Prince of Illinois speaks on railroad rate bill
Representative Prince of Illinois during the sundry civil bill debate warned that the country will hold the horse responsible for depriving 1,296,121 railroad workers and their families of free transportation. He urged including the Pullman Car company to prevent monopolies and preserve free transport for livestock handlers moving to and from shipment points.
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Washington
Prince
Mlinois
Sind
Pullman Car Company
Indiana miners reach agreement to end prolonged strike
Terre Haute Indiana June 8 An agreement to end the coal strike in the Eighth United Mine Workers district has been reached by the Indiana miners and operators joint committee. Miners delegates will meet to consider the report and sign the settlement. The 1903 wage scale is reported to be restored with some changes in mining conditions objected to by operators.
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Terre Haute
Ind
United Mine Workers’ District
Sease
Indiana
Treet
Senate Sends Conference Bill Back After Rail Rate Debate
In Washington the senate returns the railroad rate bill to conference after a day focused on discussion. The Niagara river waters control measure passes. In the house Brundige and Grosvenor clash over executive and White House issues while praising the president. Naval and sundry civil bills progress in conference.
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Washington
Senate
Niagara River
Brundige
Arkansas
Executive Department
White House
Grosvenor
Chicago Board of Trade quotes and live stock prices
Quotations from Chicago board show cash wheat and corn by sample with various No. prices, oats and spring wheat ranges, and live stock, poultry and hay markets. Hogs trade $6.55 to $6.60 for best, sheep and lamb values around $5.00 to $7.75, cattle and calves steady with quoted classes and weights. East Buffalo reports list cattle and hog receipts with steady markets and lambs at $7.20 to $7.40 depending on grade.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
BiYe
Ste
Ronal
East Buffalo Livestock
East Buffalo
N. Y
Jane Z. Dunning
Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Turcough Syrup Ad
A vintage druggist notice promoting Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Turcough Syrup as a nonopiated remedy for constipation. Sold by all druggists with a claim it eases the cold’s dragging effects.
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Kennedy
Low Rates to Buffalo via Northwestern Line
Excursion tickets sold June 8 and 10 for travel to Buffalo on the Chicago and Northwestern route. Favorable return limits offered in celebration of the Travelers' Protective Association meeting. Apply to Chicago and Northwestern Railway agents.
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Buffalo
Northwestern
Travelers’ Protective Association
Chicago & Northwestern R'y
Woman's Trials and Dr Pierce Cure for Barrenness
A discussion of childlessness in marriage and the emotional strain on couples. The article promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for female weakness and infertility, citing many cures and stressing physicians' endorsements. It notes rare surgical causes treated at the Buffalo Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute and highlights the ingredients listed on the bottle wrapper. Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are praised as a safe laxative for women.
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Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surical Institute
Buffalo
J. Pierce
Piercoe
Materia Medica
Club Women Elect Utives at Federation Convention
The Woman's Club Federation convention elected officers and adopted the nominating committee's slate. President is Sarah S. Platt Decker of Denver. Recording secretary is Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman of Chicago. Corresponding secretary is Mrs. Charles Perkins of Knoxville. Directors include Mrs. O. P. Kinsey, Indiana. Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, Oregon. Mrs. H. Johnston, Kansas. Mrs. Alice M. Johnson, Rhode Island. Mrs. Guy R. Allen, West Virginia. Mrs. Philip Carpenter, New York. Mrs. William Pb. Orr, Ohio. and Mrs. Frank Shiek, Wyoming.
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St. Paul
Woman's Club Federation
Sarah
Platt Decker
Denver
John Dickinson Sherman
Chicago
Charles Perkins
Knoxville
Tenn
O. P. Kinsey
Indiana
Sarah A. Evans
Oregon
H. Johnston
Kansas
Alice M. Johnson
Rhode Island
Guy R. C. Allen
West Virginian
Philip Carpenter
New York
William Pb. Orr
Olio
Frank Shiek
Wyoming
Senate in Brief Concludes Rail Rate Bill Debate
The conference report on the railroad rate bill dominated Senate activity with Spooner leading the discussions. The anti pass section drew renewed protests as the Senate worked through the day. In the House the Sundry Civil bill was taken up but progress was limited amid Democratic filibusters.
