Senate considers resolutions on suspension of officials
Proceedings show Edmunds presenting judiciary committee resolutions on executive suspensions while Pugh notes minority members learned of the report only today and may file a minority report by next Monday. Hoar introduces a petition urging a constitutional amendment abolishing the Presidency. Fitz John Porter bill advances amid Bragg’s forceful defense of troop movements at Bull Run.
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Senate
Edmunds
Judiciary Committee
Pugh
Hoar
United States
Congress
Fitz John Porter
House
Bragg
Bull Run
Pope
McDowell
Phelps
New Jersey
Curtin
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Steele
Cutcheon
Manderson pushes inquiry on Crawford killings and education debate roils Senate
The Senate debated Blair's education bill as Southern senators spoke against it. Mr. Edmunds reported favorable removals of disabilities for Alexander P. Stewart Mississippi Thomas L. Rosser Virginia and Edward G. W. Butler Missouri. The chamber confirmed several nominations and adjourned after an executive session.
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Manderson
State and War
Capt. Crawford
Blair
Edmunds
Committee On the Judiciary
Alexander P. Stewart
Mississippi
Thomas L. Rosser
Virginia
Edward G. W. Butler
Missouri
United States
Beck
Judiciary Committee
Mr. Edmunds
Kentucky
Mr. Beck
House of Representatives
Maris Taylor
Dakota
D .T. Bramble
Watertown
William Campbell
Minnesota
Watermelon Picked in Vacaville by Sid Walker
Sid Walker cut a watermelon on Wednesday January 13 in Vacaville California. Mild frost spared the vines so the melons kept growing as if mid summer though flavor slightly below normal.
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Vacaville
Cal
Sid Walker
Dairymen urged on keeping galt pure and sweet
T D Curtis warns dairymen that galt can carry objectionable odors which transfer to butter. Pure clean galt kept dry preserves quality. improper storage may cause fishy flavors and taints undermining butter quality.
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T. D. Curtis
Tender Lesson On Patience From Love’s Afterglow
A contemplative poem reflects on dying and memory, urging patience with the living. It contrasts gentle deathbed praise with the harshness of rebuke and asks lovers to learn mercy before sorrow intensifies. The speaker imagines quiet acts of kindness after death as a measure of true merits.
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Thee
Recollections of an Evening with Bismarck in His Home
The narrative recalls a private gathering with Chancellor Bismarck, describing his intimate demeanor and voice, the relaxed atmosphere among deputies and ministers, and lively anecdotes from the dinner and salons. It highlights Becker’s sharp criticisms of royal privileges, Bismarck’s humor, and the informal clash of ideas away from formal Diet etiquette.
A Quiet Night at the St Petersburger Hof
The scene recalls a diplomatic gathering with Lord Augustus Loftus and Lord Clarendon as central figures. A long private exchange over a dispatched letter becomes a memo for the blue book, prompting reiterations and formal explanations to an English envoy before guests depart for home.
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Augustus Loftus
Lord Clarendon
Foreign Office
St. Petersburger Hof
Borax Supply and Uses in the Western Coast Mines
A New York Mail and Express report outlines a sharp drop in borax prices from eleven to five and a half cents per pound over three years due to rising Western coast production. California and Nevada mining, large exports to Europe, and expanding uses from ironworks to meat packing drive the industry.
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California
Nevada
Chicago
Italy
Europe
Pacific
Liverpool
London Illustrated
Teel Marsh
Candelaria District
San Bernardino
Mono Lake
Boy Hero of Gettysburg Inspires Boston Lecture
C C Coffin portrays Lieut Bayard Wilkerson of Battery G Fourth United States Artillery as a heroic figure. Wounded at Gettysburg he directed fire under shelling and amputated his own wound to stop bleeding before dying at a local almshouse. His bravery is cited as enduring inspiration for patriotism and sacrifice.
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C. C. Coffin
Boston
Bayard Wilkerson
Fourth United States Artillery
Fredericksburg
Barbour’s Knoll
Gettysburg
Wilkeson
Bayard Wilkeson
English Woman Faces Inquest Over Husband's Death
In London an inquest examines the death of Mr. Bartlett a Pimlico merchant allegedly killed by chloroform used by his wife who wished to marry Wesleyan minister Rev Dyson. Bartlett once renewed affection challenged by his wife who resisted urging the minister.
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London
Bartlett
Pimlico
Dyson
England
Warner's Safe Cure Promises Kidney and Liver Health
A vintage health claim touts Warner's Safe Cure as the sole remedy to expel uric acid and urea, treating kidney and liver ailments, female complaints, and general debility. It asserts universal disease roots in kidney and liver dysfunction and promises cure and preventive benefits with constitutional treatment.
