Senate Debates Tariff Bill and Free Homesteads
Washington reports a flurry of Senate activity May 4 5 6 7 with discussion of a large new tariff bill a vigorious push for the tree homestead measure and consideration of the arbitration treaty and sundry civil appropriations Senator Chand Jex introduces a 30 million debt certificate bill while nominations for key posts are confirmed Debates include the Dingley bill contrast will to provide free homes and the treaty ratification rules plus a noted army movements toward Europe and Cuba events in the House include tariff related committee actions and a postal union resolution in Washington May 7 Gen Miles leaves for Europe and Calhoun travels to Cuba for the Ruiz case Civil Service inquiry continues in Washington
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NHL
William i. Diy
Ohio
William A. Jones
Wisconsin
Senate Finance Committee
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Olney
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Blackburn
Heanry A. Castle
Minnesota
Post Office Department
Stanford Newell
United States
Netherlands
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Bacon
Committee On Foreign Relations
House
Speareheed
Congress of the Universal Postal Union
Showalter
Aij
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Europe
New York
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Dawson
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Brindisi
Cabu
W. J. Calhoun
Ofllinois
Ruiz
Cuba
Civil Service Law
Committee On Civil Service of the
Mail Experts Meet Opening of Universal Postal Congress
The Universal Postal Congress opened in Washington on May 6 at the Corcoran art gallery. Delegates from EU members plus Korea China and Orange Free State attended though outside the union. Work will span six weeks with committees drafting the final report and potential renewal of the postal agreement. Postmaster General Gary gave the welcome address and Gen G Batehiler was named president.
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Universal Postal Conn Breas
Washington
Universal Postal Congress
Congress
Gary
Bateheiler
United States
Tennessee Governor Taylor to resign in October
A roundup of early 20th century items notes Tennessee Governor Taylor will resign in October. It reports various incidents including floods in the South, a successful airship voyage by Prof. A. W. Barnard in Nashville, a tobacco house fire in Wilson destroying Briggs & Menning with $100,000 loss, and the centennial exposition in Nashville drawing 79,400 attendees in its first eight days. Additional notes mention Iowa and Ohio GOP conventions, a jail sentence for Auburn Nebraska officials, a warehouse fire in Minneapolis causing $760,000 damage, Montreal clothiers hit for $125,000, and the Mutual Life Insurance company of Indianapolis entering receivership with $4,000,000 in risk.
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Nashville
Tenn
Ecuador
Iowa
Des Moines
Auburn
Neh
Stull
Hasen Warehouse Company
Minneapolis
Bre
A. Small & Co
Montreal
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Indianapolis
Greater New York charter signed by Gov Black
Albany dispatch reports Gov Black affixed his signature to the Greater New York charter detailing boroughs Manhattan Grant Brooklyn Queens and Richmond with ten council districts per borough a four year mayor at 13000 salary and a mayoral appointment system for most officials a two chamber municipal legislature a population around 3.4 million and the first mayoral election set for November 2 next.
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Albany
N. Y
Greater New York
Manhattan
Grant
Brooklyn
Usens
Richmond
Department of Public Works
Assembly
York
Long Island City
London
Man Tall, Stout With Checked Cap Identified at Station
A German faced a puzzling telegram describing a mysterious American arrival. After reading "tall, a little stout, with a checked cap," he sought help from friends and finally used the translated clue to pick out the visitor among incoming passengers at the railroad station.
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Londen
Leer
New York
San
Germany
Hvedal
Ile
Prt
Lived on the Fat of the Land in Ancient Rome
Lip pinevut’s Magazine portrays Rome at its zenith feeding nobles with Asia and Africa spices Germany grains Italy vineyards and Brittany game while waste and luxury marked grand banquets. The article contrasts Nero peascowls tongue dishes and Cleopatra pearls with modern banquet menus and the era’s gluttony.
