Senate and House reorganize as new members take oaths
The article details the December proceedings in Congress with the Senate adjourning after oath administrations to Beck Bowen Cullom Dolph Ferry and others, while new Senators Pike Kenna Gibson Colt Wilson Riddieberger Sabin Palmer Cullom Manderson Dolph Bowen are noted. In the House, chairs and Speakers are discussed, with Geddes backing Carlisle over Keifer and seating contests from Mississippi and Virginia under debate.
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Congressional
Senate
Edmunds
Beck
Messrs
Palmer
Ferry
Pike
Rollins
Bowen
Cullom
Dolph
E. Hoar
McPherson
Manderson
Sabin
Saulsbury
Wilson
Kenna
Gibson
Colitt
Riddieberger
House Nd
Geddes
John G. Carlisle
Kentucky
Cannon
Utah
Keifer
Ohio
Carlisle
Foreign tensions and uprisings sweep early June world
Reports from Canton warn foreigners of imminent war with France as land and sea forces mass for defense. Briefer notes recount a Brussels ministry burnings, a Canadian push for women’s suffrage, a German Crown Prince’s move to Rome, and anarchist activity in Paris amid a volatile backdrop of international incidents and diplomatic disputes.
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Apna Pexc
Yu Lix
Canton
China
France
Tw County Council
Welland
Ont
Suh
Ontario
London Press Association
O'Donnell
Cape of Good Hope
Live
New York
Acapix Dispatch
Rome
Alexander C. Joslin
Burnett House
Cinnati
Buckingham Hotel
Brunswick
Boston
London
Paris
Peng Yu Lin
Germany
Madrid
Spain
Fire Demolishes Mount Hickory Iron Works in Erie County
The Mount Hickory Iron Works and Rolling Mill, a major Erie County factory, burned out on a morning in the period described. The mill, largely owned by William L. Scott, claimed a $250,000 working capital and employed 230 workers, with about $99,000 insured. A man named Frank Ward of Sharon, Pa., was arrested after being linked to arson at the site. In related items, various other industrial and public notices appear, including wage reductions at Penn Iron Company and reports on deaths and other incidents.
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Senate
Hoar
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Internal Revenue Law
Internal Revenue Bureau
Utah
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Central
South America
House
Supreme Court
Committee of
Thomas H. Herenden
Alabama
Lexarx
Nural
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Chesakre
Delaware
United States
Cuba
McCord
New York
National Temperance Society
Congress
Bridget Martha
Sheehan
Julia McGrath
May
Pittsburgh
Levi Brothers & Co
Fine
Castleton
N.Y
Canada
Workingmen’s Association
Lynn
Mass
Workingmen’s Party
Auditor General of
Pennsylvania
Farmers’ Congress of the
Louisville
Columbia County
Tombstone
Arizona
Fronteras
N. M
Crook
Denver
Cal
Dallas
Tex
Guick Brothers
Chicago
Board of Managers
London
Rellenden Springs
Ark
Kansas City
Harrison Crews
Jonx J. Jonxson
Coleman Hawkin
Anderson
Ind
Hawkins
Johnson
Helena
Mont
Stedman
Henderson
Miles City
8. W. Scott
Elkhart
Osborne
Williamston
N. C
Wate
Morgantown
W. Va
Tus Bar
Salt Lake City
Sumner Howard
Michigan
Aubrie
William Morgan
Elgin
National Congress
Nashville
Sinclair
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chaco
C. Poole
Wweeter
Prent Mathews
Hazlehurst
Miss
California Wheat Pool
Pottawatomies
Washington
O'Donnell
Carey
Mount Hickory
Erie County
William L. Scott
Frank Ward
Sharon
Frances J. Parmenter
Providence
R. I
John Martin
Joseph F. Bree
Thomas Harket
Tax Penn Iron Company
Lancaster
Grorce W. Nolly
Ashland
Twe Union
Cleveland
Ohio
Tur
Tufts College
Boston
James F. Gery
St. Louis
F.M. Nichols
Wilkesbarre
New York Tribune
Philadelphia
Wissahickon
Schuylkill
Ronue
Mary Mood
Richmond Street
Wissa
Twelfth-street
Otis-street Wharf
Catfish Emporium
Kensington Water-Works
Sen
Tacon Sehuyl
Fishtown
Pete
Fannie
Platt Deutsch
Lower Kensington
Ves
Gloucester
Unknown at Home and Paris Wedding Witnesses
An old article blends anecdotes from Paris society and New York, noting a bridal party in Paris with Victor Hugo and Alexander Dumas as witnesses. It also mentions Vanderbilt and Gould mausoleums, a wedding with a giant wishbone, and quirky notes about Washington leaves and a Jersey City girl with mislaid limbs.
