McLean Forces Free Silver Platform at Ohio Convention
Large crowd attends Ohio Democratic gathering as McLean faction pushes for free silver and a single platform. McLean delegates seated, Hough favored for governor amid rivalries. rules committee backs McLean delegates and a new state central committee is formed. Rumors of a possible dark horse candidate, General Warner, surface as tensions flare.
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Ohio
Chicago
McLean
R. T. Hough
Hough
Ulric Stone
W. A. Taylor
State Central Committee
Daniel McConville
Internal Revenue
Joseph Dowling
McConville
Campbell
Paul J. Sorg
Sorg
Dowling
Old State Central Committee
Committee On Rules
State League of Silver Republicans
R.T. Hough
Committee On
James E. Campbell
F. H. Marriott
W. P. Hackney
Carl Nau
A. J. Warner
National Aimatallic League
Congress
Warner
Bank Robbers Captured After Bold South Dakota Heist
Five masked robbers stormed the Butte County bank at Belle Fourche and forced customers and staff to surrender. A volley as they fled wounded cashier Marble and nearby Walter Day, with Day’s cheek pierced. Pursuing townsfolk and a posse trapped the gang at Three V ranch. after exchange of fire the bandits surrendered. Only $75 was taken.
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Black Hills
Realle Fourche
Bete Fovrens
Butte County
Tom Day
Day
Walter Day
Judge curtails Winall powers on insurance licenses
In Topeka June 80 Judge Foster of the U S district court rules state insurance commissioner Webb McNall cannot revoke an insurer's license unless a policyholder has secured an unpaid judgment for 90 days. Metropolitan Life sued to stop big eastern companies from transacting in Kansas over unpaid claims. The decision allows New York Life Mutual Life of New York and Connecticut Mutual to continue business despite earlier license refusals over Hillmon claims.
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Topeka
Foster
United States District Court
Webb McNall
Kanane
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
McNall
New York Life
Mutual Life of New York
Congeoticut Mutual
Hillmon
Bryan Starts for California and Oregon Visit
W J Bryan leaves Hastings with state officers for memorial services and a Salt Lake stop before four days in California. He plans a Los Angeles rally next Monday, then Oregon, then Transmississippi congress in Salt Lake, with a Yellowstone Park visit after. He aims to attend the Democratic state convention. Chinese skipping from Nashville to cities evading U S rules. Shreeve pleads guilty to assaulting a 70 year old woman. nine years hard labor. Lincoln bank receiver named as Merchan ts Bank fails. Arthur Gardner sets new world record in horse racing cab mile.
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Oregon
Lixcoux
W. J. Bryan
Hastings
McKeighan
Bryan
Salt Lake
California
Los Angeles
Transmississippi Congress
Yellowstone Park
Nebraska City
Jane
William Shreeve
Barah McKnight
Syraccuse
Lincoln Bank
Lancoln
Neb
Holmes
Merchants’ Bank
Arther Gardner
Chicago
Springfield
Square Accounts and a Water Bucket Prank
De Smith narrates a feud with prankster Jones at a hotel in Chicago. After Jones tormented him with nightly door pounding, De Smith exacts revenge by dropping water from a transom and then orchestrating a morning routine of bells and phone calls. Insurance agents are alerted to Jones as a “good risk,” ending with both men claiming victory.
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de Smith
da Smith
Jonesh
Jonesie
Jonea Au
Fellows
Smith
Chicago Times-Herald
Stuart the Painter and His Reading of Faces
A portrait of Stuart, the American printer, famed for physiognomy gifts. He mocked beauty of draughtsmen, preferring faces, and recalled tales of misread counts, a Newton bust, and a clever attorney. His daughter recalls a garret studio fire and a lesson on mixing colors with oil.
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Hite
Stuart
Newport
Hrntiah
Jemmy
Isaac Newton
Duke of Northumberland
Aooiaty
Mme. Bonaparte
Take Only Half the Clothes for an Ocean Voyage
Advice from The Ladies' Home Journal urges travelers to pack light for an eight day Atlantic crossing. Emphasizing practical comforts, it recommends a large shawl, rug, umbrella, deck chair cover, warm layers, and minimally a change of underwear, toiletries, and travel essentials.
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Emma M. Hooper
Ladies’ Home Journal
Atlantic
Friendship In Kentucky Reminiscences of a Bold Bully
In reminiscences in Kentucky Judge Pendleton recalls Louis Garth as a brave but overbearing figure. He recounts a poker game in camp with Lieutenant Forrest where Garth was challenged with a pistol that misfired. Garth defied the shot with calm insult, and Forrest’s officer Ferrant chose not to shoot. The men remained lifelong friends afterward.
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Kentucky
Judge Pendleton
Henry Tompkins
Tompkins
Louis Garth
Lieutenant Forrest
N. B. Forrest
Forrest
Garth
Ferrant
Owensboro Inquirer
The Harvard Spirit in Truth and Honor
The piece argues that a distinct Harvard Spirit endures among some students and faculty, shaping veracity, honor, and good manners. It acknowledges varying intensity but asserts truthfulness and integrity guide Harvard in science, philosophy, and law, urging continued cultivation of this spirit.
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Harvard
Harvard Ahield
Edward & Martin
The Spear as Weapon and Symbol in Ancient War Etiquette
An old note discusses spear handling in ancient warfare, saying point forward signaled war and back carried spears implied friendship in foreign lands. It quotes Hawthorne on merit and self-sufficiency, asserting a man earns his grave by strength or skill beyond mere bread and water.
The Lair by Bunner in Southern's
The fragment evokes a night journey on a moonlit path with a distant eastern shore. A muting space lies before awakening to a warm touch and a sudden craving for flavor, followed by a pledge of nightly vigilance and lingering wonder.
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Bunnur
Sortbner's
The Boer at Home, Be Doan Not Hate All Englishmen
A tale from Harper's Magazine recounts how a Boer named Lindley, famed missionary and athlete, helps a visitor despite rough first impressions. The Boer's gratitude stems from a long-ago whipping Lindley gave his schoolmate, earning respect for the elder Lindley and shaping a nuanced view of Englishmen and independence.
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Rome
Bryant Lindsey
Daniel Lindley
Lindley
Black Forest
England
Poultney Bigelow
Harper's
Magasine
Old Sand Box Versus Modern Blotting Paper
A New York Sun anecdote contrasts the old sand box blotting method with modern blotting paper. A mature speaker recalls sand sprinkled from a box to blot wet ink, noting sand in envelopes once and praising the ink lines as clearer and more precise. He laments no longer using the old sand box due to busier times.
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New York
Remarkable Insurance Pitch From Forethought President
A large accident company president recalls a policy holder run over by a Brooklyn trolley car. The man remained conscious for three minutes, displayed timing precision as his policy expired at noon, and received immediate indemnity payment without dispute. The anecdote illustrates a cautious, litigation-averse mindset among insurers.
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Brooklyn
Blood Remedy Helps Marshfield Man After Six-Year Sufferings
Mr Lincoln Nelson of Marshfield Missouri reports six years of neck gland swelling resisted by doctors in Washington Springfield and St Louis. After six months on S S S the gland enlarged then disappeared yielding to a second bottle. He credits S S S with permanent relief and discourages knife surgery.
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Marshfield
Washington, D. C
Springfield
St. Louis
Piad
Figo
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