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Senate
House
Washington
Spooner
Notable garden talk bridges botany and husbandry
In a Tatler aside, Captain Trentham guides a chat from botany to husbandry in a garden talk, noting little difference between the two sciences. The remark frames a genteel exchange on natural philosophy and practical farming.
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Trentham
Ragson Tatters-Gon Protests Over Wood For Meal
A Philadelphia Ledger item reports a clash where Ragson Tatters-Gon denies pressuring a woman by promising wood in exchange for a meal. The exchange is described as a confrontation amid accusations of coercion.
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Weary Walker
Philadelphia Ledger
Moonlit porch dispute drifts over a dead moon claim
The scene unfolds with a full moon flooding the porch as Potre contemplates the moon’s death. A companion asks why they should sit up with the corpse while the night lingers and a judge’s voice hints at a ritual or moral tension.
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Potre
Love's Labor Soat Three Hearts Weigh Suitors
In a lighthearted Chicago News note, VWred-George spends three months weighing two marriage prospects. The twist arrives when he is ready to propose and learns neither candidate will leave him, changing the expected outcome.
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George
Joe
Fred
Chicago News
Humphrey's Medicines List of Diseases and Remedies
An old catalog from Humphrey's Medicine Co New York listing ailments such as lung fever rheumatism coughs colds influenza and diseases of kidney and bladder plus treatments like cures for quinsy distemper and dysentery. The ad mentions 41 drugs for sale by mail at two dollars and includes distribution details in New York.
Animals and heat from summer notations in nature
An observational note describes how various animals cope with extreme heat. Tigers wallow in pools. cattle seek shade and water but face biting insects. Insects prefer shade and blood, fish follow grazing flies, deer swim and nibble pads, polar bears tolerate midsummer heat, birds bathe and drink, sheep wait for evening water, parrots perish in drought, and reptiles and amphibians seek moist burrows or pools as the sun intensifies.
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Theo Tigers
Adirondack
Maine
England
Australia
Village Fair Bespeaks Old Transylvanian Wedding Custom
The Roumanian town Welmagen with 1200 residents holds its annual feast of St. Theodore drawing brides from about sixty to eighty villages. Brides kiss most men they meet after presenting jugs of wine, a custom tied to hospitality and luck. widows with new husbands stay home. The tale links origins to Turkic raids and deliverance. The same newsletter recalls rice introductions in America via an 1694 ship to Charleston,.originating from Thomas Smith planting and sharing seed.
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Welmagen
Theodore
Transylvania
Helmagen
America
Charleston
Thomas Smith
Smith
Carotna
Sunset Magazine
Notable 16th Century Uses of Lubber and Lubber Terms
The note cites Ralph Roister Dalster 1550 with lubber as scorned fool and libber sloven beast, Tusser 1580s using lubbers in agriculture, Udal translating Erasmus, and Langland's grete lobres and louge implying idle folk. traces term usage across centuries.
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Lubber
Ralph Roister Dalster
Tusser
Udal
Erasmus
Grete Lobres
Louge
Early Risers Pill Ad Promises Quick Constipation Relief
Thousands swear by the efficiency of Early Risers, small pleasant pills praised for laxative and cathartic effects. They claim prompt relief from constipation without griping and are sold by all druggists as a staple in million of homes.
Stoves Stored at Carter Bros Hardware
Carter Bros hardware at 55 Stephenson Street offers stove storage at reasonable rates.
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Carter Bros’ Hardware
Stephenson St
Lisbon Creates Anti Handshake Society With Lottery Fund
A Lisbon group forms an anti handshaking society. Members who shake hands face a fine of 2 shillings. Collected fines are pooled to buy lottery tickets for those who follow the rule.
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Lisbon
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