Roll Call Tricks In The House Of Representatives
A talking Clock and Gavel reveal how lawmakers dodge roll calls and steer votes. Adamson Clarke and Whitcomb are described as delaying or timing their votes to align with the majority. The exchange exposes tactics used to avoid decisive votes and shows a clockwork satire on legislative behavior.
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House of Representatives
Adamson
Osborne
Clarke
Marion County
Joe Clarke
Whitcomb
Joe
Horrible Crimes of the Russians Laid Bare in China
An American reporter recounts atrocities by Russian French and German troops in Tien Tsin Pekin and nearby towns. He cites murders looting and cruelty toward Chinese civilians as evidence of wartime horrors while noting Allied troops mostly avoided the excesses.
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Vancouver
BE. C
Tien-Tsin
Pekin
Fred Ackerman
New York
China
Nation's Fury and Skunk Odor Shake Topeka in Liquor Row
In Topeka on February 8, Mrs Nation vents fury at tobacco and liquor policy. She threats a legislator, calls him a hell hound, and vows to kill anyone who backs liquor resubmission. The volatile reformer rants in court and senate, likening enemies to devils as Smith retreats.
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Topeka
Senate
Smith
Feast of Millionaires at Union Club Dinner
New York reports three hundred million dollars represented by twenty five millionaires dining at the Union club Thursday night. Charles R. Flint hosted the dinner honoring Mexico’s richest banker Enrique C Creel who is in New York on a mission for President Diaz. Observers believe Creel aims to explore a plan to anchor Mexico to a gold basis rather than its current standard.
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New York
Union Club
Charles R. Flint
Senor
Enrique C. Creel
Mexico
Diaz
Queen Sophie of Sweden and Norway Near Death
London Feb 8 Queen Sophie of Sweden and Norway is dying according to a Copenhagen dispatch. She has been ill for several days with influenza and throat inflammation.
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Sophie
Sweden
Norway
Copenhagen
Divorce suit of William Swartz vs Mary Swartz dismissed
At the conclusion of the evidence in the superior court on Thursday the divorce case of William Swartz against Mary Swartz was dismissed. The text also mentions soothing healing influences of Dr Way Pine Syrup.
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William
Mary Swartz
Sweet sugar corn and beans pricing note
A brief price note lists sweet sugar corn at 10 cents and 5 cents per dozen, followed by green beans priced at 2 pound cans and per can 48 cents. The fragment indicates local shopping prices for canned vegetables.
Fort Carrie Nation Troopers Rename Fort Myers Post
Washington reports Feb 8 that after the canteen at Fort Myers closed troopers on duty renamed the post Fort Carrie Nation, a nickname reflecting the change. The lighthearted measure signals a shift in routine and morale among stationed troops.
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Washington
Fort Myers
Miners and Operators Reach Secret Pact on Wage Scale
In Columbus Ohio the sub scale committee of miners and operators remains in secret session with signs of a settlement. Both sides have withdrawn demands an increase and a ten cent per ton cut respectively while debating run of mine uniform day wage scale and machine differential. Illinois pushes to place Indiana on a single standard as talks continue. The committee swears secrecy with a report due after further sessions.
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Columbus
Illinois
Indiana
Nerve of Penpusher Ray Tops Court Scene
In Shelbyville Indiana on February 8 the Ray case nears end as John S Duncan closes for the state and Burke and Wray defend. A juror’s smoking tobacco package sent via the bailiff prompted a search. no contraband found. A separate Terre Haute filing by Louis Webb against Samuel Warren is dismissed amid a tale of a horse sale and a web of personal entanglements.
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Wray
Ray
Louis Webb
Samuel Warren
Terre Haute
Warren
Webb
Iseman
Adams produce man killed in Greenville wreck
J. T. Dowell of the Adams produce company Rushville was killed in the Greenville Pa wreck on Thursday. His face was torn to shreds and he will be buried at Monon his old home.
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Rushville
Sind
J. T. Dowell
Adams Produce Company
Greenville
Monon
Multiple Local Incidents Highlight Indiana News Today
Reports from Eaton, Anderson, Terre Haute, and nearby towns note a dry kiln fire in Eaton with $800 loss, a death of Mrs. Frederick McCoy in Anderson, a stranded Air ship company in Terre Haute, and local women forming a Mrs Nation club in Petersburg. Other items include a corn cutter injury in Albion, state papers captured at Richmond, real estate bargains in Kendallville, and economic woes with poor dirt sales. Additional notes mention Peru’s hopes for Wabash shops, Fort Wayne subsidy vote failure, the Gen Shanks estate, thefts and rewards, and political trends in Whitley County.
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Frederick McCoy
Anderson
Air Ship’’ Company
Terre Haute
The Skinning of Joss in Senate Debate
A heated senate debate over a railroad consolidation bill features Winfield of Cass proposing an amendment and Joss of Marion county accusing the Cass senator of intent to kill the bill. Winfield retorts with a sharp remark as President Gilbert admonishes personal attacks.
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Marion
Gilbert
Mrs McKinley Chooses Inaugural Gown Style
Mrs McKinley plans an American made gown for the second inaugural ball in Washington. She wishes a heavy cream satin embroidered by hand and prefers a rich lace if it can be imported, but avoids imported lace. The gown will likely be made by her New York modiste.
