Cariboo Winter Camp Traders and Price War Tale
An Old Timer recounts a Barkerville camp in 1860 or 1861 where settlers faced harsh winter conditions. Traders from California and Yankee rivals inflated prices, prompting a coordinated camp response on New Year’s Day to ration flour and supplies, distribute goods, and force fair trade under threat of legal action. The tale ends with colonial authorities stepping in and the traders leaving as winter set in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cariboo
Barkville
Yale
British Columbia
Sacramento
California
Barkerville Camp
Victoria
New Westminster
Hat Haggling Over Feathers At The Milliner
In a Chicago Record vignette, Mr Muggins and his wife visit a milliner. He objects to a $25 hat for its size. The milliner offers to remove feathers, dropping the price to 50 cents, presenting a comic scene of bargain humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Mr. Muggins
Chicago
Theater Talk Quips About Pallette Marriage and Art
A Detroit Prep Press quips about Mr Pallette marrying since December and pursuing art, noting his lavish lifestyle and a wife with a million. A New York Weekly joke contrasts marrying a man with opposite tastes and constant quarrels with marrying one with similar tastes but growing tired.
Illinois State News and a Long List of Local Incidents
A compiled Illinois business failure report lists causes such as lack of capital and extravagance with totals reaching large sums. The piece also reports on Wade Hampton’s forty year murder sentence in Cairo, farm thefts and killings by Jefferson Findly and John Markly, a Monticello sixth birthday, bank resource changes, escapee recaptured, voter suppression conviction, several deaths including miners and physicians, fires, and numerous local calamities and legal actions across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Chapman
Chicago
Nancy Penticost
W. A. Terry
Mount Vernon
Joseph Mickey
Springfield
Pana
T. F. Green
Malden
Pension Bureau
Washington
Astoria
A. W. Angel
Illinois
New Bedford
Andrew Fagin
Shelbyville
Alton
John Nixon
Charles Newlin
Dode
W. W. Beaty
Mansfield
Tom Kennedy
Texas
Jack Johnson
Kid McCandrea
Cairo
Thomas Crice
Lacon
Dwight and Washington
Chicago & Alton Railway
Fred Ackerman
Champaign
Claude Castle
Topeka
Kan
Assumption
Illinois Central Railway
Minonk
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Illinois Central
Illinois Christian Endeavor Union
State Endeavor
Bloomington
Joseph Wyman
Minnie Dingard
W. G. Simpson
Hliopolis
Emanuel Barker
Carrie
Harry Barnard
Lburnis Fort
Simpson
Johnson County
Milton Shear
Plano
Gov
Altgeld
William Cozens
Champaign County
William Tyson
Eldorado
Ramsay
Carlyle
Michael Berrigan
Knights of Pythias
Rochester
Tremendous Shrinkage of Crop Values in 1894 United States
The Bankers' Magazine calculates losses from low farm prices for wheat corn and cotton. It compares 1894 to 1892 and 1904 figures, showing values lower by substantial margins and totaling about one hundred million dollars in annual loss to American farmers. The analysis notes declines across wheat cotton and corn and discusses the impact of tariff and currency policies on prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bankers’ Magazine
New York
Department of Agriculture
Perth
Ratia
Banker’s Magazine
Cleveland
Harrison
Chicago Tribuie
Tariff and the corn crop. Figures of interest to American farmers
The American Economist argues that under McKinley protection the corn crop yielded $171,157,355 more annually than under free trade. It notes higher farm prices and per acre yields during protection, estimates lost income during free-trade years, and lists annual bushels and yields per acre to support the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Free Traders
Contemptible political trick on bond issue condemned
Commentary attacks the Wilson resolution defeated in Congress as a sham plan aiding a specific bond syndicate. It accuses the administration of using financial schemes to curry favor with bankers, and argues Republicans have upheld the currency while Democrats push ruinous measures. The piece blames President Cleveland for attempting wildcat banking and silver notes, urging honesty in fiscal policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troth
House
Senate
Republican Party
Cleveland
Bilt
Congress
N. Y. Tribune
Political Critique From Early Republican Era Debates
The passages critique Secretary Carlisle and the Democratic administration, arguing protectionist policy and tariff reform deficit increased debt. It contrasts McKinley protection with free trade, cites the gold reserve and treasury deficits, and accuses administration choices of misusing funds to meet expenses. It calls out figures like Cleveland and references the New York newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y. Mail and Express
Popcorn Poppers Then Winter Fairytales For Youth
A nostalgic verse about autumn cornfields turning to winter with popcorn kernels popping in a warm stove. The poem imagines kids and babies sharing treats as playful kernels dance, peep from wire bars, and flavor the season with childlike cheer from Youth's Companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby Boy
Lou
Rob
Noy
Ants use formic acid to preserve grain for years
Esther Singleton explains how ants store seeds in granaries by applying formic acid to grains, preventing germination and extending shelf life. She notes Moggridge's observations on sprouting when ants are kept away, cites a 1577 suggestion for human use, and describes ants' precise grain handling and storage behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon
Moggridge
Esther Singleton
Atlanta Constitution
Billy the Kid Directs Church Collection in Rico
A Denver pastor on the Colorado frontier uses Billy the Kid to collect donations in Rico. Billy the Kid, in a bold move, holds up the hat and, with revolver ready, compels a larger contribution as the crowd responds to the sheriffless scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Dean Hart
Denver
Rico
Billy the Kid
Billy
King Arthurs Knights and the Famous Round Table
The article recounts the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, noting Merlin’s role, the thirteen seats with Judas as the perilous one, and the vow of mutual aid. It lists famed knights like Tristram, Lancelot, Galahad, Gawaine, and Tor, and mentions the Winchester Round Table as a preserved antique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Knights of the Round Table
Round Table
Wales
Arcturus
Merlin
Judas
Sir Moraunt
Ireland
Sir Tristram
Order of the Round
Uter Pendragon
Leodogran
Scence Givens
Prince Arthur
Sirs Acolon
Ballamore
Bloumaus
Beleobus
Belvour
Bersant
Bowe
Floll
Galahad
Gareth
Gaheris
Galahalt
Gatwain
Grislet
Meetor of Mares
Iwein
Kay
Ladynas
Lancelot
Lionell
Marhaus
Paginet
Palemede
Pelleas
Percivall
Sagris
Superbilis
Tor
Tristram
Turnique
Amoral of Wales
Banier
Brandiles
Brunor
Caradoc the Chaste
Colgrevance
Dinadam
Driam
Erie
Lavain
Morolt
Persaunt
Inde
Avenue
Wigalois
Ywain
Winchester
England
Disappointed Lover Reconsidering Suit Across Family Ties
A Detroit Free Press fragment shows a rejected suitor lamenting his failure to win a girl due to opposition from the father's hard stance. A friend offers blunt wit noting the father’s reputation as a robber and a freebooter, hinting at perilous family entanglements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Detroit Free Press
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. Y
Illinois State News
Bradstreet
Ilinois
Suecoace
Wade Hampton
Harker
Hampton
Charles Booth
Booth
Jefferson Findly
John Markly
Lowen
Ann Honselman
Monticello
Honselman
John Piatt
Piatt County
Vial Hartman
Hal Martman
Warren County
Elenor
Carlisle
Iowa State Register
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Mr. Cleveland
White House
Reach
Cambridgeshire
David Badcock
Detroit
Arthur's Round Table
King Arthun's
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