Wealth as idol in an age of abundance and letters
A Philadelphia Press excerpt cites Senator Depew warning that excessive regard for material wealth corrupts American letters and art. The piece argues nations mirror their pursuits, noting Rome and early United States flourishes faded when wealth eclipsed culture. It urges a shift from material ends to deeper aims in life and national spirit.
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Philadelphia
Senator Depew
Hall of Fame
New York
Tennysons
Longfellows
Hawthornes
Emersons
Michael Angelos
Shakespeares
Raphaels
Depew
J. J. Hill
Schwab
Rome
Emerson
Hawthorne
The Rich Man and the Idol of Wealth in Society
A preacher laments a growing national idol of wealth and material success. He warns that the allure of riches shapes values, especially for the young, framing attainment as a means to an easy, luxurious life rather than a genuine end.
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Sis
Kingdom of Heaven
Mr Carnegie Gift Prompts Tariff Debate Over Foreign Ownership
The Carnegie gift to Scotch universities is accepted by trustees and funds study in science languages history and English. It includes 5 percent of United States Steel securities worth 310 million dollars and raises questions about foreigners profiting from high U S prices via tariffs.
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Carnegie
United States Steel Corporation
Parole Law of 1897 Shows Strong Four Year Trial
Secretary Butler reports four year results of the indeterminate sentence and parole program. Of 1 141 men paroled 833 from the Reformatory and 308 from State Prison, only 156 returned for violations. About 971 of the paroled acted satisfactorily. The test suggests that a substantial portion may become permanent law abiding citizens.
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Reformatory
Butler
Baby’s growth aided by Scott’s emulsion aid
An advertisement extols Scott’s emulsion of cod-liver oil as a remedy to keep babies healthy by supplying easily absorbed nourishment. It describes the product as a food that also acts as medicine and invites readers to request a sample from Scott & Bowne of New York.
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Scott
Parole Law of 1897 Transforms Prisoners to Self Supporters
The 1897 parole system released and paid paroled inmates who earned $184,083.87, relieving taxpayers of idle labor costs. Paroled men gain employer trust, a certification, and better chances than full-term releases, aided by favorable industrial conditions and abundant work opportunities.
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Indiana
Pete
Seven Years in Bed and a Return to Health
Mrs L Pease of Lawrence Kansas after seven years in bed due to kidney liver trouble nervous prostration and debility reports that three bottles of Electric Bitters enabled her to walk and in three months she felt like a new person Headache backache nervousness sleeplessness melancholy fainting and dizzy spells may find relief in this remedy Sold by Rushton and Houseworth Bros druggists for 50 cents guaranteed satisfaction
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Chas. D. Rushton
Houseworth Bros
Effect of Trusts on Prices and Margins
An excerpt discusses contrasting views on trust effects from Thuber and Jenks. It tracks profit margins in sugar refining, noting how competition and consolidations shifted raw to refined price gaps. Jenks cites three profit paths and questions long term societal wealth distribution under concentrated industry.
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North American Review
Thuber
Jenks
United States Industrial Commission
Sugar Trust
American Sugar Refining Company
Trust
Claus Spreckles
Spreckles
Arbuckle
Doscher
English Temperance Pledge Note of Fifty Years
A Birmingham Mercury reprint tells of a young Englishman at St Andrew's who vowed temperance in 1850 during a revival. He reportedly kept his pledge for fifty years, demonstrating steadfast abstinence and moral resolve as part of a broader temperance movement story.
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Baltimore Herald
England
Birmingham Mercury
The Temperance Crusader and the Fifty Year Pledge
An elder vows no alcohol for fifty years then drinks a buried Scotch barrel on New Year’s Day. He reopens a barrel after fifty years, tastes prime whisky, and dies ten days later from eerie visions and a green dog, a blue monkey, and a pink lion before burial.
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Wesleyan Sunday School
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Deafness Remedy
An advertisement claims deafness results from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and cannot be cured by local applications. It offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes Hall's Family Pills, with price 75 cents.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Vrice
County Council Meets June 21 for Bridge Appropriation
The county council is convening on June 21 to approve an appropriation for bridge construction and repair. Official notice requests funding allocations and outlines agenda items for the session.
Brewers Change Methods At State Association Meeting
At the last regular meeting of the State Brewers Association in Indianapolis an action was taken that will not take effect until July 1. The decision ends the practice of starting men in saloon business by providing fixtures and licenses in exchange for agreeing to sell only brewer prescribed beers.
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State Brewers’ Association
Indianapolis
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