Plainspoken speech on bimetalism and power
The speaker denounces bimetallism as crucial to fair farmer profits and warns that moneyed interests manipulate coinage to depress purchasing power. He links government action to shrinking money supply, stifling prices, and rising land debts, urging a moral political party to restore value and justice. The piece also critiques franchise grants in Porto Rico and foreign policy as driven by speculators and war profiteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bor
Aligud
Femey
Enslaved Men by Enthroned Dollars in Age of Bribery
Governor Altgeld decries corporate domination of government and rampant bribery. He argues for empowered voter actions to nullify or strike statutes, aiming to curb corrupt control of national, state, and municipal law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Counell
Initiative and Referendum For Self Preservation
Altgeld argues that nations with initiative and referendum empower the people to start legislation or refer existing laws to a vote. He asserts the system works well where tried and urges a political party with devotion to free institutions to adopt it, calling it a matter of self preservation rather than speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aitgid Tor Fes
Franchises in Porto Rico and Philippines Topic in Congress
The piece notes Congress will be urged to address franchise questions in Porto Rico and the Philippines early, arguing Porto Rico franchises will benefit inland areas. It predicts future demand for franchises in the Philippines, implying substantial capital involvement and a growing push from Republican supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
Americas
Alan
Mark Hanna
Abner MeKinsey
Alger
West
Lio
Philippines
McKinley
Congress
Rockefeller
Hanna
Morgan
Brother Abner
Avalon
Tranch Sea Fm
Glove Trust Fears Aggressive Monopolies Slow Trade
A Cleveland Leader summary notes promoters warn that glove manufacturers forming a trust could stifle competition and reduce available stock. Retail dealers would face low pressure to restock, harming sales and leading to fewer gloves worn. The piece argues competition is essential to healthy trade and consumer choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
United States
Siewman
What Man Has Made of Man in Wordsworth’s Grove
An excerpt reflects Wordsworth’s meditation in a green bower on primrose tufts and periwinkles while birds sing. The speaker laments what humankind has wrought upon itself, questioning whether modern actions eclipse nature’s tranquil joy.
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William Wordsworth
The Debt Measured In Bushels Of Corn
The Chicago Sentinel notes that 1867 debt of 2.24 billion dollars could be paid by 3 billion bushels of corn at then prices, but today would need about 750 million dollars in corn, implying about 2 billion extra bushels owed. It laments money paid on principal and interest as wasted, equating 4 billion dollars to corn and imagining vast trainloads around the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Ocean
Tewenty
Bald
Chicago Sentinel
Fragmented query on a famed philosopher’s writing style
A distorted, sixty word inquiry asks how a prominent American thinker would phrase a line about youth, employment, and trade if he had written it clearly today. It muses on backward progress, theft borders, and vague “tava” imagery, suggesting a hypothetical rewording in modern English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Preacher Pins Panic Beliefs On Honest Men In Omaha Tale
An Omaha church sermon extols Republican virtue blaming the 1893 financial panic on corrupt practices rather than Grover Cleveland or banks. The preacher vows truth will prevail, praising McKinley era reforms, while cataloging alleged industry excesses and social ills as evidence of restored honesty.
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Omaha
Saya
Grover Cleveland
New York
Weinga
McKinley
Haya Furs
Chatoe
Carter
Eagan
Tripoli
Iowa
Kansas
Idaho
Costly Filipino War Aims to Enrich Trusts and Office Holders
A San Francisco Star analysis notes 68 million dollars spent in four months, 666 killed, 6,500 wounded in the Filipino conflict. It projects 300 million dollars yearly for the next decade as 35,000 troops arrive, with pensions for bowel complaints and rising daily costs, arguing the war serves rich trusts and franchisers rather than justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Star
Where the Show Fits in Boycott Debates
A fragmented editorial locates denouncements of workingmen's boycott tactics at Cleveland as brutal and inhuman while defending corporate use of boycotts. It cites Standard Oil's long history with boycotts, its refusal to renew a contract supplying Russell Sage’s companies, and argues monopolies protected by press silence favor corporations like Wilmington Jaettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Standard Ol
Jing
Russell Sage
Nogded
Wilmington Juattes
Retrografos as Conservators of Society
A fragment condemns a group calling themselves practicals as donut-minded obstructions to progress. The piece argues they retire data into mental holes, shielding the Existing Order and patterns of society, and have historically served as fetters on human development.
Amphoas Gift to Parisians Recreates Grand Trianon in Paris
A wealthy French client and her Countess de Castellino plan a private Parisian mansion costing about thirty million francs. The project reproduces elements of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth centuries with interiors inspired by Verona and Tepolo ceilings. The mansion occupies land along Avenue du Bois de Boulogne and Avenue Malakoff, with completion projected in two years for interiors and about twenty years for full furnishing.
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Jay Chald
Countess de Castellino
Paria
Grand Trianon
Hull
Versailles
Avenue du Hols de Bour Jogne
Avene Malakoff
Paris
Publin Invercat
Gould
Mmny
Western Enterprise
Ovaline Genulty
Ure
Casimir-Perier Resigns Under German Pressure Over Dreyfus Affair
Jean Casimir-Perier ex president of France did not hate Dreyfus and faced a political crisis tied to Germany. A 1894 German envoy report and a confrontation at the Elysee led to his resignation two days after stating he would step down.
