Nebraska items reflect varied 1884 happenings across towns
A roundup of Nebraska news covers bond suits in Brownville, a jail requisition for Hiram Lee, a hog disease near Fremont, a 60th wedding anniversary, depot plans at Grafton, church funds at Sidney, and Beaver City’s boom. It notes railroad and post office changes, a fatal accident at Cedar Creek, stock and cattle conditions, immigration, and political nominee preferences with a Lincoln convention plan and local notices.
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Missouri River
Decatur
James N. O. Sherwood
New York
United States
Cty
Brownville
Blair Pilot
Sheriff Gross
Ohio
Hiram Lee
Lincoln
Neb
Columbus
Lee
Fremont
Whiting
Nuckolls County
Grafton
Sidney
Beaver City
Congregational Society of Fremont
T. Farrell
Cedar Creek
Mendota
Ill
J. P. Farrell
Beatrice
O. O. Howard
Gettysburg
Genoa
Santee Agency
Hinman
Valentine
Hastings Journal
Capt. Yocum
J. B. Shephard
Fullerton
Brown County
Nebraska
Omaha Republican
Blaine
Logan
Arthur
Edmunds
Conkling
Gen. Sherman
Harrison
Grant
Robert Lincoln
Wm. van Vieck
Postoffice Department
Nicholas
Lincoln County
Richard Brown
Liby
Dodge County
Nea
Custer County
Penica
Dawson County
Hilton
Wendall Gross
Akron
Boone County
F. E. Tackley
Atlanta
Saline County
Jennie Bamer
Axtel
Kearney
Eben W. Fosbury
Cascade
Howard County
Martina Welch
Laporte
Wayne County
Pamelia Agler
Lavinia
Holt County
Jacob S. Griffin
Senator Harrison Proposes Broad Pension Bill
Washington February 25 Senator Harrison introduces a bill to pension all honorably discharged soldiers and sailors with six months service who are now disabled. The plan caps pensions at 24 and raises widow pensions to 12 for those disabled since the war, with eligibility limited to existing pensioners. Pensions start from the date of application.
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Washington
Harrison
Senate
Double Execution of Jones Brothers in Jackson Ohio
Crowds gathered in Jackson Ohio to witness the hanging of Luke and William Jones for the murder of Andrew Lackey a year earlier. The brothers died on a single rope with ends at each trap and the middle wrapped around a beam. Luke died instantly while William twitched for minutes after the fall.
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Jackson
Ohio
Luke
William Jones
Andrew Lackey
William
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Endorsed by Local Drugstore
For eight years Hamutin & Kinney druggists in Oneida Kansas have warranted Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with no bottles ever returned. The assurance dated Sept 18 1883 highlights consumer trust in the product.
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Chamberlain
Hamutin & Kinney
Oneida
Kansas
Restive Paris: Eight Hundred Vagrants Arrested in Week
Paris police rounded up eight hundred vagrants in a week late last month. The age range spanned from ninety to ninety nine, with many claiming thirty years without a bed. The item ends with a note on manners and labor shaping comfort.
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Paris
Senate considers currency bill and relief resolutions
The Senate and House debated and advanced multiple measures. Legislation included Morrill amendments to a currency bill, a $100000 relief request for southern storm victims, and inquiries into cattle leases on Indian Territory lands. The Alaska civil government bill and a bureau of animal industry bill moved as committees reported.
