Insurgency and Republicanism in Lincoln Era Debate
The piece argues insurgency is not republicanism, mocking standpatters and invoking Abraham Lincoln’s legacy. It questions tariff, sugar and wool policies, trust influence, and political graft, suggesting Lincoln would back insurgents like Poindexter and La Follette while criticizing current office seekers and local politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Miles Poindexter
Republic
Post-Intelligencer
Aldrich
Cannon
Hale
Payne
Sugar Trust
Lincoln
Lawler
House of Representatives
Senate
Taft
Wickersham
Poindexter
Murdock
la Follette
Lurid Flames Explained By Constant Writer
A dialogue reveals why flames are described as lurid. The Mere Reader asks about the term and the Constant Writer explains the gloomy connotations and common narrative cues such as incipient blaze and dramatic destruction.
Be a Dreamer But Hustle When Alarm Rouses
The Chicago News offers a blunt slice of advice on worth and behavior. It urges skin deep beauty to yield to wealth, urges action over passivity, and notes men must face disappointment, rise with the alarm, and keep moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Lifm
Henry
Not Yet Emancipated I Breezed to the Stock Yards
A first person tour of a stock yard reveals live cattle sheep and hog prices drifting up with remarks on packing houses profits and consumer impact. The narrator jokes about second story lamb and bum steer puns while noting water for thirsty cattle and crooked quotations from Hogg and Lamb. A sales pitch ends with a plumbing ad for C. H. Brown Plumbing Co. 223 Pine.
Strange Tracts and Quips From an Edwardian Miscellany
A collage of quotes and odd facts from a vintage section. It touches on language counts in nations, jokes about laundry marks and collars, moneylender Hetty Green, a nobleman’s misadventures with a polecat, and travel fares from Victoria to Vancouver with a Canadian Pacific Railway notice.
Get Rich Quick in Seattle Real Estate Scheme
An advertisement urges readers to invest in Seattle real estate claiming easy wealth. It touts fortunes from North End parcels and Lake Garden Tracts priced from 200 to 2000 dollars per quarter with staged payments and interurban ride details. It promises large returns within five years and urges immediate action with representative meetings and sale terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Capitol Hill
Seattle Real Ee
Lake Garden
North End
Everett
Echo
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Lucy Locket
Lydia Fisher
House of Commone
England
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Hetty Green
Myrvia Green Astor- Wilkes
United States
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Zeke Higgin
Zeke
Lord Fitegtbiet
Victoria
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Rv. No
Firet
Fremont
Free City
Burke & Farrar, Inc
New York
Loughney
M. A. Harkins
Loughney Institute
Second Av
Pike St
People’s Saings Bank
H. L. Klein
the Shoemaker
James Street
Alaska
Wallis & Lewis Co
Ind
Bailey
Bullet
Scandinavian American Bank
F. Lane ’ Gaabter
12Th and
Madi Bekins Moving & Storage Co
East
Cedar
Ohio Dental Parlors
Pike Street
OOR
Third and Pike
City of Everett
Telegraf
Lea
Eyverett
Ssi
Seren & BA
Boren
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