Republican currency bill replaces Aldrich plan
Summary of an emerging Republican bill diverging from the Aldrich currency plan. It replaces emergency currency provisions with national clearing house banks, a 4 percent tax on initial circulation, rising to 10 percent, and a six by six currency commission. The piece notes accompanying testimony on newsprint pricing and other Senate House actions including Straus reappointment and Warner illness.
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Washington, D. C
House
Vreeland
New York
Clearing House Association
Currency Commission
Senate
United States
John Norris
New York Times
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
International Paper Company
Mann
Washington
D. C
Report on Grover Cleveland Cancer Rumor Prominent in Finance Circles
The Evening World highlighted a circulating rumor from the Equitable Life office claiming former President Grover Cleveland suffers from stomach cancer and that specialists have pronounced his case hopeless.
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Cleveland
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Grover Cleveland
Japanese Cruiser Matsushima Sunk After Explosion
Tokyo reports an explosion in the stern magazine of the Matsushima at Makang harbor. The cruiser sank to its bridge after 4:08 a.m. Thursday rescue boats from Hachidate and Itsukushima saved 141 including officers. The vessel carried about 355 regular crew and 50 cadets, totaling 415. about 175 saved and roughly 240 lost.
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Tokyo
Japan
Yoshimatsu
Matsushima
Makang
Pescadores Islands
Hachidate
Itsukushima
Washington, D. C
Taniguchi
Missouri Representative Opposes Prohibition in DC
Representative Bartholdt of Missouri argued before the house committee on the District of Columbia against a prohibition bill. He warned that without ceasing misrepresentations opponents would call for an inquiry into homes where female heads were lecturing and working for prohibition.
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Washington, D. C
Bartholdt
Missouri
House Committee On
District of Columbia
Tariff Revision Move On Ways and Means Panel
Serena Payne of New York chairing the committee on ways and means introduced a resolution authorizing the panel to sit during Congress recess. The aim is to gather information through government agents to prepare a bill for tariff revision.
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Washington, D. C
Serena Payne
New York
Committee On Ways and Means
Congress
Body of Glacier Guide Naghi Recovered After 21 Years
Glacier explorations on Monte Rosa yield the preserved body of guide Naghi found in an ice crevasse. He disappeared in summer 1887 while leading a party and was later identified by rescuers. The body was cut from the ice and brought to town for identification.
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Glacier Crevasse
Berne
Monterosa, Glacier
Naghi
Giant gas well strikes in Bald Hill pool near Tulsa
In Oklahoma oil fields excitement surrounds a giant gas well in the Bald Hill pool south of Tulsa. The gasser, on the Canadian Oil and Gas company lease, is estimated at 50 million cubic feet daily capacity and roars so loudly it can be heard fifteen miles away, resisting control efforts.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
New Bald Hill
Canadian Oil and Gas Company
Property dispute over pot of gold unearthed on Wisconsin farm
Louis Hoffman found a pot of gold valued at about $30,000 while plowing a farm near New London Wisconsin. He had just bought the farm from Mrs. John Schmall who now sues to reclaim the gold claiming she only sold the property.
Great Meeting of Physicians in Chicago AAMA 59th
More than 12 000 physicians from every state and several foreign countries are expected to gather in Chicago in the first week of June for the fifty ninth meeting of the American Medical Association.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Burglars Seize Safe From Newark Hotel
In daylight at the Union Avenue hotel in Irvington burglars carried off a 700 pound safe containing jewelry valued at about $3,000. They blew the safe open with nitroglycerine and escaped, leaving no immediate clues.
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Newark
N. J
Union Avenue
Irvington
Buying Paint Blindly
Consumers are urged to verify two core ingredients in paint white lead and linseed oil. Adulterants in white lead and adulterations in linseed oil can be detected with a blowpipe and tests. The National Lead Company of Woodbridge Building New York City offers a blowpipe kit and instructions on request.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge
Building
New York City
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offer and Foundational Wisdom
An 1880s ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure pays $100 for each case of catarrh not cured by the product. Frank J. Cheney swears to the assertion, noting the cure acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Also referenced are testimonials and a general note on the slow growth of good work and the need for solid foundations.
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State of
Onto
Toledo
Lucas Couty
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cunnery & Co
Hal
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Bancroft
Webster
Spohn
Cal
Spohn Medical CO
Sawmill in Louisiana Claims 600000 Feet Daily Capacity
Louisiana reports a steel sawmill with a daily capacity of 600000 feet, claimed as the largest in the country. The note also urges cautious use of Castoria for infants and children.
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Louisiana
Cocoanut Custard Pie Mix Promoted by D-Zerta
A Rochester New York firm D Zerta Food Co markets OUR-PIE Cocoanut Custard pie mix sold in 10 cent packets designed to make two pies. The copy warns against soggy pies and touts proper ingredients for proper flavor.
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D-Zerta Food Co
Rochester
N. Y
Red Cross Ball Blue Offers 2 oz Package for 5 Cents
Advertises Red Cross Ball Blue laundry blueing in a large 2 ounce package priced at five cents. Promises white clothes and clear results.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Teething Remedy
An 19th century advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children claiming gums are softened, pain eased, and wind colic relieved with a 25 cent bottle.
Woman Held in County Jail After Dementia On Burlington Train
Mrs. Co. Berry of Louisville Kentucky was removed from a Burlington train at Lincoln Nebraska on Thursday and placed in the county jail. She apparently became demented while en route to Denver.
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Lincoln, Neb
Co. Berry
Louisville
Denver
Bank Robberies Rise Across Minnesota in Nine Months
Investigation into the robbery of the Scandinavian bank at Stevens Minnesota this week reveals that in the past nine months 16 Minnesota banks have been robbed totaling 23497 dollars.
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St. Paul
Minn
Stevens
Minnesota
Burglars Break Into Santa Fe Depot Safe in Tulsa
In Tulsa Oklahoma burglars forced entry into the Santa Fe depot early Wednesday using nitro glycerine but failed to obtain any money or valuables. Local police investigated the break in.
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Tulsa
Santa Fe
Campaign Against Night Riders in Kentucky Urged
Acting under order of Gov. Willson, Adjutant General Johnston outlines plans for a vigorous campaign against night riders in Kentucky. The effort aims to curb violence and restore order across the state.
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Frankfort
Willson
Johnston
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