Washington. How Kenna Shaped the Commission for Protection
A Washington dispatch reveals inside workings of the tariff commission at Long Branch sessions. Kenna pushes to enlarge the free list while Underwood advocates hearing all sides. The panel weighs duties on imports against revenue needs and exempts manufacturing spices in a compromise.
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Washington
Tariff Commission
Long Branch
Underwood
Oliver
Bowen
Philadelphia
Kenna
Ste Pwards
Interviews with Senators Say No Silver Danger This Session
Washington reports two Western senators dismiss anti silver moves this session. Nevada's Senator Jones argues any measure to curb silver coinage would fail in both houses and cites silver certificates as convenient money. Colorado's Senator Hill predicts anti silver legislation will be defeated in Senate and House, with no serious attempt this session.
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Washington
The
Star Tonight
Jones
Nevada
Hill
Colorado
Senate
House
Pension Bureau budget and claims backlog in 1884
The Pension Bureau in Washington reports the House appropriated 85 million dollars for pensions in fiscal 1884, down from an initial 100 million estimate. Through seven months spending totalled 34 million, with projections that 50 million more will be spent in February to June, exhausting the appropriation. The commissioner notes clerk training, handling long standing claims, and prioritizing easier cases, with only 31 of 280 probationary employees to be rejected as expiration nears.
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Washinpton
House
Commissioner of Pensions
Pew
Senate panel backs heavy ordnance testing program
The military committee reports from the select committee on heavy ordnance urging production of cast iron guns with steel bands or wire wrapping to test their efficiency. It calls for testing twelve inch rifled mortars and various breech loading devices with costs not to exceed 15000 dollars per item, plus testing of multiple projectiles at minimal cost, and a proposed overall appropriation of 500000 dollars.
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Washington
Military Committee
Logan
Senate
Select Committee
Getty Board and Committee On Ordnance
Chief of Ordnance
Virginia Senators Face Scrutiny in Finance Committee
Democratic votes carried the measure as Senator Mahone hints at Southern representation on the finance committee. He suggests acceptability of joining the committee, noting a Republican pro tempore cannot be chosen without his and Riddleberger's support. Virginia senators intend to leverage power in the next Congress to ensure state justice amid committee reassignments.
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Mahone
Finance Committee
Naval reform move aims to trim needless officials
Washington reports that Senator Rollins and the naval affairs committee propose a board of three admirals and three staff officers to inspect the active list. They would select a large number of officers to remain active while others become surplus and placed on a nonpromotable list with unpaid leave. The plan envisions over 8 million dollars for river projects.
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Washington
Rollins
Committee On Naval Affairs
Senate
Eigct
Sect
To Resurrect the Canal Scheme
Wasuroron February 12. After the House refused to suspend the rules to pass the Nicaragua Canal Company bill supporters vow to revive it by inserting the proposal into the river and harbor bill. Chairman Page of California backs the canal measure.
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Wasuroron
House
Congress
Committee On Commerce
Page
California
Peter Cooper Celebrates 93rd Birthday in New York
Peter Cooper enters his ninety third birthday with a private dinner after attending the funeral of W. E. Dodge. Guests include Evarts Fish Choate Field Jewett Hewitt Collyer and Dr. Cros. Cooper’s legacy spans the glue business iron investments and notably the Cooper Institute which offers free education and public programs to youths and women.
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New York
Peter Cooper
W. E. Dodge
William M. Evarts
Hamilton Fish
James W. Choate
Cyrus W. Field
Hugh J. Jewett
S. Hewitt
Robert Collyer
Dr. Cros
New York City
England
Scotland
Cooper Institute
Cooper
Steinitz to Battle Mackenzie in Fifth Exhibition Chess Match
The fifth game of the Steinitz Mackenzie exhibition series begins at 1 p m at the Manhattan Chess Club rooms with Mackenzie making the first move. The next day the final game occurs and Wednesday offers an off hand challenge to Steinitz from club members. Thursday features Steinitz's thirty blindfold simultaneous games across thirty tables, stressing quick moves as the master tours each board.
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New York
Herr Steinitz
Captain Mackenzie
Manhattan Chess Club
Mackenzie
Manhattan Club
Mr. Steinitz
Herr Stenitz
Steinitz
Creek orphan trolley tragedy shocks Indian Territory camp
A Creek orphan in Okmulgee, receiving $2000 from a government distribution, went berserk and killed three sleeping men before being shot dead by gunfire from the camp. The incident ends in the immediate death of the assailant.
