Squire Woodman Uses Screen Prank to Show Absence
Chicago Tribune notes Squire Woodman of the Fourth Chicago district uses a blue baize screen and his overcoat as visible signs while he wanders Capitol. other congressmen head to cloakrooms, but his retreating room presence remains unnoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Woodman
Chicago
Reed
House of Representatives
Woodman
Capitol
Senate
House
Chicago Tribune
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises $100 Reward for Cure
An old advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces promises cure and offers $100 for failures. Also promotes Dr Kilne's Nerve Restorer and other patent medicines with testimonials and free trial bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Tor
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Fisii
Horseless Carriages to Enter Cleveland Transit System
Cleveland plans a gasoline powered carriage network with fixed schedules on streets. Wealthy locals form a partnership to launch a big corporation, with first carriages ordered and part of the system expected by June 1. German noiseless motors will power the vehicles, with a fare of 249 cents citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Germany
Their Day of Freedom Emancipation Day Proposed in South
A large Memphis gathering of prominent colored men endorsed January 1 as a national Emancipation Day to celebrate the proclamation. Speakers included John M. Langston, J. B. Knox, and John R. Ruffin. A three rep per state committee will set a meeting place for the 1897 celebration. Notables present included J. M. Hill, Isaiah Montgomery, M. W. Gibbe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Memphis
John M. Langston
J. B. Knox
Little Rock
John R. Ruffin
J. M. Hill
Isaiah Montgomery
Mississippi
M. W. Gibbe
Arkansas
Virginia
Bound to Have One Rena McKay Marries Ed Bullard in Hasty Ceremony
Miss Rena McKay and Richard Ray planned to wed in Greensburg but Ray settled for 25. A friend, Ed Bullard, spirited Miss McKay and her father away, returning with smiles. The couple then obtained a marriage license from the county clerk and wed at 7 pm.
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Rena McKay
Richard Ray
Greensburg, Ltd
Squire Powers
Ray
Ed Bullard
Bullard
Potter Palmer Sends $1000 to Atlanta Exposition Women
Potter Palmer of Chicago sent a $1000 check to Mrs Joseph Thompson president of the women's department of the Atlanta exposition. The money may fund future Woman's building plans or any charity she chooses. Palmer praised the Atlanta women's work and hopes the gift supports a permanent enterprise for women's advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Palmer
Chicago
Joseph Thompson
Thompson
Palmer
Atlanta
Astronomers Seek Japan Eclipse Voyage With Education Board Consent
A quartet of astronomers hopes to travel to Japan on May 20 to observe and photograph the total solar eclipse on August 9. They seek approval from the University of California regents and the Oakland school board to undertake the expedition, noting the northern region of Japan offers the closest view to Earth.
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University of California
Oakland Board of Education
Japan
Sale of Girls By Italians Revived Near Dunbar Pennsylvania
The practice of selling wives by Italians in the coke regions around Dunbar is revived with the sale of a 15 year old girl to an Italian for 00. The father had previously been offered 6200 but was outbid, and the daughter passed to the highest bidder.
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Dunbar
The Romance of the Dingley Twins and the Bold Senators
A forthcoming novelette in the Congressional Record mocks political actors. The work, described by OUF as an esteemed contemporary, signals satirical treatment of legislative figures.
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Dingley Twins
Inside the New York Docks A Freight Mississippi Scene
A vivid description of the Mississippi dock scene in New York shows three days to discharge six thousand tons of goods. Bales of hops flour coffee meat lard and pig lead fill a vast chamber while boxes furs and musical instruments await inspection. Horses and cattle numbered two hundred forty seven and eight hundred sixteen respectively, with cargo stored across multiple holds and decks.
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Ali Baba
New York
London
North River
Orpheus
Mississippi
New York Herald
Chicago donor plans Kelly Memorial chapel at University of Chicago
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Kelly of Chicago, already funding a 60,000 women's dormitory, plans a 100,000 chapel on campus to honor her brother. The university currently has no chapel building, and details reference the Kelly Memorial chapel project amid campus development.
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Elizabeth G. Kelly
Chicago
University of Chicago
Kelly
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Relief for Dyspepsia
A testimonial notes sour stomach waterbrush burning pain and nausea eased by Hood's Sarsaparilla. The remedy is praised as a blood purifier that tones the stomach and digestive organs, invigorates the liver and appetite, and promotes sleep and general health. The speaker claims 12 years of suffering from sour stomach improved.