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Keny
Dante Boone
Paris
Ingress
Paul Delaroche
Victor Hugo
Alexander Dumas
Hugo
Delaroche
Illiam H
New York
Deserted Logging Camps in Maine Spoofed by Summer Sightseers
In Maine woods, logging camps abandoned in winter reveal little to summer sportsmen. Transformations from snow to open ground mislead, as sled irons, runners, and yokes show wear. Buck and Golding's team, and oxen, move in single file. companionship among animals underlines lifelong bonds, Cor. Boston Transcript.
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Maine
Buck
Golding
Iord
Falk
Boston Transcript
North Side society lady buys stamps in office tale
A North Side lady buys five two cent stamps at a post office and chats with the clerk about sending letters, Gerty at Vassar, and the election. The humorous exchange covers post office life and casual gossip as the line moves along.
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Yessum
Conee
Gerty
Vassar
Arthur
Chicago Inter Ocean
Two Wealthy Men of Washington in Wealth and Seclusion
Two rich figures in Washington are contrasted. W W Corcoran, active in banking and charity, is aging with art interests, while Joseph A Willard, a solitary investor, owns half Willard's Hotel and vast real estate and leads a frugal, nocturnal life focused on accumulating government bonds.
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Columbia
W. W. Corcoran
Corcoran
Mr. Corcoran
Joseph A. Willard
Willard
Joe” Willard
Fourteenth Street
F Street
Hen
Caleb
Washington
Railroad Etiquette for Parlor Cars in Old Philadelphia
A humorous guide on rail travel manners in parlor cars detailing how to greet porters, tips, seating, and etiquette like presenting money, avoiding cursors, and riding with leisure. It humorously notes how bribery and deference influence seating, brushing, and baggage handling as the train departs.
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Porlor
Personal and Literary Snapshots From The Era
The New York Mercantile Library holds 200141 volumes while new Governor General of Canada arrives with thirty nine servants. Elaine Goodale teaches at Hampton Va. Reese Butler the youngest grandfather in Trinidad Texas. Lectures loom from Massey on metaphysical conundrums and Captain Mayne Reid’s posthumous plans. Commentary on Blaine, Miss Anderson, Sarah Bernhardt and Oscar Wilde quotes appear alongside editor histories and a note on Grand Duke Alexis’s marriage. Johnson comments on Henry Villard and Willard, Crawford’s rapid writing methods praised.
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New York Mercantile Library
Canada
England
Elaine Goodale
Massachusetts
Indiana School
Hampton
Boston Herald
Trinidad
Tex
Reese Butler
Chicago
Inter Ocean Herald
Massey
Mayne Reid
Philadelphia Times
Blaine
Auguste
Thomas Foley
Ricardo
Brooklyn
The
New York Tribune
Sarah Bernhardt
Oscar le
Miss Anderson
New York Commercial Advertiser
Noah Web
Zachariah Lewis
William L. Stone
Francis Hall
William Henry Hurlbut
Thurlow Weed
Hugh Jings
Grand Duke
Alexis
Russia
General Grant
Amelie of
Or 8
Paris
Alexander III
Johnson
Henry Villard
Richmond
Croesus
Willard
Germany
America
Tribune
Crawford
Claudius
Humorous Fragments From A Wordy World Of Wits
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers includes lines about paternal advice on appearance, a Louisville editor evading a would be thief, a girl joking about bird protection society, a chemistry professor boasting of poisons, and cantankerous editor notes on mood and style. The pieces reflect era humor and cartoonish social banter.
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Manning
Chalmers
Committee On Election
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Tucker
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Teller
J.W. Niles
Hier
Sherman
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Joux C. New
Indiana
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Indianapolis
Garland
Frank L. Lorna
John Flemming
Flemming & Merriam
Nebraska
Jonx O'Merris
American Board of Foreign Missions
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Suakim
Egypt
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Pimelodus Catus
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Chicago Herald
Society For the Protection
Adolphie
Oil City Derrick
Christian Union
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Arkansaw Traveller
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