Cabinet Meeting Hints at Spain Neutrality Clash
Washington hush over a midsummer cabinet gathering led by Olney with Lamont and Harmon. Speculation centers on Mora claim and Spanish settlement terms affecting neutrality laws and possible new proclamation. Also notes local labor dispute in Ishpeming with miners and merchants backing higher wage demands.
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Washington
Olney
Falmouth
War Department
State Department
Lamont
Herbert
Secretary of State
Carlissa
Harmon
Perhapa
Atlee
Mora
Spain
New York
Cubs
United States
Cuba
Injunction Against Captain Beck Upheld at White House
Secretary Hoke Smith and Commissioner Browning reviewed the injunction against Captain Beck, Indian agent at the Omaha and Winnebago reservations. They decided no new instructions would be issued, noting Beck acted under guidance of the U S district attorney and Special Counsel Breckinridge with department approval.
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Washington
Peculiar Will Leaves Rooms to Family in House
Nelson Connor's will assigns each family member a room in the home with the wife receiving the two front rooms and shop, a daughter the dining room and a third floor room, a grandson the back room upstairs and the kitchen. Lawyers say the odd will should stand.
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Washington
Nelson Connor
Connor
Pension denial for deserter claims and civil service order
Assistant Secretary Reynolds denies a pension claim by Charles T. Garrard a Sixth Cavalry deserter, stating no valid status to apply and pension date only from a later filing after honorable discharge. Also notes civil service order signed by Cleveland inaugurating penalties for executive departments with a 600-employee extension and Farmers National Bank of Pokin, Illinois receiving a corporate extension to 196.
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Washington
Reynolds
Halis
Charles T. Garrard
Sixth
United States Cavalry
Congress
Cleveland
Gray Gables
Ilinois Bank
Farmers’ National Bank of Pokin, Iils
Young Baptists Win Banners at Baltimore Meeting
Ten thousand attend evening service as Baptist Young People's Union delegates convene in a big tent. Banners go to Dearborn Street Baptist for Bible readers, First Baptist Quincy for conquest missionary, and First Baptist Amherst Nova Scotia for sacred literature. Resolutions back Sunday laws and oppose Sunday newspapers and excursions. Ex-Indian Commissioner Morgan notes 4,000,000 Baptists in the U.S. support the Little Red Schoolhouse.Closing sermon by Rev. H C Dixon. Board votes to move international convention to Mil 895.
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Baltimors
Monument City
Convention of the Baptist Young People’s Union
Dearborn Street
First Baptist Church
Amherat
Nova Scotia
Resolutiona
Texas
H.C. Dixon
Brooklyn
Board of Managers
Haggard Harassed on Norfolk Election Tour
London reports H. Rider Haggard campaigning for East Norfolk rode in a four horse drag when rough crowds attacked his party mud and missiles struck Miss Hartcup near Ladham and security at Stalham hotel. Election tallies show Conservatives leading with 474 seats.
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London
H. Rider Haggard
East Norfolk
Ladham
Hartcup
Stalham
Liberal-Unionists
Cotal Uatoalats
Libarnis
Purnellites
McCarthyites
Labor
Sovereign's Call for Banknote Boycott Met With Skepticism
In Chicago on July 20 bankers dismiss Grand Master Sovereign of the Knights of Labor for urging a boycott of national bank notes. Lyman J. Gage notes no notes are circulating, calls the manifesto talk, and explains costs and legal tender status of national bank notes. He suggests Sovereign could obtain silver dollars if needed.
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Chicago
Sovereign
Knights of Labor
Lyman J. Gage
First National Bank
First National
United States
Styles denies Harr ion statements on Harrison trip
Rome New York July statement from Joseph L Styles to the Associated Press says he went to Old Forge on professional business and that General Harrison declined to speak. Styles claims reporters misquoted him and cannot confirm any presidency talk.
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Rome
N. Y
Joseph L Styles
Old Forge
Associated Press
Harrison
Paolo
Merriam Moves to Probe Legislative Boodlery Adjourns House
Springfield Illinois July 20 Representative Merriam prepared a resolution to investigate alleged legislative boodlery after a leak halted the session. He met with the steering committee and pledged independent action. The Senate advanced a labor arbitration bill and bills were introduced taxing express companies and regulating water rates by the railway board plus a penitentiary management proposal.
