Fairhope’s Single Tax Experiment in Booklover’s Magazine
George Petrie reports on Fairhope Alabama, a coastal village using Henry George’s single tax ideas. The community rents land, pays taxes on property, funds public improvements, and governs rents via an elected council. Any renter can join, participate, or dispute rent by popular vote.
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George Petrie
Booklover's
Mobile Bay
Fairhope
Henry George
Iowa
Fairhoper
Bill Whitney backs opposite party ticket in Rockefeller dispute
The Southern Mercury notes William C. Whitney, a Wall Street millionaire, voting against John D. Rockefeller, arguing Whitney exploits others while Rockefeller is protected. It suggests shared party loyalties over twenty five years and questions reader dissatisfaction with their alliances.
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William C. Whitney
Wall Street
Bill
John D. Rockefeller
John
Southern Mercury
Youngest State Legislator T Crawford Sworn In
T Crawford of Henderson Tennessee became the youngest US state legislator. He was under twenty one when elected, turned twenty one January 26 1903, the day before the legislature convened. The date alignment delayed the swearing in to satisfy age requirements.
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United States
T. Crawford
Henderson
Tenn
Take Dem Presents Back by James Montague
A fragmentary excerpt depicts a character warning against accepting gifts or bribes in Oyster Bay. The speaker mentions strict rules, the idea of a special train, private cabs, and the risk of being used as a tool. The tone implies caution toward railroad officials and personal temptation.
Trades Unions and Strikes Across Two Centuries of Labor
A speech reflecting on two hundred years of labor movements, arguing unions faced perpetual attacks for legality, locality, and national scope. The speaker contrasts past harsh conditions with modern gains, defends strikes and wage and hour battles, and critiques critics who oppose current union methods while endorsing organization in principle.
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Bishop Spalding
Friends
I Am In Favor Of Strikes When They Are Justified
The speaker defends the right to strike as a legitimate tool to redress wrongs, arguing unions and citizens should not lose this power for misdeeds. He warns against abolishing the right to vote or to publish for isolated faults and urges strikes only after peaceful avenues fail, citing Abraham Lincoln on the value of striking.
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Hearst
England
Trades Union
United States
Tabor
Abraham Lincoln
Roosevelt's Dime-Novel Play Opinion Piece
The Southern Mercury censures the Dallas Times-Herald for defending a presidential gun as protection saying such a stance corrupts youth and moral example. It argues a gun could not have saved Lincoln Garfield or McKinley and warns that promoting firearms invites disaster and sullies America’s international reputation.
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Southern Mercury
Dallas
Texas
Times-Herald
White House
McKinley
Czolgosz
Garfield
Guiteau
Lincoln
Wilkes Booth
Court Reverses Itself in Soldier Voting Case
Kansas supreme court sustains old soldier voting rights at Leavenworth home in Delaware township Leavenworth county. In Spencer vs Cory Republican Cory won the Leavenworth sheriff race by soldier ballots while Democratic Spencer contested, lost before the contest board, district court. high court reversed earlier ruling to uphold the law.
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Kansas Supreme Court
Leavenworth
Delaware Township
Spencer
Cory
Leavenworth County
District Court
Supreme Court
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Maier
I Refor
Champe
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J. M. Alexandel
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Garnett
Alabama
James Montague
Oyster Bay
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Bookeh
Washington
Stric
Mebbe
Frien
Pullman Cahs
Sen’ Pullman Cahs
John Mitchell
The
United Mine Workers of America
Roosevelt
Vaugbo
Furnlur
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