Congressional News Highlights From Senate and House Actions
A broad Senate and House session covered civil service, Blair Educational bill debates, and nominations including Edward S. Bragg as Minister to Mexico. The Joint Deficiency Bill, timber sales on Menomonee land, and currency policy measures were debated. Executive confirmations, racial voting concerns in Jackson Miss, and various public notices occupied session time.
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Senate
Hale
Coke
Blair
Henry Lefton
Philadelphia
Committee On Military Affairs
Boutello
Eee
Secretary of War
Wisconsin
Gude
Judiciary
Jackson
Miss
Priza
L. Q. C. Lamar
United States Sue Court
William F. Vilas
Interior
Don B M. Dickinson
Edward 8. Bragg
Mexico
House
Nateal
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Blizzard and fires toll across towns heavy losses
A winter storm and record cold cripple regions from Minnesota to Texas causing deaths and widespread damage. Fires in Indianapolis Detroit and Paw Paw destroy multiple buildings. deaths from freezing weather rise as rail accidents and criminal incidents dot the country.
Inauguration of Democratic Governor Will Introduces 5 x Editor
A fragment notes the inauguration of a Democratic governor and mentions Rev. Dr A and Partto of the Baptist Weekly in Brooklyn as editors. It references Indiana Editorial Association and Indianapolis, with aged sixty. The text is incomplete and garbled.
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A & Partto
Baptist Weekly
Dl N
Will
Tre Democratic 5 x
Brooklyn
Lannanee
Iowa
Indiana
Indianapolla
Global turmoil and disasters reported in early 19th century dispatches
Reports indicate cholera waning in Chill and 1288 cases with 644 deaths in Valpariso between December 15 and January 1. Panic in South Tyrol after a fatal crush. farcical events in Moracy. Kingston dynamite blast kills two men. Scarlet fever deaths among northern Canadian tribes. Moves to declare Knights of Labor illegal in Montreal. Arrests in Sofia and Galway. Belgian printers strike in Quebec. Bank director Grenfell’s residence robbed of $30,000. Nova Scotia debates annexation to the United States and parliamentary instability in England.
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Marto
Valpariso
South Tyrol
Eng
Moracy
Buell
Hynes
Kingston
Ont
British Columbia
Gary
Richardson's Hills
Hastings County
Montreal
Knights of Labor
Sofia
Prince Ferdinand
Galway
Ireland
William O'Brien
Quebec
Henry R. Grenfell
Bank of England
Ixrixey McCaun
Nova Scotia
Blizzard toll and civic troubles across the Midwest
Reports on a severe blizzard estimate deaths in Minnesota and Dakota reaching about two hundred with many missing. Also noted are fires in Mt Carmel and a rail disaster in Bradford with multiple deaths, along with railway and political movements and labor strikes across Kansas and Iowa.
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Io Siveral Wholesale Buatneas
Indianapolis
Ind
Paralao
Superior
Wic
Paw Paw
Mioh
Feiss Ein
Joseph
Louisa Evans
Flemingsburg
Texas
Gulf States
Minnesota
Dakota
Montana
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Dainois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Winnetka
Chicago
Church’s Ferry
D. C
Washington
Kentucky Volunteers
Covington
Warren Street
New York
Milwaukee
Lake Superior
Cheater, Minn
James Baker
E. W. Tilloteen
Bloomington
St. Paul (Minn
Steruex Borer
Samuel
Joseph Xollep
Sharon
Chattanooga
Tenn
Knights of Labor of
New York City
Powderly
Hudsork
Adam Gesse
Tox Window-Glass Workers’ Association of Pittsburgh
Tim
Parke County
Cam’s Theater
Springfield
Annie Devoe
Pittsbergh
Waite
Lima
Charles Cochran
Harry Harter
Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska
Willard
Kan
Kanass City
Losa
Henry Ostrum
Princeton
Minn
Jorn Werxs
Augusta
SuEen Man Lixy
Parkersburg
W Va
Milas Carrie Berg
Lizzi
Oswego
N. Y
Ottumwa
Ling
Towa
Nebraske
Tana
Richland Center
Chippewa Falla
Wis
Mississippi
Heary Wordersyoller
Conat Philadelphia
Turner County
Wy. T
Costesville
Mt. Carmel
John T Berry
Hiogo
Reading Railroad
Ito
Pacific Railroad
Congress
San Francisco
Woods
United States
Des Moines
Wilson
Mat
Freedmen's Bank
House& Box
Boesker Carlisle
Nation Bank
Blizzard Toll Reaches 200 Lives in Plains States
Daily blizzard reports from North Dakota to Texas confirm at least 159 dead with likely total near 200. Accounts cite teachers and farmers found frozen, cattle losses in hundreds, and widespread misery from Yankton to Bonham as storms halt travel and freeze rivers.
