Amusement Thrillers and Thrill Rides Across Early Parks
A vivid survey of American amusement devices from Coney Island to Midwest resorts. It catalogs railways, coasters, figure-eights, ticklers, aerostats, giant swings, airships, and dizzying indoor thrillers, detailing safety tests, belts, brakes, and the public’s craving for ever higher excitement.
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Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Coney Island
Atlantic City
Chicago
Eerty
Fraime
United States
America
Middle West
Potsdam
Germany
Barn Dance Interrupted by Rampaging Cow
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item recounts a east barn dance where a flood ed cow burst from its stall and disrupted the revelry. The animal ripped a youth’s shirt waist, damaged a fiddle, and caused six girls and three boys to scramble onto a feed box amid laughter before the cow returned to its stall.
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Wild Wells
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Tariff Reform Debate Faces Republican Trust Interests
A Republican party tariff rift is analyzed through The Bulletin's steel-trust bias and its claim of a free trade element. The piece critiques tariff revision positions from Minnesota reciprocity advocates to manufacturers, arguing the likely outcome favors higher duties to shield trusts and workers, while urging Democrats to push for tariff reform.
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Bullefin
American Iron and Steel Association
Republican Party
Gov. Cummins
Minnesota
Bulletin
Steel Trust
Taft
Roosevelt
Congress
Uncle Joe
Free trade aims and tariff disputes in Britain and America
The Philadelphia Record reports on the London free trade congress and compares Great Britain’s low duties with the American Dingley tariff. It argues Britain’s system yields heavy revenue from a few duties while the United States creates monopolies and burdens consumers, with smugglers and trusts profiting from protectionism.
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Philadelphia Record
London
Great Britain
Build Up Marine and Defend Democratic Trade Policy
The piece argues for a revived US merchant marine through free trade and tariff revision, criticizing Republican protectionism and subsidies. It contrasts Democratic beliefs on private property and rights with Socialism, warning that tariffs foster graft and feudalism. It also notes Norman E. Mack as Democratic chair and asserts Ohio remains on the map but not aligned with Republicans.
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Panama Canal
United States
Baltimore
Shipbuilding Trust
England
Brotherhood of Man
Evangelical Counsels
Vorys
Ohio
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Americas
OY W. Garrison
Teirillers
Revenue and Tariff
Democratic National Committee
Norman E. Mack
New York
National Committee
Empire State
Denver
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