Wayne MacVeagh backs Cleveland in 1892 race
The letter from Wayne MacVeagh, former Attorney General, declares he will vote for Grover Cleveland over the Republican ticket. He argues tariff policy, silver, pensions, and immigration as core issues, praising Cleveland’s past service and urging voters to favor the Democratic platform.
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Wayne Macveagh
Garyteld
Orasral
Cleveland
Gresham
Stevenson
Garfield
Grover Cleveland
Panapenrata
John W. Catter
Hay
Massachusetts Reform Club
Boston
Harrison
Alexander Hamilton
Henry Clay
Tam
Republican Party
House of Representatives
Indiana
Photograph Captures Bear Looming Over Timber Den
A Tyrolean photographer made a negative of ten tourists with pine woods behind. On developing, a large bear appears at the forest edge headed toward the denser timber. None in the party realized the animal was there.
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Tyrol
Georgia News In Brief From Across The State
Georgia items gathered show a burned factory near Athena displacing 300 workers with $190000 in loans and $20000 in new machinery. Athen a reporter notes Governor Northen’s inauguration shift and a constitutional change. Southern economy prospects grow brighter per Donavan, with reduced failures and debt清. judges and solicitors elections set across 12 circuits, with names drawn by lot for filling vacancies.
On Its Last Lots and the Tariff Debate
A Republican press quoting statistics argues that living costs in Great Britain exceed those in the United States and blames protectionism for higher prices and wages. The column contends the tariff policy cannot justify its claims and suggests voters should have rejected McKinley’s tariff schedules.
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Republican
Great Britain
New York
Hamilton, Gray and
Webster
McKinley
Wool market and political cartoon of McKinley support
A commentary on wool prices and market weakness contrasts with a satirical cartoon of McKinley as a wolf in sheep's clothing. It depicts Vermont and Ohio sheep allegorically fleeing as Republicans rally support, while Democrats aim to protect frightened lambs amid party animosity.
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Braintreet
Vermont
Ohio
McKinley
Grasshoppers as Food Proposed by Government Experts
The West Department of Agriculture promotes grasshoppers as food amid a declared pest. experiments show grasshoppers and young wasp grubs can be palatable and nutritious. Report cites cooking methods from beef broth to nutty fried and roasted flavors, noting ground forms stay fresh indefinitely and suggesting farmers could use these insects as a food source.
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Department of Agriculture
New York Commercial Advertiser
Atzon J. M. Bryan as Old Settlers fee leader in court
Atzon J. M. Bryan of the Indian Territory seems poised to win the largest fee on record—85 percent of 8 000 090 dollars—contingent on success of the old Settlers claim long before Congress and the Court of Claims. The claim was finally allowed by the Court and Congress has made it a specialty to take precedence on the Supreme Court docket. At Talequah J T a meeting renewed Major Bryan's contract offering 35 percent if the suit succeeds.
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Congress
Republican Party
Stelf
Leo
Democratic Party
Lam
Tam
Atzon J. M. Bryan
Indian Territory
Court of Claims
Supreme Court
Old Settlers
Talequah
J. T
Bryan
The Lapp People and Their Nomadic Origins
The Lapp or Sami refer to their land as Sabme and themselves Simolots, while foreigners use the term Lapp as a contemptuous nickname from Finnish roots. Professor Friis links it to wanderers, noting nomad habits and pejorative use by southern observers. The text discusses uncertain placement in humanity, describing their Caucasian Mongolian mix, short stature, and brachycephalic heads, with women rarely taller than 4 feet 6 inches.
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Sabme
Land's End
Friis
Christinnia
Mr. Stanley
Watermelon Test Guide from Southern Stockman and Farmer
A descriptive method for judging ripeness by skin scar testing. The reader learns to compare two melons, one ripe and one green, by scraping with a thumbnail. Ripeness is inferred from rind texture, scar edges, and glossiness, with practical tips after opening.
Paris Dinners and Odd Remedies in an Old Ad Bundle
A collage of snippets from a bygone period notes Paris dining habits for Americans, a Chicago man tired of French cookery after a month, and a humorous exchange about luxuries. It includes quips about suitors, a child’s history impatience, and various vintage product pitches and health tonics like Mother’s Friend and Syrup of Figs, with odd claims and humorous asides.
