Senate Passes School Funding Bill Amid Critique
Washington report from March 8 1886 notes the Senate approved an eight year federal aid plan for public schools totaling 79 million dollars with gradual annual sums and a per state distribution keyed to illiteracy. Critics label the measure vicious and unconstitutional and expect House defeat. The piece also covers administration positions on silver and attacks on Senate obstructionists and lists Indiana patents granted that week.
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Wasnincros
D. C
Senate
House
U.s.treasury
States
Secretary of the Interior
Manning
Treasury Department
Ivo Wonder Seoator
Edmunds
An Enormous and Costly Monument to a Foolish Civil War
Dispatch from Washington criticizes the pension system built after the Civil War. About 1,700 clerks handle pension rolls with 350,000 pensioners by year end, including 240,000 invalids. Gen Bartlett notes uncertainty about future pensions, as applications outpace certificates. The piece highlights 1964 projections for 40,000 survivors and widows from 1812, rising pension costs near 40 million dollars annually, and argues the system is a stark monument to war while remaining openly documented.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Wasumetoy
D.C
American Pension Office
Bartlett
WAC
Union
Washington
Women petition Mt Vernon council to vote on whisky license
A nine foot long petition with 600 names, mostly women, was presented to Mt Vernon council requesting women be allowed to vote on the whisky license question. The plan failed when the mayor cast the deciding vote. Judge Sam J Treat, 74, the long serving federal district judge, delivered the verdict.
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Mt. Vernon
Sam Jf. Treat
Pon
Ile
Hoffman
San Francisco
Townshend
Inois
Grasshoppers Threaten Crops Across Bath County Ky
In Bath County Kentucky near Owingsville March 7 farmers report abundant grasshoppers resembling those of summer. They are active and eating early season vegetation, raising fears of crop devastation especially tobacco as the pest persists through cold weather. Also notes decline of meadowlarks bobolinks and orivles along the coast.
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Bath County
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ownesville
Messrs
A. Wright
J. M. McDonald
A. L. Wright
Plantey
Land split in Florida sparks political storm headline
Land Commissioner Sparks issues a decision taking a Florida tract from Senator Call and transferring it to the poor. Republicans denounce the move as overreach while claiming rights to distribute land and mules to freedmen. Also notes seven month revenue receipts at 66,874,117 up 1,595,157 from prior year and reports a New York alligator of two feet found near Long Island City.
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Sparks
Florida
Senator Call
Elmira
N.Y
Allen
Portland
Rochester
New York
Miller
California
Washington
Ben Butler
France
Indiana State News Full Report From Hoosier Currents
Local notes from Indiana including university finances at Bloomington. The auditor’s scheduling of April and November funds, religious revivals in Morgan County with many conversions, notable school records for the Porter children of Wabash, and a rash of small-town incidents from Logansport to Evansville. Also reports on elections, reforms, industry, crime, and state events across multiple counties.
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State University
Bloomington
Board of Trustees
Fletcher
State Insane Asylum
North Prison
Morgan County
Tig
Southern Indiana Teachers’ Institute
Vincennes
Indiana
Indianapolis
Monument
Gen Black Charges Probe Powers Pension Office
Republican senate committees preparing to show Commissioner Black’s charges about the pension office as unfounded. Black backs his report with documentary evidence and plans to present it at the next meeting. Senators Beck and Kenna will summon witnesses versed in Ohio Republican abuses. Republicans and Democrats question opening party past scandals as a campaign move.
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New York Star
Wasuixeron
D.C
Senate
Commissioner Black
Col
Dudley
Black
Beck
Kenna
Ohio
Ohio Republicans
Oregon Mill to be rebuilt by Buffalo firm
The Oregon Mill will be rebuilt with machinery awarded to John T. Noye of Buffalo New York. Work will begin as soon as practicable and the mill will be first class. local interest is high and well wishes are given for success. A Foro Bennett wagon overturn near town caused George Worton to be ejected unharmed as the wagon tongue broke. County election inspectors appointed include Joseph A Barrett G K Lichtenberger and John Walz with Capt Mart Cox of Grayville visiting town last Monday.
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New York State House
Academy of Arts Ta
Brazil
South America
New York
Melbourne
the Sentinel
Washington Dispatch
Kleiner
Fridmunds
Senate
Ohio
Wabash
Oregon
John T. Noye
Buffalo
N.Y
Tus
Joseph A. Barrett
G. K. Lichtenberger
John Walz
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Charley Maurice
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Republican Campaign Committee
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James Warner
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Chicago
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Pension Department
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Foro & Bennett
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Tuerne
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Albert Wade
John Hermann
Center
Christ. Reister
Smith
Jo Pisely
Iowa
Ross Evang
Alice Dishon
Murphyse Borough
J. Pisely
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Jos. Pisely
Bethel Township
John Millett
Moses Lane
Agricultural Society
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