Passage chronicling death of senator Shelby M Cul lom
Obituary notes the death of Hon Shelby M Cullom in Washington on Wednesday at 85. Highlights his rise from teacher to lawyer to governor and United States senator, personal friendship with Abraham Lincoln, and role nominating Grant for second term. Mention interment at Oak Ridge cemetery in Springfield near Lincoln's tomb.
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Shelby Morse
Philadelphia
Lincoln
Douglas
Trumbull
Browning
Yates
Oglesby
Palmer
Cullom
Illlinois
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Springfield
The Home Bare Weekly Democrat and Small Town Life
George Fitch writes in American Magazine about small town competitors and local papers. Reports on state fair scheduling changes, East St. Louis police reforms, Oklahoma gubernatorial candidates with criminal pasts, public utilities law, interurban rail plans, and McKinley’s birthday observed with pink carnations.
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George Fitch
Democrat
Weather Rascal Old Boreas Trumps Forecasters
The globe trotting weather playful line notes Old Boreas occasionally makes liars of weather prognosticators to prove he is steering the weather. It says spring is coming and the voice speaks with confidence and authority. The Call received two government garden seed packages this morning.
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Old Boreas
Portraits of Success and Resolve Across Gilded Age Figures
A mosaic of quotes praises Rothschild Rockefeller and Roosevelt for discipline thrift and vision. Notable lines highlight energy, honesty, and persistent self-improvement, from Carnegie and Bryan to Lipton and Wanamaker, ending with an exhortation to judge character by enduring resolve and inner strength.
Humorous Fragments and Vignettes from a Local Paper
A collage of light sketches and quips: a cinema mishap with a freight train, a wary theatergoer paying for repeat shows, a joke about a union suit, a satirical vote poem, a pie weighing riddle, a German introduction gag, and quips on shopping, bold fronts, and dating. The humor centers on everyday misadventures and social mores.
Stevens Bill Seeks Federal Safety Overseer for Railroads
Congressman R B Stevens of New Hampshire proposes a bill to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate railroad safety before accidents occur and to enforce safety improvements by law. The measure follows a Georgia wreck where nine died and many injured, revealed rotten ties and broken rails, underscoring need for proactive action. A Cincinnati women's group opposes men wearing slit trousers, framing it as retaliation rather than satire.
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Washington, D. C
R. B. Stevens
New Hampshire
Interstate Commercr Commission
Stevens
Congress
Muamerous “Safety First
Biut
National Safety Vfirst
Georgia
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
February: A Busy Month of Politics Love and Dances
A reflective February piece notes Lincoln and Washington dates, weather bureau origins, Valentine rites, Lent’s approach, and dances like the turkey trot and bunny hug. It surveys upcoming candidates and political zeal, contrasting brevity with civic action and social rituals.
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Hmbryo
Lincoln
Iater
Delaware
Washington
Panama Canal
The
Weather Bureau
Turkey
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments Warning
Public advisory warns against catarrh remedies containing mercury as dangerous to smell and health. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as safe, mercury free, taken internally. Endorsed by testimonials. sold by Druggists at five cents per bottle. agent note for St Louis papers.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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She Troy Weekly
Call
Market-Street-by-the-Square
B. W. Jarvis
Madison County Press Club and Southern
Il Editorial Association
Troylinois
State Board of Avrigulture
Tlineis Stats Mail
Central West
East St. Louis
Police Department
Oklahoma
St. Louis, Springfield & Central
Isaac Smith
William McKinley
Seby
Harlan Read
Baron Rothschild
John LD. Rockefeller
James Whitwares
Call Ivbiey
William Jennings Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
George Ade
Andrew Carnegie
John Mitchell
Sir Thomas Lipton
Marshall
Pield
John Wanamaker
Phact
Phan
Pel
Phaney
Moving Picture Theatre
Iman
New York
Elaine
Strickland Gillilan
Wisconsin
Senator Spooner
Caler
Poets’ Hospital
National Capital
Hon
Clyde H. Tavenner
Cincinnati
Meeee
Aranteed
RE Jurnishing Company
H. C. Kueker
Ernest C. Foster
Foster Service
Riebold’s
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Globe-Democrat
Republic
Times of
Daniel Peterman
Ira P
Pozaee
Yuede & Probst Com. CO
Skunk Coon
Mink
North Third St
St.louis, MO
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