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Martna Company
New York City
Cassandra Soap
Manila Company
New York
Loen
Cassandra Oriental
Wade
Cassandra Oap
Tin Nog Remle Ustorit
Mazilla Company
Washington
White House
Shipbuilders strike at St Nazaire over longer day
Paris reports an unusual strike by shipbuilders at St Nazaire near the Loire mouth. They demand the eight hour workday be extended to ten hours, signaling a bold shift in labor expectations.
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Paris
St. Nazaire
Loire
St Louis Prohibition Club Passes Revolutions to Honor Mrs Nation
In St Louis on Thursday night the Prohibition club endorsed revolutions showing sympathy for Mrs Nation and inviting her to lecture at her earliest convenience, reflecting temperance era tensions.
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ST. Louis
Prohibition Club
Nation
Watch makers' union gifts Gompers gold watch
President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor receives a handsome gold watch from the Watch Makers' Union of Elgin Illinois. The watch is described as the finest possible product of the company.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Watchmakers’ Union
Elgin
Scott's Bill Doomed by House Temperance Committee
The house temperance committee met Thursday and killed Scott's bill requiring license applicants to file a petition signed by a majority of voters. A second bill barring licenses for two years after a remonstrance is also seen as doomed. Capt. Eli Ritter compared the committee to the Senate temperance panel of 189, noting it met just before and after the legislature.
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Scott
Senate Temperance Committee
Capt
Eli Ritter
They Admire Her Pluck In Rochester Club Meet
The Political Equality club led by Miss Logan B Anthony discussed Mrs Carrie Nation and Kansas joints. With Miss Anthony ill, her sister Mary presided as members admired Nation's pluck yet said she had no right to destroy property even if used for illegal purposes.
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Rochester
N. Y
Political Equality Club
Atkins Saw Men See the Big Zoo
The Atkins saw works employer enjoyed Thursday night at the Zoo. Democratic editors of the state attended. Capt. Bonavita presented a new act with his lion Indianapolis walking a tight rope. The Zoo bought $50 worth of lumber to build a platform for Mr and Mrs Morlan, said to be the heaviest people in the world, who will travel to the Zoo in a rebuilt streetcar with seat removal to allow turning.
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Atkins Saw
Bonavita
Indianapolis
Mrs Nation Flunks and Halts Joints Raid
Topeka February 8 Mrs Nation blamed the Lord for a failed joint smashing plot. Twenty five planters of the crusade gathered armed with broad axes to strike at 3 am Friday with clerics and temperance men as escorts. Women armed with hatchets assembled but male conspirators interrupted and the raid was called off after a confrontational exchange.
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Topeka
Kas
Nation
Dr Bull's Cough Syrup Promises Quick Cough Cure
Advertises Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as a valuable throat and lung remedy that cures a cough or cold in one day. Describes small doses and sure results with a price of 25 cents per bottle.
An Old Nurse for Children Adverts a Soothing Syrup
An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow s Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims to soothe the child soften the gums relieve pain cure wind colic and treat diarrhoea. Price listed as twenty five cents per bottle.
Dental office open for patients and affordable care
Ss. W. Cor. Delaware and Chiosis operates 8 a m to 5 p m offering all kinds of dental work with fees set to cover costs.
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Delaware and Chiosis
Cheap Rates to California Colonist Tickets On Sale
Special low rate colonist tickets to California available Feb 12 and every Tuesday through April 30 via the Ogden and Sunset routes. Chicago $30, St Louis Memphis New Orleans $27.50, Omaha Kansas City $25, with corresponding east and north reductions. Details from Southern Pacific Company.
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California
Chicago
Memphis
New Orleans
Omaha
Kansas City
Southern *Pacific
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promoted As Digestive Aid
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a pleasant lozenge containing vegetable and fruit essences. It claims one grain digests 3000 grains of food, aids digestion, and cures dyspepsia, gas, sour stomach, and bloating while avoiding harsh cathartics. The product is sold by druggists and marketed as a simple digestive remedy.
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Stuart
Eals, Ous dl
City Board Debates Bridge Payment and Mills Demand
The Board of Works and City Attorney Kern discuss paying a disputed claim to an Indiana based Hoosier construction firm for a bridge project. The firm may draw the board approved amount without full receipt and pursue suit if dissatisfied. Also on the docket are granting a switch crossing Madison Ave and condemning a damaged Pyre house segment. Pay rolls for sewer, bridge, and street work are listed along with extensive commodity prices and local grocery items.
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Market prices for farm produce and animal products
Prices paid by shippers list rates for turkeys hens toms and chicks. cheese varieties butter eggs feathers beeswax wool rabbits hides tallow and greases with per unit bids such as turkeys 7c per lb and geese $5.40 per doz, eggs 16c per dozen, hogs not shown.
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New York
Wholesale Price List for Candies Nuts coal and Drugs
The document presents a varied price list for candies and nuts including sticks and mixed varieties with per pound rates, corn, peaches, oysters, beans, and berries. It also lists coal and coke prices for multiple regions, plus drugs and coffee prices with a wide range of items and unit prices.
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