Congressional notes on prohibition, tariffs and bills
Senate and House debates cover Blair’s proposed constitutional prohibition and party stance, post office contracts for mail transport to distant nations, and various bills on labor, canals, railroads, aliens land ownership, and oleomargarine regulation. Debates touch on long and short haul rail provisions, immigration, and a Secretaries’ audit related to a Chicago loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Central and South America
Asia
Australia
Atlantic and Pacific
Vilas
House
Springer
Dakota
Union of States
Department of Labor
Warner
Ohio
Anderson
Kan
New York
McConins
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
O'Neill
Gladstone
Ireland
Senate
Payne
Committee On Privileges and
Camden
Cullom
Massachusetts
Sherman
House Committee On Military Affairs
House Judiciary Committee
Messrs. Oates
Alabama
Hepburn
Iowa
Scully
England
Ways and Means Committee
Secretar of the Treasury
Mitchell
Conference
New York Methodist Episcopal Church
Committee On Foreign Relations
Chamber
Post Office
Central
South America
Postmaster General
Edmunds
Plumb
Base Committee On Agriculture
Internet Revenue Department
American Dairy Association
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Maj
Small
Chicago
George Davidson
Davidson
Global tastes of the world in uncommon foods
A survey of unusual eating habits shows diverse favorites and taboos. Turks shun oysters while Digger Indians preserved locust powder from 1875. French enjoy frogs and snails but avoid alligators. Buckland notes boa constrictor as veal like. Quass is Russians’ popular fermented drink. Canton markets feature rats at two dollars per dozen and dog hindquarters priced high. Chinese edible birds nests fetch up to three hundred dollars per ounce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Slope
Buckland
Canton
The Santwood Scandal Echoes Through a Stately Parlor
A nobleman Philip Santwood confesses a doomed romance to Marguerite as a forgery crime haunts their family. She refuses him, clinging to a flawless name, while he departs in exile. Months pass with letters revealing he has wed another, leaving Marguerite burdened by pride and longing as Col. Tracy pursues her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danube
Jane
Danube River
Se*iWwood
Marguerite
Seth
Phillip Santwood
Mr. Santwood
Philip
Philip Santwood
Tracy
Col. Tracy
Arguerite
Mrs. Tracy
Linz
Marverite
Frank
Love and betrayal on the Danube
Marguerite Compton becomes Mrs. Tracy after choosing her husband over a rival. A steamer explosion near Linz tests loyalties as Philip Santwood saves Marguerite while Col. Tracy dies. Years later Santwood reappears to renew his lifelong devotion, forgiven for past betrayals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ate
Guardy
Philip Santwood
Alwys
Marguerite Compton
Col. Tracy
Phili Santwood
Europe
Marguerite
Sanube
Danube
Phillip Santwood
Phillip
Philip
Tam
Linz
Blue Danube
Earl of Fingal Visits San Francisco for Big Game
The Earl of Fingal, visiting Ireland, registers at the Southern hotel after a Globe-Democrat reporter delivers his card. He says he came for shooting, plans to hunt around San Francisco with powerful fowling pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of
Fingal
Ireland
Globe-Democrat
San Francisco
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Ada Kepley Defeats Husband in Effingham School Trustee Race
Mrs Ada H Kepley ran against her husband for school trustee at Effingham Illinois and defeated him by a twelve vote majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada H. Kepley
Effingham, Nl
A Common Episode of Love and Letting Go
Frank and Elsie share a story of love tested by temptation and duty. An artist's jealousy of a rival woman nearly leads Frank astray before choosing commitment, returning to Elsie who sacrifices to save their future. The tale ends with a quiet warning about daily choices shaping a life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circe
Elsie
Frank
Faretwell
Bears and boy killers thrill Montana hunt near Helena
A trio of cowboys encounter nine cinnamon bears while chasing a lost steer thirty five miles northwest of Helena. In another incident near Lyons Creek three Bean brothers shoot a pair of bears including a big cub and kill a Rocky Mountain panther. The old bear is tracked and killed, skins taken to Helena, ears punched for $8 each, and hides sold, with $12 in bounties last year for punching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helena
Ernest
Sam
Philip Bean
Lyons Creek
Philip
Montana
British Royalty at Malta During Royal Visit
Correspondence from the New York Tribune describes the Duke of Edinburgh landing at Valletta and visiting the Governor, with guards, naval uniforms, and a Royal salute. The piece notes Malta’s appeal, San Antonio’s gardens, the Duchess and children joining in autumn, and Prince George of Wales joining his ship Thunderer with typical royal presence ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Duke of Edinburgh
