Marble Hill notes and scattered outlooks in Missouri
The Marble Hill Press surveys varied items including a drowning of opinions on Promoter Grable, a grain elevator claim in Buffalo, Chicago’s theatre review signaling looming baseball season, and a quip on paper horseshoes. It mentions Dr. Nanten’s lecturing, a nod to paper harness, and a Maryland governor proposal on lynching damages. It also notes large quinine consignments to Cuba and warlike undertones between Spain and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Lee
Cuba
Spain
United States
American survivor of Balaklava dies in Chicago
The only American from the Light Brigade who charged at Balaklava lies in Chicago. He recently won a $1,000 verdict from the city for injuries after a fall on a defective sidewalk, highlighting contrasts between battlefield glory and urban hazards.
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Light Brigade
Balaklava
Chicago
Satirical reflections on religion patriotism and public life
The piece mocks the link between clerical life and cheerfulness in religion citing Charles Dodgson and his pen as an example, contrasts war and peace zeal, and cites anecdotes about drinking with the President's wife and Klondike liars, ending with quips about church and public figures and a harsh line about Rev. Motford Deacke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gewla Carroll
Charles L. Dodgson
Church of England
Patriotism and gold standard debate rages in Almanac satire
A criticism of Republican efforts to push gold monometallism through subsidized almanacs. The piece attacks misquotations about Blaine and silver, accuses a partisan editor of deception, and questions the impact on cheap newspapers and public discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican
Republican Literary Bureau
Country Press
United States
Washington
Grant
Lincoln
Blaine
Clalng
Thomas Rowland
Rowland
Savings and silver policy debate in New York Daily News
A New York Daily News excerpt argues savings bank depositors face pressure from gold standard advocates seeking to curb currency. It notes past efforts in 1896 failed, warns against threats of postal savings banks, and asserts American sentiment favors silver coinage and expanding currency. It cites savings bank directors’ influence as a factor shaping policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Daily News
Democratic Party
Savings Bank
McKinley
Senate
Prosperity for the Trusta Monopoly Threat to Newspapers
The principal paper manufacturers formed a trust with 66 million dollars capital to monopolize the business. They aim to raise paper prices by eight dollars a ton and impose a tax of at least four million dollars yearly on readers. Seventeen mills join the trust, planning to drive others out and set their own prices, challenging free press and intelligence.
Currency reform in Congress leaves gold standard dead
The piece laments failed currency reform efforts in Congress. It notes reports from banking and currency committees steering away from a gold standard, questions the fate of Gage’s plan Walker’s gold brick and the self styled currency commission. It mocks President McKinley and Treasury harmony claims while declaring currency legislation dead.
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Republicana
McKinley
Gage
Walker
Currency Commission
Indianapolis
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
English protest over Astors walling of Clive residence
An Englishman denounces William Waldorf Astor for enclosing his Clive den residence and barring public view of the house and park. He argues aristocratic privilege should serve the people, contrasting noble obligation with wealth driven snobbery and noting Astor’s 400,000 contribution to the 1806 Republican campaign fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Dingley Paper Question on Prosperity and Silver Forces
Editorial from Lewiston Maine journal quotes a critique of capitalists seeking prosperity through higher purchase power for the masses. It asks if Dingley might align with silver advocates, suggesting a shift toward consumer-led growth and broader prosperity.
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Lewiston
Dingley
Ailver
National Democrat
Democratic Drift in New York State Politics
In Rochester Herald reporting local elections across New York State show a near uniform Democratic trend. Anti Platt sentiment grows popular while many Republicans consider a cheap challenge if the Platt machine’s ruin costs eight to ten years of Democratic rule. The Chicago platform serves as the test of true Democracy.
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Rochester
Chicago
Export Trade the Necesslty in Manchester Union
Export trade the necessity to secure foreign markets beyond the home market. The nation can hold the domestic market and expand abroad through open competition. Progress under the last tariff demonstrated the potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. H
Union
Dingley tariff sets barley duty for farmers
The Pittsburg Post reports that the Dingley tariff imposes a 30 cent per bushel duty on barley to coddle farmers along the northern border. Minnesota papers complain farmers receive 25 cents per bushel, with market price 6 cents per bushel below the duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Post
Minnesota
Gage a Thing of Deauty in Cedar Rapids Gazette
Secretary Cage reflects on a picturesque position amid drift and debris by a flood tide stream, with images of willows and water. The note hints at collection and disorder, tying to a poetic, riverine scene in the Gazette item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Cage
Posution Ag
Transplanting Tool Lets Move Plants with Roots Intact
A new implement uses a curved blade pair forming a short tube with a cone end to surround a plant. The blades insert into soil and close below the root area, enabling lifting the plant and earth together without disturbing the roots.
Glimpse of Fires and Fashions Through Time
The excerpt surveys gloved remnants from Elizabethan days, notes the 1660 London fire destroying vast property, cites the 1878 Boston blaze and a hypothetical modern cost, recalls 1803 fire damage, and ends with a reflection on light’s travel time from the nearest star.
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Bess
London
Boston
Alexander Pushkin and the Black Genius of Literature
The piece extols Alexander Pushkin as Russia’s national poet and a pioneer of a vernacular literary voice. It traces his ancestry to an African captive named Hannibal, notes his fame for works like Ruslan and Lyudmila and Eugene Onegin, and cites his role in shaping national themes and the Pushkin style amid political pressures and exile. It also contrasts him with France’s romance tradition and Scotland’s Burns, highlighting his universal appeal and linguistic impact.
