Congressional Week in Review of December Sessions
Senate and House proceedings outline memorials and bills from December 10 to 14. Notable items include a Mexican veterans pension memorial and a Denver mint bill, cross-border trade talks, civil rights amendments, land grants disputes, and various minor measures in commerce, rail traffic, and public lands.
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Senate
Hill
Denver
Voorhees
Janes Forge
United States
Hovsa
Payson
Illinois
Springer
Ilinois
Belford
South
Central America
Treasury
Clements
Internal Revenue
Henderson
Board of Commissioners of Interstate Commerce
Holman
King
Sherman
Mexico
Central and
South America
Brazil
Plumb
Kansas
Ingalls
House
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Speker Keifer
Congress
Hatch
Bureau of Animal Industry
Cassidy
Utah
Beck
Secretary of the Treasury
Wilson
Committee On Judiciary
Fighting for the Hog
Washington notes a joint resolution condemns German ban on American hog products as allegedly unsafe. It cites Germany’s refusal to send experts and asserts the Reich may bar foreign goods deemed health risks without Reichstag assent.
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Washington
WueErens
German Empire
WuHereas
Reichstas
Senate
House of
President Authorized To Prohibit Harmful Imports In Recess
Representatives state the president may during congressional recess forbid import of goods deemed injurious to health by experts. The measure ties to counties that ban American property imports on the same grounds.
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Congress
Lumber Merchant's Wife Healed by St Jacobs Oil
Daniel Gray of Gardiner Maine reports his wife suffered severe rheumatic pains that kept her awake. After using St Jacobs Oil she felt instant relief and within two hours the pain disappeared entirely.
Chicago Captures the Next Republican Convention Site
At the national committee meeting in Washington on the 11th, Chicago was chosen as the venue for the next Republican convention after multiple ballots. The committee pledged to support free education and universal suffrage and adjourned to meet May 1, 1884 at the Grand Pacific in Chicago. Also noted are a hospital anecdote about Piso’s Cure and Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe denying a new story, plus Georgia papers urging whipping post use.
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Republican National Committee
Washington
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Saratoga
Chiago
Chandler
Grand Pacific Hotel
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Georgia
Dr. William Hall's Balsam for the Lungs Endorsed by Druggist
Isaac C Chapman a Newburg New York druggist reports ten years of selling Dr Williams Hall's Balsam for the Lungs with universal praise from customers. He cites many cases of whooping cough and notes personal use in his own family with a bottle kept on hand.
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Isaac C. Chapman
Newburg
N. Y
William Hall
Henry's Carbolic Salve and various patent remedies warn of counterfeits
An assortment of old time patent medicines promotes Henry's Carbolic Salve for skin eruptions and cautions about counterfeits. It endorses Ely's Cream Balm for nasal relief, Uncle Sam's products for nerves and blood purification, and Dr Jacques Worm Cakes. Also advertises harness oil and Teething Syrup for children.
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Henry
Ely
Georrgie
Judson
Hartford
Conn
Metropolitan
Omaha
Jaques
DR. Winchell
Sam
S. Werlele
Tae Emmert Proprietary
Taele Sem
Jondithoss
Comfort and cures in old time remedies and ads
A collage of advertisements touts Allen's Long Balsam for croup and Brown's BroncHIAAL Troches for relief, plus Brown's Iron Bitters for digestion and energy. It notes patent medicines, hair growth products, heel stiffeners, Fotonized Beef Tonie, a Louisville joke, and a jewelry catalog offer.
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Allen
Market Prices From Omaha and Chicago Briefs
The Omaha market lists wheat No 2 at 7 7 c and barley No 2 at 7 c with corn 2 at 45 ½ c. Chicago shows wheat at 62 ½ c, corn 59 ½ c, oats 35 c, and pork around 13 50. St Louis cites wheat 1 00 4 1 01 and cattle exports at 75 .
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
L. Ryre
S&s
Chicago
ST. Louis
Grand Union Hotel Omaha and other notices
An assortment of period advertisements and notices including Grand Union Hotel offering European plan rooms in Omaha with city transit access, a Metropolitan Hotel tip, disease cures and patent medicines, a riddle about a door-step and door-mat, Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, Carter’s Little Liver Pills, Pike’s Toothache Drops, and a report of a 14 year old absconding girl from St. Louis.
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Mae Fok City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Carter
Hale
Pike
St. Louis
Ciara Linderman
Hop Bitters Promises Relief for Delicate Ladies
A 19th century testimonial cluster touts Hop Bitters as a cure for irregularities, neuralgia, headaches, and general weakness. Letters claim renewed vigor, youth, and family health, with cited ages and places like Providence and Rochester to bolster credibility.
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Department of Justice
Hoblitzell
George Washington
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Danville
Cox
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Piso
Uncle Sam
Eilert
Brown
J. P. Allen
St. Paul, Minn
Mother Swan
Marie van Zandt
The
Sig. Blitz
Orrumwa
J. N. Armstrong
Lyon
Mensman
Usewell, Hazand & Qoo
Proprietors
New York
Drogeiats
Louisville Courier-Journal
Kate Kane
Army
Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry CO
Fourth and Locusts Sts
Atca Aist Ang Lim
America
Nordenskjold
South Pole
Louisville
Jacobs
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Charles A. Vogeler
A. Vogeler
Ream
Rona
Eures
USA
Pruzgivts
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Alma
ST. Vitus
Cololniaiubrick
A. Richmond
St. Josep, Mo
Providence
Braprorp
Pannif Green
Europe
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Green B. Raum
U. 8
Inter’s
Bloomingville
Rochester, N.Y
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Jones
Binghamton
Binghantos
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Cireada
Wilberure
Laenne
Army and Navy Liniment
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