The American Congress Reporters and Their Stenographic System
The piece details how official House reporters, using Pitman shorthand, capture debates as they unfold. It notes the 1843 adoption, the role of printers, and the unique speed and accuracy required to produce timely, near verbatim Congressional Record entries.
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Congress
House of Representatives
Fryat
Alor
Amamanuensis
Isaac Pityan
United States
House
Globe
Bisine
Andrew J. Graham
Prine
Benn Pinan
Graham
Thor and
Chamber
Tribune
France
Chamber of Deputies
House of Commons
Hanserd
Bngland
Gladstone
England
Borges
American Congress
Germany
Canada
Reporters of Congress
Washington
Senate
The
Andrew Jackson
Congressional Globe
Government Printing Office
Blaine
Tomber
Speaker
Hagh
Eny
Condi
Van
French Chamber of Deputies
Famine in India Faces Mass Starvation Across Regions
Reports describe a vast famine in a 1000 by 60 mile Indian region where 90 million people face starvation and pestilence as grain crops fail. Death toll climbs by 12,000 monthly and worst cases show families selling children to obtain food while rail lines see starving crowds begging at stations.
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India
Neil Jions
Honor for Maceo draws Cubans to New York rally
About 1,500 Cubans and friends honor Maceo in New York as speakers recount his death and deeds. Women, sisters, wives and mothers of Cuban soldiers join, weeping and cheering, expressing continued resolve to secure independence for the island.
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New York
Maceo
Cuba
Lonor
Wally
Heroic Cuban Patriots Stripped to Aid Liberty
The excerpt recalls women surrendering rings watches and necklaces to aid the native land, a sacrifice reflecting the Cuban fight for liberty. It praises Maceo as a heroic figure whose name remains a powerful symbol of resistance and martyrdom.
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Cuda
Bberis
Maceo
Brazilian coffee sale linked to debt payments at Hamburg
The Brazilian treasury delegate to the London Times notes 34000 bags of Brazilian coffee sold in Hamburg may be a government consignment to the Rothschilds of London to cover interest on external debt and says the Rothschilds are ready with funds. Charles B. Parrish, a leading Pennsylvania coal operator, died suddenly in Philadelphia.
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London Times
Hamburg
Roraschilds
London
Treasury
Rothschilds
Charles B. Parrish
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Charles H Bell Big Inauguration Committee Leader
Charles H Bell heads the McKinley Inauguration Committee. He is connected to the Bell telephone lineage and leads the banking and civic efforts in Washington. He studied at Dublin University and has lived in England and Canada shaping communications and finance. He now presides over the American Security Trust Company and guides inauguration management.
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Charles H. Bell
Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Charles HL Eat
England
David Charles Bell
Georgetown
Dublin University
Tnengerstion
Canada
Imperial Bank
Dororio
Jsso
United Sttates
American Security Trust Company
Washington
Reckless Banking Methods Across Newspapers Cited
A collage of 19th century editorials criticizing the National Bank of Illinois and the Chicago bank failures. The pieces condemn bank officers, call for accountability, and compare mismanagement to theft, noting examiner limits and the need for stricter oversight. The excerpts reference several city papers and voices.
Navy official headed to Mare Island inspection board
Commander J. C. Morning is ordered to Mare Island navy yard as senior member of the inspection board. The Standard Cordage Company of Boston resumes operations after nearly three years, employing about 400 workers. Baltimore grain shipments to foreign ports in December set a record with 76 ships clearing and carrying a large cargo.
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J. C. Mornng
Mare Island Navy Yard
Standard Cordage Company
Boston
Baltimore
Social and economic contrast of gold and silver states
The document outlines a statistical comparison of states that voted to maintain the gold standard versus those favoring silver. It reports population shares, literacy gaps, school spending, real estate values, farm land worth, mortgage encumbrance, manufacturing output, wages, and silver production, highlighting the political and economic implications of the gold versus silver standard debate. The analysis criticizes the silver states for lower literacy and economic indicators and discusses depositors in savings institutions and broader fiscal considerations.
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Commonwealth
Morton
South
Colorado
Division of Statistics
Iris
Silver Standard
Chicago Chronicle
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Ie Ovba
Freedom
Slinvis “National ] Bank
Chicago
Washington Post
National Bank of
Iinois
Port
Oregonian
Tienois National Bank of Chicago
Louisville
Atemphis
National Bank of Iinois
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
National Bank of Ilinois
Hammond
New York Journal
New York World
Pittsburg
Dispatch
Wagton
Wesler
Memphis
Louisville Courier-Journal
Palmer
Kentucky
Tass
Sim
Union
Reneneky
Tuien
Cleveland
Carlisle
Ange
Payal Tizintesance
Casares
Sil Eren
Sion
Dnet
Sioux
City Journal
Wes Eo
Berar
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