Senate considers silver dollar bill and trade tokens debate
The senate debates purchase of silver bullion for legal tender and reforms to mint rules. Manderson introduces a bill banning corporate trade tokens. Dolph signals a Friday session to discuss agricultural policy. Newark transport bill advances as military lines discuss promotion. Stephens heirs compensation resolution moves forward. Senate resumes debate on the pure food bill.
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Ai Ok
Binllion
Secretary of ‘the Treasury
United States
Pravarys
Manderson
Nebraska
Judiciary
Dolph
Oregon
Senate
Stanford
House
Newark
Gordon
Georgia
Alexander H. Stephens
Confederacy
House appoints Dingley and Hemphill to deaf and dumb institution
In Washington March 5 the speaker named Nelson Dingley of Maine and JJ Hemphill of South Carolina as directors of the district institution for the deaf and dumb. A resolution asks the secretary of war for information on backwater effects from the Mississippi at Clarendon and the lower White River Arkansas. The bill relief for Emery county’s injured lists passes as the House considers private calendar bills. Assistant Secretary Nettleton informs Senator Chandler that typhus cases in New York arose after landing. immigrants must bond not to become public charges, with Treasury relying on Attorney General Garland’s opinion and Congress’ assent. Officers decide each case. no universal rules exist.
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Washington
Nelson Dingley
Maine
JJ Hemphill
South Carolina
Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
District of Columbia
Secretary of War
Mississippi River
Clarendon
White River
Arkansas
Lhst
Berron
Emery County
House
Washinggton
Nettleton
Chandler
Senate Committee On Immigration
New York
Treasury Department
Garland
Congress
Department
Change for the better in Mr Springer’s condition
In Washmnetor on March 5 a notable improvement was reported in the health of Mr Springer. He and his family and physicians hold renewed hope as the fever declines and his mind clears. The patient himself says he believes he is getting a new hold and the disease seems under control.
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Washmnetor
Springer
Ponaton Appropriation Bill Reported in House
Washmeter March 5 Mr Matchler of Pennsylvania from the committee on appropriations reported to the house the pension appropriation bill for the fiscal year ending June 30 1893. The bill appropriates 6134 825066 being 12 280484 less than the estimates and 389719 less than the current year. The number of pensioners rose from 242755 in 1879 to 676160 in 1891 and disbursements grew from 325493749 in 1879 to 124415.95 in 1891 The appropriation for 1892 was 135214780.
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Ponaton
Washmeter
Mr. Matchler
Pennsylvania
Committee On Appropriations
House
American shooter Deacon faces Grasse judge in Adele case
In Cannes on March 5 Mr Deacon the American who shot and killed Adele the Frenchman in his wife s hotel room was again confronted with Drs Deacon before the judge of instruction at Grasse. Mrs Deacon left the room as the examination occurred showing a tense scene. Deacon expects acquittal and possible release on substantial bail. Trial set for April.
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Cannes
France
Lynchers Defense of Insanity in Siebolt Case
In Darumaton Wisconsin on March 5 the defense in the Siebolt lynching case had its motion to the indictment overruled by the judge. The defense then pleaded insanity for all defendants, claiming lack of responsibility. Of sixty examined, six were accepted. another special venue has been issued for ninety men. Barney has not yet surrendered.
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Darumaton
Wis
Siebolt
Barney
State copies of forms of ballots necessary for new law
Commissioners transmit a letter of transmittal to the clerk and provide a watcher’s certificate to implement the new law in time for the next election.
Fragmentary OCR Note Reflects Unclear Incident
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a person named Dave and references pain, rights, and a five night period. No clear event, date, or location is discernible to establish a complete news item.
Financial review notes mixed domestic strength and iron weakness
R G Dun weekly review says foreign selling of American securities diminished as stock market dulls and sterling exchange firm with modest gold exports. February exports remain large, cotton receipts light with 7.00 price, iron industry faces plant closures and low prices, while textiles and hardware show activity. Stock market dull. weekly business failures total 240 in US and Canada, down from prior week.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Cots Weekly jReview
Sterling Exchange
South
Mahoning
Shenango
Cage
Rront
Northern
Boston
Bar
New York Central
United States
Canada
Marie Blaine Defiant Over Letters and Allegations
Chicago March 5 Mrs Mary Nevins Blaine defends her character against claims tied to her marriage and letters. She demands the full text be published within ten days or she will release her letters to prove who was the wooer and challenge alleged attacks by Secretary Blaine. She vows not to let her character be besmirched.
