Tin Plate Taxes and Industry Curbs Spark Political Debate
The text argues the McKinley era tin plate plan failed to meet promises with only 2 percent US production after twenty one months. It blames imported black sheets and Welsh tinning, cites Treasury claims, and alleges a political motive by the American Corrugated Roofing Company to protect tin roofs. It criticizes Republican figures and calls for a tariff restore to 1 cent a pound or free list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
United States
Shively
Indiana
House of Representatives
Wales
America
Springer
N.& G. Taylor Company
Elwood
Ind
Congress
American Corrugated
Democratic Party
Presbytery Resolution Questions Political Parties Over Licensing Policy
The Iowa City Presbytery meeting in Keota adopts a resolution stating it is not the church’s role to dictate votes yet insists parties cannot expect Christian support while backing license policy or failing to oppose the saloon. The piece hints ministers may oppose Cummins for his stance on licensing and party alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Harrison
California
Sigourney Review
Iowa City
Cummins
Dem
Sugar Trust Profits and Industry Conditions
Willett and Gray report for 1891 show net earnings not less than 5,073,002 with 8 percent dividends on common and 6 percent on preferred stock. Total capital stock equals 50,000,000 backed by refin ing property valued around 15,000,000. The New York Merchants' Review questions why such profits persist amid fierce competition and calls into doubt need for protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Trust
Messrs. Willett & Gray
American Sugar Refineries Company
Philadelphia
New York Merchants’ Review
Cleveland’s arbitration plan urged after Homestead strike
The piece recalls Grover Cleveland’s 1886 proposal for a three member government labor commission to arbitrate labor capital disputes. It argues such a body could have prevented the Homestead strike’s bloodshed and predicts laborers will look to Cleveland’s Democratic party for a fair settlement and wage justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Cleveland
Congress
Cleveland
Carnegie
Democratic Party
Chicago Tribune shifts stance on tariff reform during campaign
The Chicago Tribune abandons tariff reform arguments as the campaign begins. It notes limited immigration from free trade England, where workers face higher living costs, and observes most immigrants come from protected continental Europe, where workers enjoy no protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
United States
England
Europe
Italians and Their Flour Use in Pasta Making
Italian peasants consume large amounts of flour as macaroni making is common in poorer households. They are also noted for their ingenuity in treating dough and shaping it into many curious and appetizing forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Children's Department
Castoria
Astrep Hospital
Axp Dispensary
Boston
Mass
Aldrich Peck figures clash over wage data from tariff era
The New York Tribune questions Peck's figures while defending the Aldrich committee report. It notes Aldrich claimed wage gains in some industries, Carlisle shows gains only in nonprotected sectors and reductions in protected ones, based on seventy cities and 876 quotations. The Tribune opposes Peck's letters as unverified, citing numerous wage cuts and lockouts since the McKinley tariff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldrich Committee
The
New York Tribune
Peck
Aldrich
Carlisle
Senate
Tribune
American Protective Tariff League
Duty on bituminous coal sparks cross border clash
The Buffalo Times notes that a 75 cent per ton duty on bituminous coal raises costs for Canadian buyers and prompts Canada to charge 60 cents per ton on Pennsylvania coal. It claims Canadian officials would drop the duty if the U S removes the Nova Scotia coal tariff, and cites Republicans like Galusha A Grow urging free list treatment for bituminous coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Canada
Pennsylvania
Dominion
Niagara River
McKinley
United States
Nova Scotia
New England
Galusha A. Grow
Congress
Buffalo Times
Depew Returns Home After European Sojourn and Campaign Duties
Chauncey M. Depew returns to the United States and resumes the arduous task of leading Benjamin Harrison’s second campaign. The piece criticizes Depew’s influence at the Minneapolis convention, arguing his role helped secure Harrison’s renomination and now burdens the Republican prospects with dissension and disappointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey M. Depew
