Senate actions on Indian land allotment and bills
Senator Dawes bill to allot lands to Indians on reservations passed the senate with exceptions for Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Seneca lands. Other measures included meat inspection for export, anti adulteration provisions, naturalization law amendments, and funding bills. debate on the Hennepin canal and pension appropriation occurred amid partisan exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawes
Senate
Indian Territory
New York
J. Edmunds
Mr. Edmunds
Committee On Foreign Relations
Ite
United States
Judiciary Committee
Voorhees
Military Academy
Eads
Murphy
Hennepin Canal
Senate Debates on Chinese Emigration Treaty Abrogation Bill
Senate Mr Mitchell of Oregon spoke in favor of abrogating treaties allowing Chinese emigration to the United States. Education bill as yet further considered. Adjourned till Monday. House substitutes Hanback and Pulitzer for investigation of telephone matter reported and adopted after debate. Resolution instructing post office committee to assess need for more telegraphic monopoly legislation adopted. Immediate deficiency bill reported. Evening session held to consider private pension bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Mitchell
Oregon
United States
House
Committee On Rules
Post Office Committee
Senate Sees President Intervene in Senate Deliberations
A long minority report from the judiciary committee questions the president’s refusal to transmit papers on suspensions from office. Edmands likens the President’s actions to royal interference, arguing no precedent exists for a president dictating Senate deliberations. The Senate criticizes the president while House measures include patent law repeal and proposed new departments and tariffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Pugh
Judiciary Committee
Beth
Edmunds
Charles
Parliament
Republic
United States
House of Congress
State of the Union
Senate of the
Department of Justice
President nominates consuls and rear admiral
The president sent Senate nominations for Henry A. Johnson to the District of Columbia at Venice, Mortimer A. Turner of Arkansas at St. Thomas, and William Troxton as rear admiral. Congress debates Blair education bill and a resolution inviting the sixteen American republics to meet in Washington on March 4, 1876, to mark the U S centennial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SexaTe
Senate
Henry Albert Johnson
District of Columbia
Venice
Mortimer A. Turner
Arkansas
St. Thomas
William Troxton
Gorman
Washington
United States
Senate approves education bill amid amendments and nominations
The Senate spent most of the day debating the education bill with several amendments. New bills were introduced to permit commercial travelers to operate nationwide, allocate 292,394 dollars for postmasters salaries, and amend the sinking fund act. A Beck resolution requested treasury insights on debt payments and how current laws affect the sinking fund until 44 percent bonds mature, alongside a presidential nomination slate for military officers and consular posts including Joshua T. Child to Siam and William Gordon to Medellin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Beck
Secretary of the Treasury
Alexander Chambers
Twentyfirst Infantry
Seventeenth Infantry
John S. Poland
Eighteenth Infantry
Twenty-first Infantry
George K. Brady
Twenty-third Infantry
William ©. Manning
William A. Nichols
James Lockett
Fourth Cavalry
Joshua T. Child
Missouri
Siam
William Gordon
New York
Medellin
Valentines Set Off A Quiet New York Mystery
Miss Jean Lyddy and Abigail in a Bleecker Street house cling to memory and gossip amid lodgers. The two elderly women, once fashionable, live simply with a dining room ritual as they watch silhouettes of Altmonty, Jones, Lispenard, and others drift through their sheltered world.
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Maryann
Bathsheba Everdene
Valentine
Mr. Boldwood
Jean Lyddy
Abigail
Bathsheba
Miss Lyddy
Bleecker Street
Jean
Beecker Street
Chemical Bank
Miss Jean
Miguel Altmonty
Altmonty
Vignot
Alfred Perkins
Jones
Jones-Lispenard
Autres Temps
Autres Moveurs
Tom Jones
Niblo’s
Eighth Avenue
Philadelphia Mail
Rachel
Dr. von Glaeber
King Lear
Cordelia
Saint Valentine Moves a Longing Russian Doctor to Love
In a New York parlor, Miss Jean and Abigail console Dr. Von Glaeber, a Russian scholar grieving for a missing daughter and son. A valentine with psalms inspires him, reveals his hardship, and lights a path to love and marriage with Miss Jean, as Mary Gay Humphreys portrays a tale of mercy and quiet renewal.
