Workingman Hardship and Calls for Economic Reform
A voiced critique of wage inadequacy and cost of living for laborers. The piece argues many workers live on about $1.50 a day, totaling around $18–$20 monthly after rent, with essential costs for food clothing and basics wiping out almost all income. It urges policy changes and direct action, including bonds or greenbacks, to raise daily wages and create jobs, urging workers to act at the polls. It notes editorial remarks about the Harvey Harr debate and a Maine bomb incident.
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Cleveland
Fort Wayne
Lodge
Congress
Nicaragua
Reporter jailed for insanity exposes asylum prank
A journalist sought to investigate a Los Angeles area insane asylum by getting arrested for insanity. Doctors declared him insane and a judge committed him to the asylum. He was later held for contempt when identified, while the fate of the doctors remains unspecified.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco Post
Novel Sheep Ranch Surges Near Conshohocken Pa
A large sheep ranch near Conshohocken Pennsylvania is enclosed by a pale aod wire fence forming an eight mile circumference. Fences inside the enclosure mark former fields that have been removed. A thousand sheep will be turned in for wool growing.
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Prairie States
Conshohocken
Woman's Breeches Right Cited By Skeptics
A New York Sun letter argues women have a moral and natural right to wear breeches, noting knee cap anatomy causes less bagging than men. It compares the idea to men wearing petticoats, suggesting gendered apparel is a matter of physiological argument.
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New York Sun
Max Muller
Northwest
State of
Washington
Their Ambition Had Been Reached in Spokane Club
A Spokane women’s club dissolved after every member served as president, fading from prominence as reported by the Los Angeles Express.
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Spokane
Los Angeles Express
Great Lakes Boat Excursions From Wabash Office
Wabash ticket office offers complete line of lake itineraries via Poledo and Detroit to all Great Lakes ports including Buffalo Erie Cleveland Mackinac Island Chicago Duluth and intermediate points. Modern steel steamers promise speed comfort and safety on fresh water. Excur sion tickets and a summer travel guide Mid-Summer Voyages are available. Phone 6.
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Wabash
Poledo
Detroit
Great Lakes
Buffalo
Erie
Cleveland
Mackinace Island
Chicago
Duluth
Faust
Wabash Ticket Office
R. G. Thomison
Hotel Arrivals Fragment Shows Wide Range of Guests
Friday hotel arrivals list numerous travelers from New York Lafayette Indiana Chicago Detroit and Ohio with destinations including Rochester N Y Philadelphia Toledo Indianapolis and Zanesville. The roster includes Mr and Mrs and several single travelers with varied surnames and origins.
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Attnee Ranpat
E A Witter
J L Robert
New York
VY Baldwin
Lafayette
Ind
James McCormick and Son
Bhufton
RB Buaress
Rochester
N. Y
I Downs
Connersville
M_M Canston
Warren
J C Bloom
B A Winfield
Chicago
George Evans
I Rosenfield
Detroit
Thomas Higgins
Newark
Wis
HE Bedle
GD First
Indianapolis
J.W Collins
Peru
Studabaker
Decatur
James Bay
J O Fisher
Philadelphia
UC i Kershaw
Toledo
Smalley
CB Kelley
Perre Haute
TC Read
Salem
Ohio
H F Bertman
Portsmouth
CH Moore
Richmond
A Doering
Cincinnati
H Shaver
Ansonis
George Wandless
W J Patterson
Jburg
L ‘Engileking
G Clude
CT Becker
George
Morgan Lays Out Democratic Silver Policy In Griffin
Senator Morgan of Alabama spoke at the Griffin Georgia silver convention praising free coinage and criticizing the Sherman law. He traced the silver cause to Washington and Jackson, urged reenactment of 1837 coinage, and denounced the 1873 act and Republican intrigues. The meeting adjourned after speeches by Livingstone and Howell.
