Republicans poised to win House and several states
As presses report, a Republican victory appears likely with New York leading by about 10,000 plus, Indiana Delaware and Virginia possibly in Republican hands. Hill defeats Miller in New York, Grant becomes mayor, while Cleveland New Jersey and Connecticut tilt Democratic. Empire State and other wins suggest a safe Republican nation.
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New York
Indiana
Delaware
Virginia
Hill
Miller
Grant
Cleveland
New Jersey
Connecticut
Empire State
N. Y. Tribune
Harrison
Sun
Cooper Talks Victory In Early Returns
Thomas V. Cooper reports early election gains with Gen. Harrison carrying New York by 20,000 and Connecticut by 3,000. Republicans win several counties in Indiana and likely carry Virginia West Virginia and Delaware. Pennsylvania shows a 90,000 Republican majority.
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Cooper
Puitapepula
Gen
Harrison
New York
Connecticut
Indiana
Virginia
West Virginia
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Thomas V. Cooper
Pennsylvania Railroad declares semi annual dividend of 24 percent
The Pennsylvania Railroad Directors announce a semi annual dividend of 24 percent on November 1, totaling 5 percent for the year. Earnings are near last year, fixed charges similar, but last year was stronger with 5 percent dividends and significant settlements and improvements. Western lines show a net profit of about $1,278,000, roughly $500,000 behind this year. Capital stock is about $8,000,000 higher, increasing the amount available for dividends.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Martinique
Florida
J. M. Bloomer
Ohio State Assembly
The
Knights of Labor
Industrial News of
Toledo
Mercer County
W. Va
William Henderson
Michael Johnson
Gary
Dak
Lynchburg
Moorman
Hefferman’s Sash
Ainslie & Bros.’ Carriage Works
Ista
Zuge
Pittsburgh
George C. Smith
Joseph Kline
Louis Brubaker
Washington
Kan
Brubaker
Topeka
Columbus
O.) Bridge Company
Wichita
Sallie Siebe
W. R. Foster, Jr
New York Produce Exchange
Gratuity Fund
Greensburg
Amanda Montgomery
Gus Wineman
Wineman
Miss Montgomery
New England
Internal Revenue Department
Jennie Quick
Lewis Naylor
Kansas City
Miss Quick
Naylor
Philadelphia
Peters
University of Pennsylvania
Sindh
Mediterranean
Grand Division
Sons of Temperance of Ohio
Bedford
Grand Worthy
C. D. Smith
Fanny J. Ward
Brainbridge
E. J. Morris
Cincinnati
Mrs. Bishop
Cleveland
Tar
William R. Foster
William Warren
Boston
Deland, Ill
Twelve Million Words in Congressional Record
A remark notes the last Congressional Record reportedly contains twelve million words, seen as a boon for reporters seeking material. It highlights the vast record as a resource for journalism.
Octoper Public Debt Decreases by 4.59 Million
Octoper reports a public debt reduction of 4 585 619 dollars, reflecting better fiscal management. The decline improves the regional balance sheet and supports ongoing public finance measures.
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Octoper
Warren County Republicans claim sweeping victory
Warren County reports a strong Republican win with Harrison around 1600 majority, Watson about 1550, and strong results for Arird and Thompson. Fuellhart also leads by 400 to 500 votes, reflecting a proud party showing as press goes to Friday noon.
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Warren County
Harrison
Watson
Arird
Thompson
Fuellhart
Congressional Rivalries Shape Local Election Mood
The piece notes personal enmity against Hon. Lewis F. Watson and reports tentative majorities for Warren and McKean counties. It predicts a Republican majority in the next House, dismissing Mills Bill opposition, and reports Culbertson beating Burns by about 2,000 in Erie Crawford district and Gen. McCreary defeating Alfred Shortt for State Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis F. Watson
Rankin
Mills
Erie Crawford
Culbertson
Burns
Bill Scott
Gen. McCreary
Alfred Shortt
Official Vote of Warren Borough Precinct Balloting Results
Official vote tallies list Harrison Morton ticket for President and Vice President in Ist Precinct with candidates for Auditor General Supreme Judge Congress Assembly and other local offices. Includes per-precinct tallies and district breakdowns across multiple Warren County wards and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Borough
Harrison & Morton Ist
Score Ledger Shows Team Totals Across Local Matches
A series of game score lines lists player point totals for Thompson Smith Fuellhart Ellis Arird Williams across matches including Limestone Harrison Triumph Harrison Tidioute Harrison Columbusboro Youngsville Clarendon Bear Lake. Notable tallies include Thompson 219 and Fuellhart 157 in early entries with varied defense and offense across eight contests.
