Iowa Republicans Demand Reform and Oppose Dems
The Iowa Republican platform denounces the Democratic Party for temperance betrayal and misrepresentation. It pledges continued opposition to saloon interests, argues for strict enforcement of laws, and calls for economy and honesty in state administration. It endorses pro growth policies and accountability under Republican leadership.
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Livingston to Speak in Iowa for Democratic and Populist Causes
General Weaver says Livingston of Georgia Farmers Alliance will tour Iowa to rally support for the People's Party. Livingston defends loyalty to the Democratic Party while denouncing attempts to drive him from the party, and reiterates allegiance to majority rule and party platform. He also defends the Democratic stance in Georgia and discusses prohibition and prison statistics as political points.
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Georgia
Iowa
People’s Party
Cedar Rapipublican
Ohio
Reciprocity and trade aims in McKinley bill era
Howard A. Burrell argues for reciprocity under the McKinley bill. He predicts a 50 million hog trade with Germany and aims to boost beet sugar imports from Germany while funneling breadstuffs to the West Indies to balance trade. He touts American ingenuity in machinery reducing manufacturing costs. The piece frames trade policy as mutual benefit.
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Washington, Iowa
American Eagle
Germany
Brazil
West Indies
United States
Governor Boies Proclaims Iowa Wealth Through Labor
The Jefferson Bee reports Ed B. Stillman notes Governor Boies issued a proclamation Aug 25 praising Iowa’s corn wealth and urging laborers to unite for prosperity. The piece contrasts a Cherokee speech from Aug 22 1891 claiming farm losses with Boies’ New York remarks, questioning consistency of his statements.
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Miller cites tariff test to settle trade theory in Sac City
James N. Miller editor of The Sac City Sun offers a $5 test to prove competing tariff theories. The wager transfers to the Tariff Reform club or the American Protective Tariff league if the challenger fails. Colonel Henderson notes attacks on wealth and virtue as campaign points. Ottumwa Courier cites McKinleyism vs free trade in a farming center trading with England.
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Importers’) Club
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Sac City Sun
D. B. Henderson
Iowa
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Wheeler
van Houten
Ames
Ottumwa
Opium Smuggling Attempt Foiled in San Francisco Bananas
A San Francisco attempt to smuggle opium valued at 50000 dollars was hidden in bananas at the custom house. A customs officer bit into a banana and found the contraband, netting 25000 dollars in his pocket. The report cites Jornal do Comercio as the source.
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Jornal Do Comercio
Helen Carroll Washington society belle and musician
Miss Helen Carroll daughter of ex Governor John Lee Carroll of Maryland and granddaughter of Royal Phelps of New York inherits a large fortune. Her face is noted for the long oval shape like the Sistine Madonna and she is described as vivacious and accomplished in music.
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Belles of Washington Society
John Lee Carroll
Maryland
Royal Phelps
New York
Miss Carroll
Conservative Platform Gerymarding Ireland and Home Rule Push
The piece critiques the British Conservative platform claiming it mirrors gerrymandering to favor London and the Conservatives. It notes proposals for Ireland redistricting, Welsh political leanings, local county government, state life insurance for workers, arbitration boards, and continued support for free schools, questioning Conservative consistency.
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London
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Wales
William
Lord Salisbury
Great Britain
Jolly house boat to be built for Pierre Lorillard
The article describes a flat bottomed scow shaped house boat for Pierre Lorillard with ice house pantry library and studio. It will have two engines and be slow moving suitable for island hopping and fishing with officers and crew onboard. It notes shifts in transport from balloons to aeroplanes and mentions Dr Arthur de Bausset proposing a long airtight cylinder ship for the World’s Fair.
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Lorillard
Arthur de Bausset
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