Trusts and Monopolies in 19th Century America
Byron W Hor argues trusts and monopolies grow in power and wealth extraction harms labor and democracy. He endorses tariff and patent reform, public ownership of natural monopolies, and heavy taxation of mineral rights to curb private control and achieve fair distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Svell
Byron
Standard Oil and Beef
Pennsylvania
League of Corporations
Reading Railroad Combine
Parole of Honor From Civil War Relic Shown By General Fairchild
General Fairchild displayed a Civil War parole relic to the Loyal Legion, noting its Gettysburg origin and his own wound the day before. The piece, one of a limited run, records a prisoner of war promising not to bear arms until exchange. The report compares paternalistic wartime controls and Vienna bicycle exams, highlighting risks to seasoned riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild
Loyal Legion
Dettysburg
Lucts Fairchild
Wisconsin Volunteers
Gettysburg
Emack
Maryland Volunteers
Gettysburg Printing Office
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Vienna
New York Home Journal
New York
Ben Jonson’s Humble Visit and Warpaint Joke
An anecdote from Detroit Free Press recounts Lord Craven inviting Ben Jonson to dine. Jonson arrives in patched clothes, confuses the host, and jokes about makeup while explaining his compliment to Miss Makeup, prompting a surprised reaction from the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Craven
Ben Jonson
Ben
Detroit Free Press
Puritana Story Tied to Crosby Family Medical Legacy
Dr Dixi Crosby a Dartmouth Medical College head for 32 years is portrayed as inventor of Puritana a famed cure derived from New England roots and herbs. The piece highlights Crosby family of physicians with innovations in surgery and medicine and notes Puritana as his prize formula protected legally.
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Dixi Crosby
Dartmouth Medical College
Crosby
America
Asa Crosby
Dartmouth
State Medical Society
Josiah Crosby
Thos. R. Crosby
Columbian College Hospital
Dartmouth College
New England
Nature
Corruption Tales and Hunt Talk From Old Newspapers
A collection of excerpts discusses an English firm bribing a Russian inspector over a bridge, a Baltimore and Ohio magnate advised by Cyrus Field, and J W Hall on identifying game. The pieces reflect late 19th or early 20th century journalistic voice and concerns, including commerce, railroads, and hunting etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
England
Pearson’s Weekly
J. W. Hall
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Byron W Hor
Bicycles
Lord Craven and
Puritana
Cyrus Field
Garrett
Bob Garrett
Hed
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio Express Company
Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company
Robert
Pennsylvania Railroad
Western Union Telegraph Company
Pullman’s Palace Car Company
Adams Express Company
Bob’s Lee
New York Press
Drade
Mark
Puntana
Co Concord
Providence
U.S. Dental Association
Bristol Tea House
State Street
Simmer Goods
Child Street
Warren, R. I
B.h.gladding
Westminster ST. Providence, R. K
Priestly
Color Batistes
Bristol Gas Light
Bradford Street
J. Howard
Manchester
NEW York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Bristol
Warren
Drownville
Crownville
Fall River
Newport
Boston
E. G. Allen
A. C. Kendall
W. Fred Fish
Hope Street
EAGLE
John Lake
Westminster Street
Gag Se Pation
Geo
L. Littlefield
Sternis Hutchins
George T
James M. Kimball
Alberts Calder
Hezekl
Hoonant
Sam's P. Colt
John P. Campbell Henry RB. Barker
Henry B. Winship
William R. Dupee
B. A Robertson
Joseph Banigan
Samuel P. Cult
Joshua M. "Addeman
Cyrus P. Brown
Waldo M. Place
James F.scanlon
Bradford St
Bristol, R. I
the Waldron“Brownell CO
Central Fish Market
Hoar & Stoughton
Telephone
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