Senate approves public building bills and statehood steps
The Senate passed bills for Grand Haven Michigan, Deadwood South Dakota, and Stillwater Minnesota public buildings with allocations of 50000, 200000, and 100000 respectively. It also introduced New Mexico statehood action and taxes on options and futures. House bills included Ann Arbor Michigan public building and treasury money withdrawal with zero interest, plus a free wool bill. Adjourned to the 25th.
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TRE
Senate
Grand Haven
Mich
Deadwood
S. D
Stillwater
Minn
New Mexico
House
Ann Arbor
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Stanford
Bland
Sterling and Dixon
Sturgeon Bay
Lake Michigan Ship Canal
Crisp
Acquittal in Nevada Mo murder case shocks town
A wide scan of 1891 crime and disaster notes includes Thomas Hurron of Nevada Missouri acquitted of murder for killing C C Diefenbaugh in a wife pursuit case. Other items record barn fires in Michigan and Missouri, a Pittsburgh assault on young girls, rail wrecks, hangings, and large financial and agricultural losses across several states.
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Thomas
Hurron
Nevada
C. C. Diefenbaugh
Poe
Pittsburgh
Port Huron
Mich
F. A. Beard
Buchanan County
Germany
Indiana
W. H. Danrorty
Martha Davis
Athens
Ala
George DannBy
New York
Schneider & Campbell
Bentano Brothers
Charles E. Bentley
Columbia
National Editorial Association
San Francisco
William S. Hull
Grand Rapids
Acmon
Eagle Bird
Rio Grande Frontier
Cedar Bluff College
Franklin, Ky
James Brennan
Sam Wood
Hugoton
Kan
Stevens County
Arthur Sloane
Brule
Nebraska
United States Express
Dwight
Ohio City
Iron Mountain Road
de Soto
Cornelius N. Briss
American Protective Tariff League
Fon du Lac
Minnesota
Frances E. Willard
National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Harrison
United States
Jim Lytes
Margaret Lashley
Danville
George Lashley
Jacob Schaefer
George Slosson
Bessemer
National Surgical Institute
Indianapolis
Ind
William McHenry
Cleveland
Presido Military Reservation
California
Deaths and notices from a 19th century paper
Justice Jushin P. Bradley died in Washington at 79. Maine prohibition convention set for Bangor on May 4 and 5. Rep. William E. Robinson died in Brooklyn at 8? years. Ex-Gov. Joan Harn died in Fredrika Delaware. governor from 1878 to 1880. Mr and Mrs Andrew Knox died at Martinsville Indiana aged 78. Mrs Doronika McClananan aged 90 died in Lexington Texas. War of 1812 pensioner.
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Jushin P. Brapley
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Grant
Maine
Bangor
William E. Robinson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joan Harn
Frederika
Del
Delaware
Andriw Knox
Martinsville
Ind
Doronika McClananan
Lexington
Tex
Major Fire At Montreal Woolen House
Mitts and McDougalll’s wholesale woolen house in Montreal burned causing losses of 150000 with 90000 insured. Seventy three bodies were recovered from the Tiflis river after a bridge collapse during a religious procession. Notable deaths include astronomer Joan Covucin Adams in London at 73 and Grand Duke Constantine in St Petersburg at 65.
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Mitts & McDougalll
Montreal
Tiflis
Russia
Joan Covucin Adams
F. RB. S
London
Durango
Mex
Forry
Slobodskoi
Loudon
Samory
Margaret Ann Chastings
Emily
Ernest
Nottingham
Eng
Badmewaski
Berlin
Duke of Arenburg
Brussels
Rome
Appvvices
Chili
Canada
Vladivostock
United States
Senor Matta
Egan
Baltimore
Valparaiso
Supreme Court of the United States
North and South American Construction Company
Francis W. Egan
Constantine
Czar
Greece
St. Petersburg
Senate backs bill for Hel ena military post. other federal actions
In a busy session on the 26th Senator Hawley introduced a bill to establish a military post near Helena Montana. The house passed the land allotment bill to Cheyenne and Arapahoe. finance favored a bimetallic commission. Tatnall’s political disabilities were removed. Breckinridge urged more Chilean correspondence. A Jersey City man died after an address ended. Albany set for February 22 convention delegates. Baby McKee sold for 25000 in San Francisco. Fire losses hit Elizabth NJ and Columbus Ohio. multiple fatalities reported. Secretary Blaine received Chilean offer to settle disputes by arbitration or court decision.
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Hawley
United States
Senate
Helena
Mont
House
Finance
John R. F. Tatnall
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Japek Manning Knapp
Jersey City
N. J
New York Democratic Committee
Albany
Chicago
Leland Stanford
San Francisco
Borne, Scrysmer & Co
Elizabeth
Rochanno B. Howard
Boston
American Peace Association
Rome
Italy
Columbus
Metropolitan Opera House
Frank Brown
Ind
Cumberland Gap
Cincinnati
James Beck
Pittsburgh
Blaine
Egan
Senor Matta
Baltimore
United States Supreme Court
Iowa Senate Remembers Speaker Replacements and Bills
In Des Moines Iowa on January reports note J W Cliff was removed as secretary and S H Parsons elected to fill the post. The senate rejected a house resolution on vacation and sending state visitations. Multiple bills were introduced covering taxation road safety and public accounts with new offices, normal schools, and liquor licensing.
