Time Fritters Away in House On Tariff and Lobby Day
Washington May 7 Special Now that Corey has come and been conquered the Senate amendments to the Wilson bill loom, while the house drags through appropriation bills. The piece outlines delay tactics by the majority and attacks by the minority, naming key Democrats like Joseph H Outhwaite and Amos Cummings, and notes lobbyists have shifted to headquarters and hotels as influence centers for tariff decisions.
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Washington
Corey
Senate
Wilson
House
District of Columbia
Joseph H Outhwaite
Ho Te
Committee On Rules
Wheeler
Black and
Sickles
John O Pendleton
West Virginia
Evangriat
Alexander Campbell
Newton M Curtin
New Jersey
Ben F Marsh
Illinois
Navy Hill
Amos Cummings
Boutello
Benjamin A Enloo
Bemi
Enloe
Holman
New Hampshire
Indiana
Yankton
Sand
Tme
Havemeyer
Faw
Washington, May
Coxey
M D. Harter
Messrs
Bland
Stewart
Congress
London
Elijah Voorhees Brookshire
Thia Conga
Reading Club Plans Future Prep Amid Interest Rise
In a quiet exchange Miss Bleeker and Miss Heacon discuss a growing interest in their reading club. Park Mrs. Coxey, divorced from a general, has filed suit against the commonwealth alleging abduction of their daughter to serve as a symbol in a Washington demonstration. The child allegedly went to Washington without the mother’s knowledge.
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Miss Bleeker
Coxey movement stirs Washington crowds and policy views
In Washington the Coxey protests draw strong labor views and mixed crowds. A Harter critique condemns paternalism while observers note three Coxey factions among wanderers and pranksters. Debate shifts to territorial statehood as western prospects fade in the Fifty-third Congress.
Crabb Strives to Settle Illinois Coal Strike
In St Louis on May 10 General Manager J D Crabb of Madison Coal Company tried to hold talks with striking miners at Edwardsville Illinois but failed as no workers attended despite notice. Payday looms tomorrow and Crabb hopes to win concessions then. The Democratic congressional convention for Illinois Sixteenth district met in Jacksonville and has cast 258 untrustful ballots for a candidate.
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Illinois
Jacksonville
Washindoxr
Iowa
Hare
Coxey
Washington Gossip: Change of Heart as Detachments Rise
Washington dispatch notes a summer calm despite cholera and smallpox fears. It reports Coxey's Army facing opposition and warns about marching detachments destroying camps. Congress shows renewed activity with opposition to Nicaragua canal plans and patent law shifts. Dems show cautious optimism for next elections amid tariff talks. Springfield fire devastates Pawnee suburb, $1.1 million loss. San Francisco reporters visit Merced for land purchase plans in the San Joaquin valley.
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Peoople
Coxey
Indica
Washington
Commissary Department
Kelly
Council Bluffs
Corey
District of Columbia
Congress
House
Nicaragua
Nicaragua Canal
Olney
Pacifico Railway
Central Pacifico
Committee On Patents
Amos Cummings
Bealing
United States
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Mercede
San Joaquin Valley
Blame Amid Labor Tensions As Coxey Echoes Linger
Washington diary notes rising sentiment against further Coxey style marches. Talks blame immigration and labor unrest while politicians debate tariff and currency issues. Wright highlights the impact of building and loan associations and their wide regional presence as reforms loom.
Dashed Out Her Brains by a Fragile Bridge Incident
Mrs Rechsteiner and Mrs Hyerlman, fourth-floor tenants at 406493 Brooke Avenue, built an improvised bridge with an ironing board to traverse stair landings between their flats. The board broke as Rechsteiner returned, sending her down an air shaft where she struck her head and died.
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New York
Emily Rechsteiner
Rosalie Hyerlman
Brooke Avenue
Farm Prospects Warmer Temperature Boosts Wheat and Planting
Iowa farm weather report notes above normal temperatures with light frost on the 4th in northern counties. Wheat is in fine condition with good yield prospects while cinchbugs pose no damage. Corn planting advances despite heavy rains in southern counties. Oats vary by region from good to fair. rye heads in many localities. Meadows and pastures show excellent growth. fruit prospects uneven with peaches likely failed but apples, cherries and plums look better. Strains of locusts observed near Diz in Jefferson county. strawberries ship from Alexander county. potatoes and gardens improving.
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Iowa
Springfield
Dis
Chicago
Cairo
Belleville
St Clair County
Bond County
Alexander County
Diz
Jefferson County
West End Court Fight Halts City Hall Contract
Notice served on Mayor Medi and City Clerk Huesing that John Volk seeks a writ to block city hall construction or site payments to the People's Power Co. The suit cites city debt above 5 percent of assessed valuation and seeks injunction relief. bond of 5000 required.
