Aged Iowan 116-Year-Old Passenger Delights Train
Des Moines correspondence reports Conrad Seves of Delaware County aged about 116 travels from Manchester to Delhi to attend a camp meeting. He walks with two canes, speaks plainly, and notes his wife separated in March after sixty seven years of marriage. He stands tall with a wrinkled face and a leathery skin, yet maintains composure and curiosity during the journey.
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Speetas
Delhi
Conrad
Thame
Boone
Sagramento
Cal
Ilis
Seoth
Ape
California
Bradford County
Frank W. Phil Tips
Das Moines
A Faithful Bear Mother in Arctic Hunting Tale
Chicago Tribune recounts a naval expedition story from Lieut Bevier about hunters who killed a polar bear guarding two cubs. The mother shared meat with her cubs before a fatal volley, then attempted to protect them as she died, touching even the sailors with her care.
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Arctic
Fort Sheridan
Lincoln Park
Navy
Lieut
Bevier
Nother
Chicago ‘Tribune
Soldier Friend Inquiries Span Thirty Three Years
Captain John L. Vance, visiting Virginia, shares a letter from 1862 recounting a Confederate officer spared by Union soldiers. The note from Martin R. Andrews alleges a mutual act of mercy linking Capt Antrim of the Fifth Virginia and others. It details wartime kindness, a nurse, and a final invitation to visit Abingdon. The item also notes Madison Chair Co refusal to raise a day's cost for conscript labor.
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Dhirty
John L. Vance
Internal Revenue
Vance
Virginia
Marietta, D
Ohio Infantry
Vlcad
Antrim
Virginis
Neal
Martin R. Andrews
Marietta
Jackson
Banta
Winchester
Ifa
Gettysburg
Abingdon
Los Angeles Herald
Iowa Democrats Nominate Governor Amid Free Silver Debate
Delegates at the Iowa Democratic state convention re nominate Judge W. J. Babb of Mount Pleasant for governor amid a fierce split on monetary policy. The majority platform affirms a gold and silver standard at 16 to 1 and condemns the Republicans. Minority support for a 10 to 1 rate failed. Babb’s nomination was celebrated with conciliatory remarks.
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Mansyan Stowy
J. H. Shields
Dubuque
National Financial Plantk
Judy W. 1. Babb
W. J. Babb
Mount Pleas- Bal
Walter
Col
George Jenkins
Forati
I. G. Parshall
Maquoketa
J. Harper
Burlington
B.S. Hasner
Independence
J. B. E.marsdey
Mason City
S. Be, Evans
Otytuuiwa
S. A. Liewster
Creston
M. Carr
Manchester
Sved White
Keokuk County
HL Mickey
Sigourney
Ihis
Democratic Party of Jews
Chicago
McKinlayiam
Dubia
Republican Party
Iowa
Wwe Fhyor Nlaw
United States
Henhopin
Ata
State Committee
George F. Smith
van Buren
J. &. Rank
Johnsen
Robert O'Day
Bremen
Tink M. R. Jackson
Cedar
O A. Walsh
Wapelle
J. B. Migutra
Audubon
Jodge Tinble Sponske
Babb
Marshalltown
Twelve Killed in Wreck on Atlantic & Pacific Line
A serious accident occurred at Grant station about 100 miles west of here on the Atlantic and Pacific railroad. The wreck involved two sleepers and two day coaches from a San Francisco bound train, with twelve dead and twenty five wounded reported as of late tonight. A relief train from here is en route but hindered by washouts and will take hours to arrive.
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Iowa State Band
Cleveland
Yoledo
Detroit
Mich
Abienzo
Duluth
Minn
Frederick Phinney
Iowa
Arthur
Great Musical Organization
State House
George Washington
General Assembly
Will Plains
Budver
Yravigang
Traveling Men's Association
Marshalltown
Fair Grounds
Atlantic
Albuquerque
Shaving Law Declared Void Over Trial Rights Issue
Kansas City Justice Hewthorn voids the Sunday shaving law noting it denies defendants the right to trial as guaranteed by the constitution. Expect many shops to reopen next Sunday. Also: Annie Gardiner, Arcadia delegate, found in Newton and agrees to return home with J Y Landers after consent.
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Kansas City
Hewthorn
Dan Imeas
Gardiner Whi
Nonwton
Conn
Annie US. Gardiner
Christian Ene Deavor
Arcadia
Neb
Edward I. Lapierre
J. Wy. Landers
Fer
Imports And The Revival In Commerce Clash With McKinley Tariff
A republican critique argues rising imports reflect returning business activity, not ruin, noting wage growth and factory restarts. It contrasts current eleven month import totals with 1891 1894 and 1893 under McKinley duties, and emphasizes raw sugar shifts and export trends to dismiss claims of economic collapse.
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Republican Press
Spain
Croke
Tidesanu
Manusco
McKinley
The Lesson of Free Wool Tax Politics
The piece argues Congress will not tax wool imports while promoting free wool. It cites McKinley attempts to tax hides, praises free wool, and attacks tariff protection as harmful to American industry. It cites St Paul Globe and Florida Times-Union as supporting viewpoints.
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Congress
McKinley
Quivine
St. Paul Globe
Lessles
Florida
Tiovs-Union
Bloody fruit and the fate of McKenleyism in labor
A Chicago Chronicle critique argues that racial prejudice and national jealousy surge under tariff policy. It links protectionism to labor displacement by aliens, promoting unrest and violence from coast to coast. The piece blames Republican tariff aims for benefitting manufacturers while driving native workers out, culminating in the bloodshed at Spring Valley.
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Brotherhood of Man
Republic
Titoes
Thorn
America
Jias
Aimericin
Spring Valley
Chicago Chronicle
Political tempers and tariff talk in late 19th century editorials
A collage of quotes critiques democracy and party alignments, noting Gen Harrison and Gen New, labor versus capital, and the impact of tariffs. It mentions McKinley era policy shifts, the Sherman law, and Pinkerton actions at Homestead, with references to the Ohio Youngstown plant revival under new ownership after tariff changes.
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Harrison
John C. New
N.Y. World
Pileo
Louisville Courier-Journal
Lowell
Ohio
N. Y. World
Padifia
Homestead
Pinkerton
Detroit Free Press
Trenry Cabot Loge
Philadelphia Record
Youngstown
Guv
McKinley
Gov. McKinley
Pittsburgh
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Methodist Church
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Morton
Canada
Rechester
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Thomas Cannon
Potomac Committee On Pensions
I. G Olbois
Yoder
Onto
D. W. Heck
Pennesylvanias
H. Goger
Michigan
Branard Hall
Massachusetts
W. P. Jayna
New York
Thomas Emerson
Maine
New Yorks
Catholic Otal AlwUnenes Union of America
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
Columbus
Hell
Tather J. M. Cleary
Mge. Satelli
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Philadelphia
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