Senate and House Deliberations on Railways and Stateships
Senate and House discussed right of way across Fort Custer Montana for Big Horn Southern. Duluth Winnipeg and Manitoba lines proposed through White Earth Leech Lake reservations. Utah Idaho Wyoming Arizona admission enabling act considered. House debated homestead and desert land laws, bridge at La Crosse, and naval appropriations with new gunboat and cruiser plans.
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Senate
Davis
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Big Horn Southern Railway
Fort Custer
Montana
Dudley
Sabin
Duluth & Winni
White Earth
Leech Lake
Minnesota
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
Manitoba
Crookston
Dakota
House
House Committee On Territories
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
Arizona
Springer
Thomas
Wisconsin
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Committee On Ways and Means
Treasury
Plumb
Committee On Agriculture
Norman J. Colman
Senate Committee On Finance
Knights of Labor
Harvese
Smalls-Elliott
Smalls
Townsend
United States
Mexico
Centrel
South America
Haiti
San Domingo
Brazil
Canada
Court of Claims
Ilinois
Chandler
Women’s Education and Freedom Change Social Life
The article notes a quarter century of progress in women’s education employment and autonomy. It weighs effects on attraction, manners, and heredity as women gain self sufficiency and political ambitions while pondering future shifts in gender roles and social norms.
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London
South
Harper’s Magazine
Ocean Facts Pose as a Lesson in Nature
A chronology of sea science explains ocean depth pressure and currents. It notes three fifths of Earth is sea, salt content, cold bottom waters, and waves that seem fast but move water little. It cites 40 foot waves and 50 mile per hour travel in storms.
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Norway
Ocean
Alantic
Queer Effects of the Electric Light at Creusot Iron Works
Reports describe skin reddening and desquamation among workers at the Creusot Iron Works after exposure to strong electric light similar to prolonged sun exposure. Eye pain, redness, and retinal tinging occur, with afterimages and a recovery tendency. A current over 200 amperes is linked to these symptoms.
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Creusot
Congress probes Indian land and statehood terms
A subcommittee bill adds two commissions to negotiate with the Cherokee and Sioux nations. The Cherokee outlet relinquishment aims for their full citizenship and possible admission as a state or territory. A Sioux reserve portion may be relinquished as well. The bill totals $5,419,032 for Choctaw claims, about $500,000 above estimates.
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Cherokee Outlet
Dakota
Windom to get a high school and other Minnesota notes
Minnesota briefs report Windom will gain a high school. Albert Lea Lutheran plans a $15 000 building. Winona faces ice famine while Ro Chester considers a street railway. Measles close district schools. Rev. F L Patterson buys Chatfield Democrat. Red Wing adds mail boxes and daily delivery. St Peter to build a $5000 creamery amid spring improvements.
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Windom
Albert Lea Lutheran High School
Winona
F. L. Patterson
Chatfield
Red Wing
St. Peter
Charles Logan
Minn
Aberdeen
Crofort
Sioux Falls
Dakota Street
Agnes Davis
Agnes
Hope Deferred
An enraged father threatens a whipping to his son after a party dispute. The son seeks mercy asking for his liks to sleep, and the closet door is opened as the tale ends with tension over punishment.
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London Telegraph
Ebb and Flow of Gas in Montpelier
A Cincinnati Enquirer note describes Montpelier Indiana gas supply showing six hours of minimum flow and six hours of maximum, with valves opened wide at low ebb and a single turn of the key meeting demand at peak, likening the pattern to tides and noting the cause as conjecture.
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Montpelier
Ind
Cincinnati Enquirer
Household hints and a traveling misread telegram tale
The column offers house tips from lamp wicks to silver care and kitchen tricks. A comic tale follows about Brown, a traveling salesman, missing a telegram about a new son and his wife’s illness, leading to a mistaken telegram and a humorous household miscommunication.
Cleaning and polishing methods from a historic guide
The text outlines cleaning a surface with a damp sponge and water or spirits, then dusting with whiting or powder blue and polishing with a silk cloth. It also suggests using candle snuff as a polish for a looking glass and offers a method to remove fly stains by breathing on them and rubbing with a rag, then polishing with powder blue wrapped in flannel.
Chars Painted White or Gold Make Fashionable Gifts
Chairs painted white or gold are in fashion. Recovered attic chairs can be refinished with enamel after removing old varnish. Sand paper or a lye wash removes varnish. enamel costs 25 cents a bottle, enough for two to three coats. Add a satin cushion and ribbon bows for a handsome gift.
Injury From Bandaging the Fyes
A Health column criticizes the common medical practice of tightly bandaging inflamed eyes. It argues bandages block cool air and bleeding tears, worsen pain, and trap foreign bodies. The writer recommends a simple bandage that blocks light but allows air to reach the eye.
Pure Water as Medicine Says Dr Brunten
Dr Brunten in the Practic er declares water the most powerful diuretic. It increases tissue change and waste product production, then removes wastes, boosts appetite, and acts as a tonic. Those who drink too little water risk disease from waste buildup and should drink water before bed to aid nocturnal secretion.
