17 Oct 1894
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1894
Page
1
Secretary McBryde of the United Mine Workers lauds General Hastings the Republican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania. He praises Hastings for labor harmony, fair pay, and avoidance of the “pluck me” system, noting his coal operations and semi monthly cash payments.
The piece recalls two year old remarks by Tom Collins about Cleveland and Bellefonte, accusing him of empty promises and likening his claims to stuffing the people. It notes a stalled pledge and compares government receipts under Harrison and the current administration to imply fiscal risk.
A curated digest notes Cochran’s renomination doubt, Carlisle’s senate bid denial, Hill campaign openings in Syracuse, and Russell’s Massachusetts governor bid. It also covers international frictions in China and Russia, crashes, strikes, floods, and notable deaths with regional political reactions and upcoming elections.
A preview promotes a serialized adventure Translation of a Savage by Gilbert Parker as one of the most unique and interesting serials printed, urging readers not to miss it. Each line echoes the period newspaper tease to attract ongoing readership.
The piece lists multiple criticisms of the 1894 tariff, labeling it party perfidy and a lie on its title, arguing it raises taxes via imports and internal revenue, aims to undermine protection, would require massive imports, harms wages, favors southern lawmakers, and delays civil war-era costs with ongoing internal taxes. It frames the debate as a choix between tariff revenue and internal taxation.
The article urges removing blighted pear trees to protect others, praises Lawrence pears for late, blight resistance, and notes dratted corn fodder digestion and dairy price stability. It cites grain seed yield expectations, Virginia creeper use, weed origins, and the link between cheaper production and larger crops with fertilizer use.
The text surveys Leonardo da Vinci as a multi talented figure beyond painting listing roles from physician to inventor. It notes Venuusto copying Michelangelo and contrasting delicacy with grand originals. Messina introducing Netherlandish oil techniques to Italy via Eycks. Benozzo's early landscape with lively animals. Wohlgemuth's uneven output and reliance on assistants.
Marshal Sir Patrick Grant marks his ninety years after entering the army in 1820 and serving largely in India, with a long career and active service noted as he reaches this milestone.
The government nitrate grounds were sold for £1,000,000 in Santiago. Thirteen lots valued above £1,000,000 remain unsold. The 30 lots sold in total brought £187,000 over their official valuation.
Rochester on October 16. George Peoples a bookkeeper for Garson Meyer and Co a large wholesale clothing house gave himself up to the police declaring he was a defaulter for a substantial amount.
Bay City dispatch dated Sept 25 reports 4,000,000 feet of lumber from Spanish River Lumber Co. shipped by Kathlen to E. T. Carrington. The lumber lands at Michigan ports under the new tariff, undercutting local Michigan prices by bypassing rail and river routes. Michigan lumbermen warn prices must fall to sustain profits.
The 39th annual meeting of the grand council of Royal and Select Masters of Indiana is in session at the Masonic Temple in Indianapolis on October 16.
A steerage passenger arriving on the Kron Prince Friedrich Wilhelm from Naples is found to have smallpox. The steerage passengers will be held in quarantine upon arrival in New York.
The nominee, Mr. Singerly, withdraws from the governor race and blames Philadelphia party leadership for disarray. He urges shifting canvass to elect Congress members and county officials, accusing the city organization of ceding control to ringsters roosters and ruffians.
Queen Victoria faces high doctor bills while ivory billiard balls become dice. Alaska prints a yearly newspaper. New York and Boston have fewer paved streets than Chicago. Temperance sermons flood Liverpool on Temperance Sunday. A Chinese visiting card uses red paper with black rubber name. Descendants of Joan Smith gather in Peabody to mark 1620 New Jersey landfall. The emperor of China requires ten bearers for his umbrella.
The record cites a Siberian mammoth tusk weighing 869 pounds and a giant petrified tree reported 666 feet long in Nevada. It also notes bat digestion capability, two offspring limits, wood-for-fire estimates in locomotives, and Italian senate composition with 355 members in 1890.
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