Epitome of the Week News Compilation Summary
A long weekly digest reports congressional activity with bills on pensions education and commerce, senate and house actions including appointments and appropriations, plus domestic incidents nationwide. Notables include a Blair education bill, an assistant secretary of war measure, and a Gettysburg monument appropriation.
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Rma
Oy Mhwenter-Arx
Senate
Columbes
Ates
House
Pendleton
West Virginia
Atkinson
Board of Control
Mwunator Ingalla
Morton
Madrid
Davespark
Severalty
Indian Territory
United States
Gettysburg
O'Donnell
Plasterers Strike in New York and Notable Public Notices
Workers in New York to start on May 1 for eight hours daily at fifty cents per hour under an agreement. News briefs include mine suffocations in Wilkes Barre, obituaries of prominent figures, political moves in various states, and international incidents from Canada to Britain.
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Journneymeen Plasterers of
New York
Wilkesbarre
Allison re elected U S Senator by unanimous vote
The Iowa Legislature unanimously re elected Willian B Allison as United States Senator with 28 Senate votes for Allison 20 for Bestow and 2 for Larrabee. In the House 50 votes for Allison 1 for Bestow and 6 for Larrabee. Other items include a Mobile County crop loss from freezing, editor Enwin Cownes death, and a string of incidents and political notes.
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Willian B. Allison
Iowa
United States
Senate
Allison
Bestow
Larrabee
Bostow
Alabama
Mobile County
Enwin Cownes
The
Leader
Cleveland
Winutas N. Pops
Louisville City National Bank
Louisville
River Forth
Edinburgh
Prines of Wales
James Ford
Jeffersonville
Ind
Jupper Daniel
B. TinpEn
Congress
Tur
New York
M. & C. Mayer
Bason & Eaton
Canada
United States Senate
Trenton
N. J
Arkansas
Featherstone
Iowa Senator Allison Wins Re election in Joint Session
Des Moines reports Senator Allison was re elected to the United States Senate by a clear majority in morning votes, with Samuel L. Bostow and ex Governor Darrabes as opponents in the contested bids. In the afternoon the result stood Allison 28, Larrabee 20, Bostow 20 finalizing the choice.
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de Iowa
Alison
United States
Senate
Des Moines
Allison
House
Richman
Samuel L. Bostow
Botion
Messrs. Roe
Gravier
Walden
William B. Allison
Ros
Darrabes
Beeata
Allson
Larrabee
Ewart
Union Labor
Roe
Smith
Boone
Ind
Rassell
Galles
Graeser
Bostow
Senator
Engle
Barnett
Gatch
Balter
Bestow
Finn
Dubuque
Perry, O
Western Reserve College
Ohio
Iowa
Thirty-eighth
Thirtyninth
Fortieth
Forty-First
United States Senate
James Harlan
Engines Crash at Carlisle Station Kill Four Injure Many
An express train from London to Scotland failed to stop at Carlisle Station due to slippery tracks. It collided with an oncoming engine on the same track as it plowed past the platform at high speed, killing four and wounding fourteen. The struck engine stayed on the rail.
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Carlisle
England
London
Scotland
Trains Collide at Lakeville Wreck Kills Three Firemen
At Lakeville Ohio a westbound freight wreck of the Pittsburg Fort Wayne Chicago line caused a massive fire after a tank car exploded. Engineer John Cowan Fireman Harvey Gatehouse and Head Brakeman Edward Miller perished as the blaze consumed twenty freight cars and damaged the track. Four children burned in Greenville Mississippi when a cabin burned after the Parents left for church.
