Includes articles clipped from newspapers from many states, including Illinois, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, reporting and/or reprinting speeches on a range of topics: labor, taxes, economics, women's suffrage, anarchism, tariffs, currency. Note on the inside cover: "Paul dear boy. Promise me you'll never let this book get away from you, or yours, because your mother took so much pride in compiling it for you. Mrs. C.S. Darrow, 905 Sawyer Av., Chicago, Ill., April 8th, 1889. Handle with care." Most of the items are dated after 1889, and often there is no chronological arrangement.