Republicans Refuse Vote Halts House Election Case
Washington Feb 25 The special morning hours wasted by filibustering as Senate amendments to the agricultural appropriation bill were non-concurred in The House considered the California contested election case then Republicans withheld votes leading to a quorum crisis and a call of the House No progress on the election case occurred before adjournment at 5 15.
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Washington
Senate
Crisp
California
Sayers
Texas
House
Yeas
McKenna
Extra Session Prospects Diminish In Congress
February 25 report from That Extra Session notes fading hopes for a special session as Territories bill passage and moving appropriation bills reduce the case. Republicans hold a narrow 165 quorum, making sustained action unlikely. some favor waiting for five new states to join, enabling a larger 171 majority.
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Wasuindtoy
Srvcrau
House
Congress
Harrison
Oklahoma
Colorado
Northwest
Fire Record Highlights Multiple Blazes Across Several States
A string of early morning fires devastate buildings from Carbondale to Leavenworth and Burlington. Notable losses include a Kansas grain mill and a Belmon t home where several people died or were severely burned. A New York tenement fire injures a bystander and a firefighter.
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Carbondale
Penn
Frank Craig
Monkey Run
Patrick Sweeney
Sarah Ford
New York
Eldridge Street
Jessie Hannan
Cusick
Leavenworth
Kan
Kelley & Lyle
Kansas
Burlington
Winfield
Thomas Innis
Torbett
Innis
Bar Harger
C. H. Dorr
Multiple fires report across Cambridge and surrounding towns
A rapid sweep of recent fires includes a North Cambridge millinery store and a boot shop in adjacent premises, both damaged with totals reaching thousands. Other blazes strike a Gaston schoolhouse and a brick building on Essex Street, while scattered incidents involve a runaway horse, an overheated stove, and minor dwelling and greenhouse fires in nearby areas.
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North Avenue
North
Cambridge
R. M. Pierce
S. C. Whittemore
Boots
Shoes
Miss Pierce
Whittemore
Iyers
Essex
Fiske & Maxwell
William Vogel
Vogel
William F. Stahl
John A. Stowe
Somerville
Haystack
Mystic
William E. Page
St. Mary Street
Brookline
Banished into Siberia report reaches Brinccroft
Mrs Herman Kempinski confirms Russia has arrested her husband for treasonable utterances and evading military service and sentenced him to banishment in Siberia. He left for the United States at 17, naturalized in 1883, and returned with his wife last summer. His counsel Klein will seek relief in Washington.
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Klein
Washington
Manual Training at North Bennet Street School Highlighted
The North Bennet Street Industrial School hosted friends and patrons for tours of kindergarten, modelling, wood working, cooking, printing, and shoemaking. Dr Samuel Eliot presided as 913 day students and 183 evening students were listed, with 1723 children benefiting overall.
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North Bennet Street
Seill
Samuel Eliot
Francis 8. Fiske
Maria T. Hersey
Pye
Tozier
Chapman School
Industrial School
Charles G. Ames
Philadelphia
Oredo
John G. Brooks
George S. Hale
Captain Dawson and Irish swapped fire station posts
Captain Henry Dawson of Station 4 was transferred to Station 16 and Captain Richard F. Irish of Station 16 moved to Station 4 in a station exchange.
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Dawson
Henry Dawson
Richard F. Irish
Joseph Cook and the Pope at Tremont Temple lecture
Joseph Cook delivered his fourth Monday lecture at Tremont Temple. He argued four new states shift power north, warned against Idaho Wyoming Arizona and New Mexico, blamed polygamous influence and the Republican party for lawlessness, and urged temperance and a constitutional prohibition. He then commented on the Pope's Recent Letter on Public Schools and warned Americans are at war with the papacy.
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Joseph Cook
Tremont Temple
American Republic
United States
Idaho
Wyoming
Arizona
New Mexico
Cook
Bryce
America
Republican Party
Gladstone
Mr. Cook
Springfield, Republican
Cyrus Hamlin
Amidon
Universally Acknowledged the Greatest Laundry Invention
The phrase praises Pyle's Pearline as the top laundry aid. It highlights its reputation as a revolutionary cleaning product. The note frames Pearline as a universally recognized innovation.
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Pyle
Prison Reform Meeting Draws Large Crowd at Odd Fellows Hall
Congregational Club hosts a major discussion on the present aspect of prison reform with speakers including Rev. M. M. G. Dana and Colonels Gardiner Tufts and Russell along with Warren F. Spaulding. The event also notes a change of the ladies day to April 29 and centennial Washington celebration plans.
