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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1892
Page
4
Associate justice Justin P. Brapury of the United States Supreme Court died in Washington D C aged 79 last Friday morning. The message to Congress discusses U S Chile tensions and calls for apology and reparation.
Washington Letter from January 23 notes a calm Congressional session with debates on Mexican claims and arid lands irrigation. It mentions Lanham bill plans, Davis service pension proposals, and an income tax clause, plus Senate land loan talk and party-rule discussions at the Metropolitan Hotel.
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The piece questions Kansas Congressman Peffer's proposed 100 million treasury notes loan to Indiana real estate owners and asks why Indiana is singled out while other states are ignored. It suggests the plan could mark an Alliance effort to raid the Treasury and warns of broader national harm, ending with a satirical note about astral bodies and health destinations.
The Official Guide to the World’s Columbian Exposition is now available in a nearly 400 page elegant volume with many illustrations. It features detailed descriptions of Exposition highlights and Chicago, full page color pictures of mammoth exhibit buildings, a Bird’s-eye lithographed cyclorama, and aims to reach millions including those who cannot visit. Pacific Publishing Company of St. Louis acts as the sole state agents seeking agents to sell the book with full particulars on request.
Grippe patients recover mostly. Rebecca lodge held a Friday supper. Charlottesville attracts young men. Fry of Arlington occupies the former White home. Miss Hastings visited friends. Will White moved to his east town home. Charley Niles relocated to a farm east of town. Elder Coon preached at Christian church. Jobin White attended the Tuesday meeting. Lulia Finnie won two prizes at the spelling school. Friends church meetings ongoing and fruitful. Alfred Brown and family and Oscar Scott and mother dined with Shultz family. Gause relatives from Missouri and Indiana attended the funeral of Celia Gause, their grandmother and mother.
Marginal notes recall a Maine toll bridge rule proclaiming all travelers must pay except paupers Indians and clergymen. The exemption for paupers and clergy is understood, but the reason for Indian exemption remains unclear, possibly a nod to aboriginal freedom in the region.
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The sixth annual report of the labor commissioner compares American and European iron workers. It finds the United States with higher pay, better living conditions, and greater savings, despite higher living costs. Tables show food consumption, housing, rooms per family, and expenditures, highlighting income advantages for American workers under Protection.
The Iron Age notes a two month export value of 2 802 000 for locomotives driven by domestic pig iron production and a subsidy fueled railroad expansion. It argues protection would further boost shipbuilding and national finance, with rail and locomotive industries strengthening American labor and profits.
In a discussion on tariffs and subsidies, the article cites German policy since 1879, noting German ships carry most goods from German mills and exports rose 26 percent while U S exports rose 12 percent. It argues protection strengthens employment and domestic industry, contrasting free trade with tariff-backed growth and referencing Mulhall and Cobden to defend protection.
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