Free Trade or Tariff at the Philadelphia Tariff Commission
Yale professor Sumner argued against protectionist theories, asserting protective taxes lower wages and harm labor. He said wages depend on real economic forces, not tariffs, and warned that tariffs mislead the public with false proverbs while denying the true path of industry, economy, and invention.
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Tariff Commission
Philadelphia
Sumner
Yale College
Peter Cooper
Commission
Sumer
Unian
Europe
England
Dancing Turkey in Fakir Show Captivates Crowds
A Lewiston Journal item describes a Fakir's "Dancing Turkey" exhibit. A man recalls a bird placed in a cage on a platform before a curtain, with a lamp beneath startling the tin bottom as crowds watched the turkey respond to commands. The report notes the attraction drew wonderment from observers.
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Turkey
Lewiston Journal
President Arthur in Boston and Marshfield Webster tribute
President Arthur arrived in Boston from New York with Secretaries Lincoln Chandler and others. He reviewed militia at the Common and attended a Webster centenary event in Marshfield at the Webster home, where Allen welcomed him and a breakfast followed. He spoke on Webster at Marshfield, praised constitutional government, and the party then departed for New York.
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Arthur
Boston
New York
Lincoln
War Department
Chandler
Navy Department
Hatton
F. T. Phillips
Chester A. Arthur, Jr
Daniel G. Rollins
C. E. Miller
W. M. Cooper
Cornelius N. Bliss
South Boston
Long
Green
Hotel Brunswick
Faneuil Hall
Charles 8. Sargent
Brunswick
Worthington
Tobey
Banks
C. A. Arthur, Jr
A. F. Hall
Charles W. Slack
Sanger
Leonid Morse
Marshfield
Webster House
Fletcher Webster
Stephen M. Allen
Webster Historical Society
Mr. Allen
Daniel Webster
Republic
Marshfield. Among the Uests Were Mrs. Fletcher Webster and Mrs.tephen M. Allen
Campbell
Stephen M., Allen
Phillips
Littlefield
Bigelow
Farnham
Bell
Plaisted
Boutwell
Rice
Hoar
Loring
Russell
Dawes
Bartlett
Dartmouth College
Marshall P. Wilder
Webster
Londaohouse
The
Beef and Mutton Export Stats Show Decline in Prices
Week ending October 14 1882 reports decreased live cattle and sheep exports and slower trade. Prices for American refrigerator beef rise 14 cents per pound while live cattle values fall. Glasgow and Liverpool quote dull markets with unfavorable outlooks. Boston demand wanes as prices drop and buyers hold back. Brighton slaughtered steers range across multiple cuts with mixed gains and losses.
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Cable
Glasgow
Liverpool
London
Prb
Boston
Brighton
Hindwarters
Science Not Luck Marblehead Statesman
While Secretary of State Henry B. Pierce visited Marblehead he watched a boy fish and remark on luck versus science. The boy replied that luck is science. An ad promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets, sugar coated and sealed in glass bottles for freshness in any climate.
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Marblehead
Henry B. Pierce
Death of Alice Meaker Stirs Vermont House Action
In Montpelier officials discuss commutation for Louis Almon Meaker, the man condemned for poisoning 10 year old Alice Meaker in 1880. His mother Emeline Meaker awaits execution. a bill seeks life imprisonment. Almon Meaker attributes the crime to his mother and details the confession.
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Mompeter
Little Alice Meaker
Duxbury
Emeline Meaker
Aimon L. Meaker
Rice
House of Representatives
Dr. Huntley
Louis Almon Meaker
W. H. H. Bingham
Windsor
Bingham
Huntley
Louis Imon Meaker
Ereof Thegun
Montpelier
Washington
Secretary of State
Poelchng Committee
Fire Regord Suncook Swept by Flames Total Loss at $40000
In Suncook Me a blaze discovered 1130 pm destroyed the Woods dwelling and broad areas by 230 am with $40000 estimated loss. Buildings inc church parsonage and several homes. Jones hotel and several others ruined. Mrs L Marsh a 50 year old French woman killed. Fire department breakdown blamed.
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Suncook
Milltown
Manchester
N. H
Nehemiah Woods
Woods
Oliver Richardson
D. C. Jones
Henry Lull
Jones
Richardson
Wood
Fire destroys shingle mill and nearby mills in Calais
In Calais Maine at 1130 p m a blaze gutted Gates shingle mill on the upper dam Milltown as a northwest wind drove flames toward Wentworth and Eaton mills. Firemen and laborers contained the fire to the vicinity. losses include about 250000 feet of lumber and 500000 shingles with Gates and Eaton incurring large insured amounts and the railroad losing eight loaded cars.
