Long Congressional Session Notes Tariff Bills and Bills Passed
A digest of daily Senate and House actions from December through December 18. Key items include discussion of the tariff bill civil service reform and the British extradition treaty. The House passes the direct tax bill with 178 to 96 and votes on related resolutions and appropriation bills. The Dakota Washington Montana New Mexico admission plan advances in the House while Senate committees push Sioux and Minnesota Chippewa civilization measures. A holiday recess is announced amid pressing legislative business.
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Sexnate
Senate
Sre
Riddleberger
House
Minnesota
Lind
MacDonald
Nelson
Wilson
Rice
Rogers
Arkansas
Committee On the Judiciary
Neval
United States
Blanchard
Louisiana
Houst
Senate Committee On Education
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
House Democratic
Dakota
Washington
Montana
New Mexico
Utah
Davis
House Committee On Manufactures
Board of Pension Appeals
Secretary of the Interior
Springer
Committee On Territories
South Dakota
Territory of
North Dakota
Cox
Thoarties
Peel
Great Sioux
Lawler
Illinois
Congress
Civil Service Commission
Gifford
House Committee On Public Lands
He Saved the Frame Showman Recounts Printer Misadventure
A Pensylvania showman who once ran a newspaper recalls hiring a large colored person to do office chores. When told to move a form, the worker put it on his head and forced it through the frame, creating a mess of type. He told his boss he had spilled the type but saved the frame.
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Pensylvania
Darkey
St. Louis
St. Louis Republic
Creston circuit forms Iowa and Missouri district fairs
The Ottumwa Red Oak Shenandoah Iowa fairs and Maryville Missouri fair organize a Creston circuit. Dates run August 19 to September 20 with a $500 minimum purse for any race. Col Manning of Ottumwa serves as president and A Breuster of Creston as secretary.
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Ottumwa
Red Oak
Shenandoah
Iowa
Maryville
Creston
Col. Manning
A. Brewster
Young man vanishes after fainting woman at Buffalo theatre
A young woman fainted in a Buffalo theatre and her companion fled the scene. The incident prompts caution for young ladies about potential impropriety when exit doors are unguarded.
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Buffalo
Binghamton
Minnesota in Brief: Local Grants and Daring Incidents
The item lists a $50 donation to a soldiers home in Minnehaha, Duluth payrolls for November at 20236, and a gas contract dispute in Fergus Falls. It notes infant death from rat poison, a completed Milwaukee Cannon Valley telegraph line, and several fatal or criminal incidents across the state including drownings near Owatonna and Waseca, burglaries, elopement, and jail counts. It also covers society events, fires, skating accidents, a turnverein vote, an assignment in Winona, legal indictments, and a reform school case.
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Buffalo
Erickson
Annandale
Johnson
Cokato
Robert Porter
Woodland
Wright County
Johnny Burfey
Alen
Munio
Winona
Johnny
Smallpox Cure Claim Promoted By Traveling Reporter
Edward Hines of the Liverpool Mercury declares a cream of tartar remedy can cure smallpox in three days and prevent infection. He asserts thousands of cures, no lasting marks, and questions vaccination as unnecessary, urging quick use with boiled water and frequent dosing.
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Edward Hines
Liverpool Mercury
Sloop Galena and Yan Tie Sail from Brooklyn Yard for Hayti
The Galena with 230 men and the fourth rate Yan Tie left the Brooklyn navy yard bound for Hayti. They received a cheering salute from the Richmond crew as spectators watched. The ships were delayed by mud.
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Galena
Yantie
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Hayti
Richmond
Discovery of Santa Tonka’s Mummified Remains
Gordon Nebraska reports the discovery of Santa Tonka the Big Heart a famed Ute chief. D W Moffatt the Oil Man found the mummy about fifty miles west of Old Fort Caspar Wyoming in a cave amid striking scenery. The body lay for fifty years the skin drawn tight over bones producing a ghostly sight.
