Congress Passes Tariff Relief And Debates Monuments
The Senate and House discuss the tobacco draw back rebate, a monument to Robert Dale Owen, and daily Senate sessions with 10 am meetings. Bills on public buildings, swamp land purchases, Mormon property funds, and land offices in Montana are considered. Debates cover reapportionment, post and telegraph services, and the election bill amid partisan exchanges.
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Aldrich
House
HO Mr. Parrott
Indiana
Senate
Robert Dale Owen
Smithsonian Institute
Siouxity
Plumb
Congress
Territory
Utah
Blodgett
Walthall
Mississippi
House Representatives
Frank
Missouri
Dunnell
Evans
House Committee On
Flower
Secretary of the Treasury
Idaho Deadlock in Senate and House for U.S. Senator
Boss Idaho Dec 17 both Idaho legislature chambers began balloting for United States senators with 28 Republican 44 Democrat and 10 members. Senate results Dubois 4 Shoup 3 Clagett 2 McConnell 4 Stevenson 4. House totals Du Bois 13 Shoup 5 Clagett 6 McConnell 5 Stevenson 6. Both houses adjourned with deadlock likely to be broken by Democrats or a dark horse.
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Idaho
Boss
United States
Senate
Dubois
Shoup
Clagett
McConnell
Stevenson
Attorney General Pope Charged With Political Intimidation
In Washington Columbia D C a warrant charges T J Pope new attorney general with political intimidation in discharging T B Butler a clerk in the enrolling department The affidavit says the discharge violated law and a letter from the attorney general to Butler is in evidence Penalties range from 50 to 1000 dollars and imprisonment from three months to two years or both
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Corumbia
D. C
T. J. Pope
T. B. Butler
Senator Butler
Butler
Bank Wrecker Arrested Over Bank Failures
George F. Work, alleged mastermind of the Work Macarlane Pfeiffer Dungan syndicate, was arrested after wrecking the Bank of America and American Life Insurance. bail set at 20000, committed to Moyamen sing prison. Warrants sworn for State Senator John J. Macfarlane Louis E. Pfeiffer and James S. Dungan. Pfeiffer and Dungan charged with receiving deposits after insolvency. Senator Macfarlane fled and never returned. Hundreds suffered from the banks' ruin.
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Pui Lapetrnia
George F. Work
Macarlane - Pfeiffer- Dungan
Bank of America
American Life Insurance Company
Moyamensing
John J. Macfarlane
Louis E. Pfeiffer
James 8. Dungan
Macfarlane
Pfeiffer
Dungan
Valuable Horses Sold at Normandy Stock Farm Purchase
Ixpranarous owner C. C. O Fallon of Normandy stock farm St Louis buys yeareague Normandy from Grassland stock farm Indianapolis. Dam Ella G by Geo Wilkes. Full brother to Wilkesbrine and Delmarch 2 18. Price 5000. Pate stock farm St Louis buys a full sister for 3500 to breed to their 22000 stallion Counselor by Onward.
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Ixpranarous
C. C. O'Fallon
Normandy
St. Louis
Grassland
Indianapolis
Hambrine
Ella G
Geo. Wilkes
Wilkesbrine
Delmarch
Pate Stock Farm
Rope fire escapes seem to be all right
A Philadelphia Inquirer item notes that fire escapes rely on rope as a safety element and that rope quality affects performance, implying proper function if the rope is made from sturdy material and maintained.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Meeting the Great Man A Civil War Memoir in Fog and Fire
A first person reminiscence recounts a Union sailor’s encounter with a famed Confederate figure. The narrator recalls the Harbinger blockade runner, a perilous pursuit through Florida bayous, a surrender, a climactic bayou battle, and the fate of Judas the traitor, linking past glory to modern disdain for treachery.
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Columbia
United States
Florida
Sykes
Federal Army
Navy
Pard
Stoker
How to Give Medicine to a Cat
A New York gentleman with a famed Angola cat struggles to medicate her. A green Irish servant mixes powder with lard and applies it to the cat, which licks it off and swallows the medicine, proving Irish knowhow in feline care.
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New York
Ireland
Boston Post
Family Perkins Pass Through Atchison for Brown County
A Perkins family traveling to Brown County Illinois passed through Atchison. The father has one eye and one arm, the mother lacks a left arm, one child has one leg, another is blind, and one is sick. They carry $5, tobacco, a clay pipe, a yellow dog, and appear content despite hardship, per the Atchison Champion.
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Perkins
Atchison
Brown County
Ills
Kan
Still She Grew Old Betsy Harper Dies at 101 in Bangor
Mass Homestead notes Betsy Harper aged 101 died in Bangor after a long life marked by simple habits. She valued feathery comfort, avoided excess, and enjoyed pork, strong tea, mince pie, and doughnuts while outliving many health pessimists.
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Betsy Harper
Bangor
Mass
Homestead
Orchard Imagery In Winter Echoes Apple Bounty Night
A reflective verse celebrates apples and orchard scenes as winter comforts. It contrasts hickory fire and harvest fruits with rural beauty through imagery of Winesap pears, pearmain apples, and other varieties. The voice recalls April blossoms, June leaves, bees, and a farmhouse in an old orchard.
