The Ablse of Petition and Naval display debate
The piece discusses the right of petition as a cornerstone of liberty and cites John Quincy Adams in defending citizen petitions. It opines on petitions to oppose the Hampton Roads naval exhibit, arguing that armament can deter war and that Christian mercy coexists with military power, ending with Cromwell’s maxim to trust in God but keep power.
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John Quincy Adams
Adams
Hampton Roads
Jamestown
Controversy Over Laurier Government Allegations in Canada
A Canadian political dispute is recounted with harsh criticism of the Liberal government. The Toronto Mail and Empire accuses officials of concealing funds from Ottawa contracts, claiming a 400,000 payout to a supposed North Atlantic Trading Company and alleging Parliament cannot reveal recipients. The piece contrasts Canadian opposition rhetoric with U.S. standards.
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Canada
Dominion
Laurier
Michael
Archangel
Moses
Toronto Mail and Empire
United States
Mail
Enmpire
Ottawa
Midead
Romienel
the Post
Premiser Laurier
Overloaded plum tree debates and tariff talk
A column rants about Pennsylvania surplus funds and graft. It mocks reformers, condemns corporate taxes, and warns against misused state funds while railing at national politics and John Bull style commentary. It contrasts American and European markets, cites Japanese competition, and lampoons public figures with satirical flair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Ringsters
Philadelphia Record
What is legal tender in a bank dispute tale
A Kansas City Star anecdote follows a man seeking a precise definition of legal tender amid a tax and debt dispute. Bank officials search the 1896 National Bank Act to explain the term, while readers laugh at legal ambiguities and a lawyer’s advice.
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The
Kansas City Star
Mr. Smith
Smith
Ilet
National Bank
Treasury
United States
Inquirer
Turkish Hatred of the British and Oriental Tensions Rise
The article argues that in Egypt Lord Cromer’s policy faces strong opposition and rising anti foreign sentiment. It notes Turkish agitation, the Khedive’s withdrawal from foreigners, and increased dangers for visitors. It also covers Irish Orange Society protests against Lord Aberdeen, Queen Mary relics debate, and a comic exchange from the Cleveland Leader.
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Lord Cromer
Egypt
Denshaws
the Nile
England
France
Germany
Austria
Italy
Uncle Sam
Cuba
Philippines
Cairo
Great Britain
India
Koubbeh
Suez Desert
Tewfik Pasha
Living Rainbow Mystery At Bellevue Child Patient
A three year old girl, Mary L. Eigholz, is hospitalized with purpura haemorrhagica in the New York American account. Her body shows rainbow colors and imagined shapes, varying with sun and moisture. Doctors from Bellevue and Dr Davenport White seek a cure as the rare rheumatism germ alters skin pigment.
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New York American
Bellevue
Mary L. Eigholz
No. 401 West 150Th Street
Davenport White
Tear and theater seats amid a swelled city scene
A collection of verse laments boyhood tears and moral strains while The New York World reports on Broadway and Sixty second street theater construction selling orchestra stalls and balcony chairs outright. High priced seats match ownership rights with Tuesday and Thursday performances of opera and drama as founders anticipate rising values. Notables including John Jacob Astor and J Pierpont Morgan back the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Broadway
Sixty-second Street
John Jacob Astor
Charles T. Barney
J. Pierpont Morgan
Servant Maids' Monte Carlo raises charity funds in Guildford
London Telegraph recounts the Guildford charity trustees meeting for Maids' Money. John How’s 1674 bequest funds an annual check of 1198 pounds. Two-year Guildford service required, excluding inns or alehouses. Laura Cadman with sixteen years’ service won this year’s prize by a double six. Emma Trimmer with eight years’ service threw six and three and may retry next year.
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London Telegraph
Guildford
John How
Laura Cadman
Emma Trimmer
Trimmer
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A collection of social observations and quips on life and manners. The prose riffs on pride, contentment, appearances, and fairness with wry humor and moral sharpness.
Chicago millinery union backs movement led by Mrs Potter
Mrs Potter Palmer backs a new union for Chicago milliners with high profile support and plans to have union made hats dominate shops. Miss Helen Mahon details pay scales for a $23 picture hat and urges 3,000 workers to meet at Hull House to form a union aligned with the American Federation of Labor. Women pledge to buy only union stamped hats and to withhold old hats until a union card is shown.
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Orient
Bureau of Statistics
the Post
Great Britain
Europe
United States
United
Germany
Canada
France
Netherlands
Belgium
China
Japan
Colt
Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company
Colt Company
Russia
England
Eliies
Potter. Palmer
Chicago
Chicago Dispatch
New York Times
Millinered Union of
Potter Palmer
Miilinera
Union
Hull House
Helen Mahon
R. G. Paterson
American Federation of Labor
Miss Mahon
Mean Old Mr. Zero from Kansas City Times
A child friendly verse describes Little Mr Zero as a mean little man who pinches and bites. His crimson cheeks and blue nose mark him as unlikeable. When he appears, people stay indoors and ignore him to avoid trouble.
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The
Kansas City Times
Mr. Zero
Spook Light Saved Train Shocks Ohio River Valley Route
A late 19th century Chicago Tribune account recalls a foggy spring 1887 incident near Wellsville Ohio where a red lantern signal appeared before a flooded bridge. The warning halted a fast Cleveland to Pittsburgh train, saving passengers from a disaster as the bridge was swept away by Yellow Creek floodwaters.
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Chicago Tribune
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Wellsville
Ohio
Weilaville
Tiree Mail
Wellaville
Yellow Creek
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A humorous column notes stingy souls will not pay storage on their inner lives. Love in a cottage seems right yet hard on the home. The author quips a man feels foolish crossing after dodging a nonexistent car and asserts women hide true thoughts about men while men hide thoughts about women. It ends with a joke about giving a baby away to avoid spousal ire.
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Ansonia (Conn
New York Herald
R. B Garland
Garland
Mark Twain
H. FE. Rogers
Samuel L. Clemens
New York
Huckleberry Finn
Dauphin
Duke of
H. H. Rogers
Clemens
Fifth Avenue
Mr. Clemens
Detective Bureau
Bingham
New York Press
Westward longing and notable figures in Washington travels
Idaho rancher Martin Garn voices love for the West and laments hotel life in Washington while lobbying the public lands commission and Senate Agriculture Committee. Col John McClure of Arkansas draws attention with his dress and beard as he visits the New Willard. California industrialist Julius Brownstein discusses Chinatown’s future in San Francisco, wages, and rebuilding.
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Martin Garn
Idaho
New Willard
Washington
New York
Gam
Public Lands Commission
Senate Committee On Agriculture
West
Garn
Horace Greeley
John McClure
Lattle Rock
Ark
John M. Taylor
Taylor
Col. McClure
Cleveland
Willard Hotel
Bulding
Daniel Webster
New
San Francisco
Chinatown
Julius Brownstein
California City
Raleigh
Clits
Brownstein
Where Eels Come From and Their Mysterious Spawn
London Cable reports from the Chicago Tribune that biologists reveal European eels spawn at 660 fathoms in the Atlantic near the British Isles and southwest Europe. Leptocephal larva drift six months to become elvers about two inches long, then swarm to Western Europe in columns, bypassing ships and ascending rivers and ponds inland.
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London
Chicago Tribune
Atlantic Ocean
British Isles
Europe
What Women Do in Chile From the National Magazine
The article notes roles like women conductors on street cars and female sales staff in shoe shops and telegraph offices, praising their work. It contrasts these performances with traditional male labor in hotel and house chores, highlighting domestic servant roles and lingering gender divisions.
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National
Chile
Mark Twain
Tinestare
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