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Gordon, Neb
Santa Tonka
Big Heart
D. W. Moffatt
Far West
Old Fort Caspar
Wyoming
The Farm Advice on Sheep and Horses for Winter Care
Practical guidance on breeding and feeding sheep with salt water access daily and liberal rations. Emphasizes protecting valuable stock from cold, proper horse care and shoeing, hog feeding warmth, and breeding discipline to avoid vicious traits. Cites Rural New Yorker view on quality ewes and thoroughbred bucks for profitable flocks.
Household Tips and Travel Tales From St Louis and Pomona
Reading notes cover home advice on cleaning varnished wood boiling water for meat and bread soft water benefits recipes and wedding flowers. It includes reminiscences from a St Louis iron house drummer and observations about scorpions tarantulas and a Digger Indian in Los Angeles county with local quotes from the San Francisco Examiner and Pomona.
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Pomona
William Stiffler
Los Angeles
San Francisco Examiner
Baldwin
European Harvest Report Shows Wheat Surplus in Russia
The Vienna Congress report on world cereals estimates Europe’s wheat crop at 1,066,000,000 bushels for the year, with the United Kingdom down 25 percent, France down 25 percent, and Italy down 20 percent. Russia is the sole European nation listed with a surplus. rye crops are at a multi year low.
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Russia
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Pumpkins Cut Feed Costs for Poultry Raiser
A poultry keeper reports trial feeding pumpkins to hens last winter yielded strong health and halved vegetable-feed costs. He boiled pumpkins with one third meat and wheat shorts, feeding daily to a mixed flock of young and old birds, replacing potatoes and turnips used previously.
Why City Men Succeed on Farms Linden in Husbandman
City men who move to farming become influential and successful by adopting practical experiences from others, joining farmers clubs and societies, reading about updated methods, and applying businesslike practices. In contrast, native country youths inherit traditional methods and may cling to old rural ways.
Why Small Change Has Been Scarce
John W. Sheckells a locksmith living above his shop died in Washington leaving his property to his uncle McElfresh. A note in his safe directed that money was buried in front of the shop. A search yielded 1300 dollars in two tin boxes with about 500 in silver and dime pieces.
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John W. Sheckells
Washington
McElfresh
Tojay
New York Sun
A Simple Stitch To Close Small Wounds
A health column advises using a fine cambric needle and a short silk thread to make a small stitch along the skin near a cut without entering flesh. The method pulls the pores together and relieves pain, as demonstrated by a hired man who suffered from a thumb wound.
Learn to Work and Learn to Sew for Independence
A Milwaukee Wisconsin note from Aunt Netr urges girls to learn practical work such as housework sewing knitting and mending. The advice emphasizes applying youth knowledge to future independence and avoiding a purely academic path.
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Aunt Netr
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Are Mustaches Contagions
A humorous dialogue contrasts hair growth on women with mustaches on men. A brunette narrator notes an upper lip mustache persists despite acids, plucking, electricity, and shaving, wondering if mustaches are contagious.
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Bess
Jennie
John A. Logan
Clara Belle
Hair Raising Police Exam Deception Tale
A man failed by a quarter inch height dodges rejection by disguising his hair growth to pass the police exam. After several attempts he tricks the measure, earns a patrolman’s badge, and serves as a capable officer, per the New York Evening Sun.
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New York Evening Sun
Singular Coincidences Across Ordinary Days
A Congers Banner item notes odd timely events linked to luck and fate. Lamar Wood helps destitute travelers then recalls a forgotten debt worth many times the donation. Coroner Oaks finds a quarter misread as a nickel before an inquest over a death. Dr. George Posey wears socks wrong side out, predicts luck, and buys a favorable home bargain.
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Lamar Wood
Oaks
George Posey
Rules of a Helena hotel from a comical memory
A Boston Commercial Bulletin excerpt recalls a Helena hotel board listing harsh regulations. Guests must pay one dollar and six bits before signing the book. Short bits not accepted. No nickels or copper cents. Guests may not cry or wander in the night. Soap and towel claimed unused. No fighting or shutting in beds. Guests must sign their names daily and pay. Any dissatisfied guest must mosey or face consequences.
