Bryan and Railroad Men Advance Car Coupler Bill
A Sacramento Bee summary recounts how William Jennings Bryan backed the Fifty Second Congress Car Coupler Bill to protect railroad workers. It notes lobbyists opposing it, a pivotal February 21 1893 floor vote, and Bryan's urging that even few members could secure passage for humane safety gains.
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Congress
United States
Bryan
House
Crisp
Haines
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Warcely
Speaker
A. Caminett
Sacramento Bee
Considine admits fight with McCoy was fake
George Considine former manager for Corbett publicly admitted yesterday the fight with Kid McCoy was staged as a fake. Bryan spoke in Chicago to large enthusiastic crowds throughout the day. Empress Dowager to be removed from Chinese government. Southern Pacific directors in New York elected Charles F Hayes as President. Terry McGovern defeated Joe Bernstein in seven rounds in Louisville for featherweight title. Pao Ting China inquiry into missionary outrage sentences death for several officials. Passaic county grand jury indicts McAllister Kerr Campbell Death for murder and rape. Ex Mayor William T Strong dies in New York City at 3 AM. born in 1827 in Ohio.
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George Considine
Corbett
Kid McCoy
Bryan
Chicago
Southern Pacific Company
New York
Charles F. Hayes
Terry McGovern
Joe Bernstein
Louisville
Pao Ting
China
Tien Yang
Wang Hung On
Kin
Passaic County
New Jersey
McAllister
Kerr
Campbell
Jennie Bosswiiter
William T. Strong
New York City
Ohio
The School Girl and The Dangers of School Years
A health notice warns that girls face physical dangers during school years and notes common symptoms. It urges mothers to monitor daughters' health and promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a safe aid to pass the transition to womanhood.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Trib Company endorsements from Nevada liverymen and local note
A Nevada Virginia City report quotes Biroth and Morgan successors of Peterson and Samuels in praise of Trib healing liniment for horses and animals with testaments from Mooney of Pioneer Stables. The piece cites James Reed injuring his leg, then using Chamberlain’s Salve for a rapid recovery, and advertises Pain Balm and One Minute Cough Cure by Brown Bros. Drugists.
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Comstock
Virginia City
Biroth & Morgen
Peterson & Samuels
Oakland
California
William J. Mooney
Pioneer
A. M. Cole
Biroth & Morgan
Messrs
WM. J. Mooney
Pioneer Stables
B Street
Nevada
James Reed
Chamberlain
Reed
Clay ‘Court House
W. Va
Brown Bros
Mrs Camp praises Lydia Pinkham remedy for daughter
Mrs Marion A Camp of Manchester Mill Macon Ga writes that her nineteen year old daughter has constant flow for three months and weak health. The letter praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as effective and asks for Mrs Pinkham's advice before use. A second note from Mrs Matiupa A Camp confirms improvement and calls the medicine the best she has known.
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Matiipa A. Camp
Manchester Ly
Banana Peel Slip Causes Severe Leg Fracture in Grass Valley
A pedestrian, Dr. G. C. Willis of Grass Valley California, slipped on a banana peel and fell striking his left leg. Both bones broke, the fracture described as very serious. The item also lists various patent medicines and local advertising phrases from the period.
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G. C. Willis
Grass Valley
Cal
Sunday Church Services and Union Pacific Adverts
An old newspaper column lists a Methodist church evening sermon with stereopticon, a full day service order from Sunday school to evening preaching, and welcomes all. It also contains ads for Union Pacific travel assurances, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, and DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve with warnings about counterfeits.
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Methodist Church
DeWitt
DeWitt's
Brown Bros
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Bryan and Railroad Men
Farrington
Carbon
Ste
BE. W. Groves
A. Donale
Sa Beriain
A. Donahue
M. B
South Preteastant
Paroert
Dottie
Chamberalin
Druggis
Eazy
House OF Representatives
Grown Bros
W. H. Lewis
Epworth Leage
Uo, C. Klng
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Salt Lake
Denver
F. B. Choate
Salt Lake City
Southern Pacific
Diehl’s Book Store
Bridge
Strst
Winnemucca
C, Diehl
Felix Poulin
Bridge Street
E. Kennedy
Kennedy
Dave
Rose
New
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