Chosen Commissioner Raum Selected to Succeed Tanner
The president appointed Green B Raum of Illinois as commissioner of pensions to replace James Tanner. Raum, born December 8 1829 in Golconda Ill, has served as congressman and as internal revenue commissioner. He will take oath amid praise for swift action. Trade and financial news follow with lower prices and steady activity in wheat corn sugar and stocks.
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Green B. Raum
Illinois
Tanner
Washington
Pensions
James Tanner
Green B. Baum
Congress
Internal Revenue
Raum
Golvonda
Ills
Kansas
Harrisburg
Fifty-sixth
Cincinnati
Internal Revenue Office
Gen. Baum
District of Columbia
Ex-Commissioner Endorses Baum as Pension Chief
Hal Tanner expressed approval of Gen. Baum’s appointment as internal revenue head, calling it a splendid choice. Secretary Noble and Assistant Secretary Bussey praised the selection, signaling broad support within the Pension Office and interior department officials for Baum’s leadership abilities and plan to improve operations.
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Washington
Tanner
Georgetown
United Press
Baum
Noble
Gen. Baum
Bussey
Interior Department
Tanner's Annual Report on Pensions for 1888-89
Summary of the 1888-89 fiscal year by the Commissioner of Pensions: total pensioners 489,725. 51,921 new names added and 1,754 restored. net increase 37,168. Average annual pension $181.18. Pensions paid $88,275,113.28. total disbursed $89,181,963.44. attorney fees $1,365,583.47. Pension rolls by agency listed. total claims filed since 1861 1,248,146 with 739,121 allowed. disbursements since 1861 $1,052,218,413.17. Certificates issued 145,298 with 51,911 originals. Also notes Key West cigarmaker lockout and Dun's Weekly Review on money market anxiety.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Interior Department
Wasu Hineton
Secretary of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Columbus
Indianapolis
Chicago
Opel
Washington
Des Moines
Buffalo
Boston
Philadelpia
Milwaukee
Newark
Detroit
Pittsburg
Iknoxville
Concord
Louisville
Augusta
San Francisco
Church Treasurer Arrested for Taking Funds to Feed Family
In St Louis on October 21 Pastor J M Metcalf obtained a warrant for church treasurer Lyman Beeman accusing him of diverting 290 dollars from People's Tabernacle funds. Beeman's family suffers severe hardship and illness as evidence suggests the funds were used to bury dead children and buy bread.
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St. Louis
J. M. Metcalf
People’s Tabernacle
Lyman Beeman
Beeman
Hippolyte Elected President of Hayti
A cable dispatch to the Maritime exchange reports Hippolyte unanimously elected president of Hayti with 91 votes cast in New York on October 18.
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Hippolyte
New York
Maritime Exchange
Hayti
Prairie Fires Devastate Dakota Towns and Threaten Bismarck
Vast prairie fires sweep from Wisconsin to North Dakota on October 21. Menoken near Bismarck is wiped out and residents flee as flames leap over twenty feet. Wisconsin forests blaze near Marshfield threaten mills. Reports reference Prince Bismarck and German politics amid global unrest.
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Bismarck
N. D
Mencken
Menoken
Wisconsin
Marshfield
Wis
Bisrhurek
Bulgaria
Berlin
Ferdinand
Check Payable After Date Declared a Bill of Exchange
Minnesota supreme court rules a written order to pay after its date and after issue is a bill of exchange, not a check, and thus entitled to grace. The decision in Harrison v Nicollet National Bank reverses a lower court ruling, affecting merchants and bankers statewide.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Supreme Court
James T. Harrison
Nicollet National Bank of Minneapolis
District Court
Brute of Brutes Murder in Wisconsin Farm
A young farmhand Eugene L Sullivan was killed by fellow worker William Gates at George A Shields farm Inxosha Wisconsin. Gates attacked from behind while Sullivan milked a cow and slashed his throat. Gates was taken to safety in the town.
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Alexander Sullivan
Cuhicago
Grand Pacific Hotel
Hough
Winnipeg
Martin Burke
Western Union
Stoltenberg
Special
Grand Jury
Richmono
William L. Jordan
H. H. Jordan
Manchester
Wilde and Coghill
Washington
Jordan
Wisconsin
InxosHa
Wis
Eugene L. Sullivan
George A. Shields
William Gates
Sullivan
Gates
German and Austrian banks finalize Bulgaria loan
London reports that German and Austrian bankers have finally agreed to finance Bulgaria after a year of failed negotiations. The move signals a rare amicable accord between central European financiers and may impact regional economic and political dynamics.
