Gompers Mitchell and Morrison in Contempt Court
A reader criticizes a court for jailing labor leaders Gompers Mitchell and Morrison for contempt, arguing big capital escapes punishment while labor figures face prison. The piece condemns moneyed influence, praises the selective reach of justice, and urges vigilance as the system treats working men harshly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Gompers
Grnham
Mitchall
Mr. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Billingsgate
Rockefeller
Louis Quatorze
Europe
GES
Artists as Criminal Detectives in Strand Drawings
The piece recalls how caricaturists and illustrators aid crime discovery by exposing traits in subjects. Furniss cites a story where a boat race illustration falsely showed a couple with a woman in the man’s embrace, provoking a scandal, yet the drawing was created before the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
London News
Seri
Oxford
Cambridge
Why It Was A Virginia River Land Story
A northerner party rides a Virginia train near Fredericksburg. An old woman, seated beside a man, says the river land was sowed with Yankees about forty years ago and that they have not raised any crops since. The tale reflects wartime resentment and lingering Civil War memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginia
Stafford County
Fredericksburg
Harper's Weekly
The Creed to Be by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Poem argues against church creeds and priestly authority. It envisions personal spiritual awakening, freedom from fear, and the inner Christ guiding each person to roll away self and reveal divine love within.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Neighborly Inquiries Blur Into Age Guess at Home Scene
In Harper's Weekly style a kind neighbor asks about Mrs. Davis's age as she checks with another resident. Bascom hesitates and whispers, then reports she believes Mrs. Davis is at least 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Grey
Hop growing farmers build crude telephone line in Oregon
Oregon hop farmers constructed a makeshift telephone line using hop wire as trellis, tied to bottle necks serving as insulators, and attached to poles with a leather-headed spike. The account, cited by Mr. P O Bara of the US Department of Agriculture, appeared in the January Strand Magazine.
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Oregon
P. O'Bara
United States Department O Agriculture
Washington
DD. C
Strand Magazine
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Harry Furniss
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Gay
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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