Pension Agencies and Veteran Benefits Details
The piece outlines U S pension agencies totaling eighteen with over 30 million dollars paid yearly to 252 802 names. It notes 19 000 pensioners at the Chicago agency under Miss Ada Sweet, plus survivors of the War of 1812 and Mexican War on rolls. Pensions vary by rank with private at eight dollars monthly plus two per child, and invalids from two to seventy two dollars. Legislation in 1862 1876 remaps to date benefits from discharge or application and widows’ payments end upon remarriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Chicago
Ada Sweet
Treasury
President Hayes Praises Garfield in Cleveland Speech
The speaker lauds James A. Garfield's election, notes overwhelming Garfield support, and praises his suitability for Ohio’s 19th district representation, his Senate-elect status, and impending U.S. presidency as of March next. The address emphasizes unity, calm on election, and rebuttal of calumny against a virtuous candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes
West
Ohio
Layce
Mentor
Gen Garfield
Cleveland
United States
Garfield
Western Reserve
Rejcice
Ashtabula
Trumbull
Geauga
Portage
English press on U S election and Garfield support
London telegrams report English interest in the election results. The Daily Telegraph notes that national issues favor Garfield and show sympathy toward the Republican candidate, predicting continued prosperity and a shift away from Jefferson era hostility to England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papers
England
London
Daily Telegraph
Democratic Party
Jefferson
Garfield
Twcock
Prworvei
Power Struggle Looms Over Free Traders and Protections
The article foresees a coming clash in Europe and America between united free traders of the South and West and Eastern protectionists. Observers on both sides of the Atlantic believe the decisive struggle for power cannot be delayed much longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Atlantic
Grant at the Front
The Inter Ocean lauds Grant for uniting the Republican Party during the late campaign. His entry inspired comradeship and a surge of effort across the party, with leaders competing kindly to do the best work and credit given freely.
Pilgrim Fathers and Puritan Distinctions in Early Colonies
Epior's Easy Chair in Harper's Magazine argues Pilgrims and Puritans differed, with Pilgrims at Plymouth favoring independence and nonconformity while Bay colonists showed nonseparatist stance. It cites Winslow, Williams, Winthrop, Milton, and Cromwell to frame soul liberty as core Puritan influence carried to Plymouth Rock.
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Gay
Bryant
Dexter
Benjamin Scott
City of London
Pilgrim Fathers
Leyden
Plymouth
George Foe Pind
Plymouth Colony
Roger Williams
Winslow
Seekonk
Bay
Williams
Massachusetts Bay
Boston
Winthrop
England
Church of England
Salem
New England
Edward Winslow
Church of
Robinson
Chamberlain Scott
Browmers
Cavalier England
Miles Standish
The
Hooper
Cartwright
Brown
Brewster
Endicott
Milton
Pym
Eliot
Ham
Sardou argues new view of crime and virtue prizes
Sardou, speaking for the French academy, says the prize system shifts from virtue to criminals. He warns that modern philosophy sees malefactors as balanced beings and suggests hatred and even chastisement may disappear. He cautions that indulgence toward crime could erode respect for virtue.
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French Academy
Sardou
Tut trialt of Me Phill charged with te autorship
An article fragment reports a trial concerning Me Phill accused of forging six Chinese letters as part of an alleged authentication scheme. Authorities seek clarity on the forged documents and the defendant's role in the scheme.
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Phill
Mind over body cited as cause and cure for disease
The article argues that emotions directly affect organs and can cause illnesses from heart and skin to dysentery and scurvy. It notes cases of hair loss, jaundice, and fever linked to mental states, then champions the curative power of positive mental attitudes and medical practitioners who bolster hope and confidence to restore health.
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Bichat
Paris
Samuel Baker
Obbo
Central Africa
Narbonne
France
Voltaire
Na‘ture
Prote Action
Bacon
Cato
Edward the Confessor
Anne
Tuke
Mental Emotion Shapes Bodily Health, Says Harpur's Weekly
A column cites Dr. Brown and J. Beaumont on mind influencing digestion and stomach health. Pleasure raises gastric juice while depression and worry impair digestion and appetite, with anecdotes of cured and unsettled stomachs tied to belief and emotion.
