Early Life in Greene County A Settler Recalls 1827 Journey
W. G. Moss recounts moving from Indiana in 1827 with six children to a Congress land near Linton. He describes a pioneer world of panthers wolves and bears, rough subsistence, buckskin clothing, and a harsh village life with few services. He recalls schoolhouses made of logs, birch punishments, and handmade pens, plus early Wright and Stockton townships and the dawn of local politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene County
Eorror Democrat
Washington County
Ind
Congress Land
Linton
Joe Moss
Robert Harrah
John Harrah
Samuel Tincher
Indiana
Vincennes
Clay County
Garry
Col. Cavins
Collas
Cordage Trust Halted in Senate After Tax Fight
Analysis traces the cordage trust from its 1887 formation to 1890 charter, showing how it controls many mills and machinery firms, influences prices, and blocks a tax repeal on binding twine. It details profits, stock structure, and market manipulation that raised cordage prices while arguing the consumer cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic House
Senate
Finance Committee
Republican
Republican Senate
Republican Campaign Fund
Cordage Trust
Trust
George C. Pooley & Sons
Buffalo
Xenia Twine and Cordage Company
Chicago
Field Cordage Company
Xenia
Miamisburg Binder Twine and Cordage Company
Middleton Twine and Cordage Company
Ohio
Galveston Rope and Twine Company
Texas
Suffolk Cordage Company
Boston
Peru Mills
Indiana
Hanover Cordage Company
Pennsylvania
Donner Cordage Company
Bath
New Bedford Cordage Company
American Bagging Company
New York
Fitler & Company
Travers Brothers
Miamisburg Cordage Company
Ludlow Manufacturing Com
Txiy
Enectizh Heckers
Iss
Manilla
Kit
Amifactocies
Outaher
Democratic Leaders Rally Behind Cleveland Candidacy
Governor Flower urges loyalty to Democratic principles and regular nominees as the party faces a major contest. He praises Cochran and Tammany leaders for pledging support to Cleveland, stressing unity over personal differences to secure party success.
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Adain
New York
Flower
Chicago
Tamanang
Suike Cochran
Harrison's Organ Sill for Carnegie in Journal Front
The Indianapolis Journal, once President Harrison's home organ, criticizes organized labor amid a history of pro capitalist editorial stance. It cites past arguments from 1889 and 1891 arguing labor unions harm workers, noting wage trends and tariff effects as benefits to capitalists and not labor. The piece contrasts labor conditions in the United States with Britain and references the McKinley tariff era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Carnegie
Indianapolis Journal
Car
Indiana
Great Britain
United States
Journal
Campbell Named As Charge Of Harrison Campaign
Senator West cites W J Campbell of Illinois as Campbell is described as Armour's legal head and mentor to the beef monopoly. He alleges Campbell obstructed a Senate beef trust investigation and now channels major corporate interests for the Armour crowd. The piece portrays Campbell as controlling legal strategy and market leverage in the beef trade.
