Legislators refuse votes to raise their own salaries
A roundup of disparate items notes Iowa legislators declining to vote themselves salary increases while other figures include deaths of Prof. R. Ogden Roremus in New York City and Seaman OD. D. Holly at Newport Rhode Island.
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Iowa
R. Ogden Roremus
New York City
The
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Seaman OD. D. Holly
Newport
R. I
Edward Pullman
Sodus
New York
Representative Dawson
Representative Overstreet
Ind
Republican Congressional Committee
Lyman and
Bridge
Uinta County
Wyo
Pat Crowe
Harriet Murphy Crowe
J.D. McNeill
Fayetteville
N. C
National Association of Iremen
Roanoke
Bonaparte
House Committee On Naval Affairs
B. Perkins
Burlington Railway
St. Joseph
St. Louis
France
United States
Mayflower
Long
Ferdinando
Fla
Novosti
Christian of
Denmark
House of Commons
Joseph Chamberlain
Transvaal
H. Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Washington
Chentung Liang Cheng
Grand Council of China
Russian National Assembly
Tauride
House of Representatives
Chicago Daily News
Charles T. Yerkes
City of
Chicago
Dunne
Knight
Yerkes
Dakota Wesleyan University
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Sketch of Gen John M Thayer Lincoln Nebraska statesman
The obituary outlines John M. Thayer born January 24 1820 in Bellingham Massachusetts who settled in Nebraska 1854. It details his roles as brigadier and major general in territorial forces, Civil War career under Grant, and later Nebraska governor and U S senator with key acts including protecting settlers from Indians and freeing captured Union soldiers. It notes his marriage to Mary Allen and that he died in Lincoln at eighty six, with a later reconciliation tale involving Governor Dietrich and James E Boyd.
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Billingham
Mass
Brown University
Nebraska
United States Volunteers
United States
Wyoming Territory
Gen
J. M. Thayer
Lincoln
The
Omaha Bee
Pierce
Buchanan
Thayer
Colum
John Milton Thayer
Bellingham
Washington
Elias and
Ruth (Staples) Thayer
Brown College
Isaac Davis
Worcester
Corporation
Seekonk
Mary Torrey Allen
John Allen
John M. Thayer, Jr
Dana Thayer
Frieze
Michigan
Elkhorn
Abraham Lincoln
Fremont
St. Louis
Grant
Pilot Knob
Hardee
White House
Senate
Fort Donelsen
Shiloh
Vicksburg Bluffs
Chickasaw Bayou
Sherman
Yazoo
Arkansas Post
Vicksburg
Department of
Leavenworth
Independence
Fort Leavenworth
Congress
Andrew Johnson
Wrominsterheer
Cf& Bce
Elantad Sever
Netraska
Ism
Ees Slaectien
Ib Frst
Onis Ihirdvesm
James E. Bord
Sime
Nebraske
Perers
Alwers
Omaha
Tharer
State Supreme Court
Federal Supreme Court
Boyd
Fuller
Grand Army of the Republic
John M. Thayer
State Department
State Capitol
C. H. Dietrich
Hastings
James E. Boyd
Supreme Court
Dietrich
Poynter
Holcomb
Furnas
Crounse
Sunflower Philosophy From Atchison Globe
A dated quotation from the Atchison Kansas Globe discusses social norms and hospitality. It muses on unions and overtime, banana dessert for children, church growth via building needs, small town envy of nearby cities, elder and younger sisters’ roles, and guests overstaying their welcome with a child.
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Atchison
Kan
Globe
Profanity as a Curative Theory Proposed by Doctor
A continental doctor argues that banning swearing by women causes most nerves in the gentle sex. He suggests expletives be taught at girls schools to relieve nervous ailments.
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London
Ancient Egyptian rope making traced to 2000 years before Christ
The earliest rope making dates back at least two millennia before Christ, with Egyptian sculptures proving the craft existed long before Jesus. The specific first rope maker and his land are unknown to history.
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Christ
Extraordinary casts shown at Surrey medical meeting
Plaster casts of a girl's feet measured sixteen inches in length were exhibited at the Croydon meeting of the Surrey branch of the Incorporated Medical Practitioners association. The girl is sixteen years old.
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Surrey
Incorporated Medical Practtiioners’ Association
Croydon
England
Seeing America Pacific Coast Round Trip Tickets
The Chicago and North Western Railway Passenger Department announces round trip tickets to Pacific Coast points for 75 dollars from Chicago. Valid daily June 1 to Sept 15 on fast limited trains with stopovers and conveniences. The Seeing America First movement aims to boost tourist travel, with expected large increases over previous seasons.
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Chicago & North-Western Railway
America
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Thoughts by the Way
A compact reflection on work and travel. It argues that lack of activity harms character and that money buys a house while love builds a home. It warns against unearned flattery and highlights the value of honest criticism and prudent investing. It cautions about forgiving without forgetting and notes married illusion versus reality.
Uncle Al Sparks Warns About Reading Shaping Character
Uncle Allen Sparks remarks that those who seek trouble will find it, and that bad reading leads to bad thinking. He emphasizes that what a person reads reflects their character.
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Uncle Allen Sparks
Amherst College Builds Largest Refracting Telescope in New Dagland
Travel broadens the minds of some sectors and the feet of others as Amherst College unveils what is described as the largest refracting telescope in New Dagland. The feature highlights campus science and public interest in astronomy.
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Amherst College
New Dagland
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure and Reward
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. It guarantees one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure and lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo as the makers and druggists as sellers.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
All Druget
Eta
Isl
Woman Opens Telegram Like A Jack-In-The-Box
A woman opens a telegram with a surprised, playful motion reminiscent of a child winding up a jack in the box. The moment captures a blend of curiosity and playful suspense.
Trust to Nature and the Golden Medical Discovery
An ad extols natural stomach and liver restoration using roots such as Golden Seal Queen's root Stone root Bloodroot Mandrake and Black Cherrybark. It touts Dr Pierce's Garden Medical Discovery a glycerine solvent tonic to revitalize nervous exhaustion thin blood and rich red blood through plant extracts without habit forming ingredients.
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Pierce
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Adcom
Wooman
Dammass
Yics
Fishte & Cooress
Uncle Allen
Trust
Lane
Sue Rowe
Gifford
Cardui
Canada
Ottawa
W. V. Bennett
New York Life
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