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John Brown
Edinburgh
J. Beaumont
Harqur's Weekly
Washing and drying tips from a home management guide
Advice on soaking clothes in water types and weather, wringing without harming fabrics, sun and rain drying, room placement for drying, blanket handling, care of lines and pins, ironing setup with a shirt-board, wax for irons, starch gloss, airing and mending routines to prevent health risks and keep garments intact.
Novel Use of Wood Shavings Plates and Dishes
Herr Heilemann describes making plates and dishes from bound wood shavings. Shavings are gelatinized, dried, and cut. Paper or pasteboard forms are moistened with gelatin and waterglass, pressed in heated molds, coated with gelatine turpentine adhesive, then covered with shavings and pressed again.
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Herr Heilemann
Various Economic and Social Notes From Early 20th Century Reports
The excerpt compiles diverse items: New York postage use at about $100,000 weekly. Philadelphia’s 103 iron factories employing 12,000 people. railway projects totaling 287 enterprises planning about 20,000 miles. Paris adopts electric lighting. Syracuse Milk Association serves 1,600 cows yielding 3,808,000 quarts annually. europe’s marriage ages vary by country. Tolgrouped glass uses and hydraulic mining gains. Nevada County quartz shows a $110 assay. The Hafner bank case. ancient lacustrine remains at Zurich. Antoine Weber’s wife vanishing then found in an alms house. England census shows Joneses most common surname, with detailed ranking of common names. Notable long names appear, including foreign names. Arizona murder case and miners’ swift punishment. Arizona water scarcity drives high traveler costs.
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New York
Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Parix
Syracuse
N. Y
Europe
Austria
Hungary
Russia
Turkey
Italy
Prussia
France
Belgium
Greece
Spain
Switzerland
Nevada County
Cal
A. A. Sargent
Nevada
Hafner Bank
Lake of
Zurich
Old Colony
Antoine Weber
Pittsburgh
England
Joneses
Smiths
Williams
Taylor
Davis
Brown
Johnson
Robinson
Wilson
Thompson
Clark
Clarke
Albertina Regina
Victoria Gotha Boult
Turnerica Henrica Unca da Glona de Lavinia
Rebecca Turner
Host
Dea
Juggler in England Burns in Public Demonstration
A British juggler in Leighton Buzzard performed dangerous tricks with heated gear and benzo line. He lit a mouthful of spirit, causing severe burns to face neck and chest, then fled in agony and was later treated. The report also notes a Milford Pennsylvania telegram about a elopement of Rosa Paddock with her father's hired man, with satirical comment on such elopements.
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Prick
England
Leighton Buzzard
Milford
Rosa Paddock
Andrew Robbins
Ourself
Ian Wi
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Grant
Moline National Bank
Moline, Ill
Hoa Barnard
Christy
Porter Skinner
James C Starr
A. B Wright
Hemenway
H W Wheelock
F Hemenway
Hiram Darling
N‘hester
Casper Witzthum
W. Ho
Candee Banking House
Main Street
Rodman Avenue
United Stats
First National Bank
Capitan
Molinf
Ill
J M Gould
Chas Atkinson
J 8. Gillmore
J M. Gould
John Deere
Samuel Howles
CH Deere C Dimock
Geo W . Vidton
Jonathan Huntoon
J.T Browning
H. A. Barnard
Morris Rosenfield
James Shaw
J . Gillmore
Iutterberg
Copenhagen
Hamburg
Bremen
Ciies
Moline Savings Bank
Legislature of
Illinois
John Good
Stoddard
Nelson Cheater
W Wheelock
HW Candee
C YF. Grantz
A & Wright
J. M Christy
Offee
Molhne National Bank
Rodivan Avenue
Charteren Savings Bank
Rock Islan County
Perry St
Davenport
DRUC
ER. Smith
E. T. Rigby
Cutter's Store
Second
Brady
Iowa
N. P. Bergstrom
City Undertaker
New Swede Church
Moline
W. H. Devore
Port Bykon
Anchor
National
Inman
Mitchell & d Bank
Rock Island
di Lynde
Ore
First Nations Bank
Milwaukee
Wis
National Bank of Commerce
Union Bank
Allen
Copp & Nesbit
Bankers
St. Louis
Charfenberg
H. G. Bcharfenberg
P. O
Gus. Lindvall
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