Tariff as Economic Shield Drives National Balance
The essay argues a protective tariff curbs imports to support a favorable trade balance, enabling the county to meet obligations. It critiques free trade financiers, defends England as a debtor nation, and urges tariff use to prevent national bankruptcy while endorsing currency reform proposals as practical solutions.
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New York
Great Britain
England
Canada
United
Alasso
United States
Not a Kicker and The Banks Adopt a Rule
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt notes the stock slump impact with dialogue about banks limiting withdrawals to twenty five plunks daily. The Duke and Tieiress exchange startled remarks as a sudden event is described in a truncated scene.
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Tieiress
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Snakes and lectures mix in a fragmentary quip
A fragment from the Washington Star features a joking exchange about snakes seen while drinking and a theorist suggesting stereopticon views for a lecture tour. The dialogue includes a jab about a habitual orator and a stray remark about a wife nagging a husband.
Tariff Policy Backed by Economic Prosperity Editorial
A Lawrence Massachusetts Sun opinion argues slow tariff reform avoids harm. It credits the Dingley act for prosperity, notes high American wages, and warns tinkering could erode business confidence during fragile times.
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Wall Street
Lawrence
Mass
Sun
Bryan in 2 New Political Roles Analyzed
Washington correspondents survey Mr. Bryan in a shift toward conciliatory policy and openness to Democratic leaders. They note his Chicago visit olive branch to Sullivan and stance on trusts and ownership. The piece views his reformist energy as risky with radical followers unsure of his new approach.
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Bryan
New Hole
Washington
Mr. Bryan
Chicago
Roger Sullivan
Patrick McCarren
Brooklyn
McCarren
Toledo Blade
A Futile Struggle for Greene and Gaynor
The piece recalls the eight year fight over the embezzlement and conspiracy case tied to Savanna harbor work. Greene and Gaynor faced trial, conviction, four year sentences, and hefty fines over half a million dollars. Despite wealth and influence, the defendants faced extradition efforts and relentless federal pursuit, with the moral: the rich cannot outpace Uncle Sam.
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Greene
Gaynor
Savanna
Moner
Greehe
Gaypor
Vhes
Canada
Trigh Groenkh
Otter Tega
Supreme Court
Carter
Uncle Sam
Girdlestone & Co Aged Merchant Faces Family Crisis
Ezra Girdlestone learns John Harston is dying from malignant typhoid and must run the firm alone. The elder man invites Ezra to handle affairs while he visits Harston, as palm oil and ivory trade pressure the African merchants toward swift voyages and renewed fortunes.
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Girdlestone & Co
London
Ezra
John Girdlestone
Thelerks
Girdlestone
Belitda
Cape Palmas
Hs Square
Ile
Black Eagle
Madeira
Hamilton Miggs
Miggs
John Harston
Mara
Lusking
John
Joan Girdlestone
St John Harston
Death
Willing Guardian Named for Dying Merchant Daughter
A dying African merchant asks his longtime friend John Girdlestone to guard and raise his daughter Kate until she comes of age, with the fortune reverting to Girdlestone if she dies unmarried. The scene shifts to a seafaring crew facing a battered ship and the need for repairs before a Channel crossing.
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John
Kate
Girstone
Girdlestone
George Dimsdale
Antiques in Savannah Swamps Attract Georgia Collectors
Georgia dealers in Savannah probe swamps for old mahogany and colonial pieces. They trade with local African American woodworkers, noting most furniture came from plantations or earlier homes. A collector boasts about 700 percent gain from finds in negro cabins and outbuildings.
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Georgia
Savannah
New York Herald
Darkey
Ea Sane
Ally Loe
Ghan
Return of the crew sparks cautious talk aboard the ship
Mr. Girdlestone greets a returning captain as they exchange wary remarks about safety and confidences. The seaman lists cargo hopes including gold dust, skins, resin, cochineal, gums, ebony, tobacco, fruits, and nuts, asserting the ship still has work left after a perilous voyage in a west-southwest gale.
