Amusing Tales and Notices From a Bygone Era
Richard Croker recalls two humorous Sheriff Dunn tales amid a mix of social quips and brief notices. The column threads political anecdotes with a Beauchamp era blue ticket embarrassment, factory outputs, patent jingles, and assorted product pitches.
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Richard Croker
New York
Sheriff Dunn
Thomas Dunn
Dann
Croker
Congress Passes Large Appropriation Bill and Porto Rico Measures
Washington actions March 19 to 28 show Congress approving the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill over 825 million and a commission to adjudicate Spain war claims, with pension and Porto Rico items. Debates, resolutions on Alaska fortifications, open door talks about China, and a Grant memorial design allocation also occur alongside routine district and public notices from the period.
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Senate
Washington
United States
Spain
Morgan
Porto Rico
Philippines
Hull
Committee On Military Affairs
Sulzer
Secretary of War
House
Alaska
Downing Street
Hay
Lord Salisbury
South Africa
Allen
Guam
Cuba
Fettigrew
Philippine Commission
Davis
Committee On Post Offices
Pettigrew
Secretary of State
Department
Oliver P. Morton
Houer
Ulysses S. Grant
Paris
I Ilustrious
Cummings
New York
China
Shrewd Boers Offer to Lend Portugal 86 Million
George W. Van Siellen, head of the American council for the South African republics, offers Portugal a loan of 6 million dollars to pay the Delagoa Bay award from the Geneva arbitration. The move aims to pressure Britain and block any Lisbon compromise that could affect the Transvaal and Orange Free State.
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Portugal
New York
George W. van Siellen
America
Transvaal
Washington
Britain
Lisbon
Orange Free State
Stikers Win Nine Hour Day in Cleveland Strikes
Machinists in Cleveland announce that twelve shops granted a nine hour day with ten hours pay. About 2,500 machinists resume work at those plants. No disorder reported as negotiations conclude at headquarters.
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Cleveland
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
A classic advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for backache and female health issues. It claims thirty years of use, stresses its suitability as a women's medicine, and invites readers to send letters and seek free counseling from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Archie Young
Oaks Ave
West Superior
Wis
Tecgrambendins Swanson
Alexander Futrell
Vaundale
Ark
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