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Lear
Ted
Jean
Abigail
Miss Jean
von Glaeber
Dr. von Glaeber
Dr. von Glacker
Russia
Siberia
Germany
England
America
St. Valentine
Jean Lyddy
Bleecker Street
St. Valentine's
Mary Gay Humphreys
Turkeys in Cal court trigger courthouse rumpus
In Colusa county California a turkey case sparked a juror brawl as tables and chairs flew in the jury room. A constable found one juror pinned while another struck him during the heated argument over the case. Separately Mary Morand of Jackson Mississippi serves ten years as state librarian and is the sole woman elected to office in the state.
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Colusa County
Cal
Mary Morand
Jackson
Miss
Chubby and the Christmas Invitation
A London street scene on Christmas Eve follows a ragged boy named Chubby who endures cold and crowds. He questions Jesus and Christmas party invitations, then dreams of a kinder world as children invite him to a heavenly party. The tale ends with his rescue and a grim exit as authorities remove him.
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Jerome K. Jerome
Duke of Clarence
Bob
Chubby
Willy Norris
Strand
Avimi
Jesus
Wellington at Waterloo A Romantic War Vision
A vivid Civil War era engraving concept places Wellington on horseback with his staff watching the battle unfold. The scene shifts from bugle to charge as the Allied line favors victory and Napoleon’s reserves falter. Blucher’s Prussian force finally arrives and Waterloo is decided.
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Wellington
England
Impan
Iron Duke
Blucher
Waterloo
Apoleon
Grain and pork quotes from Milwaukee and nearby markets
Market notes list grain prices and shipments for Wheat No 2 at 81 to 86½ cents, Corn 30 to 36½ cents, Oats 28 to 29 cents, Rye 58 to 58 1/2 cents, Barley 64 to 68 cents, Flax seed around $1.11, Mess pork $10.25, Lard $6.05, Butter 11 to 82 cents, Eggs 19 to 20 cents, with shipments figures for flour and various feeds and dairy products across Milwaukee and Ducum and other points.
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Milwaukee
St Jacobs Oil Wins Six Gold Medals at World Fairs
The oil is praised as the best pain cure, curing rheumatism and various pains with claims it never fails. A post office appropriation bill is prepared for House reporting, proposing $54,326,588 in funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jacobs Oil
Red Star Cough Cure Promises Safe Relief
Marketing copy asserts no depressing effects or nausea from Red Star Cough Cure. Claims it is safe speedy and sure with a price of twenty five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha A. Baxter
Montevideo
Minn
Lovesick Florida Senator Spends Time in Detroit
Detroit reports say Florida Senator Jones, staying at the principal hotel, is seen about the lobby and streets. He refuses to return to Washington, claims a deserved rest after ten years of hard work, and denies being crazy while critics note his prolonged absence.
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Detroit
Senator Jones
Florida
Jones
Washington
Milwaukee Bank Official Shoots Assistant Cashier
George A. Wardner, city book keeper at the National Exchange bank of Milwaukee, shot Abbott Lawrence, the assistant cashier. Both are scion families of old Milwaukee and the incident sparked wide alarm. Wardner’s motive remains unclear with rumors of derangement as he believed Lawrence and others were trying to ruin his reputation.
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George A. Wardner
National Exchange Bank of Milwaukee
Abbott Lawrence
Milwaukee
Wardner
Lawrence
Postoffice Appropriation Bill Advances With Higher Funding
The house committee on postoffices completes the postoffice appropriation bill and will report it to the house. It allocates $54,526,588 for the postal service for the next fiscal year, up $624,599 from the current year and down $659,570 from the department’s estimates. Projected revenue is $47,142,254 with an estimated deficiency of $7,443,914.
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House Committee On
House
Edison and Nina Miller wed in Akron Ohio
Thomas A. Edison and Miss Nina Miller marry in Akron Ohio. Loyal Farragut, ex army, sends to Mrs. Franklin Buchanan the sword surrendered by her late husband at Mobile.
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Farragut
United States Army
Amira Farragut
Franklin Buchanan
Mobile
Thomas A. Edison
Nina Miller
Akron, Ohio
Wansex Warre Wise or Tan Syaur advertised remedy offer
The notice urges buyers to have a dealer obtain Wansex's Warre Wise or Tan Syaur from a wholesale druggist with a buy one get one free offer. It promises a free "May of Holy Land" with medicine and requests the druggist name. It mentions H N Walker a Detroit citizen dying at his residence.
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H. N. Walker
Detroit
That City
J. M. Moore
Farmington, Mich
Hops & Walt Bitters CO
Deraorr
Micx
Noyes Bros. & Cutler
St. Paul
Ryan Drug Company
J. Paul
Lyman Eliel Drug Co
Minneapolis
Frightful Waste and a Cure for Consumption
An advert extols early consumption treatment claiming thousands die yearly while stating consumption is curable in early stages. It promotes Dr Price's Golden Medical Discovery as a permanent remedy for bronchitis cough and colds with alleged proven efficacy in thousands of cases.