Gordon Highlanders
Malta
Palace of
San Antonio
Valetta
Duchess of Edinburgh
Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh
Victoria Melita
Prince George of Wales
Prince of Wales
Thunderer
Prince George
Adams Burton on worldly wit for Yale theologians
The Rev Dr Burton of Hartford advises Yale Theological Seminary students to engage with life and laughter. He urges attendance at secular meetings and assimilation of all experiences rather than retreating to a purely holy circle. He recalls Beech er quip about a lamb and notes all input will influence the pulpit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton
Hartford
Yale Theological Seminary
Nineteenth Century Club, As Dr. McCash
New York
Henry Ward Beecher
Matrimonial Schemes Plague the White House President
Letters on marriage flood the White House as the unmarried President Arthur faces solicitations from numerous ladies. The piece recalls Jere Black recounting similar proposals received by Buchanan’s cabinet and notes a crank’s controversial visit during Arthur’s presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carp
Cleveland
White House
Arthur
Black
Buchanan
West
Senator Hoar recalls Smalley and a church scandal anecdote
Hartford Times recounts a Worcester law student Smalley escorting Susie Gray at a Unitarian church led by Rev. Higginson. Higginson, a future soldier author, halted the service to ensure propriety, prompting Smalley to threaten a challenge. The minister apologized. The rest of the column notes harbor appropriations and labor wage shifts including Duluth, Grand Marais, Agate Bay, and Lake City projects, plus coke workers seeking higher pay and other assorted notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Senator Hoar
George W. Smalley
London
New York Tribune
Worcester
Smalley
Unitarian
T. W. Higginson
Susie Gray
Higginson
Miss Gray
Duluth
Minnesota
Rice's Point
Rice’s Point
Warner's Waste Wine and Tar Syrup Promotion Ad
Advertisement claims one dozen bottles ordered from a wholesale druggist earns two bottles free. Promotes Warner's Waste Wine and Tar Syrup as a remedy for coughs colds asthma catarrh and consumption. Offers May of Holy Land free with medicine and urges sending druggist name and order to Dr. C D Warner Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Holy Land
C. D. Warner
Chicago, Il
Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy Endorsed Nationwide
A persuasive sales pitch claims catarrh can be cured by Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy after years of testing and hundreds of thousands of testimonials. It asserts prior nostrums failed and urges readers to visit druggists for purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Sage
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congressional
FOOD
Man
Santwood
Earl of Fingal
Frank and
THE
Animal Kingdom
Carl Darewin
Africa
America
Bob Ingersoll
Market Reports
Minneapolis
Bowen
Fort Plain
N. Y
St. Jacob's Oil
Red Star
Senate Pagsés & Bill
E. F., Kelley
F.O. McCleary
Washington, D. C
Cericura
Porter Daud and Chemical Co
Bostos
Mars
Marshalltown, Lows
Stepens
Lennon
P. Lacey
Patens
M. Sites & Co
Washington
Attorne
Samet & Electra
Union Electric
Aasy
Wd. Horne
Wagash Av
Chicaco
Central Music Co
West Washington St
Ill
Ray Tal
H. G. Root
Pearl St
JONES
Colorado Land & Loam
Opera House
Denver
Colo
Joseph Cillotts
Trroucour
Menderson
Lene
Tom K
C. M. Henderson & CO
James Bagley
C. & Winkle
Uralz
Athlophoros CO
Aswell
Humane Remedy CO
Lafayette
Ind
Loomis & Nyman Tiffin
Webster
U.S. Supreme Court
Gov't Printing Office
C. Merriam & Co., Pub
Springfield, Mass
Lake Shore Railroad Company
Connellsville
Coke Syndicate
Dak
Germany
India
Dr. Bigelow
C. Girard
EF. la Blanche
Portland, Or
M. Connor
Nashua
St. Louis
Jed Grigware
W. R. Burt
East Siginaw, Mich
Wakeman
Minnesota River
St. Louis Knights
Missouri Pacific
Otto Outzen
Allen
Sugar House
Green Point
L. I
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Cent
Lyon
Mensman
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Proprietors
Shaffer
Madison
Iever
Rald
Hassan
Fifth Ave
Minn
G. W. Burpicn
Brown
Brown Chemical CO
Baltimore
Perry Davis
Tutt
Murray St
Express
Liniment
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
Duluth Harbor
Merrill Mf
gCo
T. W. Ellis
Birmingham
Ala
Clara Ross
Mary Coatles
Pipestone
William Rucker
Appleton Minn
St. Paul
Griggs & Co
E. Fifthst
St.Paul
R. W. Essery
Hall
Ayer
Aver
Dover
N. H
Charles H. Smith
North Craftsbury
J. W. Cockrell
Alexandria
Julia Bernardin
Compton, Ill
J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Mass
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!