Lincoln assassination talk and India affairs mix in Senate notes
The column surveys political chatter on the Potter investigation and Jenks controversy, notes Grant potential candidacy and cabinet moves, and reports on a federal Indian affairs commission led by Senator Saunders with members from Nebraska Illinois Kentucky and others seeking data and witnesses.
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Saunders
Nebraska
Oglesby
Illinois
McCreery
Kentucky
Scales
North Carolina
Boone
Hooker
Mississippi
Stewart
Minnesota
van Voorhees
Ohio
Senator Saunders
Charles Flanagan
Secrétaries of War and Interior
Commission
Major Flanagan
Joint Commission
United States Senate Chamber
The Potter Investigation and Its Dwindling Controversy
The inquiry into Mrs. Jenks and Mr. Sherman narrows to whether a brief letter promised protection for Weber and Anderson in exchange for sworn statements. The LEADER deems the dispute petty and politically inconsequential regardless of who authored the letter, comparing it to other partisan telegrams. A side note promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and a dentrifice advert appears amid the text.
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Gan
Noxus
Potter
Jenks
Tiltons
Pire Hyacinthe
Pari
William
Keellogg
Potter Committee
Chicago
New York
British and Foreign Bible Society
Bunoes Ayres
Mengardiano
Budi
Felicianas
London Times
Henley
House of Representatives
Clarkson
Sherman
President Hayes
Maryland ‘Memorial
Feasibility Study Proposed on Indian Bureau Transfer
A bill to fund the army for the year ending June 30, 1879 includes a clause to form a joint Senate and House commission. The panel of three Senators and five Representatives will study moving the Indian Bureau from Interior to the War Department. They may convene during the remainder of the session to review feasibility and implications.
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Interior
War Department
Indian Bureau
House
Remarkable Weight Loss Claims Ad With Unknown Remedy
A clipped advertisement promotes a mysterious anti fat remedy claimed to reduce weight by two to five pounds weekly. It references Allan's Anti Fat and urges readers to buy through druggists, implying dramatic results but offering no verifiable details.
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Allan
Rare cure claim ad offers free address request
An old style classified notice promotes a free delivery of an alleged cure for nervous weakness and early decay of youth. It invites readers to send a self addressed envelope to Reverend Joseph Inman of Bible House New York for more information.
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Armerica
Rey
Joseph Inman
Bible House
New York
Schynes ardsarsaparilla Pills Offer Cure for Internal Ailments
The ad touts Schynes ardsarsaparilla Pills as a remedy for headaches constipation piles indigestion and viscera derangements. It claims the pills purify the system by stimulating the liver and bowels and kidneys and warns to buy Swityime's Pills at five cents a pill from local druggists or Cheyenne wholesalers.
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William J. Twining
District
Columbia
Engineer Corps
Army
Maj. Twining
Indiana
Brice
Tye
Adijoms & Glover
Dtt
Saew
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