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Columbus
Harrison
Cleveland
Cherry Grove
Conewango
Watson
Rankin
Thompson
Smith
Fuellhart
Ellis
Arird
Williams
McCamant
Meyer
Corydon
Brokenstraw
Mitchell
McCullum
Elk—Harrison
Eldred
MacCullen
Fuellart
Mead —Harrison
Pine Grove
Pleasant
McCullen
Pittsfield
Hill
Lacy
Spring Creek
South West
Sheffield
Deerfield
Arirol
Freehold
Limestone
Tidioute
Columbusboro
Youngsville
Fuellbhart
Clarendon
Fuelbhart
Bear Lake
Proclamation by President Cleveland designates Thanksgiving Day
President Grover Cleveland issues a national proclamation setting apart Thursday, November 29, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. He calls for suspension of work, worship with prayers and songs, thanks for harvests, peace, and national prosperity, and urges charity for the poor.
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Grover Cleveland
United States
New Law Bans Car Stoves in New York Railroads
November 1 marks the start of the law abolishing car stoves in railroad cars across New York. The act, first passed in 1887, covers lines over fifty miles within the state and excludes only the New York and New Haven system. Major lines including the Vanderbilts are already steam heated. several companies adopt Martin or McElroy couplers for steam piping.
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New York
New York and
New Haven
Boston and Albany
Vanderbilt
Wagner Palace Car Co
N. Y. Central Co
Martin
Erie Co
McElroy
Long Island
N. Y
Burns sues Erie Dispatch for libel over campaign fees
Democratic congressional candidate Burns sues the Erie Dispatch in libel for accusing him of exacting attorney fees while serving in the Legislature. TheDispatch report alleged that those fees did not halt the Dispatch’s harsh attacks on the Democratic camp.
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Burns
Congress
Erie
The
Erie Dispatch
Dispatch
Kemp's Balsam Ad from Victor New York 1887
A letter from F E Coss praises Kemp's Balsam as the top cough remedy amid fifteen others, requesting three gross 50 cent bottles and samples. L G Noyes notes sample bottles free and druggists carry Kemp's Balsam at 50 cents and one dollar. Also referenced is a Dr Mayer rupture cure with an Arch Street Philadelphia address offering advice and a circular.
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Victor
N. Y
O. F. Woodward
F. E. Coss
L. G. Noyes
K.B Mayer
Arch St
Phila
Emigration, Economy, and Oddities in Late 19th Century News
The report notes over 200 Mormons leaving Utah for the Canadian northwest and cites strong crop yields, while Ohio theatergoer Mary Anderson opens at Palmer's Theatre in New York on November 12. Other items include Thanksgiving date declarations, legal rulings on railroad injuries, presidential electors meetings, and studies linking marriage and insanity to longevity.
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Utah
Canadian Northwest
Mary Anderson
Europe
Palmer’s Theatre
New York
Political wagers in 19th century bets on Harrison or Cleveland
In a humorous set of bets from the era, James Bates of Denver vows to sit on his barn ridgepole if Harrison wins. A Center ville deacon bets on a poker game in the street. Camden woman teases two suitors named Ben and Grover over who earns her hand. Wagers include gifts of kid gloves or a kiss, with penalties and mule races if candidates lose.
