Blaine accused of labor oppression in mining regions
A Pennsylvania journalist recounts a laborer turned witness, Heory Richards, describing Blaine and Elkins as monopolists who hire pauper labor. Richards claims Irish and skilled workers are barred, with Scandinavians Italians and others paid sixty to sixty five cents a day. He vows to vote for Cleveland and defend workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heory Richards
Eyventh Ward
New York
Scircuit
Pennsylvania
Arthur
Yellow Stone Park
Richards
Fifty-ninth Street
Sixth Street
Blaine
Virginia
Steve Elkins
Blaine and Elkins
Isbor
Trishmen
Norway
Sweden
Italy
Snch
Labor Party
Cleveland
Psopers
Maud Learns Baseball During Cleveland Boston Game
A Cleveland lady and her escort humor a game day lesson as Maud, curious about baseball, discovers the rules while watching Cleveland and Boston play. She learns outs and runs, and vows to keep going daily, while George concedes the sport’s pace and charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
George
Clevelands
Maud
Bostons
Boston
Banes
Daisy
Diverse historical notes mix humor and curiosities across regions
A Detroit Free Press clipping compiles stray anecdotes and odd facts: Mrs Murphy delays a neighbor over borrowed fare, a Nantucket mine claim, a Pennsylvania quilt maker, Cassius M. Clay’s Kentucky life, a memoirist, and a Monterey Bay turtle of giant size. A limestone cave near Lyons is noted after exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Jack
Charles O'Conor
Nantucketown
Mason County
West Virginia
Fairy G. Shafer
Madisonburg
Keystone
Cassius M. Clay
Kentucky
Monterey Bay
California
Luray
Ain
Gensya
Lyons
Bi radial drilling machine and Trieste harbor notes
A Paria inventors build a bi radial drilling machine with a hinged arm. Trieste harbor expansion in Austria costs about 7.3 million dollars, with three 700 by 300 foot jetties creating basins and deepened quay space. A Japanese stone that foretells weather was to be shown to the emperor. other items include a local death notice and iron hardening methods. Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised for uplifting fatigue and appetite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MM Challiot and Granict
Paria
Trieste
Austria
Japan
Wyatt Hare
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Hood
The
Panny
Northwest Office
Ohio
Nowrawasr
Washington Street
Napoleon
Pearl
Phearine
M.honeckpoleon
GEO. F. Cardes Confectioner & Baker
Thiesen, Hildred & Co
Whitewood
Sen
Mildred
Moporbolis Bros
Henry County
Queens & Glassware
Price
Meyermoltz & Sro
Napleon
J. H. Byrnes
Su D.&ti
Wilson
1Er & Scubele
Epee
Stee
Rel Peeting
Absolt
Ural Pwr
Harter
Harar
Aix
Aio
Matey
Hahn & Meyer
Machine Works & Foundry
Beard
Millmright
Tapia
Henry Co
Org and
Satoe
Cc. Bitzer
H. F. Norden & CO
Church & Lee,srnrere
Tengo
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