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Newspaper
Marble Hill Press
Location
Marble Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1892
Page
6
A critical examination of the McKinley tariff arguing it raises most duties, taxes exports, and harms workers. The piece cites plush factory strikes in Bridgeport and claims the law boosts prices while failing to curb foreign competition. It discusses water transport data, emigration trends, reciprocity, and the broader protectionist critique.
A writeup argues that high tariffs hurt poor manufacturers but benefit Nebraska farmers, noting corn price of 30 cents in Omaha and predicting farmers will vote for more tariff benefits next fall. The piece frames tariffs as a boon to agriculture and a burden on industry.
The article portrays Thomas Jefferson using influence to stabilize the new republic. It notes his opposition to slavery’s expansion via the Northwest Ordinance and his belief in government by the people. It criticizes federal power, urges direct public access to governance, and doubts treasury funds for buying San Domingo or foreign ventures.
A Florida Times Union writer asserts animals endure wounds and cruelty with mute dignity, citing horses in battle, dogs with broken legs, cats trapped, and poultry in pain until death. A haltered male horse shows intolerable sores while a veterinarian notes even light contact causes intense pain, yet no sound emerges.
In a column reflecting on Li’s Chinese Characteristics the author notes that even highly educated men in China can be illiterate in everyday reading. He recalls a dispensary encounter with a man reading a tally-card marked Wang 286 and admitting he recognized about half the characters after twelve years of study.
A traveller reporting from Tarapaca describes 5000 mummies on a desert battlefield where Chilean and Peruvian forces clashed. Four thousand corpses lie unburied as drought and nitrate preservation keep weapons and bodies looking fresh. The scene is ghastly and barren with no scavengers nearby.
A Norfolk Virginia police court session hears a young colored boy awaiting sentence for a petty crime. It notes the boy’s inexperience with court procedure and the judge’s slightly altered question, “Weill sir, have you anything to aay,” reflecting the low-key, informal tone of a first offense hearing.
The Furniture Workers Convention, meeting in Cincinnati, selected St Louis as the 1883 host city for the next gathering citing central location and rail and water access. Horatio N. Davis and James A. Reardon, both of St Louis, hold leadership roles.
A newspaper clipping notes a recurring weekly display ad with a unique word puzzle where every week a single word is shared across all items. It mentions Dr Harter Medicine Co and references lithographs, with various filler lines and jokes about ads, poems, and medicines. The item collects miscellaneous anecdotes and humorous lines from different sources.
In Chicago on June 6 Judge Woods ruled for Hostetter Company against G A McKee. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters vs a West Madison Street department store selling imitations in genuine bottles with counterfeit caps and labels at reduced prices. Court granted perpetual injunction with costs, sealing the case in favor of the plaintiff.
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