Congress Week Snapshot of War and Finance Debates
Senate debated Philippine war inquiries and urged gold standard fixation for February 15. House discussed the New York custom house sale and census printing. Budgets and pensions dominated as the session reflected on Rob erts seating claim and Danford tributes as the Senate adjourned.
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Sensis
Moar
Senate
House
Richardson
Secretary of the Treasury
New York Custom House
Hopkina
United States
New York
Gage
Sulzer
Sibley
Age
Wellington
Maryland
Teller
Anancial Bd House
Census Bureau
Hale
Maine
Pension Bureau
Brigham H. Roberts
Utah
Danford
Ohio
Congress to honor heirs of Hayin Saloman with medal
The plan to award a medal to the heirs of Hayin Saloman a New York Hebrew merchant for wartime financial aid, viewed as a settlement of a $500 000 claim before Congress since 1548, amid other varied 19th century political notes.
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Congress
Hayin Saloman
New York City
Board of Naval Bureau Chiefs
Treasury
United States
State Department
Leishman
Berne
Switzerland
Basle
Labor and industry notes and local incidents cross state lines
Reports from Beaver Falls and Pittsburg detail iron and wire mill labor actions ending after terms won. a failed mine restart in Paceville. a 95 year old Chester inmate ex-naval hero. political and labor figures in New York and New Jersey. a fatal high speed rail accident near Crittenden. and Andrew Carnegie gifting 50 000 for an Orange New Jersey public library.
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Beaver Falls
Red
America
Tewl and Wire Co
Indian Head
D. C
Alabama
Pittsburg
American Steel and Wire Co
Caim
Schuyler
Paceville
New York
Ano Jo Cummings
Delaware, Lackawannah& Western Railroad
Scbanton
Paareberg
United Mine Workers
Ameren
Crittenden
N. Y
New York Central
Rttenden
John Kelly
John Palmer
Michael Daly
Andrew Carnegie
Orange
N. J
U S Business Failures Edge Higher Week Ended January 19
For the week ending January 19 the United States reported 242 business failures, up from 240 a year earlier. Canada had 40 failures, compared with 32 in the same period last year.
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United States
Canada
Plague at Honolulu and diverse 1900s items abroad
Dispatches report bubonic plague linked to Orient trade in Honolulu as merchandise and plant dirt carry germs while packing duck eggs from China. Other notes: National Match Co plans Evanston factory with modern machines producing 160000 boxes daily. Knights and Ladies of the Figside assign assets totaling 2760. W H Hinrichsen named traveling agent for national Democrats. Charles Foote arrested in Chicago for $6000 embezzlement. Illinois Commercial and Industrial League formed in Chicago. New Albany witness assassination risk from hidden internal machine in courtroom.
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Honolulu
Orient
China
National Match Co
Match Trust
Evanston
Supreme Lodge of the
The
Knights and Ladies of the Figside
Kansas City
W. H. Hinrichsen
Illinois
Chicago
New Albany
Miss
Mules Vaccinated for British Army Service in Africa
The English admiralty confirms vaccination for American mules to enlist in British service in South Africa after reports of glanders killing many on African soil. Caracas reports of anarchy. Caracas and Venezuela banks arrest foreign directors including Montauban. John Ruskin dies in London at age 71. Rhine floods threaten districts with rising waters. Labonun to lecture 13 weeks in the U S this summer.
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South Africa
Caracas
Venezuela
M Montauban
John Ruskin
London
Rhine
Germany
Moselle
Labonun
Alfred Dreyfus
Rennes
United States
Trustees vote to raise 1 million for Dartmouth finances centennial
Treident Tucker of Dartmouth announces that trustees have voted to raise 1,000,000 during 1900 to strengthen the college finances on the hundredth anniversary of Daniel Webster's graduation. Andrew Carnegie offers 25,000 to Leavenworth library if the city provides a building and site.
