William Jennings Bryan Praised as Back bone of Democracy
Special correspondent profiles William Jennings Bryan as the Democratic Party’s strongest backbone and a principled leader amid rising tensions. The piece contrasts Bryan’s stance with national events from the Kansas City convention to the China crisis, praising his consistency while detailing the era’s political tumult and distractions.
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Kansas City
Pew
Carpers
William Jennings Bryan
United States
Gulden
Democratic Party
William McKinley
China
Imperial Palace
Peking
Injured Ex-Congressman Owen Hurled From Embankment
Georgetown Ky July 12 Ex Congresssman WW C Owens member of the Powers defense team was severely injured by a street car after tumbling over an embankment to avoid the vehicle He was struck by the car and will be laid up for some time with injuries that are not described as life threatening
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Georgetown
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Powers
Campbell
Last Jail
Caleb Powers
Frankfort
Goebel
Maxwell Town Nearly Destroyed By Air Raid
The item notes Maxwell Town, LT, suffered near destruction from an air raid. It also mentions Milwaukee preparing for a Protective Order of Elks meeting and widespread weather and disaster items across the nation. Notable deaths include Dr Charles Burr of Chicago dying in New York from laudanum effects.
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Aire
Milwaukee
Protective Order of Elks
Hauaing Creek
Arizona
Charles Burr
Chicago
New York
Ohio
United States
Meck Kintey
Roosevelt
Suffered for Years in Windsor Ontario Ad For Kidneys Cure
An elderly Windsor resident from January 13, 1960 endorses Dr C D Warner's Compound of Seven Cures after three years of kidney trouble. After eight bottles the writer claims to feel like a new man and praises the remedy as a great cure. The note is signed Stickle and references C E Anderson's Book Store.
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C. D. Warner
Lean
Stickle
Siege of Shanghai Legations Ends in Mass Casualties
Chinese sources describe July 6 artillery assault on foreign legations in Shanghai. Central leadership under Prince Tuan led the attack. both legations were destroyed by morning with many dead foreigners and Chinese casualties. Prince Ching and General Wang Wen Shao killed. two foreigners reportedly escaped. Prince Tuan praised with taels and rice gifts to Boxers.
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Pekiuz Eniuestes
Prince Tuan Beng
Prince Tuan
Tsai Yin
Yip Lin
Tsin Yu
Prince Ching
Wang Wen Shao
Tuan
Europeans Said to Direct Yellow Sea Operations
London reports a silence around Peking and wide belief that powers seek direct news. Chinese officials deny Li Hung Chang sending hopeful telegrams, while claims spread that Europeans direct Chinese artillery near Tien Tsin. Refugees and locals blame European officers for aiding Chang’s escape amid bombardment fears.
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Peking
Berlin
Li Hung Chang
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Tien Tsin
von Hanneken
Chang
Shanghai
Tien m
Despair and Rumors Amid Chinese Turmoil In 1900s Yangtze News
A July dispatch describes Beijing fears of mass exodus and famine as thousands die at Tien Tsin while reports claim German aims seek security for foreigners and a Chinese government. Allied forces face setbacks with sieges, pestilence looms, and relief seems distant amid bombardments of legations.
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Peking
Mallien
Hotel de Peking
Sir Robert Hart
Goebel era plot details surface in Kentucky trial notes
Reports from Georgetown and Finley court cases describe Hubert Noakes allegedly confessing to damaging facts about a plot to assassinate Democratic legislators in Kentucky. The Powers trial continues with prosecutors outlining Goebel era violence and Mountain feudist involvement. Finley plans to return for trial as soldiers clash in Springfield and reciprocity with Germany is proclaimed in Washington.
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Powers
Franksin
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Goebel
Neakes
Whitehead
Noakes
W. H. Culton
Sim
Taylor
Georgetown
Offcer Whitehead
Germany
Washington
United States
Fragmented ad text hints at local druggist offer
Garbled copy mentions a druggist named derson and a price of 36 cents. It references medicines, strength, and a local sale or advertisement. Names and places are unclear, but the fragment suggests a mid century drugstore notice with pricing and guaranteed remedies.
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Boald
Elderson
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