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Warner
Prodigy Confounds Prejudice With Quick Jewish Insight
A Boston Globe fragment recounts a five year old in a Sunday school who puzzled his mother by asking if Jesus Christ was a Jew. He later reflects on Saint Paul as once a bad man who improved, hinting at a future in law or the church.
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the Highlands
Jesus Christ
St. Paul
Poverty Stricken Office Seekers Reach Washington
A Washington letter notes Georgians who came to seek federal jobs last spring have mostly returned poorer and wiser. Some still beg Congress for relief or transport home as Senate Republicans block confirmations. The piece laments the ruination of capable youths who chase unsustainable hopes in the capital.
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Washington
Augusta
Senate Republicans
Company G Returns Home After Night at Waynesborough
Lieut. Col. Bean of the Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry reports that Company G halted near Waynesborough at the foot of South Mountain on the night of the 29th. Capt. Kurtz sought permission to stay in his native village, and the strict Colonel agreed, vowing all would return at sunrise with no man missing. The unit kept its word, returning intact to the march.
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South Mountain
Waynesborough
Capt
Kurtz
Col. Kellogg
Col. Bean
Seventeenth
Pennsyla Cavalry
Philadelphia
End of the Toboggan Craze and Society Fashions
Mild weather ends tobogganing as the season closes. Boxes at the m look like baths. Disreputable parties wane and rice dotted dinner cards trend. Society spendsLimited cash for entertaining while passengers report rough sea tales. Many head South for resorts. red and blue neckties appear with dress suits in Washington. Top social events shrink as Sunday evenings fall out of favor.
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New York Mail
Empress
South
Washington
Reform in Men's Dress Sparks Venetian French Style Trend
Boston Herald reports a shift from somber evening dress by waiters and gentlemen to a Venetian French revival. An outfit features violet velvet doublet with silver embroidery, violet satin trunks, ostrich plume and colored leather shoes. Also notes Red Star Cough Cure claim and Senate judiciary committee urging withholding confirmations when case information is refused.
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Boston Herald
Charles IX
Senate Judiciary Committee
Prominent Judge Endorses St Jacobs Oil as Cure
Hon James Harlan ex Vice-Chancellor Louisville Kentucky declares St Jacobs Oil an extraordinary absolute cure for rheumatism and kindred ailments and urges every family to have it in the home.
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James Harlan
Louisville, Ky
St. Jacobs
Market Reports Chicago Milwaukee Wheat and Corn Prices
Market notes list grain prices from Chicago and Milwaukee including Wheat No. 2 spring at 68 69c and Corn at 36c. Oats 28 28i%c, Rye No. 2 58c, Barley 63 64c, Flaxseed No. 1 1.11, Butter dairy 11 24c, Eggs 194 20c. Shipments show flour 7,000 bbls.
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Milwaukee
Odd Fellows Hold Annual Encampment in St Paul
The annual gathering of the grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows met in St Paul with nearly all officers present and representation from every encampment except four towns. Grand patriarch W K Read summarized a year with 27 members in Austin Encampment No 20, new dispensations granted to St Paul No 15 Union No 14 and Shiller No 5 Minneapolis, and substantial growth totals across the order. New officers were elected and installed with St Paul chosen as next meeting site for February.
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St. Paul
Northfield
Sauk Center
Stillwater
Faribault
W. K. Read
Austin
Union
Shiller No
Minneapolis
E. A. Stevens
Sovereign Grand Lodge
J. Fletcher Williams
W.W. Hartley
Brainerd
W. L H. Wells
Montevideo
J. (. Paschke
Winneago City
J. F. Williams
D. Patterson
Rochester
Ed A. Stevens
Rev. J
Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup Ad
Advertises Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup as a cure for coughs colds throat and lung diseases. Encourages readers to recommend it to friends and have their druggist order a dozen bottles. Free map of Holy Land with medicine. Address Dr C D Warner Chicago Ill. All druggists.
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Warner
Holy Land
C.D. Warner
Chicago
Ill
Congress letters show varied public interest and scams
A Washington letter notes congressmen field letters on gardening seeds pension matters and idle funds while some readings miss items. It cites an Ohio member overwhelmed by publications and describes a Kansas man seeking patent help with a horseshoe. Also mentions a doctor appointment and the death of temperance lecturer John B. Gough.
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Washington
Ohio
Gen. Grosvenor
Congress
Kansas
A Woman's Age and Remedies Featured in Ad Notices
An assortment of medical patent remedies and health claims dominate the page, praising Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery for female irregularities and consumption, along with tonics from Caswell Hazard. Other items note iron tonics, a Maine governor estate, and miscellaneous cures and patent devices.
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Pierce
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