Nebraska Legislature Passes Key Budget Bills and Rail Policy
The Nebraska Senate and House advance multiple measures with railways regulation. a New Orleans exposition appropriation of 15000 dollars passes the senate. county officers election and convict labor topics appear in committee, while a cap on bill introductions is considered and adopted for the session.
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Nebraska
Senate
Varius
Hovss
Lee
Merrick
W. H. B. Stout
State Normal School
Aurora
Hamilton County
Cox
Bailey
House
Snell
Burr
Dolan
Smith
Fillmore
Nettleton
House Committees On
T. L. Kimball
Union Pacific
P. L. Eustis
Ageat
B. & M. Senate
Sowers
Spencer
Skinner
Rice
Holt
Kaley
Peterson
Newmeyer
Fullerton
Dempster
Paul
Committee On
Judiciary
Kuong
St. Joe
Denver
Dawes County
Sioux County
Dorsey County
Bill
State of
Census Bill Discussed Amid Prison Labor Proposals
A minority report accompanied a bill on convict employment in state prisons, which failed 8 to 82. House roll No. 7, a special order, provides for the 1885 census under constitutional provisions, and aims to engross the bill titled WAL act o. povide for the tak ing of a census with defined powers and liabilities.
Delayed Appropriation Bills Dominate House Agenda
Washington report notes Randall pushes but appropriation bills face long delay as only about thirty days remain in the session. Democrats restrict passage to the electoral count act while postponing other measures. The four months after the election hover as a critical period before a new Democratic administration.
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Washington
Fenians Denounce Senate Resolution At Chicago Meeting
A prominent Fenian leader says Irish Americans in Chicago denounced a Senate resolution by Bayard and honored Cobb of Indiana for his fight upon return home. He claims seven thousand dollars was raised as a skirmishing fund against England.
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Fenian Brotherhood
Chicago
United States Senate
Feenate Bayard
Cobb
Indiana
England
Iowas Delegation Recommends General Tutte for Wyoming Governor
The Iowa delegation urged the president to appoint General Tutte of Iowa as governor of Wyoming to succeed the late Wm Hale. The move was begun without Tutte's knowledge and its outcome remains uncertain as other applicants have entered the race and no decision has been made.
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Wyoming
Iowa
General Tutte
Wm. Hale
Tuttle
Most denounces riots talk as bosh in Pittsburg
Herr Most calls reports of socialist riots in Pittsburg a newspaper invention. He opposes peaceful reform in Europe but says dynamite could terrify despots there. He does not advocate its use locally while workers pursue lawful progress.
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Herr Most
Pittsburg
Europe
Legacy of Buffalo Carriage Maker Found in Coffin
Robert A. Wallace of Buffalo died eight years ago as a member of Harvey Wallace carriage firm. No will was found, his widow acted as executrix and later died, passing property to her children, excluding a stepchild. Believing a will existed, friends had his coffin searched and found the missing document between the vest and shirt.
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Robert A. Wallace
Buffalo
N. Y
Harvey & Wallace
Wallace
Thedea
Outdoor Life and the Warm Climate Individuality
Outdoor life shapes a person for mild climates with scant shelter while artificial civilization tests and reforms him. Recalling principles, our bodies retain heat in dry air with proper clothing, until homes provide cool air. Outdoor sleepers endure, breathing the best aerated blood in the land.
Injured party in dog bite incident reported in Arkansaw Traveller
A man entering a acquaintance’s dooryard was bitten by a dog and scolded by a woman who claimed the dog had no fault. The injured man professes he is the one to blame and warns of consequences if he finds him. The report reflects the incident as observed in the Arkansaw Traveller.
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Arkansaw Traveler
St Nicholas Open’s February Includes Roe Serial and Kings
St Nicholas for February begins with the first chapters of a new serial by E P Roe about a city family moving to a country farm and facing the City or Country question. Gail Hamilton contributes English Kings in a Nutshell with verse, portraits, and illustrations accompanying the overview of English reigns and notable figures.
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St. Nicholas
E. P. Roe
Deseret News urges calm amid Gentile hostility in Salt Lake
The Deseret Daily News counsels Mormons to stay serene and hopeful despite Gentile jeers. It asserts 200000 soldiers would be needed to drive them from Salt Lake, reflecting period tensions and communal resolve.
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Deseret Daily News
Salt Lake
View of the Jordan River Described as Muddy and Small
An Eastern Letter notes disappointment at the Jordan as a narrow swift stream eight feet wide and less than ten feet deep. Mosquitoes are described as pestiferous and the river’s suitability for dipping is dismissed with a harsh comparison to scarlet fever.
