Washington Gossip Roundup of National Affairs
National Capital notes cover bank appointments, currency reserves, beef and cotton export totals, naval leadership changes, World’s Fair sale rules, Choctaw murder records, and Sherman act repeal prospects. Shipping, pensions, seed controls, and agricultural policy loom as cabinet and department officials push policy shifts and budget scrutiny.
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Lombardy
McDaMie County
Eckles
Pace B
Fogg
A National Bank
Beatrice
Neb
Bureau of Statistics
United States
Herbert
Commodore Wilson
Navy
Phillip Hichborn
Dementic Trend
Regmar
Carlisle
Sima
Interior Department
National Coort
Sims
Commissioner Brook
Alert
San Francisco
Atlantic
Chemulpo
Corea
Senate
Congress
Morton
Department of Agriculture
State Department
Osnogaro
Gresham
Peru
Tve
Treasury
Bissell
International Postal Union
Agricultural Baronu
United States Department of Agriculture
Sanilors
Treasury Department
Hamlin
South travel fares and local notices span broad topics
The item cites Southwestern lines allowing stop over privileges on harvest excursion tickets, reports a Flowery Branch Georgia marble discovery, a poisoning in Charleston with arsenic deaths, and military camp placements in North and South. It also notes cholera-like illness reports in Northampton County, New Carolina and harbor funding cuts at Vicksburg, plus various legal and health updates across the region.
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Texas Lines
Southwestern Lines
George W. Pirkle
Flowery Branch
Charleston
Taano Mitchell
Mitchell
Ada
South Carolina
Camp Bogart
Morehead City
Louisville
Churaday
W. T H. Bartholomew
Branuk Goodman
Nashville
A.N. Garlisle
Texas
Galverton
Maleigh
N. G
Lewis
Northampton County
Secretary of War
Vicksburg
Sherry
Cape Henry
Norfolk
Darma
Havana
St. Louis
Capes
Wisherman’s Island
Hampton Roads
Greenville
D. C
Norton
New York
North Carolina
Wyman
United States Marine Hospital Service
Marine Hospital Service
New Orleans
United Confederate Veterans
Manardville
Tex
Camp Lee
Oxford
Ala
Joe Wheeler
Big Springs
T. J. Butler
Lowndesboro
Camp Sumter
Livingston
Mont
Reorganization Plan For Georgia Central Abandoned
A Friday New York special reports the attempt to reorganize the Georgia Central railroad will be abandoned. A circular signed by the reorganization committee will be sent to security holders. Advertise now it will pay you.
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New York
Georgia Central Railroad
City of Alexandria Arrives with Half Million in Gold
Telegraphic items note the City of Alexandria arrives from Havana with 500000 dollars in gold for the Western National Bank of New York. The Bank of Springfield Mo fails with about 176000 in deposits and other firms face liabilities. Cholera reports in Egypt are debunked and Kansas City bank suspends payment amid large liabilities. Royal honors are issued to William Steinway. political appointments and naval delivery news also appear.
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Hamlin
Customs
New York
Morton
Jerry Rusk
Gardner City
Kns
Schuyler
Neb
City
Alexandria
Havana
Western National Bank of New York
Bank of Commerce
Springfield
Charles M. Barnes
Chicago
Buua
Oscar Nebe
Eliza Hepp
Richard Morgan Olcott
Olcott & Co
Egypt
Bank of Garnett
Anderson County
Kun
National Bank of Kansas
California
San Francisco
Chiono
Brittania Publishing Company
New York City
Henry G. Allen Company
Pittsburg
William Steinway
Emperor William
Germany
Order of the Red Eagle
Steinway
America
H. J. Kimball
Atlanta
Judges of Wards
Manufacturers
Kimball
Golumbia Iron Works
Navy Department
Detroit
Bureaus of Construction and Engineering
Herbert
Baltimore
Norfolk Navy Yard
King
London Times
Bangkok
Meinam
France
Army bill passes Reichstag amid heated debate
A Berlin dispatch reports the army bill passed the Reichstag Saturday afternoon by 201 to 185. The majority of sixteen prompted mixed reaction with government supporters celebrating while opponents showed chagrin. The emperor reportedly is pleased and may reward Chancellor von Cupriyi, while rumors of anti Semite tensions linger.