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Chicago
Okmulgee
Indian Territory
Creek
Call for National Delegate Conference to form new party
A call issued for a national delegate conference to be held in Chicago on July 4 1888 to form a new political party backing legitimate industry in the fight against confederated monopolies. It is signed by four thousand anti monopolists including Nebraska Legislature members and many prominent journalists politicians and doctors from every state.
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Curiaco
Chicago
Nebraska
Young Duke de Morny Arrives in New York on Leisure Visit
The Duke de Morny with friends arrived aboard the Labrador from Havre and checked into the Brevoort House. He claims the trip is for leisure and he has recently drawn royal blood rumors. Also noted is the upcoming Boston visit of Mlle Fergine, a Russian actress connected to a Paris scandal.
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New York
Duke de Morny
Labrador
Havre
Morny
Mlle
Fergine
Boston
Fatal dream ends in fatal injuries in Highlands
John E Cross of Highlands Virginia awoke from a dream chase and leapt from bed striking his head during the fall. He died from injuries sustained in the fall after the dream. A prior similar episode had left him painfully injured. An advertisement for a generic cure follows.
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Highlands
John E. Cross
Allegheny Mountains
Cross
Kavanagh on the Stand in Phoenix Park Murders Trial
Reporter notes Michael Kavanagh the car man turned informer testifies about the Phoenix Park murders, naming Brady Kelley Delaney Carey and others. He describes the car ride, the signal, and the fatal strike on Secretary Burke and Lord Cavendish, plus pay and initiation into the secret society. Additional witnesses and arrests follow as police pursue knives and other evidence.
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Dublin
Michael Kavanagh
Phoenix Park
Devine
Queen
Joe Brady
James Carey
Timothy Keley
James Mullett
Kavanagh
Brady
Kelley
Delaney
Phouix Park
Peter Carey
Walting
Roa Fitz-Harris, the Carman, Alias “Skin the Goat
Seery Burke
Lord Cavendish
Ware
Ree Burke
Carey
Het Burke
Burke
Delany
Palmerston Park
Counsel For the Crown
Bevery
Hanlon
Secret Society of Assassination
Tim Kelley
Andavenage
Kavihagh
Vice-Regal Lodge
Gough Monument
Gourd Monument
Fitz Harris
Lore Cavendish
Janey
Cavendish
Secret Society
Oforge Smith
Caffrey Identified by Kavanagh in Dublin Identification
Dublin February 12 Tom Caffrey identified by Michael Kavanagh as the fourth man in the car from Phoenix Park after the assassination. The Swansea arrestee on the Maggie from this port is discharged as a mistaken arrest. Catsey Kavanagh is under strict police guards.
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Trall
Phoenix Park
Kavanagh
Grand Canal
Tom McCaffrey
Greatorex
Thomas Gureen
Curragh Trench
Lateeer
Ringsend
Unfairness in Kilmainham Prison Defense Appeals
Mr. O'Donnell MP for Dangarvyen writes to The Times complaining that informers and paid witnesses are allowed to collate stories and refresh memories, while Irish prisoners in Kilmainham jail are kept in solitary confinement and hindered from presenting evidence for their defense.
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Dublin
Lonon
O'Donnell
Dangarvyen
the Times
Kilmainham
The Boys of Vermont at Kimball Union Academy
A Vermont and New Hampshire student culture recounts Independence Day 1844 at Kimball Union Academy Meriden New Hampshire. The piece recalls a toast contest where a Green Mountain youth toasted The girls of New Hampshire Their hearts are harder than their native ticks provoking laughter and a delayed response before continuing.
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Vermont
Kimball Union Academy
Meriden
N. H
Granite State
Green Mountain
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Toast Praises Vermont Friend at Meeting
A New Hampshire audience applauded a Vermont guest calling the crowd “greener than their native hills.” The toastmaster led a moment where more than a hundred New Hampshire residents yearned to warmly greet the clever, truthful guest as a sister to their state.
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New Hampshire
Vermont
Creek Nation War Fears Rise as Arms Haul Reports Surface
From Okmulkee reports warn of a likely bloody clash as factions led by Chicote command and Spieche unite eastern and western divisions. Porter leads Chicote with plans to strike soon pending weather. Arms deals surge with Creek orphans money, Meacham Arms Co shipping Kennedy rifles and Colt revolvers to unnamed recipients amid mounting tension.
