Congress Debates Tariffs and Citizenship Changes
Congress and Senate consider interstate railroad rules long and short haul, with Iowa protests on rates. Immigration bill advances a three year residency path to citizenship with English requirement. minor children of foreign-born citizens gain citizenship rights after three years. House debates pension vetoes and ventilation bids, while adjournment to January 4 closes the session.
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Senate
James B. Angell
Michigan
Board of Regents
Smithsonian Institution
Ingalls
Committee On Pensions
Senator Wilson
Iowa
Wilson
Chicago
Congress
Eneeoe
United States
House
Morrison
Jeannette
Indian Military Academy
Weaver
Simmons A. H. Harden
Yeas
O'Donnell
Bragg
When weariness of love and longing grows for joy
The poem notes weariness arises from desire and pursuit. Happiness becomes a chase, love dulls and yields little fruit, and longing binds hearts in constant caution. The serpent coils at the root, and gains in value what remains unreachable, as Elizabeth Akers reflects.
Thaddeus Fowler of Seymour Dies Noted Pin Machinery Inventor
Thaddeus Fowler, Seymour Connecticut, a prolific inventor, created machines for sticking and sorting pins, making pins and needles, wiring, and stamping metal. He also devised a reaping and binding machine and the sewing bird used on ladies work tables. Despite many inventions, he had little business sense and died poor. The piece notes supporters expect interstate commerce measures to pass the state and house.
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Thaddeus Fowler
Seymour
Conn
Knights of Labor Chief Counsels Against Political Address
General master workman warns labor leaders against party politicking after his New York speech. urges educating voters, avoiding party ties, and focusing on honest government. Includes other brief items on court, politics, and notable figures.
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Powderly
United Labor Party
Eepeor
New York
Henry George
Sia
Knights of Labor
Order of Knights of Labor
United Labor
Knights of Abor
Supreme Court Rules on Railroad Land Grants Taxation
The Minnesota Supreme Court sides with the state in two cases against Minnesota Central and Hastings & Dakota Railway, ruling that land grants remain taxable if the firm ceases to own operate or maintain its railroad for a year or more. The decision upholds forfeiture grounds misuser and nonuser and mandates winding up of the corporations with appointed receivers within three years.
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Hazen
Secretary of the Treasury
Ebenezer Henderson
Indiana
Internal Revenue
H. C. Rogers
Senator Spooner
Wisconsin Railway and Navigation Company
Sturgeon Bay
Wisconsin
Capt. Couch
Oklahoma
Congress
George Rice
Marietta
Louisville
Standard Oil Company
Uinville & Nashville Railway
Cardinal Jacobini
Alsace-Lorraine
Paris
Rome
Paul Bert
Bert
Parnell
London
United States Supreme Court
Northwestern
John M. O'Neill
United States Circuit Court
United States Circuit Court For the Northern District
Iowa
O'Neill
Woods
Hiscock
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Minnesota Central
Hastings & Dakota Railway
Hahn
Boodler Alderman Receives Seven Year Sentence
Former New York Alderman McQuade is jailed for seven years in the State Prison on bribery convictions. The judge cited trust violations and perjury by others, noting a $10,000 payoff and urging repayment to the city alongside a $5,000 fine.
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seGuade
New York
Arthur J. McQuade
Jacline
Duffy
Why and Wherefore by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway
The Railway Company offers a plain language book titled Why and Wherefore explaining why facts exist. It serves as a reliable class book for schools and a household reference. Free copies available by sending ten cents postage to A W Carpenter Milwaukee. Beere Manning cites government procurement rules favoring advertised bids when time permits.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
A. WY. H. Carpenter
Milwaukee
Wis
General Powderly Praises Temperance in Brooklyn Letter
General Master Workman Powderly writes to a Good Templar lodge secretary in Brooklyn praising temperance. He calls liquor the greatest curse for workers and argues both poor five-cent beer and expensive drinks enslave the same, urging abolition to preserve strong men and women.
