Shaw Defends Tariff Policy Against Parker Critique
At Jersey City on Tuesday, October 26, Secretary Leslie M. Shaw rebutted Parker's tariff speech of October 21. He argued protection fosters American industry, cited Hamilton and Clay, warned against free trade, and defended rail and pottery sectors while condemning the democratic plan to end tariffs. He cited wages, prices, and historical examples to support ongoing protection.
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Jersey City
N. J
Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
Parker
Esopus
Shaw
Newark City
United States
Alexander Hamilton
Europe
Judge Parker
Hamilton
New York
Milan
Italy
Clay
Henry Clay
Andrew Jackson
Democratic Party
Congress
Trenton
Wilson-Gorman
Opportunity Knocks and Rich Man Ignores It
A Louisville Courier Journal note uses a fable about opportunity at the rich man’s door. It suggests obligations cannot be dodged with impunity, illustrating a moral about responsibility and prudent action.
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Cortelyou
Louisville Courier-Journal
Hard Fight
A Yonkers couple quarrels over a scratched face as the wife explains she is breaking in Dew cook. The exchange is reported in the Yonkers Statesman.
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Yonkers Statesman
Very Old Tree at Versailles Refuses Fruit
The pomegranate tree in the Versailles orangery is claimed to be France’s oldest, planted in 1685. Despite occasional flowers in warm seasons it has not borne fruit for many years.
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Versailles
France
Hat Convo Sparks Mock Courtship At Chicago Tribune
A playful exchange between Miss de Muir and Mr Lingering centers on a new hat. The two banter with compliments and implied flirtation as the hat becomes a social spark in their interaction.
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Miss de Muir
Washday clue in a domestic mystery
A Chicago Journal item notes a woman seeking her husband with a maid hinting uncertainty. The maid suggests the couple might be in the wash, a humorous line reflecting domestic life and a playful misdirection.
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Chicago Journal
Balzac Quote Cautions Against Flattery by Small Minds
The quote asserts flattery never proceeds from great souls and accuses those who flatter of diminishing themselves to ingratiate nearby persons. It critiques servile praise as a mark of small minds.
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Balzac
Dewey Ritter Bears Bulldog Bite Quietly
A young San Francisco boy named Dewey Ritter suffered a severe dog bite to his ear. While doctors cauterized and stitched the wound in the receiving hospital he did not whimper or complain, and remarked that he would be ashamed to cry since his name is Dewey.
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Philippine Islands
James Buchanan
Daniel Webster
America
San Francisco
Dewey Ritter
Dewey
One Thing at a Time Mrs Chatterson Interjects
Mrs Chatterson and her husband engage in a curt exchange about talking during an incident. The dialogue captures a domestic moment with humor and sharp banter. Leslie's Weekly records the brief quarrel as a light social aside.
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Mrs. Chatterson
Leslie
Not a Potato Sweet Potatoes Misnamed in Plant Family
A science note explains that the sweet potato is not a potato but a different plant group. It is a enlarged root from a creeping vine with morning glory like blossoms. The tuber contains more starch and sugar than the common potato.
Pessimist Optimist Exchange on Cost of Living
A witty dialogue about rising living costs contrasts the bleak view with a hopeful counterpoint. The exchange mirrors concerns over inflation and the value of life today, framed as a concise cartoonish quip.
Forced to Stop Drinking by Friends Tactics
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote notes a man stopped drinking not by personal change but through friends who stopped inviting him to drink exploiting his stinginess. The item illustrates social influence and group dynamics in behavior change.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cause and Effect in a Weather Quip
A witty exchange suggests that lightening is guided by a woman's hand. The line notes that it seldom strikes twice in the same place, implying intentional manipulation rather than chance. The Chicago Daily News captures a playful gendered superstition about storms.
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Chicago Daily News
Foundation of God and the superstructure sermon talk
The sermon argues the foundation of God stands sure through timeless truth, contrasting false teachers with Hymenaeus and Philetus. It urges believers to recognize God as Builder, build with durable materials, and depart from iniquity to raise a lasting spiritual structure.
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Chicago
Christ
Hymenaeus
Philetus
Heaven
God
Marshall Field
Jesus
Peter
Paul
Stork motif aids famed pirate-era rescue saga
The Chicago Record-Herald recounts two linked tales. A British ship frees three English captives from a Moorish fortress after hearing the Old Hundred hymn sung ashore. Separately, Conrad Jonassen’s freedom from Algerian slavery is traced to a Norway homeward stork messenger that delivered a hopeful note.
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Alefers
Mehdy
Goard
Conrad Jonassen
Gora
Norwerhin
Axoa
Conrad
Norway
Chicago Record-Herald
Animated paper serpent illusion captivates crowds
The animated serpent illusion, praised by the Chicago Inter Ocean, uses a spiraled cut from bristol board to create a self-moving paper serpent. A pin through the tail allows the toy to spin, appearing tireless as it whirls for hours, though powered only by gas or candle burn.
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Chicago
The Animated Serpent Illusion With Rising Draught
A lighted candle or gas flame is used to move a paper serpent that whirls as air from the draught lifts it. The flame draws oxygen and hot air rises, creating a circulating current that powers the illusion and mystifies onlookers until explained.
Three Wishes and a Childish Dream in School Haunt
A playful verse from Mabel Cornelia Matson imagines a fairy granting three wishes to end school and let endless play in the yard. The speaker envisions a baby sister with silky curls and daily treats, expressing childlike longing for simple joys.
Crude Wireless Outfit Built by Young Iowa Lad
Wile Peeler aged 18 in Port Dodge Iowa designed and built a homemade wireless telegraph device. He collected 2 ½ miles of hand wound wire on a reel, varnished and padded with newspaper, and used improvised parts including lard can platens, silver filings, an aluminium cap and a sewing machine needle.
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Wile Peeler
Mankeshift
Port Dodge
New York Herald
Young Peeler
Dog Remembers Bee Sting and Grudge Against Insects
A Philadelphia resident recalls a collie visiting a suburbanite who relentlessly chased a bee. The dog, stung as a puppy, pauses to lick the sting site after each chase, proving a lasting grudge against flying insects.
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Philadelphia Canina
Philadelphia
Parsnip Worn Ring Found in Garden Parsnip
Mrs Wiliam Hawley of Kokomo Indiana found a gold finger ring she had lost last summer while washing parsnips. The ring was found tightly bound around a parsnip grown to resemble a large wasp at each end, illustrating an unusual garden mishap.
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Wiliam Hawley
Kokomo
Ind
Football Catches Criminals in Saturday Showdown
Australian detectives use football to trap criminals who hide six days a week but must surface on Saturday for the game with police on hand ready to act.
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Jayde Parker
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Tyler
William Henry Harrison
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Horace Greeley
Mechanics’ Magazine
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Del
Puck
Elijah
Israel
Baal
Ananias
Damascus
Saul
Tarsus
Jesus Christ
Earth
Heras
STORK
Bird
Moorish
Jane Mathe
Mabel Cornelia Matson
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