pattison
Ward McConkey
McClure
McKeesport
Allegheny County
Pittsburg
Pattison
Gen. Goodard
National Guard
Philadelphia
Destructive Fire Destroys Home in Ludlow
On March 11 1883 a house in Ludlow owned by H E Byham burned to ashes while his wife fled with a baby. Two young daughters perished after being trapped as the home burned and gas stove explosions occurred. The family faces severe loss as a brisk wind fed the flames.
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J.G. Curtis
Coonrod Klein
Tryonville
H. E. Byham
Mr. B
Lirrie Feviow
Point Chautauqua Resort aims for grand lake expansion
The Point Chautauqua Baptist Association plans improvements at Point Chautauqua on Chautauqua Lake. The site offers high, dry ground for drainage and easy access with scenic views. Col. R. E. Robinson of Illinois will manage the Grand Hotel, while H. P. Kinnear of Youngsville serves as superintendent for the association.
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Chautauqua Lake
Point Chautauqua
Col. R. E. Robinson
Illinois
H. P. Kinnear
Youngsville
Doe with horns spotted by Hunter in Early Gulch
Local note reports J A Link and J J Berry pursuing a mountain lion near Wilson ranch Early Gulch. Link shot the beast, Berry's well aimed strike finished it. The lion measured eight feet four inches and weighed 128 pounds.
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Warren
Como
Colorado
J. A. Link
Wilson Ranch
Mr. Link
J. J. Berry
Bay Bill
Mr. Berry
Stylish Clothing and Furniture Sale at Second Street
Jacob Keller the Tailor announces a large Spring Snitings Overcoatings and Pantaloons stock with new fall and winter styles. He employs only skilled workmen and warrants satisfaction. P Greenland offers a vast new Furniture stock bought for cash and to be sold very low before the holidays. Next to Episcopal Church.
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Jacob Keller
Second Street
Liberty
P. Greenland
Episcopal Church
Herifeff Sale Under Levari Facias At Warren Court House
A writ of Levari Facias exposes property in Cherry Grove township Warren county for public sale on March 31 1883 at 2 PM at the Warren Court House. The leasehold includes five acres plus equipment such as wells tanks engine house and pumping gear held against George K Anderson Anderson and C D Greenlee owners or reputed owners and W F Kelly contractor at E H Burns suit.
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Pennsylvania
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Court House
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Oil City
Eng
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George K. Anderson
Anderson
C. D. Greenlee
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E. H. Burns
Weriff
Cherry Grove
Ennis
George J. Sherman
Polar Oil Company
Joseph Clinton
J. T. Millison
Ef.a. Allen
KE. A. Allen
Sheriff Sale Notice in Warren County Pa 1883
By writ of Fiery Facias I expose to sale at Warren Court House on March 31, 1883 at 2 PM the interest of Lafayette Cole in a Sugar Grove land tract. The parcel covers about 30 acres with 15 improved, including an old frame house, bounded by Mattison Hazeltine roads and Gray Jones Mattison. Suit by A C Blodgett now for use of D D Hazeltine. E A Allen Sheriff Warren Pa March 12, 1583.
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A. B. Hazeltine
Matthew’s Run
Stillson Hill
Samuel Gray
John Jones
Lafayette Cole
A. C. Blodgett
D. D. Hazeltine
E. A. Allen
Warren
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