Rampant Prosperity Talk Meets Looming Downturn
A 1903 political column argues Republican bets on prosperity are overblown. It cites Wall Street declines, rising strikes, falling iron and steel prices, shrinking bank clearings, rising land speculation, plant closures, and cautious farmers. It warns Congress and the party faces a market collapse by 1904 if crops falter, despite tariff rhetoric and claimed prosperity.
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GQO
Marri Kon
Chicago Journal
Bureau of Statistics
Bennoinlat
Protective Tarif League
Republican
Pennsyvania'a Iron and Steel
Secretary of Agriculture
Wall Street
Brocka
Cuthbert Mitts
New York Tribune
Republian
Wat ‘Street
Erops
Humber
Southern Foundry Nos 2 Plz
Bessemer Pig
Dpittsburg
Udewater
Constructing
Philidelph
New York
Connellsville
Phiadelphia
Johy
Farmer Learns Modern Methods At Scientific Agronomy Meet
Newark News notes a rural gathering where farmers hear lectures on crop rotation, hops supports, and barn cleaning debates. The piece highlights a wagon-loading attachment improving labor by letting a basket lift directly into the wagon, with boards, cleats, and hooks described for practical use.
Potatoes and farming notes from an old issue
Storage tips for potatoes and wagon loading attachments are discussed alongside guidance on whitewashing poultry houses and horse care. The piece covers choosing seed potato quantities, soil, and planting spacing, plus practical farm rack designs, reseeding with orchard grass, and general farm notes on milking cows, feeding, and potato storage.
Stewed Plum Pudding and Vintage Kitchen Recipes
A column of old fashioned kitchen notes and recipes including a plum pudding method with steamed finish, microbe warnings for dish towels, peach desserts with sherry syrup, mincemeat with brandy, lemon butter, frozen custard, chicken fatties, egg and rice sand, strawberry syrup, sponge molasses candy, and a citrus punch mix. Contains measurements, steps, and occasional editor notes on printing and substitutions.
New Commander of the Grand Army in San Francisco
Maj. Gen. John Black was elected Commander-in-Chief at the thirty-seventh Grand Army encampment in San Francisco. Born January 27, 1839 in Lexington Mississippi, he moved to Danville Illinois and rose from private to brevet brigadier general in the Civil War. He later led in business, served as pension commissioner, ran for Congress, and was U S attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. The second image shows a wartime photograph.
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Undian
Danville
Wabash College
Cradfordsville
Ind
Black
Inw
Chicago
Tie
Cleveland
Illinois
General Black
United States
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of Mools
G. A. St. Forllinois
Kentucky Fiddler Of The Old School
James Carlisle of Kentucky, an aged uncle of John G. Carlisle, former Secretary of the Treasury, is celebrated as a top old fashioned fiddler. He has won prizes at many contests and continues to perform lively tunes that stir audiences with traditional Kentucky fiddling.
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Kentucky
Fiddler OF the
James Carlisle
John G. Carlisle
the Treasury
Dan Tucker
Arkansi
Chicago Tribune
Thomas
David Becomes King and Lessons From His Rise
A devotional piece tracks David’s anointing and ascent from humble youth to king over Judah, then Israel. It notes his trials, divine guidance, and key figures Abner Ish-bosheth Jabesh-Gilead, with reflections on loyalty, suffering, and righteousness leading to his Hebron crowning and eventual united throne.
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David
Samuel
Beth- Sehem
Fudah
Job
Ziklog
Alhough
Israel
Tudeh
Abiathar
Hebron
Febron
Judah
Jerusalem
Beers Sheba
Jordan
Mediterraean
Lebron
Bethlehem
Jeans
Abner
Ish-Hesketh
Saul
Ish-boabeth
Ish-bosbeth
Mohanaim
Gilead
Baal
Ish-bosheth
Kingdom
House of Saul
House of
Saud
Ramael
Ishehosheth
Renin
Joab
Ishboskheth
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Byron W. Nolt
Ag Exceptio
Gane
Srangers
Dhere
Jersey
Newark
Indianapolis News
Orange Judd
Massachusetts
Maryland
Abundance
Mitton
Whitaker
Town
Tomestead
Asa
Tela
ULACK
Wartis
Oregon
Colorado
Llinois
California
South Carolina
Mississippi
Jabesh-Gilead
House of Judah
Peter
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