Supreme Court Ends Year with Rulings on Rates and Land Claims
The Supreme Court’s final session of the year delivers rulings on interstate commerce party rate tickets for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and upholds Caldwell’s title over Maria J. Galliher in a homestead case. Justice Brewer and Justice Field author opinions on mining and land grant disputes, including Mary Borden’s ownership against the Northern Pacific Railroad.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Lamar
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Pany
Circuit
Court of the United States
Ohio
Tacoma
Wash
Justice Brewer
Supreme Court
Maria J. Galliher
Silas Galliher
Justice Field
Mary Borden
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Wisconsin
Railroad Company
Ytraint
Northern Pacific Company
United States
Senate Observes Funeral for Senator Barbour Virginia
Washington reports the senate held no business beyond funeral rites for the late Senator John S. Barbour of Virginia. Bishops priests and acolytes attended in Catholic ceremonial vestments as crowds packed galleries and officials gathered, with Bishop Keane delivering the sermon noting Barbour’s candidacy for baptism.
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Senate
John S. Barbour
Virginia
House of Representatives
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Mr. Wanamaker
Supreme Court
Army
Navy
Julian Pauncefote
Densley
Keane
Barbour
Debating Springer Free Wool Policy and Its Impact
The piece argues against Springer’s free wool proposal, claiming it would boost imports by 72 million dollars and depress domestic wool markets. It warns farmers would flood the market with American wool, lowering prices and harming sheep owners, while criticizing free trade rhetoric as dishonest and misrepresentative of actual tariff averages.
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Avioob
Springer
Hhis
Caase
United States
Sea Desert
Great
How a Lapidary Chooses and Cuts a Diamond
The article explains diamond anatomy and the precision work of lapidaries. It describes diamond grains, rough cutting, laying out stones, and splitting off usable fragments with a sharp-edged diamond on pitch. It notes grinding the selected face on a fast spinning steel wheel buried in a soft metal bed.
Diverse 18th Century Reflections and Noted Sayings
The text blends political ideas on minority rule and the Electoral College with historical anecdotes. It recalls the phrase die to the last ditch attributed to William of Orange, notes bone uses in industry, and mentions Edmund Hoyle the whist authority who earned £5,000 for his 1749 treatise.
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William of Orange
Duke of Buckingham
Hague
England
France
Holland
William
Edmund Hoyle
London
Ireland
Hoyle
How to Make Black Draft in Home Medicine
Recipe describes making a harsh home remedy called black draft with steamy leaves licorice root gincier and senna tincture. Instructions specify boiling, steeping near a fire for hours, straining, cooling, then adding sal volatile tincture and cardamom with defined doses for adults and youths. It warns against use for children under twelve.
How the Carte de Visite Originated in Europe
Two early photographic portraits were made by the Duke of Parma who had his likeness captured on visiting cards. Ferrier in Nice and copies followed, spreading to Paris and London. The term eventually spread widely for portraits the size of a lady's visiting card.
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Ferrier
Nice
France
Paris
Londone
Hanging a Heavy Door Plan Prevents Warping
Prairie Farmer reports a tested method for hanging a ten foot square door using a 4 by 4 butt, a 2 by 4 end piece, a roof plank, and an iron bar in a ground block. The design allows the door to lift from hinges and remain secure, with eight years of reliable use in practice.
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Prairie Farner
Hans
Ciera
How to Tell the Epact of the Year Almanac Guidance
The epact marks the moon age at year end and helps calculate the year’s start. Almanacs define the moon’s age as the days since new moon in a cycle to mark calendars and determine leap or corrective adjustments.
German Syrup credited with curing long cough and grippe
Peter J. Brials Jr of Cayuya Lincoln County Bliss reports his winter illness began with a rain soaked trip to Vicksburg. After a dry cough and grippe worsened he used two bottles of German Syrup from Dr. Dixon and was soon free of the cough and grippe with renewed vigor.
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Grippe
Vicksburg
Miss
Dixon
Boschee
Peter J, Brials, Jr
Cayuya, Lincs Co
Bliss
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