New Building Urged for Army Medical Museum and Library
Congress urged to fund a fire proof building for the Army Medical Museum and Library, housing about 51 500 volumes and 57 000 pamphlets, plus 22 000 specimens. The records of Civil War hospitals are also at risk. a $250 000 capstone is proposed. Geological Survey urged to expand nationwide, improve mineral resource development, and fund broader investigations. Public Buildings notes need for new blocks around Lafayette Square to house government offices and modernize architecture. Agricultural and Education sections emphasize sugar tea aims, cattle disease risks, and a push for an educational fund from public land proceeds. District of Columbia praise for schools and call to extend national education benefits to DC.
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Medical Museum
Army Medical Museum and Library
Army Medical Museum
United States
Congress
Union
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Secretary of the Navy
Alaska
Jamestown
Sitka
Panama
Central
South America
Chiriqui Lagoon
Caribbean Sea
Pacific Coast
Bay of Golfito
Post-Office Department
Postmaster-General
Universal Postal Union
Mexico
Central America
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Supreme Court
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Department of Justice
Forest Grove
Ore
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Permanent Civilization Fund
Department of the Interior
Colorado
Victoria
Sitting Bull
Secretary of the Interior
Public Lands Commission
Geological Survey
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Mississippi Valley
Lafayette Square
National Capital
Treasury
State, Navy and
Commissioner of Agriculture
Europe
Asia
Great Britain
States
Territories
District of Columbia
Board of Education
Logain
District
Treasury Report on Public Debt and Coinage Policy
Treasury highlights for 1880 show a surplus of 65.9 million after expenditures, with 75.9 million redeemed from bonds. It applauds sinking fund compliance, notes reduced public debt, and proposes new issues of Treasury notes and bonds to fund maturing securities. It discusses resumption of coin payments, U S notes, coinage totals, and National Banks’ role.
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Treasury Department
Washington
D. C
Treasury
United States
Assay Office
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Cos
Mint
Mississippi
Arizona
Christmas Eve to Christmas Day Dinner Ideas for Homes
A New York World article offers affordable, home friendly tips to brighten Christmas in country houses. It suggests a tree, evergreen decor, a single gift coordinator, practical tools for boys, sewing items for girls, homemade confections, and a festive day ending in games and dancing.
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New York World
Reform urged for electric lamp safety after fatal shocks
A Tribune report recalls Manchester and Russian yacht deaths from electric shocks to warn that live wiring in lamps is deadly. It calls for safer lamp design with guarded terminals and to treat electricity as a hidden risk requiring reform in invention and standards.
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Manchester
Eng
Russia
N. Y
Brains as the best fertilizer for farming success
A Lastern Chronicle column argues that farming benefits from planning and knowledge. It contrasts strong but dim workers with smarter farmers who read, plan, and apply labor-saving ideas. Readers are urged to maintain libraries and agricultural papers to stay competitive.
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Lastern Chronicle
Seed Potatoes and Eye Strength Decide Crop Size
A correspondent claims small seed potatoes yield small crops, but the author argues vigor of eyes governs growth. Strong eyes on potatoes of any size sprout robustly, drawing food from soil and producing a full crop. Weak eyes delay growth and limit potato size, making seed size irrelevant.
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Cermantown
A Western Hunter's Exploit and Miscellaneous Notes
A city clerk on a Southern Indiana hunting trip returns with modest success and sends a gift package to M. E. Ingalls. A porter misallocates funds, delivering oysters and a dressed turkey instead of quail. The text also shares lumber and construction figures from the Northwestern Lumberman and a health note on appetite, plus a quip about readers wanting different content and a newspaper's size.
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M. E. Ingalls
Indianapolis
Indiana
Mr. Ingalls
Ingall
Glass Houses and Practical Praise for St Jacobs Oil
A Salem New Jersey Glass Works manager endorses St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism with excellent results and notes his family also benefits. The piece also cites Chicago oleomargarine’s rise as butter substitutes and its impact on the market, referencing the St Louis Post Dispatch.
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St. Louis Evening Chronicle
Isaac Correy
Salem
N. J
Glass Works
St. Jacobs
Builder's Testimony on St Jacob's Oil Recovery
Chas. 8. Strickland of Boston testifies he recovered from rheumatism after using St. Jacobs Oil and cannot praise the discoverer enough. The account appears in the Grand Rapids Times.
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Grand Rapids Times
Chas
Strickland
Boylston Place
Boston
Mass
St. Jacobs Oil
Markets And Prices From New York Finances In Brief
Market section lists prices for wheat corn oats rye and other grains with No 2 Red wheat at 12 14 122 percent, corn 54 and 0 oats 32 percent, hogs beef and butter prices in Chicago, and lumber and cattle values. Includes dairy eggs flour and various commodities with bid ranges and classifications such as Good to Choice and Extra. Names of commodities and labeled grades dominate the snippet with scattered figures for December 8 1880 markets.
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New York
Soccese SR
Adaetaanash
Bsae
Chicago
Frazer Axle Grease and Russia Salve Ads Declared Best
Frazer Axle Grease proclaimed best in the world made by Frazer ubricator Co in Chicago New York and St Urs sold widely. Reporte's Russia Salve advertised as best family salve in the world and ideal for stable use.
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Frazerubricator Co
Chicago
New York
Sturs
Russia
Ita
Lydia FE. Pinkhaw
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
Morrison, Plummer & CO
Ill
Tutt’s
J. A
Swennan
Broadway
St. Louis
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Scientific American
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Nassau
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Lynh, Mass
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Centennial
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Toledo, O
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Detroit
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Lebanon
Ohio
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Augusta
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Portland
Great Western Gun Works
Pittsburgh
ALN. K
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John J. Keane
Richmond
Wm. D. Kelley
Arthur
Strongl
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