Protection of Free Trade and tariff policy offer
An advertisement promotes The Economist and The Statesman both tied to the American Protective Tariff League. It urges readers to subscribe for weekly insights on tariff effects and protection policy. A special offer provides one year of Economist and Statesman for $2.00, reduced from $4.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Economist
American Protective Tariff League
New York
The
Economist
Anthony
Ehconorlat
Statesman
President's Message Praised as Calm Civic Leadership
The President's message is praised as calm and dignified, urging congressional action on the election bill and defending the policy of the Republican party. Editors note the speech shows resolve, leadership, and a call for timely action despite Democratic opposition, predicting Republican momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
New York Tribune
Rep
Harrison
White House
Republican Party
Fifty First Congress
Baltimore American
Books as Presents and Pneumonia Treatment Debate
The piece extols books as ideal gifts highlighting the value of printed volumes as personal expressions of generosity and taste. It contrasts book gifts with other items and notes Ruskin pricing, while shifting to a critique of pneumonia treatments based on data from New York hospitals showing low effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usta
Science
Ary
New York
Newark Hospital
Protection and free trade in McKinley era policy
The text argues for protective tariffs as a just response to taxation needs and wage standards, asserting that protecting home markets prevents European competition from undercutting American producers. It cites the McKinley law and sugar duties, claiming fiscal benefits for families and a higher wage standard, with a brief note on a Washington paper's profile of Republican O Donnell from Michigan.
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National Treasury
United States
Barifalo Express
Washington
O'Donnell
O' Donnell
Michigan
Literary Notes Preview Big Magazine Features
Henry Cabot Lodge writes on immigration restriction for North American Review. Miles reports on Indian affairs. Popular Science Monthly reviews iron and steel developments by Durfee. Harper's Christmas number features Vat. Gudule's Angel and other stories. Century previews Talleyrand material and Millett chronicles with Whitelaw Reid pen portrait. A London visit to Mrs Gladstone fuels an American Magazine piece on her life and Mrs Gladstone’s role.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
The
North American Review
Columbus
Popular
Science Monthly
Harper's Razny
Gudule
Angel
Marion Murland
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
Christinas
Frida
Flortance Watters Snedeker
Garston
Alice Barber
Century Magazine
France
Jean Francois Millett
Talleyrand
Whitelasy Heid
Frans
la Fayette
Duke of Orleans
England
America
Hamilton
Mraifdstone
London
Gladstone
Mrs. Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Across the Sea
Ladies’ Home Journal of
Philadelphia
Wobbler Horse Draws Carriage At Six Miles Per Hour
London Telegraph notes a rare horse behavior called a wobble where all four feet strike the ground together while pulling a vehicle at six miles an hour. A London omnibus driver with long experience observed the phenomenon over a full day, while Alderman Cowan fined him five shillings and costs for diving to the public danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Alderman Cowan
London Telegraph
Industry as a Blessing Driven by Hard Work
A New York Ledger quotation extols industry as essential to health enjoyment and progress. It argues toil overcomes natural sloth, noting the body and mind improve through labor, while wealth cannot buy the distinct pleasures earned by exertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Ledger
Happiness as Duty and Inner Possession in Night Reflections
The passage argues happiness is both a privilege and a duty, an inward possession to pursue for courage, strength, and hope. It cites happiness as contagious, capable of aiding good, and asserts the obligation to attain as much as possible despite earthly trials. An anecdote from a summer night in Kkisteepie Flats questions heaven’s value versus hellish images.
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New York
Lenger
Satan
Eucher
Christmas buys and tax notices in a bustling 1900s bazaar page
The page advertises half price ladies cashmere gloves and wool mitts at WHITR s Bazaar, stamped goods at Warrr s store, and holiday goods at J. S. WHITH Co s. It urges tax payments due to December 31 with penalties, while other items promote kerosene sales, Christmas cards, and a personal testimonial about Red Clover extract from a Detroit optical firm customer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitr’s Bazaar
Sumac
Mackinac Island
Frank Kexnxeny
Rook Keapar
Johnson Optical Co
Detroit
J. M. Loose Red Clover Co
I, Greene
Castoria and Kellogg oil ad claims for babies and children
An old advertising passage touts Castoria for infants and children with claimed cures for fever, aches, colds, and digestive issues. Kellogg's Columbian Oil is promoted as a powerful remedy for internal and external use with instant mood buoyancy and broad listed ailments. The notice also mentions a druggist listing and a station renewal request for a subscription to the Statesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sala
Elyde
Lyotha
Harper's Young People Advertisement and Details
An 1890 Harper & Brothers notice extols Harper's Young People as a premier weekly for youth and outlines subscription options. It lists bound volumes, pricing, and ordering methods, urging postage paid mail orders and warning against copying without express permission.
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Pontago
Harper's
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Marshall
Mich
A. Lewis
Wintess
Libellor
Screnith
Philadelphia Inquirer
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Nelson A. Mileshina
Lord Chief Justice of
England Coleridge
Seth Low
Hannibal Hamblin
Camille Flammarion
Sir Normanyer
Gen
O. O. Howard
Lynn Abbott
Jules Verne
Maz O'Rell
Julia Ward Howe
Walter Besant
Benson J. Lossing
Bigtorm
Car
Lumhol
Buccens of & Paper
Mollie E. Seawell
Rebecca Harding Davia
J A M. Lippman
H. H. Boyesen
Elisabeth W. Bellamy
Christian Union
Wood
Mis
Rhea
Dore Bo
Phosp
Tenglish
Aed Wile
Mai Chermicate
Hodline
Hemedy
California
Witchell
Wnavelly Planter van Lowell
Ddtusa
Guean
Joe
Dulue
Batt
Demorist
Fignity
Lil
Ak Ang
Sarpelaera. Tom
Iit Eit
Warrr
J. S. Whith & Co.'s
Waite & Co
J. S. Worr & Co
Tacor Showeens
J.J. McHuan
City Treas
Castoria
Biss
U. B. Teller's School of Stenography
Teller
Paw
William Shipley
Marshall, Mich
Harper's Young People
Plains
Kirk Munroe
Howard Pyle
Flying Hill Farm
Sophia Swift
Rhankittrick
Yellowtop
Annie Bronson King
Thomas Nelson Page
Hjalmar Iorth Boyesen
Edwin Lassetter Rogoneér
Harriet Prescott
Spotford
Mary E. Wilkins
Nora Perry
Mharper
N. Y. Observer
Reeder Coyy
Harper & Brothers
Webster’s
Fuokie
Portelain
Winsor & Newton's
Sable
Drake's Drug Store
Mel
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