Statesman Early May 1897 Cuba Commission News
Special Commissioner to Cuba W. J. Calhoun of Illinois to study the legal status of American inmates in Spanish prisons. United States will cooperate with Consul General Lee. Inquiry may broaden to Cuba’s entire prison system. Public sentiment urges action against Weyler’s regime if atrocities are true.
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Cuba
McKinley
W. J. Calhoun
Illinois
United States
Calhoun
Lee
Cubsan
Spain
Weyler
American Republic
Sunday funerals strain clergy and church services
A historical essay argues Sunday funerals burden pastors and disrupt church life. It notes two sermons, Sunday school, and youth meetings stretch ministers who already bear heavy weekly duties. In eastern cities some clergy publicly say they cannot take on extra funeral responsibilities.
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Thair
Washington Gossip and McKinley Plans in 1890s Lettered Tour
President McKinley promised to attend West Point memorial day exercises and hoped to return to New York Monday May 31 for GA R events. The article notes Senate action on the Dingley tariff, pending changes, and letters from Bliss Evans and Hernan urging Civil Service rule curtailment. It references party politics, departmental chiefs, and a Reed counsel role in a pension examiners case from 1878.
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McKinley
New York City
West Point
New York
Washington Monument
Philadelphia
Congress
Senate
Conference Committee
Bliss
Evans
Hernan
Civil Service
Cleveland
Tom
Abe Oplain
Inkverdd
Laud
Wermann
Bitters advertised to restore health and strength
An old advertisement touts Bitters as a remedy for appetite loss, constipation, headaches, fainting spells, nervousness, sleeplessness, melancholy, and dizziness. It promises health and strength, selling for fifty cents and one dollar at Hyde's drug store.
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AO. Hyde's
Beadle to new minister A skit parody and catarrh cure ad
A fragment notes a comic Beadle mock sermon critique and a Toledo firm offer of a reward for cured catarrh. Frank J Cheney swears firm will pay one hundred dollars for every uncured case, with testimonials and Hall's Catarrh Cure promoted, followed by a joke about Simeon and a loan.
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Crry
Toledo
Leons Coenty
Frank J. Cheney
F. 2. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
F. J. Cheney & CO
Miles Campbell Ella A prayer and obituary note
Slaughter of Sanford P and Lucy A Thomas born July 2 1854 in Lee township Calhoun county died May 8 after four days illness at her home Manshall township Married to Miles Campbell in 187? Four children two sons and two daughters aged 17 to 4 with three surviving including Hiram who died in infancy She leaves husband two brothers and three sisters Fred S Thomas of Eckford Bell FB of Lacey Mrs Oscar Francisco of Emmett Mrs Fred Tillotson of Bedford and Mrs E E Boyer of Augusta A large circle mourns her loss Our mother is gone to a long journey angels loved her well and the family hymn recalls her as they await reunion
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Miles Campbell
Ella A
Sanford P
Lucy A. Thomas
Lee Township
Calhoun County
Manshall Township
Tryt
Steves
Miles Caniorell Jay
Hiram
Fred
Thomas
Eckford
Bell
Lacey
Oscar Francisco
Emmett
Tillotson
Bedford
E. E. Boyer
Augusta
Campbell
Wey
Kidney trouble warning and remedy claim
An advertising column explains urine sediment as a sign of kidney disease and urges Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a remedy. It claims relief from back pain and urinary issues, including incontinence, frequent urination, and nocturnal trips to the bathroom, with ties to liquor effects.
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Btatesioan
Gathoun Aioe Farnese
Ie Maat
Ite
Stateeman
Marshall, Mich
Maine
Ronday Funerals
Washington Gossip
Speaker Reed
U. S. Supreme Court
Gleason
Notary Public
Simeon
Sarah
la Caricature
Nass Red
Mattings
Marshall
Bryone
Earth
Jay Eustalso
Hyde’s Drug Store
Fast State Street
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