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Workman Powderly
Templar
Brooklyn
Pension plot and other leads in Madison special
A Madison Wisconsin special reports a grand jury indictment accusing Maria Ostrander and allies of conspiring to secure a pension for Maria Ostrander. It details family ties, elopements, a later pension award, and ongoing pursuit of the accused. Other items note von Mohle’s court role, French rail disruptions, Dr McGlynn case comments, De Witt Seligman’s Epoch project, and Kelley’s southern industrial review.
Grain and commodity prices fall in multiple markets
Market notes report bids for wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, flax seed, and hay across cities including Curiaco, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, and St. Paul with varied prices. Individual items list No 1 hard and No 2 grades, plus bran, shorts, pork, lard, butter, eggs, and cheese. Trade highlights mention two new Duluth banks and misc national briefs on politics and crime.
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
Commissioner Atkins Allows Indian Supply Warehouse Bid Location Change
Commissioner Atkins of the Indian Office will keep the New York warehouse but will from now on open annual spring bids in St. Louis for beer flour bacon and other subsistence items for Indians. Bids for transporting supplies to agencies from New York and St. Louis will also be received in St. Louis.
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Atkins
Indian Office
New York
St. Louis
Montana governor to wait for senate approval for address
The new Montana governor Leslie will not appear until approved by the senate, allowing Hauser to deliver the message to the upcoming legislative session. Hauser’s address will stress points from his annual report on silver sand timber and other key matters. The mining industries census report has been printed and is ready for distribution. German students in Switzerland and furloughed officers are ordered back to Germany. A Darien Wisconsin creamery burned. Various old advertisements and notes mention Allen's Long Balsam and Brown's Iron Bitters with short product pitches.
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New York
Wopeete
Hastings
Minn
Michael Hugh
Sauk Center
Uriel M. Tobey
Black River Falls
Wis
George W. Lewis
Noah N. Davis
Ashton
Joseph Haar
Mandan
Freeman H. Perry
Vermillion
George H. James
Plankington
M. Lyon
Seattle
Wash
Iowa
Broadway
Linn County
Lacy
L. P. Bullenger
Wisconsin
Dane
M. Hein
Muchakilak
N. Greenway
Montana
Lovejoy
C. W. Smith
Poplar Creek
Matanene
Wolf Point
T. Coyswal
Lecco
Lombardy
John A. Mills
Elkhorn
Luverne
Lucy Berry
Masilion
Ohio
Watkins
Fred. Watkins
Vulcan
Parkersburg
W. Va
Alden Goldsmith
Orange County
N. Y
Grand
St. Louis
Judge Cooley
Wabash Road
Gov. Alger
Michigan
A. H. Day
James McMillan
Detroit
Germany
Switzerland
Charkton
Russia
Berlin
Standard
Prince Bismarck
R. T. Huffman
Flrst Collered Baptist
Nashville
Pennsylvania Board of Pardons
Milton Weston
Riverside Penitentiary
Murrayville
Trinity, Tex
R. F. Candler
Dr. Manning
O'Reilley
Irish National League of America
National League
Ireland
Chicago
F Nilures
J. H. McKeon
Monroe Bros
Cleveland
D. M
Gov. Leslie
Senate
Hauser
United States
W. D. Bailey & Co
Darien
Ad Advertising Claims and Remedies in 19th Century Notices
A collage of ads touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for lung disease and other ailments, Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup, Brown’s Bronchial Troches, and Caswell, Hazenny & Co. tonics. Mentions Minneapolis expenditures on sidewalks and notes figures for Dr. Sage and political figures like Gilfillan, with product pricing and mail reply calls.
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Dr. Pierce
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Quincy
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Albany
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Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano CO
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New Yoak
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America
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Tutte
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Compoun Surest Remedy
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Parder Medicine Co
Tam
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Rochester
Dr. Pardee
Pardee Medicine Coo
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Frost King
Fire King
Hotel Ryan
Woodward & Company
Corn Exchange
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