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James Bates
Denver
Harrison
Centerville
Camden
N. Y
Ben
Grover
Cleveland
New York
Dick Stoever
Bond Hill
Tepe
Orvil Hannaford
Canterbury
N. H
Harrison and Morton
Joseph Stoneham
Boscawen
Thurman
Stoneham
Hannaford
Bonney
Chicago News
Century Magazine November Issue Promotes New Features
The November Century marks volume thirty seven year nineteen with new series including the Century Gallery of Old Masters engraved by T Cole described by W J Stillman and Cole. It also launches Cable’s Strange True Stories of Louisiana and The Ying Aunt with White Hair from a French manuscript. Highlights include Lincoln life installments and George Kennan’s Siberian Exile papers, plus poems by Riley Parrish Lathrop Miller Cone Thomas.
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T. Cole
W. J. Stillman
Mr. Cole
Mr. Cable
Louisiana
Hostetter’s Bitters Promotes Gentle Digestive Health
The passage contrasts two bowel relief methods. It recommends Hostetters Bitters as a non violent cure that restores regular body function, relaxes the bowels, awakens the liver, boosts kidney action, and counters early rheumatic twinges, gout risk, and malaria.
Morck Drug Store Advertises Perfumeries and Medicines
Morck drug store is promoted as the destination for perfumeries sachet powders toilet powders and all medicines known to the trade Morrie and MuLuen are named as sellers.
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Morck Drug
Morrie & Muluen
Tragic Accidents and Political Moves Across States
A mother in Harrisburg N Y accidentally killed her child while fetching a pistol. she is described as likely to go insane. Twenty one women at a Boston convention nominate Alice Stockton for Massachusetts governor. Illinois judge McAllister dies. Bargain settlement ends Badeau v Grant suit. Anarchists celebrate in Chicago with a play. Bridge collapse at Blairsville injures and kills workers. Legal actions rise in Pennsylvania Supreme Court over a serious accident. Edison phonograph reports a political speech in Orange N J. Various other incidents include ship explosions, fires, embezzlement arrests, and court decisions shaping November amid a wave of national news.
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Harrisburg
N. Y
George Waugh
Boston
Alice D. Stockton
Wheaton
Equal Rights Party
Massachusetts
Jeupee
White
Blairsville
Ill
William Thompson
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Platt & Bowers
Frederick Gebhardt
Matthew Storms
New York, Lake Erie & Western Railway Company
Shohota
J. M. Ward Furniture Company
St. Louis
Charles Litchter
William O’keefe
Richard Home
Charles Stewart Welles
Anna P. Johnson
Price
Albany
Stewart
New York
Hilton
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Fellows
Lawrence
North Point
Milwaukee
Wis
Sullivan
Thomas Hanley
Merrill
Frank McGowan
Thomas Dooley
Henry F. Aupers
Buffalo
Kansas City
Jack Fleming
Richard O. Warren
Rock Island Arsenal
E. Clark
Akron
Keystone Manufacturing Company
Philadelphia
Oak View
Cleveland
E. E. Knorr & Co
Plattsburg
Chicago
Huntington
Ind
Arthur Watkins
Marshal Rosebrough
Watkins
Troy
Grant Monument Association
General Grant
United States
Treasury Department
Garland
Department of Justice
J. A. McAfee
Thomas Slaven
Indianapolis
Randall
House Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Santa Monica
Los Angeles
New Bedford
Mass
Arctic Whaling Fleet
Arctic Ocean
Herald Island
Lexington
Dora
San Francisco
Ounalaska
Vanderbilt
Sanok Island
Philadelphia Exchange
Standard Oil Company
Waldheim Cemetery
Mam and Philadelphia Weekly Press Offer Renewed for Subscribers
The Press and Mart offer one year subscriptions at $1.75 in advance to all readers in Warren county. The Philadelphia Weekly Press is described as a premier Republiable journal with detailed daily news. The Mart promises full town county and neighborhood news.
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Mam
Philadelphia Weekly Press
the Press
United States
The
Mart
Warren County
America
Philadelphia
Executor's Notice in Estate of H L Bartholomew
The executor announces the grant of letters Testamentary for H L Bartholomew of Warren Pa. He urges all indebted parties to pay promptly and directs creditors to present their claims properly authenticated for settlement. Sarah G Bartholomew Extr Warren Pa November 2 1888.
