Inauguration Day Brings Cleveland Second Term Induction
Grover Cleveland was inaugurated for a second term amid a fierce snowstorm and vast crowds. The ceremonies spanned congressional adjournment, a military parade, and an all-night inaugural ball at the Pension Building as officials, diplomats, and citizens braved the elements to witness the transfer of power.
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Grover Cleveland
New York
Thriof
United States
Congress
White House
Capitol
Indies
Supreme Court
Mr. Cleveland
Harrison
Fuller
Cleveland
Republic
McMahon
Washington
Pension Building
Pension
Cyclone Ravages Three Georgia Counties Wreaks Havoc
A punishing cyclone swept through Meriwether Troup and Pike counties Friday night destroying Greenville and Piedmont areas. One death occurred in Greenville while Odessa reports six fatalities. Destruction blanketed Piedmont with many houses ruined and injuries reported, as livestock perished and residents lost homes and garments amid widespread distress.
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Meriwether, Troup and
Pike
Troup
Meriwether
Greenville
Eny
Aix
Odessa
Macon
Birmingham
Piedmont
Pike County
Misa Daisy Hawkins
Kate
Peidmont
Harp
Thomaston
Andrew Riviere
Inaugural Address On Devotion To Nation In Oath
The address pledges unreserved devotion to the nation and warns of threats to government health. It stresses the need for a stable currency and prudent policy, urging temperance in opinion and rejection of excessive appeals in public debate.
President and Mrs Cleveland Attend Washington Ball
A detailed account of the 10 o'clock ball at the vice president and president’s reception in Washington. Prominent guests including General Scofield, Justice Gray, Lamont, Morton, Gilder, and many senators, foreign ministers, and military officers mingled in the ballroom. The evening closed with the band’s quiet strains and a calm dispersal at midnight.
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Senate
Diplomatic Corps
Cleveland
Mra
Stevenson
House
Alates
Courts of Claims
Harrison
Morton
Butler
Adama
Jefferson
Calhoun
Republic
Arthuy
Henderelts
Mor
Vofiles
Scofield
Justice Gray
Supreme Court
Daniel
Lamont
Washington
Home Sweet Home
For Sale Cow and Gun by Bill Nye in Township Nineteen
Advertises a one four hatched cow Rose aged eight years with milk, courage, and odd mix of breeds. Includes a double barreled shotgun. Notes May calving trip, and references to farm wisdom about crops and soil. Ends with generic exhortations on farming and thrift.
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Bill Nye
Fashions for 93 and a Temperance Punch Bowl Tale
A humorous exchange features a wife admiring a vintage purchase and a husband newly elected president of the Swear-off Temperance Society. They joke about the large punch bowl as a water basin for stamp soaking in the library, highlighting light domestic wit. The item reflects quirky 19th century humor and social roles.
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Temperance Society
New York Weekly
An Art Emergency in a Community Scene
A brief exchange depicts a child painter seeking to adjust a portrait. The girl’s mother questions the need for a rouge box on the bureau while the child explains wanting the cheeks to appear self painted, aiming for realism in the artwork.
Out Of The Office Says He Has Gone Out
A caller asks for Mr. Bizzy in. the office boy says he is not in and has gone out. The caller presses on when he will return, but the boy cannot say. The exchange hints at informal daily office chatter and delays.
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Bizzy
Flem
Albert Hartley
Hudson
N. C
S. B. Gardiner
J. EB. Barr
Aurora
Texas
Boschee
Prominent Patent Remedy Claims Health Benefits
An ad-like passage extolls Thostetter's Stomach Hitters and Brown's SupesnTA UC THGONEAWaIEh as boosters of digestion and regular bodily functions. It cites disease resistance, malaria relief, and general strength, featuring testimonials from a St. Paul cashier and asserting superior efficacy alongside skimmed milk and flax seed gruel.
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Thostetter
Hood's Sarsaparilla Purchases Hood's Cures Health Claims
Hood's Sarsaparilla buys up all claims to Hood's Cures Health, asserting it treats health issues with their product. The move consolidates ownership and strengthens marketing narrative around Hood's, presenting a unified brand front to consumers seeking remedy assurance.
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Hood
Two Smart Women Explain Poker Club Scheme
A mother frets that her son in law plays poker each night for money at the club, while his wife and her daughter reveal a scheme. The Nexdoor couple participate, taking winnings to swap with another, doubling the money they can extract from their spouses. The ruse hinges on exchanging winnings between the two couples to double their haul.
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Nexdoor
New York Weekly
Encouraging Honesty Ends With Poor House Reform
A businessman and a clergyman debate ethics in a New York Weekly cartoon. The businessman concedes honesty is limited by circumstances and proposes improving living conditions for the poor as a path to higher morality. The exchange satirizes moral standards tied to social welfare policy.
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New York Weekly
Royal Baking Powder Stands Higher in Purity and Leavening
Royal Baking Powder costs more to produce than rivals due to refined ingredients. It is purer, has greater leavening strength, and offers better value to consumers. The text argues price does not match leavening power and impurities from cheaper powders affect food, so Royal is the only suitable choice for top quality meals.
Missouri Botanical Garden founded by Henry Shaw’s will
Henry Shaw of St Louis died 1889 and left his grounds and most estate to trustees to establish a botanical garden with a museum and library. The Missouri Botanical Garden will be the best endowed botanic institution, drawing global students. Six six year scholarships are created for youths from fourteen to twenty, focusing on economic botany entomology surveying and bookkeeping.
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Henry Shaw
St. Louis
Missouri Botanical Garden
Botanic Garden
New World
The Height of Style in a doll party invitation
In this playful slice from Street & Smith's Good News, Little Dot writes doll invitations and explains a black cross as the dollie's mark while Mama questions the design. Little Johnnie reports a toy store selling balls cheaply and Father ponders commercial wisdom as he notes bait and hooks.
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Mamma
Dollie
Mark
Street & Smith
Johnnie
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McPherson
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Boom
McCook
Army
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Allison
MAS
Mila, Stevenson
Paris
Tse
Chicago Times
New York City
New York Society For Ethical Culture
Felix Adler
Cashler
St. Paul
Minn
Abana
Hood’s
Eva Covert
Bath, N.Y
Mars
Rath
Stuben County
N. Y
Acre
F.C Lewismeg. CO
Costa
Califorenia Fly Syrup Co
Bonaire
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Cnergy & Co
Druggisis, Tc
The
Great
Missouri Botanical (Garden
Toe Swift
Joan Gavin
Dayton, Olin
Swift Specific CO
Atlant
Dr. Melane
Dr.j. Melane
Mann Panton de
Laverris
Ming Brothers CO
Pittaburgh
Einemenon
Disorders Ranch
Mall
Thomson
Man'Aily Judson L Thomson Ibfg
Waltha
Emical
Scott
Cal
Gontt & Bowne
N.Y
Loren
Imerediant
Noweley Dept
Attias Taex Corp
Stasshompnr
Doewton
Kaw Tor Phiadalphia
Bidawon
Bes
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