Gorman Again In The Saddle For Senate Minority
Washington March 9 The extra session brings fifteen new senators and reopens the leadership question in the Democratic minority with Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland poised to direct. He aims to unify the scattered faction, guide House and Senate, and head reorganization efforts next January. He is slated to possibly chair the national committee and will work from a new up town retreat near Pennsylvania and G Streets while maintaining a country home in Laurel Maryland. He emphasizes quiet strategy over publicity and plans to rally Democrats to a common program ahead of the 1900 convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Arthur Pue “Gorman
Maryland
Congress
J. K. Jones
Arkansas
Bailey
Texas
Carmack
Tennessee
Patterson
Colorado
House
James D. Richardson
Democratic Party
Gorman
Williams
Mississippi
Richardson
John Sharp Williams
Anchorage
William J. Bryan
Germany
Pennsylvania
G Streets
White House
Portland
Capitol
Fifteenth Street
Laurel
Grant
House of Delegates
Chicago
Kansas City
Bryan
Chesapeake &Ohio Canal Company
Jeader
Aldrich
Platt
Connecticut
Allison
Executive Committee
Sciatic Rheumatism Cured by Mystic Cure
Richmond wholesale druggist L. Wagner says a severe sciatic rheumatism attack kept him bedridden for nearly two months until Mystic Cure for Rheumatism cured him after doctors failed. He reports similar good results from others. Sold at Fenton's Drug Store, 225 S. Main St.
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L. Wagner
Richmond
Fenton’s
S. Main St
Sunday School Exchange Echoes Prodigal Son Tale
A Boston Register exchange notes a Sunday School moment where a teacher asks who regretted the prodigal son’s return and a little girl answers the fatted calf.
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Boston Register
Witch Hazel Salve Declared Best by DeWit Company
Chicago firm E. C. DeWit & Co. touts DeWitt's Salve as a specific for piles and skin ailments. The advertise to seek the genuine DeWitt's—Houseworth Eros—to avoid counterfeits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. DeWit & Co
Chicago
DeWitt
Houseworth
Stage dream shelved by friends at Baltimore American
A reflection on Bl ohardt recalling a wish to take the stage, tempered by friends who persuaded him against it. The knocker joke from the Baltimore American adds a light, historical flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blohardt
Knocker
Baltimore
Colds Can Lead to Pneumonia Warns Remedy Ad
A health notice urges not to dismiss a cold as harmless warning that pneumonia can follow. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as counteracting such progression and describes it as effective and pleasant to take. Sold by Houseworth Bros.
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Houseworth Bros
Complexion Metaphor Baffles Lovers in Rocky Mountain Tea Reference
Fragmentary clipping notes a remark about a girl’s complexion seen as a mark on a lover’s heart, with a caustic aside about Rocky Mountain Tea. The snippet references Houseworth and a troublesome phrase suggesting a dubious remedy or claim.
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Houseworth Ros
Believing Husband Dieing Mrs Amick Drowns Self in Carbolic Acid
In Champaign a woman about 30 years old, Mrs D C Amick, drank carbolic acid after believing her husband was dying. Mr Amick, very ill and unconscious, survived but unlikely to recover. The family, two years in town, included children from prior marriages. Mrs Amick had reportedly tried to end her life last fall by inhaling gas.
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Champaign
Cc. Amick
Amick
Lyman Gage Succeeds Hewitt as Burke Relief Chief
The Winifred Masterson Burke relief foundation directors meet in John M. Burke’s office and elect Lyman J. Gage vice president to succeed the late Abram S. Hewitt. The foundation holds property valued at about 4 million dollars for relief of worthy but temporarily unable to support themselves.
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New York
Winifred Masterson Burke
Iron Makers to Fight Union Demands
New York March 7 The National Structural Iron Manufacturers Association with forty leaders nationwide and over 1 million dollars capital has formed to resist wage increase demands planned by the Structural Ironworkers Union on May 1.
