Legislature to Open January Seventh For Busy Session
The legislature will convene January 7 for sixty days of work with the United States Senate election and apportionment bills as top items. Many members will introduce bills, most of which fail in committee, and the last legislature reflected poorly on the Republican party, though some good men existed in both chambers. The new body should learn from past faults to serve the people and party better.
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United State
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House
Editorial views clash over prosperity and politics
The piece contrasts editorials in The Herald and Cincinnati Enquirer on McKinley era policies and prosperity. It argues about free trade, free silver, and Senate blockages, noting Teller and silver factions while debating national economic directions and religious imagery.
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Herald
McKinley
Cincinnati Enquirer
Columbus
U. S. Senate
Silver Republican Senators Stand Against Tariff Legislation
Senator Teller says Silver Republicans will not be bound by a Republican caucus and oppose tariff legislation this session. He is confident no tariff measures will be attempted and cautions against agitation of tariffs in the next session.
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Senator Teller
Ler
Stahlhuths Lotion Promoted as Antizimodic Toilet Preparation
A local advertisement touts Stahlhuths Lotion as the sole toilet preparation with antizimodic properties. It claims to cover chaps pimples and other imperfections, keeping skin clear smooth and elastic sold only in 5c bottles through Ernest Stubbuth & Co Columbus Ind.
Curious table figures on suicide demographics
A Philadelphia Times excerpt notes that over one third of women who kill themselves are under 25. It cites methods by gender, and remarks that poverty and monotony drive young women to despair, often described as various syndromes, with doctors citing many cases in practice.
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Philadelphia Times
Weight and gravity through the earth’s core question
A reader asks if a 100 pound ball could fall through a foot diameter hole to the earth’s center. The answer notes gravity decreases toward the center, so weight would vanish at the center and the ball would suspend as if fixed by magnetic points.
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East St. Louis
St. Louis Republic
Tom and the bill you can’t ignore in Rome and Berlin
A Chicago Times-Herald excerpt depicts a family quarrel over Tom’s spending while a New York Tribune item notes Rome’s avoidance of house number 18 and Berlin’s fear of 13. Frankfurt permits 13 to 12b changes on simple authority.
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Rome
Germany
Berlin
Frankfort
New York Tribune
Dublin journalist anecdote and portrait note
A Dublin journalist recalls a quayside night incident where a drowning man jokes about a final edition. The piece notes George Du Maurier’s last portrait, mocking views of his wings or cloven foot. It then lists nine heraldic crown varieties including oriental imperial and civic crowns.
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George du Maurier
Parks Designed for Public Use in Century Note
George F. Parker writes that parks in the illustrated city are built for public use with cricket, football, picnic grounds, croquet, tennis, bowling greens, and affordable access. Each park hosts weekly summer concerts funded by neighborhood subscriptions, and smaller parks suffice due to well tended private gardens.
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George F. Parker
Century
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