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Congregational Club
Odd Fellows’ Hall
M. M. G. Dana
Lowell House of Correction
Gardiner Tufts
Concord Reformatory
Warren F. Spaulding
Board of Prison Commissioners
Music Mall
Washington
Arthur Little
Mr. Dana
Lowell
England
Russell
Bowditch Will Endows Boston Library and Harvard Funds
The will of J Ingersoll Bowditch probated names Boston gifts of 10000 for permanent value mathematical and astronomical books added to the Bowditch collection. Harvard College receives 6000 for physiology investigations. Additional bequests include 5000 to Boston Asylum and Farm School 1000 to Old Marine Society 1000 to Salem Atheneum 5000 to Dorchester industrial school for girls 2500 to Harvard Observatory 2500 to American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Executors are sons Henry P Charles P and Alfred Bowditch.
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J. Ingersoll Bowditch
Boston
Bowditch
Harvard College
Harvard Medical College
Boston Asylum and Farm School
Old Marine Society
Salem
Salem Atheneum
Dorchester Industrial School
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Henry P
Charles P
Alfred Bowditch
Raymond excursion party sails from Boston to California
A large Pacific coast tourist party organized by Raymond & Whitcomb departed Boston in a Wagner vestibuled train at 4.05 pm led by Fred E. Ayer with assistants. The itinerary runs via Cincinnati to Mammoth Cave New Orleans Houston Galveston San Antonio El Paso and reach California by March 12. The list includes numerous named passengers from Boston Cambridgeport Worcester Williamsport and other cities with many accompanying spouses. Remaining groups depart Boston March 7 and 11.
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Boston
Raymond & Whitcomb
Boston & Albany
Fred E. Ayer
Messrs
W. E. Wood
George L. Stevenson
Austin D. Paige
Cincinnati
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
New Orleans
Houston
Galveston
San Antonio
el Paso
California
Frank A. Allen
Cambridgeport
A. F. Atkins
New_York
Bagood Bradley
Worcester
P. D. Briggs
Cleveland
A. A. Brown
Henry Brown
Williamsport
Penn
W. W. Brown
Portland
W._M. Chamberlain
W. M. Chamberlain
Lewiston
C. D. Cheney
M.D
O. D. Cheney
Haverhill
Eugene H. Clapp
Eugene_H. Clapp
B. Grover
Brockton
Abel G. Haynes
Maynard
Harriet A. Hiller
J. Putncy
Mark B. Reeves
Stacy Eeves
Stacy Reeves
Philadelphia
W. A. Ripley
Newark
N. J
C._H. Robinson
J. H. Sessions
Bristol
Gertrude Smith
Jesse Smith
F. Swan
E. L. Sylvester
Hanover
Don S. Thompson
New_ Haven
Lottie L. Watson
Rockford
Eliza J. Whitaker
Holyoke
W. J. Williamson
Agnes H. Young
Elsie M. Young
Henry A. Young
Jamaica Plain
Naval Orders Move Officers Between Commands
The Navy dispatch lists Lieutenant John F. Meigs ordered to the Bureau of Ordnance, Lieutenant F. H. Tyler detached from the Yantic to Norfolk Navy Yard, and Passed Assistant J. M. Emmanuel detached from ironclads near Richmond and told to stay ready for Mohican orders.
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Washington
John F. Meigs
Bureau of Ordnance
F. H. Tyler
Norfolk Navy Yard
J. M. Emmanuel
Richmond
Mohican
OLIVER HOMES AND LOWELL NOTES IN 19TH CENTURY LETTERS
Reader letter topics include the Oliver family in Cambridge and Dorchester with Peter and Andrew Oliver lines, the Thomas Oliver presidency disruption in 1774, and the Robert Oliver house. mentions of Edward Everett and Moses Richardson, with Dr. Stanford Stevens purchasing the Dorchester home. Also notes Lowell poems and a street-ethics anecdote credited to Colonel F. L. Lee.
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Olivers
Taverner
James Russell Lowell
Cambridge
Peter Oliver
Boston
Andrew Oliver
Andrew
Thomas Oliver
Antigua
Robert Oliver
Dorchester
Elizabeth
John Vassall
England
Pond Street
Five Corners
Edward Everett
Moses Richardson
Www Stanford Stevens
Stevens
Winter Wheat Crop Conditions Report
The Farmers' Review says conditions for the winter wheat crop have not changed since the last report. Snow covers many Michigan and Wisconsin counties, and only one report notes Hessian fly damage among the wheat crops in our records.
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Chicago
The
Farmers’ Review
Michigan
Wisconsin
Opposed to Yankee Hogs Petition Presented in Ottawa
A petition signed by 2000 Canadian farmers and circulated by pork packers was presented to the minister of customs in Ottawa on February 25. It argues that excluding American hogs will revive the Canadian pork industry, with a government specialist noting the representation should succeed.
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Ottawa
Ont
Minister of Customs
Supee
Complexions and the Carlsbad Sprudel Salt Cure
A promotional article argues complexion health comes from pure blood and circulation. It promotes Carlsbad Sprudel Salt as a gentle, natural remedy, claims medical endorsements, and advertises purchase through Eisner & Mendelson Co in New York with a one dollar bottle option and free literature.
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America
Carlsbad
Lisner & Mendelson Co
Tobold
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