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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1899
Page
2
A detailed editorial tracing Democratic party splits over bi metalism since 1896 and 1898 campaigns. It argues leaders sought reunion between silver and gold wings, condemns alleged silver treachery, cites Montana as a pivot, and warns of losses nationwide if unity fails before 1900.
Colonel Bryan's address at the trust conference draws sharp criticism for proposing a constitutional amendment as a remedy. The piece argues such a move would be slow and blunt, risking continued trust power, and notes political peril for Democrats tied to major trusts, especially in Montana. It questions Bryan's plan and its practical limits.
The passage argues that Democratic leaders rapidly moved toward a general endorsement of bimetallism while leaving the free coinage ratio behind. It claims the party treacherously betrays white metal aims and challenges other organizations that supported silver in 1896, portraying local press as scrutinizing supposed honest warfare for silver.
The text discusses the difficulty of distinguishing monopolies to destroy from those to tolerate, labeling Bryan’s speech as addressing this line. It notes The Standard’s critique of Colonel Roosevelt’s stance and suggests he needs time to recover and clarify his position before pursuing a constitutional amendment.
The article argues the Butte Miner mislabels Britons as Tory or Liberal over the Transvaal crisis. It contends English residents in Butte are American citizens with individual views, not factional proxies, and asserts The Inter Mountain correctly frames Britain as acting justly and humanely toward the Boer republic.
The article clarifies Bourke Cockran as a gold Democrat and free trader who remains in the Democratic fold, opposing Bryan’s stance and advocating free coinage repeal of the 16 to 1 ratio. It suggests eastern Democrats may push tariff as a 1900 issue, while Clemence the auctioneer is noted.
In Worcester county a prized print is a sermon by Rev Thaddeus Maccarty of the Old South church to a condemned Black man named Arthur in 1768. The preacher depicted the afterlife in vivid terms as the crowd gathered for this execution ritual in pre revolutionary Boston. Kneeland Adams printed the sermon with an October date, and Worcester Spy notes Maccarty’s demand.
The English walnut is the most profitable nut tree. In full bearing a tree yields about 300 pounds of nuts. At eight cents per pound the annual income per tree is substantial. with 27 trees per acre the income would be about 75 dollars.
A fragment warns that danger to all organic life comes from lack of fresh air and sunshine and urges exposure to air and sun as the sole remedy.
A Boer delicacy described as a square slice cut from a loaf of coarse unsifted meat, covered with thick strawberry jam, topped with a row of sardines, and heavily drizzled with oil from the sardine box. The vivid preparation is presented in a historical newspaper fragment.
Ti Ia notes that married men are less likely to become insane than bachelors, explaining the change as a shift away from the frenzied pursuit of a wife. The remark frames matrimony as stabilizing.
A simple mouth wash uses chrystal perman ganate of potash in a tumblerful of water to sweeten the breath. This compact remedy hints at chemistry folk wisdom, suggesting a rinse to freshen odor with a basic solution.
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