Hamburg
Prince of Wales
Benjamin Harrison
Mr. Depew
Depew
Minneapolis
California raisin growers form price-raising combine
The California raisin trade, aided by protective duties, shifts to a price-raising combine as overproduction hits. They set quotas of 2 per box for clusters, 8 crown London layers at 1.65, and 2 crown at 1.45, with boycott threats against nonjoiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
New York Merchants’ Review
Tariff Debate Moves West as McKinley Policy Defined
Republican speakers compare Washington Jefferson tariffs of 8 to 15 percent with the modern McKinley levy near 50 percent covering over a thousand articles. They argue the old tariff protected, the newer one monopolizes. Dickinson predicts Democratic gains in Illinois and beyond as the west becomes a political battleground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Illinois
Dickinson
Western
Samuel J. Tilden
West
Hot Springs Skin Soap Aimed At Purifying Skin
Hot Springs manufacturers with chemist crafted healing elements of the water into Hot Springs Skin Soap. The product purports to cleanse pores remove odors pimples and rashes, offering a preventive health benefit. Sold by Bradshaw and Thoma. Plus Parisian plaid silk blouses trend in America paired with dark skirts and rosette bows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Bradshaw & Thoma
America
New York Evening Post
Woman Recovers After German Uterine Tonic
After twelve years of a serious female ailment and sixteen months of expert care, Mrs. S. E. Carpenter of Lapeer Michigan reports marked improvement after three bottles of Dullam’s Great German Uterine Tonic. She says she feels twenty years younger and now at sixty feels as young as thirty. Sold by George D. Clarke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dullam
E. Carpenter
Lapeer, Michigan
George D. Clarke
Englishman Sows Ancient Egyptian Peas in Riverside
Mr. White, who settled in Riverside from England a year ago, planted dried peas claimed to be from the mummy of an Egyptian princess and about 8 042 years old. The crop grew unusually large, astonishing local observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. White
Riverside
England
Karnac
White
San Francisco Examiner
Heart Disease Link Is Detected To Left Side Sleep
Metropolis discusses Dr. Franklin Miles a noted Indiana heart and nervous disease specialist who claims left side sleeping stems from a diseased heart after examining thousands of cases. His New Heart Cure is sold at Bradshaw & Thoma's with many testimonials including Mrs. Chas Benoy Loveland Ohio. A free book on heart disease is offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Miles
Indiana
Ihlis
Bradshaw & Thoma’s
Chas
Benoy
Loveland
Cole
Backley and West End Seaside Talk On Time Money
A letter quotes Backley and West End discussing taking time off to the seashore. They note hotels demand board bills and funding limits. The saying time is money is disputed as theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Backley
West End
Bostoy
Salve Use Advised for Aggravated Skin Eruptions
The guidance notes that the salve is mainly necessary in aggravated eruptions while many use the soap, powder, and salve together. The soap is usable any time, the powder during the day, and the salve at night. Bradshaw & Thoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradshaw &Thoma
Language course and honors mark regional academic news
Cornell to offer Russian language and literature course next year. Prof A G Slocum of Corning elected president of Kalama zoo college in Michigan. Prof Elias F Carr of New Jersey State Normal receives doctor of philosophy from Union College. Local booster praises DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a remedy for constipation and liver issues, sold by Geo D Clarke. Creole exhibit planned for Louisiana at the World’s Fair. Advertisements note One Minute Cough Cure, Dullam's Great German Liver Pills, and De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, all sold by Clarke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
A. G. Slocum
Corning
N. Y
Kalamazoo College
Michigan
Elias F. Carr
New Jersey State Normal School
Union College
de Witt
Geo. D. Clarke
Hansen's Headache Cure Advertisement
A Des Moines Iowa ad offers Hansen's radical headache cure with a money back guarantee. The vendor promises relief for headaches neuralgia nervousness sleeplessness feverishness and debility and sells a post paid package for 25 cents to any U S or Canada address.
