Opening of the 1897 session at Washington
The Washington opening of the regular house session passes quietly with Dingley Bailey and Grosvenor presenting the president's message read at length. The day honors include two deaths and a postal savings bank bill introduced by Lorimer with deposits up to 300 dollars and interest 2 percent. senate attendance is large as the president's message is read. The president leaves for Canton after the session and the senate enforces rules against liquor in the Capitol.
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Hoth
Senate
House—Chicago Statesman
Postal Savings Bank
Bellow
Canton
Alger
Lovering
Washington
House
Dingley
Bailey
Grosvenor
George
Mississippi
Wright
Massachusetts
Lorimer
Mlinois
Central Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Hanna
Wolcott
Colorado
International Monetary Commission
Money
McKenna
Echels
Palmer
American Protective Association
Atorney
General Melenna
Supreme Court Bench
Gage
Congress
Senate Committee On Rules
Capitol
Reprimand for Captain Lovering by court martial
Secretary Alger released the official sentence in the Captain Leonard A. Lovering case. The reprimand was approved by the president, but the language condemns the light penalty given for an offense deemed grave. It notes Private Hammond deserved punishment and stresses the need for lawful process and higher accountability for officers.
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Washington
Alger
Lovering
Leonard A. Lovering
Fourth Infantry
Hammond
Veteran New York Member Falls Down Capitol Stairs
Representative Belden of New York, a veteran house member, was seriously injured after slipping headfirst down marble steps from the house to the basement at the Capitol. He struck his forehead and nose, bleeding heavily, and was taken to a committee room where two doctors treated him.
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Washington
Belden
New York
Capitol
Committee Room
Mrs McKinley Regains Consciousness at Bedside
In Lier Canton December 7 Mrs McKinley woke enough to recognize her children and sister Mrs Osborne and others. Nourishment at noon sparked signs of return while hope persists she may partially recover before President McKinley reaches her. Doctors fear she will not regain full consciousness.
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Washington
McKinley
Canton
Mabel McKinley
Barber
Woman disavows Jay Gould marriage in Angell case
Mary Ann Angell sought dower rights in Jay Gould estate. A jury in New York Supreme Court rejected the action after Angell offered an affidavit asserting she was never married to Gould or any man of that name.
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New York
Mary Ann Angell
Helen Gould
Jay Gould
Supreme Court
Jason Gould
Ballentine Rheumatism Cure Free Distribution Plans
Dr Ballentine's True Specific for Rheumatism Prescription No 30 will be given away free by Freeport druggists. The newspaper lists participating stores H J Mooge Emmert Burrell Wm F Jungeunz Co Swarts Fleck with one full bottle per person. This marks the first public test of his self compounded homeopathic remedy and promises immediate relief for rheumatism.
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Dr. Ballentine
Freeport
Ballentine
Dr. Balentine
His Remedies Sold By Your Druggist At 26 Cents Each
A repair of patent medicines lists numerous cures with numbered items and prices. No. 14 cures coughs and colds, No. 70 treats catarrhal afflictions, No. 88 connects with malaria chills, No. 20 relieves dyspepsia, No. 8 treats diarrhea, No. 18 relieves headache, No. 74 handles liver complaints, No. 72 offers pile ointment, No. 30 treats inflammation and lumbago, No. 16 relieves neuralgia, No. 28 addresses skin diseases, and No. 66 claims nerve cure to restore vitality.
Bells of Corneville Benefit Plan For Church Bells
Pastor Brelan of Corneville laments the town lacks bells and urges the Gaiety theater manager to stage Les Cloches de Corneville for church funds. Proceeds would buy a peal of bells for the parish.
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Corneville
Normandy
Europe
Brelan
Gaiety Theater
One Minute Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure to treat coughs colds bronchitis pneumonia and throat and lung troubles. It claims ease in use and near-certain cures while citing endorsements from Mrs Mary Bird of Harrisburg and manufacturers in Birmingham and Chicago. It also notes a Chicago professor seeking six fingered people received 156 responses.
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O. K. Guenther & Co
Swarts & Fleck
Mary Bird
Harrisburgh
Croup
CC. P. Guenther & Co
Emmert & Burrell
H. J. Moogh
University of Chicago
Kidney Cure Endorsed by Swartz and Fleck Pair
H J Moogh Swartz and Fleck praise Foley's Kidney Cure as the best remedy for kidney trouble. A Sweden travel report notes streetcars rarely stop. riders jump on and off while moving and accidents are scarcely heard of.
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Foley
H. J. Moogh
Swartz & Fleck
Sweden
How to Prevent Pneumonia With Cough Remedy
A letter from Oolagah Ind Ter praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a certain preventive of pneumonia. It claims the medicine cures coughs and colds, used extensively by thousands for la grippe, and notes 25 and 50 cent sizes sold by Emmert and Burrell.
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Chamberlain
Oolagah
Emmert & Burrell
Pianos For Rent In Freeport Store Ad Details
New upright pianos available for rent with six months of rent credited toward purchase. Contact John Hra at 84 Galena St FreeportIllinois for more information on rates and options.
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John Hra
Galena
Freeport
Hil
Florida Excursion Rates Announced by Southern Railway
Excursion tickets to Florida and other southern resorts are on sale via the Southern railway from Louisville to Cincinnati in connection with the Queen & Crescent route. For details, contact Wm. H. Taylor Assistant General Passenger Agent Southern Railway Co Louisville Ky. 10-20tjan1,'98.
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Florida
Southern Resorts
Southern Railway
Louisvilles
Cincinnati
Queen & Crescent
Wm. H. Taylor
Southern Railway Co
Louisville
California Service Resumed For Faster Weekend Travel
California service resumes with a weekly Tuesday departure of a Pullman tourist sleeper to Los Angeles via Chicago Great Western and Santa Fe, reaching Los Angeles early Saturday. Describes fastest route and avoids Sunday travel.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
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Stephenson Street
Illinois
Harper’s Magazine
Pacific
David Turple
Worthington C. Ford
Siberia
Stephen Bonsal
Canada
Mexico
Harper & Brothers
N.Y
Owen Wister
Lew Wallice
Gale byjWm
Koenig
Teedly
Howells
D. Warner
Galena Bt
Arlington Hotel
Guatemala
John Richardson
James H. Kaulia
William Auld
D. Kalaukalani
Gen. Alger
Consciouness
Lier
Mra. Angell
Bryan Hunts
Galveston
Tex
William Jennines
Bryan
Lake Surprise
Blackshear
Rev
S. A. Hearne
Pierce County High School
Harry Harper
Hearne
Lattimer Harper
Harry
Harper
lRolla Heikes
Dayton
Charles Grimm
Cedar Lake
Heikes
WM. F. Jungeunz & CO
Court House
Birmingham
England
Epaiace
OA. E
A. C. Thomas
Galena Sat
Pcabtoe
California
THE
Pesti
Hermitalge
Prado
Afila
Pitti
Louvre
Vatican
National of London
National of Berlin
Belvidere
A. P. T. Elde
Michigan Avenue
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