Political gridlock looms as Speaker vote stalls Congress
The piece notes an imminent standstill as no speaker is chosen and legislative business halts. It discusses the Republicans and Democrats squaring off over rule changes, the risk of prolonged disorganization, and the potential effect on national governance and public policy.
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Cate
House of Be Exoptativs
Avereithis
St.with
Mexico
South America
Congress
Republican Party
Clark
T. Starr
Kings One
Jrecturers Iim
Masts Blown Overboard At Shipyard Wharf
During a heavy blow at night the two masts of schooner Science collapsed at the shipyard and broke. The hanging rigging, rotten mainmast, and the force of the fall rattled nearby homes, prompting thoughts of an earthquake and narrowly avoiding casualties. Policymaking hearings and a bishop lecture are also noted in the same era report.
Disease Vaccination Notice and Public Meeting Report
The text discusses vaccination against a disease, urging those not yet immune to get inoculated, noting prior cases offer no lasting safety. It also mentions a viral outbreak in Europe and Ireland with violent symptoms, and reports a temperance meeting with crowded attendance and committee updates on King Philip Library.
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Col Win Sprague Receives Banquet After European Tour
Col Win Sprague, Commandant of the Providence Marine Artillery, returned aboard the Africa in New York and was met in Providence with a 100 gun salute and a two hundred guest banquet at City Hotel. A separate note reports Mrs Field killed on Hudson River Railroad and married that morning in Kingston.
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Gar Col. Win. Sprague
Providence Marine Corps of Artillery
Europe
Africa
New York
Providence
Marine Artillery
Artillery
City Hotel
Thomas W. Field
Hudson River
Kingston
N. Y
Brooklyn
Adulteration of Liquors Sparks Morality Appeal
A blast against tainted spirits cites Dr. Hiram Cox of Cincinnati and chemical tests showing adulterated brandy with sulf uric acid nitrous agents and fusel oil. It notes inspectors finding 90 percent of samples adulterated and links liquor to mental illness among youths, urging readers to quit harmful potions.
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Ponder
Hiram Cox
Cincinnati
New York
Cox
Cere
Fragmentary tale describes alcohol poison and forensic test
In a torn report a man speaks in broken phrases about a risky drink and a companion. Michael undergoes distress while an experiment reveals alcohol content at 17 percent by weight instead of 40 percent, with acids and salts causing danger.
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Nuas
Vote on Speaker yields mixed results among representatives
A Wednesday ballot in the House produced a split result with 108 votes for Sherman and 114 for Bocock, while the remaining ballots were scattered, reflecting an unsettled choice for Speaker.
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Spealer
Sherman
Bocock
The Atlantic Nouracy February Contents Page
The February issue lists sections such as Counting and Measuring My Last Love Shetland Shawl Roba di Rema The Gods The Post's Friends The Memorial of A B Matilda Muffin Some account of a Visionary The Truce of Piscataqua The Maroons of Jamaica The Professor's Story Mexico Reviews and Literary Notices Recent American Publications.
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Atlantic
Gods
the Post
A. B
Matilda Muffin
Piscatagua
Jamaica
Mexico
Rhode Island Boundary Talks and School Reform Debates
Rhode Island and Massachusetts boundary negotiations advance with a proposed conventional line and territory exchanges to end the dispute. The Senate and House discuss a Rhode Island Normal School charter, Board of Trustees, and site decision with state duties and funding to support teacher training.
State Normal School debated in Rhode Island Legislature
The Rhode Island legislature discusses the Normal School and related educational measures. Debates cover admissions, funding, and repeal of prior acts with votes on the governor’s proposals and boundary questions between Massachusetts and Rhode Island. House and Senate members, including Speaker Hayes and Mr Dixon, participate in committee reports and adjournments.