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Jean Casimir-Perler
France
Dreyfus
M. Casimir-Perler
Zola
William
Germany
Proytun
Castuutr-Perler
Count von Munster
Brench
Berlin
Casimir Perler
You Munster
Count von Manster
the Elysee
Casimir-Perier
Casimir-Perler
Dangers of Higher Education Revealed by Mother's Letter
A New England mother warns a teacher to curb her son Johnnie’s intellect to avoid overpowering peers. The spoof letter from Harper's Magazine mocks overambitious schooling and the risk of a child’s brain growing too big, prompting humor about wedlock and misfired expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Harper's
Miss
Johnnie
Interleck
Priests of Pallas Pageant Promises Grand Parade
Kansas City readers are assured of a spectacular pageant on Tuesday evening October 3 as the Priests of Pallas unveil a lavish parade. The floats will be elaborate with up to 400 living figures and clever mechanics, aiming to outshine last year’s Oregon battleship display in a dazzling, secretive celebration of Athena’s triumphal progress.
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Kansas City
Pallas
Pallas Athena
Palins
Athena
Oregon
A'L
Paris
Aguinaldo Declines Offer of Self-Government Amid Peace Talks
The Philippine peace commission offered Aguinaldo more than $5,000 a year, local office control, and U S government support to yield leadership of the Tagalos. Aguinaldo, insisting on immediate self-government, refused, stalling negotiations and triggering a stalemate in the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace Commission
Kohuriman
Aguiynaldo
Aguinaldo
Aquinado
United States
Srmas
American Commission
Destructive Night Flood Strikes West Indies Coast
News from St Kitts reports that in Anjvilla and nearby areas, a night of September left 200 houses destroyed and 800 people homeless. Substantial property loss occurred along with damage at 64 Martin. Local efforts mobilize to assist victims across the Leeward islands.
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Mouyos
St. Thomas
Danish West Indies
St. Kitts
Anjvilla
British West Indian Islands
Leeward Group
Martin
Legacy of Judge Prendergast Reveals Rest Cure Foundation Plan
The will of Judge Richard Prendergast, drafted three days before his death, is admitted to probate. It leaves $500,000 to be shared equally by six children and provides for the creation of a rest cure home for those afflicted with insomniac and nervous troubles.
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Chicago
Richard Prendergast
Appointment of Henry W. Diederich as Bremen consul
The President appointed Henry W. Diederich United States consul at Bremen replacing Louis Lange Jr who retires after a State Department review of his methods. The action follows his assignment at Magdeburg and reflects a broader diplomatic reshuffle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onsted
Washington
Bay
Henry W. Diederich
United States
Magdeburg
Bremen
Louis Lange, Jr
State Department
Mrs Nose Hawthorne Lathrop Joins Third Order Sisters
Mrs Nose Hawthorne Lathrop daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne and wife of George Parsons Lathrop has been received into the Third Order of the Sisters of Saint Dominia in New York.
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Lathrop
New York
Mra
Nose Hawthorne Lathrop
Nathaniel Hawthorne
George Parsons Lathrop
Sisters
Dominia
Tithe for a He Louly Girl Berlin
Anna Russell Allen of Bt Lois Wau wed the Duke of Montefaltro Tuesday at Hombeg. Mins Allon reportedly very wealthy to Mecraeth.
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Berlin
Misa Anna Russell Allen
Lois Wau
Duke of Montefaltro
Hombeg
Mins Allon
Mecraeth
Our Budget of Fun and Witty Sayings From Local Laughers
A skit collection titled Our Budget of Fun features jokes and banter with playful mishearing and light romance. A fashionable young woman from a “mingling school” chats with a suitor on a country house stoop, while a teacher and a student exchange quips about “niche in a church.”
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Mer Phatee
Judge
Jack
The Wayward Burglary and the House-Cleaning Excuse
Tid Bits reports a humorous exchange about a burglar caught during a house cleaning. The missionary questions if liquor caused the crime while the burglar attributes it to cleaning duty. A neighbor overheard noises as the stair creaks and the tale lands as a quirky local anecdote.
What is troubling Penelope about marriage in a comic scene
Dialogue centers on Penelope and Marguerite with Penelope asserting that marriage often feels forced by circumstance to marry the wrong man. A jab about editors print a Dewey wife image and a hypothetical series of photos of women he might have loved if met, reflecting satirical press humor.
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Penelope
Marguerite
Dewey
Warman
Consolation remark turns wit to cat in marriage quip
In a playful exchange, Mrs Bickers recalls her husband once calling her Wits the kitten and now calling her a cat. The other speaker jokes that kites become cats quickly, as reported by the Detroit Free Press.
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Detroit
Roe Press
Gay Old Time Phrase From Cleaveland Pinia Dewler
A fragment quotes a man discussing his leisure time with phrases about a gay old orgy and waiting for the letter carrier on the front steps. The wording appears sensational and fragmentary from a Cleveland source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sita
Walta
Cleveland Pinia Dewler
Valet Confuses Astor for Astor in London Mixup
A Washington Star snippet recounts a valet fearing dismissal after misnaming his employer. The young man, newly naturalized in England, overheard the valet’s anxious remark about losing his position, revealing a humorous mixup centered on identity and status.
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Washington Star
England
Astor
Made to Order Man Described by Obie State Journal
Fragmentary quotation notes a man named Stubb described as well made and attentive when his wife is present, attributed to the Obie State Journal. The snippet portrays a social impression rather than a full event or report.
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Stubb
Obie State Journal
Sailor Seeks Sea Voyage Advice At Home Clinic
Fragmentary report shows a patient and a doctor discussing health advice in a home setting. The dialogue references being run down and a suggested sea voyage as a remedy. Details are incomplete and names are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Thought up Dinnerplate baseball gag misreads fatal plate incident
A garbled exchange about a baseball game joke mentions a player dying at the plate and a remark about overeating. The quip parodies medical rates and debts, reflecting a humorous failing in understanding a serious scene.
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Mra
Benham
Tenham
Judge
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