In the Rockies a stranger seeks shelter at Morris lodge
Craig Oliver loses his way in a heavy rain and finds a remote lodge. He meets a pale French host, Louis, and a striking young woman named Minny who charms him as he questions his own rugged isolation and amid the wild mountain night.
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Craig
Oliver
New York
Islands
Lord Morris
Parkville
Louis
M. de Resaud
Monsieur
Annette
Bric-Abrac
Colorado
Rockies
Monsieur de Restaud
Prussia
France
Skye
Mac
Minny
Minerva
Peter
Craig Oliver
Stranger in the Valley at Mrs de Restaud’s Ranch
Oliver finds himself a guest of Mrs. de Restaud at a remote ranch in the valley. She hides tensions with her husband and confesses to fear and danger, while Oliver contends with a dangerous, morphine-bright “crazy Frenchman” nearby. The scene ends as she prepares food and warns of an unpredictable return of monsieur and his friends.
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Denver
Valley of the Troublesome
Monsieur
Skye
Lord Morris
Hannah
Oliver
John
Louis
Cat
Fliegende Blaetter
Ephor
N. Y
Indianapolis Journal
Centennial Celebrations and Tariff Debates Across America
A digest of 1) Lexington centennial crowds causing travel chaos and bemused officials including a Massachusetts supreme court joke, and 2) tariff changes under the Wilson bill harming American farmers by favoring foreign rivals with broad ad valorem cuts across meats, grains, dairy, vegetables, and wine. Immigrant arrivals dip amid weak business sentiment.
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Senate
Finance Committee
McKinley
Wilson
South Carolina
Louisiana
Canada
Australia
Albany Journal
Family History Scene From Oral Examination
A classroom scene shows a student answering an examiner about George Washington's family. The student notes he was married to Mrs. Washington and claims he was the father of his country, highlighting the mythic framing of Washington's lineage.
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George Washington
Washington
Democratic Deficiency Year Arises From Fiscal Shortfalls
The text projects a June 30 closing of the 1893-4 fiscal year with receipts far below expenditures by about 75 million dollars and total imports down by roughly 200 million dollars from the prior year. It notes a steep drop in tariffed goods, a modest decline in free goods, and a huge outflow of currency for sugar, signaling a broad contraction in U S trade and consumption aligned with reduced domestic demand.
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United States
Political Drift and Democratic Critique Across Papers
A collage of newspaper quotes and editorials from Chicago Tribune, N Y World, St. Louis Globe Democrat and others, railing at the Democratic Party. Critics accuse the party of failed pledges, influence of trusts, and policy missteps while praising or blaming administration actions and legislative outcomes.
Fruits of Democracy in Civil Unrest and War Aftermath
A Cincinnati Gazette editorial laments civil strife after 35 years of single party rule ending in a war. It notes unemployment, marches on Washington, strikes, property damage, assaults, and deaths as state troops restore order amid a bitter return of democratic control.
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Democratic Party
Washington
Cincinnati Gazette
Sugar Steal Claims Hit sugar schedule in Wilson bill
Senator Nelson W Aldrich of Rhode Island charges the sugar schedule of the Wilson bill lets the sugar trust plunder American consumers of thirty four million dollars. Democratic senators deny or remain silent while Democratic papers condemn Democratic subservience to the sugar octopus.
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United States
Toledo Blade
Democratic Party
Sugar Trust
Cleveland
Albany Journal
Party
Texas
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Republican Party
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Boston Advertiser
Central America
Harrison
Nicaragua
Mosquito
Chicago
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Aldrich
Hill Rampant: Hill Attacks Income Tax in Senate Speech
Senator Hill of New York denounces the income tax and mugwump influence in the Democratic Party during a Thursday Senate speech. He argues the tax is a war measure, unenacted by voters, and warns it would force Democrats to abandon pledges and imitate English governance while criticising consistency and home rule.
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New York
United States
Toledo Blade
Senate
David B
Congress
Territories
District of Columbia
Chicago
House of Representatives
Democratic Party
Paty
Henry Georges
Democrats of
Oregon
Great Britain
England
Republic of France
Hill
Treasury
Finance Committee
New Jersey
Connecticut
Secretary of the Treasury
CAMP-FIRE STORIES OF FEAR AND DUTY IN WAR
An old soldier recalls wartime fear and duty with vivid anecdotes of a cavalry officer hidden under a false name. The tale follows a Virginia home visit, Kilpatrick raids, and the later death of Col. Dahlgren, linked to Lieut Murray.
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Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Union
Richmond
Harry Gilmor
Second
Maryland Cavalry
Staunton
J.qc. Naidenbush
Hanover County
Virginia
Old Church
Murray
Peninsula
Kilpatrick
Lieut. Murray
Col. Dahlgren
Federal Army
Pollard
Thad J. Walker
Capt Dennison Remembered For Naval Blockade Wins
A Civil War era note praises Capt Dennison of the steamer Frank Jones as a highly successful gunboat commander in capturing blockade runners. A captor vessel captain once exclaimed upon learning his captor’s name that Dennison was the only officer to have captured him three times.
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Dennison
Frank Jones
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