What Will Congress Do This Session
The piece surveys Congress in its early session, urging that its decisions will shape not only material interests but political views. It notes Senate and House actions, committee changes, calls for currency reform, subsidies, and elections bills, and reports adjournment to December 1 after tributes for a late representative.
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Congress
Kaive
Senate
Cullenv
Mae Matson
Rawlins
Clarris
Quay
Clark
Scott
Chandler
West Point
Annapolis
Montana
West Virginia
Berry
House
Republic
Vion
Overstreet Lachamai
Charce
Committee On Rates
Committee On Rules
Dalzell
Pennsyl
Grosvenor
Ohio
Messrs
Richardson
Tennessee
Bailey
Texas
Representative Greene
Nebraska
Daivzell
United States
Spain
Isa
Cuba
Colmarabia
Kirlecin
Roberts
Tepi Baird
Louisiana
Turner
Mondas
Prompt text on VE vibrations and speech perception
Fragmented OCR notes discuss Professor Rieher and interim findings on VE vibrations and perception of speech. It mentions attempts to set of words, panic arousal, and theories about sound, electricity, and perception of hidden modulation. The notes reference timing, attention and neural processing in a laboratory context.
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Prof
Rieher
Theatrical Snowster Piso Machine Invention
A damaged OCR text describes a new machine with perforated cylinders and electric parts. It mentions a device designed to project or reveal substances, possibly related to teaching sight of diamonds or material effects, with references to a large mechanism and components to drive a process. The exact purpose remains unclear.
Treasury report notes big deficit amid Spanish American War costs
Secretary Lyman J. Gare issues annual treasury report showing a fiscal year deficit of at least 80 million dollars. Revenues total 82 million while expenditures reach 162 million, largely driven by army and navy costs and a 20 million payment to Spain. Pension and immigration figures are listed among broader financial shifts.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Lyman J. Gare
Spain
Attmar
United States
Canada
LSS, Sonn
Racine Clergy Couple Shot in Home Burglary
Rev. Dr. David B. Cheney and his wife Mrs. Cheney were seriously wounded in Racine Wisconsin when an unknown burglar shot them in their home around 10 o’clock. Mrs Cheney was shot in the throat and Dr Cheney in the breast and groin. both were struck twice as the assailant fled toward the western city limits. A posse pursued the suspect amid threats of lynching. the crime described as one of the state’s most desperate.
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David B. Cheney
D. B. Cheney
Racine
Wis
Cheney
Mars
Sta Nhe
Cheney Wals
Chere
Hove
European royalties and notable property changes reported
A fragmented paper item notes Queen Wilhelmina's economy among European sovereigns, Sir Edward Sassoon acquiring a London house, Queen Victoria thanking Canada for volunteers in South Africa, and Li Wing Chang owning a premier fur collection valued at 1 000 008 dollars. It mentions Venice’s palace frame designed to resist earthquakes and two women at the Wartime ball, plus odd items about Zola and a dog.
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Wilhelmina
Edward Sassoon
Barney Bernato
London
Queen Victoria
Canada
South Africa
Shediye
Egypt
United States
Li Wing Chang
Venice
Apan
Louisa Tighe
Sophia Covll
Warttloo
Zola
Nebraska Senator Thurston Remarries After Tragic Loss
The article recalls Senator Thurston of Nebraska who lost his wife after a Cuba trip to inspect conditions following the firing of the reconcentrados. He endured grief while supporting his motherless children and has remarried Lola Purman, a Washington belle. Lola’s mother is Miss Leadora Finlayson from a prominent Southern family, and her father is Maj William J Purman.
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Thurston
Nebraska
Cuba
Reconcentrados
Lola Purman
Washington
Leadora Finlayson
Maj
William J. Pur
Long Civil War Veterans and Otis Daughters Featured in War News
The article recalls Thurston and others serving under Meigs Crane Sprague and Meade, cites Prye and Frye in Senate leadership, notes Mary and Laura Otis and the Otis family abroad, profiles Meiklejohn and Gherardi descendants, mentions Havana Maine Maine torpedo mystery, and reports Advani’s flight from Seattle hotels and a Japanese tea garden plan for Jackson Park.
