A Fascinating Picture at the Rhode Island Fair
A vivid portrait of the Rhode Island State Fair at Narragansett Park. A diverse crowd moves through exhibition halls and avenues under music and showmanship, with strict liquor prohibition and strong police supervision. The event, a yearly highlight, draws society figures from Newport and Narragansett Pier among thousands seeking wholesome entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanity Fair
Newport
Narragansett Pier
Narragansett Park
Rhode Island State Fair to Hold Food and Health Exposition
The Rhode Island State Fair Association plans a large Food and Health Exposition supplementing the Narragansett Park fair. An expert management will run the event in Providence and may duplicate the expo in major New England cities. The 1898 success inspires the forthcoming fall and winter series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narragansett Park
Rhode Island State Fair Association
Providence
New England
Races at Narragansett Park Highlight State Fair Meet
Rhode Island State Fair racing attracts top trotters and pacers of the crack stables. Narragansett Park aims for Grand Circuit level purses, with fast track, strong conditioning, and potential world records as notable entries like Baron Crisp, Directum Kelly, Nutbreaker Jr, and Heir at Law vie in the 2 year old classes en route to open free for all by September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
New England
Narragansett Park
Narragansett Meeting
Nekar
Narragansett
Baron Crisp
Directum Kelly
Nutbreaker
Hubinger
New Haven
Frank Agan
Heir At Law
Bonvorade
Bristol
Nancy L. Bake
Ariatal
John Post Reynolds
Uner
John SuTacre
Isriste
Rhodu Igland
John Connery
Union Street
Bristo
State Street
James A. Miller
Mary and
Eliza Bullock
Elian Hines
Mary L. B. Pearce
Motta Lane
Briato
Dennis Scanton
Eaid Scanton
Edward Welch
Said Welch
Samuel S. Mott
Mott
Dennis Scanlon
Scanlan
Michael Bannon
Mary Bannon
Stephen W. Church
Natural wages and the law of rents and interest
The author argues wages are governed by natural law, not statutes. Wages are what remains after paying rent for land, interest on capital, and taxes. Rent, driven by land value and population growth, chiefly lowers wages, while increasing production does not raise living wages without land reform. MO. HERBERT QUICK.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Herbert Quickedge
New York
Chicago
Adam Smith
Mill
Ricardo
Herbert Quick
Mind as brain organ and material mind hypothesis
M Ribot argues the brain is the mind organ and the mind may be material. He bases this on hypnotic subjects who report a gray mist around the brain during trance. The text urges caution, noting that mist does not prove mind material and calls for further evidence before accepting such claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Ribot
Demands for Producers in Legislature Exposed
In a critique from Co-operator, statistics show the House of Representatives listing 228 lawyers and 356 total, with farmers, newspaper men, merchants, and others, while the Senate features 60 lawyers and 88 total. The piece argues producers lack representation as monopolists dominate politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Senate
the Millionaires’ Club
Waverly and Cosmopolitan Magazine Notes
Literary notes review the September issues of the Waverly Magazine and Cosmopolitan. It highlights new stories by Boutelle Hunting ton Eggleston and others, plus essays by Archer, Moulton, Repplier, and Stowe fans. Also notes artwork, engravings, and decor, with prices and ordering details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Vanderbilt
The
Cosmopolitan
Frances Courtenay Baylor
Maurice Thompson
Gertrude Hall
John J
a’Becket
Louise Chandler Moulton
Lew Wallace
Francisque Aroey
I. Zangwill
Agnes Repplier
Norman Kerr
M. D
H. VU. Chatfield-Taylor
Wm. Eleroy Curtis
Robert E. Strahorn
Colonel Tillman
Ruth McEnery Stuart
Camille Flammerson
New Eye of Science
Unlaundered Shirts and New Men’s Wear Bargains
New brand shirts arrive for sale at 1.00 each, 28 full size unlaundered and reinforced with hand-made button holes. Also featuring men’s half hose in fast black and tan silk embroidered styles, fine collars and cuffs, and Sephyr String Ties for summer. Sale closes Saturdays in August at 6 p.m.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rhode Island Fair
Rhode Island State Fair
Waverly
Clarence M. Boutelle
Helen M. Huntington
Archis Eggleston
Waverley Publishing Co
Boston
Ladies’ Home Journal
Dickens
Stephen Fiske
Alice Barber Stephene
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Janet Austin
George William Curtis
Joseph Jefferson
Charles Kingsley
Aketories
Grace King
Elizabeth
South
Harrison
Country
Country of Ours” Paper of the Secretary of War
J. William Fosdick
Helen Mer Adams
Washington
de Witkin
Ednad Proo‘or Clarke
Baprenber Journal
Curtis Publishing Company
Philadelphia
Puritana
Fora
Fretted
Crosby
Mld
Simmer Goods
R.s.reed
Child Street
Warren
R. I
Westminster ST
Providence, R. S
NEW York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Drownville
Crownville
Fall River
EK. Gaileir
A. C. Kenpatt
Geo
Gen'l Paar Ageny
Althan
W. Fred Fish
Hope Street
John Lake
California
Petit John’s
Westminster Street
Providence, R
Dire James BI. Kimball
Albert L. Calder
Hezeeki
Hoonant
Sam's P. Colt
John P. Campbell Henry BR. Barber
Henry B. Winship
William R. Dupee
R. A Robertson
GEO. L
Littlefield ST
Hutchina
George T. Butea
Horace M. Burns
Olney T. Inwan
Geo. P. Wetmore
Warren A. Arnold
J.M. Addeman
W. T. C. Wardwell
Joseph HaniGan
Samuel P. C
Joshua A "“Addeman
Cyrus P. Brown
WAT
Central Fish Market
Hoar & Stoughton, Proprietors
Eagle Hall
John Collins
Albert E. Sparks
Spicer Stove Company
Waldron,brownell CO
Bradford Street
William B. Read
Grand Army Hall
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