Presidential message on succession and civil service reform
The President discusses the operation of the Civil Service Commission across 11 customs districts and 23 post offices, praising its current methods and urging Congress to approve changes. He outlines issues on presidential succession, veto power over appropriation bills, and constitutional interpretations, urging timely solutions and support for extending civil rights protections.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Congress
Sam
Custones
Senate
Constitution Room
United States
Supreme Court
Blaine objects to surplus revenue distribution amid tax reform
A Philadelphia Press excerpt reports James G Blaine urging that the federal surplus not be distributed to states. He proposes directing tax proceeds from spirits to states while warning three objections include revenue uncertainty, political incentives, and ongoing fiscal excess.
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Philadelphia ‘‘Press
James G Blaine
Charles Emery Smith
Press
Blaine
Pennsylvania
Internal Revenue
Judy Kelly
Cox
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Amoun
Congress Opens with Oath and Contested Mississippi Seat
The 48th Congress convened as Senate members Eck Bowen Cullom Dolph Frye and others were sworn in while debates over Mississippi Second District representation and prima facie credentials dominated House proceedings Speaker candidates included Carlisle Keifer and Robinson. The session adjourned after debate and a reading of the President’s message.
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Wasamotox
Senate
Attem Eimands
Beck Vo
Palmer
Ferry
Pike
Eck
Bowen
Cullom
Dolph
Frye
House
Seusters
Beck
Cuallom
Delph
Hoar
McPherson
Manderson
Plumb
Sabin
Saulsbury
Missisal
Chalmers
Mississippi
North Carolina
Pool
Geddes
Carlisle
Kentuc&ty
Canyon
Keifer
Ohio
Robinson
Massachusetts
Ormen
Tucker
Reed
Calkins
Romeen
James
Lyman
Wise
York
Wadsworth
N. Y
Lacey
Mich
White
Kentucky
Randall
Keller
Mayo
Keiferpoke
Garrigan
John Wise
Springer
Garrison
Returning Board
Virginia
Platt
Goode
Evry
Death of Professor John H Tice Weather Prophet of St Louis
Professor John H Tice dies at Cheltenham residence age 74 after a life in astronomy and weather forecasting. A former St Louis public schools official and pioneer of evening schools, he trained youth with firm discipline and published a long running weather almanac. Survived by three married daughters and a son. Funeral planned this afternoon from his Cheltenham home.
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Louis Globe-Democrat
John H. Tice
Cheltenham
Hagerstown
Fredericksburg
Tice
St. Louis
Mainge
Charles A. Putnam
Laclede School
Sixth and Locust Streets
Fort Madison seeks new opera house and other 1883 items
Fort Madison advocates a new opera house while the Diagonal road linking Des Moines and Marshalltown is completed. Keokuk forms a baseball nine for next season and Malvern hosts the Western Town Horticultural Society meeting December 12 to 14.
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Fort Madison
Des Moines
Marshalltown
The
Western Town Horticultural Society
Malvern
Prince Napoleon and Princess Clotilde in the French Throne Debate
A December Century article by Anna Bicknell contrasts Prince Jerome Napoleon with Princess Clotilde. It notes Jerome's coarse temper and unbelief versus Clotilde’s devout, austere life and charity work in Switzerland and Moncalieri after the Empire fell.
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Anna Bicknell
France
Comte de Paris
Bonaparte
Jerome Napoleon
Napoleon
Clotilde
House of
Savoy
Switzerland
Geneva
Moncalieri
Turin
Emror
Fires and deaths in 1900s weekly review sweep
Summary of fires and violent events across multiple locales. Nov 28 fires devastate Leadville Baltimore Cape Vincent and St Paris with high losses. Dec 1 Chicago fires rattle Masonic Temple Farwell block Eve ning Journal office. Camden Point deputy sheriff Woodson shot by Tipton. Lancaster judge Denny kills Anderson in hallway. Montana Coeur d Alene mining boom sparks excitement. Meyer Bros Kansas City fire follows explosion. 200000+ loss. Ongoing murder trial details in Cape Town court.
