Congressional Doings on River and Harbor Bills and Land Grants
The Forty Ninth Congress discusses river and harbor amendments and a $150,000 canal purchase in Wisconsin. Debates focus on private stock for canal directors, land grants, and government ownership vs tolls, with Edmands and Ingalls denouncing the accounts as fraudulent. House deals with invalid pensions veto and consular budget deficiencies, adjourning after initial votes.
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Washinton
Knights of Labor
Cockreth
Committee On
Military Affairs
Navy
Ingalls
District of Columbia
Senate
Tadian Affairs
Harbor
Committee On Commerce
War Department
Edmunds
Yeas
Wisconsin
McMillan
Canal Company
United States
Conger
Edmonds
Ennies
Lake Michigan
Miller
Vermont
Kansas
Louisville
Harbor Hills
Vo Gerount
Board of Engineers
STILL HE VETOES PENSION BILLS IN CONGRESS
President vetoes pension measures criticizing unregulated grants while noting existing appropriations for national homes and the need for public duty. He says sympathy has too often guided lay of injuries to military service, warning against creating undue public gifts. Chicago anarchists fire on flag during Norwegian Sangerfest procession injuring a man slightly.
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Wasutsuton
Congress
Chicago
Cuicano
Emil Nelson
Haymarket
Hot Weather Across the Nation Sets Heat Records
July reports show extreme heat from Michigan to New York with temperatures reaching 104 in Des Moines and 99 in Kansas City. Albany hits 97 as eastern conditions remain hot. Lincoln reorganizes a Western League stock firm and relocates to Denver, while Washington forecasts cooler Missouri and Kansas weather with fair skies.
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SuKnoyoux
Mich
Des Mores
Kansas Cruz
New York
Albany
Kaneas Crry
Timex
Lincoln
Neb
Denver
Telegraphic Briefs from Various US and UK Notices
Reported outbreaks and incidents include a cattle disease in Lonoke County Arkansas and poisonings at Culverville picnic ice cream. Other items note Whitmore's Chelsea victory over Sir Charles Dilke, Morley’s re-election, Arkansas plantation negroes joining the Knights of Labor, poet Paul Hayne’s death, an Odd Fellows funeral in Grundy County, and a judge’s vacation. Also cited are a US commissioner fee cap, a White House intruder with a bowie knife, a Port Huron explosion, a drowning on the North River, an axe attack on John Brown, and guilty verdicts in the anarchist leaders trial.
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Lonoke County
Ark
Charles Dilke
Gladstouisn
Chelsea
Whitmore
London
Culverville
John Morley
Ireland
New Castle-on the-Tyne
Arkansas
Knights of Lavor
Paul Hayna
Copse Hill
Omar Smith
Grundy County
Odd Fellows
W.F. Henderson
Las Cruces
N. M
Little Rock
Committee On
United States
White House
Bowie Hnlfe
L. M. Minale
Port Huron
Mich
Fritz Shaeffer
Loomis Botzar
Adolph Spell
New York
North River
Shaeffer
Csaprized
Peter Fisher
John Brown
Marshall
Frank Hirth
Carbimon
Anton Palm
Household Hints and Food Preparations
A collection of practical kitchen tips and simple recipes. Includes methods to deter bugs with varnish, keep flowers fresh with saltpeter or soda, and use cold water and soap to remove grease. Recipes cover asparagus salad, strawberry ice cream, shoulder of lamb roast, berry serving plates, liver and parsley sauce, Persian sherbet, cayenne cheeses, and canary pudding.
Lost in the Gale A Merchant in Leavenworth Ends Life
Telegraphic news reports a deadly gale along the Appalachicola line on Wednesday the 30th. Wires blown down. six persons perished in the bow, four white and two colored, with no rce volver.
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Leaven- Worth
Alm
Leaton & Gale
Jacksonviank
Flag
Lyly T
Times-Aeton
Appalachicola
Leavenworth Merchant Commits Suicide at Home
No cause assigned for the act. Leavenworth prominent businessman 82, a partner in Schmelger & Son wholesale hardware, shot himself in his bedroom on Put Street with a Smith & Wesson revolver as his wife was in the room. Family had just returned from Kansas City. The pistol was found under his left side, the act fatal.
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Leavenworth
Leavenoard
Max Ccllmedzer
Leavenward
Suiette
Putt Street
Wan
Simith & Wesson
Kansas City
Sehmelger & Son
Leaping Flames Destroy Denver Academy of Music
A massive fire in Denver destroys the Academy of Music with flames leaping to adjacent blocks. Firefighters save the Rocky Brant News building and Goode D. McClintock blocks as the blaze rapidly spreads across the block. John Enright dies in the inferno, cause unknown. Postoffice changes in Kansas and other notices accompany brief dispatches.
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Denver
Academy of
John Enright
John Kineavy
Enright
Market Report from Murcade Wheat Prices Jump
Wheat surged in New York trading before noon with August futures climbing then easing. Corn and oats traded mixed as a visible supply drop of 2,500 bushels and 385,000 bushels of corn and 25,000 bushels of oats were announced. Purchases appeared scattered without a clear buyer, and prices closed largely higher or steady across grains and pork products amid overall active trading.
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New York
Pedday
WeyGaHe
Selea
Angnat
Wye
Jusge Hao
Eligeil
Salee Cangeat
Fats
Waieuebie
Kansas City Live Stock Market Report Summary
Kansas City live stock receipts show cattle with varied quality and weak demand. Prices range from 4.00 to 4.80 for common to good grades, with feeders and stockers around 3.90 to 5.90, and hogs steady to lower. Sheep receipts limited, market steady to higher for good to choice animals.
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Bac
Texas
Leo
St Louis Produce and Market Report July Activity
A bustling market roundup from St Louis with notes on wheat No 3 red, dairy items from Sutter Creamery, and mixed commodities. Cattle and hog receipts, market activity described as fairly active, with prices for pork, beef, and produce given alongside New York money and foreign exchange context. Also mentions Lawrence local market and various grain and poultry listings, ending with an advertisement for Ayer's sugar coat pills.
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Link
St. Louis
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