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New York
National Structural Iron Manufacturers’ Association
National Organization of the Structural Ironworkers’ Union
Michigan Fishermen Rescued After Ice Floe Ordeal
Telephoned update from Sister Bay reports three men rescued from an ice floe near Washington Island. Other fishermen are accounted for and the staged relief back toward the remaining survivors continues as of March 7 in Marinette Wisconsin.
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Michigan
Marinette
Wis
Sister Bay
Washington Island
Fire on Eleventh Floor of Wallace Building
Fire on the eleventh floor of the Wallace Building downtown caused great anxiety. The standpipe operated perfectly, and most damage came from water and smoke during the skyscraper incident in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wallace Building
Lowell Looms Over Strike Threat as Mills Demand Wage Hike
Lowell mass March 7 20 000 workers in seven cotton mills threaten the largest strike in the city history. They demand a 10 percent wage increase to take effect March 31, signaling a major labor confrontation.
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Lowell
Mass
Man and Wife Die in Gas Fatality with Pet Cat
In New York on March 7, Joseph Burns and his wife Sarah were found dead from gas asphyxiation in their apartment. A Maltese cat also died in the incident.
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New York
Joseph Burns
Sarah
Bride Led to Altar Says Reporter in Tit Bits
Exchange jokes about a bride finding her way to the altar. City editor argues the phrase is nonsense, while the reporter calls it a common obstacle.
DeWitts Little Early Risers Ad from Houseworth Bros
An advertisement touts DeWitts Little Early Risers as a reliable pill praised for quick action and permanent liver support. The copy emphasizes ease of purchase and use and urges consumers to ask for this brand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stars and Stripes
DeWitt’s
Houseworth Bros
Paradoxical exchange on artificiality of Miss Fiyppe
Noggsby asks if Miss Fiyppe is truly artificial. Wagesby replies that artificiality appears natural to her.
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Noggsby
Stomach and Liver Tablets for Quick Recovery
If it's a bilious attack, take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and a quick recovery is certain. For sale by Houseworth Bros.
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Chamberlain
Houseworth Bros
Piano lamp sparks debate in domestic moment
A wife urges a piano as essential to home, while the husband protests they are not musical. The exchange ends with the wife affirming the piano lamp as part of their idea of home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Weekly
Wakeful Children Reported In Long Night Hours
Fragmentary OCR notes describe children wakefulness and long hours, suggesting a diary or medical observation. Details are unclear, but the fragment mentions wakefulness and extended night periods affecting young readers.
Miners and Operators End Illinois Wage Strike Deadlock
Springfield reports miners and coal operators in Illinois resolved a near strike by adopting a statewide wage scale. A 6 cent per ton raise was set. disputes lingered in Williamson county and thin vein fields. Operators also fixed powder price at 1.85 per keg, changing last year’s 1.27 rate.
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Springfield
Tis
Finois
Thinois
Williamson County
Tlinois
Woman fears mob violence at Schoen factory
Rose Schoen, head of Schoen Manufacturing, obtained an injunction to stop threats and ostracism by strikers against her workers. She also sued twenty six union leaders for 10000 dollars in damages, with the order barring pickets and warning mobs from gathering near the factory in Racine Wisconsin.
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Racine
Wis
Rose Schoen
Schoen Manufacturing Company
Woman’s Garment Workers’ Union
PAYS MILLIONS FOR COAL LANDS
The Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke company of Pittsburg will acquire the Ellsworth holdings in this county. The 10 000 acre purchase totals 16000000 dollars and stands as one of the largest coal deals in western Pennsylvania history.
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Washington
Monongahela River
Canon Law Expert Dr August Mueller Named Private Secretary
August Mueller is appointed private secretary to Archbishop Quigley the new head of the Chicago Roman Catholic see. He is recognized as one of America’s most profound students of canon law.