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Chicago
Mary Nevins Blaine
Blaine
New York
Mr. Blaine
Noah Porter Dies Ex President of Yale College
Ex president Noah Porter of Yale College died in New Haven on March 5 from a complex set of disorders after an attack of the grip. In Indianapolis street cars resumed service March 3 with Receiver Steele in possession and badges restored to workers amid ongoing outbreak of conflict and court actions related to withheld contempt.
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New Haven
Noah Porter
Yale College
Indianapolis
Steele
Taylor
Simaci
Ohio Sterrett bill sparks sharp legislative fight
The Sterrett bill to create a state board of medical examiners provokes a major battle in the Ohio Legislature. A large lobby and many physicians in support and opposition, with the board to license doctors and verify diplomas from legally chartered institutions. The measure would regulate medical practice and assess schools to determine legitimacy and standing. The bill was set as a special order for March 2.
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Cotlists
Ohio
Sterrett
Tem
Dr Scudder Inmate Insanity Claim Sparks Chicago Row
The detention hospital guards question whether Dr Henry M Scudder is truly insane or feigning. A reporter at his cell hears raving about people plotting against him and a possible murder claim denied as a sham by attendants.
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Chicago
Henry M. Scudder
Dr Scudder
Ayer
Dr. Scudder
Pennsylvania Democratic League revises state club representation
The committee on revision of the constitution met in Hapaissera at the Bolton House and set representation at 1 delegate per 35 members with an extra delegate per 100 members. Societies must have at least 25 members to be recognized and new groups pay a $10 initiation fee.
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Hapaissera
Democratic State League of Clubs
Bolton House
New Mine Bosses Named by Bituminous Board
In Monongahela City Pa on March 5 the first bituminous examining board issued certificates of competency as mine bosses to Porter Roscoe Harry Wilds Illiam Crockett Monarch Thomas Hall Coal Valley James Abercrombie Camden Hugh Carrins Bundla James aig Monongahela City Peter Mc Kenna Coal Center Thomas Grady Eco John A Carroll Coal Center. The board members were Inspector Henry Louttit Operator J F Kennedy and Miner J P N Coulter.
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Mononaanena City
Ae Porter
Roscoe
Harry Wilds
Illiam Crockett
Monarch
Thomas Hall
Coal Valley
James Abercrombie
Camden
Hugh Carrins
Bundla
James Aig
Monongahela City
Peter McKenna
Coal Center
Thomas Grady
Eco
John A. Carroll
Oleomargarine Rules Expanded to All States
The house agriculture committee at a special session ordered a favorable report on Mr. Hatch's bill. It subjects oleomargarine transported into or stored in any state or territory to police powers as if produced there.
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Wasnixaton
House Committee On Agriculture
Hatch
World's Fair Grounds Too Small
Cuiiaco March 5. In spite of the immense limit provided for the spray at the World's fair it is found necessary to enlarge it. Chief Ives said two foreign nations alone have bid for as much space as the great building affords leaving nothing for the rest of the world.
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Cuiiaco
Ives
Archbishop Ireland Defended in Vatican backed attack
The Monitor reports a Vatican inspired defense of Archbishop Ireland amid attacks over his school policy and push for a Catholic World’s Fair congress. It notes quotes praising his devotion to the pope and hints he may soon be made a cardinal of the United States.
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March
Monitor
Jong
Ignor Ireland
Ireland
St. Paul
Bes
She Po
United States
iThe Sesanlo
Catholic Church Congress
Catholic Congress
Rome
Vatican
Gons
Mad Mule Attacks Farmer Near Waco Wounds Face
A farmer at Waco eight miles east of town was attacked by a mad mule while going to work. The mule tore his clothing and mutilated his face. Charles is in a perilous condition in Kentucky. The animal is considered mad and will have to be killed.
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Waco
Okina Ky
Charles
Looting by Hungry Mob in Danzig Sparks Disorder
In Danzig West Prussia unemployed workers, angered by food shortages, mob the streets, loot bakeries and butcher carts, some secretly hide bread for families. Authorities offer 220 jobs at sewage farms. others protest against perceived ruses as unrest grows. A separate note from Cott discusses the Elliot murder trial, with the state expected to rest within days and the defense calling witnesses.
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Bern
Germany
Danzng
Dantzg
West Prussia
Thei
Pan
Innlees
Turn Coals Idle After Wage Dispute Near Bellaire Ohio
James Turn Co. coal mines a mile west of Bellaire halt operations as ninety workers strike over a proposed two and a half day increase in a week. The fight centers on longer workdays on the Baltimore and Ohio line.
