Palmistry promises in Demorest's Magazine as life lines and shapes reveal fate
The ad explains palm lines and finger shapes predicting life span, brain power, fortune, heart, health and will. It touts Demorest's Family Magazine as entertaining for the whole home with fashion pages patterns and a 1894 subscription offer of $2 for over $25 value, plus a sample copy.
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Demorest
Demorest’s
Venus
Ite
W. Jennings Demorest
East 14Th St
New York
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Moon
Mercury
Pension Committee Clashes Over Invalid Pensions Policy
Washington March 1 Republicans confront the pension bureau over suspending pensions citing a December proviso making pensions a vested right. Chairman Martin hints at an ironclad measure to enforce congressional policy. The house debates opening bureau files to pensioners and their attorneys with Pickler backing disclosure and a minority plan. lines to be sharply drawn.
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Wasuington
Committee On
Pension Bureau
Martin
Indiana
House
Commissioner of Pensions
Tawney
Minnesota
Interior Department
Congress
Pickler
South Dakota
Bureau
Pension Office
Injunction Bars Lochren From Reducing Pension
Judge Cox grants a technical injunction stopping Commissioner Lochren from cutting pension payments from 75 to 50 dollars a month. The ruling notes Lochren may have power to review predecessors but applies only on procedural grounds due to insufficient 30 day notice.
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Washington
Cox
District Supreme Court
Charles D. Long
Michigan Supreme Court
Commissioner of Pensions
Lochren
Long
Minnesota Republican League calls state convention in Minneapolis
President Goodnow of the Minnesota State League of Republican clubs issues a call for a state convention to meet at Harmonia hall on March 28. Officers will be elected and delegates chosen for the national convention at Denver on June 25. Governor McKinley to speak at the exposition building. reduced railroad rates announced.
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Goodnow
Minneapolis
Minnesota State League of Republican Clubs
Harmonia Hall
Denver
McKinley
Exposition Building
Fort Dopez Livery Barn Fire Burns 28 Horses
A blaze swept Colby Bros.' livery barn in Fort Dopez In March 2 destroying the building and 28 horses. The cause remains unknown and authorities investigate the incident.
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Fort Dodge
Fort Dopez
Colby Bros
Carter Harrison Memorial Rising in Barre Vermont
The monument to Chicago mayor Carter H. Harrison is nearly complete in Barre Vermont on March 2. Standing 40 feet high of Barre granite it cost about 5000 dollars. The only inscription lists his name and birth and death years.
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Carter Harrison
Barre
Carter H. Harrison
Chicago
Governor Reinstates Fort Madison Warden McMillan
Des Moines reports Governor Jackson has reinstated Warden McMillan at Fort Madison penitentiary after a legislative inquiry found no theft but misapplied funds to different state purposes. The suspension by Governor Boies last summer was lifted following the inquiry.
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Des Moines
Jackson
McMillan
Fort Madison
Boies
Frank J Cheney oath firm promise on catarrh cure
Frank J Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney Co of Toledo swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason notes the oath dated December 6, 1886. Cure sold by druggists for 75 cents with testimonials promised from Malvelgas.
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Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
Hall
A. W. Gleason
Efforts to Gain Interior Approval for Cherokee Nation Bonds Sale
Representatives of B T Wilson and Co of New York City seek the secretary of the interior's approval for a contract to sell bonds of the Cherokee nation. The treasury solicitor ruled the contract unlawful, and the drive aims to reverse that ruling.
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Washington
B. T. Wilson & Co
New York City
Secretary of the Interior
Solicitor of the Treasury
From Private to Paymaster General
Omaha report on Colonel Thaddeus H. Stanton’s promotion from chief paymaster of the department of La Platte to assistant paymaster general of the army with headquarters in Washington D C. Stanton, from Washington Iowa, began as a private at the war’s outbreak and has risen through the ranks.
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Omaha
Thaddeus H. Stanton
Department of la Platte
Army
Washington, D. C
Stanton
Washington
Labor Bureau Would Not Become Cabinet Department
Commissioner Carroll D Wright opposed a bill by Representative Doolittle to transform the labor bureau into a government department with a cabinet head. He argued against enlarging the bureau’s scope and powers before the house committee on labor.
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Washington
Carroll D. Wright
Bureau of Labor
House Committee On Labor
Doolittle
Labor Bureau
Wright
Northwestern Postmasters Nominated by President
The president sent nominations to the senate for postmasters in several cities including Caspar Weckman in Detroit City Minnesota 8 B Drury in Wabasha Edward F Barrett in Le Seust H C Clancy in Glendive Nelson Bower in Darlington and Lewis S Bailey in Oconto Wisconsin and H C Clancy in Glendive Montana.
