Senate and House Actions Sweep Through July Debates
The Senate discussed sundry civil bills including a 9000000 government allocation for the world’s fair and 320000 for the Sugar Commission. A world’s fair dedication was moved to October 21. A joint resolution sought a single presidential term, and anti-option and free silver debates continued. The House approved post office and pension measures totaling over 46 million, with conference reports on military academy funds and census publication advancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
United States
Sugar Commission
Committee On Coinage, Weights and Measures
Utah
Court of Claims
Jessie Jenton Fremont
Point San Jose
San Francisco
Chist
Riots and Disasters Hit Various Regions Across Nation
Rioting at Homestead Pa Carnegie mills costs nine Pinkerton and eleven workers killed with many injured. mob hangs Epear Jones in West Virginia after Turney killing. Pocomoke City Md business district burned. losses reach 100000. Bank fraud reported in Nashville Tenn. 100 soon after. Mine roof collapse at Wilkes Barre Pa kills several. Catlettsburg Ky ice cream poisoning sickens many. Idaho town of Shoshone largely destroyed by fire. Monkeys language claim by Robert Garner from Newark to Africa. Ottawa and Ogden Utah see threats and effigy hangings of senators. Madison Square Garden hosts 21100 delegates to the United Society convention. Jollietville and surrounding areas burned. trage-backed incidents. Two marriages noted Huntington Ind and Fulton Mich. Tennessee court orders hangings for Col. Clay King. Stock exchanges show week growth to 1.24 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkerton
Homestead
Carnegie & Co
Rds
Epear Jones
Michael Turney
Weston
W. Va
Pocomoke City
Lester H Gaur
Teller
William E. Turner
City Savings Bank
Nashville
Jenn
Wilkesbuarne
John Willams
John McCaffery
Thomas Jone
Ogén
Utah
Warren and
Carey
Wyoming
The
United Society of Christian Aver
Madison Square Garden
New York
Jollietville
Ind
MaArxie Bropertex
Worusm Heiss
Fulton
Mich
Arcola
Miss
Elmer Forouner
Barbara Bolden
Huntington
Ind. Bride Had Three Hours Before Been Granted A Divorce From Her Former Hus
Marshall County
WW. Va
Weasley Holmes
E. Duncan
Jeux
Jenna
Ld. O
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Col. Clay King
Memphis
David H. Posten
United States
Multiple Disasters and Crimes Spark Rail of 19th Century News
A broad front of incidents spans the nation from New York to Oregon. Drowned five in a bay near Bedloe Island after a steamer collision. executions, suicides, and murders shock communities from Fayetteville to Springfield. Mining blazes at Biwabie and Highland destroy property. widespread riots in Homestead prompt militia actions. Sports and business notes include baseball standings, a bicycle record, and company failures in Portland and Louisville. Weather and agricultural reports show heavy rains and grain inventories.
Political alignments at early political conventions
At the Kansas democratic state convention in Topeka the party endorsed the electoral and state tickets of the farmers' alliance. In Little Rock, Arkansas Republicans nominated a full state ticket with William G. Whipple for governor. Hamot M. Sewart, Samoa consul general, resigned and the move was accepted by President Harrison. Third district Georgia Democrats renominated Charles F. Crisp for Congress. The anti-Donnelly wing of Minnesota’s alliance nominated James A. Baker for governor in St. Paul. First district Kansas Democrats nominated Ed Carroll for congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Topeka
Farmers’ Alliance
Taz
Arkansas
Little Rock
William G. Whipple
Hamotp M. Sewart
Samoa
Harrison
Third
Georgia
Charles F. Crisp
Congress
Old Alliance Party of
Minnesota
St. Paul
James A. Baker
Blue Earth County
Tax Democrats
Ed Carroll
Obituaries of several notable individuals across states
Anpison Moore of Meridian Mississippi dies at 181 years. Richard Thomas, oldest man in Iowa, dies at Marion at 111. Carr. Francis Roses Warr, naval veteran and former US consul at Zanzibar and New Zealand, dies in San Diego. Exizanera Burrs, widow of a revolutionary soldier, dies in Harrisburg at 93. TE Castleton, actress, dies in Providence Rhode Island of peritonitis at 34.
