Fallacies of Protection An Idea That Has Outlived Its Usefulness
W L Douglas of Brockton argues that high protection harms workers by raising prices, reducing consumption, and lowering wages. He contends tariff reform would boost employment, increase consumption, and stimulate production, contrasting Republican protection with Democratic aims and urging a 5 percent tariff cut to aid the poor workingman. He cites Pennsylvania iron, New Jersey pottery, and shoe industries, noting wage levels and domestic capacity. July 26, Brockton, Mass.
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Fakes Inside Out in Lewiston Show World Humbug Talk
A Lewiston Journal interview with a veteran showman explores the lure of humbug shows at country fairs. He recalls Bowery contacts, fake mermaids, mummies, sea serpents, and how genuine oddities exist amid widespread fakery, noting bearded women and albinos as common ordinaries.
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Countess Chandon de Brinieres in Daring Paris Letter
A London Telegraph report notes a high ranking lady, the Countess Chandon de Brinieres, drawing attention for a remarkable Falloon ascent made with her husband. Described as fashionable and an accomplished amateur actress, she recently won a theatrical prize at private shows hosted by a marchioness, with court chronicle readers familiar with the salons and social scene.
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Balloonists Reach Chateau After Paris Flight
In Paris two aeronauts embarked to fly home to their country seat at Epernay. They landed in perilous proximity to a railroad three times but finally descended safely in the grounds of their chateau before their servants and furniture could reach Paris.
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A School of Trout
A fragment from Forest and Stream depicts a trout pool under sunlit shallows and reeds where young fish practice leaps and feed on gnats and flies. As they grow older some become prudent and seek shaded holes, while the reckless meet a harsh fate.
Eclipse Lighting Keeps City Streets Bright All Night
The Charleston News notes that during the eclipse the gas company kept street lamps burning from 11 o'clock until after the event, ensuring visibility for residents and observers.
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Marriage in the Dark: Constance Urquhart’s sight restored
A chronicle of Constance Urquhart, blinded at ten, who endures isolation and dreamlike exploration of beauty. At twenty-one she learns she is viewed through a new lens by Dr. Saxon, who offers love and marriage. A final eye operation yields sight and reveals her husband’s gentle ruse and true sacrifice.
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Prices and varieties of baseballs in the 19th century market
The piece catalogs base ball balls from five cents to $1.60, naming brands such as the Boys Match, New York Regulation, Amateur Red Dead, and Seamless League. It details materials, weights, handcraft versus machine production, league approvals, and widespread demand with millions of balls produced annually and a workforce of about two thousand.
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A German Libel on America in Savannah News
A Savannah News summary lampoons a Leipziger cyclopedia describing eastern New York social life. It claims after-dinner gatherings, gentlemen following ladies to the salon, cigars lit, and a caricature of reckless tobacco use and improvised knives among partygoers.
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Faerie Night in the Wood with Glittering Arches
Poem fragment describes dewdrops and faeries dancing in a forest. Aspen leaves tremble as white ladies shiver. Glow worms dim, violet peeks, and the queen of the faeries moves under diamond-dusted arches in the night.
Oddities and anecdotes from the press of 19th century notes
A collage of curiosities and quick reports, from American census figures to unusual courtships, railway mishaps, and curiosities in science and society. It highlights editorials, local pranks, and strange customs, including a Navy officer citizenship quirk, a London hostesses novelty, and a Pennsylvanian family with February 22 birthdays.
A Bird’s-Eye View by Endora Bamstead in Youth’s Companion
A narrator lying under an apple tree overhears a wren scolding a giant for intruding on its home. The bird asserts ownership of the tree and chides the humans for noise, nest mess, and laziness while musing on feeding its brood. The encounter ends with the bird declaring it will seek a meal elsewhere.
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Father Shows Off Twins to Mr Oldboy in Quirky Exchange
A comic exchange in Texas Siftings features Proud Father presenting twins to Mr Oldboy who shows little interest. The dialog hints at whether the babies will be raised together, with Mr Oldboy muttering a reluctant, humorous response.
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Deceitful Lemonade Prank Pulls Prohibition Mayor
Holyoke mayor Delaney Springfield mayor Maynard and Northampton mayor Hill visited the First Regiment camp HQ in a Connecticut Valley scene. A paymaster served three bowls labeled lemonade and cocktails turning jokes, with Mayor Hill chewing a prank and vowing to have Northampton liquids analyzed later.
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It Was Awful
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recounts a father castigating his baby Horace for constant crying, comparing the child to a hyena and lamenting the disruption to his peace and club plans. The fragment hints at humorous domestic chaos and parental exasperation.
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