Congress adjourns for holidays amid tariff and money talks
Congress closed for the holidays after a busy week with no expected changes to the tariff bill this winter. Talks focus on money legislation as Secretary Gage pushes a favored bill. The Urgent Deficiency bill passed, January 17 set for Lodge immigration vote, civil service reform eyed next month. The coinage committee approved a report urging Treasury to study new coin materials and possible redesigns for minor coins.
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Traveling preachers and church foibles
A Chambersburg Pennsylvania United Brethren preacher Rev. B G Irvin condemned tobacco, whiskers, and later feathers in a fiery sermon. He urged support for regular pastors and warned of punishment for offenses. Women in the audience tore feathers from bonnets in response to his rhetoric.
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B. G. Irvin
United Brethren Church
Wide tires benefit farmers and beasts on fields
The piece argues wide tire wagons improve field condition and reduce animal wear. It praises farmers using wide tires as public benefactors and notes Claus Spreckels invested over 2 million dollars in beet sugar refineries, signaling faith in the industry’s permanence.
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Booming Business Shows Record Trade and Exports
Dunn's Review notes a strong holiday season with 2.5 percent bank payments above 1892, record iron woolens boots and shoes output, few failures, rising treasury receipts in December, and large exports reaching 974.6 million dollars in eleven months. The trade surplus over imports approaches 290 million dollars, signaling peak prosperity.
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Judge Pennypacker Refuses Charter for First Church of Christ Scientist
In Philadelphia, Common Pleas Court No. 2 Judge Pennypacker rejects incorporating the First Church of Christ Scientist. He rules that faith healing as a tenet conflicts with state law, noting the church's aim to establish a method for disease treatment beyond private belief. He cites Science and Health and warns faith alone cannot authorize healing practices.
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Boden's Corner and Massai's Crooked Trail Featured in HaRPER's Magazine
The January issue includes the first Boden's Corner by Henry Seton Merriman, an Elise J. Allen Stuttgart article with Joseph Pennell illustrations, Frederic Remington's Massai's Crooked Trail with author drawings, and a piece on The New Northwest by J A Wheelock, St Paul Pioneer Press editor.
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Chicago Rising Fear as Holdups Surge in Week
Chicago endures a reign of terror with thirty daylight robberies in one week, two or three victims shot. Businessmen fear leaving stores as panic spreads and residents demand action.
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Commissioners Report on Central Railroad Wreck at Garrison
The inquiry into the Hudson river Central railroad wreck at Garrison's concluded that the embankment failed or the train derailed and broke the embankment. The report advises hiring more track walkers to prevent future incidents.
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Not a Candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania
Hon GaLusHa A Grow states he is not running for governor of Pennsylvania. He thanks supporters but notes there are many real candidates and he will not be missed.
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Economy in Public Expenditures Dominates Republican Agenda
Special correspondence reports the Republicans aim for strict budget discipline in Congress under Dingley. December receipts are expected to cover expenditures, with a possible surplus next year. The piece contrasts Secretary Wilson’s pro agricultural stance with the previous administration and notes currency debates centering on McKinley’s plan to sustain gold-backed notes while increasing bank circulation.
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High wages lift U S industrial edge in modern system
Foreign observers note America’s policy of paying intelligent labor to supervise machinery and power yields fruit. The Philadelphia Record says older nations lag while the United States advances rapidly, gaining supremacy in industry.
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