Congress Signals New Land Laws and Memorial Projects
A Senate action provides for regulations on public lands and funding for a public building in Bay City Michigan and a memorial for Mary the Mother of Washington at Fredericksburg Virginia. House bills include a land court and pensions, while the calendar shows varied domestic events from fires in Chicago to hydrophobia outbreaks and a landmark peace of the 1777 8 Continental Army site in Washington.
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Senate
Pueex
Kansas
Valley Forge
Washington
Mary
Fredericksburg
Lansing
Mich
United States
House
Mary S. Logan
Appolina Blair
Benate
Sistee
Michigan
Bay City
Miah
National Capital
Secretary of the Treasury
John A. Logan
MckKinley
High water floods low country. barn fire kills horses in Tolono
Floods spread across twenty miles causing major property and stock losses. An incendiary fire burned the barn of Joseph McKelvy near Tolono, killing four valuable horses. At Metamora, Indiana, R. J. Bowman was killed by lightning on the night of the 2d. his wife was not armed.
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Joseph McKelvy
Tolono
Metamora
Ind
R. J. Bowman
Beaide
Political conventions and notable deaths in early May era
Tax Connecticut Prohibitioniste to meet at Hartford August 1 to nominate a state ticket. Prohibition party convention at Portland Oregon on the 20th nominated Prof. G M Mer for Congress. Connecticut Republicans to meet in New Haven May 14 to elect delegates to the National convention. Genera Cuantes A. Stereon, longtime Astor Home proprietor, died aged 77. The municipal suffrage bill for women defeated in New York Legislature. Remains of Chief Justice Waite reach Toledo for funeral. Maryland Governor pardons seven Democratic election officers sentenced for fraud. Virginia Republican convention to elect National delegates May 17 in Petersburg. W R Santi, former Treasury official, dies in Plattsburg at 38. New York Assembly passes High License bill on strict party line. Jupos Willus Heuwtesx, former Ohio congressman, dies in Washington. David N. Wurrs, ex-editor and founder of the Republican party, dies in Bawlokley aged 83. Tennessee Prohibitionists to hold Nashville convention May 23 to nominate State officers. Av Oskaloosa Kansas reports a woman elected mayor and a council of women. Leanorr Stonz, Chicago journalist, dies of paralysis aged 57. editor 1871 1886 of Northwestern Christian Advocate. California Democratic State Convention to be held in Los Angeles May 10.
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Portland
Ore
G MM. Mmer
New Haven
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Astor Home
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Tur
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Toledo
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Trinity Church
Forest Cemetery
Jackson
Maryland
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Hox
W. R. Santi
the Treasury
Plattaburg
N. Y
New York Assembly
Jupos Willus Heuwtesx
Congress
Ohio
David N. Wurrs
Pittsburgh
Republican Party
Bawlokley
That City
Tennessee Prohibitiontats
Nashville
Oskaloosa
Kan
Leanorr Stonz
Chicago
Northwestern Christian Advocate
California
Los Angeles
Floods, fires, and political shifts across nations
Foreign and late news recounts floods in Germany and New Zealand storms, Hungary house losses, French cabinet changes, docked ships and drownings near Portugal, and Danish ministry resignations. Also notes Mexican Diaz seeks friendly US relations, and a large Newfoundland fishing season. Later items report Berlin floods, Vistula spread, Chicago killings, suffrage convention in Washington, and various trials and political moves.
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Germany
New Zealand
Csaba
Kikinda
Hungary
France
Namoa Island
London
Caminha
Portugal
Newfoundland
Diaz
United States
Portland Burlington Strikes End as Railroads Agree to Resume
Rail labor tensions ease as Burlington and nearby lines lift boycott on Q freight. Strikers in Chicago back down after negotiations with General Superintendents Clark and McCrea, agreeing to return to work with no conditions. Officials report mixed signals but anticipate full operation across routes including Pan Handle and Belt Line. The House committee moves to investigate the strike amid broader political debate.
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Chicago
Cnicaco
Twelfth Street
Turner Hall
Clark
Pittsburgh
Fort Wayne
McCrea
Pan-H
Idle Roads
Pacific Hotel
Fromen
St Paul
Gresham
Cable
Darlington
Rock Island
Burlington Railway
Qgresham
Railway “Trust
Irition
J. Brono
Chicago, Burlingtoi & Quinay
Mock Island
Rock Isand
Brone
Flock Island
Railway Trust
f.Jone
New York
Parkina
Washington
House
Comyneres
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Blues Reflections After New Opera Hall Cantata Performance
The author muses on the blues as a condition of life and fate while praising the New Opera Hall cantata presented last Thursday. Mrs A H Kinnear organized an energetic show, drawing a near full house despite limited rehearsals, with strong turns by Worley Stubbles Olmsted Hoyt Kinnear Heath and a capable cornet band contributing to a temperance oriented evening.
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New Opera Hall
A. H. Kinnear
A. Worley
J D. Stubbles
Bossie Olmsted
Ed Hoyt
Dr Kinnear
Elia Heath
Mra Jeith
Great Rock Island Cook Book and Christmas Annuals Available
Advertisement notes the revised 1888 edition of the Great Rock Island Cook Book is ready for delivery after initial shortages. Also promotes Christmas Annuals by Watt Stephens Voltagal Petroleum and Natural Gas and Coal and Coke at ten cents each with postpaid mail options. Includes testimonial for Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and coughs with free trial bottles at Dr Powell’s drug store.
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A. Houprook
Boys and Girls of America
Watt Stephens
Voltagal
N UL Frohlichstein
Mobile
Ala
Dr King
Science and Industry Highlights From The Era
A Russian engineer discovers a crystalizing process to ease petroleum transport. California grows about two million pounds of almonds while importing half a million. A French chemist notes glass electrification can skew delicate weighings. Beeswax shipments from California total 11 000 pounds to Europe and 41 000 by rail. 3 000 via Panama. Cork sand lime bricks claim light, soundproof partition walls. A Hudson man coats lead bullets with copper to reach higher velocity and reduce cleaning. Dr Fischer shows domestic stoves use only about 20 percent of fuel. gas stoves reach 80 percent efficiency. Artificial sponge from cotton, treated antiseptically, absorbs water to cocoanut size and costs little. An Erie automatic steam engine claims same results with a single valve as four to six valves. Continuous admission, compression and release possible across cutoff up to three quarters.
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California
Europe
New York
Panama
Germany
Hudson
N. Y
Fischer
England
Woman's Journal
Ig Sato
Erie
Pennsylvania
Charles Edminnister Sells Colt to Sewel Townsend
The sale records show Charles Edminnister sold a colt named wm colt to Sewel Townsend for 400 dollars. The 22 month old animal tipped the beam at 1630 pounds in the auction.
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Charles Edminnister
Sewel Townsend
Castoria Ad Nostalgia in Baby’s Illness Remembrance
Vintage advertising rhyme emphasizes Castoria as a universal remedy from infancy to motherhood. The playful jingle traces a mother’s trust across generations, highlighting Castoria as a household staple linked with child care.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Promised To Heal Lungs
The advertisement extols Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as the premier pulmonary remedy. It explains coughing and inflammation lead to tubercles and lung destruction, claiming the tonic soothes the mucous membrane, arrests wasting, and speeds healing. Testimonials from L. D. Bixby and Alonzo P. Daggett depict dramatic recoveries after cold to consumption.
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L. D. Bixby
Bartonsville, VI
Sail
Ayer
Alonzo P. Daggett
Smyrna Mills, Mo
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