Notable Speakers and Return to Congress in 19th Century
A garbled passage recalls J Warren held absent in 1881 and a famous Congress figure. It notes a chief nearing retirement from public life, dying at 48 after his term in the House, and mentions contemporaries Addens Banks and Grow as former Speakers active in civil and military life.
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J. Warren
Congress
Nathaniel P. Banks
Galusha A. Grow
Keifer
General Kiefer
Kicler
Washington
Kiefer
Lee
Spain
Sheridan
Virginia
Appomattox
Sailor's Creek
Busk
Cannon
Ohi
Bingham
Hitt
Payne
Ketcham
New York
No Insurance Legislation Ahead in Congress Says Experts
Washington experts expect no insurance law this session as Judiciary Committees dispute federal power. Congress faces debate over constitutional authority, with many lawmakers opposing centralizing insurance regulation despite insurance magnates and Senator Dryden backing action. State governments press for their rights, likely delaying federalization.
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Washington
New York
Capitol
Congress
Judiciary
Senate
House
Culberson
Texas
Roosevelt
Judiciary Committee
Senate Committee
Messrs
Clark
Spooner
Knox
Bacon
Senator Dryden
Legislative Department
Dryden
Judiciary Committees
Aerial Mail Box Pioneer in Delaware Ohio
In Delaware Ohio a resident named Taggart invented an aerial mail system to move mail from a hillside box to the main road. A wharf-like windlass on the porch hoists a mail box along a fixed cable, allowing the rural carrier to drop mail in and retrieve it efficiently despite rough terrain and a distant main road.
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Delaware
Ohio
Taggart
Aaron Burr Debate Defeat Sparks Humble Debut
A college debating night pits a Burr admirer against charges of treachery. The narrator, coached by a friend named Grant, stumbles through ten minutes of rambling defense before a verdict against Burr is delivered and a rueful remark from Grant closes the episode.
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Omega
Alpha Rho
Grant
Aaron Burr
Burr
Washington
Wife Cries Over Damp Air Woes
A grumbling man felled by rheumatism is cared for by his devoted wife. A friend notes the couple’s scene at the bedside as the patient blames his wife for his worsening mood and the moist air caused by her tears.
Snow and Ice on Africa's Peak Near Equator
A claim notes Africa's highest mountain lies in Uganda and hosts about one hundred square miles of snow and ice just under the equator.
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Africa
Uganda
Equator
Last Request From a Dying Irishwoman
A dying Irishwoman asks her husband to let her mother ride in the carriage beside him to her funeral. He resists claiming it would spoil his day, but finally yields, promising the mother ride by his side, though in sorrow and with a heavy heart.
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Mary
Pat
Rayquist
Soda Water Firm Fined for Low Carbonation Content
English authorities crack down on adulteration of food and drugs as a soda water manufacturer is fined for using too small a proportion of carbonate of soda in the water.
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Czar
United States
New Jersey
Yale
New Jersey Statesman
Marshall
J. Warren Kiefer
Burr Mcintosh
Marshall P. Wilder
Prince of
New York City
Wing & Son
W. 13Th St
Wing Son
Wiorphine
Sree Abus
Waterman
Lexington
N.Y
Watson-Stillman Cos
Dey St
N. Y. City
Coe One
Regent
ADIES
True Blue Co
Boston
Mass
N. P.C.C
METOL
National Photographic Chemical Company
Pa. Ave
Washington, D. C
Success Magazine
Great Home Magazine of America
Ati
Orm Ea
Roy
Encyclopedia Express
Charles Leovald-Stewart
Panama
Success Company
Washington Square
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