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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1887
Page
2
The Warren Mail renews a combined one year offer with the Philadelphia Press at 1 755 in advance. The Press is described as a premier Republican journal delivering detailed general and political news. The Mail provides town county and neighborhood news. Liberal terms for local clubs. begin now.
The late official figures lift Hart's state plurality to 45 245, the largest in fifteen years aside from Blaine's 81 000. Prohibition 18 278, loss 14 144. Massachusetts GOP gains Ames 17 620, five Senators and five House members. Ohio Foraker 26 353, largest in seven years. New Jersey carries legislative ticket, US Senator by 19 on joint ballot. Rhode Island gains a Congressman, Maryland gains thirteen House members. Iowa reelects Governor Larrabe by ~20 000. Nebraska +20 000. Virginia GOP gains in white counties with 2 000 popular vote margin. Overall Republican gains except New York. Tribune notes saloon influence and predicts bright prospects for next year with no Burchard looming.
Chairman Cooper praised his campaign victory and predicted a large state ticket majority. He traveled from Harrisburg with two wild turkeys as a sign of success and noted Fayette may win the county banner for voting near Blaine in 1884. He aims to award a silk banner at a county meeting to kick off 1888 campaigning.
A recent U S Supreme Court decision holds the driven well patent invalid after evidence showed public use in Cortland New York more than two years before Green the patentee filed. Numerous infringement suits nationwide by Green and others against farmers for water from driven wells are dismissed.
The piece charges that pressuring power in New York State aided the boodlers who backed Col Fellows for District Attorney. It cites a large corruption fund raised by brewers liquor sellers and office holders used to buy votes on election day and credits the President with a letter urging Fellows election.
An old exchange notes the hundredth anniversary of the waltz next month. It recalls Vincent Martin presenting an opera in Vienna on December 20, 1787 that featured the new dance which quickly gained popularity. The idea of hugging without music is traced to Adam and Mrs Adam.
L Q C Lamar told President Cleveland he believed he belonged on the Supreme Bench rather than any other post. The remark follows his noted failure in the Cabinet, prompting commentary on his career and fitness for high office.
A survey traces Thanksgiving from 1621 Puritan feasts to Lincoln proclamations during the Civil War and Washington era. It notes governors and presidents establishing days for peace, prayer, and national reflection, and marks the modern national holiday amid disasters, politics, and daily news.
A critical piece arguing that factional squabbles between Blaine and Conkling crippleled the Republican party in New York. It urges unity under strong leadership, cites Roscoe Conkling and James Platt as pivotal figures, and warns that personal spats erode national strength and electoral success.
Rose Cleveland argues against corsets bustles and tight fashion urging comfort and health over fashion. The contrast notes Cleveland's political reform zeal versus dress reform ideals and fashion trends of the era.
In Lewisburg Saturday Night a report claims Chairman Wolfe campaigned at the polls for his cold-water candidates. He delivered a show of election box oratory, declared he would quit the Prohibition party, and attacked former followers while signaling a shift toward the Republicans.
The article notes President Cleveland gave $10 to the engineer’s family killed on the train last summer, $20 to Charleston earthquake victims, $2,000 to the New York doodle Democracy, and spent Decoration Day fishing, prompting claims that reform is needed.
The New York Tribune will install three presses totaling 40000 and increasing capacity to 72000 copies per hour before January. In 1888 its weekly edition will grow with an extra four to eight pages of reading matter, enlarging the paper and making it the largest New York weekly. The prospectus invites readers nationwide to adopt the Tribune as a leading newspaper.
Robert Bonner retires at 63 from the N Y Ledger and plans farm life with fast trotters. He cites judicious advertising as the main secret of his success, noting he was first to fill two to eight pages of a great newspaper with ads and that it pays.
Secretary Lamar and Land Commissioner Sparks clash over land grants. The Secretary loses his temper and tells the President one must go. Sparks is removed, while the President avoids opposing a future Supreme Court nominee. Sparks may be right by accident.
Community message urges readers to help the less fortunate before Thanksgiving dinner, emphasizing that giving is a blessing and strengthens the holiday spirit. It highlights acts of charity and reflects on the joy of sharing with others.
The Western Settlers rely on Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters as the sure protection against malarial and digestive troubles in newly settled western regions. With emigrants facing miasma from cleared lands and river freshets, the Bitters are valued as a reliable household remedy to guard health amid climate changes and unaccustomed water or diet.
The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union opened at Watkins Hall Nashville with delegates from nearly all states and territories including Indian Territory's president. Key figures, banners, and speeches highlighted advancing temperance, education, and woman suffrage while urging reforms in public schools, labor, and church collaboration.
The article argues for selecting temperance textbooks that fully expose alcohol as a poison and explain how beer wine and cider carry alcohol. It urges inspectors to ensure manuals teach science findings on danger, seduction, and the addictive nature of even small amounts to foster total abstinence.
Senator Cameron returns to Washington after a summer tour of the West and Alaska. He extols the United States as a great peaceful realm with vast future wealth and power if development continues, highlighting Alaska’s prospects and the booming West.
Illinois Central may extend to St Paul and a Des Moines clearing house will start December 1. Massatts dies after a 909 foot fall at Calumet mine. Jewett is critically ill. Princeton may appoint Dr Drummond president. Forest and prairie fires threaten Alton and Vandalia farms. Danish royal birth of a son after insanity. Most called dangerous. Dexinson may be postmaster general. Car operator Hate has suspended with liabilities around ann. Mile high murder trial begins at Sioux City. Mormon elders face tar and feathering in the south. Wisconsin labor party pallets sympathy for executed anarchists. Missouri favors government ownership of monopolies. Hawaii revolution leaders say Kalakaua controlled by cabinet. Spreckles threatens sugar trade. The Blind Professor of Bluffton dies after leaping from City Hall. Union labor pledges mercy petitions to Governor Oglesby. Dun & Co reports mixed business activity. London riot over Trafalgar Square meetings injures and arrests. Baseball contract form adopted by National League. Joliet penitentiary holds three notorious criminals linked to Haymarket. Oscar Neebe Samuel Gilden and Michael Schwab identified in succession.
Public notice records announce an application to incorporate the North Clarendon Presbyterian Church in Warren Pennsylvania. Administrators report letters of administration issued for Julia A Morrison and Frank H Gisselbrecht estates with notices to debtors and creditors to present or settle claims promptly in Corydon and Pleasant Township Warren County Pennsylvania.
Notice to creditors of Betsey C Clark deceased and estate settlement by JONES SMITH Admr Columbus Pa dated Nov 14 1887. Also advertisement for Yaw Mill lumber mill 214 miles north of Sheffield Junction Forest Co on Tionesta Valley Railroad with 400 hp boiler and 20 000 feet per day, offering sale of the establishment at a bargain if taken at once through Mrs J & Davis Center Avenue East End Pittsburgh Pa.
Notice of application to the Court of Common Pleas Warren County for a charter under the Corporation Act of 1874 for a new corporation named First Methodist Episcopal Church of North Clarendon Pa. The hearing is set for December 19 1837 at 10 o clock A M before Judge William D Brown. Solicitors Wetmore Noyes and Hinckley.
By writ of Fieri Facias from Warren County Court of Common Pleas I will sell at public vendue in Warren on December 5 1887 at 2 PM the property in Pittsfield township Warren PA lot five 75 by 150 feet with a two story cottage on the road from M F E church to Cole Hill described in a 1886 deed to J M Woodcock now owned by John R Golden for the use of Sadie Bloomfield.
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