Cleveland as an Author. First detailed account of his labors
An 1895 portrait of Grover Cleveland as a steady reader and writer. The piece details his four year book project on economic science, his private library at Woodley, meticulous note taking, no amanuensis, and a plan to publish after leaving office with four parts on production consumption distribution and exchange including marginal utility. It notes his tastes in Mill Perry and Gibbon and his use of American history for illustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scopy Richt
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Adam Smith
Ricardo
Mill
Mr. Cleveland
Woodley
Ile
Arthur Latham Perry
American School of Economics
Perry
Morton
Manchester School of Economics
Gibbon
Hume
Macaulay
Jeving
Washington
Andrew Jackson
Franklin
New York
Benjamin Kidd
Howells
Lilly
Caesar
United States
McMaster
J. Stuart Mill
Iris
Democratic Party
St. Louis
Democrat
Chicago
Inter Ocean
John Sherman
Treasury
National Tribune
Republican Party
Reform
Iowa State Register
Troy Times
Morgan
Nicaragua
N. Y. Tribune
Lady of the House Bridget Denies Mate Friends
In Brooklyn Life a domestic exchange has Bridget defending a man in the kitchen as her husband after a mother questions his presence. Bridget insists he is not a mate friend but her spouse in a terse domestic note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridget
Moine
Brookyn
British Museum
Polly
Oxford
Philadelphia
Ife
Boston Globe
Frugal Advice on Diet and Price Itself
A dialogue discusses dieting versus expense with a speaker noting stoutness and long walks while the other cites high costs as a deterrent. The exchange highlights how prices alone may curb weight gain and reflect journal humor.
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Veckskill Journal
Fight Cockroaches and Moths With Household Remedies
A Detroit Free Press item advises spring pest control using naphtha on beds and woodwork, ammonia for wood joints, and borax in drawers. It recommends sulfur candles for croton bugs, lavender sachets as a preventive, and rat or mouse control with traps or ferrets, warning against poisons in cities.
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Detroit Free Press
Arctic sunburn in the frigid zone shocks explorers
Lieut Gilder and Schwatka recount severe sunburns during Arctic expeditions in King William's Land and Marble Island journeys. Heads and faces swelled nearly shut, eyes closed on waking, rendering party members nearly unrecognizable and laughable to onlookers.
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Arctic
Lieut
Gilder
King William's Land
Schwatka
Marble Island
Camp Daly
Cassell
Grover’s Elth Yachting Cheer in 1607 Cited
A Fresno Republican poem by A. J. Waterhouse mocks President Grover Cleveland and his supporters. It claims Cleveland would sail to England in 1607 and praises him with exaggerated rituals while criticizing taxation and allegiance.
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Tess
Cleveland
England
Grover
A. J. Waterhouse
Fresno
Sham battles in democracy spark wild talk on silver coinage
The piece denounces fake party clashes over free coinage of silver. Ex Speaker Crisp pushes a clear pro silver stance to drive party realignments, while Senator West of Missouri and Illinois voices warn the silver fever dominates Democrats outside Cook County.
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Crisp
Democratic Party
West
Missouri
Palmer
Ilinois
Illinois
Cook County
Real political struggle or staged duel in 1894 voters warned
The New York Tribune notes that voters feel the 1894 contest affects their livelihoods and party alignment. It warns free silver followers may switch to populists if defeated in the Democratic convention, while sound-money voters may join Republicans to avoid financial ruin and socialist upheaval.
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Isve
Cleveland
Carlisle
Crisp
West
Democratic Party
N. Y. Trilune
The Pat Sheep and the Wily Wolves Fable
A fable recounts how well protected Sheep by Republican Dogs prosper until Free Trade Wolves plot to lure a Sheep with friendship. The Wolves then send a delegation urging the Sheep to dismiss the Dogs, claiming the Dogs cause unnecessary conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Trade Wolves
Democrats Split as They Push for Reorganization over Free Silver
A heated party struggle unfolds as both camps seek to dominate the Democratic Party and force new alignments. Leaders favor different monetary bases but share the aim to steer the party away from tariff pledges and past failures. The piece uses allegory of sheep and wolves to condemn Free Trade and populism rhetoric.
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Iowa
Morton
Carlisle
Kentucky
Memphis
Democratic Party
Palmer
Soft Money West
Cleveland
Reform Club
Crisp
West
Parrots Through History Delight Courts and Commons
Historic parrots charm rulers and commoners alike. A Queen Elizabeth parrot’s wit sparked a river rescue dispute, while O Keefe’s parrot impressed George II by singing God Save the King. A Philadelphia bird harmonized languages, fostered kittens, and shared milk with kittens and sparrows.
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Polly
O'Keefe
King
Royal
George
For Young People Poem: Gladness in Daily School Life
Della Hart Stone reflects a boy’s constant gladness from waking through school, meals, recess, play, and home duties, ending with rest. The light verse celebrates cheerful daily routine and familial moments as a wholesome ideal.
Wasps Warn Readers From Our Little Ones
A bitter warning from Our Little Ones describes wasps as vicious pests sting causing tears to a baby sister and pain to a loving mother and grandmother. The piece urges children to kill every buzzing creature they hear and keep watch for wasps despite warm weather.
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Grandma
HARES AND RAGCITS Look of hares and their habits by Hornaday
Naturalist Hornaday explains hare appearance and habits. Varying hares have two kinds of hair and a seasonal color shift from black in summer to white in winter. They seek shelter in brash, rocks, ravines, logs, or hollow trees and adopt a motionless form when hunted.
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Hornaday
Lepus
Mr. Ware
W. T. Hornaday
St. Nicholas
Wild beasts moved by fear in London cage transfer
A visitor describes how Bengal tiger cubs are transferred from a box to a cage in a London menagerie. The author notes the box design limits the animal and explains breaking confinement via hunger or fear, while the dealer uses fire to force entry when timing is tight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamrach
London
Ife
Golf Lesson From a Professor and Gardener
A distinguished professor loses temper over golf and declares knowlege in arts and sciences did not help. A gardener replies that golf requires practical heads, notjust book learning. The exchange highlights practical skill over theory.
After Dinner Speech at Fiftyth Birthday
A Master of the house delivers an after dinner speech praising a fifty year milestone. He recalls the day of his birth and expresses surprise at the number and distinction of guests gathered to celebrate. The remarks reflect a formal inaugural address tone with polite self reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deutsche Warte
Paradox of Demanding Rights Always Getting Them
A brief reflection notes the irony that the woman who persistently asks for her rights often achieves them, reflecting on unequal responses in pursuit of fairness. The passage uses paradox to question why insistence yields favorable outcomes.
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Fint
Atlanta Constitution
Mr. Grumps
Mrs. Grumps
N. Y
Texas Siftings
Grover’s '‘Elth
Aesop
N. Y. Press
Fred
Della Hart Stone
Jamrach’s
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