Michigan Granges plan January convention in Lansing
The piece notes 178 Michigan granges will meet in a January convention. It mentions President MacMahon commuting Marshal Bazaines death sentence, Judge Nelson dying suddenly, and other varied items including rail disasters in England and Russia drafting six per thousand. The list includes notable deaths of Empress consort’s mother, Agassiz, and Major Kinzie.
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Michigan
Empress of
Germany
Agassiz
Naturalist
Robert A. Kinzie
U. S. Army
Congress Retrenchment Push Sounds Taxation Alternatives
The Ways and Means Committee of Congress is properly seeking to retrench government expenses and will likely reduce annual appropriations significantly. It argues retrenchment is preferable to raising taxes.
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Ways and Means Committee of
Congress
Howe confirmed as Judge of Eastern Wisconsin District
The United States Senate last Thursday confirmed Colonel James H. Howe as Judge of the Eastern Wisconsin United States District Court. Howe formerly served as Wisconsin Attorney General and more recently as General Manager of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. They report heavy snow on the Central Pacific line with five engines needed to haul one train but no delays yet in connections with Union Pacific at Ogden.
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United States Senate
Matt. H. Carpenter
Wisconsin
Thurman
Ohio
James H. Howe
United States District Court
Howe
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Central Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Ogden
War Secretary Belknap’s Son Weds in Private Kentucky Ceremony
W. W. Belknap, Secretary of War, married at Harrodsburg Kentucky last Thursday to Mrs. H. F. Bower daughter of Dr. John A. Tomlinson. The ceremony was wholly private due to a recent family affliction in the bride’s relatives.
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W. W. Belknap
Harrodsburg
H. F. Bower
John A. Tomlinson
Confederate veteran speaks in Congress on salary bill
Hon A H Stephens of Georgia former Vice President of the Southern Confederacy addressed the National House on the salary bill last Thursday. The creaky veteran, a relic of the Confederacy, drew attention as he was helped to rise by a page and a fellow member while speaking on crutches.
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A. H. Stephens
Georgia
National House of
Senate
Sumner
Pennsylvania
Congress
House of Commons
Pratt
Tremain
Judiciary Committee
HOUSE
Harris
Bill
Caldwell
Coburn
Ganby
Wilson
Utah
Sackard
Lake Michigan
Wabash River
Virginian ship transfers prisoners to US navy at Santiago
Jlavana reports the Virginius has sailed to Bahia Honda on the western approach to Havana where a Spanish man of war will deliver her to a United States Navy vessel. Captain General Jovellar ordered the transfer of the Virginius prisoners at Santiago de Cuba to an American warship on Saturday, confident the orders would be fulfilled.
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Jlavana
Virginius
Bahia Honda
Havana
United States Navy
Jovellar
Santiago de Cuba
Baez
Grant
San Domingo
Spain
Congress
Cuba
Ple
North American
West India Islands
Ibern
Boston Dental Society condemns chloroform in dental work
A review of recent deaths linked to anesthetics prompts the Boston Dental Society to denounce chloroform in dental operations. It urges professionals to resist pain relief methods that risk lives, stressing informed caution among both doctors and patients.
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Boston Dental Society
Prisons Turned Tobacco Factories At Richmond Sites
The Libby and Castle Thunder prisons in Richmond remain as in the Civil War era with little change in internal layout. Both are now tobacco factories and the weathered Libby Prison sign on the south wall would be allowed to remain swinging until its weight causes it to fall.
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Richmond
Libby
Castle Thunder
Government faces cash crunch and tax rise urged
Consultation with the Cabinet reveals the government must meet current expenses as revenue falls. The Treasury plans to dip into a $44,000,000 legal-tender reserve, with $17,000,000 already said to be ignited. An increase in taxation is presented as an absolute necessity.
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Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Cabinet
Treasury
Manufacturing firms see orders rise to end year
Reports from factories nationwide indicate continued reduced hours but increasing orders. If this trend persists after January first, full running hours may resume, easing money stringency and restoring normal operations as before.
German Vessel Capture Sparks Berlin Public Outcry
A Berlin dispatch reports the commander of a German ship seized by a Spanish ship in the Sooloo Archipelago and sent with his crew to Manila for two months. The crew endured harsh treatment, with Germany's public deeply angered by the insult to the German flag and demanding full satisfaction.
