Tariff lobby dominates Washington chatter in 1883 ledger
From Washington February 5 1883 the Ledger notes the tariff lobby expanding beyond whiskey and railroads. It details Congress plans a conference committee likely to craft a revenue cutting bill favoring select industries while burdening the public. Smalls retirement bill faces doubt amid sectional politics and a Canada visit evokes a wary reception.
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Congress
Credit Mobilier
Railroad
Navy Lobby
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House of Representatives
Butterworth
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kelly
Washington
House Naval Committee
Smalls
Navy
Treasury Department
Canada
South Carolina
Wade Trampton
Butler
Marquis
Charleston
Edmunds
Kenna Profile: Virginia Native Senator-Elect at 35
Senator-elect John E. Kenna of Virginia born April 10, 1848 at Valcoulon now in West Virginia. Confederate veteran turned lawyer, served as Kanawha prosecuting attorney from 1872 to 1877, led circuit courts of Lincoln and Wayne, elected to the House at Washington for the fourth time, regarded as capable and studious with leadership potential.
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John E. Kenna
Virginia
Valcoulon
West Virginia
St. Vincent’s College
Wheeling
Kanawha County
Lincoln
Wayne
House of Representatives
Washington
Kenna
Loss of Life at Cooper Station
A 12,000 barrel oil tank burst at Cooper Station in Forest County near noon last Monday. Oil flowed to a boarding tent where Mrs. C. H. Davis was burned to death and her grandson died Tuesday. the tent occupants escaped unharmed. Mrs. Davis, 52, buried in Sheffield with her grandson. The tank bursting was caused by rising pressure in the oil.
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Cooper Station
Cooper Tract
Forest County
C. H. Davis
Sugar Grove Union School Attendance List High
The Sugar Grove Union School shows over ninety five percent attendance for the past month with stars marking those never tardy. The list includes Clayton Dennison Arthur Firth Edgar Noyes Alton Jones A D Clark G B Babcock Frank Green Marna oid Mertie Underhill and many others across several departments. Three women on the American stage earn high pay this season with Patti Suire earning about 120000 for thirty shows Nilsson about 100000 for fifty concerts and Mrs Langtry roughly 75000 in gross receipts.
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Clayton Dennison
Arthur Firth
Edgar Noyes
Alton Jones
A.D. Clark
G. B Babcock
Frank Green
Marna Oid
Mertie Underhill
Alice McKelvey
Carrie Lord
Blanch Laing
Rose Anderson
Patti
States
Nilsson
Langtry
Flood News And Local Queer Notes From County Gossip
Weather on ice. roads slippery. Brimstone factory Gouldtown closed temporarily. Evangels Mr and Mrs Barmour return home. Bohemian convalescent and local youths recover from Johnson Hill charge. Flood effects across counties with cellar water tanks, no major damage. Several local business actions and odd stories including Wentworth's daguerreotype car, fruit tree sales, and a prank involving soft soap. A fatal drowning near Frewsburg follows a bridge railing failure. Brokenstraw flood causes extensive cellar inundation and damage to hotels and barns. M E Church dedicated but later flooded with storms. oysters and cockling affected.
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Ackley
Gouldtown
Barmour
Johnson’s Hill
John Thompson
Cabletown
John
A. E. Aylesworth
G. W. Brownell
Wentwort
Wentworth
Dickinson
J. M. Ellsworth
W. and T. Smith & Co
Geneva
Pine Grove
E. J. Hale
F. Howard
Cable Street
Levi Jones
Fox Hill
Lew Dickinson
Jimmy Clen
Frewsburg
Petit
Loungsville
Alger
Thatcher
Brokenarraw
Pittsfield
Irvington
M. E
Edwards
Goodrich
Tabernacle
Great Damage at Pittsburg From Allegheny Flood
Prinspere Feb 5 reports the Allegheny flood causing immense property damage and an expected Monongahela surge. Damage estimated at 150000, total losses may reach 1000000. Rivers rise flood island homes and mills, bridges swept away, many facilities shut down as waters advance toward the city.
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Prinspere
Hood
Allegheny River
Monongahela
Allegheny
Gulf
Herr
Peter Lesh
Hooker
Pennsylvania Tube Company
Keystone Bridge Works
Union Mills
Solar Iron Works
Oliver Bros
Phillip’s Mills
American Iron Works
Chas. Smythe & Co
S Works
Robinson, Rea & Co
Oil City
Franklin
Meadville
Parker
Youghiogheny
Head
Food makes the man in diet and tempering detail
The Lancet notes that about three quarters of the human body by weight is food and the rest is material from consumption. It argues that meals shape both physical and moral character, citing how different foods influence temper and even mental traits, and that development follows a law of being propagated in kind.
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Mar
Fragrant Flowers for Ladies Wine for Gentlemen
Wasiincios Feb 3 The contrast between Presidents Arthur and Garfield is shown by Mary Crimmer Ames. She notes Garfield welcomed abstinence supporters coldly while Arthur greeted the women kindly, saying he does not claim to be a temperance man yet felt honored by their presence and distributed boutonnieres before they left.
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Wasiincios
Arthur
Garfield
Mary Crimmer Ames
White House
Norfolk Jubilee Singers Arrested Over Sabbath Concerts
The Original Jubilee Singers of Norfolk, Virginia were arrested for violating the 1786 law banning concerts and theatrical entertainments on Sundays. Each attendee could be fined four dollars and the quartet faced penalties totaling at least twenty five dollars. Missouri plans a 250000 geologic survey to prove its rich ore endowment and soil composition.
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New Haves, Coss
Jubilee Singers
Norfolk
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