Coal and lobby battles roil Senate amid tariff debates
The piece reports Senate moves led by Senator Lodge to waive the tariff on Canadian coal amid rising prices and alleged abuses by the anthracite coal trust. It notes criticism of trust actions, potential antitrust scrutiny, and political maneuvers in Missouri and Washington over lobby influence. It also mentions a New York wheat voyage, military bravado rhetoric, tea coal tariff quip, and Guatemala's volcanic disaster impacting coffee and corn.
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Republican Party
Congress
Lodge
Senate
Anthracite Coal Trust
Wilksbarre
Jefferson City
Frank Farris
Farris
Solid Dykag
Missouri
Elec
Legislate
State Senate
Jones
New York
Great Britain
Brazil
United States
Reflections on faith and mortality in a preacher’s plea
A letter praises Christian doctrine and personal virtue, urging focus on the soul over wealth, condemning materialism, and urging unity among believers. It reflects on mortality, the mercy of death, and the need for genuine service and love beyond words. The piece references sermons in St. Louis churches and the central message of salvation through Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
God
Mammon
J. T. M. Johnson
Delaware Baptist Church
St. Louis
T. (. Carlson
Charles L. Chalfant
Grace Presbyterian Church
Woo McKittrick
First Presbyterian Church
Fied
Golden Wedding Milestone for Mr and Mrs J J Gross
Fifty years of marriage celebrated by Mr and Mrs J J Gross of Sweet Springs Missouri born in Naperville IL married December 28 1852. They reside in Sweet Springs since 1875 with seven children five attending today and several grandchildren visiting.
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J. J. Gross
Sweet Springs
John Gross
Naperville
Gross
Daniel
Winnepeg
Walter
Washington
John
Sedalia
Edward
Marshall, Mo
August Elsner
James Magnes
Grant Fulkerson
Salt Springs
Germany
America
Plains
Hall's Catarrh Cure testimonial and oath of payment
Frank J. Cheney of Toledo declares his firm will pay one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notarized oath dates December 6, 1886 and cites distribution through F. J. Ghenney & Co. Noted claims state the remedy is taken internally and acts on the blood and mucus surfaces. Sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
A. W. Gleason
Notary Public Hall
F. J. Ghenney & CO
Ohio
Bell's Home Cement advertised for agents nationwide
An Ohio style sales pitch promotes Bell's home cement as universal repair for homes, claiming waterproof fireproof and metal resistant limits. It promises agents earnings from five to twenty five dollars daily and invites readers to write for details and territory. Manufactured by C. B. Bell & Co. 512 East Eleventh Street Seralia.
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United States
C. B. Bell & Co
East Eleventh Street
Seralia
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George H. Sci
Walter J. Bri
Sedasta Sentinel
Se Telephones
Bell
Queen City
Mail
Postpard
Post
J. R. Baldwin
Aoe
The
Sentinel
Sedalia, Mo
Sedalia and
Pettis County
Gaines
Tennessee
Mr. Payne
Guatemala
Santa Maria
J.J. Gross
Panam
State of
T.c. Hall
Wood
Frank Hennessy
Harry B. Smith
Belles
Madison Square Theatre
Warren
Q.C
Buxast Fifteenth Street
Secalia, Mo
EE. Johnston
Ohio St
Ladies and
Sell “Bell
Houme
Sedalia National Bank
E. R. Blair
Drs. Dunkin
Osteopathic Physicians
Hoffman
Salvona
Pine St. St. Louis, Mo
Kansas City
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Texas
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
Birmingham
Memphis
Opercinger Traffic Department
Panommercial Building
Saint Louis
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