Drinking in Congress Echoes of Wet Past at Capitol
A historical overview traces the Capitol’s drinking culture from the Hole in the Wall, a circular upstairs tavern, to later committee room sidesboards and private demijohns. It notes cheap ten cent whiskies, lavish banquets, and evolving rules from 1866 prohibitions to free access in restaurants, with senators often spending public funds.
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Congress
House
Senate
Capitol
Library of Congress
Spofford
Thurman
Henry Wilson
Sopra Bats
Mystery of the Pyramids Explained as Initiation Temple
Egyptian scholars now argue the Great Pyramid of Gizeh served as a temple for initiation into the mysteries rather than a royal mausoleum. The Book of the Dead is cited as a key text shaping this view, offering guidance for the initiated rather than a guide for the dead.
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Pyramid of
Gezeh
Egypt
Richard Lepsius
Auf Aukh
Turin
Thoth
Ebers
Lepsius
Gizeh
A Remarkable Career of a Western Judge and Her Turbulent Life
A Western judge faced execution by hanging after a controversial life marked by alleged murder. The narrative notes her refusals to perform secular music and to use the piano, plus repeated job instability due to unusual scruples. It highlights Sunday work resistance and neglect of library lamp duties as examples of her unconventional conduct.
Remarkable Oregon to Spokane life of Judge Saunders
A western mining camp figure Judge Wirt W. Saunders rose from Oregon penitentiary inmate to Spokane police judge. His life included a Texas murder charge, two trials, a death sentence later commuted, and a late pardon by Governor Pennoyer. The Oregon town once celebrated his alleged innocence.
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Wirt W. Saunders
Philadelphia Times
Fpennoyer
Oregon
Saunders
Spokane
Oregon Penitentiary
Texas
Pennoyer
Bunchgrass
Religious maid raises question of faith in employment
A maid at an intelligence bureau asked the employer if she was religious and which specific faith she followed, adding a new twist to the servant hiring question.
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Baltimors Mires Dy
Bequest to Francis Joseph funds charity through hotel sale
The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria received many bequests including a hotel at Brunn. He accepted the gift, did not use it personally, and sold the property for a large sum to donate to a child's hospital.
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Francis Joseph of
Austria
Brunn
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Evolution of Piano Through Ages and Inventions
A compact survey traces piano origins from ancient stringed boxes and the monochord to the harpsichord, clavichord, and spinet. It credits Cristofori and others with early 18th century piano development, notes 1766 London pianos, and mentions early American imports and uprights in the early 19th century.
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Anton Rubinstein
Pythagoras
Spinetti
Elizabeth
Bach
Handel
South Kensington Museum
B. Cristofori
Cristofale
Florence
Italy
J. C. Schroter
Marius
Schroter
Saxony
G. Silberman
John Sebastian Bach
London
M. Zumple
Mogart
Johann Stein
Anton Walker
Mme. Streiker
Stein
Beethoven
Windsor Castle
America
John Jacob Beatie
Fort Wayne and Butler Railway Project Emerges
Fort Wayne gentlemen form the Fort Wayne and Butler Railway Company with 50 000 capital to build a direct Fort Wayne to Butler line. A surveying party of five engineers is mapping routes near Fort Wayne, with three candidate lines under study and final choice based on terrain and finances.
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Sentinel
Fort Wayne
Butler
DeKalb County
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne and Butler Railway Company
Butler Railway Company
Robert BH. Carnahan
Edmund H. Coombs
Ernest W. Cook
Robert W. T. DeWald
Charles Falk
Dr. W. O. Gross
Lewis C. Hunter
Benjamin F. Harper
Fremont L. Jones
William E. Moellering
Henry F. Moellering
Robert Millard
B. Paul Mossman
M. C. MacDougal
Charles W. Orr
W. H. Olds
Van
L. B. Huntoon
Nickel Plate
Joseph RK. Poe
Cleveland
Charles Branstrator
John W. Brannon
Hursh
St. Joe
Spencerville
Leo
Fort Wayne Capital
Fort Wayne and Butler Railroad Incorporation Reported
Indianapolis June 23 The Fort Wayne and Butler Railroad company is incorporated by the secretary of state with a capital of 50000 Robert H Carnahan and others are the incorporators.
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Fort Wayne and Butler Railroad Company Incorporated
Fort Wayne Capitalists
Indianapolis
Ind
Fort Wayne and Butler Railroad Company
Robert H. Carnahan
Boy Found Injured Along Wabash Tracks Near St Marys Bridge
Harry Hardendorf twelve years old was found lying unconscious along the Wabash railroad tracks west of the St. Marys river bridge at 5 30 o clock Tuesday evening. He suffered severe cuts and bruises and cannot recall how the injuries occurred. He was taken to his father Myron Hardendorf's home where Dr. A P Buchman treated him. Doctors fear no serious outcome though the lad remains dazed and unable to give a clear account. it is believed he was struck by a passing engine.
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Harry Hardendorf
Wabash
St. Mary’s River Bridge
Myron Hardendorf
Pittsburg
Scott Avenue
Doctor Vaccinates Inmates At St Vincent’s Orphans Home
Dr E MccOscar vaccinated 118 orphans at St Vincent’s home on a Friday afternoon. He completed the task in two and a half hours amid routine clinic duties.
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E. 3. McOscar
St. Vincent’s Orphans’ Home
Roel
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Washington, D. C
United States
National Legislative Assembly
Webster
Calhoun
Supreme Court
Daniel
Henry Clay
Douglas
Virginia
Wiikar
Sam
House of Representatives
Francis Joseph
Toes
Tae
Wabash Railroad Company
A Home Company
Incorporated
Verely
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