Congressional News Roundup From January Sessions
The Senate passed twenty three pension bills and debated actions on Samoa and the Philippines while the House considered a July 4 Cuban withdrawal and appropriations for a Fort Leavenworth hospital. Other items include a Philippine sovereignty push, a Danish West Indies purchase bill, census figures for Cuba and Puerto Rico, and various disasters, fires, and public notices across multiple states.
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Senate
Mason
New Orleans
Montebank
Tillman
House
Cuba
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Brumby
Navy
C. E. Augur
Bacon
W. W. Sullivan
Mississippi
Des Moines
Pettigrew
S. D
Aguinaldo
Porto Rico
Island
Congress
Taylor
Philippines
Gardner
Danish West Indies
Williams
Daniel
Sibley
Dem
Brigham H. Roberts
Utah
All the News of the Past Seven Days Condensed
Weekly digest of home and foreign items covers industrial advances political shifts and notable happenings abroad and at home highlighting key figures and events shaping the period.
Proclamation on Philippines amnesty eyed by president
Reports cite a looming presidential proclamation offering amnesty to insurgents in the Philippines and denouncing nonparticipants as outlaws. Other items note eight Cornell law students injured by a fraternity lodge fire in Ithaca, boiler explosions in Pittsburgh, and a new American Association baseball league formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Cornell Law
Ithaca
N. Y
Steem
Pittsburgh
California
United States
Bob
Sam Curry
Casper
Wye
Wood
Santiago
Santiago de Cuba
Supreme Court
Iowa
Kohlsaar
United States Circuit Court
American Association
Senator Goebel
Kentucky
Capitol
Harland Whittaker
Louisville
Taylor
Goebel and Markham
Winfield
Kan
Thomas
Henry W. Lawton
John A. Logan, Jr
Ben
J. L. Armstrong
Francisco
Personal and Political Notices From Chicago to Topeka
Grace Dixon long time resident of Chicago dies at home aged 105. McKinley’s fifty seventh birthday noted in Washington. Kansas Republicans set state convention in Topeka for May 16. Rev Dr W W Eddy a New York missionary in Syria dies at Beyroot aged 74. Rev Dr John G Hall Presbyterian minister dies in Cleveland Colorado aged 84. R Graham Frost former Missouri congressman dies in St Louis aged 48.
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Marion
Ala
Morristown
Minn
Horoluln
Chinatown
Maj
Davis
Havana
Texas
Sioux City
Baltimore
South Carolina
Admiral Dewey
House Pension Committee
Treasury
Samuel Thurman
Sheridan
Ind
Muncie
Boor & Munshower
Cecil
United States
H. E. Wills
Chicago
Italy
Tampa
Fla
Ellinor C. Baker
William Devine
Charleston
D. C
I. Dayton
Kate P. Pier
H. H. Pier
Milwaukee
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Stanislaus
Mary Foley
Taylor
Goebel
Nicholas Hetzler
Louisa Schaefer
Grace Dixon
McKinley
Kansas
R. Graham Frost
Congress
Missouri
St. Louis
Queen Victoria opens seventh session amid war pledge
The seventh session of Parliament opened in London with the queen declaring the South African war would continue until victory. Opposition leaders criticized the ministry while Irish factions agreed to cooperate. Skirmishes near Taal Batangas left an officer and two Thirty eighth infantrymen wounded. The French cabinet seeks funds for fleet and defenses. Marquis Queensberry, born July 20, 1844, died in London. Boundary settlement between Germany and Belgium in Africa failed.
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Queen Victoria
London
South Africa
Taal
Batangas
Marquis of Queensberry
Africa
Pettigrew
United States
Senate
United States Senate
Representative Ermentrout
Pennsylvania
Trenton
N. J
Torres
Guaymas
Colville
Wash
Ohio
San Francisco
Manila
Philippines
James Dundon
Terre Haute
Ind
Henderson Pierson
Clarksville
Tex
Congress
Philippine Commission
George Winans
Boutonville
N. Y
Sweden
Anton Sundberg
Stockholm
Buller
Ladysmith
Roberts
War Office
William Woods Averell
Bath
Frankfort
Goebel
Beckham
St. Louis
Robbe
Samar
Leyte
Tacloban
Buenos Ayres
B. H. Roberts
Utah
Salt Lake City
Henry Walsh
Chicago
Hopkins & Allen Manufacturing Arms Company
Norwich
Conn
David M. Key
Hayes
Chattanooga
Tenn
Newfoundland
Lark Harbor
Tugela River
Great Britain
Nicaragua
William Goebel
Kentucky
Senate clashed over Philippine question as Pettigrew speaks
The senate deferred Philippine discussion after a point of order. House action included loyalty to veterans and Indian appropriations. News spans fires, executions, deaths, battles, and natural disasters with multiple named places and figures from Washington to Kentucky and beyond.