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Inin
Gens
Postal reform top priority in Postmaster General report
Postmaster General Charles Jimery Smith highlights second-class mail abuses as the department's urgent issue. He cites a $20 million annual loss, an $6,010,776 deficit this year, and misclassified mail volume that should be third class, noting only a small revenue from second-class material despite high carriage costs.
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Nnal
Charles Jimery Smith
Postal Service
Congress
Fungis Crowths
Fau
Aguinaldo Escape Foiled by Gen Young Troops
In a Manila led dispatch, insurgent leader Aguinaldo is said to head toward Monroc with Wild Maccabebes in pursuit. Gen Young marches from Vigar to Bangued with cavalry and a Thirty third infantry battalion to guard prisoner holds. Swigert commands three cavalry troops along the coast aiming to trap Aguinaldo by sea.
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Monroc
Manila
Gen. Young
Thirtythird Infantry
Vigar
Bangued
Namagapacan
Maj. Swigert
Aguinaldo
Heng Jong
Insurgents Attack Vigan as Filipino Junta Joins In
Reported assault on Vigan, the chief port of South Ilocos, by a large insurgent force. American garrison repels the attack with eight Americans killed and fifty wounded. Rebels routed after a hard fight and flee into the mountains. Safe haven supposedly promised in Hong Kong before seeking U S consul aid.
Rail Rate War Expands Across Nation Threatening Major Lines
A passenger rate war spans from New England to the Pacific coast affecting many routes. The battle pits the Vanderbilt and Pennsylvania systems and others against differential lines from Chicago to the Atlantic, with widespread disruption noted beyond California traffic.
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New England
Pacific Coast
California
Vanderbilt
Pennsylvania
Northwestern
Rock Island
Burlington and
St. Paul
Chicago
Atlantic Coast
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Boston
San Francisco
Loss of Big Things and Lost Property Across Railways
A compilation notes anomalous railway losses from 28-ton bridges on flatcars to missing torpedoes and boilers. It cites a Belgian line mishap, a London wagon with copper, and a Woolwich boiler disappearance, plus a market sale of a missing boiler and later legal action.
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Western Railroad
Dayton
Ohio
Antwerp
Termonde
London and Northwestern Railway
Leicester
Trow Rocks
Aldeburgh
Suffolk
Woolwich
Office of Works
No Man's Land
Qatt
Illusion Tales Show Animals Unmoved by Tricks
A showman notes dogs and cats remain unfazed by illusions like the Mystic Maze at Nashville and a haunted swing in Frisco. The dog runs the maze end to end without hitting mirrors while a swinging ride tricks riders as the room turns, yet pets stay calm.
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Aoman
Nashville Exposition
Frisco
Mistaken identity delights French scientist's daughter
In a Pearson's Magazine tale a young French scientist's little daughter fears a visiting organ grinder's monkey. After a glance, she hides behind her mother’s skirts and refuses to feed the animal, calling it a dreadful little boy before finally accepting the harmless pet.
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Dionkey
Jocko
Naima
Willie
Pearson's Magazine
Pittsburg votes to fund parks and waterworks expansion
A Pittsburg vote approves expenditure for parks waterworks department and sewers. Other items note Lexington Massachusetts preparing for April celebrations the sturgeon risk in Great Lakes and Atlantic waters and a Chinese hospital model managed by four native physicians.
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Pittsburg
Lexington
Mass
Great Lakes
Atlantic
China
Red Cross
San Jose
Cal
San Diego
California
England
France
Russia
United States
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Maryland
Missouri
St. Louis
Mississippi State Board of Hiealth
Shoreun
Lyman Barnes
Ottawa
Hobson City
Alabama
Herman McIntyre
Binghamton
N.Y
Albany
la Presse
Montreal
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Gen. Elwell
Oti
Philippines
Otis
Rochester
Gen. Otis
Mary Otis
Laura Otis
Bobbie
Maatthew
I. M. Meiklejohn
Second
Gordon Highlanders
Meir Dejohn
Andrew
Iliest Tive
Hievcoy
Dargai
Vmiands Laugie
Gherardi
J. J. Jiminez
Morte Rico
Louisa
Naval Academy
Massachusetts
Gherardis
Pacific
Havana
A. A. Advani
India
Seattle
Wash
Oleh
AGGIE
Emmett Petersen
Catawba River
South Carolina
Thomas O'Keefe
Mount Belmont
Marquette
Herrmann
New Orleans Times-Democrat
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