Extra Sessions in U S History and Proclamation Notes
The article lists seven extra sessions from 1797 to 1879 called by presidents Adams, Van Buren, Harrison, Pierce, Lincoln, and Hayes. It includes Hayes proclamation convening Congress on March 18 1879 and outlines reasons such as war threats, financial distress, and failures to pass key military and appropriations bills.
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France
van Buren
Harrison
Pierce
Kansas
Lincoln
President Hayes
Forty-fifth Congress
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Houses of Congress
Rutherford B. Hayes
United States
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Chamber of Deputies
Committee of Inquiry
Monitur
Volles
Brisson
de Brovlie
Rochebuet
de Broglie
Senate
Record of trotting horses and other 19th century notes
A 1870s compiled list details 786 horses running 2:30 or faster, with many 2:14 to 2:20 records and Hambletonian ancestry noted. It also catalogs fires, deaths, accidents, political moves, and international dispatches across the period, including outbreaks, rail and corporate failures, and imperial conflicts.
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Goldsmith Maid
Lalu
Smuggler
Barns
Lucille Golddust
Occident
Gloster
Dexter
Hopeful
Red Cloud
Nettie
Judge Fullerton
Lady Maud
Lady Thorn
Lacy
Great Eastern
Amby B
Comee
Hannis
George Palmer
Bodine
Thomas
LL. Young
Prosper
May Queen
Albemarle
Frank Fleety
Golddust
Mambrino
Gift
Little Fred
Barus
Laura
The Boy's Age misread on Rock Island train fare
A Rock Island conductor quizzes a Manitoba style family group about ages for fares. An old lady produces a family Bible to prove her claimed ages for Jerusha Miranda and Jonas Lincoln, sparking a tense but humorous confrontation aboard the train.
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Darter
Mirandy
Bean
Chicago
Jonas
Chi
Almena
Punch
Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Jerusha
Kingdom of Heaven
Miranda
Jonasincoln
Miranda Shewell Scott
Hiram Shewell
Oquawka
Jonas Lincoln
Palmer House
View to Choose a Husband Fathered by Domestic Wisdom
A Springfield Mass Republican column urges women to select husbands who value home life and steady labor over constant excitement. It argues the truly domestic man is active outside the home yet loves and protects the home, praising wives and urging husbands to express affection through deeds and words.
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Mass
Prattie
Local Murderer Hides Child Death Bizarrely In Kentucky
A woman in London Kentucky allegedly strangled a young girl by suspending her from a kitchen beam with rope then staged blood by killing a chicken. She placed the body on a bed later moved it to a frozen lot and released a horse to roam nearby before telling her husband the horse killed the child. The suspect is jailed awaiting court action.
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Fall River
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New Orleans
John Lamb
Chicago
Race
George Freeman
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Lexington
Deering
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The Observer at Fontanelle by Gow Bros
The Observer, a seven column paper recently established at Fontanelle by the Gow Bros, appears in the town. Scotch Short Cake recipe included: one pound butter, half a pound sugar, one and three quarter pounds flour, knead well and roll into half inch cakes.
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the Observer
Fontanelle
Gow Bros
Hop Bitters Promoted As Cure All By Portland Ad
An advertisement in Maine News touts Hop Bitters as a universal remedy for ague biliousness and kidney complaints. The piece urges readers to try the product and promises strong enthusiasm about its curative qualities.
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Maine News
Portland
The Uncertainty of Politics in Norristown
The Norristown Herald recalls a past political controversy over a Congress candidate. An exposé alleging theft, arson and multiple marriages appeared before the election, yet the candidate still won in the town. The piece reflects on editorial misjudgment and voter behavior.
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Norristown Herald
Congress
Persia
Tion
Widow's Smile Sparks Reflection At Sermon
A tramp battered by an Amazonian widow remarks on the depth of a widow's smile. A Sunday school raw recruit, asked about Elijah, shouts he went to heaven like a house a fire, electrifying the crowd. All bets off, the congregation ends with a hymn.
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Reichstag
Berlin
Herr Ventarkenbeck
Bismarck
Elijah
Obituary Mischief Sparks Undertakers Feud
A physician’s obituary joke stirs a stir as three Albany undertakers react to his alive status. One demands his fee in advance, another complains to a hometown paper, and a feud over flowers and rival cemeteries ensues.
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Albany
Albany Argus
Colorado
E. Ee
Weather Tale Variant by Fitz Hugh Ludlow Cited
In The Heart of the Continent Fitz Hugh Ludlow recalls a travel anecdote about an eccentric genius who mocked longer thermometers as insufficient. He claimed to have seen a place so cold that thermometers fell off the scale.
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Constantinople
Porte
Fitz Hugh Ludlow
Continent
Na‘l
Is That Dog Across Breed Question From A Gentleman
A gentleman asked about the dog across breed. The reply denied the claim and cited the dam as a gentle affectionate eretur.
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Eretur
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