12 Jul 1894
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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1894
Page
1
Due to failing health I offer my hotel in Boone NC for sale at low cash price with terms to suit buyer. I will accept real or personal property in exchange. Apply to W L Bryan.
The House Ways and Means chair Wilson returns to lead the tariff bill facing Senate amendments. President Cleveland is kept neutral publicly but leans toward the original Wilson bill. Democrats fear a July 4 session if needed, while Senator Harris pushes a riskier plan and talks of a direct primary for Senate seats.
In Washington on June 27 the commonweal camp members at Highland camps near starvation after arriving with half a loaf of bread and a cup of coffee per person. They have lived on bread and water until this afternoon when a hindquarter of a calf was donated. They warn they may march into the city and be arrested on vagrancy charges if relief does not come.
The piece rails at the loafer as a social nuisance from a Lynchburg vantage, describing idle men and saloon squatters as parasitic and urging reform. It then surveys old etiquette across nations, noting hat tip norms in Sweden, manners in Holland, Spain, Turkey, and Syria, and the reverence shown in Moslem homes.
Henry Clews advises the unemployed to stay temperate and hopeful, rest well and eat solid food to keep strength, look forward, and believe fortune can grow from small beginnings. He argues industry and pluck help a man rise from misfortune and achieve a good living. One dollar pays for the Donorrnt one yer.
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