Fourth of July program and Leviathan steamship plans
The piece surveys Julia Ward Howe's Independence Day ideas and a broad civic program from quiet hall gatherings to public school contests, plus a vision of the Leviathan, a 1000 foot ocean steamer with 50,000 horsepower and four propellers. It also notes prison education experiments, immigrant student success, and various technological and political items relevant to the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia' Ward Howe
John Adams
Mars
Howe
Republic
Commonwealth
Italy
Getaigh
Evenn
Davison
Halstead's Silver Policy in Cleveland Administration
New York Herald editor Murat Halstead outlines a silver based bank note policy after repealing the Sherman Act. He notes banks might issue notes secured by silver and government would exit the market, reducing silver standard fears while preserving safety and profits for banks and avoiding rapid asset shrinkage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halstead
New York Herald
Murat Halstead
Cleveland
Clough
Carlisle
Congress
Uewnotantal
Sugar Trust King and the Havemeyer Fire Refiner Strike
A critical look at the sugar trust’s power in the Havemeyer and Elder refinery strike in Brooklyn. Workers claim brutal heat and low wages, facing a $40,000 monthly cost to grant shorter hours, while the refinery fortifies with police and threatens to keep prices high amid a prolonged standstill. The piece labels protectionism and trusts as oppressive, contrasting past tariff success with present labor struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havemeyer & Elder
Brooklyn
Trust
Lyons
Great
Byron W. Hart
Gettl
Europe
Eng
America
Australia
Henry Clay
James G. Blaine
The Farmer's Hope on Free Trade and Wheat Surplus
The piece argues free trade will expand foreign commerce as domestic wheat piles up. It cites surplus wheat in elevators priced around 60 cents per bushel and references a claim by former Agriculture Secretary Rusk about 250,000,000 Europeans who do not eat wheaten bread.
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Onbe Root
Jone
New York
Washington
Bismarck
Delegntes
Germany
England
America
Sen
York World
New York Reform Clu
Congress
Democratic Party
St. .Louis
Europe
Rusk
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Castoria
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Ria
Pitcher’s Castoria
Des Moines Weekly Leader
Pompeii
Galwer
Grimm
East Lynn
Henry Wood
Sir Walter Scott
Charles Dickens
Handy Andy
Samual Lever
Charlotte Bronte
Josn Halifax
Miss Molock
Lady Audley
Cooper
Oliver Twis
Till Vrairil
James Fennimore Cooper
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel DeFoo
Rory 'O'Morl
Samuel Lover
BRDW
Thomas’ ‘Hunts
Tex
Inter Ocean
Woman's Kingdom
WOME
THE
Chicago
Stewart
Stewart's Steels
Seewart Ghemierl
Louis Baose
Stelwart
Deewusaptian
Port
Offic AY
Eldowa, Mwa. AG
Clabs
Chicago University
Lee MensiScob
Normal College
New York City
Utah
Boston
Providence
West Armor Plate
Maryland
Potomac River
United States
France
Massachusetts
Russell
Jermyys*a
Nother
Campania
Roger A. Pryor
Judge Pryor
Mustafa
Sistine Chapel
Rome
Campanini
American Steamship Line
International Navigation Company
Will
Cramps’ Philadelphia
Wyman
Mecca
Insene
Asugar Trust King
Piedmont
Count Cavour
Joseph Danz Miller
Ohio
Union
McKinley
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