Tariff and free trade debate colors 1891 politics
In a garbled 1891 federal issue summary, Senators Carlisle Pugh and Payne weigh tariff versus free silver as pivotal campaign questions. The piece notes Democratic factions leaning against free trade, cites Manufacturers' Record on new southern and western industrial ventures, and argues protective tariffs buoy southern sentiment despite regional trade patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Kentucky
Pugh
Alabama
Payne
Oho
Ohio
Carrig
Mills
Randall
South
Baltimore
Atlanta
Baltimore, Md
Hale County
Tex
Galveston
West Virginia
New Orleans
Florida
Cloveport
Bristol
Virginia
Chemical and Drug Manufacturing Company
Monroe
Athens
Recollections of Libby Veteran Tells of War Time Songs
Captain Orcutt recalls singing Union and national airs while imprisoned at Libby prison in Richmond during the Civil War. He recounts hunger and exposure, failed escapes, and brutal confinement, noting guards, punishment, and the longing for freedom as Grant pressed toward Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tve Bour
Wang
Hall Columbia
Libby
Orcutt
Pittsburg Dispatch
Manly
Padeo
Gonwiio Tong
Andersonville
Joy
Macon
al Wise Pat Washi
Sinat
Drift at sea a near collision of ships The Century
The account recalls a May voyage when most of the fleet drifted, a coaster Chill observed to the north and east, ships Montreal and Edward Everett gliding close together. A near-mum collision loomed as the Everett lurged and the Montreal swung, narrowly apart in a perilous, sunlit glare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Montreal
Edward Everett
Whims of the Day and Humorous Snippets
A collage of quips and comic exchanges from various papers. Jests about weather, city life, theater, and education mingle with Fatherly advice and light satire. Notable lines include a landlady remark on elevated rails and a boy misdefining centurion as a horse with a man’s head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Thien
Boarder
Cesew
Washington Star
Amy
Chicago Tribune
Harper's
Basar
Puck
Bridget
Biddy
Harper's Bazar
Henry
Maud
Delsarte
Indianapolis Journal
Hadley
Jimmy
Harper's Nazar
Noudie
Ponsonby
Poppinjay
Christian Register
Various World News Snippets and Societal Observations
Fragmentary notes cover topics from Vera Hyacintus becoming a Theosophist and lecturing, to Siam's guard of 4000 women, electricity and phosphorus production in England, and female labor in Britain. Also mentioned are Paris-English tensions, Indian census growth, religious figures, a Yale military lecture remark, a Minneapolis case about shooting hogs, temperance reports, and a Sermon by Sbbop Fowler warning against hollow grandiloquence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Hyacintus
King of
Siam
England
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Ireland
Patti
Welch Castle
Paris
All Mall
India
jIndia
Europe
Mucha
Bengal
United States
British North America
Asia
W. Hf. Quillian
Liverpool
Totten
Yale
Minneapolis
Sbbop Fowler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brown & Everden, Proprietors
Alma
Cransmission
Tortiin
Tracy
Great Britis
Great Lakes
Io Wrack
Timme
Focal Colas
Bornese
Willows
J. Lampton
Oye Jensen
OLD World Notes
McCullough & Button
Dohu T. Peters
J M. Montigel & CO
Tounders
Russell & Co
Oliver
THE
Star Store
Geockely
Toledo
Ann Arbo
iOr
ATH
Michigan
Alma North
ODT
H.W. Ashley
Gor
Puss
Ger, Mauger
Pie Aftchicock
Alia
Detroit
Lansing & Northern R
Wicago
Tudianapelis
Bontegi Haphiar
Chicago
Wagner Vettet
Munister
Wagner Palace Ghereo
Vleeper
1 Harbor
Geonoe DeHaven
Gen’ Pass
B.S. Conder, Agt
Northwestert Sutuil Life Insurence Co
Manistee
Mich
Hibbard
van- den Bergh
Doinas Bros
Lyons
Dullain
Fran
Etys
Bostle
Dr. King
Hucksen
B.S. Webb
Druggtet
Saginaw
Howard City
Hapids Nln
Ithaca
Itanea
Ajman
CHIGAGO_ UL
West Michigan
Bucklen
Webb
Trey Scaparene
B, Vi
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