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Berlin
Prussia
Sooloo
Manila
Germany
Fragmentary Times quote on punishment and public opposed letters
A damaged fragment from the Times mentions punishment, justice, and letters opposing a figure named Puneet hours. The text is largely unreadable, with references to a controversial figure and bitter public reaction, making precise details unclear.
Dated Havana dispatch reports mob near palace and trials
A Havana dispatch dated December 18 notes hundreds protesting the departure of the Virginian in Plaza de Armas. Spaniards attempted to pacify the crowd but were hustled. Captain General Jouvellar calmed them and they dispersed by midnight. Separate items cover US financier Morrill's specie resumption bill and Perteet the Chicago wife murderer receiving a one week reprieve before execution.
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Havana
Plaza de Armes
Jouvellar
Treasury to report deficit and tariff plan for tea and coffee
Washington reports the Treasury will tell Congress that revenues lag behind expenditures by about 12 million dollars before January 1. Restoration of duties on tea and coffee is proposed. Senate and House leaders push nominations and investigate alleged misdeeds, with debates on Bankrupt law repeal and railroad funding shaping the agenda.
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Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Williams
Fernando Wood
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C.C. Howard
Freedmen’s ‘Bureau
Military Committee
Illinois
Plains
Omaha
New York
Holman
Imoig Central Railroad
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House Committee On the Judiciary
Lyman Tremain
Butler
Burchard
House Committee On Post Offices
Oa'Saariés
Ways Add, Means
Committee On Ways and Means
Tilinoig
Ward
Fort
Chicago
St. Louis
Hurlbut
Martin
Loughridge
Iowa
Richardson
Dawes
Internal Revenue Bureau
House Committee On Appropriations
Contested names in the Forty Third Congress list
A fragmentary OCR list shows numerous political figures and states including George, Powell, Wright, Hamilton, Windom, Ramsey, and Alcorn. The text names representatives and senators from California to Texas and Virginia, with party mentions Republicans and Democrats amid a jumbled country-wide roster.
Members of the last Congreay Bletoy Grange
The Grange denounces an editorial attacking William Reynolds as a puppet of politicians. Members state Reynolds returned from the army ill and not seeking office, condemn public slurs, demand retraction, and order copies sent to the Advocate for publication.
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Eueway Gary
Wanwaad
Abot i
Farmers’ Advocate
William Reynolds
Gue
Doliticht
Wauranas
Grange
William Nords
Bédu
Reynoldgig
Réynol
O Grange
Ady
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Marshal Bazaine
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Robert AL Knapp
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William P Frye
James G. Blaine
Samuel F Hergey
Eugene Hale
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Stevenson Archer
William J O'Brien
Thomas Swann
William J Albert
Tulovyd Lowndes, Jr
James Buffington
Benjamin W Harris
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Samuel Hooper
Naniel W Gooch
Benjamin F Butler
E Rockwood Hoar
J MS Williams
George F Hoar
Henry W Barry
Jason Niles
George A McKee
Joie R Lynch
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Chas W
Hendell
New Hampshire
William B Small
Austin F Pike
Hosia
Parker
New Jersey
John W Hazelton
Samuel A Dobbins
Amos Clark, Jr
Robert Hamilton
Walter Phelps
Marcus L Ward
Isaac W Scudder
Henry W Scudder
John G Schumaker
L Woodford
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John D Lawson
David B Mellish
Fernando Wood II
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Chas St John
J O Whitehouse
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Robert S Hale
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H H Hawthorne
David Wilber
Alfred M Waddell
William A Smith
James M Leach
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Milton Sayler
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Isaac R Sherwood
Lawrence T' Neal
William Lawrence
James W Robinson
Charles Foater
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Hugh J Jewitt
Milton J Southard
John Berry
P Sprague
Lorenzo Danforth
L. D Woodworth
James Monroe
James A Garfield
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IW Nesmith
Samuel J Randall
Charlea O'Neill
Leonard Myers
D Kelly
Hiram L Richmond
Alex W Taylor
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Eben McJunkin
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Glenn W Scofield
Rhode Island
Benjamin T Eames
James M Pendleton
South Carolina
Joseph H Rainey
Alonzo J Ransier
Robert B Elliot
Alexs Wallace
Paras
Richard H Cain
Tennessee
Roderick R Butler
Jacob M Thornburg
Wm Cratchfield
John M Bright
Horace H Harrison
Wash O Whilthorne
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David A Nunn
Barbour Lewis
Horace Maynard
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Waterndon
Wm P McLean
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Roger Q Mit
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