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H. L. Bartholomew
George Beach
Pine Grove
Warren County
George Starks
Admi
Ackley
Warren Co
Erick W. Anderson
Township of Elk
Jfrnor
O. P. Loveland
A. J. Hopkins
J. A. Neible
Boon Magee
Mary C. Morrison
BE. Youngquist
Penna. R. R. Co
White & Million
N. F. Clark
F. D. Austin
P. Moran
Helping Hand Building and Loan Asso
Fred Woetschat
Reig & Vogel
Martin Spichelmire
H. P. Kinnear Estate
Odd Fellows Cemetery Association
Henry Fogles
Peter M. Smith
Warren Water Company
Warren Pa
O. C. Allen
T. W. B. Meredith
Ec’g. Slitd
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Red Top
Ben and
Levi
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Thomas McCamant
Henry Meyer
Iapeaute
James T. Mitchell
A. Black
A. Rankin
Charles Miller
Alent Assembly
C. C. Thompson
Secesaesee
Piisesesiveees
Rey
John Sial
ISGP
Henry Fuellhart
Eticas Fusca Acier
Geo. P. Williams
Clarence W. Lacy
Trustees Warren Academy
E. A. Weagraff
A. Fisher
Gen. Harrison
Kentucky
Castle Garden
Republican Party
Turkey
Mary
A. A. Davis & Co
Missouri Court of Appeals
Adam Badeau
Oregon
Vermont
Maine
Jacksonville
Knights Templar
Knights of Honor
Popular Science Monthly
Lynchbore
Thomas Sayers
Tascott
Snell
Amherst County
Kettle Creek Coal Mining Company
Clinton County
Frederick 8. Lomas
City of Chester
Liverpool
James Hayer
Henry Gormley
William Sellan
Rochester Bay
Charles Cogan
Michigan Central
Robert Jackson
J. H. Rogers
Pan-Electric Company
Sandy Run
Broad Top
Burewars
Old Orchard
Sagnaw City
Mich
Henry Jordan
Ben Farrington
St. Nicholas
West
Mary Hallock Foote
Mary E. Wilkins
Ann Mary
Octave Thanet
Feud
London
John J. Becket
Fort Columbus
New York Harbor
Edmund Alton
Charles E. Erickson
Swan Erickson, Executors
Scandia
Orphans’ Court
Martha J. Carver
Drusilla H. Towle
Geo. M. Hill
Admr
Wm. C. McCutcheon
N. P. Cummings
Francis Norman Green
Frank Green
Peter Nelson
Charles W
Amelia A
Julia Nelson
Wm. Nelson
Charles F. Nelson
S. H. Briggs Reese
Register’s Office
Warren, Pa
Boggs &Buhl
Federal St
Allegheny, PA
EGAL
al la
Bae
Johnson & Siegfried
the People’s Co-Operative Store, Limited
Johnson’s Exchange
the Weekly Press
Court of Common Pleas
Mary 5
Traubis Pane
Catharine Mack
Elizabeth Nelson
Samuel L Mack
Lydia H. Mack
Susie F. Mack
Katie F. Mack
George Frederick Mack
Wm. H. Mack
I. W. W. N. Yates
Court House
Borough of
Warren
Glade Township
State of
Michael Mack
Orris Hall
Henry Lahbman
John
Michael) Mack
Frederick Mack
Christian Schroder
W. V. N. Yates
Warren Savings Bank
Savings Banks
W Sevice
Marriea
L. F. Watson
B. Nesmith
A. J. Hazeltine
O. H. Hunter
M. B. Dunham
L. Rk, Freeman
James Clark
H. S. Thomas
Wood & Thomas
Coats
Third Street
Liberty
Warren, la
Ene
F. W. Cook
Struthers
Warren, Fa
Struthers, Wells & CO
Oisdom
Parshall & Sill
E. W. Parshall
G. W. Sill
General Agents
James Broder
Bradford
Bradford and
Allegany Fields
Manufac
Nished
Seneca St
Buffalo, N. Y
Morck Bro
August Morck
Optician
First National Bank
L. D. Wetmore
M. Beecher
England
Ireland
Scotland
National Line
Ueenstown
Antwerp
Hamburg
Bremen
Variety Hall
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