Queer Freaks of a Colored Woman in Springfield
On January 25 a Springfield colored woman Mrs Paulina King had a vision to fast forty days and nights. She declined water for seven days then drank, later refused again until completion. A feast followed at the courthouse with community singing and trances among some attendees. She weighs 113 pounds at the start and 89 at the end, claims no suffering, plans to evangelize, and has a husband and two children.
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Paulina King
Springfield
Quincy
Chicago
Heaven
Jasper
Jesus
Outlook for Crops Seeding Wheat Early Amid Light Movement
A Chicago telegraph survey reviews the national crop picture. March favors early spring seeding while winter-wheat moisture remains low. Frosts recede. seed wheat is mostly Nos 8 and 4 shrunken. ground is dry and farmers await spring rain. Wheat stock in elevators is at a 15 year low. movement slow, mills idle until seeds arrive.
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Minnesota
Dakota
Walla Walla
Washington Territory
Illinois
Mississippi River
Missouri
Kansas
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Iowa
Nebraska
Representative Towns Townshend Dies of Pneumonia
Representative Richard W Towns Townshend died in Washington D C after a brief illness. Flags in the House and Senate were lowered to half mast. Mrs Townshend received a sympathy note from Mrs Carrie Harrison expressing shock and condolences on the loss.
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Richard W. Townshend
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Harrison
Townshend
Carrie
Townshend Longtime Congressman From Maryland
Dick Townshend, born in 1840 in Prince George’s County Maryland, rose from a House page to serve five Congresses as a Democrat. He worked on coast defenses in the Fiftieth Congress and helped secure funding for heavy ordnance after the war. Stoll and Partridge grocers of Bloomington failed with liabilities around $2,000 and similar assets.
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Townshend
National
House of Representatives
Marshall
House
Prince George's County
Maryland
Washington
Buckingham
Dick ‘Townshend
Hamilton County
Democratic State Central Committee
Baltimore
Congress
Novel Marriage Ceremony In Milwaukee Jewish Rite
Meyer Bank of Cresco Iowa and Fannie Rosenberg of Milwaukee were married in Milwaukee at Temple Anshe Jacob following ancient Jewish rites. The bride circled the canopy seven times and the groom crushed a glass to signify renouncing married pleasures.
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Meyer Bank
Cresco
Iowa
Fannie Rosenberg
Milwaukee
Wis
Temple Anse Jacob
Government Sued Possible under National Constitution, Court Rules
In San Francisco the United States Circuit Court, Judge Sawyer, overruled the government’s demurrer in Southern Pacific Railway Company vs United States. The court held the United States can be sued on a statutory contract claim, finding the act of March 3, 1887, allows such suits when the value exceeds 41,000 and is under 10,000. The decision emphasizes liberal construction of remedial statutes.
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San Francisco
Cal
United States
Sawyer
Southern Pacific Reilroal Company
eThe Southern Pacific Company
Congress
Centennial Celebration Plans Across the Nation
Taonten B. Bryan chairs a Northwest general observance committee issuing a nationwide centennial program for April 30 1889 marking the adoption of the Constitution. Chicago and New York coordinate services prayers schools medals concerts and fireworks to honor Washington and lasting patriotism.
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Northwest
New York
Chicago
Washington
Taonten B. Bryan
CxicaGco
Clarkson Confirmed for First Assistant Postmaster General Role
The Senate has confirmed J B Clarkson as First Assistant Postmaster General with authority to appoint postmasters and oversee candidates. Born 1845 in Brookville Indiana, he rose from printer to Des Moines editor and publisher. A Republican strategist, he led Iowa delegations and served on the National Committee, aiding later Harrison campaign efforts.
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Senate
Clarkson
Brookville
Ind
Iowa
Des Moines Register
Clarkson Early
Republican State Central Committee
Allison
Harlan
Grant
Des Moines
Hayes
Washington
Blaine
Cincinnati
Republican National Committee
Ohio
Gen
Harrison
Illinois Legislature Debates Banking Reform and Public Holidays
Illinois Senate discusses two banking bills to allow city banks with higher capitals under the banking law and repeals the Peru and LaSalle recorder courts act. House adjourns for lack of quorum as lawmakers debate April 30 1889 as George Washington’s centennial holiday with a gubernatorial proclamation and bells rung statewide.
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Senate
Peru
LaSalle
George Washington
United States
Illinois
Ilinois
Committee On Revenue
House
Asa C. Matthews
Internal Revenue
Pinkerton
Chicago
R. W. Townshend
Matthews
United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Allen
Vermilion
Fifer
Joliet
Adelbert
Wright
Ce County
O. H. Wright
Eastern Hospital For the Insane
Kankakee
Walter W. Todd
Kankakee County
Lemuel Milk
Ford County
R. A. McCracken
F. L. Cook
Michael F. Bowler
Crawford Stock Yards
Ireland
The
Elgin Insane Asylum
Gee
Joint Committee On Revenue
Bray
Cooley
Coen
Baker
Hunt
Whitehead
Converse
Farmer
Crafts
Jones
Schneider
Dean
Washburn
Mathews
Hogan
Greenwood
Crawford
Shutt
Karraker
Seiter
Prohibition Dakota Convention Heads to May Election
The Prohibition convention of Dakota met in Huron where finances produced over $6,000 for campaign expenses. Bishop Ireland is slated to speak before the May election with meetings planned in each town and school district as fourteen hundred attended the closing session, an unprecedented turnout for the state.
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Dakota
Huron
Ireland
Alfred Post's Sudden Departure From Chicago Freight Bureau
Alfred Post alleged to have run a freight bureau in Chicago and vanished with about $300,000. Reported career described as checkered with wide frauds affecting many businessmen, and rumors claim numerous liaisons with women. He previously lived in luxury in Chicago before leaving.
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Alfred Post
Western Freight Claim Bureau
Chicago
Texas
Duchess’s mismatched gloves spark fashion trend
A charming French duchess arriving late for a benevolent festival wore one black glove and one white glove while driving. She only noticed in the drawing room, and at the next fashionable assembly all ladies wore gloves of different colors.
Rose Bush Shifts Flower Color After 30 Years In England
An Arlorist in England reports a rose bush that has produced white roses for over thirty years suddenly began bearing red blooms. He attributes the change to soil enrichment affecting the plant’s color expression.
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England
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