Senator Ingalls on money and the tyranny of wealth
The speech denounces concentrated capital as a threat to democracy. Ingalls argues money is legal creation, laments vast wealth inequality, and urges silver coinage to empower common citizens against speculators and trusts. He cites demonetization, calls for reform, and warns of revolutionary pressure if the system remains skewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Ingalls
United States Senate
Department of Labor
United States
Solomon
Ohio
Sherman
Great National Ledger
Alleghany Mountains
Potomac
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Nevada
Bavipe
Met
Judrea
Cesar
Casar
Cassar
Lhold
Crmsar
Coser
Rome
Lazzaroni
Forum
Caesar
Geese as Watchbirds Across Cultures and History
The article notes Chinese goose and other domestic geese used as guards around duck pens in river communities, on ships, and at Hampton Court. It contrasts their alert watchfulness with ancient and literary references, including Ovid and Cornhill Magazine, to suggest geese served as vigilant guardians in various traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Cornhill Magazine
Joke-prankster politician learns limits from Chamberlin
John Chamberlin refutes a boastful politician who used live lobsters to prank a rival. Chamberlin warns the politican that true sport belongs elsewhere, and the prankster pays his bill and avoids Chamberlin henceforth.
Bismarck and a Joker Prank Morning Alarm
A New York paper recounts Bismarck as jokingly waking a friend by firing a gun through a bedroom window and shouting it was seven o'clock. The plot escalates as plaster rains down on the sleeper and the chancellor greets him with the mock certainty of the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bismarck
Stal
Titan kT Agent Offers Reclining Trains Dining Cars
Free reclining chain on all trains and elegant dining rooms. Full information from ticket agent C. H. Hampson Denver or S. Cranz G. P. Ramsey Jr Gen’s Mar St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Cranz
G. P. J. Ramsey, Jr
Gen's
Mar
Alatata Wiped Out By Gulf Storm Reach
Return steamer reports Alatata vanished in the Gulf of California after a September storm. The town near Culiacan left no buildings, tents and crude huts replacing former homes. Ships Cometa Rebecca and Helena were beached. Mazatlan shows a schooner stranded inland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of California
San Francisco
Orizaba
Culiacan
Sinaloa
Alatata
Gulf
Cometa
Rebecca
Helena
Mazatland
Turkish Atrocities Massacre of Armenians in Constantinople
Madji Rahsian, a Christian Turk aboard the Lagascogne, recounts the August massacres in Constantinople. He claims 40,000 Armenians were killed in three days, with wagons of bodies dumped into the sea while wounded cried for release. Europeans have not been molested yet, but are fleeing the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
New York
Madji Rahsian
Lagascogne
Sanday
Rahsian
Destructive Fire Destroys Los Angeles Box Factory
Major blaze in a Fowler paper box factory building caused over $100000 in losses. The three story brick structure owned by R H Howell housed J D Hooker plumbing supplies on the first floor and the Fowler factory on the third. Fire damaged adjoining property. several firefighters injured by falling timbers and a spectator, Thomas Meredith, hurt by a falling cornice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Fowler Paper Box Factory
R. H. Howell
J. D. Hooker
Thomas Meredith
Simson-Hack Fruit Company
Spain Plans to Let Cuba Go if War Continues
Cadiz dispatch says Spain will abandon the Cuba conflict if insurrection remains unresolved by March first. The government allegedly inflates Philippines troubles to prepare public opinion for surrender of Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Cuba
New York
Herald
Cadiz
Philippines
Not Made to Order In Love’s Submissive Muse
A lyric meditation on ideal beauty and evolving affection from Pearson's Weekly. The speaker contrasts a petite ideal of love with a companion whose gentleness, sweetness, and physical traits—rounded cheeks, brown eyes, heavy hair—win his devotion. The piece muses on obedience and desire in a courtship framing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Love
Pearson's Weekly
Alligator Tales and Wedding Note on Handfasting Practice
A column blends a humorous alligator anecdote from New Orleans Times Democrat with a historical note on wedding ceremonies. It discusses Ben Cason’s tale of Jim the alligator and molasses, then shifts to notes about the joining of hands in marriage and its English and continental variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Cason
Earth
Des Allemand Bayou
Baptiste Fortier
Baptiste
Jim
Des Allemand’s
New Orleans
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Paul V
Liege
England
Church of England
Moose In New Brunswick Preserve The Noble Game
A Scribner’s article by Frederick Irland describes New Brunswick moose as thriving with few lumbermen and bears posing the main threat to calves. It notes no wolves, boreal bears preying on young moose, and that antlers are shed before heavy winter snow. Caribou populations are also mentioned as abundant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braithwaite
New Brunswick
Brain
Frederick Irland
Scribner’s
Bicetre’s Grim Legend Shapes Paris Lore
Medieval Paris feared Bicetre as a hellish site of dungeons and madhouses. Rumors painted it with imps and monsters, linking the prison and asylum to hellish pleasures. By Louis XIV’s end, tales claimed even the devil disowned Bicetre, fueling urban terror and satire in Temple Bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatelet
Fort l’Eveque
Vincennes
Bastille
Paris
Julius Caesar
Plateau de Bicetre
Hell
Louis XIV
Bicetre
Temple Bar
Rossetti's Drawing Skill and the Allure of Rossetti Women
The Quarterly Review argues Rossetti’s early training limited his drawing and perspective, yet his mastery of flesh, hair, color, and depth rivals Memling and Leonardo. It notes criticism of his women as three types—Raphaelesque, Correggesque, Titianesque—while praising the sirenlike, inhuman sensuality in his figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossetti
Paradise
Memling
Leonardo
Sirens
Min
Quarterly Review
Dust Storm Dust Load Estimation
A Popular Science Monthly note estimates brown dust settling during endi west storms. Minimum figures suggest about a fourteenth of an ounce per square yard half day, while maximum counts imply at least five pounds per square yard in 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Endi West
Popular Science Monthly
A Rhapsody on a Mutton Chop Fortnightly Review
A Fortnightly Review passage critiques refined eating and the distant preparation of meat. It contrasts primitive and modern methods, questioning moral progress while noting ongoing unclean practices. The author suggests appetite persists despite changes in display and convenience.
A Man's Diary Contemplates Biography and Secrets
The excerpt discusses how two biographers can tell a life the subject and the record keeper. It hints at diaries and autobiographies with corrections by a ghost writer. A wise man urges not to put secrets into his diary, reflecting on truth and self-portrayal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver We Holmes
Himsel
G' Man’s Magazine
First Baltimore Fire Bricks of 1827 Endurance
The earliest fire bricks produced in Baltimore in 1827 were made to rebuild the old fashioned fireplace. Limestone proved too friable for durable brick, prompting a shift to new brick formulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltim
Gold Coin Fineness Stated at Ninety Percent
The report notes that the gold coins are of 90 percent fineness. It records this purity as a standard specification likely affecting valuation and minting details.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senator Ingalls
Northing
John Chamberlin
Chamberlin
John
Atlanta Journal
Titan Kt
C. H. Hampson
Denver
St. Louis
Altata
Moose
Sterli
J. F. Fezer
Drugeists
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!