PICS IN CONGRESS on moonshine, trade, and heritage
In a curdled miscellany of topics, the message covers U S trade with the Orient seeking more machinery and cotton goods, temperance influence in Tennessee and Georgia, the Hermitage preservation, and a push to honor Old Hickory with memorials. It notes census apportionment impacts and a proposal to erect a statue of Witherspoon, plus pension funding outlook.
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Charles W. Arthur
Reingion
Department of Commerce
Lahas
Orient
Far East
China
United States
House of
Witherspoon
Efi
West Virginia
Nze
Continental Congress
Len Dodds farm auction near Washington and West Chester
Auction to be held Tuesday February 4 at 10 a.m. on the Len Dodds farm listing nine horses including two harness teams, sixteen hogs, three cows, fifty five Shropshire ewes, fourteen hundred bushels of corn, timothy hay, and farm equipment. Terms cash under $10, with twelve months on larger sums and a 6 percent cash discount. Lunch by Ladies' Aid. auctioneers J H Dawson and Ralph Dougherty, clerk.
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Austin Sutherland
Len Dodds
Washington
West Chester
Shropshire
Ladies’ Aid Society
Dunbar Quartet and Bell Ringers at Lemmon’s Pharmacy
The Dunbar male quartet and bell ringers offer top musical entertainment with a money back guarantee. Seats are on sale at Lemmon’s Pharmacy on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday with ticket prices of 10 35 and 50 cents.
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Dunbar
Lemmon’s Pharacy
Cure a Cold in One Day Advertisement
An old advertisement claims LAXATIVE BROMO QUI NINE tablets cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. Each box bears the E&. W. signature and a druggist refund promise if it fails.
Public sale by Wenger Bros auctioneers on Feb 6 1908
Public sale at residence 64 miles southeast of Washington and 2 1/2 miles southwest of Havre on Thursday Feb 6 starting 11 a m. Includes seven head horses thirty three cattle sixty five hogs thirty five sheep two year old and yearling stock plus 500 bushels of corn and straw. Terms 12 months on sums over 10 cash under 10 or cash with 6 percent discount. Kennedy lunch J A McCoy clerk. The Dunbars perform a musical trio for the event. Jan 29 1908.
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Wenger Bros
Washington
Havre
Farrow
Kennedy
Church Stands By Him In Wisconsin Wood Case
In Superior Wisconsin Reverend G H Young asked church members at First Baptist to declare belief in H V P Ernsberger a church officer and Wood case defendant. Nearly all members responded affirming or denying trust in his integrity as the St Paul trial halted when Sherman Savith faced juror tampering charges.
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Superior
Wis
G. H. Young
First Baptist Church
Young
H. VP. Ernsberger
Wood
Ernsberger
Wood Brothers
Tragic Fire Destroys Bedford Family in Richmond
In Richmond on January 28 a house owned by Anthony Franklin of Bedford City collapsed in a fire. The entire family including the man his wife and five children perished after trapping themselves with a deceased child as the building fell.
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Richmond
Anthony Franklin
Bedford City
Shock Turns Woman to Theft After Disaster
Mrs Naomi Mc Gee aged 33 was arrested in a St Louis department store on shoplifting charges. At police headquarters she confessed the shock of the Johnstown disaster in 1889 caused her to have a criminal tendency.
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St. Louis
Naomi McGee
Johnstown
Iss
Bank President Killed by Train in Wisconsin
John L. Dickson president of the First National Bank of Fulda Minnesota was struck by a passenger train on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway southern Minnesota division and instantly killed He was walking on the track and was slightly deaf in LaCrosse Wisconsin January 28.
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LaCrosse
Wis
John L. Dickson
First National Bank
Fulda
Minn
Southern
Minnesota
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Weather forecast across six states with snow chances
The forecast shows increasing cloudiness and likely light snow in northern areas of Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin with warmer temperatures in southern portions. Michigan and Iowa expect snow flurries or light snow with warmer eastern parts and cooler western areas.
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Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Markets Report From Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago market quotes dated January 27 show futures for wheat corn oats and soy yet to close. Cash markets list several grades of wheat corn oats and other grains with varying prices. Live cattle hogs and sheep prices and receipts are given, alongside East Buffalo stock quotes for cattle hogs sheep and calves.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Ilinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
East Buffalo N. Y
Rumors of turmoil in Argentina reach Montevideo
Reports from Montevideo on January 28 describe instability in Argentina after parliament dissolutions. Rumors mention ex-president General Julio Roca possibly exiled and a forthcoming revolution. Three steamers are said to carry thousands fleeing toward Buenos Aires.
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Montevideo
Julio Roca
Argentina
Buenos Ayres
Ex Gov Boies improves in Los Angeles arrival from illness
Ex-Governor Horace A Boies of Iowa arrived in Los Angeles after a serious illness en route from his Waterloo home. He is staying in a beach cottage and will return to Waterloo, Iowa, as soon as his health permits.
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Boies
Los Angeles
Cal
Horace A. Boise
Towa
Waterloo
Governor Magoon Departs Havana for Washington
Governor Magoon left Havana aboard the revenue cutter Hatuey bound for Tampa then by train to Washington. A royal salute was fired from the fortress as the Hatuey departed.
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Havana
Magoon
Washington
Tampa
Fla
Agbanas
Water Main Bursts Cause Citywide Damage in Garfield
A burst water main in Garfield causes extensive property damage across several blocks. The city estimates losses run into thousands of dollars with total damage likely surpassing a hundred thousand dollars.
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Cincinnati
Garfield Plaice
Coasting Accident Kills One Injures Several
A sled accident near Martins Verry left George Molkeny nineteen dead and Elmer Shaffer and Frank Shaffer fatally injured while twelve others were hurt. The bobsled careened into a telegraph pole.
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Martins Verry
Cheorge Molkeny
Elmer
Frank Shaffer
Thaw defense rests as expert alienists argue insanity
The defense in the Thaw case closes with expert alienists testifying Thaw was legally insane when he killed White. Chief Justice Fuller announced a recess for three weeks next Monday. The Harrisburg graft trial for the capitol contract has begun with Frank R. O Neil of Pulitzer Publishing involved in coverage.
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White
Fuller
Supreme Court of United States
Pennsylvania Capitol
Harrisburg
Frank R. O'Neil
Pulitzer Publishing Company
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Adelbert E. Bleekman
Wiecorsin
LaCrosse
King Menelik
C. W. Milbrath Hay
Western Federation
Nevada House
Hattien
Gonaives
Seetina
Open and above board Lydia E Pinkham ad invites inspection
A large front sign at the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company in Lynn Massachusetts proclaims full public inspection of its laboratory and methods. The ad invites scrutiny of whether Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is purely plant based, questions about the Pinkham family, and asks if letters from over a million women prove cure claims while urging doubters to seek confidence through verification.
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Lydia K. Pinkham
America
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Iewa
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Ralph Dougherty
J. H. Stewart
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Sam Statler
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David McLaughlin
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