Nocturnal Scaffold Scene in Dimmesdale’s Guilt
In a May midnight the Reverend Dimmesdale contemplates public exposure on the scaffold as Pearl and Hester Prynne appear. A meteor and lantern light illuminate the trio, linking mother child and minister, while Dimmesdale foresees judgment day and hides his secret from a curious town.
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Hester Prynne
Mr. Dimmesdale
Satan
Mr. Wilson
Governor Winthrop
Earth
Celestial City
Father Wilson
Geneva
Arthur Dimmesdale
Hal
Pearl
Hester
Mother
Night
Little Pearl
New England
Heaven
Roger Chillingworth
Unchangeable Woman Trumps Census Recollection
A census taker asks an aging woman for her age and she quips that she already answered thirty in the last census. The joke notes she is one of those who tells different stories at different times, reflecting census humor.
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Sami
Texas Billings
Peanut Politics Run to Seed
The article attacks The Journal for misrepresenting county settlement figures on last year’s tax assessment. It lists eight counties, notes bipartisan control except Bartholomew and Harrison, and argues six cents of the levy funds benevolent and reform institutions, with railroads and telegraph property driving tax shifts. It cites Franklin Democrat and Starke County Ledger warnings about indirect taxation and political bias.
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Jasper
Warren
Elkhart
Bartholomew
Clinton
Bartholomew and
Harrison
Hamilton
Jennings
Soldiers’ Monument
University Endowment Fund
School Fund
Indianapolis Sentinel
Johnson County
General Assembly
Franklin Democrat
Taxing the People’s Clothing and Tools
A collection of editorials and notices debate tariff effects on workers and prices. Arguments cite sugar tax comparisons and repeal calls while reporting wage cuts for wool workers in Wilmington and noting price declines in tin plate and washed wool under McKinley tariffs. The pieces imply tariff policies shift costs to labor and provoke political reactions.
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Atlanta Journal
Wilmington
Del
Savannah News
Protectionists demand hides duties to aid leather trade
In forty years protectionists urge restoring duties on hides claiming benefit to leather manufacturers and consumers, illustrating tariff wisdom. In Wilmington Delaware a woolen mill and an iron mill shut down costing 600 jobs, owners blaming current tariff laws for unsatisfactory operation.
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Detroit Free Press
Wihnington
Del
Toledo Bee
Tariff Talk on Wire Nails and Farmer Costs
The piece questions the impact of the McKinley tariff on wire nails two cents per pound versus four under 1883 law. It argues reducing half the tax already lowers prices and asks what use remains for protection if nails are cheaply available, citing a Chicago Herald critique.
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Wisconsin
Ashland Chronicle
American Protective Tariff League
Senate Finance Committee
Chicago Herald
Great is Protection and a Bun Barn Tragedy
The Bluffton Banner notes protection under the McKinley bill with prices for eggs wool and wheat. Charles Telford, bun barn foreman, is critically ill with brain fever at Ada Lehman’s home 67 Harrison street. His brother Lawrence rushed in from Grand Rapids to be at his bedside.
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Bluffton
Charles Telford
Ada Lehman
Harrison Street
Lawrence
Grand Rapids
Bargain Tea and Grocery Ads From The California Market
The advertisement markets tea at low prices with direct importer purchases and direct-to-customer retail. It lists various teas, dried fruits, canned goods, candies, nuts, oats, fish, tobacco, oils, syrups, wines, and cigars with prices and bulk offers, urging savings by cutting wholesale profit. It promotes broad discounts and urges purchasing at The.
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Huron
Pinan Pem
Hyson
Best
California
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Brown
Thy
Wes
Chase
Judge Woods
Starke County
Tribune
Boston
London
Rockville Tribune
Steele Tee
Success Harrison
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Congress
Wichita Beacon
McKinley
Dubuque
Illinois
Chester
Peoria Herald
Rio
New York
Java
Hoi
Japan
Englisi
Fish—S
ALT Water and Lake Fish
J. T
Durham
New Orleans
Muncatel
Buck
Sid and Mack
Port Wayne
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