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The
Jordan
Naaman
Caught by an Octopus and Dyspepsia Remedies
A diver off the Alaska coast encounters a rare attack by a giant octopus while also noting the prevalence of indigestion. The piece promotes Brown's Iron Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia, citing a Baltimore family cured of symptoms.
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Alaska
Brown
Schmidt
Inauguration Ball Decoration and Costs Across Venues
The event will use electric and gas lighting in the hall with 1500 flags and floral displays from botanical gardens. Free decorations plus others range 5000 to 10000 dollars, music costs about 4000 dollars, and ticket revenue of 60000 dollars likely covers expenses. Grant's second inauguration ball cost 60000 dollars, though venue and decor were less extensive.
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Grant
Red Star Cough Cure Praised By Baltimore Banker
Charles T. Krebe of 737 Madison Avenue Baltimore testifies to the cure’s efficacy for his niece’s hoarseness and sore throat. The remedy is described as pleasant to take safe from opium morphia and other drugs and not poisonable.
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Charles T. Krebe
Madison Avenue
Baltimore
Maryland
Iran
Brown Chemical CO
Druczists
Charles A. Vogeler
Harsland
Prickly Ash Bitters
Prickly Ash Bitters CO
Tenis and Fannes Oets
Consequences of Celibacy and Health Remedies Featured
A Victorian era column cites a London Spectator note that single adults aged 25 to 30 suffered higher mortality than married peers during a cholera outbreak in Paris and urges better sanitation. It promotes patent medicines including Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets, with testimonials and contact details, plus agricultural notes on allicator farms and citrus grafting.
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London Spectator
Paris
Grand Union Hotel Promises Luxury and Low Cost in NYC
An advertisement extols the Grand Union Hotel near Central Depot offering six hundred rooms at a million dollars cost, European plan, elevator and restaurant, with horse cars and rail access to depots. It claims lower living costs than other first class NYC hotels and notes adjacent transit. The piece also derides habitual constipation and promotes a purgative tonic. It ends with a jab about Mexican hotels assigning stairs to arriving guests.
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New York City
Central
Baggage
Grand Union Hotel
Staurant
Speculator rents sixteen Washington halls for 5000 cots
A speculative Yankee rents sixteen halls in Washington to install 5000 cots for inauguration week indicating preparations for a large crowd. The action signals ambitious lodging plans tied to the upcoming event.
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Washington
Kidney Disease Cured After Heat's Kidney River Remedy
I suffered intense kidney illness and finally used Heat's Kidney River Remedy. After less than two applications I was completely cured, a statement from Richmond Tasskane Providence, R I.
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Richmond Tisaskane Providence
R. I
Magnolia Balm Promises Freshen and Beautify
A short ad asserts Magnolia Balm offers a cosmetic boost that refreshes and enhances appearance, claiming broad accessibility for women seeking clear skin as part of beauty.
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River Jordan
R. V. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Florida
Pierce
Nes Orby Mall
J. W.cole& CO
Prop's
Falls
Wis
Vienna
Isaac Seos
Hood
J. V. A. ProvoFoor
W00d & Co., Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Reo Star
Bottetter
Henderson
Wrancotte St
Kansas City
Wyandotte St
Kansas City, Mo
Manilla
Isalso
W.h.fay & CO
Camden
N.J
Omaha
New Orleans
J.B. French & Co
Omatia
Joseph Gillott
Hesey
SPE
U.S
Dr. Linguist
New York
Tony
P O.addres
T. A. Slocum
Pearl St
Acent
Snow & CO
Yalesville
Conn
EDS
Almanac
W. Bucadee Lockford
EE Davenport Business College
Lilliebridge & Duncan
Davenport
Satie
Hamden Card CO
Hamdee
du. J. Steevens
Lebanon
Ohio
GARD
U.s.card Co
Centerbrook
Él Barvey
Sieisentes
Sasnees
Butten—Fancy Creamery
Perry
Flovr
ST. Louis
Bae
Asbany
Tomi Siashiy
Stu U
P. Cc. Balicu
Monkton
BR. N. Clark
Hero
C. M. Summerlin
Sun In
Wells, Richardson
Burlington Vt
L. OU. Emerson
Welcome Chorus
W. &. Tilden
Emerson & Tilden
Laurel Wreath
Perkins
Ernst Leslie
Cts
Mabtic Schoool
Irving Emerson
Aesbot
Emerson
Miele
Ional
Gertrude Swayne
Sipesui
Lyon & Healy
Oliver Ditson
C O
Boston
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Sines
Ealeal
R. U. Aware
Lorillard
Lorilard's
Smiths
Seeds Dios
Suepplicanta
W.H. Smith
Seecamas
P.O
Philadelphia
Fis Bray
J. Tower
OHNA
Salzer
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