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Price
Dru
Be Wise Today Cures and Contests in 19th Century Ads
A jumble of health ads urges readers to treat coughs and lung disease with Dr Price s Golden Medical Discovery and Dr Pierce s Purgative Pellets. It notes an appointment change at Sault Ste Marie and reports Anoka counterfeiting suspects bound over. It mentions a book offer for cabbages and a Hecla Mining board vacancy filled by Mrs Thomas A Hendricks.
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Thomas A. Hendricks
The
Hecla Mining Company
Tutt
ducert_ Price
Murray
Express
Murray St
New York
Swift
W. Baynes
Knoxville
Iowa
Old Wisconsin settlers praised for endurance and remedy
Wisconsin veterans recount harsh pioneer life and praise Athlophoros rheumatism remedy with testimonies from Samuel Barstow of Lancaster Mrs R K I Bowers of Racine and Mrs T B Neff of Calamine along with an offer to ship the medicine directly from New York City for one dollar per bottle.
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Wisconsin
The
Union
Samuel Barstow
Lancaster
Wis
Lamp of Life
RK. I. Bowers
Racine
John W. Neff
Athlophoros Co
Wall Street
New York
Lottery Prize Brings Brooklyn Shoemaker Sudden Friends
Frederick Scharf a De Kalb avenue shoemaker in Brooklyn suddenly gains many friends after a lottery ticket he owned one fifth of wins the capital prize of seventy five thousand dollars He plans to share with his betting partner Myers and hosts a celebratory supper The Louisiana Lottery confirms payment of the prize.
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New York Tribune
Frederick Scharf
de Kalb Avenue
Brooklyn
Scharf
Myers
New Orateans
DeKalb Avenue
N. Y
New Orleans National Bank
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Proceedings OF Congress
Internal Revenue
Department of Industry
Bureau of Labor
Canada
Horsk
Rock Springs
China
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Good Saint-Valentine
Hal'ton
E 214
FE 214
Coro
Market Reports
Post Office
Florida Statesman
Minneapolia
George B. Hush
Alice M. Reynold
Thomas Ryan
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Dr. Pierce
Anoka
David
Riverneap
Lone Island
Boston
Mrs. Gen. Hancock
Raven’s Lane
Wisconsin Supreme Court
James Whitely
Pekin
Allen
J. P. Allen
St. Paul, Minn
Northern Pacific Refrigerator Car Company
Northwest Dressed Beef Company of
Dr. Bigelow
A. H. Stump & Sons
Baltimore
T. R. Lutzow
North Butler Street
Madison, Wis
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Cent
Hall
Ayer
Lyon
CaswelL_, Hazard & Co
Caswet, Hazanp & CO
Mall Cole & Co
Black River Fails
Brom's
Mras
F. Hanson
Fifth Ave
Mas
G. W. Borpick
Fighteenth Ave
Brown
AWW Citemical CO
Battimore, MD
Iserts
Astoria
Inns
H. C. Moonery
la Fayette
R. J
Burrill H. Davis
M.G. Williams
George Smith
Independence
Droeest
of Jacobs
A. Vouzler CO
Ely
A. E. Newman
ELY Brothers
Droggets
Owegs
Sts
Atlanta
Tutt’s
Rouse
Herderson
Henderson & Chicago
Henderson
T. S. Gardner
Palace Building
Cincinnati
Jorers A. McDonald
Atlanta, Ga
Swirt Specific Co
W. Id St
Dave
Salzer
Crosse
Maryland
C.F. Shanahan
Easton
Piu
DE. J. SurePukNs
Lebanon
Ohio
Frost & Hatch Mfg Co
Cleveland
W. C
Payne
Marshalltown
Jaws
Standard Silverware Co
Mass
Pensions 22
C. M. Sites & Co
Washington, D. C
H. Merrill & Co
Chicago
St. Paus
DR. Whittier
St.Charles St. St.Louis
Major Express
Ea Pietareses
Central Music Co
West Washington St
Ill
Joseph Gillotts
Turouenour
Ps Ris
Middlesex
PAY &C Ag
Philadelphis
Tesctes Clothiers
H. G
Pearl
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Loomis & Nyman Tippin
Eureka Silk CO
Chisade, I
John A. Salzer
la Crosse
Lil Strate An Sie Ec
A. J. Tower
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