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Texas
Sx Haut
Minn
Sarah Dolan
Goodwin
Clear Lake
D. T
Hugo Scheff
Altamont
Garry
Watertown
Jamestown
M. A. Ryan
Windsor
Ryan
Yankton County
Clay
Bon Homme County
South Dakota
Yankton
Springfield
Aberdeen
Hurd County
Millard
Clear Lake Township
Edmund County
Turner County
Hetnes
Lennox
Sapheol-Room
Alexandria
Edwin Kylling
Canton
D. T. Huron
Burdett Scofield
Katharine Druse
Wolsey
O'Nelly
Persens
Custer County
Br. Louta
Bonham
Henry Willaron
Cleburne
Henry Corbin
Austin
Colorado
Corsicana
Ennis
Sherman
Panhandle
Terrell
Belton
Gainesville
Tom Jaackson
Bob Smith
Abbe de l Epee and the Deaf Education Legacy
The article recounts Charles Michael de l Epee born 1712 in Versailles and his work to teach deaf mutes through the hand alphabet and a sign language. It notes a statue of Epee in Versailles unveiled May 24 1879 at the Paris Deaf and Dumb Institution and details scene of his teaching gesture to a deaf boy.
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Abbe de L'Epes
Charles Michael de l’Epee
Abbe de l’Epee
Sicard
Abbe del Epee
New York Journal
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Gallaudet
Bt. Ann's Episcopal Church
West
Eighteenth Strest
Gallaudoet
Hartford
Laurent Clerc
America
Abbe Bicard
T. H. Gallaudet
Aristotle
Christ
Charles Michael de 'Epes
Versailles
France
Ricard
Paris
The
Brothers of the Christian
Famin
Congregation of the Christian Doctrine
de l’Epeco
Abbo de l'Epes
Versailia
Abbe de l'Epee
Louis
Bbe de l Epee
Deaf and Dumb Institution
Mons. Martin
Abbe de Epos
Diou
New York Legislature Commission Recommends Electric Execution
A legislative commission in Auany New York reported on humane methods of capital punishment by electricity. It suggests keeping the execution date secret from the prisoner while advising reforms to state practice. In Woonsocket Alabama a Harris Woolen Company storehouse burned at 4 am damaging wool worth about 60 thousand dollars and ruin likely around 40 thousand.
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Saar Morne
Daniel McDonald
Plymouth
Emocrat
Oregon
Mississippi
Walthall
United States
Gustave ScuowatTsa
Odd Fellowship
Salem
Oro
House Committee On
Washington
Thosbo
Carlisle
Carlise
William HL Hickerooren
Salt Lake City
Gsonog Warren
Paris
Utah
John M. Young
Brigham Young
Washington Territory
Iowa
T. J. Anderson
Auany
N.Y
New York
Woonsocket, AL
Harris Woolen Company
Mail train collides with streetcar injuring passengers in Carcaco
A mail train on the Wabash road struck a street car on Thirty first street Monday night. The gates were stuck and could not be lowered. Passengers were thrown into the snow and several people severely bruised.
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Carcaco
Wabash Road
Bt Te Croming
Ord
Castoria Through Generations Highlights A Mother's Remedy
The poem traces a mother's care as a child, then adult, always turning to Castoria. It notes how a girl cried for Castoria in childhood and how, as an adult mother, she gives Castoria to her own children.
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Castoria
Qaatoria
Ayer s Sarsaparilla Promoted as Blood Remedy
An ad touts Ayer s Sarsaparilla as a near universal cure for blood disorders, claiming it cures boils carbuncles scrofula and related symptoms by cleansing the blood. It warns against powders washes and cheaper compounds and urges fair trial with three bottles.
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Ayer
Mgr. C. EK. Murray
Charlottesville
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Advertisement
An old ad notes Ayer's Sarsaparilla prepared by Dr. J. Ayer & Co. Lowell Mass. Mold by all Drogginte. Price listed as $1 for a single bottle, or six bottles for $5.
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Dr. J
Ayer & Co
Lowell, Mass
Executor's Notice of Estate of John Carver Deceased
Executor Townsend announces the March term of Marshall County Illinois court to settle claims against the estate of John Carver late of Marshall County Illinois. Creditors must appear at the courthouse in Lacon to present demands and debtors must make payment.
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John Carver
Lee
Joun C. Townsend
For Sale Two Acre Lot in Henry City on Green Blvd
For sale a two acre lot on Green Blvd in Henry City. Contains seven rooms and a good cellar. Includes two cisterns, wood and coal house, and minor fruit trees. A very fine location. Will be added to the market September 1. by Samuel Maxwell.
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Henry
Samuel Maxweli
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