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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1887
Page
2
State Treasurer William B. Hart of Dauphin, Register and Recorder S. H. Briggs of Glade, and District Attorney J. W. Dunkle of Clarendon named in official roster.
The Mai and the Philadelphia Press renew a one year offer for in advance payment to all subscribers. The Press is a large Republican journal delivering detailed general and political news. The Marz will provide full local news coverage for town, county, and neighborhood. Liberal terms for local clubs. The best time to begin is now.
The notice promotes a campaign special offering three months for 25 cents, delivering the Mart to any address. It urges readers to subscribe now for a sound Republican paper with full news coverage.
This week we devote space to the W. C. T. U. annual Convention in Warren. The ladies of the organization receive praise from county groups for their excellent March department work. The report notes a broad liberal Christian spirit, opposing the third party obstructionists and aiming to curb intemperance.
Albany dispatch reports Chief Justice Ruger of the Court of Appeals again mercifully makes permanent the temporary stay of Jacob Sharp's sentence. Sharp will not be sent to Sing Sing and will stay at Ludlow Street jail until the Court of Appeals hears the appeal from the Supreme Court four Justices' adverse judgment. A decision likely not before December.
The sheriff issues the proclamation announcing changes in polling places and stressing the importance of voting the Republican ticket for a strong showing. It urges voters to cast ballots for the entire Republican slate to secure a decisive majority.
The Western Union Telegraph Co. will acquire the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Co. for 5 million dollars in Western Union stock, gaining full stock in the B&O Telegraph and a fifty year contract with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, completing a telegraph monopoly. President Cleveland’s visit draws large crowds in Western Pennsylvania as critics note the locals’ limited newspaper access.
The New York Herald announces it will be printed and published simultaneously on two continents with a Paris morning appearance at two cents, noting its wide European readership among English language papers. It criticizes a government printing setup and calls for reform, while also promoting Millinery openings and the Pacific Mutual Insurance Company assets.
The piece notes G A R accessions since April totaling 52 287 with total membership 373 233 and projections of dwindling numbers over 25 years. It also reports a Republican city committee straw vote in Erie favoring Robert T Lincoln for first place and split views for second between Hawley Hiscock, with Pat Beaver suggested as preferable alternative.
A New York paper notes Dow proclaims prohibition a Maine success away from home while at home he laments no reduction in Portland grog shops over the past decade, reflecting mixed local and distant commentary on drink laws.
The president and Mrs Cleveland toured St Louis Chicago and Milwaukee with public receptions parades and a church service. The sequence included a Veiled Prophet event in St Louis a reception in Chicago and a military style parade in Milwaukee before visits to Grace Episcopal Church and other engagements.
Long county report highlights union activity in Warren and Tidioute during 1880s temperance drive. W.C.T.U. members organized, educated teachers, distributed literature, and closed local bars. Notable figures include W.H. Clark and Miss Coleman. result a county-wide six hundred members and seventeen departments.
The report details the legal arm of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union at a 1886 Minneapolis convention. It covers the Warren County drive to block liquor licenses, volunteer and attorney support, a county-wide petition and remonstrance canvas, and a court decision denying licenses. It notes the tireless work of volunteers, ministers, and local leaders, with strong opposition and supportive results, plus jail statistics, expenses, and recommendations for future efforts.
In this fourth annual report the Warren jail shows few inmates due to scarcity of licensed saloons nearby. Most arrests stem from intemperance, and weekly jail visits accompanied by religious outreach aim to steer inmates to a peaceful life. A former patient in Allegheny's prison ward is now ill and jailed, but caretakers note their spiritual guidance and care during illness.
Mrs J P Jefferson outlines organized efforts to curb sexual impurity, noting raised consent ages from 11 to 16 in the state, widespread distribution of Social Purity literature, and the White Cross League with sixty members. She urges women’s involvement, cites Wilberforce and Mirabeau, and calls for active clergy and community action to protect virtue and reform fallen women.
A year-end reflection on railroad work notes limited progress yet gratitude for efforts. Six scrapbooks from Tidioute Youngsville Irvington Spring Creek and Mrs Snyder were prepared for railroad men to read and exchange, spreading temperance and moral lessons. Suggestions include gospel tales moral truths and light stories. reuse old library or school books with cloth covers. mail to the superintendent.
A survey of county churches lists denominations and counts 95 congregations. Most use unfermented wine for communion, while Episcopalian Catholic Swedish and German Lutherans total sixteen use fermented wine. Three new churches were organized this year, eleven others not previously found.
A pastor’s review urges Mrs Reeser and local unions to strengthen Sabbath observance. It notes sermons, literature distribution, and Sunday school efforts, while identifying Sunday excursions, brass bands, and social outings as desecration. It calls sisters to personal piety, refrain from secular talk, and guard the Lord’s day.
A call from the temperance and railroad workers union urging Sabbath protest against running trains on Sundays. They propose brackets with Bibles and tracts at stations, note 972 pages distributed this year at Warren Station, and ask sisters to set aside Tuesday as a day of prayer for railroad men.
A period advertisement extols Hosteller's Stomach Bitters as a cure for biliousness and liver disorder, noting symptoms like nausea headache and foul breath. It claims rapid, thorough relief and also cites benefits for kidney bladder issues fever and ague and convalescence.
A poetic urging to purchase life insurance to protect families. It argues that insurance preserves a widow's livelihood, sustains orphans, and shields loved ones from ruin after death. The verse frames insurance as a divine means to provide security for dependents and restore hope amid tragedy.
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