Altgeld and the Haymarket Tragedy Revisited
In 1890s Chicago Governor Altgeld's pardon of anarchists sparks a critical reminder in Twenty Years Ago. The piece recalls police deaths, Haymarket Square memorials, and warns against demagogic framing and anti-law sentiment in politics and press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altgeld
Chicago Evening Post
John P. Altgeld
Illinois
Daily ‘Press
Chicago
Harrangues
Haymarket Square
Stingy man learns grave lessons from home paper
A Three Oaks Acorn tale recounts a stingy man who borrows his neighbor’s newspaper. A series of comic misfortunes follows: bees sting the son, barbed wire injures the father, a cow consumes corn and dies, a churn spills cream, a leg is broken, false teeth ruined, a carpet damaged, and a daughter elopes with the hired man. The piece ends with a moral urging home newspaper subscription and thrift. It also notes political lines and border rhetoric, referencing Henry Lane Wilson, Texas governor, and a rim of 1912 era politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Oaks
Mich
Acorn
Atlantic Prepares Public Opinion in Debated Civic Front
The column rails at political and economic topics from U S senator Pomereno to Mexican intervention and hog cholera funding while urging Atlantic civic support. It promotes the Atlantic Commercial Club secretary fund, criticizes pension moves for civil servants, and links local finance to broader national events with a mix of editorial opinion and local commentary.
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Pomereno
Congress
Red Oak
Atlantic
Atlantic Commercial Club
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Eahly News Telegraph
The
News and Telegraph
News Publishing Company
Iowa
Nebe’s
Pete Janss
Walnut Street
Tex
American Can Company
Moore Drug Company
Seoma
Henry Lane Wilson
Texas
Mexico
Uncle Sam
Senator Cummins
Frank Stuart
Frank
United States
Hades
Mexican Congress
Cedar Rapids
Henry Wallace
Europe
Jake Taylor
Atlantic Mill
Bradley
Wilson
Bryan
Huerta
Madero
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
John Peterson
City
News-Telegraph
Deering
Perfection
Pride of
Atlantic Produce Co
Creamery Department
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
R.V. Pierce
M.D
Buffalo, N.Y
Pierce
the Radiant Home
Albert Bojens
Keen Kutter
Chestnut St
Atlantic, Iowa
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