Elections laws and tariff notes in the era
Thirteen states will hold state elections next Tuesday as the House passes the Wilson Repeal Bill and awaits the President’s signature. The silver bullion policy is ended though the silver currency policy remains. Editors note a looming Republican majorities and a shift from Peoples party papers. L. O. Bishop is named Clin ton postmaster. Exox county opposes a proposed $60 000 jail as public sentiment runs high.
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Exox County
Board of Commissioners
Daviess County Officials Urged to Face Repeal Bill
The piece accuses the Daviess county board of commissioners of recklessness and extravagance and warns taxpayers will respond in the next election after the governor signs the repeal bill and triggers reforms.
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Daviess County
Board of Commissioners
Indiana
Senate Passes Unconditional Sherman Bill Repeal
The senate approved unconditional repeal of the Sherman bill by 43 to 32. Supporters included 19 Democrats and 24 Republicans. opponents included 17 Democrats 10 Republicans and 5 Populists. The tally shows more Democrats and more Republicans backing repeal than opposing.
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Senate
Washington legal fees provoke public outrage over refiring payments
The board of commissioners in the Wrat murder case awarded nearly all Washington attorneys refiring fees of 350 dollars. Citizens call the move a tremendous outrage and question the need for so many fees when a competent prosecuting attorney could have handled the case with one assistant.
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Washington
Board of Commissioners
Wratmurder
Brock
Assassination of Mayor Harrison Shocks Chicago
A distraught office seeker killed Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison in 1893. The nation mourns a great leader while citizens debate safety for Congressmen senators cabinet officers and governors. The speech cites the danger of office and calls for reform of the political system.
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Carter Harrison
Chicago
James A. Garfield
Cabint
Woman in Columbus Expels Live Reptile from Throat
In Columbus Indiana a colored woman Thomas Moore sick for months sought relief from Dr Reynolds. After taking medicine she vomited a live serpent that she pulled from her throat in two parts. The 12 inch creature was killed and sent to the physician for identification.
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CoLumbus
Ind
Thomas Moore
Reynolds
Three Young Men Implicated in Clover Seed Theft
Oct 25 Decater Ind James Sullivan confesses to a clover seed theft ring naming Rosa Stone son of a retired merchant L D Mozier night operator on the Chicago and Erie and John Edwards painter as accomplices Mozier and Stone arrested Edwards elusive. The arrests expose multiple robberies.
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Decater
Ind
James Sullivan
Rosa Stone
L. D. Mozier
Chcayo
Erie
John Edwards
Mozier
Stone
Edwards
Three White Caps Jury Unable to Agree in Ind. Case
After a 30 hour deliberation the jury failed to reach a verdict in the Mrs Schrader whipping case. Nine jurors favored conviction while three favored acquittal. Defendants remain bound over $4 000 for the next term as public dissatisfaction grows.
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Ind
Andrew Schrader
Child dies after clothing burns from stove blaze
Five year old Louise Ruppel perished in Lafayette Indiana as flames from a kitchen stove engulfed her while she tried to flee in windy conditions. The tragedy left her clothing and hair burnt and the flesh severely burned in the fatal blaze.
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Lafayette
Ind
Louise Ruppel
Family Tragedy In Pent City Man Shoots Mother-in-law
George Koontz of Pent, Ind., shot his mother-in-law Mrs. Joseph Malbeth amid family quarrels and alcohol. the wound is dangerous and Koontz is jailed. The incident stirs local unrest and has drawn warning to General Harrison. Also reported are a Beloit fortune teller warning Harrison of threats and a resident poisoning scare after eating toadstools.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Ellis Slifer
George Patterson
Slifer
Stephen
Pent, Ind
George Koontz
Joseph Malbeth
Koontz
Notre Dame University
Lutth Beno
General Sorin
University of Notream
Boy Bitten by Rat Trap Faces Fatal Wound in Indiana
In Reprorp Indiana on October 25 John Beasley’s child grabbed a rat trap containing a large rodent and was bitten. Physicians fear the child cannot be saved as the injury proves fatal.
