Senate and House pursue a busy legislative week
In Washington reports show Teller of Colorado introducing a public land disposal bill. Senate and House bills on railway mail service salaries and letter carrier pay advance to calendars. Fortification and West Point appropriations pass with amendments. Executive session adjourns after discussing Geneva Award, Military Commission, and pension bills. In crime news a Thompsonville burglary nets 1000 dollars and a Wilkes-Barre embezzlement verdict of not guilty. Two men fall from a moving railroad car in Three Rivers, one dead, one fatally injured.
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Teller
Colorado
Senate
House
Blaine
Hot Springs
West Point
Wood
N. Y
Judiciary Committee
U.S
Davenport
New York
Ways and Means Committee
Military Commission
Morrison
Illinois
Evans
South Carolina
Chesnut
Trust Company
Thompsonville
Conn
Joseph Brown
Wilkesbarre
Bailey
Bellerose
Three Rivers
Canada
Meyer Rubber Company
New Jersey Rubber Shoe Company
Boston
Haralson
Kearney
Neb
Richards
Turnbull & Co
St. John
N. B
Turnbull
British notes on Bulgarian unification and Turkish peace
Atlantic cables report Berlin dispatch questions a German offer of British protectorate over Constantinople in exchange for Bulgarian and Roumelian unification. St Petersburg notes reconstruction of the Turkish Ministry favors progress toward a definite treaty. Russia seeks fair peace under the Berlin terms. Edward O'Kelly to be released before Christmas. Grant Duff attacks Afghan policy in Commons. Daily News despatch from Rawul Pindi hints Ameer may send a envoy to Dakka seeking peace without conditions. London nail masters report follows.
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Great Britain
Loxpow
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Russia
Edward O'Kelly
House of Commons
Grant Duff
India
Lexpos
Daily News
Rawul Pindee
Ameer
Cavagnari
Dakka
Lonspox
Staffordshire Resolves to Resist Demands Amid Potential General Strike
Staffordshire authorities vow to resist workers demands even if a nationwide strike occurs. Sydney dispatch reports the Ministry of New South Wales has resigned and Mr Robertson will form another cabinet after December 12.
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Staffordshire
Sypney
Ministry of New South Wales
Robertson
Unclear quotation on hubricator usage and dosing
Fragmentary quote describes adjusting a hubricator with grains of a substance. The speaker mentions increasing quantity to 180 grains twice daily and a stated minimum of 184 grains, noting they have never used the former quantity due to engine demand.
Indian Nut Parties in Nevada Harvesting Pine Nuts
A San Francisco Bulletin description of Nevada pine nut harvests details Indians gathering nuts on rocky mountain slopes. Squirrels worms and birds help seed, while squaws and families travel by ponies to collect cones. Nut crops rival California wheat in importance as winter stores are prepared with roasted nuts, berries, deer, grouse, rabbits and hares.
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Nevada
Red Man
California
San Francisco Bulletin
Resurrection in the Valley: A Confederate Soldier's Snow Grave
William M. Pegram recounts a winter 1864 65 bivouac in the Valley of Virginia when his Fourth Cavalry unit awoke to find themselves buried under eight inches of snow, later rising at reveille as if a resurrection, a scene he describes with awe and skepticism, recalling biblical imagery of the dead raised.
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Virginia
Fourth Cavalry
William M. Pegram
Scribner
Plumbago as a Lubricant in Steam Engines
New York engineer J H Cooper notes W J Williams of Philadelphia promotes dry pulverized graphite as a steam cylinder lubricant. After six months in a horizontal 11 inch diameter cylinder, the graphite outperforms oils or tallow with no wear. Cylinder remains clean. joints last longer. no oil used. cost about one and a sixth cents per day.
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J. H. Cooper
New York
W. J. Williams
Philadelphia
Feet Proper Fit and Borax Wash for Hands
An 19th century health note argues shoes should allow foot circulation to prevent cold feet and long-term ailments, criticizing narrow footwear for women and youth while men often outgrow tight boots. It also promotes Borax water for cleansing and healing hands after gardening, claiming it softens and whitens skin.
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W. H. Rolomon
Edgmont Avenue
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Tenth Street
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Joel Stetler
Supple, Lloyd & Walton
Jay’s Drug
H. B. Taylor's
D. P. Paisie
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East Fifth Street
Cross & Co
West Third Street
W. A. Ghahadi
Third and
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Atwood
Perssylvania
Military Academy
Chester, PA
Col. Theo. Hyatt
NEW Bakery
Louis Watkin
Third and Howell Sts
Yous Grundy
Fifth St
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East Fourth Street
Sail Maker
Edgmont Street
A&c
At & Light Advance
E H. Burns
Third Street
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McMaster
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Notary Public
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Charter House
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Aester. Media and Upland Pioneer Stage Line
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L. L. Lukens & CO
NEW Lumber
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Frank K. McGollum
Pyavid Quinn
Oun Young
Carpenter and Builder
East Eighth Street
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Broad ST
Edgmont Ave
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Chester PA
Malty
Potice, McCoy & White
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