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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1890
Page
2
The 1890 proclamation designates Thursday November 27 as a day of prayer and Thanksgiving. President Harrison urges nationwide ceasing of labor to worship and gratitude, seeking charity for the poor and protection for the nation. James G. Blaine signs as Secretary of State.
Governor Beaver proclaims November 27 1890 as Thanksgiving Day urging devotion and worship across the Commonwealth. He asks suspension of ordinary business and gathering at home or church to share in gratitude and charitable distribution to those in need. Harrisburg announces the intent and date.
Speculation runs on Congress action for the December to March session. Republicans may push election and apportionment bills, Democrats can block them, and a filibuster in the Senate is likely. As members arrive, Washington braces for a short, hurried session starting next Monday.
The dispatches report that weeks of work by decorators have ended with the White House in order. Mrs. Harrison can now receive guests daily except sweeping day as the Blue room cost twelve thousand dollars, a lavish sum for a single room. Senator Tretter aims to pass a free coinage bill with new Western and Southern support and the Farmers Alliance in the House. The election bill may pass in a modified form with Idaho Montana and Wyoming backing.
The Meadville Tribune states Senator Delamater is not and has not been a candidate for United States Senate. It notes friends are pleased by the mention but clarifies the discussion is not inspired by him and that he declines any candidacy.
Parrison told a reporter last week that discussions of his Cabinet are mere speculation and he will not reveal further appointments beyond the Secretary until next January. He has sent the Independents little more than wind and likely will push the Democrats to fill the offices.
Cooper of Philadelphia reports James G. Blaine is the most popular Republican with Southern voters and says his appeal extends beyond the region.
After forty years of inoperative prohibition Vermont discusses replacing the existing unenforced law with a high license system to curb alcohol access and enforceability. Local officials and lawmakers weigh potential impacts on enforcement and public behavior.
Harvard defeats Yale to end their annual football debate paving way to focus on smaller studies. Wipensz of Philadelphia eyes Pennsylvania Senate seat amid political chatter. Northwest Native leader signals strong stance while Italian barbers in New York maintain politeness. Thanksgiving wishes extend to readers as Gov. Parrison appoints H. D. Tate as Private Secretary.
A Philadelphia dispatch notes the next Legislature at Harrisburg will push ballot reform and liquor law changes. Gov Pattison will advocate reform while constitutional ballot numbering remains a hurdle. Bills on tax equalization County Commissioners Grangers Tax Brooks amendments and licensing powers are set for debate along with liquor transfer rules oleomargarine repeal and Pool bill. The Road and Canal Commissioners report and uniform accounting for state aided institutions will also shape discussion. The session is described as highly important.
An exchange notes the Farmers' Alliance as a coalition of agricultural groups including the Northwestern Alliance of Kansas and the Dakotas and the National Farmers' Alliance. It also mentions Illinois Mutual Benefit association, Michigan Grange, and a Colored Farmers' Alliance. These bodies differ in platform but share aim to protect producers and consumers.
Captain Charles King writes An Army Portia a breezy entertaining novel. The book features characters from his previous Two Soldiers and centers on a charming heroine who rescues her lover by exposing manufactured evidence to clear him before a court martial.
The December issue, called a holiday number and promising for 1891, offers club rates with premiums. Subscriptions start at $2.00 annually, with discounts for multiple copies and extra copies for club organizers. Sample copies and full details are available from Peterson's Magazine at 306 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
An exchange features a man asking about aging and another replying he will not age while cleansing his blood with Ayer's Sarsaparilla. The dialogue implies confidence in the tonic's health benefits.
The December Harper's Magazine is a suburb Christmas number with a frontispiece and many full page engravings by modern artists. Fiction suits the holiday season and the editorial pages are filled with Christmas cheer and duty references.
Recommended for animals though not offensive, arnica and oil liniment will not stain clothing or the skin. Morris and Mullen, N.C. Allen.
The state agent reports in November that excessive rain leaves many crops in the field and unhusked. Corn yield is good but quality low with mould in shocks. Potatoes rot and many remain in ground. Tobacco hurt by winds and storms reducing wrappers. Buckwheat still out and damaged by wet weather.