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Leadville
Col
Baltimore
St. Lawrence
Cape Vincent
New York
John Woodson
Camden Point
Tipton
Woodson
St. Paris
Ohio
Urbana
St. Paul
Dickey County
Dakota
Moose River
Chicago
Masonic Temple
Twenty-third Street
Sixth Avenue
Farwell Block
Evening ‘Journal
Lancaster
George Denny, Jr
James H Anderson
Denny
Anderson
Phil. Thompson
Harrodsburg
Montana
Coeur DeLeon Mountains
Idaho
Hagle City
Heron
Northern Pacific
Meyer Bros
Kansas City
Robert Smith
Hale
Missouri & Kansas Telephone Company
Meyer
Interesting Patent Suit Returns Eight Thousand Dollar Judgment
Nelson Lyon of Albany New York won a judgment of 8447.10 plus costs and interest against G T Fisher & Co in the United States Circuit Court Detroit Michigan for infringing Lyon patent metallic heel stiffener. The device affixes to the outside of a boot heel to prevent counters from breaking and heel wear. The suit began in May 1880 with a master’s report showing profits and, after corrections, the court doubled the award with interest from the master’s report date.
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Nelson Lyon
Albany
G. T. Fisher & Co
United States Circuit Court
Detroit
Mich
Lyon
Astoinacy General
United States
Commissioner of Patents
Congress
Fisher
Acton
Baron of intellect and a temperance crowd
Two city residents comment on a young man with a sealskin collar in the opera house. They frame him as a noble figure from Montreal and joke about his status. A temperance speaker at a church banquet adapts a couplet to avoid offending attendees.
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Blobson
Popinjay
Opera
Ulster
Montreal
Baron O
Waiting for the son and two men listed in Newberry County
A father questions a boy delaying work while the boy cites the teacher's saying all things come to him who waits. The piece also notes two men drawn in Newberry County for service on the penalty, one dead for five years and the other killed in a well six months ago.
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Wasutnxeton
Ingelse
Keck
Edmunds
Providia
Sherman
United States
Committee On Judiciary
Lowell
Logan
Brown
van Wyck
Supreme Court of the United States
Blair
Bureau of Statistics and Labor
Department of the Interior
Gay
Internal Revenue
Slater
Compan
Washington Territory
Walula Junction
Newberry County
Emperors Remarks on European Peace and World Events
Germany reports the Emperor at a reception praising good German relations and European peace. In England Captain Adams fears the Greeley expedition loses bearings and may need rescue, offering to join search. A huge Bradford strike of 2500 mine workers and 7500 Lancashire cotton operatives resists wage cuts, warning of a major strike. The O Donnell murder trial opens at Old Bailey with dense crowds and legal counsel for both sides.
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Germany
Europe
England
Adams
Titus Salts
Bradford
Lancashire
O'Donnell
James Carey
London
Mth
George Denman
Old Bailey
Chas, Russell
A. M. Sullivan
Guy
Roger A. Pryor
Henry James
Poland
R.S. Wright
O Donnell Sentenced After Self-Defense Charge in Carey Murder
In London the O Donnell murder trial ended with the judge instructing the jury on self-defense and options of acquittal, manslaughter, or murder based on the evidence. Witnesses differed on the motive and timing, and the jury retired to consider after questions about a deadly weapon and the defendant's state of mind.
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Eing
O'Donnell
Pryor
Henrey James
Carey
Case Town
Sud
Kinfouas Castle
Oubite
Cape Town
James Parish
Melrose Castle
O’donnell
O Donnell
Roger A. Pryor
London
Dec
Denman
O’ Donnell
Donnell
Cape
Garey
Cubitt
O’ Dee
Sullivan
Childrens Parenting Dialogue On Seed Pears Turns Onion Joke
A quirky exchange between a child Johnny and his mother features a warning about swallowing seeds. The mother explains seeds in pears are onions that could sprout in the stomach, prompting Johnny's playful concern about laughter and the growing pests in his body.
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Johnny
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Ranny and
Miller
Appoi
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OWA
Keokuk
Linn County Agricultural and Mechanical Society
Walker & Passmore
Cedar Rapids
Eleventh District Editorial Association
le Mars
Dubuque
Hannah Driscoll
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company
Jon Daly
Daly
Ames
P. D. Ankeny
Iowa State Improved Stock Breeders’ Association
Iowa State
Waterloo
Blackhawk
Prince Napoleon
Princess Clotilde
Weekly Review
Ydonnell
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