Curious Old Coroner Verdicts From Long Ago
A compilation of archaic coroner verdicts reveals odd phrasing and causes of death such as accidental drownings, overdoses, and unexplained deaths. Entries include strangulation, mule accidents, fading into obscurity, and deaths attributed to old age or lunacy with scant medical attendance.
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Paul Burns
John Brown
Thare
Eiter
Segipe
Pee “Frowhart
Dineas
Applexity
Kituley
Names for sample copies in The Weekly Globe notice
Readers are urged to send ten or twelve names of neighbors for a free sample issue. Address postal cards to The Weekly Globe in Boston Massachusetts for distribution.
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Weekly Globe
Boston
Mass
the Globe
Massachusetts
Gov. Andrew
C. Eb
Unparalleled six month subscription offer appears
A newspaper advertisement promotes a six month Grower magazine subscription for 50 cents for new subscribers, limited to three weeks from the date and before November 15. Regular price is 1.75. The message claims high demand and urges readers to order early and recruit friends.
Reform Crusade by Governor Parrison in Bar rsley Scandal
Governor Parrison’s fearless call to the Pennsylvania Senate demands punishment for all linked to the Bar rsley robbery of 1 750 000 from state and city treasuries. He seeks a clean sweep of implicated officials and a full audit of the treasurer, auditor, and related departments to root out corruption.
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Pennsylvania
Howest
Robert E. Pattison
Keystone
Bardsley
State Senate
Boss Quay
Parrison
Senate
Barpsley
Treasuries
Philadelphia
Gov. Parrison
They Have Gone to a Better Place and Its Ills
A columnist rebuts McKinley era tin plate tariffs arguing the duty harms American canners and consumers. It attacks Tom Reep for praising deserts of farms and seas and mocks Tory policy by claiming workers migrated to better places, leaving New England industry vanquished.
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McKinsey
America
McKixley
Thomas L. Buntting
Hamburg
New York
McKintey
Republic
Tom Reep
Tom
Thomas
Maine
Bourne
Tom Ruxp
New England
Lord Sauispury
Ireland
Russia
Alexander
Czar Rexp
Babylon
Jerusalem
Nebuchadnezzar
Oliver Goopsmith
Tom Kerp
GoLpsMirx
Auburn
Goopsmith
Monopoly and tin-plate factory debate
A commentary argues that a freely imported tin-plate plant would not be truly American if workers hail from abroad and warns the setup would not lessen McKinley era burdens on U S tin-plate consumers.
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Atlantic
United States
Who Pays The Duty On Imported Goods Debate
The article argues that the American consumer ultimately bears the full cost of duties on imports. It critiques McKinley era claims that duties fall on foreign producers or importers, citing 1890 trade figures for glass and cigars, showing substantial duties and profits ignoring the buyer’s share. It asserts exporters and importers profit, while consumers absorb costs via higher prices.
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Treasury Department
McKinuey
Uncle Sam
Atlantic
The Balm of Peace and the Better Place
Epiru Perry Estes discusses comforting rhetoric over economic decay and wage-earner family life. He compares Tom Rep’s consoling oration to Gov. Russell’s blunt realism, urging cooperative financial and household planning as a remedy for poverty and class strain in American homes.
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Macaulay
London Bridge
Tom Resp
MontaGomery
Tom Rrep
Tom Rexp
New England
Gov. Russet
Tom Rep
Gov. Russell
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Tom Agero
Uncle Duprey
Mother
Mary
Jack
Epiru Perry Estes
Tax WorkLy Guope Prospectus for Agents
To begin to get subscribers to Tax WorkLy Guope a family newspaper offers comprehensive political news from both sides general news in a fresh entertaining style departments for farmers ladies and the young folks It claims to be the only great New England family paper with high commissions and easy pay for agents and helpers Seek rate and free samples.
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Guope
New England
Is the tariff a tax and who pays it now
The Boston Journal claims tariffs are taxes paid by consumers as prices rise on essentials. It cites eggs, potatoes, barley malt, oats, beans and macaroni showing stepped increases under Mills and Senate bills, arguing taxes are passed to the public through higher food costs.
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The
Boston Journal
McKivory
Senate
McKinney
McKinury
McKintey
Maccaroni
McKinuey
Court of Common Sense
Money’s Bitter Toll on Families Struggling with Poverty
A reflective piece explores how money anxiety erodes health and happiness in married life and family. It contrasts parental self sacrifice with the sting of rising earnings by the next generation, noting envy, discord, and shifting duties as poverty persists across generations.
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Marall
Tyro
Honest money and silver coinage criticized as fraud
A speaker rebukes Republicans for coining silver dollars under the guise of an honest dollar. He argues silver is undervalued, coins are debased, and treasury minting costs exceed intrinsic value, branding the party’s banner of honest money as a lie observed by passersby on Washington street.
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McKinney
Congress
Republican Party
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington Street
Sugar, Cranberries, and Policy: A War-Tariff Review
Eleven million pounds of sugar arrived in one vessel as cranberries outpace prior yields. The note money question surfaces as government silver and paper dollars collide with debt. Gov Campbell cites falling Ohio farm values under war tariffs while arid lands loom in Republican politics. Farmers cling to the point amid mortgage burdens.
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Campbell
Ohio
Questions from The Globe Readers on Cooking and Maritime Terms
A Globe editor inquiry column with varied reader questions on hectograph preparation, frying eggplant, definitions of bark, barkentine, brig, and brigantine rigs, and legal notes about engagement breach of promise liability, real estate ownership by women, and note insolvency. Mentions of a prison deed transfer and lease effect on creditor rights.
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The
Globe
Widow’s will questions if son-in-law can claim share
A widow asks if her husbandless married daughter’s dissipated spouse can inherit her share after her death. The paper responds that unless the will clearly states a contingent disposition, an unexpressed understanding has no effect and could cause delays. State clearly in the will how the property should be distributed.
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Australia
Melbourne
T. M
Ownership of marital gifts under betrothal money
If a fiancé gives funds to his intended before marriage and she places them in her own name, the money belongs to her absolutely if he dies. Relatives have no claim. the bride retains the property outright despite future marriage.
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C. Ww. G
Harassment by anonymous postal card letters debated
A reader asks how to handle anonymous vulgar letters from a neighbor and whether to hire a detective. A separate query notes no Boston lightning express train exists and cites a 69 mile per hour record on a Santa Fe route, with a state railroad commission regulating speed. Also a question on whether a girl under 17 can claim wages if she marries.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
State Railroad Commission
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