Postage Card Contracts and Lottery Definitions
A December 1 contract outline lists new postal card sizes and denominations for domestic and international use, including one cent and two cent cards with varying formats. It also covers margins, lotteries definitions, postmarking specimens, and rules on delivery of letters to prisoners and undeliverable mail, plus mailability of duns and indemnity limits for lost registered mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office Department
United States
Reptiles Rule The Mesozoic Onslaught Of Life
A 19th century natural history excerpt outlines the Mesozoic era’s divisions Jurassic Triassic and Cretaceous. It details the mass replacement of life forms, dominant reptilian rulers, marine and land saurians, winged reptiles, and the emergence of birds and marsupials. The article notes Ichthyosaurus Plesiosaurus and Megalosaurus, plus the first bird Archeopteryx and the expansive Cretaceous sea and diverse shells.
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le Conte
Sauriaus
Ane
South Carolina
Darwin Sa
Bavaria
Australia
Molescar
Gulf of Mexico
Artic Ocean
Stake Plains
Onauuis
Union of Silver Forces Seen as Path to Silver Victory
A union of Democratic, Silver Republican, and Populist leaders is planned to issue a joint address urging cooperative action in all districts with party followings. If accepted, the collaboration could secure a House majority favorable to silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Democratic Committee
Towne
Silver Republican Committee
Butler
Friends For Silver
House of Representatives
Congress
Blackfoot News
McKinley Backs Single Gold Standard at New York Banquet
President McKinley used a New York banquet speech to affirm support for the single gold standard. He said it is better to have an open enemy than a pretend ally in the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
New York
Unity of silver forces urged by Idaho readers
The Montpelier Examiner notes a desire for a union of all silver forces. It argues the Examine favors the plan and could be achieved with practical steps. Start with county politics, move to state, and culminate in the 1990 presidential election.
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Idaho
Montpelier
Death of Judge Edmund P Johnson in Utah Territory
Judge Edmund Pelton Johnson died after six months of paralysis at Corinne Utah. He was 66 years old and leaves a widow three daughters and a son. He was a prominent Mason and ex Grand Master in Utah and long active in law and public service across New York Wisconsin Illinois Idaho and Utah. Burial will be in Corinne with funeral plans to be announced.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Grand Lodge
Judge Johnson
Homer
Courtland County
N. Y
New York
Elkhorn
Wis
Gertrude
Jacobs
Kewanee
Wilson
Supreme Court of Illinois
Stockton
Henry Monheim
Corinne
Kewanee, Ill
Alice A. Johnson
Lemhi
Custer
Geo. Ellis
Pahsimari
Henry Monk
Edward
Salou
Ep. M
Senator Teller's Silver Bond Pay Resolution Passes Senate
The Senate approved Senator Teller's plan to pay government bonds in silver on the 28th by a roll call showing 47-39. The record lists both yea and nay pairs and notes paired votes, including Deboo and Faulkner, Dixon and Gorman, Frye and Proctor, Spooner and Waltham, with the first names supporting and the last opposing.
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Teller
Senate
Allen
Bacon
Bate
Berry
Butler
Cannon
Carter
Chandler
Chilton
Clark
Clay
Cockrell
Daniel
Gray
Harris
Heitfeld
Jones
Arkansas
Kenny
Kyle
Lindsay
McEnery
McLauren
Mallory
Mantle
Martin
Mills
Mitchell
Money
Morgan
Murphy
Pascoe
Pettigrew
Pettis
Pritchard
Rawlins
Roach
Shoup
Smith
Stewart
Tillman
Turfe
Turner
West
Warren
White
Wolcott
Aldrich
Allison
Baker
Burrows
Caffrey
Cullom
Davis
Fairbanks
Foraker
Gallinger
Gear
Hale
Hanna
Hansbrough
Hawley
Hoar
Lod
McBride
McMillan
Mason
Orrill
Nelson
Penrose
Perkins
Platt
Connecticut
New York
Quay
Sewell
Thurston
Wellington
Wetmore
Wilson
Paney
Deboo
Faulkner
Dikins
Gorman
Frye
Proctor
Waltham
Spooner
Tion
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Challis
Custer County
Kate Postel
Act of Congress
Nce and Research
Tassi
Johnson
N. Hews
James Garie
R.N. Hull
Meacham
Shuphes
R.N. Hull & CR
Fiich & Pierd
Ma Wa
John P.’Spalding, Prop
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