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August Mueller
Quigley
Chicago
America
Embroidered Robes in Zo la Villa Sold Quietly
A sale of valuables from Zo la’s villa included a fine collection of embroidered priestly robes. The item collection was noted for its potential detail and relevance to his novel Le Reve, suggesting the robes could be described minutely in literary work.
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Zola
Reve
Pope Portrait in Professor Mazzoni’s Home Sparks Century Claim
Leo XIII reportedly has strong faith in Professor Mazzoni who keeps a portrait of the pope at his house. The professor recently asserted the pope could live to and beyond his hundredth birthday.
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Leo XIII
Mazzoni
Col Alfred L. Rives Dies at Charlottesville
Col. Alfred L. Rives has died in Charlottesville Virginia. He was educated at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and was sent by Emperor Napoleon III with other distinguished men to survey the coast of Algiers.
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Alfred L. Rives
Charlottesville
Ecole Polytechnique
Paris
Napoleon Til
Algiers
Mission leader warns of Mormon rise reshaping West
The Rev. John K. Nutting of a Utah gospel mission told a New York gathering of Presbyterian ministers that if Mormonism grows as it did in the past twelve years, it could control the West of the United States from Canada to Mexico within a decade.
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John K. Nutting
Utah Gospel Mission
Presbyterian Ministers’ Association
New York
United States
Canada
Mexico
Doctor says Rockefeller in strong health during California trip
Dr. H. F. Biggar said in Kansas City that the idea Rockefeller is ill is a mistake. He added Rockefeller is in better health than now and is traveling with the party, not under treatment, ready to respond if an emergency arises.
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H. F. Biggar
John D. Rockefeller
California
Kansas City
Rockefeller
Revival Meeting Draws Huge Crowds in Elwood
Elwood hosted one of the greatest revival meetings at First Presbyterian led by Evangelist Mrs Birch of St Louis ending with a monster Sunday night at Kramer theater. Church overflowed with hundreds turned away. Elwood Choral Society of 70 provided music and had just won first prize at the Marion state Festival. Revivals continue at nearby Baptist North A Street Christian and Second Methodist Protestant churches.
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Elwood
Wlwood
First Presbyterian Church
Rs. Birch
St. Louis
Kramer Theater
Elwood Choral Society
Seventy
Marion
Baptist
North A Street Christian
Second Methodist
Simple Hyomei cure for catarrh advertised locally
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a miraculous cure for catarrh. It describes an inhaler plus bottle of solution for one dollar, claims quick relief, and cites J S Nugent of New York as a testimonial. It promises money back if not cured and notes local Elkhart endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T. Booth
American Life Insurance Company
J. S. Nugent
New York City
Hyomei
Elkhart
Houseworth Bros
No Use in Rainy Day Talk Between Mrs Jones and Patrick
A clipped 19th century style exchange shows Mrs Jones urging thrift while Patrick the hostler laments illness and inability to save. The judge remarks on Rheumatism keeping him laid up, with dialog revealing shared concern about money during hard times.
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Colds and Coughs
An old drugstore remedy advertised by Taylor Fenton offers cures for coughs colds bronchitis asthma croup whooping cough hoarseness and bronchial troubles sold at Fenton's Taylor drugstore.
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FOLEY
Taylor Fenton
Huntington Daily Journal to Debut Soon in Huntington
Wabash Charles Be Lovelace formerly of the Wabash Times recently sold that paper to Sharp editor of the Wabash Star and expects to issue the first number of his morning paper at Huntington in a few days. Lovelace says the title will be the Huntington Daily Journal.
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Wabash
Charles BE
Lovelace
The
Wabash Times
Sharpe
Wabash Star
Huntington
Huntington Daily Journal
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Judson-Alton
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Missouri Pacific
Denver & Rio Grande
Rio Granda Western Railways
Southern Pacific Company
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Geo. H. Lennartz
Marquette Building
Lyman Gage
Hewitt
Burks Relief Foundation
Iron Makers
UNION
Monongahela Concern
J. W. Ellsworth & Co
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