The Presidents Mail From Objects of Pity to Royal Addressers
The president receives 100 to 150 pension letters weekly, many sent to Mrs. Cleveland from wives and daughters. Letters reveal human longing, odd spellings, and pleas for sympathy. Clerks open and discard them, while some writers seek quiet times, usually after supper, to press their cases.
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Wasion
White House
Wither
New England
Letter
Papa
Gocata
Hugging Society Promoted For Church Use In Pleasant View Neb
A Pleasant View Nebraska report describes a late novelty hugging society for church purposes. Published rates list a two minute straight hug priced by age group including girls under fifteen at twenty five cents and older participants at higher fees. The article notes every class is fully entered and preachers are barred.
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Pleasant View
Nebraska
Imaha Republicun
Broker Olcott Guarantees 100 Percent Ad vance on Iron Stocks
A St Paul Stock Exchange broker Q C Olcott guarantees full 100 percent advance within sixty days on specified iron stocks. The claim is noted as part of a trading update and highlights confidence in the iron sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New St. Paul Stock Exchange
Q. C. Olcott
Attitude of Rome on Knights of Labor and Echoes on Labor Rights
Rome will not condemn the Knights of Labor nor seek approval but warns future actions contrary to justice or church law could lead to condemnation. The church acknowledges workers' right to organize for legitimate protection of rights. Reports also note executions, local crimes, medical remedies, fires, and civic labor disputes from various locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
St. Paul
New York Tribune
Rome
Knights of Labor
Canada
Knights
The Morning Dress and Society Standards
A reflection on women's dress signaling propriety at breakfast and social events. The piece ends with ads noting Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription priced at one dollar, and mentions plans for the Manitoba road running trains to Fort Buford by July 1, plus ads for Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and a Baltimore collector with $1,000,000 worth of pictures.
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Manitoba Road
Fort Buford
The Struggle Against Dissipation and Moral Reform
A historical note on virtue and integrity as pillars of free government, warning of the dangers from stimulants, overwork, and luxury. It touts Extract of Moxie Nerve Food as a cure for nervous exhaustion and highlights various medicinal cures and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Hein
Minneapolis
Markets and prices across grain and dairy markets
Market rows list wheat corn oats rye and dairy prices across Chicano New York Milwaukee Minneapolis St Paul and Duluth exchanges with bids for No 1 hard No 2 northern flax Timothy clover seeds potatoes eggs and butter. The article notes President appoints James W Hyatt of Connecticut as United States treasurer succeeding Conrad N Jordan.
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New York
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Northern
St. Paul
DuLuth
James W. Hyatt
Connecticut
United States
Conrad N. Jordan
A Beer-Drinking Rabbit Story From Pittsburg
Michael Fry of 487 Fifth Avenue keeps fifty rabbits including a "bonnie" that drinks beer. The rabbit stands on its hind legs and licks beer from a leaking cellar barrel. It now consumes ten to fifteen saucers daily and shows no signs of drunkenness or ill effects. The pet eagerly accepts each filled saucer and seems to beg for more.
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Pittsburg
Michael Fry
Fifth Avenue
Fry
Relief quick and a cure sure for catarrh
A Pioneer Press staff member, plagued eleven years by stubborn tetter on his hands, reports complete disappearance in less than a month after using Sole’s Carbolisalve. This note appears in the Pioneer Press of St. Paul.
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Tetter
Pioneer Press
Sole
St. Paul
Boston
West
Not the Editor to Fool With in Duluth Saloon Fight
A letter from the Kikapoo Sentinel defends a local family amid a dispute over an encounter with a red headed man. The writer denies Jeff Tarleton’s saloon tale and recounts a confrontation on their front porch with claims of biased reporting.
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Jeff Tarleton
Coyote
Dan Geeghen
Meep
John Hapgood
Jefferson
Kikapoo
Completion of Pension Building Advances with Stucco Work
The pension building near completion focuses on stucco on vast brick pillars and interior decoration. The text also mentions health issues and a tonic by Hazzard & Co. sold by Si Droietn claimed to prevent fevers and illnesses.
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Hazzard Hazzard & Co
New York
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Philadelphia
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Calais
Colvin Graves
Niles
Hull
Ae Peupeisene
Plain Dealer
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Towa
J. H. Duffus
Nogales
Ariz
Diaz
Cleveland
Boulder
Mon
John Hart
John W. Pitts
Hart
Pitts
Newton
N. H
Hostetter
Maine
Massachusetts
Pierce
Chicago Masons
William T. Walters
Baltimore
Penneylvania
Emma ‘Abbott
One
Robert Sts
St- Paul
Wis
Noyes Bros. & Cutler
St. Paul, Minn
Perry Davis
Prinseis
Tata
Pr. I
Guy Lewis
Fulton
Ark
Tutt
yiDia
Pinkham’s
Semple Poker
Peni Hened de Hine Card Co
Cere Vain
M. Sites & Co
Washington
Lacry
Patan
Os Sach
Pate
J. A. Seherman
Broadway
Welshailtown Lowe
Ansa
C. Drew
Fiale Bik
Minn
Grannan Detective Bureau
Arcade
Cincinnati
Armen
Oxford
Penn
Fsterbrook
Tess
CS EsTening
Steel Pen Co
Camden
N. J
John St
New
Cour
Northwestern Stamp Works
St. ST. Paul, Minn
Chichester
Epa
Allens
America
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Nue
Chicago
N.W.N.U
Nate
la Crosse
Goman Ake
Earle
Barres
Ake
Barron's Island
Silver Crescent
Barnes
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