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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1896
Page
2
Quote from JoaN Sherman praising financial knowledge to boost national prosperity. He argues that informed finance in two hours surpasses decades of effort by the western populace. He claims work for the idle can fund provisions farmers must sell, driving broader prosperity.
The piece muses on Watson entering the notification business and bond posting, touts tariff policy as beneficial, jokes about Bryan's fiery rhetoric, notes rains delaying corn, questions Democratic promises, and claims McKinley speaks to veterans while labeling Bryan supporters as thieves.
The gold Democrats of Kansas issue a call for a state convention on August 25 to select delegates to the national convention. The move aims to curb fusionists advantage and force a fight for concessions.
Mr. Bryan spoke in Ada Ohio saying he is not distributing post offices yet but hopes to do so soon. The remark reflects renewed hope among his followers, yet their hunger for results may outpace the timetable.
The population of the world has risen 12 percent since 1870 while wheat, wool, cotton, gold, and silver show gains of 321 percent, 10784 percent, 1125 percent, 89 percent, and 2895 percent respectively. Properly applied these figures will help answer many questions.
The text argues that during war a depreciated currency pushed prices up 200 percent while wages rose 149 percent, making workers 51 percent worse off. It warns that if silver wins and currency depreciates similarly, workers would again lose purchasing power.
A local observer notes the town’s corn wealth shapes political preference, saying farmers will vote for McKinley in November after selling dollars of crops. The piece casts agriculture as the decisive factor in the election choice.
Report says a group of pickpockets followed the Bryan train from Lincoln to New York, exploiting crowds. Bryan remarked at Canton that he aimed to be a neighbor to the man who had fallen among thieves, noting the burglars hunt for dishonest gain.
Time shows Tom Watson and middle-of-the-road voters, except Texas, betrayed by Chairman Jones Jim Weaver and the pop bosses. They are warned to stay silent or be locked out, with no share of the pie, as a plenary-empowered committee enforces discipline.
The piece argues GenungG will stir the Ninth district with a free silver platform but predicts defeat on November 3 as voters back Hager. It links prosperity to fair wages and buying power, denounces low pay, and mocks Bryan for not using Sherman’s speeches to boost his cause.
The speaker mocks the idea that silver and gold coinage circulate at a fixed ratio with unlimited silver coinage. He asserts no era or nation has produced such a rule, challenging Bryan's argument as a great effort without this truth.
The speaker argues that free silver implies only silver metal and asserts that from the founding of the government to today gold and silver have never circulated together as free coinage at any varying ratio. He claims this has been demonstrably impossible and uncontradicted by any coinage history.
The Globe-Democrat quotes the late ex governor of Kansas illustrating money honesty. He posed a hypothetical ten dollar Roman bill from imperial times versus a Roman eagle coin, noting the bill would be worth little today and redeeming authority unclear, while the coin retained its former value under Caesar’s era.
The tent services drew big attendance with a sunrise prayer meeting led by Prof Pugh and a 10 30 service with an immense choir. Evangelist Cordner spoke on preaching the cross from II Tim iv 2 and Isa 6. Men’s and women’s meetings followed, with strong remarks against Sabbath breaking profanity tobacco use and intemperance and a plan for another Sunday next week.
A large Christian Endeavor event drew an estimated 2,200 to 2,500 attendees, the biggest Atlantic religious service yet. Evangelist Cordner delivered a fearless Exodus 32:26 sermon, praising brave men and urging truth over error, as Prof. Pugh led music and Rev. Wickersham offered prayer. Activities included nightly services, with Drifting Away and Man the Life Boat performances, and a Wednesday day of fasting and cottage prayer meetings led by Rev. Nye at 2 o'clock.
Four men were wounded in a clash near Wade Park and East Madison avenues as Brown company strikers confronted nonunion workers returning from the works. J W Caldwell George Plumb Thomas Evans and William Lawrey were injured. Plumb and Evans were struck by gunfire, with Evans possibly dying. Police launched an investigation as ambulances carried victims to hospital. The disturbance followed hiding strikers attacking a group of nonunionists.
In Ottumwa Aug 18 the fusion of Democrats Populists and free silver Republicans was completed at the state convention. Delegates elected nine Democrats one Populist and one free silver Republican to the ticket with Horace Boies James Weaver L H Karr G W Davis William Boies Ruegenetz Senator Balter Amos Steckel Thomas Denzer and district electors named. General Weaver energizes delegates before adjournment.
Uncle Sam reports formal recognition of France’s Madagascar annexation. Fisherman finds badly decomposed hanging body in a tree near Windham Iowa. Victim unidentified, possible grubber in the area. despondency suspected among group. Knights of Pythias adjourn at OsKaloosa Iowa with Clinton next meeting site and new officers elected for the year.
At St Peter and Pauls church Detroit Aug 17 Rev Thomas Ewing Sherman son of the late General William T Sherman took final vows of purity chastity and obedience and was forever joined to the Jesuit order entered in Maryland in 1878 in the presence of a large congregation
W F Eyster of Chambersburg Pa was found murdered in an alley behind Lincoln Paint and Color Co on Seventh street. He had been traveling to Cripple Creek for mining interests and carried considerable money. Suspect Fred Vance and five prostitutes were detained as witnesses. Eyster, 62, a Grand Army of the Republic member, was last seen leaving the Lindell hotel and with a $20 gold piece paid for his bill. Local reports note missing person status for Joel O Williama in Nebraska and Nebraska Telephone expansion reaching Shelby. The national fruit report notes improved apple conditions across northern states.
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