New York Fashion Letter on Duchess of Marlborough Dress
The fashion column reviews the Duchess Lily Price-Hamersley Marlborough’s attire seen at Tuxedo lawns. It discusses single piece gowns, bustles fading, and windproof capes, with advice on posture and a mention of Coney Island contrasts between rich and poor children.
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Duke of Marlborough
New York
Lily Price-Hamersley
Duchess of Marlborough
Selina Delaro
Coney Island
Summer fashions at the shore and mountains
A portrait of contemporary styles shows restrained elegance in summer gowns and accessories. Red white and blue palettes dominate seaside wear with striped fabrics and diaphanous wraps. yachting jackets, tennis blazers, and anti chill wraps reflect practical chic for open air use and travel.
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New York
Fashionable dress as a mystery to childish minds
A quotation notes that adults understand how fashionable dress arises while children see it as a mystery. The line appears in the Chicago Ledger, reflecting on social perception and style.
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Chicago Ledger
Silk gloves offered in plain and embroidered backs
Pure silk gloves appear in six button length in black tan gray and a dull blue. Taffeta silk gloves shown in same colors. Taffeta is defined as silk mixed with another substance in hosiery and gloves, not elsewhere in dry goods.
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Jersey
Small dress bonnets redefine fashion head-dress norms
The piece notes a trend where small dress bonnets serve as the main head-dress. It argues the bonnet’s purpose is modest and practical, with parasols reducing the need for brim shade and eye protection.
Silk scarfs draped over gowns in coordinated shades
Inpra silk scarfs are artfully arranged over gowns made of plain faille or surah. They match the dress color and are most effective in willow green primrose ecru rose pink and tea rose tones.
German Republicans Split Over Prohibition Plank At Chicago Convention
German-American leaders in Chicago express strong opposition to the Boutelle temperance plank adopted at the Republican convention. Editors and voters warn the move could split the party, cost votes in Illinois and neighboring states, and push some Germans toward the Democratic ticket. The piece cites Illinois Staats Zeitung editor Herman Raster and foresees shifts in Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota Indiana Ohio and the fate of the Republican party.
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Boutelle
Maine
Republican Party
Herman Raster
Illinois Staats Zeitung
West
Raster
Staats Zeitung
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Indiana
Chicago
Palmer
Cleveland
Thurman
Ohio
Tammany's Big Braves Celebrate Independence Day in New York
The Tammany Society gathered on July 4 at the Academy of Music with notable guests including Senator West of Missouri and Representatives Mills, Collins, McCreary, Hooker, Shively, and others. A lengthy letter from President Grover Cleveland declined attendance, urging fiscal frugality and reform to limit government burden. Speeches by West, Mills, Cox, Collins, McCreary, Hooker, Shively and Maisch followed.
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Tammany Society of
New York
Academy of Music
Tammany
Senator West
Missouri
Roger Q. Mills
Texas
Patrick A. Collins
Massachusetts
James B. McCreary
Kentucky
Charles E. Hooker
Mississippi
Benjamin F. Shively
Indiana
Melbourne H. Ford
Michigan
William McAdoo
New Jersey
Gov. Biggs
Delaware
Cox
F. B. Spinola
John Newton
the Treasury
Maynard
Fitz-John Porter
Executive Mansion
Washington, D. C
James A. Flack
Srtra
Tammany Society
Our Republic
Grover Cleveland
Mills
Collins
McCreary
Hooker
Shively
Maisch
Odious Burden on Lead Tariff Benefits Home Producers
A historical note argues a 68 percent tariff on crude lead fuels domestic production by restricting imports. The tariff wall keeps prices high and protects home producers, shaping market dynamics and the overall burden on consumers.
Republicans push free whisky and tobacco in platform critique
The piece argues the 1884 Republican platform would abolish tobacco taxes and then tax any remaining internal taxes while debating the proposal to place wool on the free list. It contends this amounts to a plan for cheap drinks and dear clothing, questioning party leaders about the platform’s honesty and voter support.
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Republican Party
Democratic Party
Internal Revenue
United States
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Betting on the election at two to one odds
The Harrison men on downtown exchanges refuse two to one odds on Cleveland and Thurman. They prefer one hundred to sixty or higher bets, citing stronger two to one odds elsewhere. Downtown Democrats warn the bet is extravagant given potential county and city political shifts and patronage.
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Harrison
Cleveland
Thurman
Produce Exchange
Stock Exchange
New York
County Democracy
Tammany
A Grave Blunder in the Platform
The Chicago Tribune notes the Republican platform favors repealing alcohol taxes used in the arts and mechanical work. It argues that remaining revenue could allow full repeal of internal taxes on whisky and tobacco, challenging whisky trusts and foreign manufacturers’ agents. Four years ago the party…
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Chicago Tribune
Republican Party
Tariff Views in Garfield Speech Highlight 1880 Echo
Ex-Senator Warner Miller notes a fair New York majority in the tariff fight. An extract of James A. Garfield’s speech shows he favored high duties to balance foreign competition but opposed monopoly, aiming toward eventual free trade through protection. The Chicago News contrasts Garfield’s stance with the GOP platform’s ultra high tariff position.
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Warner Miller
New York State
Harrison
Garfield
New York
Chicago News
Protection Insanity in Tariff Debate and Embargo Theory
The article criticizes the Chicago platform for raising the tariff line to stifle imports and empower speculators. It argues the embargo would deny citizens freedom to choose, fix prices by law, and echo a peace measure rejected by civilized nations. It labels these twin heresies as abominable and antithetical to free markets.
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Chicago
Russia
China
A Tax Takes Its Toll on the Worker and Nation
A Chicago Herald opinion notes that a yearly $267,000,000 tax burden harms workers under all systems. It argues tariffs and subsidies shift costs to producers and tenants, with rich payers bearing less, while England uses duties on 20 items and internal taxes. The piece calls tariffs a form of protection shifting a billion in burden.
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United States
Treasury
England
America
Chicago Herald
Morton’s Public Services Deflated by Campaign Finances
The St Louis Republic asserts Levi P. Morton offered little congressional impact. It accuses him of being a money conduit, sent to Paris for payments and delivering funds to secure Irish votes for Blaine in 1884. The piece suggests Chicago’s convention hoped for future vice presidential nomination.
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Morton
Levi P. Morton
Congress
Wall Street
Paris
Indiana
Johnny O’brien
New York City
Blaine
Johnny O'Brien
Chicago
St Louis Republic
Democratic Party presses labor against trusts in tariff debate
The Louisville Courier Journal condemns policy favoring protection as raising labor costs and taxes while enriching trusts. It argues Democrats stand with working people against monopoly and declares Republicans are champions of the money power in a clash over taxes and protections.
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
Louisville Couriers Journal
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