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London
Bulgaria
Gentlemen's Laxative and Southern Travel Offers
The Ladies Veligatea and Syrup of Figs are praised as a safe pleasant laxative for women. Winter tour tickets to Jackson Tennessee Jackson and McComb City Mississippi Hammond Louisiana Jennings Lake Charles Louisiana are valid to June 1 1890 sale begins November 1. Illi nois Central Railroad promotes Southern Homeseeker’s Guide and Farmer’s and Fruit Grower’s Guide to McComb City Mississippi free by request from J. F. Mrenty Assistant General Passenger Agent Manchester Town
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Jackson
Tennessee
McComb City
Mississippi
Hammond
New Orleans
Jennings
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Illinois Gentral Railroad
Southern Homeseeker
Manchester
J. F. Mrenty
Pass
Ag’t
Read This About Consumption Cure Claims
Newark Arkansas resident Mr H Mor ris says Dr King s New Discovery cured an abscessed lung and improved his farming work after being deemed incurable. Decatur Ohio man Jesse Midlewart credits Dr King s remedy with saving his life. Also promotes Electric Bitters for liver kidney skin malaria and general health. Sample bottles and guaranteed results offered by Seallin s drug store.
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H. Morris
Newark
Ark
Egan
Dr. King
Jesse Midlewart
Decatur
Ohio
Scallin’s
Seallin’s
Castoria: A Gentle Remedy Recalled Through Generations
The verse recalls Castoria as a trusted remedy from infancy to parenthood, noting its use for a sick baby, a crying child, and during motherhood. It suggests continued reliance as children grow and a household remains linked through the product.
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Castoria
Mother’s Friend and Salve Promoted by Southern Medical World
The Southern Medical World praises Mother’s Friend as increasingly popular in the south and highly recommended by physicians for childbirth. Bradfield Reg. Co. of Atlanta offers particulars, with local sale by S. L. Scallin. A skin salve is claimed to cure numerous ailments including piles, with a money‑back guarantee and 25 cent price, sold by S. I. Sealjin.
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South
Bradfield Reg. Co
Atlanta, Ga
EL. Scallin
8. I. Sealjin
DR. Paige
Jonson
Teer Ramsey
Tay Wo0op
Clymien
PAYNE
Darnell & Co
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Tanner UK
Bank of England
Bank of France
Northwestern
Spreckel
Stocl
Granger
United States
Canada
Hal Tanner
Tanner’s. Annual
Key West
Fla
Dun’s Weekly Review
R. G. Dun &Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Cronin
CubcaGco
Dr. Cronin
Maj. Burke
Maj. &. A. Burke
Maurice Hart
Burke
Hart
New Yor U K
Malietoa
Berli
Germany
Mateafa
Samoa
Aping
Czar
Paris
Ferdinand of
Europe
Labrador
Quebec
Bishop Bosse
Labrador Coast
Esquimaux Point
Constantinople
Father McFadden
Martin
Gweedore
County Donegal
Mayboro
Kenosha
Dakota
Northwest
Frederick
Corinth
Venice
Sparta
Sophie
Andueen
Greece
Athens
William
Tucson
Ariz
Florence
Diehl
Jones
Jack the Ripper
Hamburg
Flensburg
Tittle Rock
A. Geishner
Seventh
Ringo Streets
London Walker
St. Pau
William E. Curtis
Congress of the Three Americas
Johnstown Relief Fund
Johnstown
John Hannan
Board of Inquiry
Keimer
R. B. Stone Lumber Company
T. L. Stiles
Hudson & Co
Rice
East Saginaw
Mich
CG. W. Pavey
Locomotive Engineers
Denver
Colo
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Pavun
Brotherhood
Standard
Emerson
Concorp
Ralph Waldo Emerson
France
Sixth Army Corps
Nancy
Lille
Lyons
Besacon
Alsace
Superior
Poplar
Here
Rudolph Hanson
Peterson
Joseph W. Edsall
Edsall
Ass Lake
Minneapolis
Christian Science
Henrika Weikoff
Henry Bratsch
Weikoff
Yankton, S. D
Yankton County
Aberdeen
Knights
J. P. McGaughey
Knights of Labor
Anoka Bank
First National Bank of
Anoka, Minn
Council Burrs
Iowa
Cousins & Nawel
N. P
Manpan
Alexander McKenzie
Northern Pacific
Henry Carrick
Ladies Veligatea
Electric Bitters
Southern Medical World
Bucklen
H. Stair
Enema and
Hitchili
W.A. Rogers
Aetna
Connecticut
Liverpool
London & Glosf
Frank
Weller
Cor
Stand Lawler Streets
Riitchell
South Dakota
J KR. Smith
E’irumaker
Witehell
Fur
Knowles & Pitwood
Jacob
Becker
Giethier
Davison
Dakota Fire and Marine i Surance CO
Mitcheli, Dae
Mitchell
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