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Wiliam
Berlin
Reichstag
Reichstagg
von Cupriyi
Siamese Tensions Rise as American Interests at Risk
A jagged report from Bangkok notes American interests in Siam face pressure amid rising tensions and potential hostilities. The Concord sails toward China, while Britain and France push cautious diplomacy as the Mekong event prompts questions about an impending clash.
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Washington
Siam
Gi Boyd
Bangkok
Youselie Kcene
United States
Concord
China
Governor Moves Against Charleston Blind Tigers
Governor Tillman planned Friday action against Charleston saloon operators defying the dispensary law. Arrests would echo a seizure of premises, with shops condemned as nuisances and goods seized for the state, sparking anticipated clashes and strong popular support for the accused.
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Charleston
Mar-Rooms
Tillman Mide
Han
Tillman
Trade Review Indicates Mixed US Business Tone
Dun and Company reports a modestly improved money market but no clear upturn in overall activity. Orders are small, real estate slow, and receipts down. pockets of revival appear in iron and silver regions and building trades with prices 20 percent lower than last year.
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Dun & Co
R. G. Dun & Go
S Weekly Review of Trade
Louisville
Nashville
Montgomery
Little Rock
Columbus
Atlanta
Augusta
Mobile
New Orleans
United States
Tongue-Tangling Trials at The London Tid-Lits Prizes
The London Tid-Lits offered a prize for best tongue twisters with sentences like Rix thick thistle sticks and A trictatrong Stephen Stringer snared slickly six sickly alky dunkes. The list includes playful phrases about fish, biscuits, and names, testing sobriety and fluency.
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London
Grimes Jim
Tedbury
Stephen Stringer
Mrs. Smith
Fsh-Lance-Shipp
Swan
Haddock
Robert Rowley
Hobba
Snobba
Noble Nobbs
Nobba
Hobbs Nobs
Robe Nobbs
Nobbs
Hobbs
Snobbs
Some is born great and some achieve greatness
A humorous quip from Street & Smith's Food News notes a misremembered line about greatness with the punchline that some get cured of long standing diseases. The exchange highlights playful schoolyard wordplay on famous phrases.
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Street & Smith’s Food News
Stand and Deliver Scheme and Malaria Cure Ad
An old advertisement mocks a stand and deliver scheme and child dialogue about a bicycle. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and Brown's Iron Bitters as remedies for malaria liver bowel nervousness and digestive issues. The copy touts toning and rebuilding strength for women and children.
Patent Cure Claims From Detroit Advertisers
An advertisement by Conductor E. D. Loomia of Detroit promotes Hales Caterrh Cure as effective. Another ad touts Brown's Tron Bitters for drepeneta matn bilousness and general debility, claiming restored strength and appetite. Dr Isaac Thompson’s Wye-water and Teedlai's Pills are marketed as remedies, with claims of eye relief and safer tonics for mothers and children.
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E. D. Loomia
Detroit
Mich
Hales
Solany Draggiats
The
Brown
Tron
Isaac Thompson
Teedlai
Syrup of Figs Promises Gentle Laxative Relief
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and aids kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them. It claims quick relief from colds headaches fevers and constipation and notes it is sold in 50c and 1 bottles by druggists and manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co with no substitutes.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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N. Finoh
Indi
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A. J. ‘Glensworth & Co
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U. S
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B. M. Woolley
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Express
Bradfield I Regulator
Orcugiet
Anak
Frank
Housh & Co
Boston
Maneantha
Lorre
Jones
Binghant
Medical Department
Chaille
Dean
Denver
Ateel Lavine
Etats
Pilgrim ' Charms
Warren Street
Tamilton Place
Roxton
Cory
Cardus
Chattanooga Med. CO
Chattanooga
Tenn
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Thomson Mfg. CO
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Couere
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Carolin
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Harris
Fort Poyne
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