Calamity Spirit Repeats Through Republican Downturn
A writer argues history shows reform waves repeat as a calamity spirit haunts the GOP. He traces cycles from Civil War era dissent to Reconstruction to tariff fights, predicting editors and politicians will age and change in response to reform struggles and party misfortune.
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Abraham Lincoln
Ixmocratic Party
Republican Party
Tnis
Elijah
Misha
Cormer
GOP
Cheough
Lot
Prota Red Wing
Generations of Demagogy Ties California to Exclusion Policy
The New York World argues California led anti Chinese and anti immigrant measures, from the 1880s to 1900s, shaping federal acts like the Geary law and influencing Congress. It accuses the state of demagogy to gain votes across the Pacific coast and a broader national agenda.
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Ehone
Prown
California
Stellewine
Washington
Arisota
Congo
Ecopgrees
Hayes
Roosevelt
Iwola Kearpey
Hiram W Johnson
New York World
John Barleyyoors By Berton Braley and Writings
Poem about the personification of John Barleycorn as a jesting, brave but deadly figure who travels the road of broken hopes with laughter and song. The piece references Barleycorn’s lure and the grave outcome, noting its ceremonial, roguish tone and bold imagery.
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Loudon
John Barigyeorn
Joan Barley
Winconala Biate Journal
Four college students cited in town pest and prank report
The piece notes college students facing action over disturbances on clean up day in Sheridan and Port Colborne. It cites responses from citizens and the mayor about late night noise and the altered clean up schedule.
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Sheridan
Kurher
Port Coline
Roffiane
Professor Marchiafava Saves Pope Pius X
Rome reports say Professor Marchiafava has often taken charge during Pope Pius X illness and overruled Vatican factions. The pontiff reportedly rallied after brief bed rest in March and April, resuming duties despite dire illness rumors.
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Rome
Pius X
Marchiafava
Vatican
Drake's Oil Quest and a Century of Debt
An early tale recounts Colonel Drake and the Drake well with profits elusive. After costly ventures, Drake loses most wealth and health as towns rally to support his widow and children amid rising oil fever and legislative pensions.
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Drake
Tirake
Bie
Tivuaville
Penney Staute
Oil's Birth and Standard Oil Legacy Across Time
A reminiscence traces Drake's first wells in Pennsylvania and the Williams well's surge, then surveys oil's spread to Russia, refining challenges, and Standard Oil's rise. It highlights transportation hurdles, sulfur removal, and Rockefeller's start, growth, and the firm's expansion into refining, transportation, and global influence.
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Drake Well
John Watson
Williams Well
Iod
Oil Creek
Drake
Pennsylvania
Russia
Baku
Standard Oil empire under legal glare in congress probes
The passage recounts the vast wealth of John D Rockefeller and the Standard Oil methods criticized by Congress committees. It notes investigations and appeals by independent Pennsylvania operators, cites a Supreme Court appeal and a long record of conflicted testimony.
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Rockefeller
Wellington
Standard Oil Company
Congress
Pennsylvania
White
Supreme Court
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