War costs and Spain funding overwhelm Congress
An official statement from Representative Joseph G Cannon outlines total appropriations by the recent Congress tied to the Spanish War. It shows a combined wartime and ordinary appropriations figure exceeding a billion dollars with projected deficits and potential tax or bond measures to cover shortfalls. The report highlights contracts for ships, public buildings, and harbors, plus pension and postal service growth driving higher ordinary spending.
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Joseph G. Cannon
Unis
House
Chateman Carrion
Spain
Boas
Mare Tigue
Eveit
Pete
Postal Service
Paris Ex Post
Department of Justice
Ana Jerical
Government Printing Office
AK Country
Dockery
Missouri
Hawsy
Jimi
Cannon
Treasury
Hig
Decerahir
Cleveland
Congress
Itth
Liese
Navy funding expands shipbuilding and public works drive
The administration plans large appropriations to strengthen the navy and fund river and harbor improvements, public buildings, and census support. Contracts will be issued for new warships and infrastructure projects, with about 70 million dollars designated for future congressionally approved spending.
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Congress
Navy
River Add Barber Improvements
Tae Coo
The Famous Mlle Macarty in New Orleans Society
A vivid portrait of Mademoiselle Macarty, famed Creole beauty and social leader in antebellum New Orleans. The article describes her dress, entourage, and dramatic plantation processions with a scarlet postilion, a black outrider, and a glass-fronted chaise, as crowds of enslaved and free people respond to her arrival with awe.
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Sueial Gis
Ameriai
Haurydele Hallmack
Plecore
Mademiaelle Macarty
Hume Dannals
Wiel
Wis Hite Fe Bart
Marie
Lee
Botaly Tate
Unis Price Selun
Mademoiselle Macarty
BAGS YOR HANDKERCHIEFS AND WAR-TORN RUMOR NOTES
Disjointed 19th century items report dainty handkerchief bags made of beaded fabric with mounts of gold or steel and varied regional spellings. A reference to a war event on the Black Sea brings word of a hurricane and casualties, with miscellaneous listed names and places amid garbled text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tourgal
Grain Of It Nourishes Children In New Drink Trend
The ad text touts Grain-O as a nutritious grain drink for children, claiming it strengthens health and aids growth. It markets Grain-O as superior to tea or coffee and promotes its universal availability through growers. Additional items reference church matters, weather, wages, medical claims, and various products, indicating a crowded period ad page.
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Promises Health
A regional appeal extols perfect health as key to female happiness and beauty. Testimonials from Mrs Garretson and Mrs Macc Pam praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for chronic ovarian inflammation and womb ulcers, claiming rapid improvement and restored strength.
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Lydia BE. Pinkham
Naval armor provisions clash over ships and costs
The senate yielded on the number of ships to be authorized, while the house confirmed armor limitations to curb costs at $400 per ton but removed a Tallory armor provision. The sundry civil bill lacks Hawaiian cable funding and Missouri irrigation reservoir appropriations fail. Senator J. K. Jones of Arkansas, ill in Washington, suffers another setback.
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House
Congress
Missouri
J. K. Jones
Arkansas
Washington
Decatur Wabash accident injures several persons
Report from Decatur near the Wabash mentions an accident causing multiple injuries. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR but reference to places like Decatur and Smiley names, with mention of two companies of the Seventh regiment and a Detroit death of Nanjel Scotten, a wealthy retired tobacco manufacturer.
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Nanjel Scotten
Detroit
Stove Makers Increase Prices Soon Amid Rising Costs
Fragments indicate stove manufacturers plan two price increases, first 10 percent now and another 10 percent in 60 days. Warnings of air and heat in rooms appear in unrelated text prior to the notice.
No coherent headline from garbled clipping
Fragmentary OCR text mentions dancers in Wisconsin and Michigan iron workers wage advances. It references a cold remedy tablet and a promise of goods becoming available soon. No clear event, person, or organization is identifiable from the readable content.
Grain-O: A New Nutritional Drink for All Ages
Grain-O is presented as a safe, wholesome alternative to coffee, claimed to be suitable for children and adults alike. It purportedly offers a rich, brown color similar to Mach a or Java, made from pure grain and designed to avoid distress or injury in consumption. The ad notes price and package details, urging grocers to stock the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Groests
California Fig Syrup Co laxative advertisement
A printed advertisement extols Syrup of Ories as a perfect strengthening laxative improving digestion and clearing the system. It claims gentle action on kidneys liver and bowels without irritation, emphasizing medicinal extracts from plants and a unique manufacturing method. The ad urges to seek CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO San Francisco NY and lists druggists as sellers with price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFG Syrup Co
Coffee price message from a cracked ad note
A fragmentary ad style note from Wisconsin and Ohio mentions coffee costs and a delivery request. It references John A Wan Seed CG in Le Crosse Wisconsin and an ex congressman who is dead, but details are garbled and unclear.
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John AL Wan
le Crosse
Wis
E. C
MeéConholisville
Ohio
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J. Gaver
Lowell
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Winchester
RUE
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Wivcresten
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Aires
Ai Bi Lamon
Medicinis Falk
Fereatic Cue Co
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Ray
NUCL
Orexneuss
Machuckes
Nitsa
Gtaria
SWANN
Herce
Sapolio
Pouster Agen Asblortin
M'Lle Macarty
Speckerhorn
conTery
Jacoba
Ravan
St. Jacoba
Facoba
Black Sea
A Zalboilet
Brooklyn
Chaney & Cry
Cid
Ehrean Cheankit
Sitenkise
Eadmoniite
Adeline
Cheney Aco
Toledo O
AL Bennington
John
New York
Allen
Jan
Alen
Olmsted
Jobo A. McGraw
Edward Hanlon
Baltimore
Agin
Wabash
Decator
Lata
Princeton Stucente
Mpa
Zoe Bythe
Part Snelling
Re Ee
RTP Es Ely Wb Veto
Beal Hs FO Riana Chemical Co
Ktsatiplva
St. Jacobs Oy
Kemp
Wisconsin
Mlingis
L. B
Oach Tallet
Lohen Aan
Dent Pancreas
Cis
Aborga
A. Fralzer Seed CO
Thess
Humm
Aguils
Dida
Syracuse
Popram
Uruguinte
Ono
Toll Signatura
United States
Canada
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