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Springfield
Tila
Merriam
House
Inter
Elsco
Senate
Board of Railway and Warehouse Commissioners
Morgan to Talk in the Northwaat
A letter from George H. Hazzard outlines Senator Morgan and several Democratic leaders planning a northwest trip to boost the party. Morgan will speak first at Duluth focusing on lake navigation improvements.
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Morgan
Dututu
George H. Hazzard
Hazzard
Northwest
Duluth
Great Electric System by Mrs Beasley Aims 100 MPH Rail Line
Chicago Chronicle reports on Mrs Maria Beasley of Chicago proposing the Inter Ocean Electric Railway with $200 million capitalization to build an elevated electric line from New York to Chicago and potentially to San Francisco. The plan includes six car trains, semi wedged motor fronts, seven mile power houses, and special sleeping cars with eight bedsteads, plus extensive ventilation and aerodynamic designs to reach 100 mph. The project faces railroad and elevator interest opposition and plans a 982 mile route with limited stops and 65 thousand dollars per mile cost.
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Inter Ocean Electric Railway Company
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Maria. Beasley
Philadelphia
Beasley
Buffalo
Cleveland
Toledo
England
Illnois
Roadmaking Advice from Ontario Bulletin on Ditches and Drains
Ontario agriculture department and Ontario Good Roads association publish guidance for roadbuilders. Emphasizes underdraining on wet soils with diagonal crossroad ditches 18 inches to two feet deep, outlets to side ditches, and tile side drains when outlet is available. Open ditches on each road side and deep enough to drain foundation. Shallow gutters need improvement.
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Ontario Department of Agriculture
Ontario Good Roads Association
Burnt clay proposed as road material in clay counties
A Good Roads correspondent recalls seeing burnt clay used as road fill in Essex or Cambridgeshire. Irregular two inch lumps were spread on the roadbed and compacted by farm carts with light traffic, offering a potential substitute where hard rock and flints are scarce. Details on burning method and prior results were not obtained.
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England
Essex
Cambridgeshire
Don’t Ride Me Rough: Farm Advice From American Cultivator
A 19th century American Cultivator piece warns against harsh riding and mistreatment of work animals. It urges gentleness in handling, feeding, watering, shoeing, and avoiding fear and injury, underscoring humane care of horses and other draught animals.
Connecticut Motor Tire Width Law Adopted for Heavy Vehicles
The roads, rivers and bridges committee reports that from July 1, 1896, vehicles with 2000 lb capacity on unpaved roads require tires at least three inches wide, and those 8000 lb capacity require four inches. From July 1, 1899 all vehicles must comply. Fines range from five to twenty dollars for violations, as noted by the Hartford Post.
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Committee On
Connecticut
Hartford Post
Spinster in Town Wonders at City Singles
A country spinster visits the city and watches crowds of men hurry by. She muses aloud that there are many men in the world, yet she cannot find a husband. The observation appears in Tit Bits with a tone of social humor.
Waiter Questions Tenant About Evening Tapping Barrel
The lion landlord asks if you will visit tonight to justify tapping a fresh barrel. A sharp exchange follows as a woman departs in scorn, contrasting new woman rhetoric with the hired girl’s plight.
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the Lion
Unsere Gesellschaft
New York Recorder
Noble exchange praises American fiancée as prize
A foreign nobleman compliments his friend on meeting the American fiancée calling her a prize and cash prize, in a humorous Washington Star remark about a marriage engagement.
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Washington Star
Clergyman Mentions Nave in New Church Project
An old lady in the crowd whispers she knows the party the clergyman referred to while noting a nave in the society’s new church. The remark appears in Tit Bits as a light anecdote about local gossip.
Phrase Frays Over Slang And Gears In Print
Reader dialogue from high school students mocks crude slang about brains being full of wheels. A response suggests a more literal phrase about rotating disks. In a separate wartime joke, officers debate retreat where a town has trolley cars but no arms.
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Charlie van Braam
Amy
Mildred
Pittaburg Chronicle
Télegraph
Chicago Tribune
Doubles Mischief and Farm Life Notes from Nye Parody
A humorous Fragment from 1895 recounts Bill Nye’s doppelganger chaos in California and Michigan. Letters from readers praise Nye’s humor while recounting local farming scenes and odd sightings of lookalikes, with anecdotes of sheriffs in Santa Cruz and impersonators in Joliet and Allegan counties.
Reform Me as an Antilynching League Tale
A rugged posse in Bloody Gulch forms an antilynching league after heeding reform rhetoric. They capture and sic the mob, sparing a horse thief, and then lynch the lynchers per their vow to stop mob justice. The Chicago Times Herald notes their blunt claim of swift action and unwavering resolve.