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Bellaire, O
James Turn, Co
Bellaire
Baltimore and Ohio
Four Glass Factories in BreuLarre Plan Merger
O BreuLarre March 5 four large glass factories plan to merge forming a new company with a capital of 200000 dollars.
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BreuLarre
F Formped
Artist Alice Mitchell sketches crime scenes in jail room portraits
March 3 Moros Me Moros reports Alice Mitchell, accused of murdering Freda Ward, shows calm after co defendant Lillie Johnson's bail. She creates witty drawings of the courtroom scenes and portraits of officials on wall displays. Myler arrest note appears in Allegheny with embezzlement charges against Theodore Myler, ex post office associate.
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Mice Mitchell
Lillie Johnson
Roommatte
Freda Ward
Lillie
The
Alice
Freda
Mitchell
Connseiture
Mira
Bay 10
Allegheny
Marth
Marshal Harrah
Theodore Miller
Mn Myler
Allegheny Post Office
United
McWilliams
Myler
Prisoner in Wooring County Faces Hanging Fears
Reported prisoner Wilkes BaRkF Pa Minh 4 known as Charles Wall awaits execution for a murder in Tunkhannock. Deputies monitor him closely after a jail declaration he may resist hanging and amid fears of self harm. He allegedly asked to drink gin before the sentence.
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Wilkes Barkf Pa Minh
Charles Wall
Tunkhannock
Warceh
Wooring
National Rice Milling Company Incorporated at Treston
The National Rice Milling company was incorporated with a capital of $900,000 to own rice plantations divert streams erect elevators and mills and engage in a general business. Principal incorporators are Edward V Douglass of Philadelphia Thomas H Wentworth of Brooklyn and E Q Keasby of Morristown.
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Treston
National Rice Milling Company
Edward V Douglass
Philadelphia
Thomas H Wentworth
Brooklyn
E. Q. Keasby
Morristown
Mrs Lucretia Sample Claims City Property Titles
Dozens of letters from Mrs Lucretia Sample of Des Moines claim titles to much of Tiffin Ohio a large portion of the northern city wards and some farm land. An abstractor notes the claims may be grounded in some cases and the title question may go to the courts.
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Tiffin
Lucretia Sample
Des Moines
How Did Fitzsimmons Get the Knife
The grand jury did not address the manner in which Frederick C. Fitzsimmons obtained the knife in a death by his own action. A thorough investigation was conducted, but the report remains incomplete and unclear.
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Fitzsimmons
Saeras
Frederick C. Fitzsimmons
Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Salve Heal Ailments
H Clifford of New Cassel suffers neuralgia and rheumatism with stomach and liver distress, drastic weight loss, and weakness. Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg uses three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to heal a leg sore eight years old. John Speaker of Catawba has leg ulcers doctors deemed incurable. one bottle Electric Bitters and one box Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cure him. Laubauch & Boyd distribute.
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H. Clifford
New Cassel
Wip
Tvas
Eaward Shepherd
Harrisburg
John Speaker
Catawba
Bucklen
Laubauch & Boyd
Salve advertised for cures of skin eruptions and sores
A vintage drugstore advertisement claims this salve relieves cat boils rheum fever sores and other skin ailments. It promises money back if not satisfied and lists Lanbach and Boyd Druggists as sellers with a 25 cent price.
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Lanbach & Boyd
Coughing Leads to Consumption Kemp Balm
A fragment notes coughing leading to consumption and mentions Kemp's Balm to stop the cough. The text evokes a bygone era warning of ailment and remedies, with archaic phrasing and incomplete context. The readable fragment hints at health concerns and lingering warmth from past remedies.
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Kemp
Child Sleep Troubles and Worm Complaint Ad
Is your child restless at night with fretful behavior and dark circles about the eyes. A tired pale look, feverish moments, coated tongue and offensive breath may signal worms. Mother Gray's Sweet-Worm Trowders promise quick relief. All druggists 25 cents. The largest beeseeper is Mr Harbison of California producing 200000 pounds of honey.
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Gray
Jupiters Warning and quack medicine claims in a rustic tale
A fable-like tale contrasts a lazy man with stuck cart and a stern rebuke from Jupiter to take action himself. The passage then endorses Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a universal remedy and health policy, urging readers to buy from druggists and to trust its claims for colds, lung issues, digestion, blood purification, and skin health.
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Jupiter
Pierce
Simmons Liver Regulator promotes whole body health
An ad touts Simmons Liver Regulator as a universal medicine that cleanses the blood and aids liver function. It claims benefits for digestive issues and bowels, especially in children, and praises its simple method of imparting health to every organ.