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Linz
General Assembly
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Swanzey
Seekonk
Westport
Mogsschugetts
Fall River
Tiverton
Sebkonk
Anouther
Bristol County
Warren
Bristol
van Zandt
Committee On the Judiciary
George J. Humphrey
Stone Bridge
House
Senate
Gonytrronal
Foom U.jVrentham
Thance
Pawtucket
Rehoboth
Hahoboth
Dexter al- Lesfrog
Barneyeville
Poinkin
Cole’s River
Therdin
Providence
Coles River
Mount Hope
Bay
Mount Hope Bay
Aldspayet Hope Bay
Wallops Pond
Sandy Pond
Joseph Sanford
Narragansett
Bayley
Isaiah Vickery
Godvernor
American Association
London
Secretary of State
Américan Association
Supreme Court
George HH
Humphrey
I Thers
Dlassachusetts
Mersin
Currey
Greene
Sweet
Church
Brown
Cooke
Normal School
Messrs
W. S. Burgos
Anthony
Ienac Saunders
Speaker Hayes
Dixon
Judiciary Committee
Newport
Wade
Hr. A. Gardiner
Earle
Anthony Davis
Special
Fall of Pender ton mill blamed on weak iron pillars
The Lawrence mill disaster is attributed to failing hollow iron pillars supporting floors. Poor casting and uneven thickness weakened the structure, and insufficient pillar rows failed to bear the heavy load. The report urges proper pillar testing and stricter construction standards.
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Tug Carastroms
Lawrence
Penderton
Trau
Record of Large Slave Auction in Georgia Rail Contractors’ Estate
The Savannah Republican reports a July sale in Cuthbert of 108 enslaved people for the estate of W. B. and B. G. Lockett, railroad contractors. Ages ranged up to sixty two. averages near $1,364, with a mechanic fetching $2,500 and a girl 11 selling for $1,465. Payments extended one to two years with interest.
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Lance
Savannah
Cuthbert
Messra W. B. & B. G. Lockett
Georgia
James W. Armstrong
Montezuma
Stratford Poor Man Reunites With Missing Family Items
A Stratford man returning from work found his home open and three children nearly frozen inside. His wife had allegedly used three dollars and a pair of his Bay's pig with, while he reportedly traveled to Bridgeport to buy two pairs of ladies' skates near by. The details are unclear due to damaged text.
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Stratford
Conna
Hig House
Bank fraud case details unfold in Norwalk episode
The New York Herald reports a bold fraud involving a New York man Mr F M Williams sending a note to Norwalk Bank cashier R B Crawford. The note promised discount if replaced by a larger sum, leading to a sequence of errors and a post office theft. Henry Willing is arrested as the scheme unfolds.
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New York Herald
R. B. Crawford
Tatler
Crawford
Gins & Cor
Illiamia
Expres
New York
Vesmesiae Dividial
Pane
Sian
Nellis
Neko Ile
Mr.Holbrook
New York Supreme Court Awards Five Thousand in Sidewalk Injury Suit
In New York at the Supreme Court William Wallace won a five thousand dollar verdict against the city for injuries from stepping into a sidewalk hole on Eleventh Avenue at Thirty second Street. A prior verdict had been five hundred, then doubled on appeal. Also reported: a party of twenty five crossing the Hudson on ice fell through. eight passengers drowned as the sleigh and horses disappeared.
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Gorsa Fraroxr
Supreme Court
New York
William Wallace
Trim
Eleventh Avenue
Thirty-second Street
Hudson River
Three Boston Astrolabe Recipients Given Telescopes by British
Es Hooper of Baltimore and mates Thomas M Stokes and Win Eigh received three telescopes from the British Government as they survived the brig Oswel Galley wreck in April. A separate notice reports a Paris resident accusing her husband of infidelity ending in a fatal shootout injuring their son, with Dr Scher’s Invigorating Lotion praised in a Norwich paper.
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Win
Es Hooper
Baltimore
Thomas M. Stokes
Eigh
Dervides
Tecom
Samuel ‘Soy
Paris
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Richard Bland
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South Carolina
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