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Creek Orphan Fund
Louis
Okmuskee
Spieche
George Porter
Chicote
Okmulkee
Porter
St. Louis
Splieche
Meacham Arms Company
Meacham
Kennedy
Colt
Jer
Outwitting the Confederate Privateer by Captain Nichols of Searsport
Captain W. G. Nichols, prisoner aboard the Shenandoah, outwits a Confederate pursuit of a British ship by misdirecting the chase. He pretends to be a passenger aboard the David Brown, owned by his brother in law Captain Phineas Pendleton Jr. The maneuver saves Pendleton and family from danger as Nichols laughs at the ruse and sails on.
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W. G. Nichols
Searsport
Shenandoah
Melbourne
Nichols
David Brown
Phineas Pendleton, Jr
Waddell
Nick
Captain Waddell
Pendleton
Captain Nichols
Iowa Supreme Court Rules Wife Must Accept Drunkard Husband
In Story County John B. York and Susan Mosier joined to share property and future earnings with an annuity for Susan if York died first. After seven weeks Susan left and claimed the annuity. the Supreme Court upheld the lower court, ruling she married a drunkard and cannot enforce the annuity. It concludes Susan may have lost both funds and husband.
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Drs Mores
Story County
John B. York
Susan Mosier
York
Susan
Supreme Court
Money Found On Body Of German Immigrant Upon Disinterment
August Dieffenthal arrived from Germany with plans to join his California-based brother. He died of heart disease in Greenwich street and was buried in a pauper’s grave. At disinterment, a secret pocket in a shirt held 2090 in current notes, later taken by the lawyer.
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New York
Dieffenthal
Germany
California
Greenwich Street
Weehawken
Pble
Two Salvation Army Women Charged With Poisoning In New Jersey
Paterson New Jersey February 12 Annie Dorena Granger and Catherine Voorhees daughter and wife of John R Voorhees members of the Salvation Army were jailed on complaint of Voorhees for attempting to murder him by poison They allegedly used chloroform and then arsenic in his tea The prisoners returned to jail to convert inmates
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Paterson
N. J
Annie Dorena Granger
Catherine Voorhees
John R. Voorhees
Salvation Army
Voorhees
Ipis
City Hall marriage seekers near elderly couple draw sympathy
James locum, 70, and Sarah C. Colton, a widow, entered City Hall seeking a marriage certificate. Locum, frail and a survivor of four wives, supported by Colton through the crowd, faintly sat after reaching the registrar’s desk but recovered to obtain the certificate.
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City Hall
James Locum
Sarah C. Colton
Locum
Wartime Family Honors Veterans Across Generations
Oliver Bridges of Castine Maine died at 90 after serving through the War of 1812. His father fought from Bunker Hill to Yorktown, and his four sons were Union soldiers from Bull Run to Appomattox.
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Oliver Bridges
Castine
Bunker Hill
Yorktown
Bull Run
Appomattox
Snow slide on Rabbit mountain kills three miners in cabin
A fatal avalanche on Rabbit Mountain near Denver buries a miner's cabin, killing E R Duty, Thomas Booth, and Joe Williams. Mike Flynn is rescued alive from the same cabin, with three men reported dead in the event.
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Colorado
Denver
Col
Rabbit Mountain
E. R. Duty
Thomas Booth
Joe Williams
Mike Flynn
Steamer Stanmore Damaged in Gale Near Swansea
New York on February 12 reports the steamer Stanmore from Swansea lost two boats and the wheelhouse, burst a steam pipe, and sustained damage in a gale on January 26. The captain tossed oil to windward of the vessel, believing the action saved the ship from foundering.
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New York
Stanmore
Swansea
The Fallen Senator of Maine A Harrowing Lament
A Lewiston Journal correspondent recounts the ruin of a once respected Massachusetts senator born into wealth who rose to Harvard and the state Senate. Gambling, drinking, and misused fortune drove him from affluence to estranged poverty in a Maine town. Now homeless, he roams the streets and hotel waste buckets, clinging to pride while friends and family stay distant.
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Maine
Lewiston
Harvard College
Boston
Massachusetts Senate
Commonwealth
A Picture of Heaven Sermon Last Sunday
A preacher reflects on the heavenly multitude and attire. He rejects speculative tallies and emphasizes the plain text. The glorified are crowned in white with palms and sing eternal psalms praising Christ and the Lamb.