Oldest Man in America Credits Peruna Remedy
Isaac Brock of McLennan County Texas aged by years credits Dr Hartman’s Peruna for his health and longevity. He says catarrh includes cough and grip and touts Peruna as the best remedy learned from extensive experience. He offers a free book on catarrh via the Peruna Medicine Co. Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Brock
McLennan County
Texas
Valley Mills
Mr. Brock
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbua, Hio
Buncombe Co
North Carolina
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Tourist Service Ad
Florida, West Indies and Central America are served by Louisville and Nashville Railroad facilities for tourists and travelers. Double daily sleeping cars operate from Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago and St. Louis through Jacksonville to interior Florida and to Miami, Tampa and New Orleans for embarkation to the regions mentioned. For folders write J. K. Ridgely N. W. P. A. Chicago Tl.
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Florida
West Indies
Central America
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Porto Rico
Cincinnati
Louisville
Chicago
St. Louis
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa
New Jeans
J. K. Ridgely
Crescent Hotel Opens as Healthful Resort in Eureka Springs
The Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs Arkansas opens March 1 1900 as a desirable resort for health and pleasure seekers. It offers ideal climate pure spring water and best accommodations with rough sleepers via the Frisco Line. Write for particulars to the hotel or Frisco Line representatives.
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Crescent
Eureka Springs
Ark
Frisco
Salzer Seed Co. Offers Samples and Catalog
Seed firm John A. Salzer Seed Co. offers samples of seed packets and a big catalog. Send 10 cents and this notice to receive the samples and the large catalog from La Crosse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salzer
John A. Salzer
How Jack Reconciled With Jim in Town Topics Note
A Town Topics item recalls Jack making up with Jim after rumors and fears. The line says they were at sixes and sevens, and haunted by the unlucky 13, influencing tensions before reconciliation.
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Jack
Jim
Lane's Family Medicine Ad Promotes Daily Bowel Action
An old advertisement claims Lane's Family Medicine ensures daily bowel movements for health. It says the medicine acts gently on the liver and relieves sick headaches and aches. Price listed as 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Worry Persists for Guilty Men
A brief note from the Atchison Globe warns that guilt haunts misdeeds as worry follows wrongdoing, reflecting a moral stance in a concise editorial capsule.
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old advertisement promises a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It offers a full refund if the treatment fails and lists a price of 25 cents at druggists.
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Shipments Promised for Army Use
A letter from Pretoria 1899 thanks Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co. for £412 10s bank draft and orders twenty gross of 5-DROPS for army use. The message notes the medicine eases rheumatism neuralgia and other pains, claims battlefield boost, and cites a captured quantity as a loss. Also includes a humorous barber quip from Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krueger
Pretoria
Transvaal
Africa
Messrs
Swanson
Colny
Chicago
Ill
U.S. A
Hardcash Plans with Sharpleigh for Family Venture
In Tit-Bits style narration, a wary financier agrees to back a youthful partner after Sharpleigh and the daughter return. The man admits initial distrust then accepts potential: the condition was £1000 saved first, which Sharpleigh secured by borrowing the sum to seal a future marriage row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharpleigh
Thirty Days Trial Offer at Charles City College
New students enrolling at the start of the Spring Term on March 26 1900 receive a thirty day free trial across Preparatory Normal College Commercial Shorthand and Typewriting departments. Address President J F Hirsch Charles City Iowa for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marc
West
Charles City
Iowa
J.F. Hirsch
Low Rat excursion tickets to winter resorts in the South
Letter to J. C. Tucker G. N. Agent requests full information on Low Rat excursion tickets to all Winter Resorts in the Southeast via Cincinnati Louisville Asheville Atlanta Jacksonville and East and West coasts of Florida as desired.
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J. C. Tucker
G. N
Big Four
Clark St
Chicess Ills
Cincinnati
Louisville
Asheville
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Florida
Wisconsin Central Trains From Chicago to Twin Cities and Duluth
Trains depart Chicago Central Station Park Row and 12th Street Lake Front for St. Paul Minneapolis Ashland and Duluth. Nearest ticket agent for details is Jas. O. Pond G P A Milwaukee Wis.
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Wisconsin Central Railway
Chicago
Central Station
Park Row
12Th Street
Lake Front
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Ashland
Duluth
O. Pond
Milwauee
Wis
Truthful man writes on his business with exaggeration
A blunt note from Atchison Globe states a man details his ventures in plain truth while slipping into selective exaggeration in one direction or another.
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Atchison Globe
Patent Remedies Advertise Quick Cures for Ailments
The advertisement promotes Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar to ward off pneumonia and Pike's Toothache Drops claim a cure in one minute. It lists two tonics as ready remedies and emphasizes rapid relief for respiratory and dental discomfort.
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Hale
Pike
The Goodness of Intentions vs Actions
Editorial note from Chicago Daily News states that good intentions do not excuse bad actions. The comment underscores accountability and ethical responsibility in public conduct.
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Chicago Daily News
Cure for Consumption Endorsement From Covington Ad
A Missive from Covington Kentucky dated October 1 1804 praises Piso s Cure for Consumption as an unfailing medicine and cites F Lotz of Scott Street as endorser.
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Otis
America
Row
Peruna
New York
Minnesota
Ectvass
SNTER
Kansas Citys
Omaha
Grippe
Peter Haas
Swanson Rheumatic Cure CO
Lake St
Rae Oe
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Cahoon
Lees
Goodell Company
Antrim
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