Oddities in Congress Show Eccentric Members and Style
A Charleston News overview cites notable quirks in the House and Senate. It highlights Joe Bailey’s eye catching dress, Cy Sulloway’s size, Hoffpecker's hairlessness, and Eddy’s flamboyant spending, along with smoking rules and famed fashion among Hoar, Platt, and Penrose.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Bia
Joe Bailey
Texas
White House
John Wesley Davies
Congress
Legislative Assembly
Cy Sulloway
New Hampshire
India
Hoffpecker
Delaware
Sulloway
Sam Smith
Michigan
Smith
Sam
Manchester
N. H
Salvation Lassie
Salvation Army Movement
Salvationists
Bennett
Brooklyn
Senate
Harry Bingham
Philadelphia
Bingham
New York
Frank M. Eddy
Minnesota
Eddy
Four specialists lead a national game table contest
Pettigrew, Aldrich, West and Daniel are named as the four main figures. Quay stands out as a famed performer with five cards. Speaker Henderson is noted for engaging in a casual round table session with these experts in a friendly national game competition.
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Pettigrew
Aldrich
West
Daniel
Quay
Henderson
Doctor Kelly Bit by Rattlesnake Shows No Harm From Wound
Johns Hopkins physician Howard A. Kelly was bitten on the third finger by a large diamondback rattlesnake while handling venomous pets for a Johns Hopkins Medical Society demonstration. He reports no redness or illness and notes the snake likely expelled venom during the strike. He rejects whisky as antidote and plans to destroy or preserve his venomous snakes. He intends to obtain fresh specimens next summer when his children are away.
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Baltimore
Sus
Howard A. Kelly
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins Medical Society
Ely
Kelly
Tle
Doctor Kelly
Kell
Joe Sledges
The
Dispatch
Tts
J. H. Bellamy
The Newspaper Man and the Outcast Author of News
A portrait of General Stanley Lee in February Atlantic as the newspaper man, an outcast who sees the world in hours and columns. He works holidays, writes other lives, and survives on others’ news, a life defined by a notebook and the endless whirl of daily events. He embodies the tension between observed life and living it.
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Manu
Llanduras
Puerto Cortez
Vimiento
San Pedro Sula
Lightning Express
Llandoras
Debate on Bible in Schools and corporal punishment in Georgia
ARP argues for keeping Bible reading in schools while defending corporal punishment as a reform tool. He cites religious practice at government levels, past figures like Moses and Solomon, and quotes Doctor Holderby while recalling personal whippings and the perceived social impact. He notes rising crime and chain gangs as outcomes of lenient discipline.
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Prussia
France
Germany
New England
Supreme Court
Congress
House
Senate of Georgia
Judah
Benjamin
David Yulee
United States
RJ. Moses
Columbus
Georgia House
Georgia
Ingersoll
Abbott
Mitchell
Philipse
Lisa
Moses
Solomon
Echov
Blackstone
Eli
Belial
Holderby
Atlanta
Dr. Solderby
Hoelderby
Ben
Joan Norton
de Latterson
Maryland
Potomac
Rio Grande
Jim Alexander
George Adair
Evan Howell
Death at the Press and Honduras Travel Tale
A pressroom accident in Wilmington claims the life of Joe Sledges, crushed by a press after attempting repairs. The article then shifts to a Macon writer’s account of seven travelers in Honduras, describing Honduran women and daily life, hospitality, and the country’s resources and a distant capital Tegucigalpa.
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Macon
Melfatton
Minter Wimberly
T. J. Carling
Frank Johnsen
Maurice Waterman
Elina McClean
George Archer
Camden N. J
Thomas Troy
Honduras
Tegusigalpha
United States
Europe
Wasser
Northeastern Farmers Plant Trees with Peaches and Pears
Farmers across nearly every northeastern state plant trees along with peaches and pears and use hillside land that is unsuitable for other crops to establish nut orchards.
Cotton Output Surpasses World Gold Value in 1897
In 1897 the US raw cotton value reached 319 million dollars, 11 percent above world gold output and five times US gold output, plus seed products and cotton cloth production modeled by 17.5 million spindles. Print works add decoration, shaping fashion and market appeal for garments.
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United States
Advantages of Dairying on Farm Fertility and Value
The article argues that dairy regions gain land fertility and value since nitrogen is costly while butter production uses little nitrogen. Phosphoric acid and potash are abundant and cheap, with skim milk, buttermilk, and manure retained on farms, boosting soil nutrients and farm prosperity.
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Buteter
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Sibley
Dbesiden
Jefferson M. Levy
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F. G. Newlands
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Everett
Speaker Henderson
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