Legislature Passes Notary Fee Hike and Salaries Battle
The Senate approved a bill raising notary commissions from 1.25 to 5 with immediate effect. The session also passed the Davenport Orphans Home provision, adjusting child allowances. Legislators argued over salary cuts and restorations for railway, hospital, and state posts, while liquor measure concessions and insurance reforms drew debate. The report also notes weather, a curious cat tale, a beer glass register invention, and global wheat data.
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Davenport
Flouse Raihvrar
Code Revision Committee
House Code Committee
Secretary of State Board of Health
House
School For the
Y House
Loundary
Peley
Agha
Priday Miadeine
Alore Hardeymome
Seguranes
Inguranes
Senate Executes Nominations and Airs Rules Changes
The Senate met in executive session for cabinet nominations and confirmed Sherman amid swift committee action. Vice President Hobart presided as new senators took the floor, with discussion on rules amendments to limit filibusters and protect proceedings during debates.
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Senate
Sherman
Sheman
Hanna
Ohio
Foraker
Hobart
Davis
Committee On Foreign Relations
Diplomatic Corps
Ags
Pruden
Osenar A. Jones
Michigan
Pengion
Detroit
Ander
Floar
Renata
Aldrich
Mtep
Rhode Taland
Jad
Fragmented 19th century notices from Albany to Kansas City
A garbled string of items notes bills in Arkansas for relief of drought, a state secretary transfer at Lansing, a Montreal court upholding union rights, a Kansas City financier's suicide, ship voyages, a barber's rage, a dynamite depot near Merceda, executions in Hempstead, a Wichita robbery and shooting, and various political and social upheavals.
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Albany
James KB
Parior
ISGT
Lanasing
Mich
Dard
Concrt of Appeals
Montreal
Benjamin HK. Bacon
Aee
Kansas City
Alo
Reed Re elected Speaker as Congress Reopens
Congress opens with Reed re elected as Speaker and the same officer slate. The Senate is in order, with a crowded chamber as new faces mingle with veterans. The opening prayers and roll call mark the start of an extraordinary session and work to begin.
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House
Bonday
Reed
Senate
Cee
Bailey
Itd Bell
Colorado
Newlands
Silverite
Nevada
Gen. Grosvenor
Hyndreda
Thousandy
Clark McDowell
Escansien
McLiowell
Jlonse
Cositien
Ind
Tobart
Haar
Cockrell
Ghostly visit and cold bedclothes tale from London paper
A young lady on a visit awoke to a white figure at the bed foot. The sheets whisked aside and the apparition vanished. Over breakfast a man, an old family friend, claimed to be chilled by night air and offered a sauced explanation. The room was not awake, but he learned nothing.
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London
Lndy
Tate
Congress
McKinley
United States Senate
Buffalo Express
Baird BF
St. Louis
Haobart
Probart
Senate
Beaton Globe
Yu Marcua A. Fladna
Hereland Plain Dealer
House
Ehemachea
Warhkington
Mc Winley
Washington
Boston Herald
Chicago Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Grover Cleveland
Chicago Menard
Chicago
Baltimore
Abe Kinley
Cleveland
Detroit Prep Press
Sllana Republic
President McKinley Urges Prompt Action on Treasury Crisis
The president reads a message to Congress detailing three years of revenue shortfalls and rising debt. He urges immediate passage of revenue and tariff reforms to fund ordinary government operations, pensions, and debt service, warning against further borrowing.
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McKinney
Congress
United States
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Taney
Waertind
Iscal
Fumecu
Soma Ea
Reczinia
Sis
Thare
Dletiiah
Sthasa
Bouda
Powtel
Pontal Tarrjee
Bestel Cervine
Easslon
Honda World
Avery
William McKinley
Exenulite
Unclear wartime footwear and trade notes surface
A jumbled wartime note describes a lew shoe sole experiments in Germany using various coatings to keep leather flexible and resist wear. It mentions aluminum nails in regiments and hints at broader export figures including pork, apples, and hides, with garbled figures for last year.
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Steatten
Mixed foreign and U.S. political notes and satire
A collage of satirical and opinion snippets from various papers cites European powers, U.S. politicians, and events. It notes contrasts in finance, leadership, and policy, with jabs at McKinley era politics, Senate moves, and public figures.
The Blue Danube and a Woman’s Showy Cuff Or Manuscript Rescue
In a London tale of wit and luck, Johann Strauss scribbled a waltz idea on a cuff after failing to find a suitable scrap. Frau Strauss lent a cuff from her dress collar to capture the final bars, saving the composition of The Blue Danube as he fretted and raced home.
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London
Yohann Streuss
Aere
Schonaus
Strauss
Salzer Seed Co Offers German Coffee Berry Seed
A reader from Williams County Iowa reports growing 300 pounds of coffee from Salzer's German Coffee Berry seed. The notice offers a package of this seed for 15 stamps upon receipt of the notice, sent by John A Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin.
Effects of Severe Cold in Arctic Regions
The article outlines how temperatures affect travelers in arctic regions from 15 above to 40 below. It describes perceived warmth at mild degrees and escalating discomfort as readings drop from zero to 30 and beyond, noting a struggle for light and basic comfort at extreme cold.
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Arctic Tegions
Cold War Echoes and Night Watches in New York Fourval
Fragmented OCR passage mentions Murane liver and Kidoers with cryptic lines about leaving early and a scene at 10:30 where a papa arrives, lights jets, and opens curtains. References Agatha and George imply domestic or theatre dialogue set in New York Fourval, with vague imagery of power and action.
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George
Agatha
Papa
New York
Fragmentary Verse Fragments From A Lost Love Ode
The text presents garbled lines about love and names with a historic or literary feel. It references Ovid and lauding unrequited or idealized affection. The readable parts imply a meditation on romantic longing and the dissolving of sorrow through poetic imagery.
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