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Anpison Moore
Meridian
Miss
Richard Thomas
Iowa
Marion
Carr
Francis Roses Warr
Navy
United States
Zanzibar
New Zealand
San Diego
Cal
Exizanera Bxrrs
Harrisburg
TE Castleton
Providence, R. I
Varied World Events From Wars to Disasters Across Nations
A roundup of 19th century incidents reports drownings of German recruits crossing a river, major fire losses in Bordeaux and St John’s, a Paris collision sinking a French cruiser, a large cholera death toll in Turkestan and France, and political shifts in Mexico. Also notes a bicycle race win in Paris to Nantes, naval losses near Marseille, and a Strasbourg river disaster with eleven drownings.
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Munster
Weire
Bordeaux
France
Paris
Nantes
Allard
Isaac Cooke & Sons
Liverpool
Rio Grande Do Sul
Brazil
Arroy
St. Johna
N F
Christiania
Sweden
Geneva
Switzerland
Mont Blanc
Ouchy
Fukushina
Japan
Ravacnot
M Very
Turkestan
Trupe
St. Johns
NEF
Mexico
Diaz
Kade
Konneun
Charpentier
Strasburg
Germany
Senators discuss Sundry Civil Appropriation and labor reforms
Senate debates a sundry civil appropriation bill and an amendment to close the fall on Sunday. A resolution favors arbitration in labor troubles and a labor commission. House conference report on the District of Columbia appropriation bill is agreed to. Numerous incidents and deaths are reported nationwide including avalanches, shipwrecks, and fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
District of Columbia
BK Redfern
Franklin
Pop
Dunn
William Waldorf Astor
London
Mr Astor
H Webing
Indianapolis
Peoria
Frankie Folsom
Pekin
Idaho
David Bannett
Peter McDonald
Daniel Wallace
Townsend
Mont
Emenine W Curtis
Greencastle
Ind
Cravus W Frero
Andsley Park
Dobbs Ferry
Gervais
Ztna
Giarre
Sicily
New brick store to rise for John Kraus two stories high
Locals note strong demand with several applications for the first floor as John Kraus plans a two story brick store. J D Van Ostrand reports Catherine Nebraska crops with dry ground and a need for rain, while wind runs high. Little Cleo Lambert, six, was bitten by George Worley’s vicious dog, receiving injuries inside a limb and side after wandering near the chained animal. the incident prompts questions about dog control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kraus
J.D. van Ostrand
Catherine
Cleo
James Lambert
George Worley
Mr Worley
George
Steamer Frankie Folsom Sinks After Wind Storm Tragedy
The Frankie Folsom, after the Pompeii performance at Peoria, with 38 Pekin excursionists aboard, was driven by a gale on the lake and overturned. Ten bodies recovered, five still missing. J H McMeen, an M E minister at Benson, was among the drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie Folsom
Pompeii
Peoria
Pekin
J. H. McMeen
M E
Benson
Best remedy for the flux says Texarkana editor
Mr Thomas Batte editor of The Graphic Texarkana Arkansas reports he suffered a severe flux last summer tried many remedies but Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy gave almost immediate relief and he was entirely cured He recommends it as the best medicine in existence 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by J W Neice
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Thomas Batte
the Graphic
Texarkana
Arkansas
Chamberlain
J W Neice
Local News Items and a Tragic Death Attempt
A miscellany of notes from the vicinity includes people visiting and remodeling projects, a Chicago visitor, and a school plans update. A Dane named Christian Rasmussen attempted suicide in Baresa Junction, was alive but sinking, aged 25 and unmarried. A Peoria and Chicago boat report clarifies there was no naval war, describes a near collision and a potential future race, praising the Peoria and its captain for safe operation and customer support.
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Baresa Junction
Christian Rasmussen
Summer Normal Attracts 100 Teachers In Marshall County
From Our Own Correspondent weekly recap notes 100 teachers attending the Summer Normal. Prof Freeborn. Prof Dixon. Miss De Vore. Miss Curtis. Miss Archibald. Prof Morgan lead science math language discipline geography and history. An excursion of 140 on July 7 aboard City of Peoria to Hennepin Leavits Lacou ended with musical recitations and a joyous return aboard the steamer.
