Letter to Cleveland by Debs and Knights of Labor leaders
A historical letter from July 7 urges President Cleveland to defend workers during the Pullman strike. Debs and J R Sevenman of the Knights of Labor assert federal action harms civil rights, defend railway workers, and call for lawful means to secure fair pay and dignity amid corporate oppression.
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Cleveland
Debs
A. R. U. and
Cmroaco
Lok
Grover Cleveland
Washingon
D.C
Drak Sim
Pullman
Pullmen Company
Pullman Company
United States Army
United States
Pulitan Palace
Olney
Axing the Farmer in Confederate Tax Tales in Richmond
A Richmond visit reveals Southern zeal to push protection and income taxes. The tale references Confederate 1863 4 laws taxing farmers one tenth of sweet potatoes and a broad 5 10 6 percent structure on property banks and profits. The dialogue mocks ultra tax plans and warns of sweeping levies on all crops and businesses.
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Virginia
Richmond
Screechorn
Congress
James M. Matthews
Department of Justice
Sereechorn
Wall Street
B. Thinkin
Patent firms warn inventors of bad attorneys
The press urges careful selection of patent counsel amid rising invention demand. The Press Claims Company led by John Wedderburn offers patent services including design patents, trademarks, copyrights, and interference handling. They promise to protect clients from unsafe practices and to pursue foreign patents when needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Press Claims Company
John Wedderburn
F Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Joan Wipperburn
Type-writers and office supplies advertised in Utah shop
S. J. Griffin's in Orden Utah offers the best obtainable type writers and stamps seals stencils branding irons and badges to order write for details and prices.
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S. J. Griffin's
Orden
Utah
Protective tariffs and postwar American prosperity praised
Quote extols U S postwar recovery under indirect taxation and protectionist policy. Urges Germany to imitate U S tariff system, noting limited adoption and benefits to national prosperity and material interests.
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United States
Europe
America
Germany
United State
Importers Lobby For Wilson Bill At New York Meeting
A Cooper Union gathering of 120 business men urged swift passage of the Wilson bill. An American Economist check found 71 of them likely importers of foreign goods, with some holding other roles, and speakers including representatives of foreign goods were met with hisses while ex President Harrison was applauded.
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New York
Cooper Union
Senate
Trow
China
Straus
Harrison
Farmers Turn Wheat To Hog Feed In Low Price Era
The 1892 fall campaign promised dollar wheat from the free trade party and Grover Cleveland. Now statisticians report farmers in wheat surplus states feed wheat to hogs and stock due to low prices, claiming it more profitable than selling for human food.
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Free Trade Party
Grover Cleveland
Department of Agriculture
Department
Conquer to Your Cost Warns an Ass Boss
An ass bolted toward a precipice as its owner seized its tail to pull it back. The man released the beast and warned that the stubborn often come to harm, urging triumph but at a price.
Protection as a core American value and liberty
Logen Williamson argues that protection defines liberty and should be cherished by all Americans. He contends protection shields from evil, supports daily needs, and opposes those who vote against it, labeling protectionists as steady defenders of American life.
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S.S. S
Earth
John Gavin
Dayton
Ohio
Swift Specific
Atlanta
Protection
Logen Williamson
Grover the Emancipator Poem Portrait
A historic sounding verse praises Grover as emancipator of workers. It depicts liberation from labor, leisure in Europe, and plenty from relieved toil and imports. The author Augustus Jacobson signs the piece as a reflective worker anthem.
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Guinea
Sovereign
Evaevr V. Denns
The
E. Confederate States
P. O. Box
F.M. Cunnard
Dillon
Farmer
Charleston, Coles Co
I. A
U.S. Land Office
Helena
Mont
Charles A. Harvey
Melrose
Montana
Levi Cartier
Butte, Mont
Helen Kaufman
Bryant
Beaverhead County
South Range
U. S
Besverhrd County
San Francisco
Cape Town
Transvaal
Mashonaland
Matabeleland
Johanesberg
Carridate
Fred
Holmes
Bse Street
San Franciso
Cal
Prince Bismarckk
O. RE. Morse
Kupfer’s
Jewelry. and Gun Store
Stockmen's Directory
Marka
Willis
T. M. Sunway
Birch Creek
Alex Metzee
Paller
Bprings
Madison Co
Ontana
Ruby Valley
Upper
Canyon
Poindextet & Ort, Olton, Beaverhead Co
AL ‘T. Brand
Square
Gompesa
Macktall Deer Creek Vallay
Grover
Hill
Dale
Dare
Augustus Jacobson
Lunn & CO
Cone
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Mann & CO
Miller
Stringham
Bloeck
Bann BC
Roaldence
Washington
Mores Biot
H Co Bond M.D
Dillon Drug Store
Dillon, Montana
Kep
Dungan
Crown
Dillon Mercantile Co
First National Bank
Hropshire
Burleigh
Bilverbow Block
Burrs
Kupfer Block
Dilllox
Bewuert Callahan
Dillon, Mont
Dwin Norris
Dillion
Attorney-At-Law
Orher Wirs
R. B. Saars
Nf. Miller, M.D
Sheridan
Wedderburn
John
Wasington DO
d'Batlora
Dubois & Dubois
Washington, D.C
Datny Mail
Bannack
Pacific Express
F. L. Graves
Anderson Bros
U.S. Mail
Pacific
Twin Bridges
Virginia City
Silver Stream
Fish Creek
Whitehall
Northern Pacific Railroad
Butte City
THON
Graham
Prop
A. C. Hamaonn
Dillon, Mone
Savannah
N. YV
Messrs
S. C. Weis & Co
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N. Y
Shiloh
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