Congressional Proceedings Across Senate and House Actions
The report covers Feb 23 to Mar 1, including Senate passage of the library building bill, various appropriation measures, and district and post office bills. It notes death of Senator Carpenter, the Moscow action in commerce and river and harbor debates, and House adjournments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WasHineton
Kirkwood
Walllace
Beck
Booth
Withers
Harris
Windom
Senate
Seth
Congressional Library
Yeas
District of Columbia
Blackburn
Cox
Conger
House
Keifer
Bragg
Polk and Bragg
Peste Pan
Washington
Matt H. Carpenter
Wisconsin
Cameron
Milwaukee
Pendleton
Carpenter
Baker
Committee On Commerce
Farley
Deadwood
Omaha
Territory
Arizona
Messrs
Davis
West Virginia
Wallace
Allison
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Atkins
Hostetter
Secretary of the Treasury
Goode
Panama
Clymer
Vance
Polk
Butler
Judiciary
R. M. Wallace
South Carolina
Weaver
F. W. Fritzlahe
Reichstag
Ingalls
Thomas Ewing
Lapham, Tucker, Robeson, Carlisle
Page
Senator Carpenter
Mahone
Conkling
Ransom
McMillan
Frederick A. Muhlenberg
United States
International Monetary Conference
Nays
Wells
Indian Commission
Reagan
Arner
White
New York
Fernando Wood
Tucker
Hutchens
Lanham
Lounsberry
Toiee
Wright
Coffroth
Louisville
Japan
Morgan
Committee On Foreign Relations
Wyoming
Straits of Shimonashi
Jamestown
McMahon
Ackleap
Louisiana
Warner
Carlisle
Rain in the Face recounts Custer death tale in Montana
Milwaukee Sentinel correspondent in Miles City reports Rain in the Face and two other chiefs react to Whittaker's Life of Custer. Rain declares I killed him and describes war dances and canniness parts, while offering graphic claims about the battle. The piece also notes brakeman life hazards and insurance reluctance for railroad workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer
Milwaukee Sentinel
Miles City
Montana Territory
J. J. Graham
Fort Keogh
Spotted Eagle
Miles
Tongue River
Wm. H. Courtenay
Gen. Custer
Curious Cure Advertisements and Personal Endorsements
A faded newspaper snippet features testimonials for patent remedies and health tonics. Claims include recovery from lung disease and consumption using William Hall’s Calomel for the Lungs, and cures for rheumatism with Durang’s Rheumatic Remedy. Also mentions salves and shoe stiffeners, with endorsements from a U.S. senator and local residents.
Swirling Vortex in the Colorado River Fatality Tale
Historical account describes dangerous river swirls at high water on the Colorado, detailing a funnel shaped center, rotating surface, and an incident where Soldiers deserters from Camp Mo lost a skiff and crew to the river with no bodies recovered. The narrative notes the river’s difficulty in yielding a body once submerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado River
Camp Mohave
Colorado
Presbyterian Church Keeps Widow's Wedding Promise
A man engaged to marry a young widow faced a dispute over the ceremony church. She asserted she has always married in the Presbyterian church and will continue to do so.
Trial by Jury at St Jacobs Pubic Cure Rheumatism
Some believe that even this form of trial is not perfectly free from prejudice. But in our section, St. Jacobs Oi) has been tried by that great jury the public and been judged the infallible cure for Rheumatism and all painful diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer
Roxy
St St Josephs
John Jackson
Roxy Blair
John
Tallors
Nancy Peck
Bassett
Green Mountains
Nancy
Roxana
Basset
Hobson
St. Louis Chronicle
St. Jacobs Oi
Haworth & Sun
Decatur
White House
Peake
Washington
Washweron
Vurth St. Phila. Pa
A Boy To The Chief Command
General Bonaparte as a twenty six year old youth faced early distrust from the Army yet his decisive actions turned doubt to confidence. His hospital visit after Montenotte and care for wounded soldiers sparked renewed spirit and subsequent victories under his leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Bar
Bonaparte
Napoleon
Augereau
Massena
Montenotte
Massemo
French Cake Recipe Measurements
Four tumblerfuls flour two and a half tumblerfuls sugar one tumblerful milk half tumblerful butter three eggs lemon juice and two teaspoonfuls baking powder.
Oil endows stubborn rheumatism cure, local case praised
In Sparta Wisconsin the local case of Mrs. O W Hubbard of this town is cited as proof of St Jacobs Oil’s value. The article says the patient suffered sciatic rheumatism for a long time and was cured by the Oil. The paper endorses the remedy and endorses its efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
St. Jacobs
O. W. Hubbard
Patent medicines ad claims cure for ails in Maineews
An assortment of patent medicines is advertised with claims to cure ague biliousness and kidney complaints including Hop Bitters. Piso's Cure is said to relieve asthma, Allen's Lung Balsam for croup, Dr E B Halliday's Blood Purifier for sore throat and mouth with throat gargle. Sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pala
Joan _ & Co
George St
ALLEN
Lall
Crewlar
Eggleston Truss Co
Chicago
Maineews
Portland Argus
E. B. Halliday
Wells, Richardson & CO
Prop’rs
Bertington, Vt
Mock Agricultural Offer and Patent Remedies Advertisement
An OCR fragment promotes agricultural subscriptions with a premium offer and a sample copy address in Des Moines Iowa. It also touts Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female weakness and lists various patent medicines including Horehound and Tar products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestead
Des Moines
Iowa
Lydia
Pinkham
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
Frazer
Fallout at church echoes debt and election woes near Boston
A debtor with poor credit opened a church talk on salvation. A bid to pay a creditor interrupted the sermon with a sharp rebuke about paying John Williams for bought oxen. In a separate note, a political candidate quit after learning his mother-in-law was compiling opposition claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John Williams
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Mary Ann
Oie
Basel
Vermonte
Nansy Peck
St. Joseph
Denver
Express
Joe Harris
Adams’ Express
Joe
St. Louis
Vermont
Expressman
Adams Express
Congressional
Eaton
Pittsburg
Assenger
Rourk Rahway
N. J
Romndeate
William J
Nive
City Hospital
Wm. Hall
Redding
Russia
Lyon
Gren
Johnn A
Illinois
Durang
Truss
Ibs
Ode
Mailonree
Great American Yea Co
P. C
Vesey St
Ullon
Woolridge’s Patent Land Rolle
van Arsdale Mt
Kringsberg St
Ill
Boschee
cWitieena Post
Burliington, Vt
Cerman Remedy
A. Vogeler & Co
Baltimore
Hotman
Hor- Man
Holman
Holman Pad
UP. C
William St
Rade Mar
le Roy
J. Stepness
Lebanon
Joseph Gillott
ALU
Para Ete Pet Eye
Hend Carson
6Th St
Rifsip A
Dr. Harter
North Main Street
Lilla
Haworth’s
Hamlin’s
Saab
M. A. Stewart
Paola, Kansag
Glen
Isaac RB. Dobar
Gt of
Logano
Ajiten
Fletcher
Lexington
Sapar R
A.C. Johnson
Mt. Verron, Ills
J.B. Turner
J. N. Bareis & CO
Cincinnati
Epra
Fuiowi
Pues
Peng
Gilio Fou
Dong Ong
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