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Griffin
Free Silver Forces
John Hunt
Silver League
United States
Patrick Walsh
Augusta
Bimetallic League
Walsh
John T. Morgan
Albania
Morgan
Jefferson
Madison
Jackson
Congress
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
John Sherman
Sherman
Tle
Democratic Party
Senate
Hill
New York
Denil
Till
Carlisle
Paul
Aaron
Mr. Morgan
Cleveland
England
Evan P. Howell
Committee On Resolutions
J. W. Robertson
Livingstone
Clark Howell
Woman's World Champions High Ambition and Fashion
A piece lauds Miss Edith A Reiffert for earning a law degree while supporting family, running a knitting and embroidery business, and building a home. It argues men undervalue women yet praises female professionals, architects Miss Gannon and Miss Hands, and calls for women to dress and think freely.
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Edith A. Reiffert
University of the City of New York
Edith
Old World
Miss Gannon
Miss Hands
Archard Conner
Conscience Leads Return and Fake $50 Bill Theft Revealed
A Chicago Record tale recounts a man who left a North Bide hotel owing $26.50. He returns claiming remorse and pays with a counterfeit $50, leaving clerks with $20.65 change while praising the man who fooled them about his honesty.
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North Bide
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Royal Donkey Tale and a Year of Brothers
A humorous year of a pair of brothers with antics from January to December, plus Queen Victoria’s Cimiez visit driving a glossy donkey named Jocko. The piece blends childlike vignettes with a royal anecdote about a once-starved donkey turned royal favorite.
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Victoria
Cimiez
Mediterranean
Jocko
Acquisgrana
Signora
Twilight Veranda Romance and a Trolley Rescue
A fragment from Texas Siftings recalls a twilight interview in a veranda hammock where a couple banters of love while a man questions finances on six dollars a week and disappears after a fence jump. A separate scene notes a stalwart policeman rescuing a well dressed old gentleman from a trolley car onslaught.
Pranking Young People Mimic Backward Talk
A Boston Budget item recalls youths and a Berlin minister who spoke backward during a prayer meeting, nearly causing a humorous scene. The anecdote notes how wrong words can confound a service and cites lighthearted mischief as youthful folly.
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Berlin
Deacon Wood
Rayer
Preach
Boston
Private cigars spark distant ties at a visit
In a Syracuse Post item, Bobby tries to please his father's guest who arrives and chooses a cigar from a private box. The visitor notes one box is for friends while the other is for the smoker himself, saying he is not yet the father’s friend.
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Bobby
Syracuse Post
Curious Congressional Ethos Quelled by Time
A playful quip contrasts a new congressman’s early marathon of town visits with the later grind of House duties. The Washington Star and Texas Sift humor columns reflect on politics, curiosity, and the slow pace of public service through old jokes.
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House of Representatives
Washington Star
Moving service quirk seen in humor column
A joke exchanges between a wife and husband about charging by the day versus by the road for moving furniture. The husband notes the new horse is bulky, while the dialogue twists into a gentle reminder and hoax comparison, reflecting light newspaper humor.
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New York Weekly
Costly Fashions and Remnant Utilization in Couture
Exceedingly rich brocades from the Louis Quinze period captivate fashion buyers who can afford them. The feature shows 12 yard skirts with full godets, bead blouses, and passementerie belts, plus a reed green brache silk gown and accessories.
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Louis Quatorze
Central Bimetallic Compact Pushes Silver Restoration
A historic resolution urges restoring silver coinage to its pre 1873 status, forming a Central Bimetallic Compact to educate and rally political action. The Times-Post is empowered to set meeting times and locations to advance the campaign and pledge joint effort to achieve the monetary change.
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Wienens
Wuereas
Wuenkens
Wutress
Witenkas
Times—Post
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Berry Street
Charles H. Bliss
Times-Post CO
Fort Wayne, Ind
Times-Post
the Workingman
South Bend Times
Thomas Reed
Maine
Thurrison
Morton
McKinley
the Great Lakes
Linwood Park
Vermillion, C
Lake Erie
Alabama
Senator Quay
Miss May Simpson
San Francisco
California University
Katharine Conway Felton
Miss Weeks
Skeptical
Cornfield
Indianapolis Journal
Augustus
Alexander
June
Noah
Twilight
Heaven
Human Nature
Cincinnati Tribune
Texas Siftings
Philadelphia Record
Boston Courier
Trms
Tiates Tost
the Weekly Times
Post
Will Advocate
E. Berry Street
Fort Wayne, Inc
East Berry Street
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