Harrison named campaign manager by President in party split
The piece notes the President desires a different chairman, urging Republican unity under his direction. It cites Harrison as taking campaign control, with Blaine faction leaders sidelined, and hints at funding from protected corporations. It warns Democrats against complacency, recalling 1888 conspiracies in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Committee
Blaine
Carrison
Dudley
Indiana
League of Protected Corporations
Campaign contrasts and flood tolls in Davenport era
The article compares Democratic and Republican conventions noting Cleveland’s wider popular support vs Harrison’s machine backing, then shifts to flood losses in the west and northwest, a brutal London strike, and a satirical look at the 1890 cataclysm prophecies with varied social commentary and cultural notes.
Hennepin Canal Project Begins Connecting Lakes and Rivers
The Hennepin canal, long promoted as a symbol of American engineering, has begun construction. It promises to finish in a few years and would greatly aid national transportation as well as enable an inland route from New Orleans to the Great Lakes, with possible use in northern border defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Mississippi River
Republic
Hennepin Canal
New Orleans
Lakes
Russian secret microphone fears shadow Berlin letter
A Russian government inquiry to a Berlin manufacturer seeks data on covert microphones for recording political prisoners. The piece warns such tech exceeds past torture tools and hints at looming trouble for the czar. It also notes labor shortages in eastern Pennsylvania and immigrant workers filling city park seats as demand and supply diverge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Pennsylvania
New York
Union
Two Die After Hearty Dinner At Separate Homes
On the same day in separate locations a man and a woman died suddenly in their chairs shortly after finishing a hearty dinner. Authorities cautioned the public about potential food related illness or toxin exposure while investigations continue.
Junkman's Day as House Debates Public Document Printing
The New York Sun labels the day the national House weighs appropriations for printing public documents as "Junkman's Day." The remark highlights the budget fight over government printing costs and the lawmakers' handling of official paperwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
National House
Time Flies Fast to Those Who Are Happy
A brief aphorism notes that joy makes time seem to pass quickly, suggesting happiness alters perception of duration. No individuals, places, or events are identified.
Debts shrink in America while Britain holds wealth share
The piece notes that from 1880 to 1890 the United States reduced its national debt from 1.9 billion to 900 million, a landmark repayment pace unmatched elsewhere. It shows debt per family dropping from 300 to 160 dollars while per-family wealth rose from 4 000 to 5 000 dollars, and highlights Britain’s debt as one-eighth of national wealth. It also reports Leicester opening a large co operative boot factory with 50 000 pairs weekly, financed by workers’ capital totaling 1 000 000 dollars and a total project cost of 250 000 dollars. The plant will be worker managed and profits shared.
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Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Nebraska
Minnesota
Kansas
Ohio Valley
J. Rodes Buchanan
America
Europe
United States
Vanderbilt
Astor
Republican Party
Labor Party
Republic
Lucifer
Heaven
Americas
Jersey City
Victoria
Alexander
Atlantic
New England
Great Britain
England
Leicester
Put Up Job Promises a Cure for Drunkenness
A wife feeds her husband Haines Golden Specific in his coffee and he becomes sober for six years. The account cites endorsements from physicians and druggists and promotes a free 48 page pamphlet from Golden Specific Co. in Cincinnati Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Golden Specific Co
Cineinpatti
Ohio
Lessons in shipwrecks and boats from old tales
A passage warns against choosing land after shipwreck and describes the peril of survivors nearing shore. It contrasts hope with sudden disaster as waves crash and boats break, urging skill at the final moment of landfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Ellicott
St. Nicholas
Women’s Hotel for Exposition Proposed on Profit Plan
Chicago women plan to build a large hotel at the exposition on a profit sharing basis to entertain working women for thirty cents a day. Omaha notice May 5, 1891 reports testimonials for Krause’s Headache Capsules and Shiloh’s Vitalizer priced at 10 and 75 cents with local druggists carrying them.
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Chicago
Omaha
Neb
Krause
Chas. Passort
16Th Street
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Professor Crouch
Kathleen Mavourneen
Baltimore
Conference of Lutheran Ministers
Greensburg
The
Brooklyn Eagle
Christopher Columbus
Dullman
8. E. Carpenter
Lapeer
Michigan
Geo. D. Clarke
Bank of England
Bradshaw & Thoma
Shiloh
Bradshaw
Thoma
N.K
L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Jas. F. Wilson, Jr
Fairfield
Via
Cpees .Ng
South Dakota
St. Paul
St. Louis
Spirit Lake Gy
Great
Corm
Dakota
Canada
Ives
J. E. Hannegan
Mrvs
Tkt
Pasa
Cedar Rapids
Fairfield, LA
J. E. Roth
Pies
Jas. Sullivan
V. Pies
E. A. Howard
James Louden
D. G. Higley
James Sullivan
W. E. Bradshaw
J.8.mckenney
Ed. Hunt
Jos. Ricksher
T. M. Byrnes
T. RK. Howlett
J. F. Loehr
Safe Coop
Ward Lamson
R. W. Lamson
Geo. W. Ball
R. F. Rateliff
W. A. Lamson
J. W. Burnett
Joseph Roth
H. B. Rodgers
Louden
A. F. Cassel
F. O. Danielson
August Walgren
Vaught
John McLane
George Mowery
Chas. D. Leggett
Flidesdale
Glenogle
Legislator
Lord Lyon
Miecien
Rob Roy
Clenocle
Welcome
Bashaw Barn
Lowa
WM. Carmichael
Hugh Carmichael
H. Mnerich
General Merchandise
Glasgow
Lockridge
Frank Unkrich
John Howlett
B. F. Black
Pittsburgh
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