Congressional News from the Senate and House in Late February
Congress completed the conference report on northern territories and sent it to the president for signature. The president released correspondence with Great Britain on Lord Sackville West's dismissal. Sioux bill advances with changes. Indian funds and land boundaries tweaked. House debates election timing, futures legislation, and rules for tobacco tax repeal. Senate and House consider pensions vetoes, Oklahoma bill prospects, and the Jackson era holiday resolution.
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Congress
Conference Committee
House of Representatives
Great Britain
Lord Sackville West
United States
Senate Committee On Indian Affair
House
Indian Defense Association
Boards of Trade
Des Moines
Committee On Public Buildings
Thomas D. Pister
Morgan
Fister
Supervising Architect
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Pine Ridge
Pass Creek
White River
la Follette
Wisconsin
Randall
Committee On Rules
Committee On Ways and Means
Carlisle
Mills and Randall
Reed and Cannon
Tresday
William R. Wheaton
Charles H. Chamberlain
California
Register and Receiver of the Land Office of
Sabin
Davis
Spooner
Representative Glass
Committee On Agriculture
Messrs
Peel
Allen
Mississippi
Nelson
Sayers
Scott
Col
Lamont
Hayes
Iowa
Springer
Idaho
Wyoming
Arizona
Dreams and Nightmares Across Time and Space
From the Argosy an exploration of dreams as universal yet varied experiences. It surveys how physical sensations, symbols, and even collective conditions influence dreaming, with examples from a French physiologist and Conrad Gesner. The piece notes shared episodes of mass dreaming among troops and the mysterious persistence of fearsome dream figures like a black dog.
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Cairo
Conrad Gesner
Laurent
Minnesota in Brief A list of local ills and events
A wild mix of Minnesota notes covers a new $5,000 Rock Creek creamery to open by April 1, a Plainview mutual fire company, an old settlers association in Winona, and the death of Faribault pioneer Joseph Richardson at 75. Also reported are a St Cloud temperance league, gunpowder mishap in Morris, a stolen horse in Rochester, Wabasha reunion, a fatal snow plow incident at Red Lake Falls, a Red Wing pastor’s wife injured, a trespass suit near Red Wing, a Vermillion man knocked from a Milwaukee train, reopened Wabasha schools after diphtheria, a civil service candidate, bail in a Duluth case, a Mankato depot fire, plans for a Lutheran college at Albert Lea, Nickerson House fire in Owatonna, a court liquor action in Northfield, a Pipestone butcher found insane, a Sauk Center Grove Lake mail route cut, Prairie Island relief funds, a wave of religious conversions in several counties, Plainview post master contest with A J Carroll favored, and a divorce suit in Freeborn county.
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Rock Creek
Plainview
Winona County
Joseph Richardson
Faribault
St. Cloud
Joseph Strobinger
Morris
Rochester
Wabasha County
Red Lake Falls
Northern Pacific
Turner
A. Turner
Methodist
Red Wing
G. F. Meyers
Featherstone Township
Goodhue County
Red Wing and
Duluth Railroad
Northwestern
Mankato Junction
Mankato
Banks
Lutheran College
Albert Lea
Nickerson
Owatonna
Charles E. Nickerson
Archimedes at the Lever and Editor’s Apology
A Leman Iowa Globe note mocks past errors and outlines the editor’s apologies for mistakes in prior issues. The piece humorously lists tasks editors perform from hunting news to printing, distribution, finances, and responding to readers while wearing worn attire and facing criticism.
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Leman
Iowa
Globe
Disappearance Recalled as King Couple Reported Safe
New York readers recall John J. King former publisher of the Key-note and his wife Mrs Isadore Martinez King. They vanished after leaving for South America a year and a half ago with unverified river drowning reports. Recent letters claim their safe arrival in London from Buenos Ayres.
