Senators as millionaires reach into tens of millions
About eleven of the eighty eight United States Senators are millionaires with California's Mr. Stanford at 150 million leading. Pennsylvania's Mr. Cameron is credited with 15 million and Wisconsin's Mr. Sawyer with 10 million. The remaining senators hold between five and one million each.
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United States
Stanford
California
Cameron
Pennsylvania
Sawyer
Wisconsin
Unknown Washington Region Surrounded by Olympic Mountains
A remote area within Washington State, about 2500 square miles, lies enclosed by the Olympic Mountains near the Straits of San Juan de Fuca and Hood's Canal. Ranging six to eight thousand feet high, it remains largely unexplored, with tribal legends speaking of a fierce, untouched tribe inhabiting it.
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Washington
Africa
Olympic Mountains
Straits of San Juan de Fuca
Pacific Ocean
Hood’s Canal
Quinault Lake
North Dakota Prohibition Law Publicized At Source
The newly released North Dakota prohibition statute sets first offense penalties from 200 to 1000 dollars and imprisonment of 90 days to a year. Second offenses are felonies with one to two years in state prison. Registered pharmacists may sell for specific purposes. All intoxicant sales venues are nuisances, sheriff empowered to abate and destroy. Law took effect January 1.
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North Dakota
Gum industry profits cited by Indiana plant owner
Porter reports a chewing gum factory owner in Elkhart Indiana says his small business produced over $400000 in value last year. He notes about a dozen large national factories with similar output and a total U S production exceeding $5 million annually plus smaller plants that raise total to at least $6 million.
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Porter
Elkhart
Ind
United States
Southern agriculture boom drives 1889 record crops
The 1889 South produced the largest crops on record with cotton projected at about 7.25 million bales and corn near 40 to 50 million bushels above 1888. Fruit and vegetables drew North and West buyers, pushing total agricultural value to at least 850 million dollars, exceeding 1888 by over 100 million.
The Russian influenza in American history
The piece recalls the path of the Russian influenza from China to Western Europe and the United States, noting President Washington’s era 100 years ago and a letter by Dr. John Warren describing the president’s illness. It contrasts the disease’s spread with patriotic reflections from The Chicago World.
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George Washington
Aedical
Iecord
John Warren
Russia
China
Europe
United States
Chicago
In the Evening of Our Days Poem by James Whitcomb Riley
Poem quotes James Whitcomb Riley from Lippincott, exploring aging and love. The speaker asks if affection will endure as days fade and vows to rest beside a beloved partner in quiet dusk.
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Mr. Nay
James Whitcomb Riley
Lippincott
Burglars and a Moral Lesson at Parley Farmhouse
Deacon Parley leaves two daughters at home with two thousand dollars and a stash for yellow fever relief. The front and back doors are left unguarded as he travels, and thieves raid the red closet. Kitty and Mattie fear punishment, but the missing loot is found hidden under a bed after the father returns and reveals a prank that tests their character.
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Deacon Parley
Sarey Ann
Kitty
Mattie
Parley
Kitty Parley
New York
John
Dusenbury’s
Selina
Tam
Moses Patch
Titty
Old Parley
Dusenburys
Mr. Parley
Old
Mushion Bazar
Nearly Buried Alive Mystery Nurse Saves Woman
A widow’s tale of a near premature burial aboard an island garrison. After a heart spasm and death verdict, a nurse’s lingering belief sparked revival as signs of life appeared despite mirror tests and lack of blood flow. Mustard, feathers, and reviving measures followed the strange episode.
Treasury cages and the Comptroller's currency guards
In the Treasury the Comptroller of the Currency revives a former practice of placing meaningfully described thirty or more ladies in iron cages to count currency. Each morning guards place large piles of notes before them and they count all day, with only a speaking tube to contact the Chief of the Bureau. The arrangement displeases the ladies.
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Bureau
Louisburg Commmercial
Washington Letter
An Heroic Remedy Time Quip In Comic Exchange
A humorous exchange from Time features a child declaring swallowing a mouse and a witty mother reply suggesting swallowing a trap, delivering a light domestic quip in a period voice. The brief item captures a quaint wartime style charm and playful family banter.
The Story of a Lemon Pie
A fragmentary note sketches a lemon pie tale with quirky lines about the pie and the fellows after tasting it. Recurrent misprints and odd phrasing hint at a humorous or satirical item from a past issue, though details remain unclear.
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Pittsburg
Vaile
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