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Chicago
Paris
Thompson
Foreign Postage Rates for Universal Postal Union Countries
Foreign postage from the United States to UPU nations lists five cents per half ounce or fraction, two cents per postal card, and one cent per two ounces for newspapers. Countries include Argentina, Australia, Austria and Hungary, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Ceylon, China via Hong Kong, Chile, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Falkland Islands, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Haiti, Holland, Honduras, Hong Kong, India Peace Treaty lands, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Luxembourg, Malacca, Mauritius, Montenegro, Newfoundland, Norway, Paraguay, Patagonia, Penang, Persia, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Russia, St. Bartholomew, Salvador, Siam, Singapore, Spain, Straits Settlements, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad, Turkey, United States of Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela.
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United States
Universal Postal Union
Argentine Republic
Australia
Austria
Hungary
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Ceylon
China
Hong Kong
Chili
Cubs
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
Falkland Islands
France
Germany
Great Britain
British West Indies
Greece
Greenland
Guatemala
Hayti Holland
Netherlands
Straits Settlements
Sweden
Switzerland
Trinidad
Turkey
United States of Columbia
Uruguay
Venezuela
Music Lesson Sparks Dismissal Mention in German Lesson
Fragment describes a heated exchange where a parent contends a music teacher is needed for his daughter while Prof. Von Note asserts sufficient musical knowledge to marry, hinting at a dismissal or replacement in a German lesson context.
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Germany
Prof. von Note
No Amateurs and Muddled Advertisements in a Detroit Paper
A fragmented page mixes hotel and medical ad copy with references to factories, fuel and railways, and a nurse and servant dialogue. It includes product pitches for Bowell’s Iron Bitters, Hull’s Quarrh Cure, and Dr. Harter Medicine Co. promotions, plus a stove polish shipment note and a cryptic two-word ad puzzle about Crescent. Names such as Jay A. Dwiggins & Co and Morse Bros appear, alongside Detroit, Mich. locales and generic industry praise.
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Morse Bros
Oe West
Bowie
Dr. Harter Medicine Co
Tuts House
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Louisiana
Pennsylvania
Maine
Georgia News
Georgia
Athena
Crawford
Rpublican
Esotash
McIntosh County
Northen
General Assembly
Colquitt
Senate
House
Atlanta
Constitution
John A. Donavan
Mana'ir
G. Dun Commercial Agency
Spething
South
Bed Rock
Department of Commerce and Industry
Albany
B. B. Bower
Bainbridge
W. N. Spence
Camilla
M. J. Clarke
D. Hill
Augusta
Boykin Wright
Kaomha W. Miner
Jay Caetiogea
Lexington
W. M. Moward
Ocmulgee
Gray Lewis
Sparta
Oconee
David M. Roberts
Ekustman
Pataula
James M. Griggs
Dawson
Rome
W. H. Henry
W. J. Nunnally
J. R. Slater
Valdosta
W. H. Fish
Alge Oglethorpe
B. Hudson
Solcitor
Ellaville
Stone Mountain
Richard H. Clark
Candler
Tallapoosa
A. Richardson
Cedartown
Russell
Athens
Logan E. Bleckley
Lapp
New York Weekly
Street & Smith
Hostetter
Ita
Florida
California Fig Syrup Co
Apeake Fitteen Intruiapeds
Aonicutrman Norr
Ace
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta, Ga
Price
John B. Dickey Drug Co
Bristal, Va
Gottie
Hood
Jay A. Dwiggins & Co
Chicago News
Loomts
Detroit
Mich
Hull
Ees
J. J. McGotprick
Beans
Tenn
L. M. Anery
Cochran
Santhye
Betherr
Scott
Scott & Bowne
South Stn Avenue
Ilove
L. Kilweek “ Co
South Kena
Ind
Ree Naton
Stamp
Dora G. Hoyt
South Neud
Bones
Heroes
Niise i. Es
St. Louis
Atlanta Publishing Touse
Lord Street
Sen OY Mads
Warren, Pa
W.L. Ongins
Om In
Wibn
Coinear
Nye
Scicivic Co
August Flower
Jussi Barker
Humboldt, Kas
Ical Institute
Tronta Deformites Pro Zone
Fleming “Brothers
Pittsburgh
Iave Ae
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