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France
Alexander Damas Pere
Russia
Alexander Sergyeevitch Pushkin
Alexanders
Frace
Hugo
Balzac
Scythia
Ruafia
Alexander Pushkin
Robert Burns
Shakespeare
Burns
Karamaln
Zhukhovsky
Hannibal
Africa
Constantinople
Peter the Great
St. Petersburg
Pushkin Biographical Sketch and Imperial Ties
A Britannica essay outlines Pushkin’s rise from a Russia-raised poet to a national figure. It notes his lineage to Russian generals, his education in France, and his eventual knighthood under Catherine the Great. The article covers his early Lyceum days, language choices, and influence of native speech on his poetry, plus his 1837 duel and imperial support for his family.
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Czar
France
Russia
Peter
Hannibal
Sberia
Anna
Biron
Elizabeth
Pushkin
Katherine II
Rustia
Rienta
Lyceum of
Trarakoe Selo
Encyclopedia Britannica
Rusala
Lomonosoff
Dorzhavin
Fragmented Victorian Advice And Gossip Fragments
A garbled sample of 19th century magazine blurbs and witticisms on women love marriage and social mores. Disjointed quotes reference London titbits and Nebraska election quirks, with stray phrases about romance and prudence amid scattered names and misprints.
Stability and Free Coinage Theorist Opposed by Producers
The article discusses Sir Robert Giffen’s stance against perpetual price rises and supports historical evidence from R L Everett showing prosperity with rising prices. It contrasts production benefits from price climbs with the need for overall price stability, a goal bi metalists advocate through coordinated monetary action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Giffen
Foxwall
Sir Robert Giffen
Carly
R. L. Everett
Mr. Everett
California
Australia
Bryan and Journal fire at gold standard dispute
The piece defends William J. Bryan against hostile press attacks by the anti-Democratic press. It notes the New York Journal has not attacked Bryan and clarifies the controversy over the 16 to 1 gold ratio versus the ratio Wolcott cited. It warns such statements harm public discourse.
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William J. Bryan
Bryan
Chicago
The
New York Journal
Mr. Bryan
Senator Wolcott
Republican apologists rally against Hawaii annexation
The St Louis Republic notes Republicans and McKinley supporters attack opponents of Hawaiian annexation, accusing them of serving a sugar trust and obstruction. It argues that Republicans control all government departments and questions the party's response to alleged abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Republic
Republican Organa
McKinley
Congress
Republican
Dingley Tariff Sways Republican Party Toward Restraint
Sioux City Tribune notes pension payments to rail lawyers and senators like Mandergon of Nebraska and a chief justice earning 4000 a year receiving 72 monthly, with disability limits and arrears, calling for reform. Philadelphia Record adds the Dingley tariff will spur restraint and curb extravagance.
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Sioux City Tribune
United States
Mandergon
Nebraska
Philadelphia
Move to spare Jumel mansion sparks sentiment in Manhattan
A fragment comments that preserving the Jumel mansion, built in 1768 by Roger Morris, reflects public sentiment amid planned checkerboard lots and towering offices in Manhattan. It laments loss of landmark residences to utility and urban change, noting Washington’s stay and historic value.
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Jumel
Roger Morris
Washington
James
Manhattan
Amusing the Children in Steam-Washer Pictures
Amusing dialogue shows Mrs McShantee teasing Mrs McProudee about washing for the children and the desire for steam covered windles so they could make pictures on them. husband has lost a paying job and the exchange hints at domestic humor and financial strain.
Hoatett er's Stomach Bitters Endorsed By Wheelmen
News for the Wheelmen reports Thel A W numbers near 98,000 last weeks as a headline. The item touts Hoatetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic that promotes digestion and regularity of the bowels.
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Thel
A. W
Hoatetter
Not at the Theater. Morning Delay at Work
An employer questions a worker about a 60 minute lateness while the employee explains insomnia and trying to recall tasks to complete today. The dialogue captures a tense morning routine and the pressure to meet duties. The scene hints at workplace friction and memory strain in a domestic setting.
Splendid Salzer Coffee Berry Coating Claim
A letter from Mr Goodman William Co Ill touts Salzer German Coffee Berry coating producing 800 pounds from a 160 pound package. The notice also promotes a seed catalog from John A Salzer Seed Co La Crosse Wis and stamps for receipt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Republic
Crescent Hotel Opens In Arkansas Seeks Visitors
Fragmented ad like notes describe Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs Arkansas opening in March with claims of wild Arkansas scenery mild climate and medicinal waters. Mention Frisco Line excursion rates and contact details for Crescent manager and Geo. T Nicholson.
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Crescent Hotel
Barcks Springs
Ark
Oxark
Crescent
Eureka Springs
Geo
Nicholson
Frise
St. Louia
Piso's Cure for Consumption Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement from Geo W. Lots of Fabucher LA dated August 1 claims Piso's Cure cures consumption and all coughs. It offers OCnvcards Candy Cathortic as a remedy with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure.
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Piso
Geo. W. Lots
Fabucher
Drigplita
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de Lome
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Dorchester
Mass
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Addrosa Sterling Remedy Co
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Lane
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Mia. Smith
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Euler
Wolfe
Quebec
Rome
America
Hood
Hood’s
Candy Gathartig
Sterling Romady Co
Montreal
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Tung
BE. B. Rutherland Medicine Company
Paducah
Kentucky
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Chinquapin
Pascee
Win
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Catal Piie
PARRY
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New Jermay
Deibeton James J. H. Orecory & Son
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