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Boston Commercial Bulletin
Helena
Heat Versus Food Insight From A Virginia Chronicle
A Virginia Chronicle piece recounts a restaurateur's claim that keeping a dining room red hot in winter reduces patrons’ appetite. He details a quarter century in business and a cook’s observation that excessive heat lowers food intake, leading to a profitable shift despite higher fuel use.
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The
Virginia Chronicle
Deadlock on Territorial Question Feared in Congress
The piece notes a looming deadlock in Congress over the territorial question. It contrasts political stalemate with advertisements touting Dr Bull s Cough Syrup and Salvation Oil as remedies for everyday injuries and ailments, highlighting market ads amid political tension.
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John P. Robinson
Hesez
Judee
Dr. Bull
Salvation Oil
Congress
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Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Dawes
Harris
Tennessee
Ingall
Adrian
Soldiers
Minnehaha
Duluth
Fergus Falls Gas Company
Chas H. Essler
St. Peter
Milwaukee Cannon Valley Road
Red Wing
Northfield
Dennis Shean
Waseca
A. Link
Preston
Rhodes Bros
Roy Hellweg
Frank Middaugh
Owatonna
Fred Wright
Fred Freeman
Reform School
City
Philharmonic Society of
Emma Barnholtz
Winona County
Albert Glaser
W. C. Clifford
H. D. Wickham
Lake City
Mr. Clifford
Willie Mitchell
Judge Mitchell
Carrie Curtis
W.G. Curtis
Lake Winona
Young Mitchell
Miss Curtis
Bert Wilbur
Mankato
Waupun
Wis
Vernon Center
Waupon
Lufkin & Kendall’s
St. Cloud
John Gibbs
Madison Lake
Greenbush
Childs
Laffey
Beauford
Gibbs
England
Los Angeles County
Linden In
Husbandman
Scott
J. M. Maty
New York
Ambrose T. Secor
Jersey Central Railroad
Bergen
American District Telegraph Company
Philadelphia
Caucas
Stevens Point
B. F. Johnson & Co
Prince Bismarck
Germany
Rhine
Stampa
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Castoria
Sioux City
Moxie
Kansas City
Abodnit
Anti-Horse Thief Association
Redding G &T
H. G. Root
Peers St
WM. Hanscom
Osukosh
Cuticura
Por- Tex Drug and Chemical Co
Boston
Mass
Carters
Carter Medicine CO
Nely
S.ream Baun
Ely
USA
Eta Ely Brothers
Warren St
OWL
Allen
Roup
Wne Ballan
Montgomery Ward & CO
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Greil
America
J.p.allen
Paul
Mino
Postars
Boner
Centennial Manufacturing Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Piso
Gen. Sheridan
Empyreal Pub
St.Paul
Minn Yard
J. C. Batdorf
M. D
Magnetic Institute
Grand Rapids Mich
GLEK
Glek Co
North
F. Golleyx
N.W.N.U
Tutt
Paine
Neus
Wells, Richardson & Co., Proprietors
Burlington
Vermont
Clothier
Streisaguth & Drake
Northwest
J.L. Hudson
ST. Paul, Minn
Ditson &Co
Rosabel
Bethlehem
Benj. Cutler
Leo
R. Lewis
Leon Lewis
L.omerson
Young Chilae
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Oliver Ditson & Co
Lyon & Healy
J. Isaac Thompson
John L. Thompson, Sons & CO
Troy
N. Y
Dress Brewster & CO
Holly
T. A. Slocum
M.C
Pearl St
N.Y
Dr. Brinley
Minneapolis, Mink, Vanderburgh Block
Hennepin Ave
Cor
Brit ‘Ong
Brinley
Bradstreet, Thurber & C
S.S.S
Swift
Sat &i
John Wit
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