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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1896
Page
2
We are authorized to announce W. L. Wikoff as a candidate for Collector of Warren borough subject to Republican primaries decision. We are authorized to announce C. W. Sersall as a candidate for Collector of Warren borough subject to Republican primaries decision.
In the 16 business days since the 3rd inst., 392 plants previously closed have reopened and 299 have added workers. The article notes manufacturing activity rising as winter wanes and spring demand grows, with political context on a 202 sound money and 155 free silver split in the House.
On Sunday November 15 ninety pulpits in St Louis were occupied by women delegates at the National WCTU annual meeting. Reports say many listeners were startled by the novelty but the sermons proved as effective as those of regular pastors. The incident illustrates change when women hold power.
Chairman Butler declares Populists will secede from the Democratic party and reject fusion. The remark harshly critiques Democrats who recently joined Populism, leaving them in an awkward, precarious position.
Republicans in West Virginia carried 31 of 55 counties including nine that backed Cleveland in 1892. The gains in Republican counties surpass increases in Democratic counties, signaling a lasting shift toward the GOP in the state.
Mr. Bryan is announced to write a book and to be engaged by a lecture bureau to give five lectures a week at a thousand dollars per night. Last year a $100 fee was high for his windy talk, and Supt. Putnam of Warren offered Bryan $75 per lecture plus expenses and refused him. Somebody will get cheated on the thousand dollar basis.
The popular vote totals 13,580,000 with McKinley at about 7,051,000 Bryan 6,221,500 and Palmer 150,000. Prohibition votes will not exceed 80,000 and the Socialist vote is smaller than in 1892. McKinley’s majority of roughly 829,000 is the largest ever for a President.
Philadelphia journalists host a complimentary dinner for Col. A. K. McClure of the Philadelphia Times on December 9 to mark fifty years in journalism. The Mail joins colleagues in congratulating McClure and his paper.
Mrs. Martha Hughes Cannon of Salt Lake City Utah is elected to the Senate by a large majority over her Republican husband. Her party advocates free silver and she wins by about 4000 votes, signaling a rising political presence for women.
The party's latest selection raises State Convention delegates from 289 to 358. Warren County keeps a two member delegation.
Bakers across the country have upped loaf prices by one cent due to higher flour costs. Yet they did not cut bread prices when flour dropped. A Brooklyn Health Culture Club member challenged the crusade for short skirts as a passing fad, arguing women lack the courage to deviate from prevailing styles.
Charlton County Georgia carried in swampy countryside with small towns and no election held this year according to local records. Citizens appear to have deemed the election unnecessary.
Isa dor Sobel of Erie announces candidacy for State Treasurer as Republican attorney and county chairman. Supporters say his work with Sibley motivates voters to back Sobel for the state office.
A Vermont House vote last Thursday defeated the Senate bill 135 to 89, signaling female suffrage faces stiff opposition. Proponents urged another push to advance the measure in the future.
Commercial travelers depart as stump speakers take stage. Business improves for the country while nails prices drop about one half after the Wire-nail Trust dissolves. The change is portrayed as beneficial for the people.
Boss Crocker arrives back from Europe just as Brother Moody begins revival meetings, signaling a timely reunion and renewed church activity.
Authoritative returns place South Dakota and Wyoming in the Bryan column while Kentucky grants Bryan one electoral vote. The corrected table lists state by state results with McKinley and Bryan tallies, noting pluralities in South Dakota and Wy oming and legislative outcomes, and cites large regional pluralities for other states.
Franklin to Pittsburg Dispatch reports Honest Joe Sibley credits Senator Quay with swinging the Twenty sixth district race and overthrowing Bryan. Sibley notes Quay's Pittsburg address shifted votes, and cites the October wheat rise as key to Bryan's campaign collapse. He predicts Bryan will again seek the Presidency in 1900.
The Toronto Telegram sent a representative to Canton to interview President elect McKinley about reciprocity with Canada. The Toronto Mayor declined to forecast tariff changes, noting uncertainty about Congress. McKinley expressed hope for continued amity and mutual understanding between the nations.
The Bradford Star reports Senator Quay has not declared a Senate preference, with Hastings and Penrose claiming his favor. Partisans disagree on Quay’s stance but agree he opposes Wanamaker, and Quay supporters express that view publicly.
