Tramps and currency reform debate in era papers
The Cranbury Press notes the Times-Herald backing farm colonies for vagrants but laments that such colonies normalize the tramp's rights. It also covers Dawes new Comptroller actions, post office costs linked to free silver, Dingley era revenue, and mixed views on Cuban policy and bimetalism with Secretary Gage defending unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago “Times-Herald
New York
Times-Herald
Charles G. Dawes
McKinley and party favor direct vote on silver issue
Washington dispatch summarizes Republican stance on the Teller resolution, urging defeat by direct House vote to avoid silver advocates claiming cowardice. It notes McKinley’s support for paying obligations in sound money and cites party unity, while detailing Senate votes from Gray Mitchell Lindsay Cafferey Murphy Smith and Gorman, plus Pritchard’s NC campaign shift and Dole’s Washington visit. The report closes with plans for a White House state dinner for Dole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Reed
House
Ways and Means Committee
McKinley
Republican Party
MacKinley
Benjamin Harrison
St. Louis
United States
Gray
Delaware
Mitchell
Wisconsin
Lindsay
Kentucky
Cafferey
Louisiana
Murphy
New York
Smith
New Jersey
Bryan
Gorman
Maryland
Stanley Matthews
Senate
North Carolina
Pritchard
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Representative Pearson
Ritchard
Washington
Dole
Hawaii
Harrison
Working Girls and Curfew: Domestic Service Value and Nighttime Rules
A discussion cites Edward Bok on better wages in domestic service for intelligent girls and warns of declining wages in business. It urges mothers to keep children off the streets, noting curfew ordinances spreading from Minnesota to Tasmania, with calls to extend curfew to villages and cities for safety and simplicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Bok
Ladies’ Home Journal
Minnesota
South Dakota
Michigan
Illinois
Hobart
Tasmania
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the Cranbury Press
Cranbury
J. George W. Burrouchs
Advange
State Gazette
Post Office Department
Treasury Department
Cuba
Gage
Philadelphia
Harry Logue
Williamsport
Johnson’s
Bradley's
Bradley Agricultural
N. J
Mittura
Bradley Fertilizer Company
Chard Avenue
Myers
F.C
Iostructor Bn Chemistry
Doe Toe
Donnelly’s
Opera House
Trenton
Trenton, M. Je
Burroughs
Cranbury Press
Frank 2. Brown
Liverpool
London & Globe
Royal
Ins
North America
Mercer County Mutual
Shrewsbury Mutual
Monmouth County Mutual
Press Building
Oranbury,n. J
Coats
Cole
Clothiers
Manufactur
Special
Kersey
Iriobsam’s
Bergen & Rue
Trenton, N. J
OUR
Dobbins & Large
E. State St. Trenton
Thomas Mason
Clioteliing
Business College
The
East
A. J. Rider
Presidentt Trento, N. J
Dr. Cady
Eale
Clayton
Lupton Bros
Matawan, Keyport
Perth Amboy
Matawan, N. J
Baumgartner
Lean
Syracuse
South Bend
McCormick
Blanet Jr
Thompson
Lehigh Coal
Lister's Fertilizers
W.j.rowland & Son
Monmouth Junction
Davison’s
B. D. Davison
Jamesburg, N. J
Place & Terry Mfg. CO
Centre Street
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