Durham Recorder 1895 Cotton Prices and World Trade Notes
The Durham Recorder reports higher prices for cotton wheat corn and oats and notes Raleigh cotton receipts rising over last season. It discusses bimetallism prospects and monetary policy including silver and gold, and China Japan India and Asia. The piece comments on Japan’s territorial gains and global reactions as Britain and Russia watch developments in Asia.
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India
Japan
England
United States
Cozorapo
Bravsteret
Javan
New England
Russia
Asia
Illinois Supreme Court Ends Eight Hour Workday Claim
A Chicago Times Herald summary reports the Illinois Supreme Court ruling that eight hours for women workers in factories cannot be constitutionally mandated. The paper notes a clash with due process and contrasts this with old English prohibitions on female labor, urging protection for women and children in sweatshops. The piece also includes a March Roll of Honor at Corrace Home and editorials from the New York Sun and Charleston on South Carolina’s proposed constitutional method.
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Ilinois Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Timnes Hearth
Chicago
Lazarus
England
Supreme Court of Illinois
Hart
Corrace
Flora Penny
Alice Herndon
Florence High
Fannie High
Mary High
Ava Byrd
Bessie Craig
Stella Harward
Pearl Harward
Sadie Shepherd
Maggie Harward
Mary Penny
Graham Harward
Dorah Atkins
Allie Atkins
Andrew High
Charlie
New York Sun
South Carolina
Charleston News and Courier
United States
Richmond Dispatch
the Tribune
Georgia
Tribune
Silver democrats and their disrupted party aims
The Gadsden Alabama Times denounces the silver democrats calling themselves Jeffersonian democracy as a conglom with no purpose beyond disrupting the democratic party. They warn the Farmers' Alliance against being misled by the label.
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Farmers’ Alliance
Democratic Party
Gadsden
Ala
Electric Bitters touted as universal remedy
The advertisement claims Electric Bitters cures liver and kidney diseases, pimples, boils, salty eruptions, and malaria, with a money back guarantee. It markets the tonic at $1 per bottle through R. Blacknall & Sn and asserts broad benefits and satisfaction guaranteed. It also promotes trade schooling for boys, urging all to learn a craft for future stability and potential profit.
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R. Blacknall & Sn
Texarkana
Durham Welcomes New Telephone Factory Ahead of 1896
A proposed telephone factory in Durham plans a capital stock of 100000 dollars signaling growth for the city. The note adds optimism for local progress and asks how many contenders will run for the presidency in 1896.
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Durham
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Benjamin Norton
Quinn
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Brooklyn
Decision of Labor Legisla
News and Observer
Duke Cigarettes
Durhan
Perry Davis & Son
Providence,r, I
B.woowen & CO
N C
Amine
W. M
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Jones’ Jewelry Store
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Mangum Streets
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Strouse & Bree
T. J. Lambe
Durham, N.C
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Norpolkva
Adree Aineack
Coby
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