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Cesar
Alexander
Napoleon
London Tower
Abraham
Sarah
Isaac
Jacob
David
Absalom
Mary
Lazarus
Heaven
Christ
Insanity claims shadow Perry H Smith in Chicago tale
Chicago February 12. Symptoms of insanity appear in Perry H Smith the millionaire politician. Since November his family has kept him at home. A conservator appointment hearing is set for Monday February 19. He helped found the Iroquois Club and was an early director of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad. A New and Fatal Horse Disease report follows from Cheyenne and Arapahoe agency in the Indian Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuiccago
Perry H. Smith
London
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Iroquois Club
ChicaGo
Cheyenne and
Arapahoe
Indian Territory
Unknown disease devastates horses in Indian camps report
Reports from several Indian camps describe a breaking and deadly disease among horses spreading across the territory. News from many directions confirms numerous horse deaths with no effective remedy yet found, causing great alarm among owners of large herds of valuable animals.
Wild man seen along the Western & Atlantic line in Georgia
Reports from along the Western and Atlantic railroad describe a nude wild man. sightings near Cartersville and Chickamauga show him skinning a dead horse and a dog carcass. He wears horse skin, has a four to five foot beard, and a god ring in flesh. He evades capture and remains unidentified.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Western & Atlantic Railway
Cartersville
Chickamauga
Srey
Ackworth
Tragic boiler explosion destroys Taylorsville tile yard
Taylorsville Illinois reports a terrible boiler explosion at Fire Manufacturing Works on Friday morning. About ten thousand dollars of property burned and five men were killed with one mortally injured. The named dead include Peter Nur owner, J C Jones engineer, Sai Lapham Henry Crysu e, and Sianey Vanderver. Brother Hiram Nur survived mortally wounded. The boiler engine and mill were a total loss. A 20 by 8 foot water tank blasted into the air and tossed fifty feet away. Cause suspected as careless operation or boiler defect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carcano
Taylorsville
Ill
Peter Nur
J.C. Jones
Sai Lapham
Henry Crys Ue
Sianey Vanderver
Hiram Nur
Ower
Alny
Killed at His Own Door in Chihuahua Raid
John G. Buchan Hepburn, principal of the Pinos Altos Mining Company, was fatally shot after attempting to quell a mob attack on the firm’s store. Four others died in the ensuing violence. five mob members, including Hepburn's killer, were captured and executed. Authorities pursued remaining assailants as order was restored.
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City of
Mexico
Chihuahua
John G. Buchan Hepburn
Pinos-Altos
Manuel Ancharda
Kitlen
Hepburn
Terrific Explosion in Amsterdam Mill Leaves Man Hurt
At Maxwell lower mill in Rock City Amsterdam N Y a gas explosion after a watchman Michael Keegan entered a basement with a lantern. The blast tore the roof and sent flames through the mill causing severe burns to Keegan. Four knitting machine sets destroyed with heavy stock losses and an estimated damage of 33 500 insurance.
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Amsterdam
N. Y
Michael Keegan
Maxwell
Rock City
Blaisdell, Jr., & Co
Chicopee, Mags
Keope
Remarkable marriage after attempted murder in New York
Thomas Fitzgerald and Mary Alice Moss wed in New York after Fitzgerald repeatedly pursued her, even stabbing Moss in a rage when refused admission. The wound initially thought fatal, but Moss recovered and the couple married on Sunday, with both parties declining to discuss the change in their relationship.
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New York
Thomas Fitzgerald
Mary Alice Moss
Fitzgerald
Two Calamities Threaten Minnesota Lumber Camps
A Minnesota lumber district faces smallpox outbreaks among Indians and lumbermen at camps along the Big Fork. In Caldwell camp eight white deaths and one Indian death are reported. Camps are breaking up as people flee, risking financial ruin for state lumber firms.
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St. Paul
Here
Big Fork
Caldwell
300 Persons With Winter Cholera in Waterbury
In Waterbury Conn on February 12 nearly 300 persons are sick with winter cholera attributed to melted snow mixing with city water. Early symptoms include vomiting and diarrhea followed by rapid illness, then gradual recovery from extreme weakness as the epidemic progresses.
Apache Fight Near Yecera Ends In Heavy Losses
News from Tucson dated February 1 reports a fierce battle between Mexican soldiers and Apaches at Yecera on the Sonora Chihuahua border. Over 100 Apaches killed and 60 captured along with many horses and supplies. It marks the third Chihuahua victory in ten days.
