Senate Passes Teller Concurrent Resolution in 47 to 32 Vote
Washington January 29 after a heated week long debate the Senate passed the Teller concurrent resolution by 47 to 32 reaffirming silver coinage for US bonds noting the 1578 stanley matthews precedent and rejecting lodge amendments. The house meanwhile approved 258000 damages payment to a Methodist church publishing company after a filibuster ending 188 to 67.
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Washington
Senate
Stanley Matthews
Ison
United States
Congress
Ita
Lodge
Aves
Noes
Allison
Burrows
McKinley
Carter
Chandler
Clark
Pritchard
Shoup
Warren
Wolcott
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Cooper
Friends of
Corona Wrecked Off Skeena River Coast
A Victoria dispatch reports the steamship Corona wrecked near Lewis Island at the Skeena river mouth after leaving Seattle with 225 passengers on January 20 bound for Southeast Alaska ports. Passengers were landed on Kennedy Island and all freight lost. The 220 foot screw propeller ship built in Philadelphia in 1888 had operated along the coast and was to be retired to the Southern California division on its return.
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Seattle
Wash
the Times
Victoria
Corona
Alaska Porta
Lewis Island
Skeena River
Kennedy Island
Philadelphia
California
San Francisco
San Diego
Southern California
Wreck of the Corona Reported Near Skeena River
The steamer Corona struck a rock near the Skeena river mouth and began sinking. Passengers were saved to Kennedy Island as the Al-Ki and Coquitlam were sent to aid. The ship likely totaled with cargo lost. details remain uncertain from Danube passengers.
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Nanaimo
B. C
Departure Bay
Skeenw River
Kennedy Island
Al-Ki
Sheila
Goldsvclers
Union Steamship Company
Coquitlam
Skeena River
Wreck of British steamer Matura near Sealer's Cove
Information from Montevideo reports the British steamer Matura wrecked at Sealer's Cove on January 12. The captain, three passengers, the ship's doctor and part of the crew reached Sandy Point in Magellan Straits boats. others remain aboard the wrecked vessel. In Houston Texas a separate notice details Patrick Gibson shot dead before midnight near his office, and Mary Burke witnessing a man fleeing after the fatal shot.
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Montevideo
Wellington
London
Sealer's Cove
Sandy Point
Straits of Magellan
Houston
Tex
Patrick J. Gibson
Southern Pacific
Gideon
Mary Burke
Wheat market remains in a narrow range amid mixed foreign signals
Weekly market letter notes traders faced diverse foreign news yet kept to a narrow trading range. Argentina export estimates vary from 15 to 46 million bushels, influencing prices if crop prospects hold. Domestic stocks, millers’ holdings in Minnesota and the Dakotas, and cash premiums over May affect cash transactions and the bull outlook.
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Commission
Weet
Leiter
Liverpool
Argentina
United Kingdom
Brazil
California
Seaboard
Northwest
Minnesota
Dakotas
Commodity Prices From Wheat to Wool Across Regions
A long list of farm markets shows varied prices for Wheat, Barley, Millstuffs, Hay, Potatoes, Onions, Butter, Cheese, Poultry, Eggs, Wool, Mutton, Hogs, Beef, Veal, and fresh meats. Regional quotes include Oregon and Washington entries with per unit and per ton figures and per box prices for fruits.
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Walla Walla
Oregon
Oregon Burbanks
ISPG
Wool—Valley
Washington
California
Puget Sound
Prices of farm produce and goods from Oregon and California markets
A fragmented list shows per pound and per ton prices for grains and feeds such as Northern For8e, Milletufia-Middlings, Cal ifornia bran, and hops. It also lists onions, eggs, cheese, citrus fruit, dried fruits, freeh fruit, and potatoes with regional notes and varying quality terms.
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Nevada
Oregon
California
Isabella
Hutter
Gold by the Ton Stirs Alaska Letters From Dunson City
A Portland letter from William J. Jones reports vast gold yields in Alaska. Four to five tons ready for shipment in Dawcon City, crates and cans of gold seen in cabins, and a bustling, tense camp with high money flow.
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Portland
William J. Jones
Dunson City
United States
Dawcon City
Eboborado Creek
Miner Reports Rich Oregon Ledge with Free Gold
A Bohemia district miner returned Tuesday with exceptionally rich ore samples from a 75 foot tunnel. The ledge is 10 feet wide, with a 1 foot free gold streak that assays $30,000 per ton, and the remaining nine feet yield free milling ore at $500 per ton.
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Bohemia
Oregon
Oldest pure glass lion head with Egyptian king name
The British Museum holds the oldest pure glass figure bearing a lion head and a tie. It is inscribed with the name of an Egyptian king from the 11th Dynasty.
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British Museum
Bruises and Burns Cured by St. Jack Oi Says Detective Note
The article argues bruises from hard knocks stain the skin with black and blue colors not fashion items. It praises St. Jack Oi as the best cure and notes guards may indicate injuries. Detectives check if shoplifters wear gloves, claiming professionals never work with gloves on.
