Pension laws and proposed amendments in 1890s reforms
The assistant secretary of the interior outlines pension system defects inclosing unlawful payments and denial rules. He urges amendments for widows pensions and minor children grants, cites past rolls and costs, and notes funding delays affecting Indian supplies. Also covers Farmer’s Mutual Benefit Association platform on silver coinage, taxes, and women’s membership.
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Wasumerox
Cyrus Lussey
Noble
Bureau of Pensions
Whiich
United States
Bussey
Indian Service
National Assembly of the
Champaign
Ill
National Assembly of the Farmers’ Mutual Genefit Association
Congress
Assembly
Gould
Vanderbilts
Astors
Clever Theft at Jonasen Jewelry Store in Omaha
A bold Thursday morning robbery at Jonasen’s jewelry shop on Farnum Street netted thieves at least 10000 in diamonds, gold watches, pins, and studs. A stranger lured the watchmaker to the rear of the store with a clock pretext while a confederate rifled a display case. the robbers remain unidentified as police search for clues.
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Omaha
Omatia. Neb
dJonausen
Jonasen
Inauguration Proposals for the March 4 Washington Pageant
Washington November 25 The Cleveland Stevenson inauguration on March 4 is expected to draw a large crowd and feature a parade with diverse participants. Bloomingdale Illinois Adlai Stevenson arrives by vestibuled train while 100 Randall club Philadelphia members escort Cleveland to the White House. Virginia horsemen led by Gen Fitzhugh Lee head a southern band. Texas rangers and Georgians in buckskin join. Tammany plans a tiger and an owl float. Jacksonians display a 15 foot canvas rooster.
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Washington
Washingtown
Cleveland
Jackson
Bloomington
Lil
Adlai E. Stevenson
Randall Club
Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland
White House
Secarcely
Stevenson
Virginia
Fitzhugh Lee
Texas Rangers
Tammany
Auditorium Hotel
Jacksonian Organization of
Mascoutah
Illinois Salvation Army Societies
Decatur
Illinois
Washington County
William Walker
Cass County
Jacob Shatz
Danville
Rockford Plow Company
H. W. Carpenter
Mulberry Grove
Vandalia Road
John Schuman
Towanda
Edward D. Worstell
Malone Township
The
Christian Church
Egbert L. Jansen
Jansen, McClurg & Co
Chicago
Detroit
Mich
A. Reeves Jackson
Mary Becker
John Irvin
Rosehill
James Hensley
Spiketown
Mote
Fairbury
Miller
Wabash
Chandler
Sangamon
Wabash Road
Monticello
William Edwards
Sedalia
Louis Broekel
Urleans
Victor Auer
Willis Corder
Williamson County
Marion
Restes With Grover and the Extra Session Question
Washington reports the fate of an accidental extra session of Congress depends on President-elect Cleveland. Democratic leaders urge swift action aligned with tariff repeal, while Cleveland weighs political prudence and national mood before January. Connecticut and Minnesota returns show Cleveland leading, with Democrats strong in state houses and mixed gains across party lines. News items note multiple deaths, accidents, and local incidents across Illinois and nearby states.
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Congress
Washington
Cleveland
Oecil
Connecticut
Hattrorp
Conn
Harrison
Bidwell
Weaver
Wing
Senate
House
Odd Fellows and Woodmen headquarters moves announced
Illinois notes report the Springfield grand lodge accepting the Lincoln orphans home under the Rebekah decree and electing EH.8 Conway as grand master with A. Stone deputy and H. A. Philips grand warden. Rock Island wins a head office move for Modern Woodmen of America and plans a new building. Also listed are a voter fraud hearing for Enech McCray and state bankers officers, plus Young Women's Christian Association officers in Galesburg.
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Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows’ Grand Lodge
Springfield
Lincoln
Woodmen
Rock Island
Modern Woodmen of America
Omaha
Fulton
Illinois
Galesburg
Young Woman's Christian Association of Illinois
Carrie Palmer
Kewanee
C. Pratt
Geneseo
Jean Colville
Chicago
Faith Smith
Evanston
Three Blessings in One and Other Mixed Fragments
A garbled review merges patent medicine claims with comic quips and miscellaneous notices. It cites Stomach Bitters as boosting digestion and sleep, notes relief for malaria and rheumatism, and includes stray quotations from newspapers, jokes, ads, and a price-list reference to Kansas farms.
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Astetter
Harlem
N. Y. Herald
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Marines
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Marine Corps
Navy Yards
New York Navy Yard
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Grover
St. Pau, Minn
Minneapolis
Biiwell
Kivote Nelson
Illinois State News
Enech McCray
Kidd
United States District Court
McCray
Crawfordsville
Paris
State Bankers’ Association
John J. P. Odell
Frank W. Tracy
Edward D. Keys
BE. S. Lacey
Thomas S. Ridgway
Shawneetown
A. B. Hoblit
C. B. Lansing
Petersburg
John J. Mitchell
W. P. Halliday
Cairo
Charles Ridgeley
Isaac N. Phillips
Gov. Fifer
Fifer & Phillips
Warier
Kansas Trust and Banking Co
Atchison, Kan
Kansas
Jrators
Jck
Mamie
Columbus
Jewelers
Weekly
Acme
Boston Transcript
Jimson
N. O. Picayune
Puck
Bible House
New York
Louis Klopsch
Dr. Talmage
Christian Herald
Ira D.sankey
Talmage
Oxford
Lyford
Tiihle
Oxford Teachers
Belore
Bible
Express
New York City
Rene
We Or
Peester
Aia
Oxford Teachers’ Bible
Theophilus McKean
Cold Springs
N. J
Teachers’ Bible
Thomas J. Taylor
Homie Folks
Hubert C. Niday
Mercerville
J. E. Niday
Reagan
Texas
Ely
Garfield
Ture and Pr ‘Nes & CO
Doula, Me
West Pilla
Opiah
Lebanon
Ohio
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