McKinley Leads With 214 Delegates in GOP Race
Washington dispatch reports Aldrich’s tally on the Republican contest shows McKinley holding a large delegate lead, with Reed trailing. The table details state by state counts from Alabama to Wisconsin, noting New Jersey’s disappointing 14 delegates for McKinley and Grosvenor’s forecast of rising strength.
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Washington
Indianapolis Journal
Aldrich
Grosvenor
McKinley
Kentucky
Nebraska
New Jersey
Bradley
Reed
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
New Hampshire
New York
North Carolin
North Dakota
Yuregon
Penney
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennesse
Virginia
Wisconsin
It's a Shovel Trust Formed by fourteen factories
Business representatives from fourteen shovel factories across the United States met secretly in Boston and formed a trust. Factories operate in Philadelphia Pittsburg Beaver Falls St Louis Terre Haute and Anderson with Anderson producing forty to fifty thousand dozen annually. The plan is to limit output to 400 000 dozen per year and enforce purchase of orders from the trust if any plant sells more. Prices have been boosted with no orders booked at old quotations since the 9th of the month and shovels cost up 20 percent.
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United States
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Beaver Falls
St Louis
Terre Haute
Anderson
Indiana Republican State Convention at Tomlinson Hall May 7 1896
The Indiana Republican State Convention will convene at Tomlinson Hall Indianapolis on Thursday May 7 1896 with 1415 delegates. Railroads offer a special round trip first class fare for May 5 and 6 with return allowed through May 7. William F E English of Indianapolis is a strong candidate for the Democratic nomination in the Seventh district.
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Indiana
Tomlinson Hall
Indianapolis
William FE. English
Gett
British Woolen Firms Show Big Dividends in 1895
The article praises A. & S. Henry Co. and Lister & Co. of Manningham mills Bradford for doubled dividends and strong orders. It notes Henrys profits up £46,000 and orders near £1,000,000, while Lister & Co. lift dividends to 4 percent with substantial reserve changes, highlighting free trade contrasts and American stockholders’ reactions.
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Bradford
United States
Messrs
A. & S. Henry & Co
Messrs. Lister & Co
Manningham Mills
Listers
Henry House
King of
Henry Mitchell
Henry
Henry Co. (Limited
Lister & Co
White and Black Cravats Through Time in War and Peace
A historical note on cravats declares white for clergy and peace, black for military and officers, with literary references to Cooper and a French privateer. It traces fashion shifts from Steenkirk to black cravats, then touches on M Floquet and Gambetta legends, ending with reflections on history and peace, punctuated by a brief college blurb and a pair of humor items from New York Journal and Washington Star.
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Cooper
Battle of
Steenkirk
Europe
Boston Transcript
New York Journal
Free silver and tariff debates shape 1892 politics
The column cites 1892 era pundit views on free silver triggering cross party conflict, Cobden and Tariff Reform clubs’ influence, and British protectionist contrasts. It notes wage gaps between English artisans and agricultural laborers, and recalls Honest McKinley era protection. The piece contrasts past Herald statements with present claims.
The Literary Agent and Other Small-Musings
A compact critique on literary agents and publicity. It notes agents’ fame, interviews, and the predicable chronicles of authors and their works. The piece shifts to linguistic queries on medieval terms, then laments fiscal mismanagement and calls for honest revenue to fund government spending.
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Daily Chronicle
Bookman
National Review
Blackberry Brambles and a Lament in Verse
A fragmented verse recalls boyhood rambles among blackberries, a tender courtship, and a steadfast heart. The narrator endures thorny paths, longs for a beloved, and reflects on loves and pains carried into adulthood across a period of memory and longing.
Discount Sale Ad and River Ice Crop Update
A notice offers five percent cash savings on most goods from A. W. Newsom, excluding rubber boots and shoes, with prices touted as the best value yet. Separate items report ice harvest on the Kennebec and Penobscot rivers totaling 732000 and 150000 tons respectively, and anticipated wholesale ice prices of 80 to 90 cents per ton this summer. A Dominion Company recruitment note appears, and a new steel bridge over the Missouri River at Jefferson City, Missouri, has opened to traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Newsom
Kennebec River
Maine
Penobscot
Missouri River
Jefferson City
Mon
For Sale Crusader Bicycle Cushion Tire
A new factory fresh Crusader bicycle with cushion tire offered for twenty dollars cash. Suitable for gentleman or lady. Call at this office. War Department experiments on soldiers show condensed food has not been successful.
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W.G. Allan
War Department
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Carthage
Illiam G. Allan
M’kinley
Ohio
Shovel Trust
Treserve
Manningham Milla
M. Floquet
Alexander II
Napoleon III
Palais de Justice
la Pologne
Floquet
Gambetta
M. Delattre
Simon Pure
Tribune
St. James Gazette
American College
American University
Washington Star
Friends of Sound Money
New York Post
United States Senate
Cobden Club
Tariff Reform Club of
England
Thomas B. Reed
New York Herald
The
Herald
Littre
Gower
Confessio Amantis
Henry Morley
Carisbrooke
Congress
Baltinmiore American
Nerah
London
Padinna
Dominion Company
Omaha Bldg
Chicago
Williamburg
San
Quaha
Chilcago
Sherwin-Williams
Coffins Drug Store
Milroy
Pond Lily
Eagle Mills
Henry C. Phelps
Mary E. Odell
Main Street
Ind
Wiverleys
Mare
Indiana Bicycle CO
Hill Bros
St. Louis
National Educational Association
Buffalo
Juty
B. YY. Plu. of America
Milwaukee
ALR
MceCorsicx
D. J. Morris
Pass
Traffic Mgr
Pc TA
Cincinnati
Board of Health
W. Cregor
Thenley
Gigha
Mary BE. Crardoer
Oliver Gardon
Fini
Rush
Oserlo
Rushville
Rush County
Mareb
Thomas M. Green
Otece
State of
Charris W. Thornburg
Wes
James Butler
Michigan Carbon Works
Detroit
Mich
Nathan C. Binford
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