Fourteen Sounds: Vanity Fair Anecdotes and Global Notes
The Record notes Clement Scott may edit a new weekly society paper in September per London Vanity Fair. A Maine bull moose strolls through Bangor drawing stones from youths. Ohio hosts 10,928 saloons paying $570,654.02 in tax. last year saloon tax revenue totals $1,901,891.83. Berlin Geographical Society names Americans as honorary members: Alexander Agassiz General A W Greely and Morris K Jessup. Trinidad asphalt could exhaust, revealing a greater bed near Fort Duchesne Utah on an Indian reserve. Hogarth reports Dictean cave in Crete with Bronze Age offerings and a deeper stalactite cave with finer artifacts. Crow tribe of Montana now contracts with the U S government to supply flour to the Cheyennes, after irrigation and milling progress and port trade.
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Ohio
Trinidad
Fort Duchesne
Utah
West banks growth shown by Kansas City deposits
For years the west financed itself without eastern help. Kansas City national banks hold $50,000,000 in deposits, up about $8,000,000 in the last year. In 1893 deposits were under $16,000,000 and by 1896 they did not exceed $20,000,000.
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Kansas City
West
City
Experiments in Wheat Growing and Odd Agricultural Bits
At Halsted Kansas researchers seed 150 wheat varieties with eighty healthy in spring seeking climates similar to Kansas. They plan grafting and cross fertilization to improve each variety. Also noted are hens hatching fish eggs, and lessons from Boer War field glass tactics and wounded soldiers' recovery rates. A Cleveland medical society seeks to remove deformeds from streets while Mansour the Paris Grand Prix horse attracts crowds at the fair.
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Halsted
Kan
Kansas
Self Government and Bryan’s Theories in Philippine Policy
The Review of Reviews analyzes Mr. Bryan’s self-government doctrine, arguing it overreaches state sovereignty and would deny many Southerners true participation. It critiques his Philippine harbor proposal as impractical, and endorses Taft’s commission efforts to establish a stable native government while respecting independence.
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Bryan
Calhoun
Jefferson Davis
Federal Union
Mr. Bryan
South
Philippines
Philippine
Manila
Philippine Islands
Aguinaldo
Washington
Taft
Philippine Commission
Misgovernment in Denver Provokes Prime Elections Turmoil
In Denver a week of highway robberies and assaults, amid political busying for primaries, shows police used for factional aims. Governor Thomas and T J Maloney battles stain city duties, with town officers pressed into partisan work while state concerns suffer. Republicans gain, registration fraud probes loom, and Bryan’s stance shifts boost GOP prospects statewide.
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Thomas Or Maloney
Denver
Colo
Sixteenth Street
Court House
R. W. Speer
Fire and Police Board
T. J. Maloney
Arapahoe County
Thomas
Speer
Denver City
Thomas J. Maloney
Republican
James Maloney
Felix O'Neil
William Ensminger
Maloney
Robert J. Jones
Democracy
Andy Woodside
Board of Public Works
Charles Burpee
Richard Kett
Robert McAllister
Kett
Elmer B. Sommers
Lark
Sommers
Hazaards
Colorado
United States Senate
Charles Hartzell
State Committee
Brown Palace
Brisbane
Bryan
Republican Party
Thomas Patterson
Rocky Mountain News
Uncle Sam’s Doctors and the 1896 Silver Cure
A Colorado Springs Gazette cartoon caption ponders political medicine as Dr. Bryan pushes free silver while Uncle Sam recovers prosperity under McKinley’s care. The exchange mocks imperialism fears and party contrasts as the election approaches.
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Uncle Sam
Confession That Convicts and Lawton’s Indictment Debate
The Atlanta Constitution reopens the Lawton interview dispute linking Philippine fighting to circulated reports of American promises. It accuses Democratic sources of fabricating reports that the Philippines would gain no liberty under US rule, tying anti imperialism to Bryan and Aguinaldo. The piece argues Democratic rhetoric bears responsibility for Lawton and others' deaths.
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Atlanta Constitution
General Lawton
Philippines
America
Peter McQueen
Mr. McQueen
United States
Spain
Yoosely
Lawton
Aguinaldo
Bryan
New York Sun
Reducing Prices of Steel and Global Iron Trade
The piece notes Pittsburg near a vast coke region, with ore from Lake Superior enabling cheaper steel production. It claims ore mined near Lake Superior could be converted into steel plate in Pittsburg within ten days, allowing profitable sales below foreign maker prices. It also covers diverse short items from diplomats to a Drake heiress, and college endowment news.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Lake Superior Iron Range
Lake Superior
Walter Baker Company Wins Paris Gold Medal
Walter Baker and Company, Dorchester Massachusetts, awarded gold medal at the Paris Exposition for their cocoa and chocolate preparations. The firm, a leading global maker, has previously earned top honors at major European and American expositions, marking its third Paris award.
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Walter Baker & Co
Paris
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
Europe
America
McKinley Accepts Nomination in Long Letter From Washington
President McKinley issues his formal acceptance letter from Washington outlining support for the gold standard, the 1896 wins, and the party platforms. He defends Philippine policy, argues for sovereignty and self government, and urges unity against imperialism while urging voters to back the Republican ticket. He cites Porto Rico and the Philippines, waterway projects, and the 1896 platforms reaffirmed at Kansas City.
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Mc Kinley
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Cabot Lodge
Unit States
Congress
Wgvin
Friends of
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Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
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Kansas City
Porto Rico
Philippines
United States
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McKinley
Philippine Archipelago
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Philippine
Manila
Spain
Executive
Philly Pines
Senate of the
Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Ublic
Republic
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Crete
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Majuba Hill
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