The Machine and the Strike in Anthracite Fields
A Philadelphia Record column argues Republican machine politics blocked a mining reform bill that would have required check weighmen in anthracite mines. The piece links this to the coal strike, notes GOP figures’ interest in ending it, and cites local labor support and reactions from miners. It mentions failed efforts to recruit a band for Eighth regiment duty, a Mt. Carmel factory closure after a strike, a death by hanging in Carbon County, and a Wilkes-Barre ex-legislator seeking a pardon for killing his step-daughter.
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Senator Quay
Two English Comedians Visit Mockingly in Ragged Costume
Messrs Toole and Brough, famed English actors, after performing in Dearer Than Life, visited Fradelle and Marshall to be photographed in rags. They then attempted a prank by asking to see a mutual acquaintance at his home, feigning cousins from the workhouse as they delivered their line told by a dazed housemaid.
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London
Penny Postage and the Birth of Penny Postage in England
A New York Tribune retells Rowland Hill’s pivotal moment during Victoria’s reign when a girl could not pay ninepence for a letter. Hill paid it, prompting his idea of cheap postage. Despite initial mockery, his concept became law and spread nationwide.
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Rowland Hill
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New York Tribune
A Japanese Retraction and Speech Backlash
A young orator at a political meeting calls a public official a thief. A policeman calmly asks for a retract, the speaker concedes softly while retaining the idea. Applause and cries of rage erupt as the speaker escapes the dilemma and the crowd reacts.
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Japan
Time For Business in a Family Talk Dispatch
A Richmond Dispatch item notes a father asking his daughter to remind a young suitor to focus on business. He mentions his son Jim should attend strictly to business when the clock strikes 10. The exchange reflects a domestic scene and social tenor of the period.
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Richmond Dispatch
Poetry at Nome and a witty exchange on posterity
A Chicago Record Herald fragment notes a poet and his weary wife debating posterity as they face poverty and child care. It contrasts thoughts on memory and labor with a Bacon quotation about life’s bitterness. A Parisian paper from kelp and seaweed is described for its glasslike transparency.
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Nome
Chicago Record-Herald
Black-Jack Party Mob at Philadelphia Union Convention
A graphic account attacks the Quay machine over the Philadelphia Union party convention riot. A Pittsburg business leader and Allegheny organizer denounce Quayism and Penroseism, claim revolvers and knives surfaced, and describe voters converted to Pattison. Clearfield delegates corroborate the riot and condemn the Quay machine as corrupt.
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Quay Machine Literary Bureau
Union Party
Quay
Harrys. Paul
Allegheny Organization
Western Pennsylvania
Thomas L. Hicks
Pan
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Republican Machine
Commonwealth
Moyamensing
Astern
Pattison
Pennypacker
Clearfield Dele
Gates
Clearfield County
Frank W. Barratt
Jacob Burge
Casner J. Stull
P. J L. Showers
John B. Harder
Sheehan
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Great Commonwealth
Machine led convention riot sparks Pattison support
Observers describe a Philly and Pittsburg machine mob at Musical Fund Hall showing coercive tactics to push Pattison for governor. The Carlisle speech cites a $6 million syndicate value from public franchises auctioned by the machine, auctioning a U S Senate seat and costing taxpayers half the state budget in taxation.
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Pittsburg
Musical Fund Hall
Clearfield
Pennsylvania
Robert K. Pattison
Pattison
Carlisle
United States
Republican Party
John Wanamaker
Guthrie's Sledge Hammer Blows At Carlisle Rally
Candidate Guthrie delivered forceful declarations at Carlisle stirring applause. He attacked political machines for ballot fraud and embezzlement, warned against private wealth steering public property into franchises, and condemned padding of electoral rolls while urging reform and integrity.
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Guthrie
Carlisle
Philadelphia
Union Party
Russia
Militia Enlistments Expire in Coal Region
In the coal region state militia service has seen 307 enlistments expire since duty began and only 22 privates rejoined the National Guard. Some companies are left with skeletal organizations as officers struggle to recruit new members.
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National Guard
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