Mary the Maid of the Inn Chapter XII trial scene
In York, Parker faces trial for Bellingham's murder as Mary Lockwood testifies with dramatic risk. Jack Meadows endures harsh questioning as the defense probes his memory while kin in court plead for leniency and truth amid a tense legal battle.
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Stephen Bellingham
East Riding
Yorkshire
Richard Parker
Bia
Foster
Mary
Jack Meadows
Parker
Morley
Jack
Bellingham
Castle of York
Mary Lockwood
Meadows
Heather-bell Inn
Star and Garter
Squire Bellingham
Heatherbell
Heatherbell Tavern
Italian cradle songs evoke lullabies across cultures
The article notes cradle designs from wicker nests to ivory gilt cradles, with mothers rocking and singing to soothe infants. Italian peasants favor low woolen cradles. Calabrian mothers rock on a chair. Lullabies promise gifts and toys to delight children, and babies learn to murmur when sleepy.
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Gentleman’s Magazine
Calabria
Sunday in Old Virginia and the Hanover Church Life
The piece recalls St Martin's Parish in Hanover Virginia where church life dictated ritual and etiquette. Men tied horses by swinging limbs as seats. families varied on punctuality. women entered first, while plain worshippers arrived for the sermon. A warden’s hush and congregation’s singing defined Sundays.
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St. Martin’s
Hanover
Thomas Nelan Page
Scribner's
Nelson
Letting Go for Success Mindset Says Success
A brief exhortation on shedding past misfortunes and useless memories to gain peace and progress. Emphasizes mastering one's mind, focusing on sunshine and inspiration, and choosing uplifting thoughts to advance in life.
Death of Camilla Urso Veteran Violinist Dies in New York
The renowned violinist Camilla Urso, also known as Mrs. Frederick Sucre, died January 20 at the New York Infirmary after a brief illness. Born June 13, 1842 in Nantes France, she showed precocious musical genius from infancy and was celebrated across Europe and America. Her father Salvatore Urso was a Sicilian organist and her mother Emilie Girouard a Portuguese. Queen Wilhelmina sent a doll in national costume to a Lisbon bazaar aiding Boer refugees.
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Camilla Urso
Frederick Sucre
Europe
America
New York Infirmary
Salvator Urso
Emilie Girouard
Camilla
Nates
France
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Lisbon
Portugal
Pro Tariff League Deems Tariff Revision a Blunder
A 1902 report by the American Protective Tariff League defends protection, denounces tariff revision and reciprocity as dangerous, and warns that Dingley schedule readjustment would harm all industries. It also supports a national merchant marine, a department of commerce, and an Isthmian canal to boost trade and prevent gold export.
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United States
American Protective Tariff League
Friends of Protection
McKinley
Buffalo
Department of Commerce
Spain
Pacific
Far East
Wanted, Profit for the Farmers
Henry T. Oxnard favors beet sugar manufacture and opposes free Cuban sugar. The New York Evening Post uncovers an old circular claiming under free sugar trade a 4 cent pound market price still yields a $3 per ton beet profit for factories.
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Cleveland
Henry T. Oxnard
New York Evening Post
Mr. Oxnard
Fight over the Sugar Tariff In Michigan Delegation Stand
Bay City Tribune notes Michigan and other beet sugar states back the tariff protecting the industry. Petitions to Congress oppose any reduction as Cuban sugar changes loom. The issue bears on Michigan with its large beet sugar interests and potential broader effects.
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Washington
Michigan
Lower House
Congress
Bay City Tribune
Roberts urges tariff revision and Dingley repeal
In a curious political plea Mr. Roberts of Massachusetts argues for opening tariff revision in this session and even repealing the Dingley law. He suggests Democrats would act if given power, a tactic deemed risky and usually ineffective in securing lasting gains. The author notes Roberts has attracted attention as a humorous yet dangerous advocate.
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Roberts
Massachusetts
Congress
Mr. Roberts
Where Danger Lies in Tariff and Reciprocity Debates
Boston Journal argues danger lies in moving from uniform tariffs to reciprocity treaties. It claims the US tariff is non discriminatory, uniform for all, and less stringent than Continental nations. The piece warns such shifts provoke ill will and retaliation by advantaging some nations over others.
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America
United States
Boston Journal
Sugar Duty Claim Draws Fire From Opposition
The article argues that Mr. Hamemeyer exaggerates sugar duty savings claiming an $85,000,000 yearly cut would mainly benefit the American Sugar Refining Company. It notes the Sugar Trust is the principal raw sugar user in the U.S. and critics doubt refined sugar duties are being challenged.
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Hamemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Trust
United States
Havemeyer
Sugar Trust Critique on Cuban Duty Profits
The New York Press accuses the sugar trust of using propaganda to influence Cuba sugar duty removal while hiding the likely personal gains for Cuban planters and workers. The piece questions how much of any duty cut would reach local pockets versus excluding the broader populace.
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Sugar Trust Literary Bureau
Cuba
Sugar Trust
New York Press
Reciprocity as a tariff horse trade criticized
The Mt. Clemens Monitor argues that academic reciprocity ideas resemble a horse trade where someone ends up skinned. It notes that in practice such proposals shift costs onto the American people as the supposed beneficiaries.
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Mt. Clemens
Mich
England's fears over US market control loom in era of protectionism
Oswego Times notes England worries as the United States, once a free trade nation, now protects its own markets and may dominate global markets. The dialogue shows public fascination with a modern economic shift while readers in Detroit react with enthusiasm to a sensational story.
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England
United States
America
Oswego Times
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George J. Seabury
T. Z. Cowles
Clara
Maude
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