Washington in 1890s Letter on Silver Question and Congress
Washington April 21, 1890 memorializes the late Representative Samuel J. Gall and recounts the political scene. It notes Allison of Iowa as a pivotal yet understated force, critiques tariff debates, and summarizes Senate plans to adjust currency via silver bullion purchases and note issuance. It mentions Neagle habeas corpus outcome, Emancipation Day celebrations in D C, and troop concerns with Cheyenne outbreaks, plus a proposed inaugural addresses compendium.
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Randall
Allison
Republic
Washington
Samuel J. Gall
Mggs of Representatives
Chigr
al Perhay
Artie Noger
Milla
Luet
Democratic Party
Jr. Mills
Enophagie
Fern
Nagortel
Senate Republican
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Congress
Jas. C. Moovy
Change of Venue in Backwoods Duluth Court
A Duluth Herald tale recounts a humorous rural court case held in a lumberman's shack. A local woodsman defendant, coatless and in buckskin shirt, asks for a venue change claiming bias. The judge grants the move and the defendant celebrates by inviting the courthouse crowd to drink a “shifter.”
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Duluth
Mion. Herald
Burke
Acute Sense of Swell and Blind Man’s Remark
A well known blind man records a morning remark to a workman about breakfast smells and smoking a pipe. He notes the improvised description and the strong sense of smell, implying heightened perception. The fragment hints at daily routines and sensory details observed by the blind narrator.
The Lady of the Regiment in Eastern Military Movement
A Persian regiment parade depicts a regimental pageant with female aides traveling beside a scarlet litters and veiled companions. Soldiers advance thirty miles daily with tents absent and end at a night’s shelter while officials maintain formal distance.
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Tnken
Entirely Helpless to Mealth and Cure by Syrup
Mrs A. Ford wife of Gen Ford of Cor nan Mich relates years of rheumatism suffering. She found relief after using Hibbard's Rheumatia Syrup, needing two bottles to be cured. Receives offer to obtain by paying $1 per bottle or five for all. Automatic Syrup Co Jackson, Miss.
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Mra
A. Ford
Gen. Ford
Cornan Mich
Hibbard
AueuMaTic Synur Co
Jackson, Mish
Judgmental Mystery Man in Union Square Encounter
A New Haven visitor and a local observer discuss a man described as a hustler who rose through ranks, worked as a butler, then pursued relationships with the host’s daughter and wife, ending with ten thousand in cash and escape from skilled detectives. The tale centers on judgment of character and the elusive suspect.
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Savas
Quack Medicines and Odd Anecdotes Highlight a Turbulent Page
A jumble of sensational ads and scattered notes features tonics like Howhtetter's and Hibbard's pills, a dramatic bird-attack incident, a canary poisoning accident, a canny tale of a Paris prison escape, and a boastful claim about telegraphy funding. Separate items mention a canary incident, a canary kill, a canary bite, and a canary. The piece also notes a canary rescue, a Mexican dwarf, and a heat wave of fashion with Vermilion dresses, all reflecting a chaotic early 20th century newspaper page.
Not It ii the Neck A Hebrew Lately frown
A dramatic fragment from the New York Mercury describes a Polish Jewish man in Ludlow Street attempting to buy five cents worth of something, insisting on a leadla for his neck while a clerk weighs yellow powder, the scene ending with a tense outburst.
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Poland
Ludlow Street
New York Mercurys
Electric belts touted by Dr Owen claim cure for diseases
In a 1887 St Louis report Dr A Owen advertises Electra Galvanic Belt and appliances as cures for acute chronic and nervous ailments. Endorsements come from medical figures like Gr Lovin and Geonar Prizen while notes warn of dangerous gas from Indiana farmer incident and a fleeing notion of moving to escape gas explosions.
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St. Louis Ballouz
Dt. Lovin
A. Owen
Convincinz
American College of
M. F
Tro
At Louis
City Hospital
St Louis
American Medical Journal
Indiana
Cheap Exscorsiona to Atatla Alabama
A brief item describes Monon route service to Atalla and ali with April travel dates and return passes, promoting a regional land sale and May 10 ticket validity. It highlights frequent express connections to Cincinnati, the iron district of North Alabama, and Atalla Tron and Steel Company's growing town of 2,000 with mills, furnaces, and coal fields nearby.
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Atatla
Alabama
Monon
Atalla
Ali
Chattanoveu
Lookout Mountain
New South
Cincinnati
Atwin
Gregtlature Iron Manufacturing
North Alabama
Atalla Tron and Steel Company
Tree Myton and the Sioux Land Settlement Push
Fragmented OCR notes describe land settlement efforts in the Missouri valley with mentions of Sioux preservation, Union fertility era goals, and a request for information from the Alliuges Committee in Nouth Dakota. Also includes crude patent medicine and eye water advertising with various names.
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Oslo
Pierre le
South Dakota
Alliuges
Nouth Dakota
A Case of Mistaken Identity and a Beauty Claim
At a party two young men argue over a girl match of identity and beauty. The scene contrasts one complexion full of blotches and pimples with another more flawless look. The text touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for pimples and skin eruptions, claiming it unrivaled among purifiers and remedies for skin diseases.
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Ypasitington
NA Gion
Talesa
Sooelades
Mussnm
Tildigg Wilton
Mitton
Fifsean
Waah- Moon
Senate
Turpie
Worty
Seustata
Isbington
Pitat Altria
Frank G. Carpenter
Jngalls
Alison
Ingalle
Corduay
Atom- Amilippieg
Waoem Ker
Weawaker
Kim Bislp
Washington City
Saventh Street
Ag Ming
Quirena
Nebraska
Postofice
California
United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Terry
Marshel Neagle
Miller
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
War Department
Montana
Tropps
Rector
House Committee
United States
George Wrahington
Benjamin Harris
Spital
White House
Apy
Thorugh Relly
R.A. Wstos
Alameda
Cal
Mucklerat
Coe
Order of American Mechanics
Paris
Lucy Zarite
Mexico
el Paso
Texas
Humbert
Ita Y
Logie
Lenny ‘Thompson
Hood
H. A. Roones
Ontario Street
Chicago
Lowell
Ellows
Cormee Nason
Chareh
Max
C.F. Moud & CO
Mass
Nostriis
Vince
Mabli
J. Ly
W.morris
Tito
Mithanat
Drawfield Declator Co
Atlanta
Gai
Ma . T. Hazeltine
Warren
Pensions Re
Alty
At Law
Waabingloo
D. A Lati
Bfauis
D Last
Ta Avery
Ron
Fouer
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Uta Vea Dye
Ck Fini
Ole
Starr
Owen
Saveiope
Epps
Nagh
Wien
Usechis Pozzoni
Frerombe
Eure
Blimu Fromm
MIR Tilels Wo Wares
New York
Hla
W. L. Douglas
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