Pension for Gen Thomas widow and Nicaraguan treaty talks
In Senate action Mr Miller proposed raising Gen Thomas widow’s pension to 1000 dollars a year matching Admiral Farragut’s. Executive session confirmed William Richardson as chief justice and John Davies as judge of the Court of Claims, replacing Drake retired. confirmations included A W Hall collector Milwaukee and J J Cutter Parker Oak postmaster. Debate on McPherson note bill and Potter Hewitt plan to swap bonds. prospects dim for passage before the House adjourns.
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Miller
Cal
Gen. H. Thomas
Admiral Farragut
William A. Reehardson
Court of Claims
John Davies
District of Columbia
Davies
Richardson
Drake
A. W. Hall
Milwaukee
J. J. Cutter
Parker
Oak
Morgan
Sherman
Great Britain
Hovig
United States
Potter and Hewitt
New York
Michigan
Potter
Hewitt
Sabin Bill Advances Homestead Relief For Settlers
Senate notes show Mr Sabin introducing a bill to grant settlers under the homestead law one year from entry to establish residence on lands. Hear offers a resolution to place a marble tablet in the Senate wing marking Vice President Henry Wilsons death date. Pension for Emma DeLong widow of shoemaker DeLong favored. interstate commerce debate continues with Van Wyck backing railroad regulation. House reports conference disagreement on Atlantic & Pacific land grant forfeiture. Oregon Central forfeiture non-concurring. private calendar focus and pension bills opening session.
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Senate
Sabin
Senator Sabin
Hear
Henry Wilson
Committee On Pensions
Emma DeLong
Soammaker DeLong
Jeannette Fame
van Wyck
House
Morgan
Senate Debates Interstate Commerce Bill and Amendments
The senate debated an interstate commerce bill as Mr Slater’s amendment to prohibit water rates for short hauls failed 9 to 1. Mr Wilson’s amendment increased commissioners from 5 to 9, requiring not more than 5 from one party and from each of nine judicial districts. The house bill, taken up by unanimous consent, faced amendments after the enacting clause. The house then moved to amend and the chamber moved into committee on the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill amid partisan clash over reciprocity and tariff issues.
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Senate
Slater
Wilson
Yeas
United States
House
Cuslom
Senate honors Henry B. Anthony with tributes and reports
The Senate adopted resolutions mourning Henry B. Anthony Rhode Island senator and paid tribute to his character and service. A public printer’s report notes Senate printing costs for the year and House printing figures. The House passed no major measures, and a tax enforcement bill on spirits in bonded warehouses was introduced. A Porter reinstatement appeal paper was presented to the president and referred to the military affairs committee for likely favorable report.
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Aldrich
R L
Henry B. Anony
Rhode Isla
Mesars
Edmunds
Bayard
Pendleton
Garland
Ingall
Morris
Hoar
Hawley
Butler
Sheffield
House
United States
Orient
Gen
Slocum
Congress
Fitz John Porter
Porter
Bullitt
Philadelphia
Military Affairs Committee
Senate Hears Land Bill and Commission for Red River Crossing
The senate examines public lands measures including a bill validating certain patents and withdrawals after improvement grants. A commission to locate the 100th meridian crossing the Red River is funded at 10100 dollars. Nominees for federal posts are reported, and eulogies are paid for late Rep. John H. Evins as the house honors his memory before adjournment.
Minnesota Masons hear address and approve annual rule
The annual communication of the grand lodge of Masons of Minnesota held in St Paul drew about 145 lodges with most grand officers present. Grand Master Denny opened, J A Kiester delivered the oration, and a rule requiring lodges to file reports by Jan 1 was adopted. Officers were elected and installed, including H R Denny and R 7 Gove as grand master and grand master respectively. Several local incidents and business notices followed, including shipper ties, bank failures, and a fire at Ed Foote & Co. shoe store.
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St. Paul
Denny
J. A. Kiester
Blue Earth
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R. 7
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Gove
Pierson
G. W. Lamson
E. Ashley
Brown's Valley
Folsom
Taylor Falls
A. Barto
Sank Center
Minnesota Firemen's Association Session at St Cloud
The Minnesota Firemen's Association held a two day session in St Cloud Stearns county with 94 delegates and 21 departments represented. Officers elected include President J A Collar and Secretary R O Strong. The banquet was hosted by St Cloud residents and the State Firemen's Relief Association followed with 257 members and 7 deaths reported. adjourned to meet in Shakopee next year.
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St. Cloud
Stearns County
McDonald
St Cloud
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J. A. Collar
Shakopee
H. F. Woodward
Fergus
W. C. Mitchell
Albert Lea
St. Paul
W. M. Brackett
Minneapolis
O. L. Cutter
Anoka
State Firemen's Relief Association
State Fire Association
F. M. Snyder
Bled Wing
W. E. Hawkins
Stillwater
Frank EF. Joy
St Paul
John Bell
J. Kerwin
O. Strong
L C. Conway
A. H. Rynge
John Beil
Old Second Minnesota Holds Annual Reunion in St Paul
More than 100 veterans attended the Second Minnesota reunion at St Paul with Gen Bishop, Gen Johnson, Gov Ramsey, and other officers delivering remarks. The gathering voted to meet annually on Mill Springs anniversary, Jan 19, and the evening featured war stories and social mingling.
