Railroad legislation and looming rate bill clash in Congress
Congress faces a major battle over railroad rate policy with the Interstate Commerce Commission bill as the administration’s baseline. Foraker and Elkins proposals compete, while shippers protest granting rate-setting power to Congress, signaling a complex path to compromise amid party dynamics and forthcoming election pressures.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Foraker
Elkins
Congress
Panama Canal
House
Senate
Commission
Roosevelt
Santo Domingo
Cannon
Resplendent Diplomats at Roosevelt White House Reception
The January 4 White House reception showcased diplomats in rainbow attire with gold and jeweled grand crosses. Russian ambassador Baron Rosen wore the Polish Order of St Stanislaus. Italy, Portugal, Spain, and other nations displayed Latin, European, and South American orders amid social intrigue and admired regalia.
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Roosevelt
White House
Baron Rosen
St Stanislaus
Poland
Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski
Alexander
Nicholas
Russia
Order of the Crown of
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Mayor Des Planches
Order de la Conception
Villa- Vicosa
John VI
Portugal
Gregory the Great
Gregory XVI
Charles III
Spain
Alfonso XIII
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Simon Bolivar
Don Augusto Pulido
John G Walker
Panamaanal
Honduras
Santa Rosa
Llanduras
Achmed Bey
Tunis
France
Europe
Asia
Africa
South America
Paris
Vienna
Berlin
Weyler
Senor
Don Luis Pastor
Leon
Castile
al Merite Militar
Valerano Weyler
Cuba
Denis I
Viscount de Alte
Sacajawea Statue Erected For Lewis and Clark Heroine
Mrs Eva Emery Dye wrote The Conquest on the Lewis and Clark expedition and highlighted Sacajawea’s pivotal role. Portland women formed a Sacajawea Statue Association to raise $7,000 for the statue with copper from Mrs Henry Waldo Coe. The copper weighed nearly ten tons, aiding the project and honoring Sacajawea’s contribution to the expedition.
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Eva Emery Dye
Oregon City
Ore
Portland
Woman’s Club
Sacajawea
Paris Statue of Franklin Unveiled in 200th Birthday Year
The Paris celebration of Benjamin Franklin's birth bicentennial highlights broad esteem for the American philosopher and diplomat. John H. Harjes of Morgan Harjes & Co. proposed a bronze Franklin statue to be gifted to Paris, with plans already set in motion in May.
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Benjamin Franklin
Nklin
United States
France
Paris
John H. Harjes
Morgan, Harjes & Co
Franklin
Diplomatic honors and statues linked to Philadelphia memorials
The text notes various honors worn by officials including Venezuela, Spain, and Portugal figures, mentioning Weyler and other dignitaries. It describes a statue replica linked to a Philadelphia post office and the original Franklin statue gifted by Justus C. Strawbridge, created at $10,000 and dedicated on an anniversary.
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Philadelphia
Justus C. Strawbridge
Ion
Maxwell
Magasine
Homemaker Magazine
Hen Rewards Beecher With Egg For Compliment
A mock tale recounts a Congregational preacher praising a hen as a beautiful creature, and the hen responds by laying an egg onto his hat as a humorous reward in the Accounts of Beecher.
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Beecher
Australian Honey Production Reaches Fifteen Million Pounds
Australia produces about fifteen million pounds of honey each year. The figure reflects steady beekeeping activity across the country with beekeepers contributing to the domestic supply and export potential.
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Australia
Sacajawea Heroine Highlighted In The Conquest
Mrs Dye’s The Conquest recounts Sacajawea’s journey from Shoshone captivity to guiding Lewis and Clark to the Pacific. The narrative credits her with saving the expedition and notes a Denver woman Miss Alice Cooper designed a statue funded by women, commemorating her role.
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Columbia River
Charboneau
Dakotas
Sacajawea
Mrs. Dye
Alice Cooper
Denver
Dye
Senator Knox Hosts Deaf Lip Reading Class
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania conducted a lip reading class for deaf mute children in his Capitol committee room. Mary Garrett, founder of the Philadelphia Institute for Training Deaf Children in Speech, aims to turn it into a national normal school for training lip reading teachers and seeks Congress funding.
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Senator Knox
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Philadelphia
Mary Garrett
Garrett
National Normal School
Congress
Washington
Knox
Distant Dialogue Ponders Kings and Aces in Odd Exchange
A narrated exchange features a father urging diligence and a son choosing gambling over work. A moodily thoughtful Cleopatra contemplates the days she has left, asking for an adder to compute the tally. The dialogue blends classical and regal figures in a surreal vignette.
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Cleopatra
Carved Cherry Stoneheads Sell for 15000 in Prussia
Dr Oliver recounts a cherry stone carved with 124 heads, visible to the naked eye by mitres and crowns identifying popes and kings. The piece was purchased in Prussia for fifteen thousand dollars.
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Oliver
Prussia
Gascon officer dismisses prince's boasts with deadly mattress claim
A Gascon officer, hearing a prince boast of killing six men with his own hands, retorts that is nothing. He explains that the mattress he sleeps on is filled with the whiskers of those he has slain.
Darkey and damsel in town amid kindling theft
A passerby describes a scene where a darkey wheels a cart of kindling he allegedly steals, handing a large piece to a damsel who hides it under her apron. The observer calls it a dark transaction and notes a pun about graft and light weight.
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Darkey
Free music lessons offer from U S School of Music
A broad pitch promotes ninety six free weekly lessons in piano organ violin guitar banjo cornet and mandolin with minimal costs for postage and materials. Prospective students are invited to request a free booklet from the U S School of Music at 18 Union Square New York City.
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Rome
U. S. School OF Music
Union Square
New York City
Star
Kampfe Brothers Manufacturers
Star Safety
Reade Street
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Order of the Sun and Lion
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Persia
Itaiy
Homemaker
Wale
Magentas
Jennie C. Benedict
Shakespeare
Maxwell's Homemaker Magazine
Fisher Building
Chicago
Waterman
Lexington
N.Y
Kirk
James S. Kirk & Company
Chicago, Ill
Webb Publishing CO
St. Paul Minn
Actio
Tinitesateaena
New Haven
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