Chicago and Butte in politics battle over unified action
The piece compares Chicago and Butte in political tactics with Chicago leveraging ballot manipulation and Butte pursuing group government. It notes Mr Harrison’s stance against monopolies and a presidential bid within the Democratic party, highlighting tensions between free silver Democrats and reform factions and the role of national figures like Yerkes and Toole.
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Jake
United Action
Chesterfield Mackin
Yorvants
Pteets Eatlary
Cf m Vet
Ajromiy
Butte
Chicago
My. Harrison
Bryan
National Democracy
Combine
Harrison
Yerkes
Serod Ted Ratina Witvite
Ely
Chicago election signals shift in silver coinage debate
The Chicago result shows Harrison’s easy victory and a strong move by Democrats toward uniting eastern and western wings on silver coinage. Altgeld’s defeat signals a rebuke to free coinage advocates, with middle west states likely to back a 1 to 1 reform that could retire the issue from the 1900 campaign.
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Marvison
Hran
Chicago
Democracy
Free Silver Democrats
Altgeld
Mr. Bryan
Harrison
Altgelt
Hare Guihst
Pupie Piv Vison
Sir
Middle
Arid Lands and Irrigation Visions for Montana
An article envisions vast arid tracts in Montana for irrigation to stimulate growth. It cites President Donald Bradford of the state land commission and mentions water, crops, and economic hopes from irrigated farming and related industries across eastern and northern regions.
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Nein Han
Donald Bradford
State
Arte Land Communion
Montana
Clark
Minon
Philippine Literature and Empire in Fiction Forecast
A fragmented 19th century literary note foresees a booming Philippine literature in Anglophone fiction. It predicts patriotic adventures amid cocoanut jungles and coastal seas, praising a writer who could conjure exotic savagery and heroic myths while urging American expansion and cultural impact. It also hints at local politics with Lawyer Lamb as city attorney prospect and suggests Anaconda Standard’s mayor backing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamb
Anaconda Standard
Theatrical Hat Controversy Sparks in Butte And Anaconda Note
The Inter Mountain critiques the theater hat habit amid editorials on campaign ethics and public manners. It contrasts readers’ fashion debates with comments from the Anaconda Standard on prize fighting bills and police chief appointments, while recalling Manila relief efforts and Civil War veteran presence in Butte.
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Smith
Tut
Cltford
Butte
Salt Palace Plans and City Promises Mentioned
The Helena Independent notes Salt Lake to get a salt palace and Helena may add a smoke park while boosting prestige. It mentions mayor-elect prospects for Butte, hopefuls Clifton and Lamb, and Montana volunteers earning laurels in the Philippines amid praise for the hardy mountaineer.
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Salt Lake
Salt Palace
Bute
Helena
Normoyle
Lewis
Legislative Assembly
Butte
Clifford
Lamb
Button-Holing Gang Targeting McCarthy In Campaign Era
A satirical verse lampoons political pressure from persistent supporters. The narrator notes daily encounters with the “button-holing gang” seeking to place McCarthy’s name on the slate, depicting social pressure and public clamour around campaign office seekers.
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Jerry
Mr. McCarthy
McCarthy
Klondise
Chadwick
Willing to Meet Half Way At Mountain Farmstead
A Washington Star fragment describes a spring day on a Cumberland Mountain farm where a courteous man assists a woman to the store. She asks him to deliver a package and hints at a courtship in doubt, weighing a compromise with gifts and gestures as she speaks of a late mother and a suitor named Sam Mathers.
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New England
Washington Star
Asd
Cumberland
Hill
Jof
Sean
Sam Mathers
Sam
Mail-order House In Chicago Receives Amusing Country Letters
Rural patrons mail catalog questions to a Chicago firm once selling wagons by hand before typewriters. A West Virginia farmer’s 20 year gap in contact ends with a humorous reply recalling the old handwritten note and his new confidence to obtain a wagon without aid.
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Chicago
West Virginia
Informa
Ankville
W. Va
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Inter Mountain Publishing CO
M. A. Berger
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Butte City, Mont
Manta Co.cc. TB
Oocial Paper of
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Roy Fry
Mweal
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Ethiy & Veman
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Les
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Mle Plyrle
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Kansas
Philippines
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Unon
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Manila
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General Insurance
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Grand Opera House
Geo. O. McFarland
Mgr
Nance O’neil
Magda
Phe Jewesa
Ingomar
Camille
the Grand Opera House
John Griffith
Faust
Kathryn Purnell
Tell
Onion Family Theater Butte
Dick P. Sutton
the Beautiful Comedy
Nanette
Little Esther Wallace
Alio
Infanti
Seymours
Dnly
Rossley
Rostelle
Sommers
Neville
Julius Ellinger & CO
Madge Lessing
H. L. Frank
Butte, Mont
Steensts
Schatzlein
West Broadway
Rust Bruite
Lee Mantle
Chas.Schatzlein
Fayette Harlington
Charles R. Leonard
A. K R. Clements
F. Aug. Heinze
Henry Mueller
Frank Hasina
John A. Creighton
G. W. Stapleton
T. M. Hodgens
Cashier
State Savings Bank
Main and
Park Streets
United States
Europe
J. A. Creighton
Omaha
A. H. Barret
KF. . Leavitt
V. Kemper
First National Bank OF
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James A. Talbot
J. B. Werrick
George Stevenson
A General Banking Kg. Business
Transyial
Main Street
W. A. Clark
J. Rors Clark
W. A Clark & Bro
Clark & Larabie
Alex J. Johnston
Jnnnal Protective Union of
Renshaw
Miner’s Union
Siad
Musicians’ Union
Montana Music Co
Orton Bros
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