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Bishop
Bove
Gogne
K. W. Johnson
Golden Shore
Samborn
Jomison
Marshall
Ramsey
Sprance
Minnesota county auditors take no tax law amendment recommendations
Minnesota county auditors met in St Paul to discuss tax laws and decided to make no recommendations. The report mentions various local figures, institutions, and events across the state, including marriages, resignations, and civic notices.
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St Paul
Tea Houses of Moscow and the tea drinking habit
A Moscow letter describes traktirs or tea houses crowded at all hours with patrons from merchants to bankers. Patrons bow to a corpulent smiling patron of the cup, engaging in business and social affairs while drinking tchai. Tea drinking is portrayed as a national institution in Moscow.
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Tartary
Ooral
Nishni- Novgorod
A Doctor's Diary From the Sanitarian Pocket Notes
A fragmentary diary from a neighboring city suggests the owner was a medical man. Entries describe cases of illness in a washwoman, a man living with a partner, and an elderly woman, with crude treatments and dubious payments. The tone hints at illegal or unethical medical practices recorded in a casual street notebook.
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Mary An Perkins
Bisnes
Kase
Tummes Krink
Nirishman
Paddy Molony
Sikness
Fisik
Boggs
Grant at Shiloh Under Tree Amid Rainstorm
General Grant recalls the brutal first night after the Shiloh battle as a rain drenched stretch of danger. He describes sleeping under a tree, suffering a swollen ankle, and moving to a log house hospital where wounded were being treated and amputations performed to save life.
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Drunken Preacher Resigns From Philadelphia Episcopal Church
Reverend Alexander B. Crawford, a Philadelphia Episcopal minister, became intoxicated during a service before about 450 worshippers. He confessed distress, preached no sermon, then left, resigning from his pastorate, ministry, and church membership, returning to Vermont and forfeiting a $3,000 yearly salary.
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Crawford
Vermont
Stamp Production Scale Aims at 80 Workers per Plant
It requires 80 men and women to man the processes of stamp manufacturing and 700,000,000 stamps are produced each year across the sector.
Secretary Frelinghuysen Nearing 68 Next August
Secretary Frelinghuysen will be 68 years old next August, marking another milestone in his long public service career and prompting reflections on his tenure and future plans.
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The Tramp and the Lumber Yard Hero
John Proctor, a young lumberman in a western town, helps a hungry tramp find work and money, guards his five thousand dollars, and battles a devastating fire. The encounter tests pride, reveals Annie’s memory, and ends with Proctor choosing humility and allegiance to love over wealth.
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Annie
Western
Prairies
Central Illinois
Hulloa
Janez & Signor
The Man Who Saved His Life In A Lone Hotel
John Proctor carries a wounded stranger into a hotel after a night of danger among lumber piles. The man, once a Michigan lumber sorter, pleads for a chance at steadiness and a future, while Proctor arranges care and seeks a surgeon. The rescued man vows repayment and hints at responsibility for a yard foremanship once recovered.
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John Proctor
Wisconsin
Atchison
McLean
Seven Boys Help Widow With Wood In Moonlit Act Of Kindness
On a moonlit evening Charlie and six companions used saws axes and a shovel to haul split and pile wood for Widow Bradley who was caring for a sick child. The boys secretly worked overnight delivering warmth and relief. The next morning the widow found her doorstep wood and gratitude.
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Thave
Fred
Nathan
Bradley
Beds of the German Peasantry and English land woes
The article describes German peasant bed niches built into exterior walls with straw beds and feather covers, and notes English land depreciation. An Devonshire estate sold for 8000 pounds after prior offers of 18000. wheat averages drop to 31s per quarter, or 28s 6d in some places, prompting talk of feudal land tenure upheaval.
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Devonshire
Globe
Land Restoration League
Henry George
Land
How Whiskey Is Made A Nebraska correspondent explains whiskey making
A New York Sun description details ground meal from corn or rye mixed with barley malt in exact ratios, water at 150 then 190 degrees, washing, drawing off beer, and adding more water. It covers fermentation, distillation, fusil oil, and charcoal purification, noting raw whiskey’s harsh taste and the dilution to about 25 percent water and remaining distillation byproducts.
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New York Sun
Nebraska
Reform urged to curb wedding gift excess
A Providence couple's plentiful wedding gifts prompt calls for reform. The piece laments indiscriminate present giving as a burden for both givers and receivers, suggesting restricting gifts to close relatives and personal friends to restore meaning.
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Samuel J. Tilden
New Zealand Songstress Endorses St Jacobs Oil
Madame Marie Carandini of Wellington writes to the Core New Zealand Telegraph that she has used St Jacobs Oil and found relief from rheumatism and neuralgic pains, endorsing the remedy.
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Wellington
N. Z
New Zealand Telegraph
St. Jacobs
Washington lands policy sparks tenure debate in Northwest
Bailiwicks report Secretary Teller voided many cash entries on public lands in Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin and other western territories arguing lands taken as railroad land were not offered for sale thus not open to settler entry. Legislators consider bills to protect good faith buyers while disputing a surge of squatters. News notes Gladstone health as mild catarrh and fatigue with hope for recovery.
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Bornton Hearld
Lhst
Teller
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Palmer
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House
Carboline Brings Relief From Grief of Aging
A historical verse fragment notes Carboline as a remedy that can retrieve spirits and ease the fullest griefs, signaling hope for those troubled by aging and its sighs. The lines imagine medicine soothing sorrow and restoring vitality.
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Carboline
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