The Poly Spider and the Exquisite Divine Mechanism
Rev T DeWitt Talmage in England finds wonder in a spider's web as a sermon on diligence and perseverance. He extols small deeds, warns against loathsome traits in churches and homes, and imagines the heavenly palace as reward for faithful, step by step effort.
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T. DeWitt Talmage
England
British Scientife Association
Edinburgh
McCook
America
Solomon’s
Heaven
God
Solomon
Milo
Church of Christ
Earth
Salvation
Church of God
Bing’s
Lebanon
Philadelphia
Stephen Girard
Arkwright
Palace of Invention
Sextus V
Rome
Fletcher
Hogarth
Solomon’s Palace
Windsor Castle
Falsehoods in Democratic Ticket Tariff Claims
The piece condemns Adlai Stevenson and Democratic praise of the McKinley tariff. It rebuts claims of a prohibitory tariff and locked ports, citing government statistics on U S foreign commerce and agricultural exports under the McKinley act, and arguing the era shows expanded markets and higher per capita trade.
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Stevenson
Black
Minneapolis Tribune
Adlai Stevenson
United sTates
Adlai
Government Bureau of Statistics
New Industries: Phosphorus Shows Protection Benefits
The Iowa State Register notes the McKinley tariff spurred American phosphorus production beyond tin plate and pearl buttons. Duty rose from 10 to 20 cents a pound, breaking English monopoly prices and lowering consumer costs to about 45 cents per pound. American workers benefit as domestic plants grow.
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Iowa State Register
Tariff profits praised by tobacco growers caught in sums
The Hartford Post and Baltimore Sun quotes tobacco farmers across the Connecticut valley saying the McKinley tariff funds wagons horses and improvements for farms. They assert protectionactions from Sumatra to tobacco boost their money regardless of political ticket, challenging local Democratic support.
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Baltimore Sun
Connecticut Valley
Hartford Post
Sickles To Campaign For Cleveland In Modern Times
Gen Daniel E Sickles agrees to stump for Cleveland as the Minneapolis Tribune recalls his biting critique. He warned the old soldiers would not vote for Cleveland, asserting the party mishandled veterans and could not carry New York.
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Daniel E. Sickles
Cleveland
Minneapolis Tribune
McClellan
New York
SHORT TARIFF SERMONS DEMOCRATIC HANDICAPS
An editorial argues Democrats are handicapped by prosperity, listing four weights from economic reports under McKinley tariffs. It rejects the idea that protection favors special interests, claiming tariffs support American labor, enterprise, wealth, and citizens against foreign competition.
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New York
Bureau of Statistics
Senate Committee
Peck
Empire
Banking Department
New York State
The Poor Girl's Dress in Lace Fashion
A fragmentary sketch discusses a dress and shopping scene linked to Alison's clothes. The passage mocks tariff tax policy under Grover Cleveland, noting the dress as proof of declared truths and urging inspection of the truth through purchase and sale.
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Alison
Grover Cleveland
McKinley tariff boosts U S quilt makers and tobacco crops
The McKinley tariff is credited with expanding U S down quilt production from one factory to six, employing 2,600 people as prices shift. Quilts once costing 0 rise to 817 and 319 quilts drop to 4. A larger Coxs Market Valley tobacco crop, up 40 percent due to restricted Sumatra imports increasing Connecticut seed leaf demand, is cited as another benefit of the law.
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England
United States
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
McKinley
Connecticut
Weathering Small Woes in Mrs Richards Verse
A sentimental reflection from St Nicholas by Laura E. Richards about a mother soothing a child troubled by rain and heat while noting how such weather helps Mr Somebody's garden and hay. The poem encourages patience and cheerfulness in daily trials.
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Iags
Laura E. Richards
St. Nicholas
Charley's Beginning A Kindness That Started a Carpenter's Rise
Hiram Winwright a Chicago architect helps Charley Trentor a boy from Tramfield by offering training as a carpenter. Charley earns tutorship, attends school part time, and grows into a top architect and craftsman by twenty five. The tale emphasizes simple kindness shaping a future success.
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Charley
McNalor
Mr. Nalor
Charley Trentor
Mr. Winwright
Charley Trenton
Sam Fisher and Mr Jones A Lesson in Trust
A boy named Sam goes to live with a harsh master, endures broken tools and suspicion, and earns the master's trust after admitting a fault. The tale contrasts honesty with fear, ending with a firm bond: Sam and Mr Jones become good friends, while a second vignette shows Willie's mischief with a planted watch and a critique of neglected intellect.
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Sam Fisher
Sam
Mr. Jones
Woodhouse
Bill
Mrs. Jones
Sam Wisher
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Edward Payson
John Milton
Elizabeth Fry
Hannah More
Charlotte Elizabeth
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Stuckenberg
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Hiram Winwright
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Nalor
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Grogers
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Charlie
Willie
Anna M. Talcott
Thomas Arnold
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