The Past, Reimagined How The Wall Street Journal of 2014 might have covered the news of July 8, 1889. By JASON ZWEIG July 7, 2014 4:40 p.m. ET NEW YORK—Women have been trying their hand at trading stocks, and the swish of their ruffled skirts is ruffling feathers on Wall Street. In 1880, Mary Gage, a friend of the women’s-rights activist Elizabeth...
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The Past, Reimagined How The Wall Street Journal of 2014 might have covered the news of July 8, 1889. By JASON ZWEIG July 7, 2014 4:39 p.m. ET Settlers are still streaming into the Oklahoma territory, nearly three months after the land rush began. A3 Socialists from 20 countries will convene next week in Paris for the Second International to debate how...
Read MoreWhat’s News, 1889: Business & Finance
The Past, Reimagined How The Wall Street Journal of 2014 might have covered the news of July 8, 1889. By JASON ZWEIG July 7, 2014 4:41 p.m. ET President Harrison reiterated his opposition to bimetallism and said the U.S. will adhere solely to the gold standard, again disappointing advocates of silver. A2 The Sherman Antitrust Bill, almost a year after...
Read More1889: Workers Shut Down Homestead Steel Plant
The Past, Reimagined How The Wall Street Journal of 2014 might have covered the news of July 8, 1889. By JASON ZWEIG July 7, 2014 4:46 p.m. ET HOMESTEAD, Pa., and DULUTH, Minn.—Labor unrest has flared almost simultaneously in two cities. In Homestead last week, after thousands of disgruntled workers shut down the immense steel plant owned by Carnegie,...
Read More1889: Club Is Found Culpable in Johnstown Flood
The Past, Reimagined How The Wall Street Journal of 2014 might have covered the news of July 8, 1889. By JASON ZWEIG July 7, 2014 4:43 p.m. ET Debris from the Johnstown Flood, which killed more than 2,000 people in May Everett Collection JOHNSTOWN, Pa.—A jury convened by a county coroner to investigate the cause of the Johnstown Flood that swept...
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