Tariff League promotes protection through wage and living cost studies
Amentaex Protectivs tariff league offers two valuable series arguing protection benefits for farmers merchants and professionals. Each issue compares wages cost of living and related factors, with pricing in stamps postage and numbers, listing topics from labor, raw materials, and industrial production to the farmer and shipbuilding.
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Amenteax Protectivs Tariff Leacue Bg
Amedita
Livieg
Roe
United
Huse Cag Lasay
Crawa
Eae
Rome
Kirst Kasay
C. L. Kowanis
We. Lawkence
Historical Review
D. Hake
Col
Tuomas
Dovery Cis Aseerew
Ee Asu Public Policy
George S RF. Ent
iKesapesé
Gerrens
H. Ammidow
Armdican
J D. Weexs
Southern
M. Cullom
Origin of Perchar Slang Expressions Traced Across Regions
A fragmentary gloss explores historic slang terms and their regional meanings in England, tracing words like lamme bluff whopper cranky calk and others to eras and locales such as Northumberland Essex Kent Derbyshire and Gloucestershire through Grose's Provincial Glossary.
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Northumberland
Gloucestershire
Suffolk
New England
Kent
England
Derbyshire
Grose
Price Paid for Opurians and Alligators in Spring Trade
The June report notes buyers paying 1 to 2 dollars per foot for full grown alligators sought by Northern museums and aquariums. Negroes trap and haul the saurians, with Bourquin noting up to 25 dollars offered for a 12 foot specimen. The piece also observes alligators sharing habitats with terrapins, and hints at dwindling numbers due to hunting through spring.
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Gugie Bourquin
Savannah
Remarkable Story of Explorers in New Mexico
An Albuquerque correspondent reports a party met a Mexican near the Malpais who guided them to a cave above lava beds. They descended, found a dark, vibrating chamber with a water lake, and a floating island of lava before being rescued. The tale includes other odds and ends such as hypnotism and a gallery quip about a Meissonier painting priced at 18.07.
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New Mexico
Albuquerque
San Francisco Chronicle
J. A. Beatin
R. W. Loudon
Malpais
Hae
Meissonier
Hondon
Torre del Fuego
England
Liston Popper
London
Onas
Darwin
Canal
Terra del Fuego
Lista
Popper
Chicago Herald
Oman
Saratoga
Solomon
Detroit Free Press
Circus Evening Leads to Kisses on the Road
Jake Doozenberry and Maggie Sipes walk home from a circus enjoying lemonade and ice cream. They praise acts, comment on trapeze riders and clowns, then share a kiss at the gate and plan to see each other at singing school Friday night.
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Jake
Maggie
Maggie Sipes
Jake Doozenbury
Jake Doozenberry
Tee
Singin
One Known Thief to Every Nineteen Hundred Forty Five
The piece notes a long term drop in known thieves and receivers of stolen goods due to police efficiency. It cites data from 1863-9 to 1887-8 showing declines in thieves per population, fewer receivers, and fewer suspected houses. It praises police vigilance and supervision as the key factor in this improvement.
Seeds Grow in Watered Muslin Woven Pans in Beehive Dept
A St Louis Globe-Democrat correspondent details the cultural department’s seed distribution. Seeds germinate in shallow pans with wire frames and muslin folds kept wet by capillary action, forming abundant sprouts. A single two foot pan yields many plants. unsatisfactory seeds are tested by gardeners. The department distributes roughly two thirds of its $100,000 seed stock to Congress and the rest as it sees fit, aiming to please and conciliate recipients.
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St . Globe-Démocrat
Cultural Department
Nate
Earth
Uncle Sam
Ness
Congress
Ancient Rome Destroyed for Building Materials
Dr. Lanciani notes how in 140 to 1549 the Forum valley was systematically stripped for building materials. Temples arches basilicas inscriptions statues and reliefs were dismantled or removed to St Peter's or repurposed. The account cites multiple structures including the Pantheon and Castor and Pollux, ending with a stark judgment on Romans harming their own city.
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Dr. Lanciani
Rome
Forum
St. Peter's
Foru
Antoninus
Fanusti
Fabricio Marius
Savoy
Augustus
Actiun
Romulus
Maxentius
Julius Cesar
Gether
Cas and
Pollux
Vesto
Vortumnus Michael
Angelo
Castor
Raphael
Lorenzetto
Jonah
Innocent XII
The Art of Mending for Girls Early Training in Needlework
A column extols teaching girls to mend and tailor from a young age. It covers darning, patching, trimming, cleaning, and reworking garments to extend life, with emphasis on economy, care, and neat technique. The piece cites the New York Tribune.
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N. Y. Tribune
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American Economist
American Prove Taria League
New York
Iicheraai
Nichols Med
Battle ‘Creek
Michigan
Our Home
Ayres & Sons
Philadelphia
Evert Wee
Lalla Province
Piac
Lord & Thomas
Chicago
Genealogy OF Slang
Thrilling Adventure
Boris
Paris
CRIME
Terre Haute Express
Washington Star
Joseph Cook
Mr. Moneybags
Charles Slimpurse
West Shore
Bragden
Jennie Harkins
Jennie
Castoria
Jonty
Rome Manufacturing CO
Indianapolis, Ind
H. A. Arcuzi
M.D
Oxford St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Tas Centaur Company
Fulton Street
Kabe
Atlas Engine Works
Indianapolis
IND
Randolph St
Wwe
Au-atana
LORD
C.a.snow&co
Patent Office
Waswinaror
BD. C
Serere
Humphreys’ Medicine Co
W. O’brien
Ames
Deering & Empire
Tiger
Bradle & Hamilton
Ketcham & O'Brien
J. F. McLain
George D. Loud
North Side
Main Street
Ames, Lowa
Geo. D. Loud
City Drug Store
Westerman & Arnold
Iowa
Lie Mephiss Co
L. M. Mets
Elgin
Waltham
Empire Watch Club CO
Park Row
N. Y
Mall
Hazeltine
Warren, Pa
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Jenner A
Montana
Manitoba
Dakot
Broming
Idaho
Oregon
W. Lake Minnetonka
Duluth
Clear Lake
White Bear
Northwest
Kansas
Colorado
Abrtzon
Old and New Mexico
California
Arkansas
Tennessee
Geo
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Excelsior Springs
Hot Springs
Peoria
Shaahaia
Ohio
Ill Owers
Ackert
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