Bryan's One Term Bill Gains Momentum in Congress
Reports from Washington describe Representative Bryan's proposal to limit the presidency to one term advancing in the House committee on elections. The measure is forecast as popular in both chambers, while sentiment among senators and the Democratic side favors rapid turnover and positions for leaders like Hale, Aldrich, and Don Cameron.
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Bryan
Wasninctos
Committee On
House
Senate
Sherman
Allison
Cullom
Hale
Aldrich
Don Cameron
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Montana
Idaho
Dawes Commission
Senate Committee
Judiciary
Indian Territory
Congress
Washington
Ellis
Kentucky
Banking and Currency Committee
Carlisle
Col. Ellis
Bland
Washinetron
Committee On Banking and Currency
Springer
Capetown
Venice
Outhwaite
Ohio
Ulysses S. Grant
Gen. W. T. Sherman
Suit Against Wood County For Bridge Damages
Parkersburg West Virginia July 18. Suits aggregating many thousands of dollars are filed against this county for damages to property caused by the building of the Kanawha river bridge at the foot of Juliana street. The approaches to the bridge are an obstruction, it is claimed. The first suit, Pat Ward versus the county court of Wood county, was on trial last week and the jury returned a verdict of 100 dollars in favor of the plaintiff.
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Parkenstone
W. Va
Kanawha River
Juliana Street
Pat Ward
Wood County
Swedes organize Texas colony movement from Rockford
About seventy five Swedish citizens of RockForce Ill have formed a colony to move to Southern Texas and buy a large land tract. A Texas delegation attended a Sunday meeting and a five member committee led by F. Singer F. A. Wall E. G. Swanson and P. D. Loomis will travel to Texas to assess the land and arrange the purchase if suitable for farming.
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RockForce
Ill
Texas
F. Singer
F. A. Wall
E. G. Swanson
P. D. Loomis
Wife Kills Children Then Herself in Missouri Tragedy
In Seligman Missouri Mrs Maggie Jones used a razor to murder her two children Roy nine and Lulu eight. She then cut her own throat and died almost instantly. Husband away from home says she was despondent over separation from relatives and friends.
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Seligman
Maggie Jones
Roy
Lulu
Test of Income Tax In New York Courts
The Sun reports editorially that Joseph H Choate and Clarence A Seward consider the income tax unconstitutional and will represent a large body of New York merchants and business men in testing the law's constitutionality in the courts.
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New York
the Sun
Messrs
Joseph H. Choate
Clarence A. Seward
Seeley pleads guilty in 354000 bank robbery case
Samuel C Seeley former bookkeeper at Shoe and Leather Bank was arraigned in the United States circuit court and pleaded guilty to aiding the late Frederick Baker in the bank robbery of 354000. He was remanded until Friday for sentence.
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New York
Samuel C. Seeley
Shoe and Leather Bank
Frederick Baker
United States
Japanese armies join to march on Tien-Tsin from Shanghai
A Shanghai dispatch reports the first and second Japanese armies have united north of New Chang and are advancing directly toward Tien-Tsin.
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Tien-Tsin
Paris
Shanghai
New Chang
Stoned Wabash freight injures conductor near Locansport
Four unidentified boys stoned the Wabash local freight east of Locansport Indiana on Monday injuring conductor George Martin of Lafayette who was taken to the Peru company hospital with a head injury.
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Locansport
Ind
Wabash
George Martin
Lafayette
Peru
Tragic Shotgun Accident Shoots Head of Youth
Newark December 18 Charles Albery 19 son of Dr Thomas Albery of Jersey. while loading his shotgun one barrel discharged nearly blowing off his head in a fatal mishap.
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Newark
Charles
Thomas Albery
Jersey
Carlisle bill judged dangerous by minority in banking panel
The minority on the Banking and Currency Committee denounces the Carlisle banking bill as poorly drafted and potentially ruinous. They warn it could trigger a panic by forcing mass sales of U S bonds and extend gold drains, urging postponement and noting opposition to state bank notes. Commissioner Miller amends treasury rules on spirit assessments to one dollar ten cents per proof gallon for August 1894 onward.
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Banking and Currency Committee
Carlisle
United States
Treasury
Springer
House
Illinois
van. M. Springer
Waasuhington
Miller
Treasury Department
Ohio governor grants pardon to Allen McGhee
Gov. McKinley pardoned Allen McGhee of Scioto county who had been serving a four year manslaughter sentence. The released man was described as an absolute imbecile and largely unaware of his acts. The deceased’s statements pointed to another possible perpetrator, casting doubt on the conviction and highlighting the issue of fees in the case.
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Columbus
McKinley
Allen McGhee
Scioto County
McGhee
Accident Drowns in Bathtub at Catholic Institute
Will A Peelle Jr ex chief of the Indiana bureau of statistics drowned in a bathtub at Visitors' Home on the St Mary's Institute grounds Terre Haute Indiana December 18 he was weak from recent illness and apparently lost control of his arms the tub was only half full and no resuscitation efforts were made.
