Cleveland Tariff Debate Highlights Labor Protection
excerpts reveal President Cleveland asserting continued tariff income with readjustment to protect American labor and manufacturing, while critics argue the system benefits manufacturers. Farmers face competition from global grain markets, including Crimea and Hungary, under pauper labor conditions. A Titusville correspondent discusses Democratic maneuvers to favor Rankin and Whiteley, warning unions against subservience to the party.
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Cleveland
Evils of idle men and the tramp threat
A Philadelphia Herald view warns that a million idle men ready to work could form a future army of tramps. It argues idleness harms more than war and urges tax relief and removal of embargoes to restore employment and avert national ruin.
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Philadelphia Herald
Joan Powderly
Organization of Knights of Labor
Water Works Wanted in Warren Community Fight
Readers are urged to support municipal water supply reform in Warren. The piece argues homeowners and renters pay taxes to fund a proposed water plant, warns against debt over $50,000, and calls on council to act firmly. Citizens seek pure well water at fair prices and timely council action next Monday evening.
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Warren
Cleveland's Surprise Aims At Canada Through Retaliation Plan
The president challenged Republicans in Congress this afternoon by hinting at a new retaliation plan against Canada. They had believed the fisheries treaty fight left no room for negotiation, but the president’s maneuver could threaten commerce with Canada and trigger broad consequences for Americans. The Edmunds report’s language on executive power is cited as warning of dangerous approaches, while the president discovered Article 29 of the Washington treaty, reshaping the dispute and prompting a strategic counterplay against the Republican plotters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Congress
Canada
Cmmerce
Gren
Edmunds
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Senate
Plan of retaliation upends Republican tactics in Congress
The proposed retaliation plan promises great effect with minimal harm to people, targeting Canadian business yielding about 60 million dollars annually and avoiding deep railroad damage. The document is hailed as highly able and has unsettled Republican strategy in Congress.
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Congress
Republican Party
Public debates on trusts and labor in 1890s era discussions
A compilation of remarks and responses from Portland Maine and New York figures including James G Blaine and Terrence Powderly. It covers anti trust rhetoric, labor union reactions, a disputed quote attributed to Mr Noble, political endorsements by Irish workers for the democratic party, and commentary on women workers and medical cautions. Various local ads about goods and services accompany the items.
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Portland
James G. Blaine
Clevland
Central Labor Union
New York
James P. Archibald
Paper Hangers’ Union
P. W. Lyons
Pressmen’s Union
Dennis Welch
Carpenters and Joiners
Michael Riernan
Horse Smiths’ Union
Blaine
The Superior Sex Report on Life Expectancy
A Tulane professor analyzes New Orleans life and death rates, arguing women outlive men across the United States but with striking local variance. He cites census and health records to claim women show superior vitality and moral steadiness, especially in New Orleans, hinting at a future where women dominate societal life.
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Stanford E. Chaille
Tulane University
New Orleans
Louisiana Board of Health
United States
New Oreans
Charleston
Boston
Brooklyn
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Cincinnati
San Francisco
St. Louis
Chicago
Philadelphia
District of Columbia
Baltimore
Paradise
Adam
Picayune
A Heated Corner Scene On Chene and Gratiot Avenues
Two colored men argued at the corner of Chene Street and Gratiot Avenues as a patrolman watched for half an hour. The men jawed and yelled with rising anger but no blows occurred. The officer questioned them, one claimed he was not a gentleman, yet after a tense exchange the man quietly apologized and extended a wary handshake.
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Chene Street
Gratiot Avenas
Gem Lan
Sab
Detroit
Whooping cough tale from Washington Critic fragment
A fragment recounts a teacher named Johnnie, a 14 year old boy, asking for a spell for whooping cough. The reply claims past experience with the illness as a child and a reference to the Washington Critic. The snippet is incomplete and lacks full context.
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Tinow
Johnnie
Washington
Suppo
Heat and Summer Diets From Youth's Companion
The article explains how heat in the body is produced from food and how summer requires lighter, less fatty, and more water rich meals. It warns that sugar and fat-heavy foods are mischievous in hot months, urges plenty of water, and notes digestion shifts with the seasons. It stresses balancing appetite with climate and avoiding stimulants to prevent illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenland
Equator
The Spindle and Distaff of Inspiration
E H Chase recounts his morning routine shift toward disciplined writing. He details breaking the habit of waiting for moods, replacing it with steady daily effort, and notes how early practice improved style and output. He recalls adapting to editorial work and rejecting reliance on inspiration, asserting perseverance yields results.
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Timothy Titcomb
Horace Greeley
E. H. Chase
A Letter Book System For Notable Men And Anecdotes
The author outlines using a letter lock diary with tissue leaves to copy every letter writing into a permanent indexed record. One page lists names and another subjects, enabling quick recall of topics like flirting or political advice. He asserts this method preserves literary life for descendants.
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J. P
An Idiot's Extraordinary Power
A Vienna dispatch reports an 18 year old microcephalic immigrant from Galicia under Professor Nothnagel at Vienna University. The youth is an idiot with a remarkable ability to imitate and repeat words, tended like a baby and fond of dolls. He resembles a monkey in appearance and habits but can speak, and nothing in microcephalic brains suggests closer kinship to primates according to the professor.
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Vienna
Galicia
Nothnagel
Noumagel
London Times
Hernia Advice and Truss Fitting in Warren Pa
Johnson and SigGrrier druggists advertise surgical instruments and appliances in Warren Pennsylvania. They warn that larger hernias cause more inconvenience while smaller ones carry greater life danger. With many years fitting trusses they guarantee proper fit or refund.
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Johnson & SigGrrier
Warren
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Dinsmoor & Cable
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JAS. Cable
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L.D. Wetmore
C.H. Noyes
W.D. Hinckley
W. &. Trunkey
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