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Treident Tucker
Dartmouth College
Daniel Webster
Andrew Carnege
Leavenworth
Kan
John Potter Stockton
New York
Mir Stockton
Princeton
Nawy
Isto
Omimodore Stockton
Buchanan
Stud
New Jersey
Stanton
Teorme
Eile Elaine Ed
Deparian
Deaketay
Asseiie
Deakes
Gee Vanderson
Oscar
Senate
Pritchard
Turner
Wash
House
Columbia
Rescue at Midnight as Sutton Steamer Is Saved
The British steamer Sutton with iron ore from Carthagena bound for Philadelphia ran aground off Fenwick Island in dense fog. The Onondaga, aided by rockets and searchlights, rescued 24 crew members. plans to salvage the vessel were made, but reports say the ship is flooding and unlikely to be saved.
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Lewes
Del
Onondaga
Cape Henlopen
Cape Henry
North America
Pike
Hamlett
Missionary Author To Edit Topeka Capital News For Week
Rev Charles M Sheldon author of In His Steps gets one week control of Topeka Capital News beginning March 13. He will oversee all departments including editorial and advertising for the Christian daily in Topeka Kansas. Dell Keyser offers to donate the paper to Sheldon for the week and the offer is accepted.
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Topeka
Kan
Charles M. Shekton
Topeka Capital
Detroit
Chrstian Endeavor Society
Sheldon
Dell Keyser
Topeka Capital Co
Three Italians Shot to Death in East Side Family Feud
New York reports a deadly intra family clash in an East Side tenement on East Eleventh Street ending with three Colletti relatives dead. Antonio Colletti aged 7 died of a lung wound Caspar Collett aged 9 was shot in the breast Dives Salvatore 40 was stabbed in the stomach Spinella kin are under arrest as police seek Frank Spinella and Vincenzi Spinella. Separately Carl Freoada a 40 year old farmer from Lake Station was killed by a Michigan Central train near Hobart after insuring his life for $5 000 and the steamer Doric arriving in Honolulu reports 700 Japanese landed with since June 15 last 17 800 total.
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Negros Feland
Snrer
Manila
Negros
Ledyard
Smith
Ilgrh
Baco
Company C
Lieut
Ralston
Lipa
Province of Laguna
New York
Eeast Eleventh Street
Noom Sunday
East Side
Antonio Colletti
Caspar Collett
Bellevue Hospital
Dives
Salvatore
Collettis
Lust Roiyehit
Nonesnzo Spinella
Krogh
Frank Spinella
Vincenzi
Aho
Valparaiso
Carl Freoada
Lake Station
Michigan Central
Fritschi
Hobart
San Francisco
Dan
Doric
Boas
Orient
Honolulu
Sinc
New Erie to Chicago Trunk Line Aimed at Coal and Ore Routes
Pennsylvania plans unveiled for a 210 mile Erie to Johnstown line linking great lakes to the Chesapeake. New York capitalists may back a Pittsburg outlet with a 5 million Erie steel plant. Vanderbilt scheme envisions a shorter Pittsburg to Chicago trunk by reshaping Lake Erie routes and linking Youngstown Akron Spencer and Toledo.
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Erie
Seaboard
Pitteburg
Chicago
The
Dispatch
Johnstown
Great Lakes
Chesapeake
Pennsylvania
Pew
New York
Pittsburg
John B. McDonald
Cambridgeboro
Titusville
Tionesta
Cooksburg
Clarion County
Allegheny
Brookville
Punxsutawney
Indiana
Blairsville
Black Lick Station
Pittsburg & Western
Pittsburg Junction Road
Cambria County
Cambria Iron Co
Commercial Gazette
Vanderbilt
Fort Wayne
Lake Erie & Western
Vanderbilta
Lake Erie
Lake Shore
Ash
Spencer
Toledo
Mexico Earthquake Across The Nation Leaves Destruction
Reports from Guadalajara Colima and Veracruz describe extensive property damage and loss of life after a Friday night earthquake. Cities including Colima Guadalajara and the capital suffered collapsed buildings and terrified crowds while officials inspect churches and public structures for safety.
