Betrayed by Brice and the Wool Duty Fight
A historical critique tracing Senator Brice's role in the Wool and iron ore tariff debates. The piece accuses Brice and Democratic allies of pressuring for duties on coal and iron ore while wool remained untaxed, warning Ohio farmers of political betrayal ahead of the November election. It discusses Hoar and Sherman's amendment, the Republican stance, and the broader protectionist issue in the tariff battle.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Brice and Gorman
Ohio
Brice
United States
Republican Party
Hoar
New England
Drive Tocone
Tr. Sherman
Senator Brice and the Wool Duty Debate in 1894
A Mansfield News summary recounts Senator Brice's firm opposition to wool duties during the 1894 tariff bill, detailing his repeated nay votes and pair transfers as the wool provision failed amid Democratic and Populist opposition. It notes Ohio’s wool producers, sheep counts, and state economic stakes in contrast with Texas.
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Au Obin
Newport
New York
Washington
Buckeye
Lesanc
N. Y
Brice
Senate
Company defends wages amid false big cat rumor
Springfield report quotes General Bushnell denying a sensational claim that wages were cut and a strike planned. He says pay is largely unchanged except 10 cent raise for common laborers, workers volunteered for tomorrow's parade, and the Warder Bushnell & Glessner shop payrolls can be checked. He blames opponents and a partisan misread.
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Columbus Dispatch
Springfield
Bushnell
Bushnell & Glessner Company
Lazonda
Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Company
Ohio
Hair color and texture as indicators of character and morality
The excerpt links hair attributes to traits such as trustworthiness, gentleness, intelligence, and temperament. It describes black, brown, red, and auburn hair as signaling varying degrees of wit, prudence, ruthlessness, or kindness, and claims curves, straightness, and waviness reflect moral fiber and vitality.
World of Sports Notes Oddities and Events
A Parisian style poto match in London showcases Spanish riders as victors. New truffles from Sardinia Arzita and Casablanca Morocco surface. An ibex fall in Arizona’s Superstition Mountains marks rare U.S. sightings. Athens Olympic venue near completion with marble covered ellipse ends. France orders expulsion of Spanish bullfighters amid enforcement of bullfighting ban. Maryland shooter Joan Wancoes, missing right arm, totals 209 squirrels 125 rabbits 217 partridges 62 pheasants 28 wild turkeys 35 woodcock 23 mallards 7 redheads this season.
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London
Sardinia
Arzita
Casablanca
Morocco
M. Chatin
Maricopa County
A. T
United States
Oregon
Athens
France
M. Leygues
Joan C. Wancoes
Sancoeck
Odds and Ends from a Historic Almanac Note
A compilation of scattered facts on European peaks, U S military salutes, stamp history, a Sydney coal proposal, and patterns of farm ownership across U S regions. Mentions Mont Buanc as Europe's highest peak, no tollgates on a holy road, half a million Boston library volumes, a twenty one gun salute, adhesive stamps missing, Sydney coal drilling, West versus South farm ownership and mortgage trends.
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Mont Buanc
Europe
Public Library
Boston
United States
Sydney Harbor
New South Wales
West
South
Pleasant Thoughts and Quotations Trace in Old Papers
A collage of vintage witticisms from Boston Transcript Brooklyn Life The State and Boston Traveler features lines about school days caned seats infernal machines anarchists bicyclists hair turning gray and a farmer's reply to city boarders. The snippets capture humor in early 20th century newspaper humor columns and social quips.
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Fogg
Boston Transcript
Brooklyn
Teachen
Bobby
Boston
Hood's Sarsparilla Claims Superior Cure Record
The advertisement proclaims Hood's Sarsaparilia as achieving remarkable cures and unequalled effectiveness for all blood diseases, presenting it as a premier remedy.
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Hood
Negro Superstitions In Washington Race And Night Doctor Fears
A Washington letter portrays thousands of Black residents fearing night doctors and white physicians who allegedly dissect Negroes. It cites mammy cures, superstition, and neglect as causes of misdiagnosis, urging action for local African American welfare near the Capitol.
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Washington
Ile
Pittsburgh
New York
Chile
Mammy
Capitol Dome
White House
Africa
Greenland
India
Cornl Strand
Afric
Serra D. Pry
Caprices of Fashion in Fall Attire
The piece notes fashion shifts for autumn including side box plaits on skirts, reduced use of white at the throat, and ruched skirts with hair cloth interlining. It highlights plaid silks and cottons as popular fabrics, pineapple silks for dresses, and new light draped black-market style suits with subtle novelty.
Value of the States From 1890 Assessments
The article lists state wealth figures from 1890 assessors for California Utah Dakota Indiana Texas Alabama Iowa New Jersey Wisconsin Kentucky Illinois Tennessee North Carolina and others. Figures include real estate mines farms and manufactories with totals like California 584,578,086 and New Jersey 702,518,361.
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California
Alabama
Iowa
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Illinois
Tennessee
Middle
North Canolina
Quotations on virtue and courage from past thinkers
A collage of aphorisms and maxims from Gladstone Goethe Johnson Shakespeare Burke and Rousseau, reflecting on justice patience hope and fear. The varied authors urge peace reason and fortitude while warning that delay false quarrels and envy corrode courage.
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Johnson
Goethe
J. Martyn
Danger for Torpedo Boats From Rifled Rifle Fire
The navy reports a steel sample of half an inch thickness pierced at about 200 feet by a rifle bullet smaller than the army’s rifle. The steel’s clean hole shows torpedo boat armor, boiler and explosives could be pierced at that distance, rendering a torpedo boat useless before it could threaten a ship.
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Navy Department
Washington
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Wall Street
Miers
Senator Brice
Astors
Wolcott
Colorado
Mitchell
Wyoming
Carey
McKinley Law, But This Was Defeated By the Same Vote, Mr. Brice
Sherman
Yous
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Gorman
Mansfield News
the World OF Sports
Odds and
Gladstone
Anon
the Celluloid Company
Broadway
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