Senate Pension Report Criticises Late Presidential Vetoes
The Senate Pension Committee urges passage over the president's veto of Mary J. Nottage's pension bill and condemns widespread presidential vetoes. It argues Congress holds broader power than the pension office and notes congressional evidence often outweighs executive findings.
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The Sun in Apogee and Earth Orbit
The article explains apogee and aphelion, noting Earth reaches greatest solar distance by about three million miles since January 1. It discusses seasonal heating, hemispheric differences, and historical climate changes 3,600 years ago under Herschel’s estimate, ending with gratitude for apogee in the current season.
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Providence Journal
Acre
Africa
Australia
Equator
Adam
John Herschel
North Temperate Zone
Vanderbilt Coupons Cut At Vault For Bond Owners
Albertin Gregory, a bookkeeper for Depew, completes the July coupons cut from eighty million United States bonds owned by the Vanderbilts. In the vault near Grand Central, Gregory works under supervision, handling bonds for various family members while Cornelius Vanderbilt oversees the process and forbids touching the coupons.
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Auncey M. Depew
Depew
Safe Deposit Office
Thomas L. James
Cornelius Vanderbilt
McMillan Seeks Amendment for $1350 to Railee
Senate consideration of the sundry civil bill includes Senator McMillan urging an amendment to authorize $1350 paid to Charles A. Railee as pay agent for the White Earth agency consolidated. The owed amount covers July 1, 1870, to Sept. 30, 1881.
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Dakota Territorial News Highlights Local Events
Arrests in Fargo for arson at Mayer store. Rapid City advances a $10,000 water works project. Charles Mix reports a promising apple orchard. Shaver becomes postmaster at Menlo. Dakota surveyor Taylor to serve Nebraska. Dickinson bonds for courthouse approved. Yankton grasses now profitable. Timothy replaces flax. Skeletons found near Sioux Falls. ancient tools unearthed. Redfield extension survey reaches Abbott's. Grand Forks store robbed of $500. Sioux Falls blackmailer ordered out. Hurd killed after horse accident near Letchers. Duluth & Grand Southern surveyors across Devel county. Miss McGibbon returned home after elopement. Madison council spends $127 for hosting Gov. Pierce. Alexandria bank incorporated. Rapid City celebrates railroad arrival with $2,000. Red River Valley Baptist association meet at Grand Forks. Ramsey county yields 12,000 crop acres. Devil's Lake Stock and Agricultural fair opens July 1. Missouri slope unrest over troop removal from Fort Totten. Seventeenth Infantry moved toward Montana. Pension applicants examined at Fargo. Custer relic found at Tribune office. Building stone quarry near Wessington Springs. Telephone line reaches Bismarck Washburn. Aberdeen elevator reports 108,000 bushels. Sundance oil strike nearby. Caledonia mine bullion $15,173 in May. Manitoba station at Bland near Devil’s Lake on Big Coulee. Site lands owned by C. J. Fisher of Devil’s Lake, near Church River. July 1 deadline noted.
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C. J. Fisher
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The Old Barn Quiet Place in Sunshine and Rain
A poetic reminiscence of a barn scene with hens eggs iris dove swallows and a sleeping caton and horse, describing the fragrant hay and the comfort of the warm roof and quiet sun and rain, concluding with a wish to be there again. Jerome W. Turner notes this in the Current.
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Petersons Booby Saves Child in Fatal Flood Ordeal
In Lowerton a mentally challenged boy named Tommy Peterson gains respect for his gentle nature. He survives a river flood while aiding Ruben Burns and ultimately saves Burns’s infant before dying from overexertion. The town mourns while praising the boy’s selfless act.
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Clem Peterson
Tommy
Schame
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Teetotaler Reveals Man's Arm Break Confusion
A Nation Weekly quips about a young man who drank whisky and broke his arm. A teetotaler offers sympathy, points out the arm appears broken, while the man denies it, and the exchange ends with a pun about a crooked arm and the drink.
Summer Happiness in a Three Room Shanty
A fragment from the Somerville Journal notes a man leaves his twelve room house and half acre to live with his family in a three room shanty on sand, calling it happiness despite the small dwelling and surroundings.
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