Saffron noise and cash rumors ripple through 1900s press
The Marble Hill Press surveys global headlines from 1900 era London and Wisconsin to Cuba, China, and California. It notes Britain’s peace scare, Wisconsin prohibition conventions at Clear Water, Ryeville questions, Cuban insurgents near Havana’s water, forged Chinese banknotes, and a California gold discovery promising spectacular ore values. It skewers taxes, official corruption, Jim Corbett’s alimony, Cripple Creek’s decline, and a gleaming new gold field assay of 167 250 per ton.
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California
Cripple Creek
San Francisco
Green goods swindler freed as farmers deemed greater crooks
Old Bill Vosburg the green goods operator who swindled Clarkson farmer Anton Cimfel of 509 dollars was released in New York amid a remark by Recorder Goff that farmers seeking counterfeit money should be prosecuted as felons. The piece blends reformist crime commentary with unrelated notes on cholera inoculation and a literary reminiscence about Vivian Meredith and a Jamestown newspaper editor.
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Vosburg
Anton Cimfel
Clarkson
Neb
New York
Goff
I Am Not Dead and I Am Not Wed Seesaw of Love at Twenty
A narrator recalls faith in Alsbury and jealousy toward Vivian and Halliday. He recounts proposing to Vivian, her rejection, and his trip to London where she marries the young writer. Alsbury offers detached commentary about life’s disappointments. Now age forty, he wonders what might have been.
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Vivian Meredith
Horace Habberton
Miss Meredith
Tenth Street
Oak
Vivian
Halliday
Alsbury
Mr. Halliday
Asebury
Thornton
London
No Secession Accorded by Ex President Harrison
Ex President Harrison argues in Ladies' Home Journal that secession is impossible. He states the U S Constitution binds individuals as citizens, not as members of a state, and that national authority cannot be nullified by state ordinances or secession. He emphasizes allegiance to the United States and the supremacy of federal law.
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Harrison
Ladies’ Home Journal
Calhoun
Union
United States
Supreme Court
Watch chains of narrow ribbon cited in fashion notes
The article notes a shift to watch chains made of narrow ribbon worn tucked in the bodice rather than fastened to a corsage. Chains use a small clasp to connect ribbons and a catch for the watch, with black ribbon and fine gold or silver links. mentions delicate, thread-like chains and jeweled accents.
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Milady
The Old Lady Know A Methodist Paper Ayeethet
Three brothers who were preachers visited their mother and argued about discipline. The mother’s gentle reply suggested a softer approach, contrasting with the harsh rod of rigid rule.
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Vady
Secret Social Reform movement aims to control unions
A new movement named Social Reform seeks to educate workers while enabling union leadership to influence and suppress socialist currents. Prominent trade unionists from multiple crafts back the effort, which operates under AFL authority but pursues a broader, national, secret platform with clubs in Chicago, Indianapolis, and St. Paul and charters already issued.
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Knights of Labor
Berlin School of Socialists
American Federation of Labor
John McBride
August McCraith
W. B. Prescott
International Typographical Union
J. C. Elderkin
The
Seamen
J. T. Morgan
H B. Zimmerman
New Jersey Labor Bureau
James Duncan
Granite Cutters
Frank Valesh
Minnesota
Eva McDonald Valesh
James Hollister
Chicago
Lee Hart
International Socialist Movement
P. J. McGuire
Adolph Strasser
Henry Weissman
Samuel Gompers
C. F. Reichers
J. F. O'Sullivan
Phoenix Federal Labor Union
Phoenix Club
American Foderation of Labor
Social Reform Club No. 1
Indianapolis
McBride
August McCralth
Wiliam B. Prescott
Typographical Union
Excelsior Club
St. Paul
Cigar-Makers’ International Union
New Order
New York
New Jersey
Women Stevedores at East India Docks Stir London
Disturbance in London over women employed as stevedores at the East India docks. They load and unload mineral water vessels and light goods. Men show amusement rather than opposition as the female workers form a distinct union.
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London
East India Docks
Fragmentary 19th century prose fragment about nerves and mood
The text offers a malformed excerpt discussing commonality of imagination and heart, with mentions of nerves and discomfort. It references Hromach Net the flower and a general sense of anxiety in overwhelming teetering chats, hinting at psychological themes without clear events or persons.
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Marble Hill Press
J. S. Hill
Marble Hill
Wisconsin
Clear Water
Ryeville
Spain
Cuba
Kentucky
Havana
Jim Corbett
India
Buffalo Times
Benjamin
Jamestown
N. Y
Oll Water Company
Vmian Meredith
Jones
Vivian Meredith-Jones
Meredith
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