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Austin
Tex
Holmes
Shawnee
Sud. T
Tholebess
Indiana
Bilcott
Washington
Toledo
Wash
Ar Geneseo
Idaho
Carthage
Miss
New England
Boston
Vicksburg
Treasury
United States
James Devanerry
Joseph Ruel
Spring Lake
Grand Haven
Mich
Noyes, Norman & Co
St. Joseph
Marrs O’martey
Peter Faley
Johnsonburg
Avavst Grorn
Stillwater
Minn
Mallio
Col
A. M. Wassen
Wassen
Wabash
Ind
Lst
Chicago
Centenary Methodist
Richmond
Fie
Henman Witron
Vincennes
Exma Johnson
Cairo
Joan Griscom
New York
Groner Francis
Pittsburgh
Hermosa
Mexico
Glasgow
Greenville
Mississippi Supreme Court
Jake Kilrain
Booneville
Exchange Hotel
Middleton
N. Y
Lily Peck
Nellie Fletcher
Westside
Fort Wayne
Massillon
Fort Scott
Kan
No Man’s Land
Atre
Lakeville
Pitranaca
Mansfield
Pittaburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago
Oblock
John Cowan
Harvey Gatehouse
Edward Miller
Galehouse
Cowan
Miller
Alliance
Doylestown
Kypane
Creston
Orrville
Henry Greenlee
Eudora
Honor to Isabella Queen Isabella statue planned for world fair
American women seek recognition for Queen Isabella of Castile as co discoverer of America. Funds are raised in New York Washington St Louis and Chicago for a statue by Harriet Hosmer and a women’s pavilion at the fair. The pavilion will house Isabella commemoratives a Spanish court exhibit and a congress hall for women conferences.
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Columbus
Chicaco
Isabella of Castile
Queen Insabella
America
New York
Washington
St. Louis
Chicago
Isabella
Harriet Hosmer
Hundred Debates to Shape Prohibition Politics
In New York on March 4 Walter Thomas Mills of Chicago and Albert Griffin of Brooklyn were slated for 100 debates on temperance politics. The exchanges will cover temperance Republican versus Prohibitionist lines, starting in New England in April, then across the country to San Francisco and back. Griffin chairs the National Anti Saloon Republican Association.
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Walter Thomas Mills
Albert Grima
New York
Chicago
Albert Griffin
Brooklyn
Prohibitionists
New England
San Francisco
Mills
Griffin
Golden Specific Cures Drunkenness in Coffee
A damaged ad touts the Golden Specific as a cure for drunkenness by adding it to coffee without the drinker’s knowledge. It claims thousands have quit drinking and promises cures with no harmful effects, inviting readers to request a circular from Golden Specific Co. at 185 Race St, Cincinnati.
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Golden Specific Co
The Markets Push Ivory Soap Amid Counterfeits
The piece notes many white soaps touted as "just as good as the Ivory" but warns they lack Ivory’s special qualities. It urges buyers to insist on Ivory Soap, stating it is sold widely and urging consumer recognition of genuine Ivory.
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Keathley
Tenn
Winslow & Band
Alexander Neil
D. Apvices
Kentucky
Joe” Johnson
Pikeville
CuAnixs H. Grant
West Andover
Mass
Daniel Hebron
Lynchburg
Afro-American League ”of
Rochester
Limited Express
Baltimore & Ohio
Independence
Spencerville
Thomas O'Brien
Lexington
Bottie Shea
San Fran
Cisco
Norfolk & Western Road
Roanoke
Newaygo
David W. Squires
Torrance
Hassayampa
Arizona
Rocky Mountains
Mary's Fork
Great Northern
Anaconda
Mont
Cal
Etrurias
George H. Pendleton
Berlin
Kansas
Enterprise
Scuffletown
House of Representatives
Taulbee
Kentesky
Charles Kincaid
Madison
Kensington
Albert Rouaz Gallatin
Albert Gallatin
James Madison
M. B. Wicour
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
Mantix- B
Anprrsox
University
Maryland
Canarrssman
Cranes L. Miron- Ell
New Haven
Conn
James E. Enarnisa
Connecticut
Oliver Mowat
Toronto
Ont
Brighton
Apranax, Lincoln
Robert T. Lincoln
Great Britain
Russia
Tax Northumberland
Eng
Miners’ Association
House of Commons
Labouchere
Lord Salisbury
Quetta
Australia
Torres Straits
Somerset
Senegal
King of Dahomey
Listter
Gladstone
Parnell
Louisville National Bank
William H. Pops
James 8. Pirtle
James Leech
W. &. Parker
Pope
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Detroit
Aere Edwin Cowles
Cleveland, O
Edwin Cowles
Cleveland Leader
Austinburgh
Ashtabula County
Cowles
Alfred
Joseph Medill
Eustor
Chicago Tribune
Forest City
Great
Leader Printing Company
Lincoln
Bull Run
Dahomey
Paris
Kingdom of
Africa
George Francis
Tacoma
Pacific Ocean
China
Germany
Berin
Dortmund
Duisburg
Neo Care
Lue
Marca
Domentio
Kansas City
Henry Market
George Nicholeon
G. CO. Grinwold & Co
Forger's
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Rose Terry
Elkhart
Gees
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