The World of Women Abridged in a Victorian Parade
A long列 article surveys fashion reform, educated women, and social expectations. It recounts Irene Coit’s Yale bid blocked by gender, praises dress simplifications for working women, and profiles a capable hired girl who funds her sister’s schooling while excelling as a stenographer.
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Fale
Irene W. Coit
James B. Coit
Seymour
Yale University
New York Recorder
Vassar College
Miss Coit
Ugly Old Fashions and the Women They Enrage
A columnist rails against women resuming long dresses with bustle pads and hoops arguing such attire is a relic of fashion’s torture chamber. The piece wields satire to critique evolving styles and social expectations.
Alimony in Advance Dialogue Sparks Wedding Scheme
In a clipped exchange a man reveals giving $100,000 on their wedding day. Mrs Jacksop Parker reacts with skepticism, labeling the act a new scheme to preempt alimony payments. The fragment hints at tension over financial settlements in marriage.
Hurt by McKinley Tariff on American Makers
A knitting machine factory owner details how tariff protection harms export sales and domestic production. He notes reduced foreign demand after high German knit goods tariffs and explains their factory, founded in 1867, relies on 300 workers, 100 machines sold yearly to Germany before trade barriers cut off that market, illustrating the broader impact of McKinley tariff on U S manufacturing.
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Ttb
Whentvger Snon
Mmcminley
Siueker
Reading Protectionist
Germany
New England
American farmers see rising European demand for grain
The July export values show breadstuffs at 16.379 million dollars, wheat at 9.418 million bushels, with Europe purchasing more than ever. The piece blames McKinley and tariff policy for restraining the foreign market yet notes prices rising as the market expands. It argues for broader foreign demand and cheaper European imports to balance tariffs.
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Europe
McKinley
Protection Defeating Itself in Wool Trade Debate
A historical analysis argues tariffs on wool harm US manufacturers by pushing global wool to Europe, enabling European producers to buy cheaper and outbid American mills. It cites London wool sales showing reduced US purchases and falling values, while English firms delay purchases, slowing their own wool intake at prevailing prices.
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Europe
London
East India
Liverpool
Becaus
America
India
Ex Czarr on Hy ciprocity remarks on commerce
The ex Czar Tom Reed has returned from Europe and on a ship he criticized reciprocity. The Chicago Advance editor reports Reed said reciprocity aims to bury commerce by diplomacy. He argued the commercial world must trade on great commercial principles not state department correspondence. He added further points on the subject.
Prohibition Principle in Court Riles Tariff Fight
The Cook County Appellate Court's Chicago ruling on competition among stenographers declares any agreement aiming to diminish public sale competition void. It argues freedom of trade requires open markets and warns that combinations eroding competition are condemned, predicting Republican trade policy will fail under justice.
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Cook County
Chicago
Chicago Herald
Hut
High tariff debate on sugar and wages in 19th century
The New York Times cites Rota Fabrication and Republican factions arguing over wage reductions and tariff policy. It notes Wheeler of Red Dank N D defends the McKinley law while protectionist organs denounce free trade fabrications. The piece discusses sugar price declines and calls for broader tariff reductions to reveal dangers of free trade.
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Kansas
John J. Wheeler
Red Dank
N. d
Wheeler
Wapes
Potters
Trenton
Boston Herald
New York Times
Protection and Free Trade Debate On Wool Manufacturing
An 1885 and 1889 comparison shows Britain consuming wool far more than the United States. The Philadelphia Record argues high protection benefits only one in twenty, while free trade serves all consumers, noting U.S. iron and copper production and urging consumer-focused legislation over producer protection.
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Great Britain
United States
P.c
England
Philadelphia Record
Home Market Preservation Critique by Mason McKnnxrey
The Louis Post-TMenaiah notes Mason McKnnxrey pushes home market preservation while implying it benefits a few millionaire manufacturers at the expense of the general public. The commentary frames the issue as skewed toward elites.
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Mason McKnnxrey
S¢ Louis Post-™enaiah
Land Tenure and the Right to the Earth
In this continued discussion from Social Statics, the author argues against private land ownership as a universal right. He examines the problems of fixed age-based allotments, birth and inheritance, and the collapse of equal freedom under private property. The piece imagines a future where land is owned by society and leased to individuals, with public stewards and universal tenancy, while noting compensation challenges for current owners. It concludes by warning that unequal land use harms the many and that civilization should advance toward equity in land use.
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Norwich Free Academy
Robert Porter Keep
Yale
Academy
Coit
New London County
Pension Bureau
Lucinda Foot
Stiles
Ambar
Werbert Spencer
Ben Mac Duhi
Duke of
Iesis
Fournier
Owen
Louis Glane
Sir John
India
Intemois
Union
Illinois Commissioners of Labor Statistics
Illinois
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Tam
Montgonery Argus
Delroit Free Press
M’kinley
Low McKinley
New York City
South America
Rota Fabrication
Pennsylvania
Ohio
McWninley
Single Tax Department
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