Senate debates civil service repeal and Fort Omaha sale
The session covers repeal of the civil service law, the Fitz John Porter debate, and a vote on Richmond Dement for surveyor general of Utah. Other items include a pension bill for Gen Hancock’s widow, Indian land questions, a Fort Omaha site sale proposal, and procedural changes on deserts. The house and senate adjourn for memorials and routine business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawley
Committee On Civil Service
Vance
Logan
Committee On Military Affairs
Fitz John Porter
Gen. Logan
Gen. Grant
North American Review
J. Wilson
Iowa
Senate
Richmond
Dement
Utah
Teller
Genan
Sanford
Miller
House
Indian Territory
Plumb
Spooner
United States Supreme Court
Plump
Yeas
Senator Manderson
Fort Omaha
Neb
Weaver
Congress
Springer
Swope
W. S. Hancock
DP. D
Washington
Knights of Labor
Hennepin Canal
Ingalls
Hahn
Louisiana
Eustis
Sexatr
van Wiek
Cockrell
United States
Blair
Callum
Maxer
Dolph
Court of Alabama Claims
Browne
Indiana
Luther F. Warder
House of Representatives
C. O. Steeley
Carlisle
Jeffersonville
Committee On Reform
Butterine analyzed by Prof Nachtrieb as a health risk untethered from dairy
A Minnesota dairy commission report presents Prof Nachtrieb’s microscopic findings on butterine. It describes moulds bacteria spores and protozoa in samples bought from Minneapolis stores and argues the product is a dangerous counterfeit of butter. The report warns of health and moral risks to millions and notes some samples could pass for butter if not for the odor and taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Commissioners
Minnesota
Minneapolis
State Dairy Commission
W. C. Rice
H. C. Howard
Commission
Nachtrieb
Prof. Nachtrieb
State University
Dairy Commission
Asure
Hops & Malt Bitters CO
Deraor
Mica
Noyes Bros
Murderers Hanged In an Uncantious State
New Orleans dispatch details the execution of Patrick H. Ford and John Murphy after their attempted suicide by belladonna as the rope fell at the gallows. Witnesses, church refusal of last rites, and a final note from Ford appear in the report, noting Fore’s notoriety in local politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Krs
Patrick H. Ford
John Murphy
Belladonna
Butler
Orleans Parish
Ford
Murphy
Father O'Callahan
Good Sisters of Mercy
Baker
Dr. Holland
C. H. Parker
P. H. Fore
Capt. Murphy
Loss of the Oregon Steamer Sparks Wide Collision News
The ocean steamer Oregon, a million-dollar vessel of over 600 aboard, struck by a schooner near New York and sinking quickly. Passengers transferred to a pilot boat and a schooner, then to another steamer. hundreds of mail bags lost, reports say the hole could admit a horse. The incident follows other era news including factory fires, mine sales, strikes, and political notes across the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
New York
Women printers in government office face steady progress
A Washington Star interview with a female compositor discusses women as printers in the Government Printing Office. She notes women can equal men in skill, though heavy lifting remains a challenge, and that women may influence discipline and conduct in the composing room. The speaker cites growing, though modest, numbers, from three to eleven over eight years, and indicates some opposition persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Washington Star
Government
Star
New York City
Typographical Union
Palatial Bath Rooms of the Vanderbilts and Notables
The article surveys extravagant private baths in elite homes, tracing lavish designs from Chenonceaux and Fontainebleau inspirations to Vanderbilt residences. It notes mirrored walls, gold accents, marble baths, and innovative techniques like endolithic color on marble, highlighting art, luxury, and the social signaling of wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances I
Chateau
Chenonceaux
Cher
Chateau of
M. Daniel Wilson
Grevy
Palace of
Fontainebleau
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Henry II
Henry Marquand
Jerome Bonaparte
Paris
Marquand
Charles J. Osborne
Mamaroneck
George Maynard
Limoges
Volkmar
Robert Garrett
New Baltimore House
Seward Webb
Hancock Story of General Hancock Recovery Told by Dr Read
Dr Louis W Read recalls General Hancock's Gettysburg wound. He describes the selfless plea to remove the ball, the leg bent during probing, and the eight inch probe drop reaching the bullet embedded in the ischium. Hancock regains mobility within weeks and continues public duties aided by Read's care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis W. Read
Norristown
Gen. Hancock
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Sam Jones on Patience in Covington Lecture
Sam Jones in Covington spoke on Character using a rocksbed metaphor with honesty faith courage truth knowledge patience kindness and charity. He shared life stories and a joke about impatience with his wife and six children leading to his pardon and their early arrival at church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Covington
Sam Jones
Sailor's son offers to return Farragut sword
Loyall Farragut writes Capt. James D. Johnston of Savannah offering to return the sword he surrendered to Admiral Farragut on August 5, 1864 when the Confederate ship Tennessee was captured in Mobile Bay. Johnston accepts the gesture. The weapon was made by two Mobile citizens who inscribed the captain's name on the blade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyall Farragut