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Akes
Flood
Simmons Liver Regulator
Ely's Cream Balm Named Best Remedy for Catarrh
Worcester and Springfield druggists endorse Lily's Cream Balm and Ely's Cream Balm as superior remedies for catarrh. Testimonials praise its merit and satisfaction among users across Massachusetts towns including Worcester and Springfield.
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Lily
K. Meiler
Worcester
Mass
Ely
Bush & Co
C. P. Alden
Springfield
Pee A. Hil
W. FP. Draper
First Telephone Arraignment Stuns TirFin Court
Fritz Grammel of TirFin claims he was arraigned, tried, convicted and committed by telephone. In a quirky police court session the mayor presided, Grammel pleaded not guilty by phone, and the judge ordered detention all via telephone. Grammel’s lawyers challenge the proceedings as improper and illegal.
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TirFin
Fritz Grummel
Grammel
G Mel
Abatt
Prinoner
Prion
Needle found in child's head shocks Springfield doctors
In Springfield on March 4 a shocking case emerges as Mrs. Frank Saum reports a broken needle lodged in her 6-year-old daughter's head. She alleges the needle pierced her before birth and remained buried until discovery during a head combing. The incident prompts medical attention and local interest.
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Springfield
Frank Saum
West Mulberry Street
Sam
General appropriation bill passed with minor changes
The House approved the general appropriation bill with few amendments, adding $3,190 to reach $93,225,006. An effort to reduce funds for the epileptic asylum at Callipolis failed, as did a bid to cut the Hocking Canal preparatory funding. Senate moves included selling the Cincinnati Southern railroad with safeguards for tenants and bondholders, loaning funds to a bank at best rate, issuing electric plant bonds in Cleveland, and other measures. The Seneca county Agnellita society dissolved after forty years amid a broader question of managing local dynamite excitement.
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March
House
Ctallipolis
Hocking Canal
Senate
von Segrern
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Panhandle
Cincinnati
Eayleston Avenue
Spencer
Cleveland
Sulphur Bitters Featured as True Friend to the Sick
A nostalgic note praises Sulphur Bitters as a trusted remedy for those in despair. The piece highlights Dr. RB Crague and the product's reputation as a friend to the ailing, claiming strong curative power and near miraculous results for patients on death's door.
Dust or Drying Joke Sparks Family Banter
A playful exchange has a mother and a young girl debating if the child is made of dust. The girl asks if she is made of dust and the mother replies that she would dry up if so, turning the moment into a light family quip.
Mother Gray's Sweet Worm Powders Sold In Drug Stores
Of Interest to Mothers and Children notes a remedy called Mother Gray's Sweet Worm Powders now in drug stores. The powder, priced at 29 cents per package, claims to expel worms and ease feverishness, constipation, and headaches. The ad urges readers to ask their druggist, citing nationwide availability.
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New York
Mother Gray
Unproven Cure Promises for Piles and Kidney Disease
An advertisement touts Adler's Discovery for piles and a kidney remedy named Swamp-hot. It claims thousands cured and offers a money back guarantee. Mentions Madjeska and Clara Louise Kellogg and sells through J. Zimmerman & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Zimmerman & Co
Unclear health advice page fragment prompts questions
Fragmentary advertorial text discusses daily habits and home remedies to prevent illness. It mentions Liver Hepulator and SulphursBitters and references a family doctor and visits, but details are garbled and sources unclear. The piece seems to warn about extortion by a doctor and hints at financial concerns.
Quack Remedy Claims Pure Blood Cure
An advertisement touts a tonic that allegedly cleanses the blood of impurities, strengthens the system, increases appetite, and rapidly cures dyspepsia constipation liver and kidney troubles.
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Umaga
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Ton, Mass
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Spavin
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Ark
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Gista
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Erxesburgh Falls
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Yale
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Fennsylvania Democratic League
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Aoe
Ralph EB. Chand
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J Millett
S Trias
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Murufresses
Alice Mitchell
Gheny
Marierer
Rice Trust
Cook County
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Tryia
Aubauch & Boyd
Buckien
Missouri
Mother Gry
Harbison
Caufornis
New England
Iwegal
Ohio Legislature
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Thryx
Seneca County Agnellilta Society
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Mme. Madjeska
Clara Louise Kellogg
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Fly's Cafem
CATAR
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ELY Brothers
Warren St
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Campbell & Aie
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Pittsburgh
Cactus Blood Cure
Superior
New York City
Wrrnee
Bixler's Business College
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