War Taxes Stand in Porto Rico Debate and Steel Trust Action
Washington correspondence details Republicans fraying over Porto Rico and tariff policy with Senator Hoar and Senator Grosvenor arguing for independence, while Democrats advocate limiting imperialism. Also covered is the American Steel and Wire Company shutdown impacting 6,000 workers, with critique of trust power and calls for antitrust enforcement and worker protection.
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Washington
Gen
Urosvener
McKinneyad
Grosvenor
Foraker
Uw Vreskdenut
Porton
Porto Rico
uUstat
John W. Lambert
Trust
Ipical Trust
Albecter
Alinus
John W. Gates
United States
American Steel and Wire Company
The Issue Is Plain Liberty and power in the republic
The passage argues that liberty survives only when power is checked. It asserts that unrestrained human will leads to abuse, and that combining political power with natural power tempts ward and increases mischief. It cites founders who framed the federal government with strict limits.
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Redace
Mr. Me
Republic
Federal powers and constitutional limits clash with expansion
The passage argues that federal power must stay within constitutional grants and restraints. It warns that extending power to territories without limits risks inequality, despotism, and the end of republican citizenship, opposing sensational rhetoric. The quoted lines attribute these views to Tron. BL FL Shively of South Bend, Indiana.
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Congress
Shively
South Bend
Political Polemic Attacks Republican Leadership Over Corruption
The piece attacks the Republican Party and its leaders, accusing them of corruption, deceit, and dependence on trusts. It cites resolutions by Rep. Jefferson Leyyi Ped and allegations of plunder, deceit, and imperialist support, while railing at finance and military mismanagement under Melliley era.
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Melliley
Manila
Kkansas City Times
Iveral
the Times
Republican Party
Lincoln
America
Messinley
Mark Hanna
J. P. Altegeld
Imperial Prerogatives in Porto Rico Bill Debate
The Porto Rican bill grants the President powers nearly imperial in scope, allowing governance and taxation without local consent. The governor and council, appointed or removed at will, become instruments of executive authority, likened to Abyssinia’s Negus or Russia’s Czar by the Kansas City Times.
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MedEwinley
Senate
Thouse
Negus
Abyssinia
Czar
Russia
Kansas City Times
Would Be Astounded by Modern Congress Debate
A clipped quotation from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch suggests the Founding Fathers would be astounded by contemporary sympathy for the Dutch republics amid congressional opposition, highlighting a sharp historical contrast in political sentiment.
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Congress
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Mountaineers and their enduring backwoods bias in the South
The piece surveys Mountain people in nine states from the Ohio River to Atlanta as 2,000,000 beset by limited education and presses, with religion tied to funerals and sects, a fierce independence, and delayed justice. It recounts a frontier code, chivalry echoes, and a belligerent honor system shaping local life. It also traces a reporter’s wartime experiences in Russia, Afghanistan, Zululand, and subsequent career events of Mr Forbes.
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Kentucky
Goebel
Commonwealth
Mountain Girl
Ohio River
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
Commonwealths
William Goodell Frost
Berea College
Atlantic Monthly
Larnin
Archibald Forbes War Writer Dies in London
Archibald Forbes a famed war correspondent and former British army officer has died in London. He covered Franco Prussian War battles from Saarbruck to Paris and witnessed key events from Sedan to the Commune. He traveled with the Prince of Wales on India tour in 1875 76.
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Archibald Forbes
London
Saarbruck
Sedan
Louis Napoleon
Chiselhurst
Prince Napoleon
Zululand
Courcelles
Vionville
Gravelotte
Paris
Metz
Spain
Amadeus
Prince of Wales
India
Tobacco Testing and Poe's The Bells Highlight 19th Century Notes
The piece describes Cuban tobacco buyers testing crops for scent, burn quality, and flame retention, noting four to five minute lights as favorable. It then recounts Edgar Allan Poe’s The Bells, including how editor John Sartain paid for initial stanzas and installments before publication.
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Cuba
United States
Havana
Ohio State Journal
Edgar Allen Poe
Sartain
Poe
John
Father
Tommy Tinker and Johnny Clash Over Trouble
In a vivid quarrel Johnny explains he was struck by Tommy Tinker after a dispute. Johnny says he did count to ten but Tommy waited to react until after the hit.
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Tommy
Mrs. Tinker
Johnny
Tommy Tinker
Methuen an Athlete
Lord Methuen has long valued regular physical exercise and is described as a capable pedestrian as well as a skilled swordsman and fencer.
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Methuen
Lord Methuen
Superstition of Briush Milkmaids About Cows Going Dry
Eyewitness note on superstition among milkmaids of Briush, Scottish and English traditions claim cows dry up if hands are not washed after milking. The text warns readers to secure possessions against fire or movement to access stored household items.
Pretty Bad Humour in Local Tale
Aunt Ann Peebles explains to a neighbor that Johnny suffers from a string of skin ailments each spring and in childhood had nettle rash measles ringworm and salt rheum. The neighbor jokes that he may have a humor in his blood and Aunt Ann agrees he is the worst humorist for his age.
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Johnny
Aunt Ann Peebles
Aunt Ann
British Aristocracy Blamed for Modern Vices
The piece attributes recent reverses to degeneracy in aristocracy and luxury. It argues illness stems from indigestion and nerve strain, urging Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for constipation indigestion and dyspepsia and claims it purifies the blood and strengthens the stomach.
A Poor Fireman and a Refined Fire
A domestic tale recounts Mrs. A asking a country youth to build a fire. The youth replies he has never made a refined fire. The scene contrasts expectations with a humorous misunderstanding about fire making. The text also notes early 1800s American city populations.
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William
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