Nineteenth Century Capitol Snippets On Speakers And Senators
WashingtonTopics reports on House committee assignments for the new Congress and the rare promotions for first-term members. It recalls Bryan on the ways and means committee under Springer, jokes about a Texas temperance swap, and notes Du Pont’s long autobiography while highlighting Jeff Davis’s vigorous debut speech and Cushman of Washington’s jab at Bryan and Roosevelt.
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Charles W. Arthur
Washington
House
Ways and Means
William J. Bryan
Springer
Illinois
Crisp
Mills
Bryan
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
George Fisbie E
Hoar
Massachusetts
Davis
Wairbanks
Capitol
Senator Davis
Senate
Cushman
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promoted by Le Raysville Merchant
A Le Raysville merchant extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for piles and says it cured him twenty years ago. The ad promises relief for sores wounds pains and abrasions with a 25 cent price at Houseworth Bros drug stores.
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le Raysville
Houseworth Bros
Historical trees doomed in Grant statue site debate
Washington officials report a House delay on the Grant statue site in the United States botanical gardens. Rep McCall offers to postpone the decision until May, arguing the chosen location would destroy many historical trees, while supporters and critics clash over the site approved by Secretaries Root and Taft.
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Washington
McCall
Massachusetts
U. S. Grant
United States
Smith
Iowa
Root
Taft
Grenville M. Dodge
Senate
Grant
Williams
Mississippi
Sherley
Kentucky
Mann
Ilinois
Ligonier speech warns on city corruption and rural virtue
In a keynote at the Ligonier library cornerstone event Hon. John B. Stoll denounces city corruption while praising rural virtue. He recalls Senator Fassett’s remarks on urban voters and stresses dangers from overcrowded cities to the republic. Nearby notes report healing with Dr King’s New Discovery and local accidents in Goshen and Nappanee.
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Ligonier
John B. Stoll
New York
Fassett
Elmira
General Assembly
South Dakota
Mound City
T. D. Clapp
Houseworth Bros
At Yale Boat Race Shocks Yale Crowd Bucklen Tonight
Amusements notes feature the Yale Harvard boat race scene in Jules Murry's At Yale at Bucklen theatre. The production shows a full boat race with Yale overcoming Harvard to win, amid bank reactions. Also previews Jesse James and Christmas Eve western plays, with cast and schedule details from New York sources.
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Yale
Jules Murry
Harvard
Harvara
Victor
Bucklen Theatre
Jesse James
Jesse
Frank James
James
St. Joseph
Bucklen
Common Amusement Company of
New York
Montana
Harry D. Carey
Jim Graham
Receiver sought for Jewelers National Bank after insolvent findings
North Attleboro Mass Dec 20 the directors of the Jewelers National Bank closed since the death of vice president and cashier Frederick T M Sargeant filed for a receiver. President Alfred A Wiggin said examiners found personal transactions left the bank insolvent and urged the comptroller to appoint a receiver. Congress in brief Washington Dec 20 agitation on the floor over seeds funds and a name call led to adjournment and committee assignments unchanged as the Senate met not in session.
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North Attleboro
Mass
National Bank
Frederick ™. Sargeant
Alfred A. Wiggin
New York
Currier
Ewen
Coashier
Congress
Briel
Washington
House of Representatives
Gaines
Tennessee
Iis
Ded Armond
Williams
House
Cannon
Senate
First Money Appropriated by Congress for Seed Warehouses
Washington on December 20 reports the first money appropriation by the current Congress. An amount of 50,000 dollars is set aside to cover seed deficiencies after a fire destroyed government seed warehouses in the capital city.
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Edward Montague
Raymond Hitchcock
Dazed
Fred Day
Francis, Day & Hunter
Day
John Abbott
Abbott
Mr. Abbott
Washington
Congress
Chaplain Prays for Navy Fleet Ahead of Pacific Voyage
Washington December 20. In the opening prayer of the house session Chaplain Couden asked for divine protection for the battleship fleet en route to the Pacific coast. The call followed prayers for safety of ships and men aboard the vessels.
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Washington
Couden
Pacific Coast
Chicago Markets Update on Grains and Live Stock
Quotations from the Chicago Board of Trade show mixed grain futures with December wheat near 98.25 and May around 104.50, while corn ranges hover near 56 to 58 with July at about 57. Hogs and cattle futures in Chicago trades feature receipts around 46,000 hogs and 8,000 cattle with prices showing range shifts. East Buffalo listings report slower cattle, lower hogs, and lambs at 6.65 for top grades. calves and sheep vary in price across 4.00 to 9.25 for calves and 4.00 to 6.15 for lambs and ewes.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Dee
US Park
East Buffalo Live Stock
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Family Rift Over Elopement Coachman Affair
Detroit Tribune reports a tense domestic dispute after a wife elopes with a coachman. The husband laments and foresees trouble with his father in law, while expressing sorrow over the lost marriage and the coachman's role.
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Detroit Tribune
Handspike Tree Marks a Boone County Legend
A river birch on Pond Fork near Madison in Boone County West Virginia bears a wartime tale. Jim Martin, a giant lumberman in 1846, planted a handspike when joining a Mexican War recruiting party. the rooted sapling grew into a famed tree that stands as his monument after his death on Mexican soil.
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Pond Fork
Little Coal River
Boone County
W. Va
Eldred
Madison
Lawber
Jim Martin
Washington Post
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Texas Statesman
Teddy
Texas
Lone Star
Pinkney
Pinkne
Lome
Senator du Pont
Delaware
Powder Trust
Frank Lowden
Milnois
George M. Pullman
Cnr
Grant—Smith
New York Echo
Richard Preston
Goshen
Millersburg
New Paris
Preston
George Carl
Nappanee
Nappanee House
Suune
ALT
al Bucklen
The
New York Herald
Miss Courtenay
Herald
Miss Morgan
Lippincott’s
Ivory
Silver
Ceder
Norway
Florida
California
Fur Stores
Parker
C. A. Miller
F. W. Ball
Elkhart
Dennison
Indiana
C. A. Miller & Co
LUDWIG @SONS
Golden Gate and Ivory Victor
Pride of Hik
McKenzie
Michigan
Porterhouse
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