Evening After Election Hints at Early Cabinet Moves
The text notes vague plans for Congress to stay until January 4 and mentions Mahone a Virginia chimpanzee mocked as aspiring to the Postmaster Generalship in Harrison's Cabinet. It also reports Vice President elect Merton and his wife arriving in Indianapolis to visit President elect Harrison awaiting a public reception before departure.
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Mahone
Virginia
Harrison
Merton
Indianapolis
Hoodle
Tome
Fort Pillow massacre discussed by James B R Chalmers
James B R Chalmers visited General Harrison in Indianapolis to talk over how the five week blocks were handled and how the brutal Fort Pillow massacre of negro Union soldiers was washed from public memory by the Republican party.
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Fort Pillow
Massere
James BR. Chalmers
Gen
Harrison
Inds Plis
Republicum Party
Tariff Chestnuts and Tin Plate Debate
The essayist George Brickett mocks tariff protection by proposing a one cent tax to fund a new American tin plate industry with 1,200 workers at high wages, while Charles Duffy argues for raising duties to spark U.S. tin plate production, noting potential massive profits. The exchange highlights protection vs. free market perspectives.
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George Brickett
Round Numhera
Hungary
Poland
Italy
Erban Industres
Brickett
Charles Duffy
Chicago
Congress
Brickett Pepe
Chesta
Tariff battles and wages under Republican victory
The piece argues that Republicans promised wage gains with tariff reform but failed to raise pay after gaining control. It cites reports from New York and Philadelphia about wage cuts and factory adjustments at carpet mills, unions pressing for wage reductions, and calls for tariff revision to expand free trade and revive American manufacturing and employment.
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New York
E. 8Ine & Co
John H
Max
Higgins
Philadelphia Record
John Morrizon
National Carpet Weavers’ Union
Taoactive Committee
Philadelphia
Harrison
Debunking Protectionism and Political Rhetoric
A critical editorial condemns protectionist policies, noting the high costs of protected industries and interlinked production. It cites a $200 million duplication of costs and a trillion-dollar view of national earnings, accusing a minority of profiting through tariffs and praising populist attacks on Cleveland and English bias.
Colonel Sellers and the Indianapolis Election Scandal
The letter claims United States District Attorney Sellers resigned to avoid prosecution amid an ongoing election fraud investigation. It accuses him of exploiting legal technicalities to convict Democrats, aided by Judge Claypool, and alleges he shielded Republican figures including Wm. W. Dudley while pursuing others.
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United States
Sellers
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Claypool
Coy
Berrhamer
United States Grand Jury
Wm. W. Dudley
Asbestos as Kindling tale from a New York Evening Sun
A story from the New York Evening Sun recounts a East Side woman who placed asbestos near a stove to shield a heat prone area. Her husband, amused and observant, explains the material is unburnable, clarifying a domestic misimpression about pasteboard and fire safety.
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Bridget
Newv
York
Evening Sun
Local Notice Fragment Sparks Incomplete Report
Fragmentary OCR text offers few readable details, leaving the local notice description unclear and its subject unidentified. The snippet hints at a public matter but lacks concrete names, dates, or locations to clarify the event.
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Daripf
Nort
Chisago
England
Pat Ford
Paine
Wells, Richardson & CO
Burlington, Vermont
Scribner's Magazine
Elecarer
Perthessen
Charles Scribners Sons
Ithe
Publishers
Weekly Herald
Herald
Madison, Ind
Lia ci Erie Tees
Amnitety
Eae
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