Senate Action and Debates Shape Legislation
The Senate passed a house bill restoring withdrawn lands to the public domain under homestead rules with restrictions for reservoirs along the Mississippi headwaters. It debated tariff measures, pensions, and river improvements, while the House caucused on silver and a service pension bill and discussed McKinley tariff concerns.
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Kansas Today
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Columbia River
Oregon Railway Extension Company
Blair
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Big Sioux
Fort Benton
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Committee On Public Buildings and
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City boy repays girl with ten cents in union square
A 10 year old gamin returned a dropped handkerchief to a lady in Union Square. She offered a reward, but he declined a mansion on Fifth Avenue and asked instead for a hundred dollars, saying taxes are high and jobs are scarce. She gave ten cents and thanks.
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Union Square
Fifth Avenue
New York Sun
Insurance of babies in New York industry debate
The Chicago Herald notes that baby insurance in New York costs five cents weekly per child and can protect very poor families against extreme financial loss if a death occurs. It also warns of abuses when careless or heartless parents have a direct financial stake in a child’s death.
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New York
Chicago Herald
Ah Lee the Chinaman and the Sunday Rescue
A Chinese worker Ah Lee endures mistreatment on Dr. Morgan’s California vineyard. After a confrontation with foreman Murphy, Ah Lee contemplates vengeance but saves Murphy’s son Tommie from drowning and narrowly survives a landslide. Dr. Morgan and Murphy reconcile as Ah Lee recovers and returns to singing on Saturdays.
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Ah Lee
California
Murphy
Dr. Morgan
Tommie
Benne
Tooth Pain and Travel Lead to Dentist's Rescue in Nevada
Mr Fuller recalls a brutal toothache endured in Nevada. Miners tried to yank the tooth with jackknives, acids offered temporary relief, and a painful 150 mile journey to Austin followed. At last a makeshift dentist on a soap box extracted the tooth, yielding lasting gratitude for dentists.
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Mr. Fuller
Nevada
Austin
Young Captain Nelse Valleaux Subdues Giant Wolf in Prairie Feat
Twelve to nineteen year old Capt Nelse Valleaux rode a Montana horse to chase a huge gray wolf. After three failed rounds the youth looped the wolf, dragged it toward a cut bank, toppled it, then suspended it by the saddle rope and dismounted to kill the animal with stones. The horse remained calm throughout the daring rescue.
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Nelse Valleaux
Montana
Nelse
Fort Benton Press
Insects in Drugs Demonstrated by Chemists' Assistants
At a meeting of the Chemists' Assistants association disquieting specimens were shown to prove the presence of insects and germs in various pharmaceutical preparations. A crushed linseed sample from a wholesale firm, stored in a wooden cask, illustrated the danger of applying a poultice containing thousands of insects to an open wound, especially if made with hot water.
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Chemists’ Assistants’ Association
London Lancet
Dignity of the Senate Chair as Figurehead
A Philadelphia Telegraph corresp considers the senate presiding officer’s role dull and futile when lacking voting power. The piece notes that long speeches leave the chair idle while substitutes fill in, citing Ingalls as an example of boredom relief through leg-poking. It remarks veterans view the duty as convenience for new senators.
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Senate
Grim Decimals in Labour Liability Debate
A legislative session debated a bill to fix employer liability for work accidents. A proponent cited average relatives per deceased laborer: widows 0.5, children 1.9, dependent parents 0.2. An opposing remark humorously noted the wife and parents would not count without the children. The moment was ruled out of order and the discussion continued.
Notable New England Old Maid in The Christian Union
A sympathetic sketch profiles a New England old maid who is stern yet kind. She nurses a town aristocrat to death and quips about the Lord's overcoat. In the burying ground she notices Memento Mori on a grave and jokes she never knew Jem Smith’s daughters married a Mori.
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Christian Union
New England
Jem Smith
Mr. Mori
Estelle Clayton shirt for ladies gains favor
A New Article of Dress describes the Estelle Clayton shirt for women. It matches a man’s shirt in bosom collar and cuffs but is shorter with a waist drawing string. The piece praises its practicality, proposing the Clayton name as a shorter label.
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Estelle Clayton
Clayton
New York Commercial Advertiser
Profit in Bobtailed Wood Chucks
Unadilla pays ten cents for a woodchucks tail with the aim of exterminating the pests. Boys trap and tail woodchucks then release them to allow rearing of young. Farmers warn that bounty will overwhelm the town if not stopped. town board will vote to repeal the bounty ordinance.
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Unadilla
Albany Journal
Falls near Niagara claim close English tourist
English tourist Louis Sinclair climbed rocks for a better view at Niagara. The danger rose as water boiled up, trapping him. Philadelphia's Joseph R. Wilson waded in to rescue Sinclair, who clung to Wilson’s coat and both barely avoided the precipice.
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Louis Sinclair
Niagara
Joseph R. Wilson
Philadelphia
Sinclair
Wilson
Girls and Pets in Washington Critic Tone
A Washington Critic note observes slender girls walking with slim Italian greyhounds along Connecticut Avenue. The piece riffs on perceptions of fitness and aesthetics, contrasting lean figures and small hounds with stout girls amid remarks about fat versus lean appearances. It keeps a witty, reflective tone about public commentary and style.
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Connecticut Avenue
Washington
Women Barbers in London Open a Gentlemen Saloon
Miss Mantalini in Pall Mall Gazette argues that women should be employed as barbers for men. She contends a trained staff of lady hairdressers would attract customers and that men’s hair is easier to cut than women’s, though shaving would require proficiency.
