Plain Prediction on Tariff Fight from a Workingman
A dated letter to Mr. Cleveland warns that tariff reduction will disrupt long settled labor relations. It argues lower prices from cheaper foreign competition mean wage cuts, strikes, and widespread turmoil across mills and mines, ending in years of unrest and damaged labor harmony. It emphasizes bipartisan political causes and the risk to domestic employment.
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Cleveland
Congress
Bennett
New York Herald
Senate
Herald
James Gordon Bennett
Paris
America
Worldliness in the church and the church in the world
Rev. S. H. Doyle discusses the Christian Endeavor topic for September focusing on worldliness in the church. He cites John 11 and 17, urges sanctifying wealth, and calls Christ to drive worldly influence from worship while praying for the church to stay distinct from worldly sway. The piece ends with a note on the value of kind words and smiles over mere money.
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S. H. Doyle
Torre
Jesus Christ
Christ
John xvii
Christian Endeavor
Garfield Monument
Garfield
John T. Beckley
England Takes the Greatest Gain Banner in History
Secretary Baer reports that the greatest absolute gain banner has traveled internationally since it began in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania won it four years ago and then passed it to Ontario before it returned to the Keystone State last year amid celebration. This year England’s brigade raises the banner as it advances.
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St. Louis
Pennsylvania
Ontario
Keystone
England
Baer
Clothing as a human emblem, Carlyle’s view on life
The passage reflects Carlyle’s idea that humans are garments for the divine mind, making man’s body a visible clothing for a higher essence. It frames life as a metaphorical cloak, suggesting existence is a light cast from heaven shaping earthly form.
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Carlyle
Friendship and Fraternal Bonds Highlight Convention Note
A Cleveland committee funds convention bills and awards the Society $1000 for general work. The group remains public and open to scrutiny, with forward-looking principles echoed in its announcements. The piece reflects on friendship, kinship, and public service as guiding themes.
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Cleveland
Noted Society
Bullet Proof Soldiers and the Future of War
A discussion on Herr Dowe's bulletproof cuirass and its potential impact on warfare. The piece argues armor could shift advantage to England through increased hand to hand fighting, artillery use, and naval combat, while considering countermeasures by gunsmiths and the broader social effects.
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England
Herr Dowe
Savage
The Boy from Far Away China Uses Dummy Passes
In Los Angeles a Chinese boy named Sing is trained to screen visitors with fake passes. A rehearsed door check shows Sing accepting a forged card then turning away the second visitor who lacks a proper ticket.
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China
Los Angeles
Sing
Shabbee
Angeles
Bits of science and oddities from a foggy record
The note collects science curiosities and strange measurements. It mentions pure air from fae snowflakes, a Alaska whale lizard skeleton weighing twenty four pounds, rapid solar motion, and a hairs count fact from an area of a quarter inch.
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Alaska
Topeka
Sun
Withof
Delicious and Dainty Beverages Featured for After Dinner
The article介绍 a lemonade described as delicious and dainty with peppermints iced or chocolate coated as a popular after dinner serve. It suggests serving hot tea and a method to make ice tea by brewing double strength tea over ice, then adding lemon and sugar to taste.
American Lumber Abroad in World Markets
A government report from American consuls shows U S lumber reaches every country and dominates many markets. Australia buys a million dollars yearly, Hawaii imports with minimal Canadian competition, and Madeira Forests rely on U S wood from Maine and North Carolina. Transportation limits and ship tonnage hinder growth, while some nations shield forestry. The export trade remains in its infancy yet widely known.
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State Department
United States
Hartford Times
Africa
Japan
Samoa
Oregon
California
Hawaii
Consul Mills
Honolulu
New Caledonia
Washington
Madeira
Maine
North Carolina
Nova Scotia
Mexico
West Indies
Australia
Canada
Norway
England
Russia
Germany
Austria
Mediterranean
Europe
Great Britain
Electric light ends Old Sol as photographer helper
The New York Advertiser notes electricity has overtaken daylight in photography. A photographer can now take a picture at any time using arc lights and reflectors, with a six second exposure and a ten minute printing phase, yielding a soft clear print in about thirty two minutes total. Old Sol is relegated to a back seat.
