Congressional Quartet Sings Wabash and Sea Chants in Washington
Washington Letter reports a quartet from Indiana including Speaker Henderson and Reps Landis Overstreet and Sergeant at Arms Ransdell sang the Wabash seven times in a row while filibustering other songs. They alternated with There Is a Hole In the Bottom of the Sea for three days amid debates and demands for pay raises. The Hoosiers claim On the Banks of the Wabash as the only song.
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JD Latch
Hat
T 2
Henderson
Iowa
Landis
Overstreet
Sergeant At Arms Ransdell
Senate
Indiana
Washington
Tenderness of a Great Soldier at Gettysburg
The scene during the Confederate retreat after Gettysburg shows General Lee alighting from his horse to comfort a wounded Union boy. He expresses concern for the boy’s welfare and wishes his speedy recovery, demonstrating compassion amid war.
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Rober
Lee
Minister Reflects On Comfort In Distress And Faith
Rev Dr Reinsford recalls a formative experience in his early ministry. He describes trying to urge a flock member to attend church work despite earning a living. The exchange with Patrick led him to emphasize that life requires more than bread alone, including meat and vegetables and concrete aid.
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Reinsford
Patrick
New Press
Lords Bill Rebuff Prompted by House of Commons Rage
Edmund Burke recalled a clash with the commons when he waited three hours in the house. The Lords’ bill was rejected in anger as the speaker dropped it to the floor while members physically kicked the bill out.
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Edmund Burke
House
House of Commons
Lords
Moore's Pilales Advertised Cure for Malaria and Fevers
An 19th century advertisement touts Moore's Pilales as a tasteless, stomach friendly cure for malaria and related fevers. It claims to avoid quinine and arsenic, protects teeth, and costs 50 cents per box. Sold by Moore Co. in St. Louis Missouri and via Gra.
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Moore
Moore Co
St. Louis
Gra
Hen lays eggs in squirrel nest high on fir tree
A hen nesting in a Scotch fir at sixteen feet laid eggs and incubated for seven days. She gradually descended to feed and finally carried six live chicks down from the tree on her back to a straw bed, while two eggs died. The event was observed over May and May 22.
Living Sunflowers Garden Play for Children
A New York World description outlines a playful scene where two tall posts hold a sheet painted with green stalks and sunflowers. Behind the sheet, several girls pose as flowers, faces in the petals, while real grass and garden props create a garden mood. Two girls in hats feed the living sunflowers in song during the performance.
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New York World
Heat Transfer Between Sea and Land Across Seasons
The text explains how the sea heats the air and nearby land in winter as it releases stored summer heat, warming the atmosphere, while in summer the process reverses and the sea absorbs heat, cooling the air and land.
Cutting Capers Instruction in Stair Step Jump
The passage describes a jump exercise with toes together and hands on hips. It instructs rising, crossing the feet in midair, and returning them to the initial position while keeping toes pointed. It warns against shallow crossing and notes a curious sensation of restraint.
Fitness Drill Kneel to Toe Raise Repeats
Instructions prescribe a sequence starting with feet together toes on a line hands on hips. Kneel slowly until both knees touch ground then rise to toes keeping hands on hips. Repeat at least twenty times without stopping to complete a continuous drill.
Dolly’s Ill Adventure On the Railroad Rocker
A poem recounts a doctor’s diagnosis that a dolly’s chronic trouble needed a tonic. She is wrapped in care with a Sunday bonnet and placed on a wheeled rocking chair engine with Engineer Harry. The rocker speeds then derails, ending in a dreadful accident and the doll’s fate.
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Dolly
Harry
A. J. Cottingham Praises Remedy After Illness in Arkansas
A. J. Cottingham from Lockland Arkansas visited Wash ington County and suffered severe flux. He used Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and recovered quickly. He wrote to commend the medicine to its manufacturers. the Graham Drug Co. sells it.
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A. J. Cottingham
Washington County Ark
Cottingham
Lockland Ark
Graham Drug Co
Beecher Thinks Heaven Is A Realm Of Active Mind
The speaker argues heaven must be a place of activity not idle rest. He questions whether Newton David Paul Peter and other thinkers cease their inquiries, insisting saints will endlessly explore and feast on rich thought. He urges the young to continue pursuing knowledge for an eternity of unceasing action.
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Beecher
Newton
David
Abby
Paul
Peter
Cayptain
Edwards
Payson
Isaiah
Just Look At Her Uses Dr Kings New Life Pills
An advert touts Dr Kings New Life Pills from Edgar Matthews & Co promising a sprightly step and rosy complexion. It claims improved digestion and no headaches with all organs active and encourages readers to try the 25 cent remedy.
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Dr. King
Edgar Matthews & Co
Boy's Essay on Newspapers and Editors
An amusing child’s prose sketches newspapers as sheets of print to read and names to spot. He jokes about editors, likening floods, churches, and local life, noting poverty of the editor and unpaid subscriptions in a playful voice.
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Paw
Cure for Cholera Infantum Claim Ad
Mrs Curtis Baker of Brookwalter Ohio recounts a neighbor’s infant recovering from cholera infantum after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy per directions. She attests repeated successful use and recommends the remedy. Graham Drug Co sells it.
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Curtis Baker
Brookwalter
Ohio
Chamberlain
Graham Drug Co
Man deserts wife after quadruplets and boasts riches
Chicago man Joseph Ormady deserts his wife after she bears four babies. The woman tours with the children for a museum display, moves into a $5,000 home, has $25,000 in bank, and now commands $3,000 a week from museum managers. He is labeled an outcast.
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Joseph Ormady
Chicago
Joseph Ormsby
All Were Saved By Dr King’s New Discovery
A Georgia man J H Johnston of Broughton and his wife credit Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with curing years of misery from throat and lung disease. They claim it cured asthma and affirm it as the best group medicine. Trial bottles free at Edgar Matthew and Co.
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J. H. Johnston
Broughton
Dr. King
Edgar Matthew and Co
Citation to Unknown Owner in Young County Texas
Public notice of delinquent land taxes for 1901 in Young County Texas seeks unknown owners or claimants of 401 acres in Abstract No 1841. The State of Texas files suit for collection and foreclosure, requiring appearance at the August 1902 District Court term in Graham.
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State OF Texas
Yousa
Delinquent Young County land tax suit for 80 acres
The State of Texas and Young County notify all interested parties that 80 acres, south half of Abstract 1852, R. L Richardson, Young County, is delinquent for 1901 taxes totaling 5.20 dollars. A suit has been filed to collect the taxes, and defendants must appear at the August 1902 District Court term to defend and show cause why judgment should not condemn the land and order sale to cover taxes and costs. Clerk Gro. McLaren certifies at Celina, Texas, July 1, 1902.
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Texas
Young
J. W. Cloud
A. J. Baker
J. J. Faulke
L. W. Faulks
Young County
District Court of
State of Texas
Graham
Gro. McLargh
State OF
District Court
Cele Craham
Gro. McLaren
Young Co
Kidney health claim prompts home remedy ad and city death stats
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and urinary issues offering samples by mail. It also reports Washington DC weekly death figures: 121 deaths among 278 178 residents, with 73 whites and 48 colored.
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Dr. Kitner & Home of Swampfoot Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Washington, D.C
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