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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
2
A long political rant from 1900 cites the Montana and U.S. fighting strength, party disputes, and trade planks. It critiques Bryan, Croker, and Hill, mentions the Goebel law, Bradley Beckham, and Spriggs, and touches on China and Li Hung Chang with satirical notes.
State Department pressed for direct contact with the American legation at Pekin. News from Washington reports a cable from Conger probably dated the 18th describing an attack at the British legation. Condition is critical but confirms Conger alive and signals hope for the legations' safety, except possibly the German. Wu receives limited credit for aiding communication.
A long, critical discussion contrasts Republican expansionism with Democratic resistance, noting copper and other exports bolstering military needs. It cites Anaconda and The Standard, then shifts to a marital anecdote about Conger and a Bible Society missionary, highlighting U.S. authority and rights.
In Iowa, reminiscences praise minister Conger for starting public life there and declining honors after returning from Brazil. Descriptions highlight his early diffidence, later oratorical growth, and steadfast handling of veterans’ pension cases. The piece recalls his wartime service and a college courtship in Galesburg, Illinois.
Biographical sketches of presidential and vice presidential hopefuls wives. Ida McKinley born 1847 in Canton. Edith Roosevelt educated, six children. Laura Bryan wife of W J Bryan, lawyer by training. Adlai Stevenson’s wife, descendant of Joshua Fry, four children. Details cover education, character, public stance, and family life.
An elderly, home loving woman cherished by her four adult children in Washington. She valued quiet, simple pleasures and wore a distinctive jeweled accessory.
In a sweeping critique the piece links Prince Tuan's reputed army to Li Hung Chang's peace aims and questions democracy’s ties to Russia. It rails at Bryan's influence, warns of expansion politics, and foresees disease and hardship looming for Nome's mushroom camp as sanitation and order fail.
A fragment narrates a child’s eerie corner and a dreaded Spankweed figure. The speaker vows to seize a sickle to confront the feared place in the glen, imagining unsettled excitement when action finally occurs.
An advertisement lists a nine person party of popular young Indies traveling to Yellowstone National Park for a free excursion. It invites readers to cut a coupon on the second page and vote for the most popular young Indy in their city, Missoula, naming many individual participants. The piece also promotes Northern Pacific trains, including the North Coast Limited, and notes trains from Butte to St Paul and Minneapolis with special fares.
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