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Tucson
Ari
Yecera
Sonora
Chihuahua
Mexico
Miners Restart at 4 Cents a Bushel in Monongahela District
Nearly 5000 miners resumed work in the Monongahela river district pits today at four cents a bushel. The price is the lowest in two years and will help shippers compete with newer coal fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Penn
Monongahela River District
A Long Steel Rope For San Francisco Traction
A refined cast steel rope weighing 51 000 pounds and 20 440 feet long has been sent from Roebling mills in Trenton to San Francisco. The rope, 1.25 inches in diameter, was shipped in two box cars with half the length in each, in a continuous coil for use on a city street railway project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Roeblings
San Francisco
Fallen Heir to Over Three Millions
John Clements Ralston a soap factory foreman at Milmauk er Wisconsin has become heir to half of an Irish estate valued at over 3 000 000 dollars. A decade long search across the northwest led to the discovery prompted by reporters inquiries to Mayor Stowell based on letters of inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milmauker
Wis
John Clements Ralston
Northwest
Stowell
Ohio floods batter Cincinnati and Louisville factories
Floodwaters rise two inches per hour flooding Water street ground floors and sewer systems crash. Factories and distilleries risk collapse as the Ohio and surrounding rivers rise, forcing residents to higher floors while authorities rush to shore up defenses. No fatalities reported yet, but widespread property damage and displacement persist.
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Louisville
Water Street
Portland
Frankfort
Foutieny
Ohio River
Gas Cut Off by Great Flood In Cincinnati
Cincinnati reports desperate flood conditions with the Ohio at 62 feet and rising. Gas works failed, water pumps crippled, a looming water famine threatens two to three blocks of riverside streets, cattle stranded in floodwaters, and railways partially submerged as authorities assess relief needs.
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Cincinnati
Covington
Great Shields
Water Works
O & Mississippi
Aurora
Ind
West End
Levee Burst Floods Lawrenceburg Indiana Town
The levee two miles above Lawrenceburg Indiana broke early this morning creating an eighty foot breach. Floodwaters advance slowly across the town endangering homes and property. Distilleries in the area are flooded and residents have moved possessions to higher ground as repairs proceed. no lives reported harmed at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Ohio Still Rising Flood Reaches Near Historical Watermark
The Ohio River remains at high levels with sixty four feet in the channel at noon, within three inches of the 1832 air water mark. Flooding affects Covington New Albany and surrounding cities as authorities note ongoing danger and rising water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Great Aia
Covington
Newaaet
Floods Hit Wheeling as Streams Swell After Snow
In Wheeling West Virginia rain after Sunday’s heavy snow swells smaller streams and floods Wheeling creek. Banks damaged and another rise feared with consternation as residents brace for updated forecasts.
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West Virginia
Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Creek
Weather Storms Flood England Impede Rail Travel
London reports renewed storms and floods across England causing inundation in parts. Rail service and bike routes are impeded as high winds continue to sweep the nation. Freight and passenger traffic face disruption while authorities warn residents to take precautions amid ongoing severe weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
The Meanest Man in New Hampshire
A despicable young man in Manchester deceived a blind popcorn seller at the post office by passing an old penny as a fifty-cent piece. He took a bag of corn and forty-five cents before the fraud was uncovered. Prosperity unmasks the vices and reveals Ely's Dream as a catarrh cure offered at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Manchester Mirror
Ely
Adamson’s Botanic Balsam Remedy Promotion
An advertisement promotes Adamson’s Botanic Balsam as free from opiates, claims it aids digestion and strengthens the constitution, and lists uses for asthma bronchitis quinsy throat infections night sweats chest pain and consumption. It mentions associated pills and a price and warns of rejectable drug names.
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Adamson
Adambon
Dambon
Damson
Adamason
Ason
Mson
Mrug
Giete
Beals
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the Pension Bureau
Select Committee On Heavy Ordnance
Mahone Mad
House Commerce Committee
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Gulf
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Rover
Phenix Park
Blow
Iowa
Brunkard
Kennebec
Pt Samaritan
Massachusetts
Perry Smith
Insane
Chicago Mission
Tennessee
Love Produced BY
Stabbing
Minne
Sota Lumbermen
Waterbury, Conn
M-teams
Ation Serious
Second Street
Front Street
Newport
Marietta
Mayséville
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Brighton
Little Miami
Batavia Junction
Isola
Indiana
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