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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1900
Page
8
Barbara confronts heartbreak as she faces transport to Tasmania and a doomed engagement with George Bouverie. Sebastian offers uneasy support while Barbara’s resolve hardens, planning a final farewell with a heavy mix of hope and despair.
Barbara travels to Tasmania with Sebastian seeing her off aboard a second class cabin while Barbara’s absence clears a path for George Bouverie to reform. Mrs Saville nurses a fragile hope as Barbara’s departure foreshadows a life of probation and renewed vows. George confronts his past and plans farming after a costly telegram to settle debts.
A Washington Post noted social climber weeks into high official circles used tact to slip into the innermost circle by feigning acquaintance with a cabinet member. The stratagem let her present herself as an intimate friend of a woman who had never visited the hostess. A closing aphorism urges focus on work to ease mental burdens.
The document argues that three years of McKinley’s Republican administration have fueled imperialism militarism and corruption. It calls for turning the rascals out in November and restoring constitutional governance, with Bryan leading a reform platform and demanding honest administration, reduced taxation, and restraint from entangling alliances. It cites Cuba port scandals and weaponizes calls for a cleaner government and fiscal restraint ahead of the Kansas City convention.
Sioux Falls Press argues that Democratic expansion created the United States as shown on a map labeling states like Louisiana and California as Democratic expansion Cuba is included and contrasts with Republican expansion under McKinley and imperialism. The piece cites Secretary Toot and President Schurman to claim Democratic growth aligns with American institutions while Republicans pursue imperialism.
The Troy Democrat scoffs at McKinley era policy as Congress fails to declare Philippine policy or withdraw American troops from Cuba. Senator Hale questions U S withdrawal while MacArthur reports heavy Filipino casualties in the war of conquest. The piece condemns continued Republican leadership and the November vote.
The text describes several varieties of fish that cannot swim and suggests they are deep sea dwellers. It mentions they crash about rocks and uses terms like talls and flag ag, which appear garbled and unclear.
A Chicago case reports an unidentified woman found unconscious on Calumet Avenue later dying at St Luke's while witnesses Ada Meeker and her daughter recall the scene. In Indiana a Black man Theodore Gunsald was attacked by a mob near Rockport, with 400 pursuing him to stop a hanging attempt. In Kentucky a railway worker Oscar McPherson shot his sweetheart Carrie Arnold, then fired at her mother. McPherson fled after the killings.
In Quebeck near Sparta Tennessee whitecaps whipped Charles George Floyd Davis and Clark Davis beating Floyd and Georges nearly to death. Clark Davis was measured for a coffin. In Eldorado Kansas Miss Jessia Morrison killed Mrs. Olin Castle with a razor then wounded herself fatally likely. In Poplar Bluff Missouri two robbers shot Edward Nantsill and two nephews, stole 500 dollars, set house ablaze. Nantsill died, nephews survived with injuries.
An elderly Kansas City man was robbed in broad daylight on a busy Chicago street. The thief stole all his money and fled but was eventually captured after a chase through the crowd. Police identified the suspect and recovered part of the loot.
In Dayton Ohio June 25 the laundry workers and cigar makers strike shows little shift. Strikers assaulted men and women and six leaders were arrested. George McGhee who attacked A Q Miner at the Troy laundry is still at large. A young girl torn from her clothing by women cigar makers and beaten with umbrellas will recover. Three worn strikers were arrested.
Congress man Robert J Gamble lies near death at his Yankton home after battles with meningitis following prior illnesses including grip and erysipelas. He is unconscious and may not survive.
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