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Terrre Hacttre
Ind
Will A. Peelle, Jr
Indiana Bureau of Statistics
St. Mary’s Institute
Terre Haute
Peelle
Snapper Garrison Plans February Sail to England
New York dispatch notes that rider Snapper Garrison intends to sail for England in February to stay through the next racing season. He has not received offers from English owners and expects no fixed salary, but aims to test American versus British riding styles against the English jockeys.
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New York
Snapper
Garrison
England
Paris Coronation Pageant For Napoleon And Louise
A vivid excerpt describes Napoleon and Maria Louise entering Paris in April. Philip Desnouettes watches as the imperial procession moves to the Tuileries for the coronation, with arches, cavalry, bands, and heralds, followed by a grand royal ceremony and celebrations across the city.
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Pecuia
Napoleon
Paria
Philip
Louise
St Cloud
Tuilleries
Emperor
Paris
Grand Army
France
Imperial Guard
Champs Elysees
Paradise
Tuileries
Palace of the Tuileries
Cardinal Fesch
Philip Desnouettes
Tuileries Gardens
Water vine plant yields ten quarts in thirteen hours
Dr Wallich names the plant water vine and places it in Phytocrene. The article notes its sap is a clear liquid, used by natives as a beverage, contrasting with milky juice plants like Palo de Vaca. It mentions botanical traits of Indian carp and credits Grant for developing ideas in his own way, with Louis XIV robes for state occasions costing $19,006.
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Wallich
Detroit Free Press
Louis XIV
Butter and Cheese Making Machinery Leader in Chicago
A Chicago reporter finds the Davis and Rankin Building and Manufacturing Company at 22 Lakestreet the world’s largest dairy and creamery machinery producer. Three acres of floor space house 600 workers and a full range of devices from hand separators to the Davis separator with 1200 to 3000 pounds per hour capacity. The firm also makes horizontal or upright engines and earned a medal at the World’s Columbian exposition. Visitors are urged to write for a catalogue and to visit Chicago to see this sight.
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Chicago
Davis & Rankin Building and Manufacturing Company
Lakestreet
Davis & Rankin Company
Davis
Broadway Meeting Sparks Hidden Actor Moment
A fragmentary dialogue shows Sue recalling mistaking Henry de Courcy Foote for an actor. Foote asks where they first met, and Sue jokes about seeing him walking down Broadway with himself, revealing a playful, unnamed life moment.
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Sue
Henry de Courcy
Broadway
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement with testimonials
One hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co. claim honorable dealings. West & Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin endorse. Cure taken internally and claims to reach blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Fly Pills also offered.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
O. Walding
Kinnan & Marvin
Uncle's Will Question Sparks Dated Quip
A Washington Star quip plays on a family joke about an uncle who isn’t dead yet. The exchange puns on inheritance timing with a wish for a folding bed as a gag.
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Washington Star
New Almanac Promises Multilingual Hostetter’s Content
In conjunction with the infant’s first appearance in 1895 a new almanac will be issued relating to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Published at Pittsburgh by The Hostetter Company in English German French Welsh Norwegian Swedish Dutch Bohemian and Spanish. It will be obtainable free of all druggists and country dealers and will include matter descriptive of the bitters accurate calendar astronomical calculations illustrations jokes verses statistics and other interesting matter.
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Hostetter
Pittsburgh
Hostetter Company
Wild Luck Chased Round the Yard Before Dinner
A humorous exchange reveals a waiter insisting the meal is luck and so wild that staff had to chase it around a yard for fifteen minutes before catching the dish. The quirky dialogue captures a light domestic moment.
Phillips Rock Island Tourist Excursions Price Note
An advertising snippet lists double berth fares in the Tourist Sleeping Car from Kansas City on the Phillips-Rock Island Tourist Excursions. Through cars depart Wednesdays via Ft Worth and El Paso and Thursdays via Scenic Route. Contact G D Bacon and Joan Sebastian for details. a joke line follows about a marriage proposal.
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Kansas City
Sentry and Sweets Stir Fractured Laughs in Urban Snapshot
A wry exchange contrasts a sentry’s imagined alert with a pair of comic recollections. A woman mourns missing pies cooling on a sill as a neighbor quips about music lovers in the next flat, amid a lighthearted note on domestic mischief and urban life.
Trains of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Route Offer Modern Travel
Descriptive ad style notice touts fast electric lit trains on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line. It highlights routes across Chicago to La Crosse St Paul Minneapolis Aberdeen Sioux Falls Sioux City Yankton Council Bluffs Omaha and northern Michigan with up to date accommodations dining cars and vestibuled cars. It promotes map timetables and compartment sleepers and lists contact George H Heafford in Chicago for brochures and tickets via coupon agents.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Chicago
la Crosse
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Aberdeen
Mitchell
Sioux Falls
Sioux City
Yankton
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Michigan
Double the Quantity at the Same Price Remedy Ad
The advertisement proclaims Perry-eee for internal and external use will double quantity at the same price, predicting higher demand for this popular preparation. Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar is recommended for coughs, while Piso's Cure for Consumption is endorsed by E. D. Townsend of Ft. Howard Wis in a May 4 testimonial.
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Hale
Pike
E. D. Townsend
Ft. Howard, Wis
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