Bryan At Ohio Capitol Draws Statewide Crowd
Ohio voters packed the state capitol grounds in Columbus for William Jennings Bryan’s address, an event likened in size to a major state fair. Estimates place 20,000 spectators outside the building with a larger audience inside, while Bryan spoke from four platform sides to reach sections of the crowd.
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Cleveland
State Capitol
Columbus
Ohio
Bryan
Capitol Building
Mr. Bryan
Capitol
Chittenden
Allen G. Thurman
Congress
J. L. Lenz
Gold Democrats Gather In Indianapolis For Convention
Senator John M. Palmer opens the gold Democrats meeting at Tomlinson hall with over 800 delegates expected from 41 or 42 states and territories. Attendees include ex-governors, senators, and congressmen, many who also attended the Bryan Sewall Chicago convention.
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Indianapolis
John M. Palmer
Illinois
Chicago
Tomlinson Hall
Wilgun
Florida
Cleveland
Alabama
Bryan
Sewall
West Virginia Editors visit McKinley in Canton
The mountain editors of West Virginia met Major McKinley in Canton on September 2. A crowd of several hundred gathered, showing enthusiasm as McKinley spoke to a largely responsive audience. The Republican Press association presented by Mr. W P Morris drew extra applause for its wit and charm.
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Canton
Mountaineer
West Virginia
Party of 86
Major McKinley
Republican Press Association
W. P. Morris
Not the Real Poet Scout Captain Dies in Seattle Mine Accidents
A Seattle dispatch reports the accidental death of Captain Jack Crawford at Blewitt gold mines. He claimed to be the original Poet Scout but the living Captain Jack Crawford resides in Minneapolis.
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Omsha
Seattle
Wash
Blewitt Gold Mines
Jack Crawford
Minneapolis
Connecticut Republicans Begin State Convention Proceedings
Hartford Connecticut September 2 The Republican state convention convened to nominate candidates for state offices and presidential electors, organized preliminarily and then recessed.
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Connecticut
Hartford
Conn
Luxurious Eugenie and Parisian Extravagance
In the era of Louis Philippe and the empire, Paris circulated in a fever of constant amusement and luxury. Marie Antoinette era restraint gave way to Eugenie’s vast purse and exquisite fashions, fueling a nationwide drive to outshine others in dress and taste while masking dishonorable acts behind a glittering faҫade.
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Paris
Louis Philippe
the Tuileries
Auns L. Bicknell
Courage and cobra in a distressed home tale
A Philadelphia Press excerpt recounts a wife's nerve under danger as she fights a cobra that slithers toward her husband in India. She crushes the snake with a heel, saves her husband from a fatal day, and the doctor finds her faint beside the bed. Her husband values a worn kid slipper as a cherished keepsake.
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Lance
India
Philadelphia Press
Free Coinage and the Price of Silver Debate
A summary of opposing views on free coinage and silver prices. The affirmative argues gold and silver demand would rise similarly with world currency, while the negative notes past silver booms collapsed and that single nations cannot sustain higher silver values. References include Chas. B. Spahr and J. Lawrence Laughlin in the September Review of Reviews.
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Soetbeer
Europe
Spanish-America
Orient
Chas. B. Spahr
London
United States
India
Bryan
J. Laurence Laughlin
Taxpayers Challenge State Board of Equalization
A Helena datelined report says large taxpayers sue the state board of equalization in supreme court claiming the boards recent $3 000 000 rise in assessed value exceeds authority. The suit seeks to invalidate the rise and lower county assessments. a writ of review halts board work pending Sept. 7 hearing. Plaintiffs include R C Wallace N Kessler Richard Commodore Power A M Holter M H Holter Floweree Sheep and Horse Co Sun River Land and Stock Co and T A Marlow administrator of Charles A Broadwater estate.
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Helena
Supreme Court
State Board of Equalization
R. C. Wallace
N. Kessler
Richard Commodore
Thomas C. Power
A. M. Holter
M. H. Holter
Floweree Sheep and Horse Company
Sun River Land and Stock Company
T. A. Marlow
Charles A. Broadwater
Germany Faces Cabinet Crisis Triggered by General Von Spitz Fall
The New York Sun notes unrest in the German empire after General Von Spitz’s fall, citing his duties in Strafvollstreckungsangelegenheiten and Militaergefaengnisswesen. The Cologne Gazette hints his resignation came from Gesundheitsruecksichten amid failing military process plans.
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Germany
von Spitz
Spitz
Cologne
Strafvollstreckungsangegelegenheiten
Gesundheitsruecksichten
New York Sun
Needy friend asks for 100 marks. aid offered via tram ride
An exchange from Neueste Nachrichten shows a friend lacking cash asking for 100 marks. The other offers immediate help by directing him to earn money and gives two pence to ride the tram home to fetch the purse.
Grammar exam joke about correction
A school examination grammar task yields a witty reply. A serious invigilator gives a bright boy the sentence Between you and I this is good butter. The boy answers invalid with The lamppost is omitted highlighting the incorrect pronoun usage and humorous misdirection.
Quartz blanks at the Trierve office
Office note lists typewriter paper and grades for thick and thin stock at Dillon’s Trisons office with unspecified quantities and recipients.
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Trierve
Trisons
Dillon
Beav erhead County Threshing Outfit Promises Faster Work
W A Gills buys a large threshing outfit with a wind stacker claiming the best straw handling and reduced labor. The machine will soon be ready for use and Gills asks Beaverhead grainraisers for patronage describing the new unit as superior to older machines. Also notes travel routes via Billings and the Burlington line offering time and money savings to Omaha St Joseph Kansas City and St Louis.
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W. A. Gills
Billings
Burlington
Omaha
St. Joseph
Kansas City
St. Louis
Statement of non-responsibility for son’s debts
A note reads I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by my son John after this date. Gro. W. Rivey, 3B,4t 1.
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John
Gro. W. Rivey
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