Desperate Winter at a New England District School
A former female teacher recalls her first winter in a rural New England district school. She describes harsh travel, a windy November storm, a lonely night awaiting her uncle, and a stranger who arrives at the door as the storm rages, setting the scene in early public education’s rough edges.
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New England
John
Vermont
Aerious
Barkis
Uncle John
The Lunatic Visitor at the Schoolhouse
I confront a strange visitor who locks the door and behaves oddly. He is evasive, then playful and dangerous as he dances, whistles, and mocks. I plan an escape using rubber boots, lock him in a closet, and flee to Mr Foster’s house as snow falls. Mrs Foster helps summon aid. no serious consequences follow.
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John
Alther
Mme
Mr. Foster
Escape from the poorhouse boy seeks shelter in school
A pauper inmate formerly a sending master escapes during a storm and hides in a schoolhouse guided by a light. An illness keeps Uncle John from collecting the narrator while a note to Mr Foster’s fails delivery. The tale ends with the narrator’s recounting recalling an anagram dinner.
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John
Mr. Foster
Sarah Buckley
Creeping plants show directed movement toward objects
Mrs Kings Book on India recounts a tale where a convolvulus vine appears to sense and move toward a pole and later away from light. Observers note tendrils curling to reach the pole, then retreating when the pole is removed, suggesting植物 awareness of nearby objects.
The Miser John Elwes of London Died Poorly in 1789
English miser John Elwes died November 26 1789 famed for immense wealth yet living in stark poverty. He owned many London houses occupied to avoid rent and relied on a sole housekeeper. His fear of dying poor drove him toward near madness shortening his life by twenty years. His odd kindness, honesty, and gentleness contrasted with his hoarded fortune and austere lifestyle.
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John Elwes
Elwes
London
Haunted Farmhouse Mystery Solved by Squirrels
A Belleville New Jersey farmhouse long thought haunted proved the source of terror for a young couple. On the first night they discovered wild gray squirrels moving in gangs, transporting nuts from an unused garret to the cellar, using the stairs as a delivery line.
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Pierce
Fargo
N. C
Colquitt
Wilson
Maryland
Vance
Gray
Belleville
Reward Not Payable for Rube Burrow Capture
The postoffice department will not pay the $1,000 reward for the capture and conviction of Rube Burrow due to lack of legal proof or court conviction that he robbed the mails. Department officers know he did it, but rewards require conviction, so the $1,000 of the $7,500 head reward remains unresolved.
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Postoffice Department
Rube Burrow
Ancient Babylonian signets reveal long dress styles
Dr Julian J Chisolm notes Babylonian signet cylinders dated around 2300 B C show female costumes with a tight bodice long sleeves and skirts with three pleated overskirts. Impressions beside the discs display similar hats and fashion, suggesting timeless style cycles and a playful link to Noah's era.
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Babylon
Julian J. Chisolm
Baltimore American
British Museum
Novah
The
Ark
Tramp at Farm Chooses Harsh Labor Pact Then Hangs Self
A New York Sun tale recounts a farmer offering brutal terms to a tramp hired to work from 4 AM, sleeping in the barn, speaking as if to a judge, with half pay in cash and store credit. The man’s grim resolve leads to suicide in the granary, prompting the coroner and jury.
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Hicks
New York Sun
Icks
Presia
Curious Austrian Doctor Claims Bee Sting Immunity
Dr Tere, an Austrian physician, reported to the French Entomological Society that bee stings confer temporary immunity to further stings for about six months, duration depending on sting count. He notes rheumatism sufferers need many stings before noticeable pain, after which they gain six months of sting immunity and fewer rheumatic attacks.
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Chambers’ Journal
Tere
Entomological Society
Remarkable fence to be built of swordfish swords
Sylvanus Wallace of the Small Point life saving station near Bath Maine plans a fence for next summer that would please Rider Haggard. It will be about forty feet long and crafted from swordfish swords gathered during his fishing voyages.
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Sylvanus Wallace
Fractured reunion at San Francisco bank window
A brusque bank cashier confronts a tall woman in colored clothes claiming to be Salindy Spratt now Salindy Smyth and insisting he recognize her. Henry Smyth confirms his identity with visible disdain as the tense scene unfolds despite prior memories of school sled rides and old times.
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San Francisco
Henry Smyth
Smyth
Salindy Spratt
Salindy Smyth
Misplaced Zeal in a Boston Rally
A political speaker proclaims the party as pure and honest while denouncing the rival party. An enthusiastic supporter shouts approval. the orator claims corruption is in the other side, then someone in the crowd shouts back and is tossed out by security. The scene captures a heated exchange in a contentious political moment.
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Party of the People
Chuck
Boston Traveler
Anatomy of Melancholy Sells to Student at Bookshop
A young medical student visited the Old Book store seeking anatomy. Owner Mr Burke offered Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy as his sole volume on the subject. The student examined it briefly, purchased the book, and left.
He Spheres Persiflage in the Void Herald Note
A whimsical exchange among celestial bodies appears in a Herald gossip item. The Earth proclaims no cowardice while the Sun counters with two fears, the hemisphere and the atmosphere. The Moon adds, and the Comet wagges its tail as morning stars sing for joy.
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Earth
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