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Des Moines
Senate
J. W. Cliff
S. H. Parsons
House
Lewis and Perkins
Parrott
Smith
Wapello
Vale
Perkins
Gronweg
Bishop
Agricultural College
Ames
Dent
Lemars
Engle
Gatch
Kelly
Reynolds
Yeomans
Cleveland
Funk
Mr. Perkins
Mr. Brower
Bolter
Fourth Judicial District
Nineteenth Judicial District
Conway
Oskaloosa
Dodge
Galch
Terry
Shields
Iowa
Congress
Spring prospects brighten in Northwest grain lands
The New York Sun notes strong yields in Manitoba and Saskatchewan with many farms reporting 36 bushels per acre of wheat and heavy oats and barley. Authorities promote land offers and free westward railway tickets to attract settlers while Manitoba’s soil and grasses support mixed farming. The spring should bring many to take the chance.
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New York Sun
East
Northwest
Lake Superior
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
The
Mill and factory and fish hatchery notes
In Austria women and carriers are paid 25 cents a day. Tigre fish hatchery in Michigan incubates 51 million white fish eggs. New York ships lumber to Tacoma for ferry boat construction. Philadelphia plans a cellulose plant to produce ship lining material that absorbs eight times its weight in water.
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Austria
Michigan
New York
Tacoma
Wash
Philadelphia
Newspapaer Waifs and Witty Exchanges Across Papers
A collage of quips from various papers shows humor on money, color metaphors, and married life. A living whist game in Newburyport features a gentleman as knave and a lady as the deuce, while a teacher and student share a blue joke.
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Brooklyn
Washington Star
Newburyport
Lowell Courier
Wire
George
Texas Siftings
Fashion and wealth notes from era fashion and industry
A compilation of various trivia: Mrs. Astor’s jewelry valued at $2,000,000, grooms presenting sable sets, medieval mirror use in buildings, cider stockpiled by Minneapolis merchants, pearls found in Sugar River mussels, the world’s largest farm in Louisiana at 1.6 million acres, $50,000 to fence it, diamonds for hospital funding, New York’s highest point at 175 feet, Harbor Hill’s 384 feet, Jarra wood from Australia praised for durable paneling and church use.
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Wittiasx Astor
Minneapolis Commission
Sugar River
Wisconsin
Louisiana
New York
East River
Long Island
Harbor Hill
Australia
California Promises Ideal Winter Retreats and Safe Investments
An appeal extols California as the premier winter destination with inviting resorts and a climate suited for the sick and fatigued. It notes open investment opportunities in fruit lands and promotes travel via the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad with daily Pullman vestibule cars to San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego. Contact John J Byrne in Chicago for info.
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California
United States
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Pullman
Chicago
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
John J. Byrne
Rialto Building
Ill
Syrup of Figs Promotes Gentle Kidney Liver and Bowel Cleansing
Pleasant tasting remedy claims to act promptly on kidneys liver and bowels to cleanse the system and relieve colds headaches fevers and habitual constipation. It is sold in 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles by leading druggists and can be procured if not on hand. California Fig Syrup Co lists San Francisco Louisville and New York as locations.
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California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
N.Y
Lane
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the Express
Congressional
Lucius Dorson
Savannah
Jeff Coats
Jamees Cassipy
John Herman
Caroline Surp
Dallas
N. C
Hepler
Blue Water
N. M
Taylor
Haggey
Moore
Mora
Denia Nichomson
Franklin County
John T. Pinkhard
Rock Island
Blue Island
Providence
R. I
Catherine Harland
Mary Kellegher
A. B. Wilson
Williamsburg
Col
United States Masonic Benevolent Society of St
Missouri Pacific
Lamar
M. B. Puryear
Linwood
Ark
Boston Electric Light Company
Pine Bluff
Idaho
Everett & Post
Patrick Boye
John Muensch
Edwardsville
Margaret Stowr
First National Bank of
Downs
Charles W. Ashinger
James Eller
Hamilton County
National Bricklayers’ Union
John Heartz
Denver
American Beet Sugar Producers’ Association
Henry T. Oxnard
Tur Pacific Mail Company
Johnson
Topeka
Watervliet
Williamson-Libby Lumber Company
Qoshkosh
Wis
Seattle
August W. Mryer
Bank of Jefferson
Shepherdstown
W. Va
John Anderson
Springfield
Gertie Young
James R. Hua@uEnin
Woman’s Suffrage Association
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucy Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Dolph
Hardin
Beem
Hart
Joy
Wyckoff
Judiciary Committee
Richman
Muscatine
Boies
Holliday
Jay
Kasa
Des MoinsEs
Briggs
Chase
Glattly
Morrison
Morrow
Afton
Robinson
Spaulding
Lowell Mail
Yonkers
Tax Carpenter
Adz
Columbus Post
Hale
Pilke
Chicago Times
Colorado Mountains
James
A. Lee
Jefferson
Annie Gage
Express
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Os Fairta Ak
Ry Isi Galy
Loomis & Nyman
Tiffin
Ohio
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