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Reprorp
Ind
John Beasley
Happenings in Hoosierdom Condensed and Bunched Together
Arrests for counterfeiting in Kokomo as Buck Harlan and Steve Rinebolt face charges. A Laporte woman 65 dies after being struck at a crossing. Union City schools shut over vaccination refusals. Fire destroys the Huntington home of Mrs. Anna Hurley, with witnesses unable to identify the trio. A dramatic ketchup explosion injures drayman Henry Reimer in Indianapolis. Diphtheria spreads in Bigelow. Fort Wayne sees an American Eagle AA pamphlet. A sheep butts 82 year old William Pitcher in Mitchell, causing death. Indianapolis faces a busted city treasury before December 1.
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Ind
American Eagle
Fort Wayne
William Pitcher
Mitchell
Indianapolis
Treasury
Secret US Brazil Treaty Alleged in Rio Report
A Rio report claims a secret treaty between the United States and Brazil has been signed. It reportedly adds to the 1891 commercial pact and pledges US support to Brazil if asked, including backing against any monarchy restoration. Rebel moves in Bahia are linked to monarchists, with possible US intervention justification.
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Rio Jane
United States
Brazil
Bahia
Mello
Austrian Cabinet Resigns in Austria’s Political Shift
Vienna reports Emperor Francis Joseph accepted the entire cabinet’s resignation on Monday. He then met with leaders of the three parties to gather views on reconstructing the government.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Field to Give Million for World Fair Museum
Marshall Field will donate one million dollars to fund the World’s Fair museum project. George M. Vullinan adds one hundred thousand dollars. The plan requires five hundred thousand dollars to be subscribed and stockholders to contribute a substantial portion of their Columbian Exposition holdings. Trustees expect most money from World’s Fair stock to be transferred to Shnewa5 to secure the field’s gift.
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Marshall Field
George M. Vullinan
Caw Son
Field
Museum
Shnewa5
Welvre Mi Field
George MocPullinan
Depew Denies Authorship Of Syndicate Article
Chauncey M. Depew of Newrook Rhode Island denies writing a newspaper syndicate piece bearing his name. He claims most of it was stolen from his speeches and garbled to misrepresent his views.
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Newrook
R. I
Chauncey M. Depew
Senate and House Clash Over Repeal and Coinage Bills
The Senate debated the repeal bill on multiple days with filings on the 1837 coinage law and a 20 percent seigniorage proposal. House actions were routine or minor, and a joint resolution moved the Illinois battleship model to serve as a naval militia armory.
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Senate
Peffer
House
Haddaway
Houk
United States
Peiffer
Voorfrees
Finances Committee
Perkins
Rep
Cal
Treasury
Illinois
Iinois
Review of Grain and Cattle Markets for October 30
October 30 market review from Cincinnati reports mixed grain for wheat and corn with varied cattle hog and sheep prices. Philadelphia and New York listings show ranges for hogs cattle sheep lambs and week receipts with price ladders and regional differences across Boston Chicago Toledo and New York exchanges.
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Cincinnati
Ile
Compound Soap and Chicken Recipe Instructions
The passage describes making a soap with olive oil, water, alcohol, glycerin, and perfume, then cooking a chicken to tender, deboning, skinning, and trimming fat. It instructs reducing gravy to one cup, adding butter, salt, pepper, and dissolved gelatin, shredding chicken, heating with gravy, setting in a pan with a weight, and slicing when cold.
Darken Room and Chill with Camphor Water
Instructions describe darkening a room as completely as possible and sprinkling it with cold water containing camphor. The space should be kept at a temperature not warmer than 47 degrees for a 24 hour period.
Glass Drilling Method Involves Wet Camphor Turpentine Mix
The article describes drilling glass using any steel hand or machine tool continually wetted with camphor dissolved in turpentine. The technique emphasizes lubrication and cooling to prevent cracking or chipping during drilling.