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Brunten
Johnny cake on a hot griddle recipe
Instructions describe scalding meat in salted water then spreading a pint of mixture on a hot buttered griddle. Cook until brown on the bottom, flip, brown the other side, and serve hot.
A Physician Traces Mail Routes From Hampstead
In Hampstead on December 25 a physician tests the fastest global mail route by sending two post cards to Hong Kong via opposite routes. One returns from Hong Kong after 73 days via Brindisi and Singapore, the other after 73 days via New York and Yokohama, each costing under a penny.
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London Times
Hampstead
Hong Kong
Brindisi
Singapore
New York
San Francisco
Yokohama
London
Nine Year Mattoon Resident Never Seen a Post Office
A Mattoon man who has lived there nine years never visited the post office to inquire for mail. A package marked return in ten days and a letter in thirty caused inquiry, revealing he lived with a Mr Cahill and had no correspondents, hence no mail. The Pittsburg sender was told the facts and may have deliveries soon.
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Mattoon
Scott
Pittsburg
Chaill
Cahill
Til
Queen Victoria's Drives in Secluded Forest Paths
A colonial-era account notes Queen Victoria rides daily before five in the afternoon, mostly on private forests near Deeside. Locals follow strict etiquette, vanishing behind cover when meeting her, while passersby of lower status may receive a brief royal inquiry upon signal from the postilions.
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Queen Victoria
Deeside
Gillie
Clockless man tunnels wall to view illuminated dial
In Ansonia Connecticut a man bored a hole through his bedroom wall near the bed to insert a two inch gas pipe with a glass end so he could view a clock’s illuminated dial from bed. His friends asked why not simply keep a clock in the room.
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Ansonia
Conn
The Farm Notes on Hog Rearing and Farm Practices
Practical guidance for farmers on hog care and feed, equipping horses, storage of seed corn, manure management, shelter for cattle, and seasonal fattening strategies. It discusses crow damage in Maine, hog breed distinctions by ham shape, and the benefits of early full feeding for market readiness.
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Maine
Pine Tree
Ohio
Berkshire
Calf Feeding Rule: Train Appetite to Clean Trough
The Nat Stockman advises that poor appetite hinders farm work, especially for calves. Start by training them to lick the trough clean, then gradually increase the feed until the trough is nearly but not quite scoured.
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Cor
Nat. Stockman
Scrub Hog Described By Wisconsin Breeder George Wylie
A Wisconsin swine breeder, George Wylie, condemns the scrub hog as never satisfied never content receiving food. He depicts the hog with a sharp nose and leering eyes and says the farmer bears fault for corn loss to the insatiable creature.
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George Wylie
Farmers’ Institute
Seiaeana
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Dr. Bull
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N. Y
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Samoa
E. W. Fairman
Dayton
Allen
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B. F. Johnson & Co
Main St
Richmond, Va
Frank Kohout
St. Paul
Scorr
W. B.S. Connecti, M. D
Manchester
Billings
Marx
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore, MD
Sampie
Charles A. Vogelfr CO
Baltimore
Ely
Ater
R.h.cressengham
Ely’ream Brin
Brooklyn
LY Brothers
Warren St
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Geo. Bovell
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John Williams
Lexington
Swirt
Swift Specific CO
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Aturn
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M. C
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Clonmel
William O’brien
O’brien
Castoria
Hal Reid
Stillwater Prison
P.O. Addrens
Axp Chemical Co
Boston
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Tutt
Price
Murray St
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Russia
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Rockford
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Lee Crosse
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St. Paw, Minn
Hintwand
R.f.dawn
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Las Labs
Palles, Dagin
Centennia Maneacturing Co
Cincinnati
ciRt
Shine Bay
Brewster's Safety
CIVEN
Rom ‘Ito
Wster Manuf' A Co
Holly. Mich
Jrry
Mammoth
H. W. Buckbef
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Ill
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D.M Ferry & CO
Io M. Ferri &Co
M. Ferry & CO
Detroit
Mich
Secure & Fox
Curtis Publishing CO
Philadelphia
Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill Custom Pants CO
Summer Street
Maia
Isaac Thompson
Drege
L. Thompson
Brazs Chemical Ce
Cincinasu Obio
Hingra Tam
M. D
Amsterdam
Clothier
J.L. Hudson
Ryan
Rbart
Seventh St
ST. Paul, Minn
Perfect Music Books
Ditson & CO
Emerson
L.O. Ong
Emer
Hodgat
Evantempe Chimes
Gelist Luther
L. C. Aise
E. A. Emerson
Oliver Dilson & Co
Lyon & Kealy
Chicago
Cyee
App Cation
WEITE
LM IL May & CO
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Seeoehes
Pau, Maen
Wise Axl
Ail
Clark & Wise CO
Mfra
River St
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Michigan Avenue
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