20 Jul 1899
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Newspaper
Belleville Freeman
Location
Belleville, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1899
Page
1
Rast passes train leaves at 8 55 a m on Sunday Ex passenger service midday express 2 00 p m on Sunday West pass ais 610 p m Sunday Ex Sunday Accom ars ue Rem Ex Sunday Dunn agent.
Daily passenger and freight movements listed for multiple Chicago Denver Pueblo and Colorado Springs routes. Notes include departures from Kansas City and Omaha lines, specific times, exceptions Sundays, through car services, all trains vestibuled, with no passenger service on trains 90 and 4.
The paper commends Webb McNall for governor while lampooning populists and urging direct legislation as essential to democracy. It targets second-hand patriots and even critiques Gen. Frederick Funston, labeling opponents of direct democracy as copperheads.
Europe must have heard of Kansas corn prospects as immigration from the old world rises. Kansas will likely receive its share. The piece notes how a twenty cent hen and six ten cent chickens can spark trouble with neighbors in minutes, reflecting a local humor tone from the Washington Post Register.
A Missouri dental association statement clears a self confessed violator of a woman s honor despite public criticism. The case drew attention amid debates over professional ethics and accountability in the state.
Readers confront the grim truth that ten years of correspondence with the Dear Mrs Pinkham column were conducted after the death of its supposed author, exposing a long running medical fakery and deception by the group behind the letters.
The writer scorns editors who chase gimmicks at the St. Joe fall festival and argues ordinary editors prefer solid planks over grab bags. He chides non Christians criticizing fellow believers and suggests they should model Christian behavior to avoid hypocrisy.
Patrick Henry’s line about judging the future by the past is cited as a way to view a Republican claim that their party opposes trusts. The remark highlights skepticism toward political shifts and calls for consistency in principles.
A new weekly reform newspaper, The State Record, launches in Topeka. The first issue looks promising, with expectation to grow into a leading state paper and meet a clear Kansas demand for reform-focused reporting.
From Manila a report states little more than a quarter of the 20th Kansas is fit for active duty and nearly every regiment suffers from the harsh climate and grueling campaign. Some Kansans doubt the effort is worth the cost, though discussion of copperhead sentiment rises.
The internal revenue authorities say banks will not stamp unstamped checks sent by carelessness or forgetfulness and will hold them until the sender stamps. A matching rule for express companies to stamp their carried articles is mocked as unlikely.
In Jerry Simpson's Bayonet, the author likens cautious Republicans to a dying Irishman who refuses to denounce the devil and his works for fear of making enemies. The piece mocks GOP reluctance to condemn trusts, suggesting politicians avoid bold stance to please powerful interests.
The Republicans plan to open headquarters in Topeka on September first to help rally counties for next year’s campaign. The piece speculates Topeka could receive the new asylum as reform school inmates increasingly escape, potentially leaving the state with an unoccupied reform institution soon.
J. J. Ingalls returns to Kansas and declares for a new deal, promising inter party strife within the Republican ranks. The remark suggests the populists see no fear and anticipate lively times as Ingalls shifts stance.
The aged leader Gomez vows that only full independence will satisfy him after decades devoted to securing the boon for his people. His steadfast stance blocks annexation efforts and challenges Cuba’s future path, drawing praise from justice advocates and scrutiny from annexationists.
The Western Advocate remarks that differences between a Bryan Democrat and a Kansas Populist are subtle in attitude though clear that the next president will be a Republican or a Democrat. It suggests Populists should decide which candidate to support.
The piece argues against office-hunting zeal and popularity driven choices. It stresses conventions may be swayed by enthusiasm unless nominees are well known beforehand and judged on fitness. It questions personal announcements as a better informant and asks readers for their view on the issue.
A critique argues that trusts formed under current Republican leadership thrive despite claimed opposition. It accuses the party of failed action to curb trusts, aided by protectionist policy and the gold standard, and asserts that party rhetoric does not reflect genuine anti trust intent.
The American Brewer notes Kansas lawmakers struggle over prohibition. A Senate bill, later rejected by the House, would make a party’s third violation of the prohibitory law a felony. The Governor delays Metropolitan police law, the Attorney General opposes the act, and resubmission to a popular vote is debated, signaling an offensive defensive alliance between prohibition and Populism and complicating anti prohibition efforts.
A Kansas editor questions why patriotic editors ignore Manila. A rumor claims a man with Tom McNeal like imagination found the north pole. The supposed pole proves to be a ground hole. Andree is suspected to have lifted the pole in a balloon.
Representatives of 110 colleges are said to scour Wyoming in search of fossils and appetites. If they are seeking fossils, they should visit Manhattan to inspect the new agricultural college regents.
Ten eastern Kansas miners are convicted for entering a conspiracy to intimidate Negro miners brought into the state to take white workers' places. The court may have overlooked that the shippers of the Black workers could also have been part of an intimidation conspiracy.
An editor from Missouri jokes about virtue and reward offering a certified check for saving a life. Cooper just received half a million for once saving a man’s life. The note promises that more life saves may be attempted with no cure no pay, inviting other would be millionaires to participate.
A speaker contrasts punishing theft with leniency for elite crime, noting six year term for stealing chickens vs officer who stole thousands goes free. He denounces slave trade in Chinese populations, liquor laws, bigamy enforcement, and selective sanctions, arguing America’s proclaimed equality clashes with widespread hypocrisy.
The column dismisses sensational tales about a kissing bug entering beauty’s bed chamber to bite lips. It notes the insect is not new, calling it a pioneer, but disputes claims of targeting young women, stating it would bite cows too and that cows survive due to lack of sentiment.
Col. R G Ingersoll argues soldiers die not for liberty but to serve the administration in a war of conquest against the Philippines. He condemns American aims, notes no declared war or funding, and calls for mourning troops while criticizing the injustice of the conflict.
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