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Asia
Africa
Germany
Italy
Mediterranean
Caltic
Brittany
Nero
Cleopatra
Rome
From the Pages of Romance Geographical Names Traced to Legends
The San Francisco Argonaut notes that many place names such as California Antilles Montreal Barataria and Juan de Fuca Strait derive from medieval and Renaissance romances and legends. It cites St Brendan legends Italian and French tales and even Irish legends as origins for well known geographic names. The piece explores the whimsy of mapping through fictional sources and early nautical lore.
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Nrinen Tulken
America
San Francisco
Barataria
Sancho Panza
Louisiana
Strait of
Juan de Fuca
Venice
Brazil
Atlantic
Empire of
A Baptist Visitor Chooses New Barn For His Episcopalian Horse
An old Virginia Baptist tale recalls a plantation gate conversation about horse stabling. A colored servant notes two barns, one old and one new, with clergy and denomination determining where horses stay. The Baptist visitor says his own horse is an Episcopalian.
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Virginia
Mas'r
Wales
Rob
Instinct of the Silent Oyster Reveals Ocean Foraging
The passage notes that oysters, removed from the sea, instinctively sense when the tide rises to their beds and open their shells to feed as if still at home. This behavior highlights a natural rhythm guiding their feeding activity beyond human handling.
Birth and Death Rates Worldwide Rise in Population
An estimate shows world death rate at 679 per minute and birth rate at 700 per minute, creating a net annual population increase of about 1,200,000 souls. The figures indicate a narrow margin in favor of growth, highlighting ongoing demographic expansion.
Every-Day Excursions For Global Travel
Advertisement for comprehensive international travel planning by the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railway. Promises arranged itineraries to California Florida Mexico China Europe with estimates of all expenses and tickets for complete journeys. Encourages custom tours for individuals and small groups with language support and secure travel arrangements.
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Milwalkend
St. Paul Eastway
Florida
Mexicn
China
Dapat Anak
Bueupe
Estimies
Inides
Chicago, Milwauken
Grant Monument Ceremonial at New York
A ceremonial Grant Monument event is described in New York with travel by Nickel Plate Road trains. References to dining cars, illuminated coaches, and a guided trip offer trip details and expectations for passengers touring between Chicago and New York. The text emphasizes comfort and service on the rail journey.
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Chicago
New York
Mena
Adi
St. Chicaga
Lands in Wisconsin offered at very low prices
The North-Western Line offers over 400000 acres in eastern Wisconsin for sale on easy terms. Excursion tickets go on sale May 4 and 19 at very low rates. Inquiries to nearest ticket agent or GW Bell, Land Commissioner, Hudson, Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin
Easthern
Licket
Les Scriptive of
Bell
Hudson, Wis
Hot Springs health resort offers cures and baths
The Hot Springs in the Black Hills of South Dakota are touted for medicinal cures for rheumatism neurmia and related ailments. The ad promotes first-class hotel accommodations and sand baths with tourist tickets on sale daily and special rates on the first and third Tuesdays each month. Fall information available from ticket agents C. GN. W.R'y.
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Bhick Hills
South Dakota
C. GN. W.r’y
Opportunities for Homeseekers Along the North Western Line
Prospectors are offered fist class lands along the Chicago and North Western Bay line in western Minnesota and South Dakota. Lands suit general agricultural use, stock raising, and dairying. For details and landseekers rates, contact agents of the North Western Line.
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Chicago & North- Western
Minnesota
South Dakota
North-Western
Homeseeker's Excursions by M and St L Rail Road
The Minneapolis and St. Louis line offers round trips at one tar a plus 92 cents from Wisconsin Minnesota North and South Dakota Missouri Kansas Texas on dates June 19 February 2 and 16 March 2 and 16 April 6 and 20 May dth and 18. For rates and details contact H I Peale agent M and St L By Britt Iowa.
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Homeseeker
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North and
South Dakota
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Peale
Britt. Owa
Excursion to New York City by Nickel Plate Road
Nickel Plate Road sells excursion tickets Chicago to New York and return for trains leaving Chicago April 28 to 26 inclusive at 24 dollars round trip. Tickets valid for return passage from New York to Chicago through May 4, 1897. For details contact J Y Calahan General Agent 1 Adams Street Chicago.