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Mr. Girdlestone
Esther
Spendthrift Analogy Draws Laughs in Local Debate
A home crown philosopher explains that spendthrift is like a tub with a broken bottom. A very young man asks for the answer and receives: Fle takes all that comes, but is unable to hold anything.
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Fle
Poetic Riddle Text Appears in Philadelphia Press
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press presents quirky speech patterns with phrases like say old ain and shit genespot loaned yeu, featuring Dewan Marsley and a sneering tone. The piece reads as a jumble of words and interrupted dialogue.
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Ain
Dewan Marsley
Boroudhs
Philadelphia Press
Blame Accepted by a Self-Made Man in Bookshop Exchange
In a brief bookstore scene a customer asks for the Century Magazine. the new clerk replies they carry only monthly magazines. Diggins praises the man for taking the blame, while Muggins and Thiggins exchange acknowledgments and politeness over the matter.
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Thiggins
Muggins
Diggins
Century Magazine
The Inn of Man and the Born Child Sermon Theme
Henry F. Cope urges daily self examination and faith toward the good. He argues life moves by choice not fate and each person shapes a shared world through love and virtue. The sermon compares self-centered living with opening room for God to be born in the life and to attain godlike power through sacrifice.
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Henry F. Cope
God
Birth of Christ and universal peace in wartime sermons
Rev John P Peters discusses the temple in Jerusalem and its symbolic shift with Christ's birth, arguing that true greatness lies in indwelling God rather than earthly grandeur. Rev M W Haynes calls for universal peace through Christ, critiquing treaties and urging evangelism to end strife and defend both earthly and eternal needs.
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John P. Peters
John
Jerusalem
Christ
Solomon
Herod
Chret Edoon
Jesus Christ
God
M. W. Haynes
Earth
Amiens
Utrech
Ghent
Heaven
Man
Hymns You Ought to Know A Great Friend
A poetic invocation praising a great friend to mankind who rebukes sin, frees captives, and calls the needy toward light and truth. The piece celebrates guidance for nations and the longing for a perfected day through life and way.
Don’t Be A Hypocrite A Holy Tone Cannot Save
A terse meditation on sincerity over ritual, warning that self satisfaction and pleasant words do not guide true salvation. It cautions against preaching without action and warns that gold worship dulls virtue, noting character grows through deeds, not idle dream or easy rhetoric.
Scaly Eruption Cured In Vermillion Man
B Hiram Mattingly of Vermillion South Dakota endured ten years of scaly body eruptions and hair loss. After futile efforts with top doctors he used Cuticura Ointment and Soap and was completely cured with hair restoration after three boxes.
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Hiram Mattingly
Vermillion
Dak
New Zealand as Utopian Colony and Thermal Wonderland
W G Fitz-Gerald describes New Zealand as a pastoral and agricultural country with a remarkable native race and a vast thermal region in North Island. He notes a government sanctioned sanatorium area for invalids full of volcanoes, steam vents, hot springs, geysers, and boiling mud pots.
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New Zealand
W. G. Fitz-Gerald
Technical World
North Island
Inherited Kidney Trouble Prompts Dean's Pills Endorsement
Mrs. Frank Roseboom of Moscow Idaho reports inherited kidney trouble worsened her condition causing sleepless nights dizziness and back pain. After using Dean's Kidney Pills the troubling symptoms disappeared and she notes they are sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box.
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Frank Roseboom
Washington Street
Moscow
Idaho
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Railroad Man Learns To Thrive On Grape-Nuts Diet
A railroader, plagued by indigestion, shares how Grape-Nuts transformed his health. He reports rapid appetite return, increased energy, seven pound gain, and no further indigestion after starting the food. His wife also tried it, praising the product said to be the perfect food by Postum Co. in Battle Creek Michigan. Read The Road to Wellville in the packages. There’s a Reason.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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