Senate and House debate on irrigation and land bills
The Senate passed two shipping bills and considered a rule for timely votes on the national election measure. The House approved the conference report on the silver bill in identical form, while prospects lingered for amendments to irrigation provisions in the sundry civil bill. Congress faces a slow session with claims disbursement opposition and debates over land and railroad policies, irrigation, and the original package issue.
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West
George
Messrs
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Harris
Senate Caucus Committee
Conference
House
Houses of Congress
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Montana
South Dakota
Chamberlain
Minnesota
Pipestone
John C. Freemont
Cullom
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Washburn
Pettigrew
Congress
E. B Taylor
United States
Culbertson
Texas
Henderson
Iowa
Supreme Court
Nose and reform tale ends with fisherman interruption
A temperance lecturer declares it is never too late to reform. A front-row listener, who says his fishing trip cost $4.60 including travel, interrupts to reveal his nose will heal quickly, then asks the lecture to continue, clearly engaged.
Lizzie's Wedding Plans and a Humorous Family Moment
A sister prepares for a wedding and passes time by cooking for the family. Little John, saying his prayers, pleads for bread but adds a comical line asking that Lizzie not bake it, reflecting a light domestic moment.
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Lizzie
John
Sally's Heroic Rescue From Mountain Avalanche
In Colorado mining country Milton Bruce perishes trapped under a cabin collapse during a December avalanche. Sally, fourteen, crawls from the wreck through a chimney tunnel, then treks miles over a perilous pass in a blizzard to reach the nearby town and summon help for her injured father.
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Milton Bruce
Erie County
New York
Dakota
Colorado
Rocky Mountain Range
Sally
Bruces
Mrs Bruce
Bruce
Rescue of Milton Bruce After Hazardous Journey
A rugged rescue unfolds as miners respond to a life or death crisis. Milton Bruce, nearly dead, is brought to safety in a valley with aid from a miner’s wife and Sally who survived. Bruce credits Sally for risking peril to save both.
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Milton Bruce
Sally
The 68 Cell Tale of a Prisoner’s Redemption
A Norwegian resident in Auburn recalls an episode from Charleston South Carolina about a mother who vowed no one would shut her boy in a dark cell. Years later the man returns to thank the warden’s wife whose kindness aided his reform.
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Auburn
Charleston
New York
Lewiston Journal
Dog Saves Six Men On Hand Car Near East Helena
A Newfoundlander leading a hand car race to keep up with workers near East Helena avoided tragedy at a trestle by lying between the ties as the car approached, saving the men and itself from disaster. The dog’s quick instinct reportedly prevented a deadly fall. The scene was described as the most remarkable intelligence shown by a dumb animal.
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East Helena
Helena Independent
Why Virginia Became the Old Dominion
The Virginia colony resisted Cromwell, declared independence, and invited Charles II to return as king. After he ascended, England granted Virginia a coat of arms alongside England Ireland and Scotland, making Virginia an independent part of the empire known as the Old Dominion.
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Virginia
Old Dominion
Cromwell
New World
England
Ireland
Scotland
George III
St. Louis Republic
Prince of Wales helps blind man cross street inkstand gift
An account from Marlborough House recounts the Prince of Wales aiding a blind man and his dog crossing a busy thoroughfare. In gratitude a massive silver inkstand arrived with an inscription praising the prince for a kind and Christian act, but the donor remains unknown.
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Marlborough House
Prince of Wales
Touching Sister Aid Letter From Brother Will
A New York Star writer recounts a Pittsburgh postal clerk story about a blank envelope found with a letter signed From your brother Will. The letter said he pawned his coat to raise $10 for his starving sister and sent the money to ease her distress.
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New York Star
Pitsburg
Will
Westward the Star of Empire and so Forth
A humorous roundup from the Arizona Kicker via the Detroit Free Press describes an Italian dancing bear incident ending in Col. Siberial Thompson’s death after a bear confrontation. It also details the Kicker editor and Prof. McCall settling a long legal dispute, a mock court scene with Dr Belinger the so called consumption cure, and a Niagara Falls reminiscence of a schoolmaster and a former pupil’s vow of revenge, ending in swift discipline.