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Freeborn
Dixon
Miss de Vore
Miss Curtis
Miss Archibald
Morgan
U.S
Marshall County
Peoria
Hennepin
Lacou
Luna
City Council Approves Electric Franchise and Rules Change
City council adjourned regular meeting with J N Krenz mayor presiding. Aldermen Har rington Frommel Brown Watercott Hutchins Moss approved an ordinance granting Kilpatrick a pole and electric plant franchise and an electric rights appropriation. rules and ordinances appropriation of 8450 was struck out.
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Henry
J N Krenz
Watercott
T L. Harrington
H Hutchins
Chas Frommel
Alex Brown
H Moss
Ald Moss
H Kilpatrick
Ald Brown
Brown
Hutchins
Harrington
Frommel
Moss
Wuntercott
Fromme
Ald Hutchins
JN Krenz
Gossip of 1879 epidemic cures and travel notices
The fragment recounts a dysentery epidemic in 1879 with 108 bottles sold of Chamberlain's Cures Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy and claimed high success. It also mentions trips to New York a San Marco hotel stay, Niagara Falls views, a Christian Endeavor convention with 40 000 delegates, and a 4th of July Hill family visit in Princeville with patriotic readings. Further notes describe postal rush tips to speed letters, railroad delays, and safety cautions.
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Mish Sudie Sh. Bonham
New York
San Marco
Niagara Falls
American
Canada
International Christian Endeavor Convention
Princeville
Smith Hill
Henry
Clark Hill
Hill
Severa
Hill Brothers
Santa Fe
Congregational church Ys entertainment praised
The Old Folks program at the Congregational church under the Ys auspices featured a resumed event after a pause for a storm. Mrs Kirkpatrick gave an address, with Mr M. Meier and Miss Frances Hauser notable for musical pieces. Readings by Mrs Rayt Culver and others followed, ending with ice cream and cake and a social close.
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Congregational Church
Bro Day Opens New Lacon Democrat Office
In front of the Lacon Democrat office we note Bro Day occupying the former Stire & Gelk clothing house. He owns the building and plans a business office and editorial room in the front section, aiming for a comfortable location for the paper. The Democrat is described as a prosperous journal supporting democracy.
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Lacon Democrat
Paer
Bro Day
Stire & Gelk Clothing House
the Democrat
Beidelman Chases Loose Horse for Seven Miles
Mr and Mrs Loton Frisbey of Ho visit Mrs G Beidelman. While Mr Beidelman unhitched their horse it bolted toward home. He chased, followed seven miles, and returned exhausted and muddy. Kewanee Star.
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Loton Frisbey
G. Beidelman
Beidelman
Bucklen Arnica Salve Ad Claims World’s Best Cure All
Bucklen Arnica Salve touted as cure all for cuts sores fevers eruptions and piles with a money back guarantee. It is offered at 25 cents per box at Dr Powell’s drug store. The Washburn Leader praises the Henry City Cornet Band for supplying music at a Fourth of July celebration.
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Bucklen
Gale
Dr Powell
Washburn
Cornet Band
Henry City Cornet Band
Ayer’s Pills Prized For Headache Relief And Digestive Aid
An advertisement extols Ayer’s Pills as a prompt remedy for sick and nervous headaches. It claims the pills quickly correct stomach, liver, and bowel issues and are the mildest, most reliable cathartic in use, urging everyone to have them.
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Ayer
Injury heals as young Adkinso son recovers well
Julius Adkinso’s young son, who broke an arm, is mending satisfactorily. Dr Jones reports the fracture reduced properly and expects a speedy return of full use of the limb with encouragement for rapid recovery.
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Julius Adkinso
Dr Jones
Mrs Dr Murdock Visits At William Allens Home
Mrs Dr Murdock and her children are at the home of William Allen. The doctor, if he comes, will be here later.
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Murdock
Wm Allen
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