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Hansen
U.S. A
Canada
H. Hansen
East Locust St
Des Moines
Iowa
Kidney Soap Without Bone Labeling Mixup
A printing error at a meat preserving firm produced a misprint on kidney soup tins marked as Kidney soap without bone. The slip combined the new product with the existing label practice of claiming without bone, highlighting a humorous labeling mistake from London Tit-Bits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ieat
London
Hansen’s Radical Cough Cure Ad Des Moines Iowa
An old advertisement touts Hansen’s Radical Cough Cure with a money back guarantee. It claims immediate relief for coughs colds bronchitis whooping cough croup hoarseness and la grippe and as a preventive and cure in early consumption. J C Hansen 29 East Locust St Des Moines Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansen
J. C. Hansen
East Locust St
Des Moines
Iowa
Clergyman Loses $800 Train Finds $0.50 Minted 1829 Worth
An Ishpeming Michigan pastor lost 800 dollars on a railroad train and dwells on the finder spending a fifty cent piece minted in 1829 now valued at seventy five dollars. The Ledger notes the unusual amount and the sentimental value involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Ledger
Mrs Stebbins Praises Bradfield Regulator Cure
Mrs. W. E. Stebbins of Ridge Georgia reports taking Bradfield's Female Regulator for 16 years and credits Sam with a full cure. The product is sold by Geo. D. Clarke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradfield
Sam
W. E. Stebbins
Ridge
Georgia
Geo. D. Clarke
Hayti Soil Yields Three Crops A Year Despite Indolence
The fertile Hayti soil supports three crops annually, but locals reportedly work only enough to sustain themselves, reflecting general indolence rather than agricultural limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayti
De Witt’s Little Early Risers End Dyspepsia Claims
An advertisement touts De Witt’s Little Early Risers as a remedy for dyspepsia, promising relief so a man can enjoy the world’s riches. Sold by Creo DD Clarke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
Creo, DD. Clarke
Crit Davis Wins Harrodsburg Heat Over Nancy Hanks
Crit Davis with Bonnie Wilmore won the sole heat Nancy Hanks ever lost at Harrodsburg Kentucky track on July 31 1889.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crit Davis
Bonnie Wilmore
Harrodsburg
Nancy Hanks
De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve Praised by Peoria Reader
A Peoria reader, C. J. Haskins, reports relief after using De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve for severe itching. The item is sold by Geo D. Clarke. The passage also includes a religious prayer attributed to Martin Luther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
Haskins
Peoria
Geo. D. Clarke
Foot Care Claim and Patent Cure Advertisements
An 19th century style ad montage promises corn and bunion relief with Chryso Corn Cure and Shilghs Cure for coughs and chest discomfort. It notes public sale by Bradshaw and Thoma and mentions One Minute Cough Cure sold by Geo D. Clarke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradshaw & ‘Thoma
Local Bank Ad Promises Safe Lending and Wills Custody
Transacts general banking business money to loan at reasonable rates for long or short time on real estate or personal security. Business done as liberally as consistent with safe banking. Acts as custodian of wills and valuable papers without charge. Interest at 4 percent per annum on deposits for at least six months.
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Mr. Cleveland
Aldrich and Peck
Raisin Trust
Pearo L
Bassett M
Pedro L
DeWitt
Louisiana
Ambroise Thomas
Conservatory
Massenet
Clarke
Samuel Pitcher
G. C. Osaoon
Lowell, Mass
J. F. Kirncuc Oe
Conway, Ark
H. A. Arcuer
M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Allen C. Surra, Pres
the Centaur Company
Ti Murray Street
New York City
Father
Martin Luther
Andrew Jackson
Shilgh
Pitcher’s Castoria
Nate Savings Bank
Fairfield
J.E. Roth
Jas. Sullivan
V. Pres
E. A. Howard
Cashier
J. BE. Roth
James Louden
D. G. Higley
James Sullivan
W. BE. Bradshaw
J. 8
MceKenney
Ed. Hunt
Jos. Ricksher
T M. Byrnes
T. KR. Howlett
J. F. Loehr
Geo D. Clarke
Safe Coop
Ward Lamson
R. W Lamson
Geo. W. Bail
RE. F. Ratcliff
W. A. Lamson
J. W. Burnett
Joseph Roth
E. F. Simmons
Chris. Roth
D. W. Templeton
Eugene Campbell
H. Watkins
Adam Messer
N. M. Slagle
D. M. Parrett
J. P. Manatrey
Willy S. Prewitt
Wm. C. Hawk
Thos. Louden
J. H. Allender
A.C. D. Bradshaw
H. B. Rodgers
Louden
A. F. Cassel
F. O. Danielson
August Walgren
Vaught
John McLane
George Mowery
D. Leggett
Coodban & Fulton
South Side
G. A. Merich
Pluc
Huntzinger & Voorhies
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