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Star of Empire
Arizona
Detroit Free Press
Siberial Thompson
Register of Deeds
West
The
Kicker
McCall
Coroner
Knight
Lone Tree
B. B. Belinger
Royal College of Medicine of London
Belinger
Remarkable Pen Forgery Plagues U.S. Treasury
A Washington Star report details a unique forger who crafts flawless counterfeit notes entirely with a pen. He produces about two notes a year, usually fifties or twenties, with notes appearing irregularly from different cities. The forger seems a monomaniac of means, likely passing time with vanity rather than profit, as authorities scramble to catch him between six month production intervals.
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Washington Star
United States Secret Service
Treasury
Anaes
Secret
Haunted house on avenue de Saxe spooks Lyons
Residents in Lyons flock to the house on avenue de Saxe as noises of rappings and tapping terrify the public. Police inspect cupboards ceilings and walls but find no solution while the “ghost” evades capture and rest periods occur during inquiries.
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Avenue de Saxe
Lyons
Myron Reed and the Honest Baby
A reflective piece contrasts a newborn's unfiltered nature with adult civilization. The baby embodies raw possibility and natural charm, while the speaker critiques grown men who hide disagreeable traits, arguing honesty and childhood frankness would create a safer world.
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Myron Reed
Canadian candy shocks a visiting American lady
An American lady recalls entering a Canadian candy store and sampling varieties only to find cayenne pepper in each piece. She complains about being expected to sample and asserts plans to inform her United States senator uncle, joking about annexation and marrying a French prince.
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The
New York Tribune
Canada
United States
Europe
Balking Horses Explain Causes and Driver Mistakes
The New York Times explains balking in horses results from mismanagement, excitement, or lack of pulling know-how. A free horse may react with a jump that stalls the load, followed by whipping and shouting that harms both horse and team.
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New York Times
Making Nickels And Pennies From Copper And Nickel
The copper from Calumet and Hecla and Lake Superior is shipped to Merchant & Co. in Connecticut where it is rolled and stamped into plain circles. Pennies are bright as gold, nickels resemble polished silver, then sent to the mint for final stamping requiring ten to fifteen tons of pressure to produce the coins.
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Calumet & Hecla Mining Company
Lake Superior
Merchant & Co
Connecticut
Philadelphia Inquirer
Where Our Greatest Wealth Is Col Hinton Forum
Col Richard J Hinton discusses the American West in the Forum tracing the 98th meridian west to North Platte and Fort Worth. He contrasts 1865 solitude with current growth: railroads telegraph wires miles of lines and rising per capita wealth across eight-to-nine states and territories. The piece notes vast public lands west of the meridian and the continental center near the Bay of San Francisco with Alaska and Asian reach.
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Greenwich
St. Paul
North Platte
Nebraska
Fort Worth
Texas
Mesapangee
United States
Alaska
Bay of
San Francisco
Siberian
Asia
Golden Gate
Unrest Grips Russian Court After Gatchina Exposé
Alarm leads the royal entourage from Gatschina to Peterhof amid reports of hidden excavations in a cellar under the imperial apartments and a suspected dynamite danger. The emperor dines only from food prepared in a kitchen beside his library under Empress oversight. Poison safeguards multiply as eggs are avoided due to needle-based tampering. A news note adds a found three year old deserted child near Castana now in good care.
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Gatschina
Peterhof
Castana
Miss Larkins Finds Cure in Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
A sick feeble woman named Miss Larkins suffers from liver impurities and stomach burning. She buys a supply of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and soon improves, claiming it as the best remedy for bronchial throat and lung diseases and diseases from impure blood and a disordered liver.
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Miss Larkins
Dr. Pierce
Syrup of Fig Public Endorsement State
A description praises the California liquid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs for its pleasing taste and appearance. It claims gentle action on the kidneys liver and bowels and states it cleanses the system effectively promoting health and comfort for all users.
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California
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