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New York City
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
New York
J.Y. Calahan
48 Hours Chicago to New York Round Trip Fare
Chicago to New York return fare is 24 dollars on Nickel Plate Road with departures from Chicago April 23 to 26 inclusive and return until May 6. Tickets available at City Ticket Office 111 Adams Street Auditorium Annex Chicago Depot Clark and 12th Street Viaduct. Reservations in sleeping cars and more information from J. Calahan General Agent 111 Adams Street Chicago.
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New York
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City Ticket Ofice
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Algona Residence Lots For Sale In Iowa
Algona residence lots for sale with sizes ranging from 5 rods wide by 10 to 18 1/4 rods deep. Some lots are already graded and shaded with fruit trees along the sidewalk. Potential buyers planning to build soon can get low prices and easy terms from J Ey Bt4Cy.
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Algona
J. Ey
Thirteen Superstitious Men Foil Friday Dinner Plot
An old tale recounts thirteen survivors of the Civil War meeting for a yearly dinner. A hostess numbered the group and found thirteen, causing hesitation until one man joined last. Charles Alexander became the fourteenth, later dying within two months, while the others remained alive.
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Old National Rifles
Moses
Charles Alexander
Saved by a pet goose rescues man from barn fire
Henry J. Johnson of near Choconut Center was saved from a barn fire by his hand raised gray goose. During a thunderstorm a lightning strike set clapboards afire. the goose dashed through rain from barn to house and back, aiding in discovering the blaze while Johnson lay unconscious. He is expected to recover.
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Choconut Center
New York Press
Johnson
John- Bon
Phenomena Seen in the Stars Zeta Puppis Spectral Oddity Reported
Harvard College Observatory issues a late circular detailing recent stellar discoveries. Zeta Puppis shows a unique spectrum with three systems of lines including dark hydrogen lines, two bright bands, and faint lines. The report highlights this unprecedented spectral structure as a key finding.
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Harvard College Observatory
New Element Rum From the Sun Reported by New York Sun
The New York Sun describes a rumored sun element unlike earth minerals, akin to hydrogen yet distinct, with a precise vibration pattern of three ten millionths of a millimeter, detectable only on specially prepared photographic plates. It also notes a new variable star in Crux with about a one year cycle.
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Rum
New York Sun
Crux
Auctioneer’s Blunt Spin on Old Gaol For Sale
A Carlow England ad for the “old gaol” offers one lot with a vivid, humorous catalog of prisons within, listing a female prison of 30 cells, debtors’ prison, convict prison with 34 cells, house of correction, treadmill, three throw pump, and a granite gate. It mocks modern improvements as the sole additional lure while highlighting the venue’s architectural features and iron doors.
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Carlow
England
House of Correction
Presidents Mothers Names Counted Here
The text lists given names of mothers for U S presidents. McKinley’s mother is Nancy, as is Lincoln’s mother. It then enumerates Elizabeth, Mary, Eliza, Jane, Anna, and single mentions of Susanna, Nelly, Abigail, Sarah, Phoebe, Harriet, Sophia, Malvina, and Maria as other presidents’ mothers.
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McKinley
Nancy
Abraham Lincoln
Elizabeths
Marys
Elizas
Janes
Annas
Susanna
Nelly
Abigail
Sarah
Phoebe
Harriet
Sophia
Malvina
Maria
Spiders That Eat Birds Reported by Early Scientists
Some of the spiders observed by naturalists are so large that they can prey on small birds. Reports describe huge specimens in remote regions and note their remarkable predatory behavior.
Forgetful professor milks funeral tales for laughs
An eastern city literary man nicknamed Prof K- amuses friends with wool-gathering humor. He recounts attending four funerals in a short span, jokes about a woman claiming her husband is in Heaven, and implausibly misremembers names during a reception.
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Detroit Free Press
Mr. B
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