Elusive Healing Schemes and Odd Notices Across States
A lithic row of oddities from old papers includes fanatics trying to heal a rheumatic woman by immersion, a Georgia minister charging admission for a ginger cake contest, Portsmouth high school girls selling self styled street sandwiches, a Milwaukee probate court showing a dead man’s stomach to challenge a will, and calls to use Stomach Bitters for ailments.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Women workers prone to faintness backache and headaches
A clipped report notes that girls employed in stores offices or factories are especially prone to disease when on their feet. Early symptoms include backache groin pain headaches dizziness and faintness impacting their ability to work.
Open Letter on Castoria Trademark Rights and Advertisements
An 1897 notice claims exclusive rights to the name PITCHER'S CASTORIA with Dr Samuel Pitcher asserting origin and warning others against using his signature on wrappers. The document also includes various endorsements and products, including medical cures, curiosities, and a note about a potato grown in Kansas.
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Samuel Pitcher
Hyannis
Massachusetts
Pitcher's Castoria
Chas
H. Fletcher
Mothers of America
Centaur Company
Chas, H. Fletcher
Samuel Pitcher, M.D
Various 19th Century Innovations and Oddities Collected
A survey of curiosities including a patent for pastel labels on tins, a horned rabbit shot in Chase County Kansas, infant schools in New Lanark 1815, railway collisions in Canada, archaic metals count rising to 651, cultural notes on obedience and punishment, Dr Woodward’s rheumatism cure, an electrical dental mallet, a cycler lamp brake patent, pen ink microbes warning, Saville Kent’s owl mimicry, leather’s continued dominance, and a Chicago engineers convention backing a 21 foot Chicago river channel and Nicaragua canal funding.
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Chase County
Kansas
W. T. Woodward
New York
Marpmann
Leipsic
the Motherhood of Steam Shovel and Drevige Engineers
Chicago
Chicago River
Nicaragua Canal
Public Figures in Brief: Gould Heiress Purchases Italian Palazzo
A glimpse of rich in action as Anna Gould buys the Palazzo della Scala in Verona to adorn a new Paris palace with Tiepolo ceilings. John M. Langston, aged about 68, is noted for his Howard University legacy and historic service to Virginia in Congress. James H. Eckels retires as controller of the currency and promotes independent public leadership in Chicago.
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Dyea
Skagway
BE. O. Lamphere
M. P. Gilbert
Chicago
Alaska
Aml
Nowell
Slim
San Quentin
J. M. Fowler
Lake Lindermann
J. Kay
San Francisco
Noyo
Anna Gould
Boniface de Castellane
Tiberius
Palazzo Della Scala
Verona
Tiepolo
Paris
Gould
John M. Langston
Howard University
Hayes
Hayti
Virginia
Congress
James H. Eckels
Cure for Consumption Promises Free Medical System
An advertisement extols T A Slocum M D of New York as a world class chemist with a new system of medicine claiming to cure consumption and bronchial illnesses. It offers three free bottles to readers and urges immediate correspondence with full address to Santa Fe New Mexico notes rats mice and cats absent due to rarefied air.
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Dr. Slocum
Pine Street
New York City
Pasteur
Slocum
T. A. Slocum
America
Europe
M. D
Pinestreet
New York
Genome
Santa Fe
New Mexico
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Teller
Sealers Cove
Weekly Market Letter
Wortland Market
San Francisco Market
Dawson City
Lindemann
T. R. Needham
Stickeen River Journal
Fort Wrangel
Juneau
J. J. McKay
Dawson
Tacoma
White Horse Rapids
McKay
Yukon
J. W. Ivey
Tia
Eider
Sullivan
Yaquina
Kieh
Slocum Laboratory
NEW Crazy Sect
Connecticut
Georgia
Portsmouth
N. IL
Sondwich
Girls IN Stores
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Bavie Regal
THE
Wesegn Novelty Seed CO
Buckner, MO
Germany
Spandaou
Thia
State OF
Cho
Janac
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Rank J. Cheney
A. D
A.W. Gleason
Hall
Joe Rune
F.j.c
John Graham
Abilene
Kan
Salomon
Manly Strength Mason Chemical CO
P.O. Boa
Pacific Coast Syraur Co
New Lanark
Scotland
England
South Shore
Grand Trunk
St. Lambert
Canada
Augnat Bourbon
James Coudry
Saville Kent
Morepork
California Fig Syrup CO
Cal
Louisville
Aly
Brie Medical Co
Erie Medical CO
Suse
Heaton
Iego
Portia
Vead
Inter Army
Exlee
Wil Be
Dr. Sanden
Indies
Sanden Electric Belt CO
West Washington St
Portland, Or
Catsiogaionste
FC Aleer
la Croskr
Perry
D. M. Ferry & CO
Detroit
Mich
Moore
Draemnie
Sewart & H * Drug Co
ST Portland, OR
N. Pr
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