The Harrisburg Telegraph reports Lafayette College expelled students who hazed a fellow cadet by clipping his whiskers and later faced assault and battery charges. The incident drew attention to hazing as a harmful practice and supports calls to end hazing on campuses.
A Kentucky friend of Secretary Carlisle cites that the firm Cleveland and Carlisle will begin business in New York City early next March. It is reported the President intends to appoint Secretary of the Navy Herbert and Postmaster General Wilson to federal judge posts after March 4.
The Ridgway Advocate notes a large rise in Republican votes in Elk county this year increasing delegates at the next county convention from thirty-nine to fifty-one. The paper claims greater growth than Democrats and asserts an end to bossism in Elk county.
The widow of General Grant won a $75 prize from a New York paper for the best brief argument in favor of McKinley's election. Mrs. Grant stated that McKinley should be elected to uphold national honor and the general welfare of the country.
A New York gun editor laments a cycle ending with McKinley and Protection in control after 12 years of Clevelandism. He argues the return repeats old errors, costing the public property and causing widespread suffering.
The Buffalo Express reports Gov. Pingree backs a Pennsylvania style plan to nominate officers at primaries without conventions. It hopes the Hepa lican party in ed county adopts the reform in coming years.
The note promotes sending mail to distant relatives and friends to reduce time spent on handwritten letters. It emphasizes the efficiency and warmth of correspondence.
Thursday to Sunday summaries from November include New York Chamber of Commerce banquet at Delmonico's with letters from President Cleveland and Governor Morton, Altoona Kentucky mob violence against Black workers, Mercer Pennsylvania fire losses, Rochester women’s convention, Weyler in Havana and Maceo’s moves, Bryan’s lecture tour plans, and diverse incidents from Nova Scotia to Italy.
Henry Jacobs a longtime Philadelphia clothing and furnishing merchant has made an assignment after executions were issued on notes totaling over 52000. The move follows mounting debts and legal actions against his business.
New York Money Market report shows money on call at 1 3 percent and prime mercantile paper at 4 5 percent. Sterling exchange quotes demand $4.85 4.86, 60 days $4.823 4.83, with posted rates at $4.88 4.84 and $4.87 4.8734. Produce market lists flour futures and grain prices across multiple varieties, including city mills patent at 5.10 5.35 and No. 1 northern wheat at 90 4.0 f.o.b., with numerous spot and options levels for corn, oats, rye, barley, and hay components.
Secretary Edge cites 80 000 miles of roads and 4 000 000 dollars yearly spending with no improvement. He argues replacing labor credits with cash taxes could improve road conditions and reduce taxpayer leakage. He advocates paying a dollar in gold with a fifty cent labor credit for road work.
A Philadelphia dispatch notes shipping demand at the port runs high with two voyage ahead chartering and pressed sailing vessels aiding grain and provision trade south of the equator. October exports rise from 7,429,000 to 12,980,000 bushels and ten month totals from 43,110,000 to 100,990,000 bushels, promising surplus cash and lifting corn above cotton wheat and petroleum in national prominence.
Adverts a South American Nervine that allegedly cures weak stomachs and broken nerves with guaranteed results. Claims immediate relief and lifelong happiness, touts ease of use, and notes sale at Noyes Drug Store in Warren, Pennsylvania.
Pleasant Ridge Pa resident touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as prompt for his little girl when croupy symptoms first appear. Widely used by mothers in the United States and abroad, it is sold at 25 and 50 cents by Morris & Mullen Warren and P B Canfield Corydon.
Mrs Casemere offers repair services with low prices and high quality. She can sew rips or place patches so garments look better than new and is located next to the MaIL office at 305 Second St. Call for service.
Annual meeting of Warren Co Fair Association stockholders will be held at the Court House in Warren Pennsylvania on Saturday December 12 1896 at 1 PM to elect Directors for the ensuing year and conduct other business. Only stock certificates holders may vote or hold office. By order of the Board of Directors L M Hazeltine President Willis Cowan Secretary Warren Pa November 24 1896.
Legal notice describes a fifty acre land tract spanning Warren and Venango counties including an orchard and improvements on twenty acres. It is seized and to be sold as the property of David Gilbert at the suit of W I Bachop, for use of E D O.
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