Lincoln's Birthday Across Cities In 88th Anniversary
Dispatches report Lincoln’s 88th birthday celebrated nationwide with banks closed schools altering programs and public banquets. Governors from Illinois Rhode Island Iowa West Virginia and Indiana attended Chicago events while New York Grand Rapids Indianapolis and Minneapolis marked observances with toasts and memorials.
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George GB. Swift
A. J. Beveridge
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F. M. Drake
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Hazen
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Great Northwest
F. A. Briggs
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Loyal Legion
Charles W. Pairbanks
Springfield
Minneapolis
Minna
West Hunter
Minnesota
Order of the Loyal Legion
John C. Black
Illinois Commandery
John Ireland
Minor News Stems For The Week Budding Bed 2
A digest of late 19th century financial and social mishaps reports bank failures and mergers from Wisconsin to Montana, a fatal shooting near Menardsville, a minstrel Simon Christie death in Kansas, and the collapse of a medical institute in Lancaster. It notes Frank Delmont’s roller skate mile world record, Frank Waller’s six day bicycle win, a Plano fire causing $400,000 loss, a San Felipe bullion robbery, Ottawa parliament buildings fire, a new Coatepec eruption, and a labor department report on wages. The Charleston savings institution uncovers a $27,000 defalcation by its cashier.
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Menardsville
Pex
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Kansas
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Lancaster (D.) Medical Institute
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Jackson
W. Va
Benjamin Patton
Hicksville
Chicago
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W. D. Hoard
Wisconsin
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Burlington
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London
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Pittsburgh
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Appropriations for Fifty-Fourth Congress By Figures
Washington February 15 approximate estimates show total appropriations for the Fifty-Fourth Congress at 1 044 462 000. Military academy Diplomatic and consular Fortifications Agricultural Pensions and more sum to the bulk of the total with permanent annual appropriations at 120 million and first session at 615 million. Speaker Reed and Mr Cannon reportedly view the rising totals with concern as the Senate may add further increases.
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Revolutionary Sequences Forming Amid Civil War Threats
Denver reports J B R Sovereign a Knights of Labor worker writes to the Industrial Advocate urging war with a foreign nation. He says secret societies Iron Brotherhood and Industrial Army are forming nationwide to seek remedies for the people by civil war if ballots fail. Killings, drownings, and fires follow in other brief items from Kentucky to Arkansas and Ohio.
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A Modern Solomon in French Court Acquits Mother
A French court acquitted a poor needlewoman charged with stealing five gold coins after a recreated scene showed her child reaching for coins on a desk. The judge tested the mother’s story by placing coins within the child's reach, prompting a successful acquittal amid dramatic testimony.
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London Weekly Telegraph
Liveryone
Immigrants and the Shirtmakers Strike in Scribner's Tale
A Mary Gay Humphreys piece describes immigrant men with black beards entering a New York factory run by girls who make shirts. The men take work home with wives and daughters, driving wages down as 더 work shifts collapse. The girls strike but lose as more workers arrive and the factory closes.
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New York
Mary Gay Humphreys
Scribner’s
Gathering Aquarium Stock for Safe Transport
The article stresses selecting low mortality live fishes for transport. Experienced gatherers avoid long shipments soon after capture, since stress and injury raise fungus risk. Fishes are kept near shore in suitable tanks to rest, feed, and weed out weak or injured stock before starting in an aquarium.
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New York Sun
Wisdom tooth panic by young soubrette ends with joke
A young soubrette rushes to her dentist in agony over an ulcerated wisdom tooth. The dentist suggests extraction after supplying her dazzling front teeth. She replies with a witticism about removing her orchestra chairs so the dentist can reach her back rows.
Why the Mills Pear Was Disgusted on a Streetcar
A Detroit Free Press anecdote tells of a petite young matron on a streetcar who expected men to offer her a seat. When five to six men remained seated, her face revealed her disgust, while her child leaned on her and a kindly old woman commented on the scene. A quick shift to courtesy left room for another passenger to sit.
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Mills
Detroit Free Press
Momma
Doar
Pelican in theology and myth of medieval thought
The piece surveys early theological zoology focusing on the pelican and whale motifs. It notes Christian writers like Augustine reinterpreting pelican sacrifice, and describes medieval beliefs about the pelican tearing its breast to feed its young, and the whale’s seductive lure and doom imagery as a moral lesson.
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Hell
St. Augustine
Hard Luck Tale of a Magazines Dream Lost
Atlanta Constitution notes writer Will N Harben rose in magazines yet none of his early stories ever appeared after being purchased. He recalls checks and a boast of jumping chairs, then letters from editors saying they are crowded. He finally married after tearing up a conspiratorial editor note.
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Atlanta Constitution
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Associated
Plucky 15 Year Old Keeps Light Burning At Sea Tower
A 15-year-old boy, son of a lighthouse keeper, stayed alone in a rugged Maine sea tower for three weeks during a violent storm. With scarce food and little sleep, he kept the light burning while his father was ashore for provisions. Upon rescue, the exhausted boy was near collapse, yet the tale honors his steadfast duty on the Saddleback Ledge. The piece also notes a satirical blurb about the Sultan of Purkey and his fear of bicycles.
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