Circling the globe and a flood of intemperance tales
A scattered digest notes Seaborn Wright a Georgia Democrat as Prohibition candidate for President. Harriman halts Erie rail line risk with 5.5 million. three Swan Lake Indians drink lemon essence and die. Edward Methuedy faces court over license law. Aurora Bigia Chicago Electric train deaths in Maywood. John R Wise named to Carlisle Indian School post. Schulteer shot amid turmoil. Great Northern rebates case in New York court. Harvie Jordan urges 33 percent cotton reduction. Englehard Veerster Jr arrested in a murder. police shooting in Sanese. Booth line steamer flags northbound. various county meetings and local incidents.
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Seaborn Wright
Georgia
E. H. Harriman
Erie Railroad
Swan Lake Indian Reserve
Manitoba
Edward Methuedy
St. Louis
Aurora
Bigia
Chicago
Mayweed
John R. Wise
Carlisle Indian School
Carlisle
Chilecco
Oklo
Frank Cartanan
Tony Shelte
Bier Bing
Valladiar
Trinidad
Cele Cartaman
Great Northern Railway Company
American Sugar Refining Company
United States
New York
Holt
Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Association
Englehard Veerster, Jr
City
Reese Bell
Charles Miller
Sanese
Ing
Neil Dssay
Tate
Gal Nace
F. McLaughlin m
Jackson
Mackinac
Grove
Mina
Ccad
Schooler
Philadelphia
Sant
James the White
Scranton
Crawford
Gedfrer
Brest
Railway Association notes 20000 fewer idle cars
The American Railway Association reports 20000 fewer idle cars in the United States and Canada in February than in January. W E Rockhill of Glenwood Wisconsin named manager of the Wisconsin prison farm at Waupun after a civil service exam among fifty applicants, with Rockhill ranking highest.
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American Railway Association
United States
Canada
W. E. Rockhill
Glenwood
Wis
Wisconsin
Waupun
Bradstreet shows cost of living down from peak
Bradstreet's reports that overall prices for foodstuffs textiles coal and other commodities have fallen 12.5 percent from their March peak. While thirty items rose and sixty three fell, the February survey notes price drops across ten of thirteen staples with textiles and provisions weakest.
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R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Bradstreet's
Bradstreet
Bradstreet’s
Rail link to Key West nears from Knight's Key
The Florida East Coast railway reaches Knight's Key 122 miles from Havana as work continues on reinforced concrete arches to span the sea and connect the coral keys toward Key West. Separate items report wage talks at Southern railway, Pennsylvania railroad earnings, Milwaukee stock-ship rule breach, Norfolk and Western wage cut proposal, and slow action by the Interstate Commerce Commission on Chicago Great Western disputes.
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Florida East Coast Railway
Knight's Key
Havana
Coral Isles
Keys
Key West
Cuba
Milwaukee Railway Company
Landis
Chicago
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Bureau of Labor
Chicago Great Western
Washington
Populist Party Convention Debates Credentials and Nominates Watson
The Populist national convention opens with 300 delegates as James H. Ferris of Joliet chairs a lively session. Nebraskans challenge credentials while Coxey manages order. Watson of Georgia is later nominated for president with Williams of Indiana as vp. The platform calls for government money, public utilities under public ownership, abolition of sweatshops, and labor protections. Bryan supporters push to adjourn while Nebraskans walk out.
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St. Louis
Thomas Wadsworth
Indiana
James H. Ferris
Joliet, Ill
Ferris
Sisaee Waxckinan
People’s Party
Jacob S. Coxey
Ohio
Coxey
A. M. Walling
Nebraska
Walling
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
United States
Samuel Williams
Minnesota
William J. Bryan
Jay W. Forrest
Albany
N. Y
Watson
T. J. Weighan
Bryan
Denver
Congress
Samuel W. Williams
Vincennes
Ind
National Committee
J. H. Ferris
Joliet
Senate and House Debate Over District and Army Bills
Senate session focused on DC school reform under a national education director and land settlement claims. House passage of a large army appropriation followed a Democratic filibuster and new rules to curb delaying tactics. Senate adjourned for the week. House set rules and continued paper trust inquiries.
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Senate
District of Columbia
National Commissioner of Education
House
Harrison
New York
Williams
Treasury
Eeocrats
Cannon
Department of Justice
Commerce and Labor Department
Liberia asks U S aid to safeguard sovereignty from France
National capital notes report Liberia appealing to America to protect its territorial integrity against France. House committee on foreign affairs plans to report favorably bills by Mr Butler of Pennsylvania. One bill would establish machinists in the navy as warrant officers, another would raise mates pay to 1200.
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Senate
Committee On
Foraker
Secretary of War
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownsville
House
Littlefield
Maine
Little African Republic
Liberia
America
France
House Committee On Cory Affairs
Butler
Pennsylvania
Pinkham's Vegetable LenaV. of Norri heals female troubles
A testimonial ad from Mrs. Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice after claiming relief from female troubles. The endorsement mentions displacements backache nervous symptoms and general improved health following use of the product. Lyna Mass.
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Pinkham
Norri
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Internal Remedy
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment effective on mucus surfaces, claiming it cures catarrh by addressing constitutional causes. It asserts the remedy is nonquack, prescribed by top physicians, with testimonials available, and lists J Chenet & Co as purveyors in Teleds, Fr. and references Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
J. Chenet & CQ
Tie
Tae Halls
Centaur gets four new shoes in easy job
Vulcan boast of fitting four fresh horseshoes on a Centaur. He claims the task was the easiest he ever did as the creature stood still and repelled flies with a fly brush. The craftsman offers a discount and invites the customer to return to his shop for future work.
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Vulcan
Chicago Tribune
Peer Old Sepherdis Greek Play Noted by Cleveland Paper
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reviews John’s acting in a college Greek play. They praise his rising reputation but criticize his enunciation as atrocious, noting Thor granted him a leading role in the production.
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Old Sepherdis
John
Thor
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Strange church uses in wars leave marks of vandalism
The Strand Magazine notes that churches in England have been used to house horses by opposing regiments in the civil war. Dedlam church bears Puritan vandal damage with mutilated sculpture and decapitated saints on an elaborately carved oak door. It recalls Notre Dame in Paris being turned into a temple of reason with a ballet dancer enthroned in the choir during the Revolution.
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England
Dedlam
Notre Dame
Paris
Strand Magazine
Woman finds relief from indigestion with Grape-Nuts cereal
A rich young lady recounts six years of nervous dyspepsia and a $300 spent on tonics and dieting failures. After switching to Grape-Nuts, she gains weight and reports rapid improvement within a week, crediting proper food for her health recovery. She urges publication to help others. Battle Creek firm backs the testimonial.
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Pustum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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