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New York
John J. King
South America
Mr. King
Key-note
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway 1888 financials
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway issues a preliminary 1888 statement showing gross earnings of 24 867 730 54 dollars and net income of 7 708 551 08 with a year end surplus of 119 302 34. Gross earnings declined by 98 393 42 while operating expenses rose by 2 050 650 59 and interest on indebtedness increased by 592 339 11.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Hints for the Home and Domestic Tricks
Household tips cover stain removal by scalding water for wet linen, and a method to revive granulated butter allure in markets. Other guidance includes felon treatment with cloth, camphor spirits, and hemp suspension. Also discussed are sock repairs by reusing old stockings and sewing heels and soles.
Onions as a Remedy for Colds and Cough
The Chicago Ledger suggests well boiled or roasted onions for chest cold relief. It claims onions aid coughs and bronchial blockage, and eating freely at onset may shorten severe colds for most people with good digestion.
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Chicago Ledger
Ramp Steak Roulades with Olives in Parsley Bacon
Cut two pounds of ramp steak into four inch by two inch pieces. Sprinkle with pepper and parsley, wrap each with a thin bacon slice and tie. Brown in suet, then simmer in a flour-thickened stock gravy for one hour. Add olives boiled separately, finish in sauce and serve around the rolls.
Maintaining Shoes for Longevity and Care
Regular wearers should treat shoes with routine care to extend life. Clean dust from creases, brush, and store in a bag or box away from dust. Rub new shoes with castor oil before wear to keep leather pliable and prevent cracking. boots worn daily need more frequent oiling.
Nosegay of Old Fashioned Health Hints from Various Sources
A collection of brief, practical health tips and household advice assembled from various sources. The notes cover digestion after meals, preserving fabrics, ink stain removal, plant care, and ventilation. The tone mimics a general-interest column offering common-sense guidance.
Proverb Insight Sparks Morning Debate at Home
Mr. Dusenberry praises proverbs for their laconic logic while Mrs. Dusenberry suggests practical wisdom from daily routines. The exchange turns on the line Straws show what way the wind blows and a quip about sifting ashes to gauge direction.
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Mr. Dusenberry
Mrs. Dusenberry
Creation
Detroit Free Press
Character and the will shaping lifelong habits
The passage argues that character endures through energetic action and disciplined decision. The will, as the core force of character, must be trained to habit forming decisions to resist evil or pursue good. Without steady practice, yielding even slightly can start a downhill path toward ruin.
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B. F. Johnson & Co
Main St
Richmond Va
The Farm and Winter Dairying Advancements
Col Curtis at Kirby Homestead converts sixteen pounds of milk into a pound of butter and argues winter dairying can outprofit summer with proper warmth shelter ensilage hay and careful feeding. The piece covers butter flavoring remedies herd care tools care of hooves and coop design plus notes on corn seed selection swine and colt care with practical nursing and feeding guidance.
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Col. Curtis
Kirby Homestead
New York State
Farming World
Right Password but Wrong Smell in Tem perance Division
A high officer of the Sons of Temperance, reeking of grog, is challenged at a division door by an Irish sentinel who tests his password. The exchange reveals the man is known, yet he seems intoxicated, and the sentinel notes the wrong smell despite correct password usage.
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Sons of Temperance
O’ Wright
Khaintucky
Jim
Pat
Son of Timperance
Virgin
Saint Patherick
Scott
Joan Scaivas
Morganza
Cornmeal vs Whole Corn Beef Cost Study
Professor Henry conducted steer experiments to compare feed costs with whole corn versus cornmeal. He found beef from cornmeal plus hay and bran costs about 5 percent more than beef from whole corn with the same feeding components.
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Henry
Saw-mill accident in Villa Rica costs man his arm
Eldorado Roberts, working at a Villa Rica saw-mill, had his right arm severed by a running saw. He walked about four hundred yards to a hotel holding his hand in his left, a doctor amputated the arm two inches above the elbow later.
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Eldorado Roberts
Villa Rica
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