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Northwestern
Washington
Senate
Caspar Weckman
Detroit City
Minn
B. Drury
Wabasha
Edward F. Barrett
le Seust
H. C. Clancy
Glendive
Mon
Nelson Bower
Darlington
Wis
Lewis S. Bailey
Oconto
Governor Nelson as auditor charges filed in Minnesota case
In St Paul on March 1 Governor Nelson served charges against County Auditor Burns. He will appoint commissioners to take testimony and the attorney general will arrange for the proceedings.
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St. Paul
Nelson
Burns
Fell From a Scaffold in Hayward Injures Two Men
Hayward Wis March 1 Nels Anderson and John Martinson fell from a scaffold and sustained injuries Anderson suffered a broken arm while Martinson sustained serious internal injuries.
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Haywarp
Wis
Nels Anderson
John Martinson
Anderson
Martin
Arrested For Stealing Coal in Summit D March
Charles Ball Huron Ball and George M Steele arrested by Sheriff Babb of Wilmot on complaint of the railroad company. Two others implicated will be brought in and all will be arraigned.
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Summit
8. D
Charles Ball
Huron Ball
George M. Steele
Babb
Wilmot
Reopening of Milwaukee Commercial Bank Sparks Hope
Reopening relief follows suspension last summer. Subscriptions total about half a million in new stock. Depositors largely participate, with most agreeing to keep their funds intact for a set period with few exceptions.
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Milwaukee
Commercial Bank
Resolution Calls Full Inquiry into Nicaragua Canal
Washington March 2 A resolution introduced by Representative Geary of California seeks a complete investigation of the Nicaragua Canal Company and advocates government control of the canal. The measure targets transparency and potential public oversight of the venture.
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Nicaragua Canal
Washington
Nicaragua Canal Company
House
Geary
California
Explosion Destroys Bach's Brewery After Gas Blast
At 3 12 am a high pressure gas main leaked into Bach's beer cellars causing a massive explosion that demolished the building. Night watchman Anthony Meyer escaped from the debris with a head wound and facial burns.
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TifFin
Anthony Meyer
Meyer
Two Deaths From Smallpox in Wisconsin Jail
Two deaths from smallpox occurred in Waukesha county jail as of March 2. The report notes two inmates, Harry Rosenkrans and another man identified only as John, contracted the disease in the jail days earlier.
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WaukesHa
Wis
Harry Rosenkrans
John
Restorer in Our Treatise La Based Vet Specific Company
Fragmentary ad copy mentions 8.8.8 bottles as a remedy for depression languor and low energy. It references a vet specific company in Atlanta, Ga and a vague past eight years. The readable text is incomplete.
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Aeoman “Vet
Atlanta, Ga
Restorative Nervine Promoted By Dr Miles Expert
An advertisement asserts headaches dizziness and other nervous disorders stem from deranged nerve centers and promotes Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a cure. It credits Franklin Miles and claims wide testimonials, noting a guarantee and direct mail purchase from Dr Miles Medical Co. with prices listed and a warning that the formula contains twenty opiates or dangerous drugs.
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Franklin Miles
Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Great Sea Fight Looms as Brazil Voters Prepare
A World dispatch from Rio February 28 says a major naval battle may begin soon. The Nictheroy tracks the coast while the Aquidaban and Republica under Admiral Mello sail, possibly joined by Tamandere, as Prudente Moraes and Manuel Victorina Pereira seek presidential and vice presidential seats in Brazil's first direct popular vote. The government is not expected to intimidate voters.
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New York
Rio
Nictheroy
Aquidaban
Republica
Mello
Prudente Moraes
Sao Paulo
Senhor Manuel Victorina Pereira
Bahia
Baltimore Firm Delivers Mortar Carriages for Coast Defense
Ord nance officers praise contractor promptness as a Baltimore firm ships 19 of 36 spring return carriages for 12 inch mortars. Carriages distributed to fortifications: four at Davids Island, sixteen at Sandy Hook New Jersey, four in Boston harbor, and five on Presidio bluffs in San Francisco.
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Washinatoy
Army
Baltimore
Fortifications Board
Davids Island
Sandy Hook
N. Y
Boston Harbor
Presidio Bluffs
San Francisco
Scheig Confesses Bank Embezzlement Totaling 123000
In Minneapolis court Floyds linked to bank robbery case as Philip Scheig testifies about embezzlements totaling 123287 dollars and says he passed much of the money to the Floyds. A letter by Frank Floyd describes post robbery camping plans with Scheig.
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Minneapolis
Floyds
Philip Scheig
Bank of Minneapolis
Scheig
Nye
Frank Floyd
Cock fight draws 800 as four birds die in Dusuque event
In Dusuque on March 2 a cock fight ran between midnight and 4 am drawing nearly 800 spectators including reporters. A $500 purse was offered with gate money up. Four birds were killed during the event.
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Dusuque
Hood's Sarsaparilla for health and strength
The advertisement urges taking Hood's Sarsaparilla to combat weakness from warm weather. It claims the tonic purifies blood, expels disease, and restores appetite, followed by Hood's Pills as a reliable family laxative and liver remedy.
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Hood
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