First Sessions of the Fifty-Fifth Congress in Senate
The Senate opened for the new fifty-fifth Congress with a large audience and floral tributes to new senators Foraker and Hanna. Gov. Bushnell of Ohio swore in Hanna as senator to succeed Sherman, and Davis of Minnesota chaired the foreign relations committee temporarily. Senator Wolcott returned from Europe to support an international monetary conference, and cabinet nominations were confirmed in executive session.
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Washington
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Ifty-Fifth Congress
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Ohio
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Sherman
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Messrs. Foraker
Committee On Foreign Relations
Davis
Minn
Joseph Foraker
Europe
President McKinley Nominates Cabinet Members for Senate
President McKinley submitted cabinet nominations including Sherman as secretary of state Gage treasury Alger war McKenna attorney general Gary postmaster general Long navy Bliss interior Wilson agriculture. Senate promptly confirmed at 12:45 then Executive Mansion filled with crowds and callers all day as interviews and talks continued with Reed, McKenna, Halstead, Caldwell, OBeirne and Drake among others.
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Ohio
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Ilinois
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Michigan
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California
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Maryland
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Massachusetts
Navy
Cornelius N. Bliss
New York
Interior
James Wilson
Iowa
Washington
Reed
White House
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McKenna
J. J. McCook
Murat Halstead
Map
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Cincinnati
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J. J.o’beirne
Gov. Drake
Milly
Educator Nye's Grippe Recovery Promoted by Pink Pills
A Cedar Falls educator A H Nye once robust and now weakened by la grippe credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring his health. After initial skepticism he took three boxes and, aided by improving weather, regained strength. Nye encourages others to test the remedy and notes its claimed cures for nervous and circulatory complaints.
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Cedar Falls
A. H. Nye
Olive Street
Cedar ‘Atta
Town
Prof
Nye
New York State
Black Hawk
Dr. Williams
Ln Grippe
Iowa
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Time it Waa Learned
A fragment from old papers shows dialogue about practicing economy and playing without notes. A wife speaks to a friend about learning, while a husband calls from another room. The exchange touches on language differences between milk and water and notes in America.
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America
Philadelphia Press
Why He Was Wicked and a Blue Wheel Tale
A playful item notes a mother questioning Willie about noise when Aunt May visits and Willie replies he is good because she sings to him. The Detroit Journal-minted line adds a quip about blue mood, a wheel ride, and a wheel relief mix.
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Little Willie
Detroit Journal
Political Economy and Humorous Exchanges in Tribune
A collage of witty quips and cartoons from Chicago papers. Exchanges touch on elopement pleas in politics, poetic pretensions and costs, fire aftermath humor about clothing, and domestic schemes. A Sunday School joke regarding Noah adds a final punch.
Quack Remedies And Ad Claims From Old Newspapers
A collage of health claims and anecdotes touts Hoatetter’s Stomach Bitters, Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar, and Cascarets candy as cures for rheumatism malaria and digestive issues. The clipping also includes playful quotes from various sources and an address line from Covington Kentucky dated 1804, with short notes on remedies and social notices.
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