Comprehensive Speech Attacks Pension System in 1891
Richmond Times writer analyzes H. St George Tucker's May 6 address criticizing Civil War pension costs. He cites June 30 1891 figures showing 676,160 pensioners and $118 million paid. projects up to $350 million annually if all eligible are admitted. He argues the system rewards bounty and wartime service, calling pensions a misused political tool.
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Richmond Times
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St George Tucker
Virginis
Ike
United States
Tucker
Treasury Department
Fabric Sale Ad with Various Lace and Curtain Materials
An old advertisement lists fabric selections and closeout discounts. Items include Maslin yardage in black and white, Chales and Challies DOrent, Pleaching and Check Nainsocks in multiple yard amounts, Striped Lawn and Dotted Swiss by length, Black Mazclin open lace, fine lawn yard pieces, 30c Chrevrons, Lace Curtains, Satteen Waiste, Windsor Ties, and bulk yard pricing with several discounts.
Tax Burden Talk Prompts War Debt Question
The passage questions who should pay for the war effort. It argues that men who enjoy country salvation should contribute, and asks why wealthy owners of half the nation’s wealth, including 25,600 such men, should not fund federal costs at least as much as a Virginia congressman.
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Ain
Virginia
Russians Clash With Austrian Forces Near Galician Frontier
Amid Galician frontier tension a skirmish occurred as Austrian troops briefly crossed into Russian territory near Radzivilov, prompting Russian mobilization. Vienna regards the incident as showing Russian readiness for hostilities, while border patrols and a Polish peasant halted the advance before it escalated.
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Ruaazivilou
Brody
Galicia
Lemberg
Radzivilov
Russia
All Day White Goods Sale Declared
All day from morning until night customers offered white goods deals with heavy reductions. Cloth items include Book fold Nainsook cut from 124 cents to 5 cents, Stripe Sheer Lawn from 10 to 5 cents per yard, Satin Striped Sheer Lawn from 20 to 9 cents per yard, and Very fine India Linen Lawn from 20 cents to 10 cents per yard.
Train holdup at Red Rock nets $50000
A southbound Santa Fe passenger train was halted at 9:05 p.m. by masked robbers near Red Rock Cherokee slip. The crew was taken prisoner but passengers were unharmed. The express car safe was cracked and about $50,000 seized. Deputy U.S. Marshal Madison to organize a pursuit. gang size unknown. The loss to Augusta, Georgia notes later items on corporate moves and other incidents follow.
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Jans &3
Egle
Santa Fe
Red Rock
United States
Madison
Guthrie
Bargain Textile Sale With Wide Array Of Fabrics
Premium yard long fabrics offered at deep cuts including Shrew White Lawn from 10c to 5c, Satin striped and Plaid Orange and Cream from 20c to 84c, Dotted Swiss from 20c to 10c, Suitings from 44c, Fantasia from 44c, Oil Sateens at 10c, Apple Tissue at 7c, Zephyrine Cloth 10c, Zephyr Ginghams 6c, Chambrays 7c, Summer Card Cards 9c, Sea Island at 5c, Sheeting 18c, Summer Umbrellas, Lyons items, and Hats reduced to 15c each.
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New York
Bargain Hats and Accessories Sale Highlights
Neapolitan straw hats priced at 25c and 10 dozen garden hats at 10c. Floral sprays from 15c, primroses and violets from 18c, wreaths and tattered cups with roses also discounted. Silk ladies vests, lisle thread stockings, silk mitts, and grand hosiery sale feature low prices across multiple items.
Unprecedented Shoe Sale Prices Roll Through Local Store
Selections include men and children hose slippers and Oxfords in various styles with steep discounts. Items feature marked values from 125 to 300 in stock, including ladies Kid Boots and Gent leather Oxfords. Bold claims promise savings well below typical prices with special Monday closeout.
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Opera's
Ewes Wong
Groceries Price List From An Early Market Advertisement
A fragment lists groceries and prices: six pounds of Rio coffee for 100, 21 pounds sugar for 100, five pounds other items, soda at 25 cents, and canned fruits and vegetables at 24 cents per can.
Washington House agrees on agricultural bill and prints measures
In Washington the House reported the agricultural appropriation bill and ordered it printed and committed. About a dozen leaves of absence were granted mainly to Republicans for "important business." A janctary resolution for Court of Claims information was adopted. The Senate did not transact notable business and adjourned until Monday. In New Orleans a 22-year-old Black man, Joseph Victor, was arrested for an alleged attempted assault on Lizzie Ross after pursuing her on Basin Street.
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Marion
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Siydhnah
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Haven Stevens
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Disastrous Floods Race Across Indiana and Beyond
Floods swell across white river and Pall creek territories with reports of drownings. Indianapolis braces for its worst flood, while factories flood and rail lines wash away in Markleville Michigan and surrounding areas. Locals face pervasive agricultural and transport devastation as waters rise.
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White River
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Andrews County
Markleville
Mich
Big Four
Jones- Voto
Smallpox Rage Hits West Virginia Towns and Ohio Valley
Reports describe violent smallpox outbreaks in Pomeroy and Mason City with several deaths and quarantines along the Ohio Valley. The sixth West Virginia case in Parkersburg is hospitalized as authorities fear rapid spread between towns along the Kanawha rivers.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Mason City
Suart
West Virginia
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