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Calais
Gates
Milltown
Wentworth
Planing
Gang
H. F. Eaton
Yates & Wentworth
Eaton
St. Groix & Penobscot Railroad Company
Edson Agreed as NYC Mayor Candidate by Party Confab
At a joint conference of Tammany Irving Hall and the County Democracy Franklin Edson president of the Produce Exchange was agreed upon for mayor with nominations deferred to Monday. Edson was later endorsed by the county convention while Tammany held back. The Independent Citizens organization listed Allen Campbell former comptroller as a potential nominee.
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New York
Tammany
Irving Halls
County Democracy
Franklin Edson
Produce Exchange
Edson
Tammany Convention
Betting on Cleveland Majority Size in New York Pool
In the Morton House an $1000 bet on Cleveland’s vote majority was placed between contractor James Sullivan and poolseller William Johnson with Sheridan Shook holding the stakes. Sullivan staked $4000 against $10,000 that Cleveland would win by 65,000.
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Cleveland
New York
Morton House
James Sullivan
William Johnson
Grover Cleveland
Sheridan Shook
Sullivan
What’s in a Hat The Arizona cowboy’s brim signals law faltering
An English traveller studies hats and concludes brim width reflects security of life and property. He describes the Arizona cowboy, called the white Indian, whose wide brim stands as a flag of subordination to the law.
Daring Fashion Refusal Defies Ordinary Headgear
A colorful report notes a man who resists standard hats, preferring a wide, dramatic brim. He rails at confinement, joking he would wear a prairie on his head and decorate it with pepper-sauce labels.
Things Rich and Strange Kittens With Two Mothers
A Scotsman tale of a brood of five kittens fostered by a hen in Kintyre sharing care with a cat, the hen nursing and guiding the litter as the kittens bond with their real mother fading. Also a Wichita youth nightly roof sermon and a strange well-water rising near Crookston, Minnesota, with flooding risks and a Finland sect of dominant female authority.
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Scotsman
The Ouachita Cotton Worms Scar the Field Line
All cotton fields east of the Ouachita river were devastated by worms last week. West of the river four miles suffered the same fate but the infestation stopped at a distinct line through the fields. Cold weather cannot fully explain it as mills and caterpillars were absent beyond the line all summer.
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Ouachita River
Ouachita
One Impossibility Less
A West mining superintendent, using a chronograph, reports that long pump bolts move down at the top while still rising at the bottom, implying simultaneous motion both ways. He notes the 8000 foot wooden pump causes a lag in transmission of motion and wonders where the neutral point lies.
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West
Mishawaka man preps own burial vault with race depictions
A Mishawaka footlathe-grave-song-man arranged his own funeral and has overseen a vault 748 feet in size adorned with horse race and sporting images. He also built a matching tomb for his mother, to be covered by a single stone for both, awaiting Gabriel's horn.
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Mishawaka
Gabriel
Official Recognition of the Divining Rod in Paris
The Paris director of fine arts authorizes an elderly woman claiming a divining rod to search St Denis vaults for the cathedral’s buried treasure lost since the revolution. She deposits money as sequels and conducts digs with an apparent ordinary divining rod. Workmen reach five feet with no findings.
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Director of Fine Arts
Paris
Church of
St. Denis
Petrified wheat heads and cedar found at Soda Springs
J. 5. Williams reported a singular petrifaction showing wheat-heads with a cricket attached, turned to stone in six months at Soda Springs, accompanied by petrified cedar bits mosses and ferns forming a striking natural group.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Williams
Soda Springs
Observing a Dead Woman's Whim in Texas Grave
An elderly resident named Jennings died in Burnet County Texas three years ago. On the third anniversary of her death her relatives opened her grave removed the coffin lid and gazed on her face then replaced the lid and tomb as before. The unusual request was carried out recently.
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Jennings
Burnet County
Texas
Paris fashion saves fruit stones for festive glow
A Parisian fashion prescribes drying cherry plum and peach stones to keep until a frosty night. Toss a handful among glowing coals to crackle and flare briefly, filling the room with a delightful aroma.
