Gossip and Wedding Rumor Stir Courting Couple
A tide of gossip follows Captain May and Miss Blanchard as friends clash with imagined engagements. Both deny romance while remarks on attire and status fuel talk. Four months later, Cyril Aubrey May weds Phyllis Mary Olivia Blanchard at St George’s Hanover Square with family ties noted.
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Ossip
Atvery Corner
Deligh
Captain May
Lewis
Lady Bolton
Miss Cunliffe
Lucie Charvie
Adeline Rowe
Elsie
Cabby
Times of
St. George’s, Hanover Square
Oxbridge
Noel Blanchard
Cyril Aubrey May
Royal Horse Guard
James Faton May
Brompton Manor
Hants
Phyllis Mary Olivia
Major Blanchard
Barcombe
County Wicklow
Floraire
Superstition Overcome By Philanthropist Offer
The columnist claims to have cured Briggins of his superstition after offering a $1.3 loan, presenting a bold personal triumph reported by the local writer.
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Briggins
Woonsocket Reporter
McKinstey & Sons, Hudson
Sutherland Reveals Subsidies for British Steamships
Sir Thomas Sutherland, president of the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Co., States to stockholders that British steamship subsidies exist and criticizes free trade claims. He notes sharp freight rate declines, silver depreciation, and calls for equalized American mail subsidies to match foreign carriers and ease exchange losses.
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Thomas Sutherland
Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company
Sir Thomas
Sir Thomas Sutherland
P. and O. Company
Pacific Mail
Oceanic
Occidental and Oriental
Pacific Coast
Australia
China
Japan
British Steamship Company
Price List for Farmers from 1896 Circular
A brief price list notes differences between the democratic administration and earlier 1892 under protection. Items include butter creamery per pound and New York beans per bushel with listed prices for June 30, 1896 and 1892. The entry frames prices as a comparison of policy periods.
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Clapp
N. Y
Fall in free trade policy disrupts global markets
The text notes that continued free trade under evolving global economic development unsettles world markets and hinders Canada’s commercial progress. It highlights how international markets no longer provide stable conditions for Canada’s economic stride.
We Want Yer McKinley A Jubilant Protariff Ballad
A sprawling lyric collage mocks and praises McKinley amid tariff talk and 1890s politics. It blends campaign verse with skeptical notes on subsidies and British steamships, interleaving a chorus that champions protection and national vigor. The piece closes with a playful interlude on cultural phrases.
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McKinley
England's Free Trade Stock Under German Invasion Shock
English free trade sentiment faces a fresh shock from Germany's industrial invasion. The minister of agriculture holds an inquiry on dogs while a member sits on Austrian chairs and writes with Bavarian pencils. Witnesses recommend German muzzles for English dogs, stinging British pride.
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England
Germany
Demand for American Goods Surges With Protection Restored
With protection back in place the demand for American goods should rise as citizens begin to request American brands immediately. The note reflects belief that human nature seeks to elevate status by choosing domestic products.
Napoleonic Schemer Revealed by Agent Dialogue
A Detroit Free Press fragment records a quarrelsome exchange about property purchases around a residence. The speaker names family roles and musical talents including an elocutionist wife, a pianist daughter, and children who play cornet violin banjo bones and drum. Characters mentioned include Foxley and Judkins.
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Foxley
George
Bob
Charley
Little Johnnie
Detroit Free Press
Taken at His Word in a Rainy Day Bargain
A young wife manages household funds while her husband, seeking to borrow back money for personal needs, recalls a past emergency. He insists on a rainy day fund, but she reveals both used the sum for a new mackintosh bought at a bargain. The dialogue exposes miscommunication and frugal realities in married life.
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Mre
Mackintosh
Detroit Free Press
Question of the Day and Wit Across Papers
Snippet echoes a collage of quotation-like lines from Cleveland Leader and Washington Star, contrasting a joke about a pixie and a pun on living space with a weather caution. A stray remark links to a quiz prompt about life scores, ending with a cold air admonition.
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Washington Star
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