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Sol
New York Advertiser
Bicyclist’s Scotland to England Ride Probed by Lancet
A cyclist rode from northern Scotland to southern England in eighty six hours fifteen minutes without sleep. The Lancet warns such record breaking strains the heart, doubling heart beats and risking premature decreptitude and early death for young competitors pursuing dangerous feats.
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Scotland
England
Pedigree of the Infant Prince in the Royal Line
The newborn prince inherits lineage from his father and is connected to the duchess of Teck and the rulers of Württemberg and Prussia. He holds no title. royal highness styling remains with Queen Victoria’s children. Relations show distant cousin links to Bavaria and Russia, with genealogical ties to George III’s line and earlier monarchs.
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York
Duke of
Teck
Wurtemberg
Prussia
Stuart
Bavaria
Czar
Russia
Queen Victoria
Edward III
George J
James II
Anne
Leeds Mercury
Duke of Kent
Duke of Cambridge
George III
Duchess of Teck
Prince of Wales
Duchess of York
Duke of York
Unto the sea a cryptic biblical verse by James Rhoades
A readers note presents archaic exhortations about sea and wind with lines invoking God and mortality. The fragment invokes greatness, art, and the desolation of time, ending with the attribution James Rhoades.
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Bethink
James Rhoades
Tired Mothers and the Blessings of Motherhood
A reflective poem recalling a mother’s fatigue and devotion. The speaker notes a year of changing perspective on motherhood, urging gentler care and gratitude for a child’s love while acknowledging the blessing of family. The piece emphasizes appreciation before sunshine slips away.
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D. Gilbert F. McNitt
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Geo. Ball's
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Liberty Street
J. H. Donly
H. R. M.calmont
Allen & Sons
Allen Block
Corner Second and
Liberty Streets
Orren C. Allen
Samuel G. Allen
WM. Harrison Allen
R. F. W. Whitcomb
Mane M. E
Fong, Ball
Lave
Hoffman Block
Room
Peterson
Chas. Dinsmoor
Chas, A. Peterson
T. Donly J
Diamond St
Petersburg
Several Courts of Allegheny Co
U. S. District
Supreme Courts
Allegheny
Joseph T. Danforth
Second
Fi S. Perry
Water Street
Woodard & Zesser’s
Norman Davies, M. D. V
R. W. Stuart
D. D.S
Hazeltine Building
W. Wilbur
WM. Schnur
W W. Freeman
Hazeltine
Greaves
BA & Thompson
Beatyee
D. I. Ball
C. Thompson
Indley
Johnson’s Exchange
W. M. Lindsey
J. C. Parmlee
H. S. Thomas
Land
Hemlock
East St
Telephone
J. K. Ronne
Wanamaker & Brown
Hickory St
Franklin Typewriter
He Us
Universal Keyboard
Chestnut St
Philadelphia
Or Geo. H. Herrick
Citizens Nat’l Bank
Myron Waters
E. T. Hazeltine
David L. Gerould
L. W. Dennison
M. Waters
P. J. Bayer
C. A. Corwen
S. P. Hall
C. F
W. P. Harrison & Co
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Pak Mail
Philadelphia Weekly Press
Pas Mail Office
N. Greenland
New York
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Baugh
Baugh & Sons Company
Foot OF Morris
Moorests
Delaware Avenue
Hi. A. Ancuer
M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
N. Y
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D. D
New York City
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Epwin F. Parver
125Th Street
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Tue Centaur Company
Murray Street
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Vang
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WM. Spinner
Diamond
Alice Cary
Christian Endeavor Jottings
Charles Sumner
Ward
BITS
American Lumber Abroad
Barcelona
Spain
Edinburgh
London
Stockholm
Brussels
Berlin
Hood
Tree
Albert
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Albert Kinsey
Ari
TSTIC
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Turpin
Chambers
Miquelets
St. Sebastian
Rae
GEMS
Good Housekeeping
God
Marie
Lippincott
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Anna Robeson Brown
You
Mother
Poverty
Chicago Post
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