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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1889
Page
2
The Warren Mail reports on anti women at the polls with a 1839 voting law and Prohibition debate led by Chairman Palmer. It praises George Washington in a critical portrait citing his Mount Vernon letter offering a slave for sale, condemning the writing as unfit for modern readers.
Gov. Beaver signed a broad batch of measures including a Hines bill restricting minors to six hours work daily for women and children in factories. Other acts create savings banks without capital stock, authorize water company condemnation, extend corporate work time, regulate streets and sewers in second class cities, and authorize log transport on streams under twenty miles. Bills also raise county indigent insane care to 1.75 weekly with state aid, protect fish in Lake Erie, and fund state hospitals and charitable boards.
The piece criticizes coverage of Mrs. Folsom's wedding to Mr. Perrine of Buffalo, noting reporters, especially a Chicago Herald writer, misdescribe her appearance with an erroneous hair description and phrasing.
The appropriation bill by Senator Allen would give $75,000 to the National Guard for dress uniforms but faces a veto risk as expenditures may exceed state revenues. It notes prior shortages leaving cadets without new suits, suggesting they can endure further delay if funds are unavailable.
Chairman Palmer of the Prohibition Amendment Committee says progress is visible as more opponents declare they will stay home, while the group aims to win them over by election day.
The probate court of Wooster Ohio grants Rev Mrs Ellen Runkle the authority to perform marriages becoming the first female licensee in the area. The note remarks the novelty of a woman marrying a couple and the humorous angle of a woman officiating a marriage between two women.
The President signed the commission of Major Samuel V Holliday of Erie to be Commissioner of Customs at 4500 dollars yearly and the Major will leave for Washington soon to take the post. He was recommended by Col Watson. Gov Braver backs the right side on the amendment and presided at a Philadelphia meeting in favor of adoption. Braver notes state receipts will fall about 1 846 632 dollars short of expenditures for the next two years and will veto several appropriations to balance the books.
Eorror Murat Hatsteap of Cincinnati resumes duties after a long illness. If some U.S. Senator learns of it remains uncertain.
Tux indications suggest Warren will mark the Fourth of July with activities starting at dawn and continuing to midnight, featuring patriotic displays and celebrations centered on the American eagle motif.
The piece defends Col. W. W. Dudley against Mugwump vilification, praising his campaign work for Indiana and urging President Harrison to welcome him at the White House. It argues party loyalty over cross‑party pressure and notes Dudley’s ongoing public service in Washington.
A Washington dispatch reports Senator Quay and Postmaster General Wanamaker denying interest in the 1890 Pennsylvania governor nomination or the presidency. Both say they are content in their current posts and expect Senator Delamater to be the Republican candidate for governor.
In West Virginia an evangelist painted on rocks the question What Shall I Do To Be Saved? A patent medicine advertiser followed and added Use Piso's Cure for Consumption. The evangelist responded by re painting with And Prepare to Meet Thy God. Piso manager E T Hazeltine praises the publicity stunt.
The Hamburg American Line steamer Augusta Victoria completed her first voyage from Southampton to Sandy Hook in 7 days 2 hours 30 minutes becoming the fastest flat trip on the line She consumed 220 tons of coal per day and was noted for strong performance.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale argues in a recent address that public schools currently do not fit children for life but prepare them for examinations. He warns the examination system has become an end rather than a means, and says there is truth in the criticism.
The finest Warren county shop under A Weiss at Carver House offer a revamped store with a vast stock of serviceable and fashionable clothing. Spring suits and boys clothing are on hand with promise of savings.
Furnished rooms available for lodging at Newell's of 21 Royal Street near the iron bridge in Warren Pennsylvania. Mrs W H appears as contact.
Queen Victoria turns 70 on May 24. Cholera ravages India in thousands. Illinois adopts the Australian voting system. Harrison to review Brooklyn Memorial Day parade. Winter storms hit Michigan and frost harms Minnesota crops. Harrison invited to Virginia visit next fall. More Europe travel this summer post Paris Exposition. Wheat and corn crops forecast large. 5,562 emigrants arrive Castle Garden May 21, a record day. Guthrie riot calls out soldiers. OK open lands. Robert T. Lincoln presented to the Queen. Nicaragua Canal work begins with U S investors backing the project. Laura Bridgeman dies at 60 in South Boston Asylum. Montana votes Democratic in constitutional conventions. Dakotas elect Republicans. Blaine reports a riot as a health joke. Fence abolition at Cheney silk mills in South Manchester Conn. Two New Yorkers go to Sing Sing in eight hours from crime to sentence. Kansas liquor licenses rose from 1,100 in 1880 to 2,997 by 1887 despite prohibition. New York to drill schoolboys in arms and tactics. opposition about education rights. Statue of Horace Greeley contracted for New York City Hall Park. A lighthearted exchange about bread and water appears.
The act passed by the Legislature and approved May 9 1889 punishes bribery at elections. It declares that giving or offering money or other reward to electors to vote or withhold votes is a misdemeanor with fines up to one thousand dollars and imprisonment up to one year.
The advertisement claims slight stomach and bowel derangements can be corrected by taking one Ayer's Pill. It warns that lacking the pills worsens the disorder and can trigger a regular fit of sickness, concluding with a proverb about the nail and the shoe.
A sequence of real estate transfers is listed with buyer and seller names, locations, and sale prices. Transactions include Sheffield Mead Warren Warren Sugar Grove and other towns with amounts ranging from 86 to 5 000 dollars.
A historic ad promotes Lane's Family Medicine discovered by Dr Silas Lane in the Rocky Mountains. It claims cures for blood liver and kidney diseases and constipation and clear skin. Children like it and the package costs 50 cents at all druggists.
Mrs Co W King Carver House Warren borough hotel license David Ridelsperger brewery Conewango township brewer s license F H juley Henry House North Clarendon hotel license Joseph Clinton Lee House Sheffield village hotel license D A ARIRD Prothonotary Warren Pa May 20 1889
All wool dress fabrics from 25 cents to 4.00 a yard plus cream white wool for graduation dresses. Printed challs 5 to 50 cents, Latines 9 to 35 cents, ginghams 7 to 40 cents, black wool dress goods in light weights. Also flannel shirts blouses waists hosiery underwear linens lace curtains gloves and related items.
Henry Fuellharty Warren County High Sheriff issues public notice to electors of Warren County that a special election will be held Tuesday June 18 1889 to approve or reject proposed constitutional amendments. The text references Article XVIII and a prohibition amendment with enforcement provisions and prior legislative action in 1887 and 1889.
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