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Hood
Hood's Sarsaparilla Report Aids Leominster Family
Mrs Mee Era Beany of Leominster Massachusetts reports severe stomach pain nausea and faintness for six years then improved after using Hood's Sarsaparilla. She says her husband and son also benefited with back and grip pains and she now plans to keep the remedy in the house.
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Hood
Leominster
Mass
Sarsaparilla Advert for One Tree Blood Purifier
An old advertisement touts Sarsaparilla in the One Tree Blood Purifier with druggists offering the tonic for $1. The copy mentions cures for liver troubles and hooded pills claimed by vendors.
Tom Scott the millionaire lum berlman story from Wisconsin
T. G. Curtis of Lowville recalls meeting Tom Scott in Milwaukee in the forties and helping him secure a new stock by signing a joint note. Curtis once aided a young man with land warrants who later prospered in New York as a leading dry goods merchant, with Scott’s revival starting from that aid.
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Lowville
Columbia County
Tom Scott
Curtis
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
New York City
New York
the Rapids
Scott
Mr. Curtis
Midwaukee
Etiquette Across Nations Kissing Customs Provokes Debate
An English journal critiques royal and international kissing customs noting Portugal’s king and the English aristocracy engage in kissing. It contrasts American handshakes and female hugging with French Italian displays and Spanish hand kissing, highlighting global etiquette variations and social reactions.
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Portugal
America
France
Italy
Spain
Madrid
London
Education and matrimony clash in a sharp quip
A man notes that student sociology questions if education harms marriage, singling out women's education. She agrees, then he hesitates, finally admitting past lessons. The exchange ends with a wry bite about men’s slow hints and quick impact from an ax.
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Soci
Ehe
Ele
Chicago
Prayer and Interior Speech Mentioned by Mme Swetel
An excerpt discusses prayer as an inner expression beyond spoken words, highlighting Mme Swetel’s reflection on the ineffable nature of inner prayer and speech.
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Mme. Swetel
The Butcher and His Customers
In a Boston Transcript excerpt Griddlerack confronts Cleaves over a leg of mutton priced 14 to 18 cents while Rabbage and Babbage figure in a dispute about weight and cheating. Cleaves confesses to underhanded pricing to Rabbage and reveals tension with a close buyer.
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Griddlerack
Cleaves
Rabbage
Babbage
Boston Transcript
Prisoner wages vary by country with France example
The Chicago Record notes European prisons allow partial earnings. In France prisoners earn about 35 cents daily, half spent on food clothing and postage with administration approval, the other half saved for discharge. Three year prisoners credit about 50 dollars, four years about 70, five years around 90.
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France
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
Russia
Sweden
Denmark
Chicago
Not go away Superior in Indians names and sarcasm
A dialogue shows a sarcastic exchange about names between a Paleface figure and an Indigenous man. The Native character mocks the other for a "civilized" name, asking for his true name as the exchange escalates to mock praise and derision. The scene centers on identity and cultural references in a brief, abrupt quarrel.
Ed Swanson credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
In Red Wing Minnesota Ed Swanson age 24 recounts a thirteen year battle with a crippling illness. After trying doctors and patent remedies he finds relief with Dr Williams Pink Pills taking six boxes and regaining ability to walk and work. The ad extols pills as a blood and nerve tonic and promotes purchase through druggists or the manufacturer in Schenectady New York.
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Red Wing
Minn
Edwin Swanson
White Rock
Goodhue County
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Col Joseph L Follett and Paine's celery compound
Col Joseph L Follett of New York once commanded Battery G at Lookout Mountain and later became an inventor. He credits Paine's celery compound with restoring his health during nervous exhaustion and endorses it as a general regulator of the system.
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Joseph L. Follett
New York
Col. Follett
Missouri Light Artillery
Lookout Mountain
Wells & Richardson Co
Burlington, Vt
Paine
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California
Roya
Mis
John Herschel
Tey Geawea
Newport
Macy Pbpeidta
Penee
Dave” Bola
Saveote
Ment
IM Exchange
Eslackwell
Durham Tobacco
Blackwell
Durham Tobacco CO
Durham
N. C
Metann
Michigan
Dolis
Tow Scott
Paleface
Noble Red Man
Iglehart
Eagle Heart
Col
Sheridan
Phelpa
Dartmouth
Paines
Phelps
Walter Baker & Co
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
Allcock
Blumauer-Frank Drug CO
Postiano
Moore
Tee
Thonsanda
Willamette Row
Tland, Ore
BLN & Black Clothing Company
Portland
Fillmore Sareeta
Ferry
PLN
F.N.U
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