Lawyers Rule Congress Lawyers Dominate Next House
Washington dispatch notes 287 lawyers among the next Congress, with business men next in number, then farmers bankers and journalists. Only eight politicians admit no other business, while journalists gain status and influence alongside bankers and editors like Blaine and Dingley in a long tradition of public service linked to journalism.
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Washington
United States
Congressional Record
Congress
House
Busi
Mcalien
Maby
Porblis Anen
Obie PD
Elon
New York
Nans Oo
Cycht
Ation
New England
James G Blaine
Blaine
Kennebec
Nelson Dingley
Wiston
Laughing girl of Nebraska baffling doctors and a sprawling chronicle
A 16 year old Cal loway Nebraska girl nicknamed the laughing girl remains with a fixed smile after her jaw locked during a dinner. Physicians failed to treat the condition until an osteopath restored movement. The tale weaves other obituaries and profiles including Nathan M Freer and J Ogden Armour with sparse biographical notes and distant references to plans and bids.
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Mary White
Calloway
Neb
Nebraska
Market swings grip New York and Chicago reports
New York sees little change in business conditions with a nervous volatile market and active liquidation on declines. Chicago wheat markets show late week strength as traders anticipate domestic receipts effects from crop failures and shifting corn and wheat supplies.
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New York
Chicago
Russia
Europe
Public Opinion on Annexation and Press Compare
Readers comment on Hawaiian annexation benefits, US and native impacts, and the political climate. They discuss Alaska exploration, Klondike prospects, and differences between American and English papers. A Raleigh resident weighs female suffrage and NC legislative readiness amid a vast farm landscape.
Nurse from Lakeside Hospital Recalls Dodd's Kidney Pills
A Peshtigo nurse Miss Lillian Dreese praises Dodd's Kidney Pills after twelve years as a trained nurse. She claims the pills rebuilt her health during a congested weakness and sleep loss and notes widespread use among clergy, lawmakers, physicians, and patients.
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Lakeside Hospital
Lake Geneva
Peshtigo
Wis
Lillian Dreese
Dreese
Independent
Order of Good Templars
Rebeccas of
Dodd
Descendants of Colored Men in St Helena Claim Ancestry
In St Helena descendants of colored men brought to the island 150 years ago assert their deep ties to distant kin on the Guinea coast. They describe being as black as their coastal cousins and assert shared heritage across oceans.
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St. Helena
Island
Guinea
Grain-O presented as coffee substitute advertisement
An 1900s composite page snippet includes Grain-O grain drink ad touting health benefits and coffee alternatives, plus brief medical and consumer notices on deafness cures, cold remedies, and patent medicines with generic testimonials and price points. It also features short moral and literary quotes.
Peruna Promoted By Readers For Grippe Relief
Corresponding secretary Frances M Anderson writes from Washington that Peruna cured her grippe quickly and restored strength. Letters from Samuel M York and Caroline J Kahl praise Peruna for curing grippe and related ailments. The ad urges readers to seek Hartman’s free medical advice if results are not prompt.
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ISS
Frances M. Anderson
The
Higher Editational League
Astoria
Washington, D. C
Fol
Grippe
Samuel Mo York
Union Grove
Ala
Samuel M. York
Caroline J. Kahl
Otisco
Ind
Caroline J. Ikhiobh
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus, D
Judge Anderson
Virginia
Higher Educational League
Peruna
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Thomas Nelson Page
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Loudoun
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London
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Raliegh
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Tiso
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