National Anti Imperial League opens with Bryan support at session
Indianapolis August 11 The National Anti Imperialistic League opened its convention with 800 delegates present and a strong show of anti imperial sentiment. George Boutwell urged Republicans to oppose imperialism and back Bryan citing risks to republican institutions.
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Rourke Cochran Absent From Liberal Convention
A lengthy letter from Wy Rourke Cochran to Edwin Burritt Smith explains his absence from the Liberal convention in Indianapolis due to business engagements. He argues the imperialism issue dominates the campaign, praises Mr Bryan on gold standard and honesty, defends open debate, and urges anti imperialists to support Bryan to avert imperialist power.
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Closing Day at anti imperialist convention adjourns
Indianapolis August 16 anti imperialist convention adjourned after adopting a resolution urging defeat of President McKinley and the election of Bryan. Delegates voted for and against various planks, with a push to extend the Declaration of Independence to include the Negro race. Charles A Towne of Minnesota delivered the closing address at Tomllington Hall.
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Resolutions oppose McKinley imperialism and call for Bryan
The document denounces McKinley’s actions in Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines as imperial overreach threatening constitutional rights and independence. It urges voters to oppose his re election support Bryan and demand a free press and constitutional restraint while endorsing anti imperialist unity and continued organization.
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Pawsed on by the Court Over OK Origin Debate
An appellate court rejects the backers’ claim that OK as used in a factory agreement is mere slang. The judge cites Century Dictionary tracing OK to Andrew Jackson and Keokuk, affirming the common meaning all right as endorsement, per Hartford Courant.
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Old Keokuk
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Fly Taper Philosophy in a Yellow Newspaper Page
A playful Philadelphia Press cartoonish exchange features a fly by a sugar bowl arguing about sensational journalism. The captured fly boasts of the yellow paper, while the other fellow vainly struggles in the sticky trap.
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Philadelphia Press
Patents List of Northwestern Inventors Last Week
Edward H Allison of Fort Yates North Dakota and Benjamin Keeney of Watertown South Dakota lead a list of patent filings including a boiler washout device a safety grating a window cleaner a veterinary obstetrical instrument and other tools. Inventors from Minnesota and neighboring states such as Duluth Minneapolis Winona Breckenridge and Harrison are named along with the law firm Merwin Lathrop Johnson and patent attorney firm at 611 and 112 Pioneer Press Building in St Paul.
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Merbert W. Kingsbury
Winona
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Simeon Co. Lawlor
Duluth
Jacob Markus
Harrison
Maldora Olson
Henry G. Roth
Minneapolis
William, J. Stewart
James Wyvell
Breckenridge
Merwin
Not One It’s A Sharp Exchange At The Pawnshop
An angry pawnbroker taunts a broke customer asking why he won’t pay. The depositor replies he cannot, admitting he has no redeeming qualities. The Detroit Free Press quotes the exchange with dry humor.
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Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claim
The notice proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only proven treatment for catarrh, advertised as a constitutional remedy that cures through blood and mucous membranes. Proprietors offer a hundred dollar reward if it fails, request testimonials, and promote Hall's Family Pills as the best.
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Valedo
Why Marie Left Circus Play Over Penn Nuts'
The Constitent Cleem recounts a playful scene where Dollie explains Marie left the circus because she refused to share pen nuts. The monkey and tiger metaphor underscores a lighthearted dispute over snacks.
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Allen's Foot-Ease Cure for Swollen Feet Ad
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder as the sole remedy for swollen smarting burning sweating corn bunion pain. It urges shaking powder into shoes and lists druggists and shoe stores as outlets. The copy mentions Allen B. Olmsted of LeRoy New York.
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Fragmented 1900s Riddled Message Laughs and Ads
A garbled OCR collage of quotes and notices from various sources mentions lending money to Mre AAdreunt Borrows-Lasy, a refund on PUTNAM… products, and a slew of random lines from newspapers, poems, ads, and trivia. It includes jokes, slogans, and references to diverse items such as a volcano height and a polish claim.
Peruna Promotes Dignity and Duty of Women in Home Life
A period piece urges women to balance strength with motherhood, praising graceful movement and regal dignity. It frames maternal care as vital for educating and comforting children while contrasting a world grown listless and impure with a call for a restoring tonic, Pe-ru-na.
Pe-ru-na Promoted for Women’s Health in Old Text
An advertisement claims Pe-ru-na as the universal medicine, especially for women, diagnosing many ailments as results of mucous membrane inflammation. It asserts catarrh anywhere in the body can be cured by Pe-ru-ta and Pe-ru-nex, promising broad healing where other remedies fail.
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