The Bane of Gossip and Its Remedy
A sermon on the dangers of idle talk and gossip. It warns that snooping and tattling harm communities, urging readers to mind their own business, resist slander, and speak approvingly to curb the spread of rumors. Strong cautions against both men and women spreading and indulging in gossip.
How to Speak Kindly and Preserve a Friend’s Honor
A bystander notes the bell crack but says the clapper caused it and urges silence. The piece urges a “slender book” of slander to curb ill speech, shares anecdotes about Alexander the Great’s scar being hidden, and praises charity. It ends with dress cleaning tips for old black lace.
Simple Ways to Carry a Table and Rocker
A citizen recalls watching a man carry a marble topped table and a rocking chair at once. The table was held in front with hands while the rocker rested on the back and hooks over the shoulders.
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Philadelphia
Muscat and Its Palace In Oman A Lion's Cave Rules
A Fortnightly Review piece describes Muscat's landscape and palace life. It contrasts Aden with Muscat noting Paradise valley irrigation slaves and bullocks. The British resident's house sits near the imam s palace where a lion dwells in a cave devouring criminals.
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Aden
Muscat
Paradise
Muscatel
British Post and Telegraph Establishment
Oman
Melchisedek
Imam Saeed
Imam Best
Sultan Tourkee
Faysal
Mohammed
Ile
Sultan Faysal
Thies
Faysul
Beginning science teaching by building from undecomposable elements
Popular Science Monthly argues that science instruction should align with children’s natural progression from whole to part and from simple to complex. It cautions against overemphasizing either analysis or synthetic generalization, noting adults in scientific schools use the opposite approach.
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Scientific
Popular Science Monthly
Lamb Jokes and Boots Echoed in Whitehall Letter
A humorous anecdote about Charles Lamb’s reckless jokes mentions a Wordsworth contents page. A government employee from a prior administration keeps her post, prompting quiet surprise and a song adaptation about loyalty and work in Washington Star.
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Washington Star
Cobden appeals to Young England in Commons clash
In a forties House of Commons scene Mr Cobden faced a surge of Young England members in white waistcoats and coat dress. He addressed them with a stirring call asking why their generation does not lead as their fathers did at Crecy and Agincourt.
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House of Commons
Cobden
Young England Party
Crecy
Agincourt
National Review
Drummer's Fake Frontier Visit Ends in Shootout at Valentine
A staged visit by a traveling drummer in Fort Niobrara lore led to a mock showdown in a Valentine saloon. Cowboys, the sheriff, and gunfire ensued after the drummer, dressed fancy, requested a Manhattan. The plot collapsed as a mounted escape began and the crowd dispersed.
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Fort Niobrara
George Barry
Lotus Club
Valentine
Dutch George’s
Dutch George
George
Tam
Jack Rabbit
Smother
Big Man
Dateh George
Kansas
Salvators
Gad
New York Sun
Dyspepsia and the Hidden Stomach Symptoms
A concise overview notes dyspepsia as the distress felt upon realization of a troubling stomach condition. It acknowledges varied predominant symptoms among individuals, stressing that no two experiences are identical yet all revolve around digestive discomfort.
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Hirman Boothe
Bonaparte Bueet
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Indiana Notes
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New Buffalo
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Cincinnati Tobacco
Boston
Ohio
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Missouri
Toledo
New York
Madison C. Peterson
Dean Swift
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Adnan
Peter the Great
Alexander the Great
Alexander
C. Peter
Children and Science
Charles Lamb
Wordsworth
Boots
Lamb
Westmoreland
Young England
Tiazing
Simmons
James A. Rvans
Philad’a
W. J. McEvor
Macon
Pixaley & Co
Terre Haute
Hert & Graham
Ne Rogers
Foster, Paul & Co’s
Foster
L.S. Ayers & Co
Kidd’s Saloon
FINS
Lewis Kidd
John Callihan
Lyons
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