A Buffalo Express quote extols Dr Koch as the greatest man in Germany for a life saving method, ranking Hellmuth Von Moltke as the second. The remark highlights the paradox of fame in wartime leadership and technological progress.
An advertisement promises guaranteed pure spirits including six quart pails for five dollars and single quarts for one dollar, with Silver Age Rye at 150 each or 12 for 15. It offers wines domestic and foreign from 50 cents upward and invites requests for a full catalog from Max Klein of 82 Federal Street, Allegheny, Pa.
A health claim piece promoting Burdock Blood Bitters as the secret to beauty through pure blood and healthy vital function performance.
A collage of brief items notes postmaster policy shifts on subscriber moves, Kansas farmers electing lawyers to prosecutor posts, a Pennsylvania rail experiment with four through trains to San Francisco, and a National WCTU convention in Pittsburgh. Philadelphia Republicans back Senator Cameron amid party unity signals.
On November 22 markets showed steady exchange with on call rates near 5 percent and posted around 4.87 to 4.89 percent for sixty days. Grain and commodity prices moved across Minneapolis and Cleveland reports with wheat around 90 cents No. 2 red and cor n at 59 cents No. 2 yellow, while flour held steady. Ohio, New York, and Toledo notes show firm wheat and mixed corn values, with pork and lard futures in late November quotes.
Groceries of all kinds advertised at Trushel and Company in Glade as a model store offering money saving purchases for shoppers.
Washington reports show net ordinary revenues at 403,080,982 and a year over year rise of 16,030,923. Expenditures reach 297,736,436 with Post Office costs up 5 to 6 million. Public debt falls to 1,145,400,986 and money in circulation totals 1,443,083,618. Counterfeits amount to 8,479.
A November bulletin reports a December 2 special session of the New Hampshire Legislature, maritime wrecks and drownings in the Arctic, and the death of Fire Commissioner Tobin in Boston. It notes moonshining arrests in West Virginia, E P Shellaber’s decline in Chelsea, a ten percent postal revenue rise, Alabama coal miners' wage strike threat, and a Monte Carlo suicide tally. Also covered are a Dannemora prison sentence for a kidnapper in Albany, Guthrie bank assignment, cholera figures in Spain, Podlewski’s extradition talks, Samoa allegiance shifts, a Chicago bank failure with lumber liabilities, and a Rhode Island high jump record with a Portland sprinter backing Lonergan.
Tong Yoong & Co of San Francisco fled to China with forty thousand dollars, the wages of two hundred forty Chinese fishermen who had just returned from Alaska. They owe creditors twenty thousand dollars. Liabilities of failed Chinese firms in the past month total about two hundred fifty thousand dollars. The fishermen are left penniless after the season. Queen Emma Takes the Oath as Regent. Damages for Breach of Promise. Miss Mary Shull, who sued Delert Lehman for breach of promise, is awarded one thousand dollars in Lima Ohio.
A. M. Loftus fatally shoots his father B. M. Loftus near Gainesboro Tennessee in a Thursday morning clash. He also accidentally kills his brother during the incident claiming self defense after defending his mother from an attack. The families are highly connected in the community.
The Illinois State Federation of Labor, meeting in Quincy, adopted resolutions recommending adoption of the Australian ballot system and stricter enforcement of the eight hour law. It also urged a committee to study the single tax theory and to report on its advisability, and urged the state to supply school books to indigent children.
Private dispatches report Canadian cattle ships to Europe suffer large losses. The Serica from Montreal to Dundee lost 600 head, Circe 200, and Escalona 38, adding to 354 lost from the Lunda last week and 151 from the Straits of Magellan for a disastrous season.
A table of civil cases shows numerous suits filed or listed for December. Plaintiffs include Logan, Morrison, Walton, Parks and Coats, among others, against defendants such as Gartner, McAlpine, Pennsylvania Railroad Co., Huff, Knapp, and Dalrymple with various docket numbers and dates.
Register of Warren County publishes list of individuals who filed final administration accounts for estates. The Orphans Court will review December first at 2 PM. Accounts include A Hertzel for John George Arnold. John A Wood for Hiram Arters. O C Allen for Benjamin Hurlbert. BK H Bradley for E M Thomas.
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