Century-Old Tales and Modern Wears in The Progress
The Progress surveys a mix of urban satire and commentary from D. Hicks editor, touching on politicians like Moraos Brazil and Lord Cornwallis, Japan and China’s wartime memory, faulted U S roads, a Boston death from a John Lithgow will, Florida crane crops, a Albany hotel fire killing sixteen, a Dakota boy’s murder confession, Armenian massacres, and Harvard Yale Princeton Columbia chess dominance, closing with a trolley danger note and a wager theme.
Military Park at Pittsburg and 1895 naval cadet bill
From Washington, January 23, the House passed a bill to establish a national military park at Gettysburg, with a $100,000 appropriation, after approving measures on a Texas cadet appointment, a February 1 tribute to Senator Vance, and a renewed Indian and deficient spending debate. The Senate discussed the pooling bill and Hawaiian affairs, while inspections into revenue and arbitration proposals continued.
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Washincrox
Henderson
Senator Vance
North Carolina
Cooper
Texas
Naval Academy
Sickles
New York
Military Affairs Committee
National Military Park
Gettysburg
House
Obituary Day Reflections In Senate And House
In Washington on Saturday both chambers observed obituary day for late Senator Vance and late Representative Lisle. Senators and representatives spoke warmly, with Breckinridge delivering a praised oration. The Senate heard a gem from Senator Ransom. House members used the ceremonies to avoid roll calls.
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Washington
Senate
Vance
Representative Lisle
Ransom
Tar
Breckinridge
Austrian minister presses for sugar bounty repeal
Wasuincrox January 21 The Austrian minister Hengelmuller visits the state department seeking action on repealing a special on bounty sugar. He signals that Austria may retaliate if no abatement occurs, a warning conveyed to senators pushing the repeal bill to spur progress.
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Wasuincrox
Hengelmuller
State Department
Austria
Germany
Army appropriation bill passes senate and canal debate continues
The senate approved a 23 million army appropriation and elevated Gen. Schofield to lieutenant general. Debate on the Nicaragua canal continued with proposals for a new treaty under U S control. In Washington the house appropriations committee discussed silver certificates and replacing treasury notes, while Senate amendments to the urgent deficiency bill were nearly settled with two remaining points.
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Aehring
Chain
Washington
Gresham
Sayers
House Appropriation Committee
Wasnixdton
Senate
Schofield
Sherman
Sheridan
Nicaragua
Morgan
Caffery
Louisiana
Costa Rics
United States
Washineton
House Appropriations
Postoffice Bill Advances for Chicago Building Plan
Washington report: The house approved a measure to speed construction of a Chicago postoffice and appropriated 4 million dollars for the project. The action signals federal backing for a major new federal office building in Chicago.
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Washington, Dan
House
Chicago
Hawaiians Resolutions debated in Congress
Jan 22 report from Washington notes two sets of resolutions on Hawaii. One by Mr Breckinridge of Kentucky favors annexation and the other by Mr Storer of Illinois asks the president for information about claims that the Hawaiian rebellion was instigated by British subjects and that the British minister intervened against martial law.
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Judge Ricks
Congress
Bordis Vasniseros
Treasury
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Michigan's Benefactor Hackley of Grand Rapids
Long profile of Charles H Hackley examining his lumber wealth and philanthropy in Muskegon and Western Michigan. It recounts his health fixes via Dr Williams Pink Pills, a romantic Oregon pardon story, a tramp found mistaken for a brother, London university women graduates, pill consumption abroad, a new letter box, and legendary castle hearths.
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Grand Rapids
Hackley
Chas. H. Hackley
Charles H. Hadley
Muskegon Alana
The
News
Canada
Dr. Willians’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Tramp Brohr
Rockledge
Fla
Largest carpet woven for Windsor Castle jail project
A new carpet for the Waterloo chamber at Windsor Castle, claimed as the largest ever made, was woven in the Arga jail in India by prisoners under penal servitude. They seek sentence remission for their fourteen month labor. twenty eight convicts were aged on the work.
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Waterloo Chamber
Windsor Castle
Arga
India
Multiple Louisiana news items span crime and politics
Disjointed items report a divorce custody ruling in Sew Orleans, a child’s tears, a Quachita parish murder for robbery, Abbeville elopement with New Iberia, and civic appointments by Governor Foster. Also noted are a fatal head wound near Brousard, counterfeit money case in Delhi, a forest Hill shooting, a fire at Forrest Hill mill, a New Orleans pocket-picking arrest, a murder verdict at Crowley, a lumber company formation, New Orleans messenger bikes, a shooting in self defense, drunk and abusive charges, laudanum revival, elevator accident at Donaldsonville, damages against Illinois Central at Amite City, tax settlements, Mesker’s sugar fire loss, a cotton press talk in Baton Rouge, large cane left in Vermilion parish, carrry concealed weapons crackdowns, Gretna ballot reform club, Kane indictments quashed, and waterworks work progress.
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Abbeville
New Orleans
Bob
Lafayette
Abe Prewitt
Monroe
United States
W. H. Martin
Delhi
John Scott
Richland
Forest Hill
Rapides Parish
W. C. Roark
Joseph IH. Meeker
Ben Randolph
Forrest Hill
Baton Rouge
Vermillion Parish
Gretna
Jefferson Parish
Kane
Dria
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Treak
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Yorktown
China
Japan
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Lithgow
Florida
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Malta
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Times
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Cole
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Samuel Gompers
John W. Hayes
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Pelican State
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Leona Wright
Orleans
Wm. Wedlock
Quachita Parish
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John McDonald
Howard Streat
Fredrick Robinson
Abshire
Crowley
Lyons
Baynes
Houston Central, Arkansas and Northern Railway
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Enterprise Lumber Company
Thomas Walsh
Liber
Thomas Crammer
Enmodu Scarfa
John Dougherty
Texas and Pacific
Donaldsonville
William Rankin
Recorder Whitaker
Kila Johnson
Illlinois Central Railroad
Amite City
Morehouse
Union
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Mesker
Lecompte
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Winterville
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Iigiklit Award
Ngreat
John Carle & Sons
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Ferry
M. Ferry
Meetrolt, Mich
McCrew
Main St
Dallas, Tex
Holloway & GO
U.S
Ad. H, B, Jones
Bor
Dallas
Tex
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Arcola
Ely
Drugelsts
Mall
Gork Ork
ELY Brothers
Warren St
M.d.fowler
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