Immigration limits and Speakership concerns in Washington
Washington Letter notes the immigration bill as the major action of the session with provisions to exclude aliens aged 16 to 60 who cannot read or write a language, while arguing the language requirement is weak. It observes Speaker Reed’s fatigue and modest earnings, and includes a tale about a doll named Columbia linked to Mrs. Cleveland. The letter also mentions Olney’s note to Spain and potential tensions with Weyler’s order, advising restraint before a Venezuelan boundary issue is settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate
House
United States
Washington
Mr. Reed
Capitol
Reed
New York City
New Yo
Vice Press
Lodge
Cleveland
Margaret Lothrop
Concord
Mass
Hawthorne
Acoli
Spain
Olney
Weyler
New York Schoolgirls Population Estimates
The Herald estimates public schools in New York will grade 2 500 to 8 000 girls this year. The Normal School enrolls 366, Barnard College has 18 B A candidates, and parochial school girls near 8 000. Including greater New York and Jersey coast schools, totals may reach about 10 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Herald
Barnard College
Greater
Jersey Coast
Humor of the Hour in Detroit Free Press
A humorous dialogue about a friend seizing Detroit in hard times and a house keeping crisis unfolds. A former chum, versed in esoteric Buddhism and yogic stages, disrupts plans with talk of spiritual growth and mahatma concepts, ending with the narrator shutting the house due to nerves or drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watts
Detroit
Bob
Hines
Detroit Free Press
Force of Habit Snares Editor in City Election
A Washington Star excerpt recalls a city editor famed for using the pronoun we in editorials. Habit led him to vote sixteen times in a single election, a predicament the colonel calls a force of habit and hard to control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Ouah
Suh
Washington Star
Old Skinflint Rejects Suit Over Debt
A town tale shows a father refusing to bless a marriage after the suitor offers a loan, noting the debtor’s long avoidance and calling the young man a fool. The exchange ends with the man leaving town.
Principal praises large family of 11 suitors for Gussie
The principal of a young ladies seminary notes with pride that 11 of Gussie's brothers have visited this winter to take her sleigh riding. She even mentions a tall blue eyed brother expected tomorrow, highlighting a humorous family scene reported by the Pittsburg Dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Ladies’ Seminary
Gussie
Pittsburg Dispatch
Cannibal king appoints captive as interior secretary
A humor piece depicts a cannibal king ordering a shipwrecked captive dinner while his counselor suggests a compromise. The king approves the secretary of the interior role for the secretary, revealing a satirical exchange and a comical powerless court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Teller Threatens Bolting If Free Silver Fails
Senator Henry M. Teller of Colorado, head of the Republican delegation, warns he will bolt the convention and take his delegation if free silver is not adopted. At 66, Teller has served as U S senator since 1876 and was secretary of the interior under President Arthur. His current term ends next March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Teller
St. Louis
Colorado
Teller
New York State
Illinois
Central City
Colo
United States
Arthur
Interior
Senate
Small Kansas hotel tale and Grosvenor joke
A Chicago visitor recalls a late night hotel stay in a Kansas town where the sick landlord and staff fear illness. The story shifts to a Washington scene where Rep Lacey defends McKinley and jokes about Congressman Grosvenor with a silent letter gag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
L. M. Martinez
Chicago
Raleigh
Washington Star
Ohio
McKinley
Washington
Grosvenor
Lacey
Grove Nor
Washington Post
Bishop Elect McCabe Known as Chaplain Across Methodist World
Charles C. McCabe, elected bishop at the Methodist general conference, is widely known as Chaplain. Born in Athens Ohio in 1886, he entered ministry before WWI, served with the 122nd Ohio, was captured at Winchester, endured Libby Prison for 14 months, later aided Christian Commission, led fundraising, and earned fame for raising a million for missions in a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. McCabe
Methodist General Conference
Athens
Ohio Wesleyan University
One Hundred and Twenty-second
Ohio Volunteers
Winchester
Confeder
M’cabeates
Libby
Christian Commission
Portsmouth
Board of Church Extension
Methodist Church
McCabe
Under Him. Mrs. De Pot
They recount Colonel O Champerly the veteran who stuck to the fiercest fighting. He drove an ammuni wagon as the bullets flew. Philadelphia North American provided the account.
Tea taster in Brooklyn earns five dollars per sip
In Brooklyn Life an amused note describes a tea taster who reportedly earns $5 for every sip. The quirky pay detail highlights extravagant tastes and invites lighthearted commentary from readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Her Usual Way
A brief exchange notes a wife who spends freely while another woman avoids spending when shopping. The item reflects social chatter quoted from the Yonkers Statesman and Crimsonbeak dialogue.
Uncle Bob and the Pedestrian Joke
A Chicago Record quip defines a pedestrian as the man who makes a fuss when a bicycle runs him over. The tongue in cheek joke reflects urban humor of early newspaper days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Chicago
The Veiled Priestess of Theosophy and Mrs Tingley
The article identifies Mrs Katherine Alice Tingley as the alleged veiled priestess and head of the esoteric circle who guided the theosophical convention by thought waves. It notes she urged Ernest T Hargrove's election as president and married Claude Falls Wright, while describing her appearance and residence in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Alice Tingley
Ernest T. Hargrove
American Society
Claude Falls Wright
Tingley
New York City
Tarsney Made Famous
Missouri congressman Tarsney, now an Oklahoma judge, toured New York state where a local host introduced him with lavish praise and confusion, and the crowd learned he was to be Mr. Larceny of Missouri due to a whispered misnaming. The anecdote appeared in the Pittsburg Dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarsney
Missouri
Oklahoma
New York State
Great West
Mississippi Valley
Larceny
Pittsburg Dispatch
Hunter Fights Cranes at Vincennes Ind
Allen Newman engaged in a fierce duel with a flock of cranes at Vincennes Indiana. He shot and wounded one bird, then fought off the others as the wounded crane led a counterattack. Newman killed 18 cranes and drove the rest away, leaving him battered and exhausted with wounds and torn clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Ind
Allen Newman
Newman
Philadelphia Press
A Victim of Big Sleeves and a Lost Diamond
John Cavanaugh a San Francisco tailor lost a fine diamond stud yesterday in a peculiar accident on Market Street car. A passing woman in a large sleeve knocked his cigarette from his mouth and into her bosom causing him to lose the stud unseen. He asked the railroad to permit a drag of the slot to recover it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
San Francisco Post
X Ray Photograph by Lightning Reveals House Image
In Wakelee Cass county a farmhouse struck by lightning left a blank wall showing a precise image of the house as seen from the road. The perfect photograph appeared on the wall and faded after nine days without being copied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakelee
Cass County
Battle Creek
Mich
Moon
Lime Wood Sounding Boards Used In Pianos
The wood of the lime tree is valued for piano sounding boards because it does not warp with changes in temperature or atmosphere, ensuring stability in tone and structure.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Humor OF the Hour
Goodby
Sir
People OF the Day
Iowa
the Statesman
New York Journal
Arkansas Midland
Railway
Arkansas
Helena
Phillips County
Arkansas Midland Ry
G. T. Arppdegrafyf, Gen. Pass. and Freight Agt
Helena, Ark
N. J. Spencer
Hall
Address Kitchen Puzzle CO
Des Morngs
Chen
Towa
IRS
Fellows
4Th St. Des Moines
Kewa
Fellows & F
St Des Moines, Iowa
Ames Brick and Tile Works
Near College
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!