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Miss Mantalini
Pall Mall Gazette
Shupe Wins 15000 From Louisiana State Lottery
Mr William H Shupe who recently won 15000 in the Louisiana State Lottery drawing visited our sanctum on Tuesday He said the money reached him last Saturday via a draft sent through Adams Express to Circleville The Second National Bank there cashed the draft and the Lottery Company promptly arranged transport He has invested in the company for twenty five months and held one twentieth of ticket No 21303 which drew the first capital prize of 300000 Adelphi Ohio News May 16.
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William H. Shupe
Louisiana State Lottery Company
Shupe
Adams Express Agency
Circleville
Second National Bank
Adelphi
Ohio
Talkative Old Man Recounts Forty Year Drinking Spree
An elderly man in a car shares a humorous yet candid confession from Wilson Missouri. He recalls a long drinking spree tied to a 43 year old whig banquet, and how his wife urged him to quit to save his newspaper career. He emphasizes quitting, bath breaks, and the hard work ahead.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Wilson
Missouri
Hot Springs
Godfrey
Arkansaw Traveler
The Coming Man Vision of Future Human Evolution
Professor Thurston in North American Review imagines future humans evolving to meet a more complex civilization. He foresees brains, vital powers, and lungs expanding while muscles grow less central, with digestion and energy conversion aligned to intellect and soul.
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Professor Thurston
North American Review
A good book, a shining moral in fiction
A quote from Ladies' Home Journal extols a good book as one that shows life’s bright side, exposes small vices and great sins, honors virtue in men and women, rewards the good, condemns the wicked, and inspires faith in a benevolent Creator. It praises works that elevate thoughts and character.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Gopher Hole Resurrects After Twenty Nine Years
A Georgia farmer built a log kitchen floor over a gopher hole in 1861. He left for war, returning to find the hole filled by time and later disturbed signs revealed the gopher emerging after twenty nine years, startling the family.
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Georgia
Bullock
Sherman
Not a Good Test Doctor's Parish Popularity Joke
In a Morham manse after a communion service the late Dr. Cook jokes that his increased collection is ninepence due to his popularity, admitting he contributed the extra sixpence himself. The anecdote features Dr. Cook and Dr. Forsyth in a Scottish parish setting.
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Cook
Heddington
Forsyth
Morham
Scotland
Divine
Sugar Plant Investment Promises in Denver
Claus Spreckels, the sugar king, offers to invest 1 500 000 in a large Denver sugar plant if matching 1 500 000 is raised in stock here. He plans to build and equip a 3 000 000 refinery and begin operation in two years, per the Denver Republican.
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Colorado
Claus Spreckels
Denver
Mr. Spreckles
Denver Republican
The Crowd and Cotton Pitcher Namesake Hopes for Change
The New York World notes a western baseball pitcher nicknamed Cotton who is cheered by fans with phrases like See em batting Cotton and Look at Cotton batting. He contemplates seeking a legislative name change due to the constant audience banter.
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Cotton
New York World
Have to be identified in bank and restaurant tale
A New York Sun item recalls a Buffalo restaurant owner who must identify bank tellers and later enforces the rule at his own table. The teller, deterred by the rule, learns the owner’s policy applies to all bank officials, prompting a comic clash.
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New York Sun
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Paymaster Van Vleet and the masked ball nose tale
A Chicago anecdote retold by Mr. J. W. McNeal recounts Paymaster Van Vleet, a famed bachelor with a bulbous nose, who at a mask ball is challenged to remove his mask. He humorously deflects, claiming no mask, while the remark about his nose elicits laughter from all. The tale showcases sharp social wit in Washington circles.
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J. W. McNeal
van Vleet
Washington
Indianapolis News
Henry George Silently Stages a Quick Exit
In California Henry George, long-winded at a Fourth of July event, delivered most of a 17 column speech. After an hour of talking, gallery impatience rose as he paused mid question and a voice rang out Who will Henry George prompting laughter, and he quietly folded his papers and left.
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Henry George
California
Only His Grave Remains
A friendless old man in a Maine town mortgaged his farm to enter the Maine General hospital and die but lingered through winter. Hospital word ordered immediate burial, yet the sick man may recover and return to find an open grave awaiting him in the lonely village churchyard.
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Maine General Hospital
Boston Record
Syrup of Figs and Brown's Bronchian Trocites Promote Health
The advert extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant laxative for children and a gentle family remedy for costiveness and biliousness. It also touts Brown's Bronchian Trocites from 1850 as a universal cure for colds, coughs, asthma, and bronchitis, claiming unmatched success.
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Brown
Mrs Ramsay and the Robbers Trust the Lord's Money
In a stormy night two robbers broke into the home of Rev Mr Ramsay a Methodist minister and demanded the family treasure. Mrs Ramsay lit a candle led them to the drawer and declared this is all we have to live on the Lord's money. They left and the money remained untouched the next morning. Conscience prevailed and the outcome was peaceful.
The Bright Student Saved By Dr. Pierce’s Medicine
A sixteen year old boy falls ill with a cough and consumption symptoms. After trying Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery his health returns, his cheeks grow rosy, and he graduates with highest honors, remaining the pride of his class.
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Pierce
Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy Claims Cure for Nasal Catarrh
An advertisement touts Chronic Nasal Catarrh cured by Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Priced at 50 cents, available through druggists.
Woman is the cork to many a bottled secret
A compact adage notes that women often serve as the quiet restraint on hidden stories. The saying frames women as custodians of private matters whose restraint preserves propriety and discretion in social circles.
A Sure Deliverance From Bilious Ailments With Bitters
An advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a prompt remedy for a bilious habit and liver disorders. It claims relief from right side pains, shoulder blade ache, sick headache, nausea, constipation, and yellowish skin after a short period of use, restoring digestive tone.
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