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Medi
Huesing
John Volk
William H. Gest
Circuit Court
People's Power Co
T. B. Davis
Guild of
St. Luke's Cottage Hospital
Mra
J M. Buford
Guild
St. Anthony's Hospital
J. M Buford
Jonas Bear
James Connor
Howard
Bevens
Schneider Shoe
Circuit
Adams
Costa
Kemper Hall
Davenport
Rock Island High School
G H Parsons
Grand Rapids
Mich
W. 8
Parsons
Rock Island
Detroit
Stook Island
D L Cubberly
J. P Gilligan
Ho Rowerbert F Ritter
Pfoh
Ritter
Rock Salad
Rock River
Crop bulletin reports favorable week for Des Moines area
Des Moines weather and crop bulletin notes generally favorable conditions with seasonable temperatures and ample rainfall in most areas. Planting of corn progresses though delayed where soil remained wet, and potato acreage increases. Separate Sacramento and San Joaquin reports say hot weather offset rains, with grain crops in precarious condition and near total failure in San Joaquin.
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Des Moines
San Francibol
State Weather Bureau
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Sacramento Valley
Convicts Try to Blow Up Jackson Penitentiary
Convicts in Jackson Michigan attempted to blow up the prison using dynamite as guards and officers responded. Three inmates broke ranks during an evening meeting, one grappling a guard and another leaping to a window to light dynamite. Deputies and captains quelled the disturbance, locking the men in their cells. No dynamite traces were found. warden and staff confirmed prior stockpiles existed but remained undisclosed.
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Jackens
Mich
New West
Storn
Northrup
Captain Stone
Americans Settle in Mashona land mission party sails
A Pioneer party from the American Board of Foreign Missions heads for Mashonaland to assess resources and farming potential. If they report favorably, many American farmers may follow. Americans already settled in the Transvaal and north of it.
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Capetown
American Board of Foreign Missions
Mashonaland
Transvaal
Republic
Local measures propose graveling and trolley plan for city
The article outlines proposed funding and projects including a $3.9 million tossed valuation, collecting about $6,000 water rent from Brewer George Wagner, and a plan to acquire portable light rail to grade streets by moving earth from the bluffs. A city resident offers to sell 30 or 85 cars at $10 each. gravity and hauled loads would move them.
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George Wagner
O. P. Plummer
Portland
Ore
Plummer
William Clinebell
South Rock Island
Blanche
Fannie Knox
Rock Island Central Telephone Exchange
Beatrice Ostrom
Union
H H. Cleaveland
Griffith
Moline Avenue
Coal Valley
Rock Island Y. M
Monmouth Association
Jimmie McGee
Anthony's Hospital
Frank
W C Q Collina
Rock Island
Englewood
Ella A. Stombs
Chicago
System Pill promotional pitch from Flatbush Pharmac a Co
An advertisement offers System Pills as a universal home remedy for constipation biliousness headaches and kidney and liver issues. It promises a large demand through reader orders and presents prizes including watches silverware town lots rings and gold pieces for 25 cents or 30 stamps per box, stating every buyer receives a gift with no exceptions.
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Asch
Flatbush Pharmaca
Flatbush, L,i
Moline Grove No 26 installs lodge officers
At the meeting of Moline Grove No 26 AO U QD Wednesday, Lodge Deputy L Wiedemann installed officers including Grand Arch Juergen Timmermann and Vice Grand Henry Linn. Secretary John Maasen and Treasurer Olaus H. Reimers were named with Conductor L Wiedemann and Inside Guard John Bochentin Outside Henry Render and Trustees James Lage.
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Moline Grove No
L Wiedemann
Juergen Timmermann
Henry Linn
John Maasen
Olaus H. Reimers
L. Wiedemann
John Bochentin
Henry Render
James Lage
Pocket Sub to Household Topic for 30 Cents
A 30 cent offer for a one year subscription to Household Topic, a 16 page illustrated magazine. Includes 35 novels by Stevenson, Etta W Pierce, M T Calder, Hugh Conway, Jane O Austin, Rebecca H Davis, Marion Harland and Amanda M Douglass. Ship day after order to P O Box 1159 New York City.
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Sbirty
Robert Louis Stevenson
Etta W. Pierce
Rebecca H. Davis
Wall Flowers
Marion Harland
Amanda M. Douglass
Household Topic Pub. Co
P.O
New York City
N. Y
Republican Legislative Convention at Cambridge H 1894
Voters of Rock Island and Henry counties are urged to send delegates to a Republican convention at the Cambridge courthouse on June 26 1894 at 11 oclock for nominating one senator and two representatives for the Thirty third senatorial district and to handle other business Representation is one delegate per 350 votes cast for Republican electors in 1892 Names listed include B Kinyon chairman and C F Wennergarrem secretary Also includes a note on medical advertisement and other notices within the clipping.
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Rock Ieland
Henry
Court House
Cambridge
Towitch Island
Henry County
Kinyon
F Wennergarrem
John Reiter
WH McArthur
Adam Dem
Paine's Celery Compound Promises Strength For Nervous Woman
An old advertisement extols Paine's celery compound as a nerve and brain strengthener. It claims the tonic aids digestion headaches and kidney trouble, improves sleep, and restores vigor amid the annual house cleaning season. It targets men and women with tired nerves and depleted blood, linking the product to relief from neur algia rheumatism and related disorders.
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van Tromp
Thames
Paine
Edward E. Phelps
Dartmouth Medical School
Fame
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