Public Debt Payments Figures Explode Their Story
Analysis rejects circulating figures on debt payments under Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison. It compares bonded debt and net debt from 1885 to 1891, noting Cleveland reduced total debt more when cash balances are counted, while arguing changes in bookkeeping inflated apparent reductions. The piece highlights surpluses, transfers, and shifts in the debt statement method affecting perceived progress.
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WashineTon
Streran
Cleveland
Harrison
Treasury
Bank
Silver Profit Fund Limits Treasury Notes Under Silver Law
Treasury officers ruled that notes cannot be issued on profits from coinage under the new silver law. The issue is strictly limited to bullion cost. No further treasury notes will be issued now. certificates may be issued later if demand exists, using the remaining silver profit fund.
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Treasury Department
Treasury
Reeve
The
Taft
Nuston
Whelpley
Leech
A Tax Not a License An Official Liquor Stamp Notice
Washington March 22 General Nettleton acting Secretary of the Treasury issues a circular clarifying that the United States does not grant a license for liquor sales. It explains a $26 annual revenue stamp on retail liquor dealers and notes that local laws govern permission to operate. The new form stamp takes effect July 1 and notes payment for the special tax on the liquor business.
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Washington
Nettleton
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Congress
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue
Remedy for the grippe promotes Kemp's Balsam use
A remedy recommended for grippe patients is Kemp's Balsam, suited to throat and lung diseases. Do not wait for first symptoms, keep a bottle on hand for immediate use. If neglected grippe may lead to pneumonia. All druggists sell the Balsam.
Obituary of General Joseph E Johnston in Washington
General Joseph E Johnston died in Washington on a heart illness after a three week decline. Born 1807 in Prince Edward County he rose from West Point class of 1829 to command roles in the Confederate Army. He leaves a legacy as one of the Confederacy’s last full generals and a figure in postwar reconstruction.
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Washington
Connecticut Avenue
General Sherman
New York
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Greenwood Cemetery
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Beauregard
Cherry Grove
Prince Edward County
West Point
Robert E. Lee
Fourth Artillery
Winfield Scott
Topographical Bureau
Government Coast Survey
General Scott
Utah
Stonewall Jackson
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Bull Run
Jackson
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Brage
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Sherman
Reseca
Altoona Pass
Kenesaw Mountain
Atlanta
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Hood
Savannah
South Carolina
Army of Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
Bentonville
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Some
Pat
Breckenridge
Davis
Lincoln
Grant
Lee
Jahnston
South
Arkansas
National Express Company
Virginia
New York, London, Liverpool & Globe Insurance Companies
Congress
Cleveland
United States
Lydia McLane
Louis McLane
Levi C Wade railroad leader dies in Newton
The Honorable Levi C Wade president of the Mexican Central railroad died at his Newton home after a lingering illness of pneumonia. Born January 16 1843 in Allegheny City Pa he studied at Yale and became a prominent railroad attorney director and executive. He served Newton as a state legislator and speaker of the house and was a force behind Tampico harbor concession and the Mexican Central railroad. He leaves his wife Margaret Rogers Wade.
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Levi C. Wade
Mexican Central Railroad
Newton
Allegheny City
Penn
Levi Wade
Woburn
Mass
Yale
The
Theological Seminary
John Q. A. Brackett
Wade & Brackett
Wade
General Court
Tampico Harbor
Gulf of Mexico
Deaths mark city elder and noted chiropodist memories
Mrs Eliza Smith widow of Nathan Smith died at 93 on Lincoln street leaving four children Mrs Jonas Wiles and Nathan Everett and Arthur P Smith. Nehamiah Kenison longtime Boston chiropodist died in Chelsea of heart failure at his home and funeral is planned at the Kenison homestead in Allenstown New Hampshire.
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Nathan Smith
Lincoln Street
Jonas Wiles
Nathan, Everett
Arthur P. Smith
X. Nehamiah Kenison
Chelsea
Washington Street
Bosto
Temple Place
Winter Street
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Washington
Kenison
Allenstown
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The Trial of Rev Howard MacQueary Ends in Suspension
The Rev Minot J Savage denounces orthodoxy at the Church of the Unity while recounting the Ohio episcopal trial of Rev Howard MacQueary who denied the virgin birth and the physical resurrection. Savage argues dogma should not trump truth and urges open discussion and evolving beliefs beyond fixed creeds.
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Minot J. Savage
Church of the Unity
Howard MacQueary
Episcopal Church
Savage
Jesus
Swing
Presbyterian Church
Thomas
Methodist Church
MacQueary
Unitarianism
Ohio
Appletons
Man
Christ
Heaven
Potter
New York
St. Paul
Paul
Joseph
Episcopal Church of Ohio
Episcopal Church of America
So Qweaty
the Herald
Eaton
Episcopal
of York
God
Herald
Leonard
The Spirit of the Bible in The Just for the Unjust
The Arlington Street Church sermon titled The Spirit of the Bible argues Christ suffered for the unjust as a universal law. It contrasts natural, philosophical, and Christian responses to suffering for others, urging acceptance of the law as part of moral unity and love. The speaker rejects substitutionism and emphasizes bearing others’ burdens as essential to spiritual life.
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Brooke Herford
Arlington Street
Christ
Spieres
Shere
Spring Health Advice and Whiskey Promotion Card
The piece warns against early warmth changes and urges keeping winter garments until safer. It notes coughs may linger into summer and promotes Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as the sole medicinal drink to prevent seasonal illnesses, claiming scientific endorsement and moral messaging about sin and personal improvement.
Dudley Hall & Co Insolvent. Creditors Approve Action
An adjourned creditors meeting for tea importers Dudley Hall & Co at 146 State Street adopted the creditors committee’s recommendation to enter insolvency. The Manufacturers Bank claimed 30,000 in tea stock and 40,000 acres of Maine land. ex-Governor Gaston was retained as counsel by the bank. The vote, backed by Andover National Bank, appointed assignees and continued committee services pending legal appointment.
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Dudley Hall & Co
State Street
Eleazer Boynton
N. Boynton & Co
William B. French
Manufacturers’ Bank
New York
Maine
Gaston
French
John H. Flint
Andover National Bank
Alterations and new build plans for vessels and life abroad
The notice covers Alterations on Volunteer A including potential schooner conversion or lengthening to ninety feet, a 90-foot keel steel schooner contract by Gardner of New York for Charles Clark of St. Louis, to be built in Wilmington Delaware. It also notes a possible owner on this side of the Atlantic, Admiral Tweed of New York, with naval changes discussed by General Paine and Mr. Burgess. In contrast University Life Abroad features Dr Helen L Webster describing German university devotion to science and a call for study abroad. A list of marriages and obituaries follows with multiple names and dates across Boston area communities.
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Farlie-on-the-Clyde
Atlantic
Charles H. Tweed
New York
General Paine
Mr. Burgess
Naval
Gardner
Charles Clark
St. Louis
Wilmington
Del
Helen L. Webster
Massachusetts Society For the University Education of Women
Claflin
Boston University
Webster
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