Man Rescues Absentminded Man From Incoming Engine
The account recounts a railway platform incident where Mr Booth pulled a heedless man clear as an engine backed toward them, saving him from injury. President Lincoln’s son Robert Lincoln is named in the narrative, with Booth noting his satisfaction at Lincoln’s election. The tale blends personal courage with a reflection on vigilance and moral roots.
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Peabody
Boothsis
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Mr. Booth
Alm
Ro Closa
Utm
Ford
Washington
Lincoln
Booth
Mr. Tooth
Robert Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
Ice charity aids tenement families amid summer heat
An article highlights a charity distributing free ice to the poor in crowded tenement districts, aiding infants on hot days. It notes supervision by district charities and city physicians, while recounting a Riverside California canal anecdote about gophers wasting water and the Cherokee Strip opening plans.
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Asibia
Ica
Uncooked hotel fare blamed on taste and service
A reader laments substandard meals at a principal hotel, describing cold venison hash like dish, pale meat, and dishes with foreign names. Complaints note cooks from France and Germany, poor preparation, and delays. The reviewer criticizes boiled vegetables, cheap pastries, and generic sauces, asking for better kitchen standards.
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Chin
Italia
Women smoking in public sparks law versus custom debate
In Louisville two policemen arrest three young women for disorderly conduct after they smoke cigarettes on a street. The judge dismisses the case noting no law bans women from smoking in public, prompting fear that future restrictions may target female smoking and raise questions about law and morality. The piece also discusses Norway Sweden union and Nordic consular issues, noting Norwegians’ push for independent representation and tensions with Sweden under the Kiel and union agreements.
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Louisville
Loulaville
Mle
Chia
Frugal Eng List Fore Admonishes Young Women About Spinning
A fragment from the San Francisco Argonaut recalls a historic instruction urging young women not to marry until they complete a spinning set of body, table, and bedlines. The prose notes 8 waxim and references lending women to spin as part of a domestic mandate.
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Abuur
San Francisco
Argonaut
Tariff reform debate and the Chicago platform stance
The passage argues for expanding the free list and reducing heavy tariff burdens on silk woolen cotton and metal products while opposing the McKinley bill. It frames the consumer as paying higher prices to support protected industries and calls for balanced revenue methods without burdening the public. It defends veterans and pension integrity against monetized praise, urging careful scrutiny of pension lists.
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Reform Club
Atkinson
Royonte
Anderson
Chicago
Grover Cleveland
Tts
America
Song of Manufacturers
Walcome
Cleveland
Critics Dispute Global Conspiracy Against Silver
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer argues against any world conspiracy to discredit silver. It says intelligent nations have abandoned silver while ignorant, semi-civilized nations cling to it, noting silver’s price will adjust to supply and demand. The New York Evening Post comments on speculative fraud and market manipulation.
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Knave
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Nallons
Silverita Party
Fool
Itu
New York Evening Post
Pension Question Debate At Reform Club
Dory Anderson calls for a full but vigorous review of pension law and amendments to limit payments to those justly entitled. He condemns those who falsely claim representation and says the sentiment of those who speak for the public has harmed the cause.
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Reform Club
Stop Thief and the Tariff Debate Two Sides Elide Truth
A fragment from The New York Press accuses Republicans of inflaming fear over stock losses while defending protection. Henry George is invoked to argue for deeper inquiry beyond tariff talk, examining whether protection or free trade better serves employment and wages amid calls to reconcile opposing views.
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McKinley
Ney
Richt
Knights of Allegory
Henry George
Protection Critique of Pension Frauds and Tariff Policy
A National Economist critique notes an old soldier receiving a pension for a bald head and another rewarded for having two coins on one foot. The piece argues such war mutilations trade is discouraged by a protection tariff to cover rising costs while farmers’ produce sits idle in elevators awaiting buyers.
Tariff Claw Remarks Stir Denver Meeting Speech
Former congressman Belford spoke at a Denver gathering last week. He claimed the tariff will be used as a club and warned that if the East undermines silver the tariff will be struck down. The St. Louis Republic noted the remark as a bold partisan play in ongoing tariff debates.
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Belford
Denver
Colorado
Republican
St. Louis Republic
European and American university students contrasts
The text argues Europe has many more university students than the United States, noting only about 2,500 American university students proper in the U S. It adds compensations such as Europeans being American in large numbers and the idea that every young American can make his own boots, unlike foreign syndicates.
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Europe
America
Republic
United States
Curious economist argues on farm price responses
A fragmented note argues that high prices for farm products tempt more production, but warns farmers will switch to crops that pay when wheat cotton or potatoes fall below a paying figure. The piece reflects cautious, pragmatic views on supply and prices in agriculture.
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