Political miscellany from a late 19th century column
The column treats political intrigue around Depew and McKinley, debates on suffrage in Kansas and women’s role, clashes with bosses in Pittsburgh and Chicago, and social notes on figures like Miss Lease and Mrs Stevens, with sharp, opinionated commentary on parties, nominees, and public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Ingallz
Peffer
Jerry Simpson
Mia Lease
Ingalls
Ladies of the Christian Endeavor
Epworth League
Women’s Christian Association
Pittsburg Post
Walling the tariff debate with mills growth and wage gains
A historical note from the Wool and Cotton Reporter highlights week by week mill activity, new cotton mills planned or underway in cities like Philadelphia Gaffney and Bath, wage advances for weavers at Rowitzer Bros., and tariff debates shaping industrial expansion. It cites steel and iron sectors thriving, tin and roofing issues, and political rhetoric attacking protectionism with strong mentions of Carnegie Frick and Standard Oil, along with Maryland political shifts and public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wool and Cotton Reporter of
New York
Rowitzer Bros
Stafford Springs
South
Philadelphia
Gaffney
S. C
Bath
8.C
Empire Freight Line
Republican Party
Death at Titusville of F W Truesdell publisher
F W Truesdell a publisher of the Titusville World died in Titusville on Tuesday morning from typhoid fever after about four weeks illness. Born June 16 1857 in Trumbull County Ohio he worked as a printer in Cleveland Youngstown and Franklin before moving to Titusville in 1880 as a compositor for the Daily Petroleum World. He later owned the Sunday World plant and then part sold to F F Murray. He leaves a wife and a two year old daughter, and is survived by his parents and brothers in Denver and Warren. He belonged to several lodges and was regarded as a genial capable newspaperman. The obituary notes his kindness as a husband and father and extends condolences to his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Truesdell
Titusville World
Titusville
Trumbull County
Cleveland O
Youngetown
Franklin
Daily
Petroleum World
Sunday World
F. F. Murray
Charles Truesdell
Denver
Colorado
Warren
Queen City Lodge I. 0.C. F
Shepard Lodge
A. M
Royal Arcanum
Truesdell
Daily Paragraph
Truesdall
Lzpepr
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Warren Ore
REED
Arren
Penn’a
Apene
Clans
William M. Singerly
John 8. Billing
OfEne
David F. Magee
Lancaster
Internat Affairs
Walter W. Greenland
Clarion
Henry Meyer
Allegheny
Thomas Collins
Centre
Congress
J. F. Parsons
Emporium
Senate
Robert McCalmont
H. Houghtaling
Bear Lake
Robert
Raver
Cherry Grove
Frank Fay
Farmington
Madeline Pollard
Mr. Depew
Europe
Lenox
China
United States Senate
Chicago
Senator Hill
Tennessee
Gov. McKinley
Harrison
Mr. Morton
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
John Sherman
Russell Sage
New Jersey
Metropolitan Society
Paran Stevens
General Hastings
Pennsylvania
Iron and Steel Trust
Andrew Carnegie
Reading
Standard Oil Company
General
Iron and Steel
Carnegies
Fricks
Daa
Gorman
Maryland
Hagerstown
Warren Mail
Hood
Thompson
F. W. Truesdell
Chillicothe
Westmont
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Orphans’ Court
Warren County
State of Pennsylvania
Pine Grove
Russell
County of
Sele
Cc 3
Chase
George Briggs
Toledo Bicycle Co
Carl
Greenland
Stephen Figherty
Penn
K. BR. Co
Anna Larson
Worthy
Stanford
Laure B. Durlin
P.& E.B R.co
Adam Coupler
J. R. Kuhn & Co
John Hurley
John RB
Kuhn & Co
Jason Cousins
Emil Meyer
Arthur Brook
James Tate
E. Brown
GF. Mead
Ged. Wing
G. F. Mead
A. Whitney
J.C. Sechust
James P. Conroe
Alfred C. Young
Peter M. Smith
Georgianna D. Lynde
B. A. Lynde & Son Co
W. Henderson
Benj. Will
T. Crocker
Christiana B. Hopkins
D L. Bean
Bean
John Slater
Deerfield
T.O. Slater
Robert Slater
Warren, Pa
Smith & Smith
Amos W. Smith
Hearren
Ivory
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Procter & Gamble Co., Cin'ti
Goon Soong
Giro Ehone
W. Jarvis
Water St
Hazeltine Woolen Mills
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