Reincarnated Spirit of Calamity in GOP Lament
A writer argues that calamity prophecy repeats across eras, tracing cycles from Civil War dissent to Reconstruction. He blames GOP elites for fear-mongering over tariffs, predicting editor and politician appearances will warp, with aging, bearded figures serving as warnings to future generations.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republic
Ixmocratic Party
Republican Party
Tnis
Elijah
Misha
Cormer
GOP
Cheough
Lot
Prota Red Wing
California and the Demagogic Threat Across Generations
The New York World accuses California of leading demagogy to deny land ownership to Orientals and to restrict immigration. It blames California for fueling exclusionary laws from 1882 to the Geary act and argues Republicans and Democrats in Congress competed to gain its votes, citing leaders from Iol a Kearpey to Hiram W Johnson.
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John
Ehone
Prown
California
Stellewine
Washington
Arisota
Congo
Ecopgrees
Hayes
Roosevelt
Iwola Kearpey
Hiram W Johnson
New York World
John Barleycorns by Berton Braley in a Death Note
A turbulent poem about John Barleycorn as a dangerous guide whose jovial facade masks ruin and death. The piece portrays him as a roving figure offering laughter and song while leading drinkers toward broken hopes and grave consequences.
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Loudon
John Barigyeorn
Joan Barley
Winconala Biate Journal
Four college students wake town with odd antics
A Port Coline paper notes college students awaken residents at 8:99 with a noisy disturbance. Sheridan shifts clean up day from Thursday to Saturday at mothers' request as their boys are in school. no signers on the petition.
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Port Coline
Roffiane
Sheridan
Drake
Tirake
Bie
Tivuaville
Penney Staute
Professor Marchiafava Aided Pope Pius X Time and Again
Rome reports say Professor Marchiafava saved Pope Pius X by guiding his care during repeated illnesses over the past three years. He allegedly overruled Vatican traditions, forcing bed rest that preceded renewed vigor, with March and April recoveries noted despite dire forecasts.
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Rome
Pius X
Marchiafava
Vatican
Drake’s Oil Discovery and Drake Family Hardships
Story recounts how Edwin Drake drilled the first successful oil well, profited little, and faced poverty and illness while the Drake family endured hunger before investors and supporters aided them. It notes the rapid boom in oil wells across the country and how Drake’s rewards were meager despite groundbreaking success.
Growth of oil history from Drake well to Standard Oil era
The piece recalls the Drake and Williams oil wells near the John Watson farm, describing early yields and the spread of oil culture. It traces Russian and American production growth, explains refining chemistry and sulfur removal, then details John D. Rockefeller and the rise of Standard Oil, its expansion, and its dominance in refining and transportation.
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Drake Well
John Watson
Williams Well
Iod
Oil Creek
Drake
New York
Pennsylvania
Lansylvania
Texas
Oklahoma
California
Pennusylvania Petroleum
Standard Oil Fame and Legal Battles Cited in Historic Debate
The passage recalls arguments over Standard Oil wealth and power, noting John D. Rockefeller's fortune and the company’s controversial methods. It mentions congressional probes, appeals by independent Pennsylvania operators for legal action, and a Supreme Court appeal with Chief Justice White delivering the opinion, amid a long record of conflicting testimony.
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Congress
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
Cleveland
Noglishman
M. B. Clark
Clark & Rockefeller
Samuel Andrews
William
Henry M. Flagler
Stephen Harkness
Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler
Flagler
Ponce de Leon
Alcavar
Florida
Corporation
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Pericles
Wellington
White
Supreme Court
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