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Paris
The Beverage That Sustains Virginia Stamp Oratory
The Richmond Religious Herald reports Congressman J Randolph Tucker of Virginia spoke for two hours and drank about two quarts of buttermilk during the address.
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J. Randolph Tucker
Virginia
Richmond Religious Herald
Hale and Vigorous Gentleman in Wiscasset Celebrates Family
An elderly and respected man of sixty in Wiscasset, married to his third wife, proudly fathers three children in one year, two of whom are twins. The town hails the remarkable brood as a notable, cheerful feat.
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Finland
Siberia
Wiscasset
Lamed by a Nickel on South Orange Horse Line
Friday report states a horse on the South Orange horse car line was lame after Superintendent Rachel examined its cracked hoof and found a five cent piece embedded within.
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South Orange Horse Car Line
Rachel
Alsace Town Publishes List Of Resident Drunkards
Local authorities in an Alsace town issue a careful official list naming thirty one resident drinkers. Innkeepers are prohibited from selling intoxicating beverages to those listed, enforcing a public order measure.
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Alsace
Als
Woman Arrested After Smashing Husband in Nose Incident
A North Georgia woman was arrested for striking her husband across the nose with a red and yellow motto bearing the words God bless our homes. The report frames the event as a desecrated symbol amid a broader nod to a commercial medicine claim for Brown's Iron Bitters as a headache-free iron supplement.
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North Georgia
Wall Street review of the week October 14 1882
Finance and commerce notes from State Street on a moderate money market with steady loan rates around 6 percent. Banks largely serve regular customers. mercantile paper near 6 percent. discounts tight. outside brokers dealing at 6 to 7 percent. bank balances steady. weekly exchanges and foreign rates listed. stock market weak with heavy Gould influence. opinions on future after fall elections. assorted commodity and trade data including wheat, flour, and metals.
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Wall Street
State Street
Gaby
New York
Stock Exchange
Wal Street
Woerishoffer
Jay Gould
New York Eees
Gould
Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Company
Boston
Northern Pacific
Shore Ny
Union Pacific
Lake Shore
Jersey Central
Northwest
Louisville & Nashville
Canada
Northern Pacifics
Grangers
St. Paul
Western Union
Texas Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Wabash
Mr. Pender
Pacific Mail
Boston Markets Report From October 14 19th Century Trade
Commercial matters note light receipts for choice fall apples while ordinary stock remains ample. Pea beans show cooler receipts with mixed demand for different varieties. Boots and shoes trade slows as fall activity winds down. spring samples scarce and orders harder to secure. Butter prices rise on fresh creamery dairy lots with improved wholesale demand.
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Franklin County
New York
Varaiont Dairy
Ide
Newark
Vermont
Norther
Fon
Nova Scotia
Cumberland
Cowper
Maracribo
Rio
Suceh
LO Bbbl
Sheilac
Domingo
Aroustook County
KE Island
Georges
Handock
Pollock
Jake
Mackere
Orwara
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Tillinois
St Louis
Southern Family
Boston Daily Globe
Colipesiaan
Saturday Market Highlights for Flour Cotton and Wheat
The report notes active general market with steady flour and meal prices on a Saturday, cotton spots dull with mixed futures down from prior highs, and strong pork and beef values. Grain shows higher spot wheat yet narrow gains, with No 2 red around 1.08 to 1.12 and rye and barley activity mixed. overall commodity prices reflect cautious strength and regional price spreads.
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Lee Bams
Heef
Extea India
Moomto
Rime City
Sedo Western
Doe
State
Arkins
Western
Ohio
Jersey
Penns
Ivania
Hrnira
Ide
Narley
Canada
Grocertes
Maracaibo
Ponce R. R
Cuba
Gloucester Fife Market Receipts Rise Amid Ocean Fish Trade
Special correspondence reports a week of high arrivals including 50 000 pounds codfish from Tidore and 125 000 pounds from Grand Banks, total market activity brisk with prices for codfish and halibut and large quantities of mackerel and other products traded as cured fish flow increases.
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Sunday Globe Glovegs
Tidore
Live Stock Markets in Brighton and Watertown Weekly Arrivals
Weekly arrivals of live stock at Brighton and Watertown show totals for Western and Northern cattle, Eastern cattle, sheep and lambs, swine, veals, and horses. Beef cattle prices per 100 pounds live weight are listed by quality and grades, alongside prices for hides, tallow, and skins.
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Navita
Jeeseva
Walie
Brighton
Watertown
Wright
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Brooklyn
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