Local Column Notes on Politics and Industry 1891
A selection of 1891 newspaper snips covers politics, railroads, and labor. It notes Kansas Farmers Alliance plans a state trunk line and county branches, praises the silk mill expansion at Belding Michigan, critiques Italian immigration and U S policy, and condemns withholding funds for Coldwater school orphans.
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Kansas City
Farmers’ Alliance
Faounties
Kansas
Literary musings and curious tales from old magazines
A collage of literary critique and folklore excerpts traces shifts in taste from seventeenth and eighteenth century poets to modern readers. It weaves remarks by Christine Terhune Herrick, explorations of form versus substance, Indian challenges, old sayings, and odd anecdotes about parrots, dogs, and the ice trade.
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Johnson Johnson
England
Scotland
Shakespeare
Ben Jonson
Dryden
Addison
Swift
Pope
Christine Terhune Herrick
Cathay
Frobisher
Cornhill Magazine
New York City
They Eloped on a Raft Amid Pennsylvania Woods
An irate father confronts a lumberman outside a train depot as two woodmen flee with Miss Myers after eloping from the Clarion river. Andrew Myers pursued and learned Snyder won the girl despite local opposition. The couple planned a marriage in Camden after a perilous river voyage and a tense reunion at Union depot.
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Upper Pier
California
Potter River
St. Nich
Day Express
East
Brad
Allegheny Valley Railroad
Andrew Myers
Woodaman
Myers
Ata
Figit
Clarion River
Clarington
Iumber
Miss Myers
Snyder
Papa
Brady's Bend
Miss Meyers
Meyers
Sharpsburg
Pittsburg
Herr's Island
Union Depot
Camden
N. J
Home
Pittsburg Cor
Oil City Derrick
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New York
Arkansas
Chicago
Leing
Michigan
New Orleans
Detroit Times
Belding
Mich
Belding Bros. & Co
Rockville
Conn
San Francisco
Cal
Southampton
Mass
Montreal
Canada
United States
State Department
Italy
Coldwater School
Sentate
Board of Control
Lansing
Pao Frvedeiey
Terpacoas
Y Fair Mart
William Struthers
Detroit
Free
Pennsylvania
Oatwitlad
New York Weekly
Latir
Delevan
Delbevan’s
J. M. Montigel & CO
Russell & Co
Oliver
Alma, Mich
Star Store
Smith & Glass
N. H. Downs
Joevson & Lord
Props
Bartiagtes
Shiloh
Mackinac
Pacace Steavens
Mackinag Island
Barca
Cleveland
Gad Beauraion
Bomantz
G.P.A
Devmorr
Mier
Detroit & Cleveland Steam Rav. CO
Anvicz
Bradfield
Petal
Eran
Pete Lape
Coetamna Bradfield Regulator Co
Drveorsra