Various 1890s Topics From Labor to Global Affairs
A sprawling column discusses arbitration in labor disputes, Grand Army of the Republic membership declines, peat briquette factories in Massachusetts, coal theft penalties, and the coal supply’s impact on winter comfort. It critiques crime and corruption, notes agricultural growth in the American south and west, Berlin’s last horse car, Castro’s Venezuela, the St Louis franchise bribery case, and English policy in South Africa. It also cites Funston on army post closures, Canadian dependence, Boers, and American troops in Cuba affecting Havana stock markets.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Smith praises administration in Grand Army talk
Gen Jacob H. Smith told the Grand Army of the Republic in Washington that he would not criticize the government’s leaders, praising the kindness shown by the administration’s representative. He appeared earnest and was warmly greeted as Secretary Root spoke earlier. The event drew considerable attention in the capital.
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Washington
Jacob HW. Smith
Samar
Convention Hall
Root
Geo. Smith
Tam
Grand Army of the Republic
United States
Naval Officers Needed for Special Midshipman Exam
Washington reports an urgent push for naval officers. A Special examination for midshipmen will be held in Washington City on November 12 under the civil service commission. Senators and representatives may nominate a principal and five alternates. those who failed this year cannot be renominated. Vacancies remaining after the test will carry over to the Fifty-eighth Congress. The Padilla gunboat story follows.
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Washington
Navy Department
Department
Washington City
Civil Service Commission
Congr
Padilla
Sioux City Mystery Solved Body Found in Sioux River
The body of Mes T F Barna Burns, a leading Sioux City musician, was found in the Sioux River after disappearing Friday. Police call it an accidental death as the investigation concludes. The report also notes Chicago lake front case decision and Texas–Mexico railroad labor strife with limited details.
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Mes
T. F. Barna
Sioux River
Sioux City
Ill
T. F. Burns
Supreme Court of
Ilinois
Atlerhéux
Randolph Street
Park Row
Michigah Avenue
Bombor Ling
Railroad and legal notices from Mississippi rail era reports
The Mississippi railroad commission resolves to ratify the Southern Mobile and Ohio purchase, approves domestic status for Southern, and dismisses further matter. Also reports on depot moves, porterville site, and other line adjustments amid Frisco and Illinois Central competition. plus a Booneville Aberdeen fraud case and Indianola posts orders.
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Railroad Commission
Southern Railway Company
Southern
Mobile & Ohio
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Meridian
Corinth
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
Parchman
Holly Ridge
Cato
Washington County
Western Union
Pearlington
White Apple
Clark
Porterville
Frisco
Mississippi
Gulf
New Orleans
Mississippi Midland
Pontotoc
Illinois Central
Central
Memphis & Mobile
Grenada
Hattiesburg
Mobile
Jackson
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company
Frisco System
Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City
Gulf & Chicago
McClurg
Southern Railway
Frisco Road
Secretary of State
Chancery Court
The
Okolona
Chickasaw
Calhoun
Big Creek
Meru
State Woman’s Temperance Union
Oxford
The Pinkham Cures Claim Broad Support
Mrs Frances Stafford of New York adds her testimony to a nationwide flood of endorsements for Lydia E Pinkhams Vegetable Compound and related medicines. Skeptics faded as cured women expanded to a vast army, attracting attention from scientists and physicians who deem merit the key to a lasting cure for women.
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Frances Stafford
E. 14Th St
N.Y. City
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Dental parlor quips and patent remedies in old papers
An assortment of humorous quotes and advert lines from early newspapers. Notes mock offices named as dental parlors and call dry humor about cures for ailments with patent medicines like Dean's Ointment and Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil. Also includes small gossip snippets and vendor touts from Baltimore and Philadelphia papers.
Doan's Kidney Pills Cited By Aurora Farmer
John J. Scharschug of Aurora Illinois testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his backache and kidney disorders three years ago and have not recurred since. The ad urges readers to request a free trial by mailing to Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York and notes price of 50 cents per box at druggists.
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Bright
Dean
John J. Scharschug
Concord St
Scharsehug
United States
Foster-Milburt Co
Buffalo
N.Y
Odell Demands Action on Miners Fight and Relief
Gov Odell declares as NY governor he will not postpone coal dispute relief and seeks a remedy. He urges concession to miners while insisting operators must not bow to union pressure. Odell proposes five cent per ton raise as a path to fair treatment, with Baer and others weighing the plan.
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Gov
Odell
New York
Bauer
Buer
Reading
United States
Platt
Quay
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Senator Platt
Odell l
Baer. Baer
Homer
Baer
Mr. Baer
Polins
Gov. Odell
Dent Baer
Mitchell
Air. Baer
Thomas Rot
Thomas
Sam
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Thesson
Funston
Department of the Colorado
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Robert M. Snyder
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Booneville
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Pinkham Cures
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Taylor
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Juwis Hyer
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Ther
Theodore Roosevelt
Seat
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the Duke OF Argyll
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Supreme Court
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T. P. O'Connor
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Simon Newcomb
Sarah Barnwell Elliott
Mass
Prickley Ash Bitters
Winchester
Eeecry
Lyon Manufacturing Co
South 5Th St
Brooklyn
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