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Mexico
City of
Guadalajara
Colima
Mex
Tenimata
Pacific Ocean
State Palace
Univergi
Degallado Theater
San Francisco
San Jose
Carmen
Zapotlan
Sarula
Sin Blas
Furertie
Wormes
Vernriz
Mrs Annie Ellsworth Smith Dies at 73
Widow of Roswell Smith founder of the Century Co died at her home Sunday aged 73. At age 17 she sent the first telegraphic message "What hath God wrought" from the Supreme Court room in Washington to Baltimore on May 24 1844. Her father Henry L. Ellsworth was the first commissioner of patents known as "The Father of the Patent Office."
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Annie Ellsworth Smith
Roswell Smith
The
Century Co
Smith
States Supreme Court Room
Washington
Baltimore
Henry L. Ellsworth
Oliver Ellsworth
Patents
OIF
Minnesota Farmer Finds Success in Manitoba Homestead Venture
Jacob Reichert of Lyon County Minnesota describes his first year in Virden Manitoba after relocating with his family. He reports breaking 75 acres and harvesting 2700 bushels of grain from 150 acres sown, with yields of 13 bushels per acre on wheat and 24 on non sod land. He notes nearby markets in Virden and Hargrave, land costs around 350 per acre, and good water within 15 to 20 feet. He urges others to move if willing to work, and mentions living costs similar to southern Minnesota.
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Virden
Manitoba
Clifford Sifton
Ottawa
Canada
United States
North-West
W. F. McCreary
Winnipeg
Brandon
Lyon County
Minnesota
Bu. P
Hargrave
Canadian Pacific By. Co
Jacob Reichert
Grain-O new grain drink offers coffee substitute
Try Grain-O ask your grocer for a package of Grain-O the new food drink that replaces coffee. Children may drink it without injury as well as adults. It has a rich seal brown Mocha like color but is made from pure grains. Delicate stomachs tolerate it well. Priced 15 to 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers.
Political love feast described by politicians
An 19th century quotation from the Indianapolis Journal defines a "political love feast" as a gathering of many politicians who vow to bar outsiders from sharing in their spoils.
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Bill
Indianapolis Journal
Ancient remedy claims daily bowels aid health
An old advert promotes a medicine described as moving the bowels daily to improve health and cleanse the liver and kidneys. It asserts curing headaches and offers the treatment for 25 and 50 cents.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Offered as Constitutional Treatment
The advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease needing a constitutional cure. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio is sold by druggists for 75 cents and promises a $1000 reward for any case it fails to cure. It notes internal dosing and direct action on mucous surfaces. Hall's Family Pills are recommended as well.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Old Man’s Query Sparks Cigar Brand Bets
A Syracuse Herald snippet relates a comic exchange where a man tests a suitor for his daughter. After blunt questions about marriage and smoking, the father declares his habit a sign of suitability, noting he has married off six daughters and their husbands favor his cigars.
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Syracuse Herald
Coughing Leads to Consumption Immunity Warning
Coughing leads to consumption warns readers to seek Kemp's Balsam with a free sample bottle offer. Drugstores advertise large bottles for 25 and 50 cents and urge immediate purchase to avoid danger from delays.
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Kemp
Alcoholic or Not Casts Mystery In Philadelphia Press
Fragmentary OCR notes show a cryptic line about alcohol and poisons. The text references a drug clerk and requests for morphine or strychnine, set against a Philadelphia press context. No clear event or outcome is discernible.
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Siriadelpia Press
Facts For Sick Women and Lydia E Pinkham
The largest number of cures for female ills is claimed for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Pinkham cites letter files in Lynn showing a million women restored. Letters to Mrs Pinkham are read and answered by women only, a fact certified by the Lynn mayor and postmaster and others. Free book with certificates is offered to any woman writing for advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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