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Senate
Logan
Committee
Judiciary
Leeds Yn
Secretary of the Interior
Voorhees
Committee On
Indian Territory
Treasury
Morrill
House
Gibson
Ohio
Dunn
Mississippi
Committee On Territories
Alaska
Stevens
G. D. Wise
Mother
Washington
Fredericksburg
Bureau of Animal Industry
Hale
House of Representatives
United States
Greely
Congress
Bureau of Military Justice
Corps of Judge Advocates
Army
Plumb
Commissioner of Agriculture
Cox
Hopkins
Eaton
Kasson
Weller
Great Northwest
van Wyck
Western Union
Baltimore Telegraph Companies
Committee On Post Offices and Post Roads
Blair
Mississippi River
Lapham
Yellowstone Park Railway
West
Crow Reservation
Montana
Valentine
Missouri
Decatur
Lefevre
Committee On Judiciary
Muldrow
Ingalls
Fitz John Porter
Senate Debates on Cruisers and Pleuro-Pneumonia Bill
The Senate debated building four steel cruisers under 1882 1883 acts with substitutions and executive session adjournment The House passed the pleuro pneumonia bill creating a cattle disease bureau authorizing slaughter disinfect ion and state cost sharing and approved 250000 for enforcement The House also moved through appropriations and pension bills while the Senate advanced and rejected various navy yard build by private contract and government yard options
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Senate
Hale
McPherson
Hawley
Hovusk
House
Yeas
Randall
Mays
Commissioner of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States
Harrison
Committee On Territories
Territory of
Dakota
Committee On Appropriations
Sewell
Government Navy Yards
Jones
Mr. Morgan
Secretary of the Navy
Housie
Ransom
Committee On Education
Post Office
Townshend
Committee On Commerce
Inter-State Commerce
Thomas
Swine Industry Report Seeks Export Relaxation
The president transmitted the commission on swine products to Congress urging careful consideration of its views with the aim of removing export restrictions if legitimate. He praises the commission, asks for reimbursements and time pay, and calls for funding to expand trichinosis research and origin studies. The secretary of state notes hog cholera is not found in meat for humans, while trichinosis remains less certain, warranting further study.
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House
Congress
Chinese Immigration Bill Amended by House Committee
The house committee on foreign affairs favors the Pacific coast desegation bill to curb Chinese immigration with two amendments. One removes the requirement for student return certificates within ninety days. The other mandates U S payment of all repatriation expenses for any Chinese allowed to land. Party split with democrats supporting and republicans opposing.
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Washington
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Pacific Coast
China
United States
Explosion at Steele Johnson powder house kills four youths
In Omaha the 3 PM explosion at the Steele & Johnson powder magazine torn apart a scene along the riverbank. Four South Omaha boys Willie Mallus Chris Madsen John Stitts and Willie Abney are missing and presumed killed. theories blame accidental blast or breached powder storage. hundreds of kegs and cans valued at about 2000 were stored.
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Omaha Herald
Box
Twentieth
Pierce
Steele & Johnson
Willie Mallus
Chris Madsen
John Stitts
Willie Abney
South
Omaha
President backs political liberty for post office staff
A president said he was surprised by a Western state official claim that post office officers feared removal if they supported a rival nominee. He stressed official duties must not curb political expression and that government employees should have full political liberty.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Yellow Calf in Custody After Stormy Arrest
The Winnipeg special says Yellow Calf and other leaders are en route to Regina in the custody of mounted police. A violent arrest saga followed with rifles drawn and threats to shoot. A parley led to surrender. settlers remain excited while the Indians stay quiet.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis Journal
Winnipeg
Broadview
Yellow Calf
Regina
Mounted
Hickner
Thut
Perils of a Dakota Blizzard Reported
In Vattey City Dakota on February 25 the body of Fred Nelson was found five miles from his starting point during the blizzard. His two children are still missing. The body of Thowold Gundeson formerly of Clark City, who left for his claim before the storm, was found. It was previously unknown that he was lost.
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Valparaiso
Stephens
Marble
Xaver Eggert
Jordan P. Smith
Juniata
Collins
Kearney
Smith
Vattey City
Dak
Fred Nelson
Thowold Gundeson
Clark City
Bread from Grass on England’s coast yields seaweed loaves
On England's west coast sea grass porphyra laciniata is harvested by women, washed of debris, boiled for hours, kneaded into loaves, and baked with oats for cohesion. The bread lasts four days in summer and eight in winter, supporting Devonshire women who sell it chiefly to Swansea's poorer communities.
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England
Devonshire
Swansea
Wales
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the Tribune
Crooklaw
Oakdale
Antelope
E Gailey
Olax
Custer
John Moran
River View
Buffalo County
James Hunter
Butts
Reid
Bestrice
Republican State Central Committee
Chicago
Hiatt
Hastings Gazette-Journal
N. Woming
Hansen
The
Fairfield Herald
Nathaniel Pascoe
David Schwenck
Papillion
Sarpy County
Senator Harrison
Congressional
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