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Bloody Gulch
Stranger
Chicago Times- Herald
Cheap Excursions Advertised for Cincinnati and Niagara Falls
The notice lists travel offers with round trip prices from Fort Wayne via the Nickel Plate road and special trains. It mentions Cincinnati excursions at $2.50 on July 21 and Niagara Falls at $5 in August with parlor car seats starting from Fort Wayne for 50 cents to $1 extra each way. Tickets good for return by Oct. 31, 95.
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Cincinnati
Niagara Falls
North Depot
Fort Wayne
Lake Maxinkuckee
Nickel Plate Road
Number savers by W. H. Harvey illustrated edition
A popular edition of 192 page illustrated book exposing the crime of 1873 and the Harvey Laughlin joint debate. Priced at 25 cents. Sent on receipt of the price in Fort Wayne.
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W. H. Harvey
Harvey-Laughlin
Fimes-Post
Fort Wayne
Comn
Chicago
Financial
United States
Corn's Financia School
Times-Post
Niagara Falls Excursion Slashed Rates August 1895 R R
Lake Erie & Western R R announces an annual excursion to Cleveland Chautauqua Lake Buffalo and Niagara Falls on August 8 1895 with very low fares from many cities including Peoria Bloomington Lafayette Michagan City Indianapolis Muncie Conners Rushville New Castle Cambridge City Fremont and more. Side trips to Lewiston on the Lake Toronto and Thousand Islands offered with add ons. Sunday visit allowed with free Brockton Junction to Chautauqua Lake trip and reduced access to Niagara Falls attractions. Train arrives August 9 departs August 11 with return options through August 13 and sleeper chair car accommodations available. For details contact Lake Erie & Western R R agents or C F Daly Indianapolis Ind.
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Lake Erie & Western RR. R. Will
Cleveland
Chautauqua Lake
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Lewiston-on-the-Lake
Lake Ontario
Toronto
Lewiston
Thousand Islands
Whirlpool Rapids
Niagarna Fall
Falls
Garfield
Lake Erie & Western R. R
C. F. Daly
Gen. Pass
Indianapolis
Ind
Polite shopper asks for service in quiet store
A man enters a store and, after a courteous preface, tries to ask a question but is interrupted by a lone female clerk. The anecdote highlights overly polite behavior and the awkward moment that follows.
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Beck
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Gece Eet
Hiter Haggard
Columbia
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Panitza
Stambuloff
M. Stambuloff
Santa Barbara
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Santa Cruz Island
Talking Horse
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William
Edgar W. Nye
Ampen
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California
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Santa Cruz
Thearle
Joliet
Illinois
Plainwell
Allegan County
Mich
Dorr
Brandigan Bros
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Hopkins
Nellie
H. T. Potts
Grand Haven
Mr. Potts
Grand Havan
Edward W. Nye
Plainwell Independent
Allegan
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Tam
Lionce
Antilynching League
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Travms-Post
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Lita
Wayne
Muncie Conners
Rushville
New Gastle
Cambridge City
Fremont
Smidusky
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Chautauqhna Lake
J.C. Peltier
Undertaker
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Flomleigh
Hamilton National Bank
Charles McCulloch
Win Mair TR Manhiar
Emery
Pennslvania Stennsylvania
Central
Tba
Traina
Pennsylvania Station
Toe m. Limited
D. Y
Boston
Eastern Express
Bicago Express
tNo3
Hicago Mail
Western Express
Tlocal Freight
Auhive
Gary
Engzage
Destinntion
A. W. Johnston
B. F. Horner
If. Wayne
Giaciannali
Louisville
Lake Erie & Western Railroads
Connersville
New Castile
Canada
E. S. Philley
Ft. W., C. and L. Railroad
C F Daly
H C Parker
Indianapoli
Oleda Express
Lafayette Accom'n
Sund Rausay City Express
New York and Hoston Limited
Atlantic Express
Pacife Express
St. Louis Limited
EY Eves
Pane
New York Vestibule Limited
Pacific Limited Express
Kansas City Express
Tad Cannon Ball
Kansas City
R. G. ‘Thompson
Tassenger and
Tickel
Stand Rapids and Indiana
Grand Rapids
North
Grad Rapids
Rome City
Richmond
Grand Rapidy
Unis
Gust. Schubert
Dyer
E. Main ST
White National Bank
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