Farragut
James D. Johnston
Savannah
Tennessee
Mobile Bay
Johnston
Mobile
Temperature in Sun and Shade in Connecticut February
The Hartford Times notes a February Sunday warm day with shade temperature at 50 degrees. A sunexposed thermometer rose from 51 to 88 degrees, a 37 degree gap, tested at 12:45 near noon. The test shows a substantial midday sun shade difference even in mid February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford Times
Connecticut
Old Idiot: Buffalo Express Rubs in Crazed Love Letters
The Buffalo Express lampoons broker Phillips in Chicago who a printer claims stole his wife. The piece recounts letters from Frank to Kitty full of grandiose endearments, noting Kitty sold the letters to newspapers. The column ends with sharp derision of love letters and calls for sanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Buffalo Express
Phillips
Chicago
Kitty
Frank
Kittie
Mother Venus
Youth Excesses and Debt Drafts Grow with Time
A historical remark notes that youthful excesses resemble drafts accruing interest, maturing about thirty years from their date. The statement frames personal folly as a long term financial obligation, implying enduring consequences.
MARKET REPORTS SUMMARY OF GRAIN AND MEAT PRICES
Market notes list wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, flax seed, pork, lard, butter, eggs, dairy, and flour shipments across Minneapolis Milwaukee and Douturu. Prices cover No 1 hard and Northern wheat, corn per bushel, oats, rye, barley, oats meal, bran, shorts, flax seed, seeds, hay, and dairy products with monthly range values and cash bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
The Prince and the Fatigue of Royal Duty
The Prince and Princes of Wales endure constant public attention and a life of ceremonial demands. They are perpetually in the world, moving from ceremony to ceremony, expected to be civil and gracious despite weariness, with invitations and recognition forming their daily trade. The Prince remains personally popular among close circles, his guest list curated for each country house visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denen
Coffee, Sugar and Injustice Play Out in Trial and Debate
A hostile courtroom exchange centers on a hostler who testifies under pressure and shouts that he has been drinking Coffee with sugar as the only additive. Separate debates cover Labouchere’s park maintenance motion in Parliament, the Lord’s inquiry into Indian governance, and a Washington breach of promise suit by Mrs. Lizzie Gurnee against ex Commodore William Voorhis for 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sirrah
Labouchere
House of Commons
Civil Service
Lizzie Gurnee
Washington
William Voorhis
Nyack
New York Yacht Club
Kansas man Kills wife then abandons children in outhouse
John Horan of Elk Falls is charged with deliberately killing his wife in front of their children. After hiding the body he locked the children in an outhouse and fled, leaving a trail of fear. The crime center on a shocking family tragedy with an execution of the act and subsequent escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Horan
Elk Falls
Kan
Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic and Glendale Hotel Fire
A health tonic claims to cure stomach kidney and liver troubles and costs 50 cents. The Avery hotel at Glendale thirty miles southwest of Butte owned by H H Avery burned with losses totaling 12 000 on building 4000 on furniture 3000 on insurance and 4500 on furniture insured values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery
Glendale
Butte
H. H. Avery
Favorite Prescription and Society Divorce Stir At Toledo
An old claim that women lack souls is challenged by newfound beliefs praising female souls. An ad touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with a money back guarantee and one dollar price. A statewide railroad strike halts business though passenger trains run. Mary I Whiting of Madison testifies healing from rheumatism with Athlophoros. Toledo society buzzes as Mrs Frankie Whitaker files for divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Frankie Whitaker
Warner's Ware Wine or Tar Syrup sales pitch and divorce note
If you get your dealer to order from his wholesale druggist one dozen bottles Warner's Ware Wine or Tar Syrup the best remedy in the world for Coughs Colds Asthma Catarrh and Consumption I will send two bottles free Recommend to your friends Send name of druggist who gives the order May of Holy Land free with medicine Address Dr C D WarNER Chicago Il All druggists Miss Maud Miller received notice of her divorce from Arthur Mackaye and within an hour thereafter married London Mc Cormick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Holy Land
C. D. Warner
Chicago, Il
Maud Miller
Arthur Mackaye
London McCormick
Grand Union Hotel Offers 600 Rooms Near Depot in New York
Travelers arriving at Grand Central Depot save on carriage hire and baggage transfer with cheap European plan rates. William P. Davis re-elected clerk and treasurer of Yarmouth, Massachusetts for the forty second time. Hall's Hair Renewer promises cleansing scalp and healthy action. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral claims to curb coughing in consumption.
