Legislature at Pierre Debates State Finances and Bills
The Pierre legislature faces a revenue shortfall with June deficits looming. Gov. Lee sends a special message urging prudent plans to avoid emergency warrants as treasurer Kirk G. Phillips outlines cash needs, deficits, and proposed fund reallocations. Debates include warehousing taxes, signor bill details, and a reform of education board composition.
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United States
Unis Ene Ty
Plowman
Dibares Senten
Lee
Senate
Initention
Yart
Aie
Kirk G. Phillims
Phillips
Railroad Commission
North Dakota
Taylor
UT Treasury
South Dakota legislature battle over senator seat and bills
The record covers fights over the Dowdell Dowell contest in the house with plans to seat Dowdell despite Sheldon’s victory, adjournment rulings, and appeals. It notes bills on local and county option liquor measures, tax changes, state warrants, professional tax levies, and a school book system, plus a direct election of U S senators and broader legislative proceedings through Friday to Saturday.
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Hinchey
Pmiewson - Kellar
Palmer
Dowdell-Sheldon
House
Sheldon
Dowdell
CG. Melleme
Watertown
Mellente
Senate
Wyman
Anderson
Pennington
Siste
McWhorter
United States
Royse
Lee Gondykoontz
Hincksey
Plowman
Murtceror
Schnauber
Bronkins Iy
Department of State
State Reform School
Sheldon-Dowell
Tniube
County Boards of Education
Fragmented 19th century legislature notes surface in Monday session
The report outlines a chaotic summary of bills and actions in a legislative session. It mentions commissions to settle estates, per diem appointees, payments to suppliers, and portraits purchased for governors. Other items discuss salaries for judges, tax-related measures, and proposals on land ownership and state printing. The text is garbled with names, amounts, and obsolete terms.
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United States
Pach Bier
Taylor
Paice & Co
Sioux City
Mellone
Sheldon
Lee
Dollard
Senate
Cook
Senatar
Séenetor Swart
Treansurer
Patyer
State Senate approves equal suffrage bill in vote irregularities
The state senate passes the equal suffrage bill by a lopsided 31 02 percent amid debate on exemptions for women from 750 dollars. The house is deemed unlikely to consider the measure again after Speaker Colvin rules it disposed of.
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Senate
House
Colvin
NO MAN HIS OWN MASTER and the barber's shave tips
A barber offers instructions for learning to shave at home. He advises using two first class razors, quality soap and brush, but notes barbers hone razors as a skilled trade. The piece covers warming lather, softening the beard, blade angle, and practicing with both hands, emphasizing patience and gradual mastery.
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Gambells
Prominent Railroad Leader Roberts Lived Away From Fame
The late President Roberts of the Pennsylvania Railroad, famed in the industry, valued privacy over public recognition. He recalled visiting New York incognito and preferred anonymity, joking he would not endure the press if as famous as Mr. Depew.
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President Roberts
Pennsylvania Road
Jeas
New York
Roberts
Mr. Depew
Official Red Tape Delays Saddle Delivery
Lord Wolseley faced bureaucratic delays as his order waited through multiple officials and the inspector general of stores. To speed matters a private saddle-maker was hired, delivering the article by dawn. The requisition wandered through government shops for six years before the saddle finally reached him amid a tangle of correspondence.
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Wolseler
Inspector General of Stores
Wolseley
Sheridan Predicts Arbitration Speech Fragment
General Sheridan warned at a 1887 Philadelphia banquet that advances in weapons and explosives push civilization toward self deformity. He predicted a future where war becomes untenable and nations may seek arbitration rather than conflict.
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Sheridan
F Sheridan
Centennis Banque
Philadelphis
Erbinns Nou
Fragmented Note on Time and Talent Observed
An unclear excerpt reflects on time as money and the difficulty of reruns. The speaker frets about a lack of talent and the sorrow of missed opportunities, noting a stream of comments about value and persistence.
Women Gain in Working Classes Says Eleventh Labor Report
The eleventh annual report of the Department of Labor, transmitted by Commissioner Wirch, shows women increasingly form a larger share of the working class while child employment declines. The study, conducted across thirty states with data from 631 establishments, analyzes married status, overall employment trends, and gendered wage patterns, noting rising female participation in gainful pursuits since 1870 and the lingering debate on married women's industrial roles.
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Department of Labor
Wirchr
Ernesty
United States
Ruinous Waste of Money in Congress Burns It at Rate
A New York World quote reports Representative Dockery of Missouri warning that public mover expenditures will be expropriated and direct appropriations by Congress will total at least 1.1 trillion dollars. He decries the time when individuals cannot escape such taxation and Pounds the soaring costs as reckless.
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Bergen
Senate
Mr. Dockery
New York
Torkery
Missouri
Dockery Seis
Nebraska Board Reviews Corn Burning Statistics
The Nebraska State Board of Transportation will study corn burning by farmers to gauge fuel use and potential coal trade reductions. Officials estimate how much coal farmers would substitute, aiming to ease shipments costs and assess the impact on farming income and road hauling capability amid cash constraints.
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Nebracks
Nebraska State Board of Trportation
Congress Debates Civil Work and Incomplete Treaties
A lengthy week in Congress covers political debates on the summer civil measures, funding disputes, and the Anglo American arbitration treaty. Leaders like Turpie, McMillin, and Knox spar over bonds, gold, and the treaty’s disposal. The House focuses on appropriation bills while Senate executive sessions discuss treaty terms and possible postponement.
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House
Senate
Stevenson
MecHinter
Othes
Reaively
Morgan
Champion O
Congress
McMillin
Den
Tennessee
Knox
Rep
Massachusetts
Ve Millin
Tem
United States
Cemera
Acreem
Dar
Newnart
United Stowe
Thames
Sard
Dockery
Wilson
Terence
Trentier
Mr. de Armond
Saud
Fragmentary obituary notices for 19th century figures
Fragmented OCR reads of deaths and biographical notes mention London born poet laureate figures tied to Harvard and Austria. References to Emerson, Waldo, and a Jesuit sisterhood lineage suggest an obituary page with scattered names, places like Denver Berlin and Terre Bente, and mentions of property value.
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Cassella
Denver
Rome
London
Terre Bente
Jessi
Sisters of Providence
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