Tariffs and wage debates at 1892 convention
The piece cites McKinley’s tariff stand and Reed’s Buffalo remarks on a just bill aiding the poor by raising wages. It notes Carnegie Steel’s labor-scale cuts at Homestead in open hearth, armor plate, and plate mill with reduced bases and a small kept puddling rate, plus congratulations to Harrison from Andrew Syre in Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mckinley
Jue Ss
TSU
Reed
Buffalo
Pirrspung
Amalgamated Association of Tron and Steel Workers
Carnegie Steel Company
Hmited
Homestead
Associated Press Dispatch
Carnegie
Harrison
Andrew Syre
Sunningdale
Scotland
Tin plate scheme draws writer to Fort Wayne journal
A letter from W E Haines claims to offer 100 a pound for American tin and asserts no tin ore exists in the United States. He cites Elwood Indiana tin trials and cites banks in St. Louis and Chicago to prove his integrity. The missive targets Chairman Fairbanks of the Republican state convention for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne Journal
Fairbanks
W.E. Haines
Elwood Tin Plate Works
Haines
Portland
Tud
Pune
New York
California
American
United States
Elwood
Ind
England
Miwood
St. Louis
Chicago
Carnegie
Pittsburg
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Farwell Blasts Harrison Over Camplyn Appointment
Ex Senator Farwell of Illinois, returning from Europe, notes with astonishment that the man he recommended for Chicago collector of customs three years ago, refused by Harrison, was made chairman of the national committee at the president’s request. He alleges Harrison’s unpopularity helped elect a Democratic legislature and questions if the same Campbell is the one Harrison called a professional lobbyist unfit for a federal post. He mails a bitter Washington Post letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Cleveland
Hines County
Long Island
Kings
McLanghlin
Brooklyn
Vlt
Kings County
Tammany Hall
Pammany
Tammany Tall
Puctie
Tacataony Hall
Seveland
Citesers
Colonel Fellows
Taimany Hall
New York
Senator Hill
Nator Hill
Farwell
Ilinois
Europe
Chicago
Harrison
National Committee
Thingis
Washington Post
Senate
United States
William J. Camplyn
Congress
Sin
Campbell
Abuses of Public Office in Alabama Allegations Rise
A Washington special reports serious charges against Alabama Republican officeholders. Will iam J. Stevens cites civil service violations and misused funds by officials including a U S marshal and district attorney. The House Civil Service Reform Committee may hear evidence, with Montgomer y party resolutions backing investigation. The piece also notes Indiana Democratic mass meeting set for July 19-20, 1892 at Lake Maxinkuckee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabam
House
Andrews
Herbert
Alabama
William J. Stevens
Harrison
United States District Attorney
Collector of Internal Revenue
Civil Service Commission
Democratic Legislative League of
Indiana
Lake Maxinkuckee
H. F. Work
New Washington
Ind
Carnegie’s Great Strike Alarms Factories Across Nation
A sweeping wage dispute looms as sixty iron mills brace for a strike affecting 30 000 to 40 000 workers. Pitches in Cleveland and Pittsburgh rally thousands of Carnegie steel workers against tariff driven pay. Editorials from major papers debate protections, wages, and political funding tied to McKinley ism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Press
People’s Party
Democrats Defend Labor Against Tariff Misrepresentation
The Chicago Herald notes Senator Hale decrying the Republican keynote as a misrepresentation of Democratic tariff stance. It cites the Democrats’ removal of labor abroad references and asserts the party protects workers by rejecting the notion that tariffs benefit labor, arguing tariffs mainly serve a few at the expense of many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hale
Harrison
New York League of Republican Ciubs
Democratic Party
Chicago Herald
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W. G. Moss
Democrat
Doo
Mr. Moss
Stockton Township
Moee
HOS
John
Pike
Wright Township
Richard Wright
Bryant Fry
Byram Combs
James Hellows
Martin Gamble
Freemans
Claypools
Dr. Morgan
John Depaw
Gen. Depaw
Wash Depaw
Old Caledonia
Sullivan County
Bustun
New Orleans
Salem
Wash
John Y. Dodd
Old Town
Adams
Jackson
Henry Clay
Clay
Stafford
Stockton
Sextsons
Morrises
Brewers
Crookeea
Whitnacks
Stalcups
Wx. G. Moss
Moss & Axtell
Mrs. Slinkard
Jon. G. Smith
Fineat
Geo. W. Osborn
Bloomfield
Uncle Sam
Benny
Tsui
Morthis
NSS
Cts
Secre Frei
Priite
Timming Tall
PSSM
John R. Peles
Tiadsmany Hall
Raul
New York World
Tale of the Reef Trust
W. J. Campbell
Illinois
National Republican Committee
West
Corporation
Money Kings
Great Beef Trust
Armour
Tie
Kansas City
Ammour
Ling
W_ E. WAINEs
Democratic Legislative League
Steel Works
Philadelphia Times
Baltimore Sun
Omaha World- Herald
Kansas City Star
Chicago Times
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