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Grand Union Hotel
Grand Cent
N. Y
William P. Davis
Yarmouth
Mass
Hall
Ayer
Ex Mayor Newton endorses Athlophoros after rheumatic cure
A Des Moines Indiana ex mayor is praised for charity and political success. He related how George Crandale, manager for Oberne Hosick & Co., recovered from rheumatism after using Athlophoros. The couple claims swift relief within 24 hours and lasting cure, with the wife also praising the remedy. The advert ends offering Athlophoros for sale by mail if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Des Moines
George A.crandale
Oberne, Hosick & Co
Second
Walnut Streets
Crandale
Charles P. Griffin
Stuart
Atholophoros
Athiophoros
Athlophoros
Athilophoros Co
Wall Street
New York
New York Society Costs and Bradford Bank Case
A New York correspondence outlines social expenses for different sets in society with figures ranging from modest entertaining to a leading group’s annual outlays between 25 000 and 75 000 dollars. It notes the Christie and King embezzlement case dismissed after a 30 000 dollar repayment. It also mentions a Hastings firm praising Brown's Iron Bitters and the steamer Acton using oil to quiet rough Atlantic seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christie and King
First National Bank of
Bradford
C. R. Huntley
Allen's Iron Tonic Bitters Ad Signature Claim
An advertisement urges taking Allen's Iron Tonic Bitters for digestive derangements and ailments. It asserts all genuine bottles bear the signature of J. P. Allen, a Druggist from St. Paul Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
J. P. Allen
St. Paul
Minn
Des Moines row grows from brutal arrest of cobbler
Des Moines reports a serious row over officers brutal conduct during the arrest of a cobbler charged with secret liquor selling. The incident sparks protests and prompts calls for inquiry into police conduct and procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Allen's Lene Batsam Cough Remedy Endorsed
Allen's Lene Batsam offers relief for coughs and croup without opium. Endorsed by physicians, ministers, nurses and many users. Sold by druggists in 25c 50c and 1 bottle sizes. Also mentions Allen's Iron Tonic Bitters and the J P Allen signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
No opium in Piso's Cure for consumption promotion
An advert promises Piso's Cure for consumption without opium and claims it cures where other remedies fail. A 25 cent price is listed amid other promotions for Dr Bigelow's Positive Cure offered at 50 cents, urging readers not to neglect a cough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bigelow
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Acton
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Kansas
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Mensman
Caswell, Hazard & Co
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LaCrosse, Wis
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Washington, D. C
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Froet & Hatch Mfg Co
Cleveland
National City
Cal
George Pinney
Evergreens
Door County
Wisconsin
Meath
Standard Silverware Co
Boston
B. H. Merrill & Co
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Jorge
St. Paui Legal Bureau
P.O. Box
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Ldl
Pearl St
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Trroucse
FOX
Central Music Co
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Washington St
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Henderson
Co. M. Henderson & CO
Swift
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Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Triste
J. Tower
Jones
Binghamton
Binghamton, N
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Palace Building
DR. Whittier
St.Charles St
St.Louis
Ious
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la Crosse
Wis
Mustarg Limiewt
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