No Seattle Policy term traced in party quarrel
The discussion centers on the term no scuttle policy in the Philippines. The New York Sun recounts its origin on December 18, 1898 when Augustus Bacon proposed relinquishing the Philippines, calling that scuttle, and notes Bryanite arguments have long used the term to push withdrawal from the islands. The Republicans insist they will not abandon a plain duty.
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Seattle
Philippines
New York Sun
Augustus Octavius Bacon
United States
Georgia
Spain
Paris
Senate
Philippine
Republican Party
Arno W. King Emerges As Ellsworth Representative Candidate
As Ellsworth prepares for the republican caucus to nominate a representative to the legislature, Arno W. King has surfaced as a prominent contender. King, a Hancock bar member and partner in Wiswell King Peters, has long been active in Ellsworth business and civic life, including roles with Ellsworth Lumber Co and Union Shoe Manufacturing Co, and leadership with the First National Bank and Ellsworth Loan and Building Association. He has chaired the local board of trade and shifted from the Democratic Party to oppose Bryanism in 1896.
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Ellsworth
Arno W. King
King
Hancock Bar
Wiswell, King & Peters
Wiswell
Lamoine
Ellsworth Lumber Co
Union Shoe Manufacturing Co
First National Bank
Ellsworth Loan and Building Associaton
Ellsworth Board of Trade
Reform era politics and Cuban policy shape 1900s debate
The piece surveys Republican and silver Republican splits over Stevenson Towne and Bryan, noting divisions among gold and anti-imperialist factions. It cites Secretary Root on Cuba independence, Wood and Root planning Cuban constitutional steps, and a looming U.S. withdrawal once a Cuban government is formed. It also updates on the Chinese crisis with Conger cipher claims and Tar Tower’s Washington visit.
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Root
Cuba
Gen. Wood
Washington
Secretary Root
Bucksport Politicals Head for Caucus Clash
A lengthy Bucksport Verona class canvass winds down as Republicans meet in caucus on Saturday to nominate a representative candidate for the next legislature. The contenders are Bucksport leaders O. Fellows, esq., and Capt. T. N. Nicholson, both widely active for months and expected to draw full party support.
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Bucksport
Verona
O. ¥. Fellows
T. N. Nicholson
Seaucus
Bangor News
Old Age Health and Dr Pierce’s Discovery
An old age meditation on natural aging highlights the stomach as the key to vitality. The piece promotes Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for weak stomachs and poor digestion in the elderly, claiming renewed vigor of body and mind.
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Dr. Pierce
County Gossip Reflects Rural Quirks and Local News
A mosaic of Hancock county items highlights deer crop damage, an outsized county marriage record, toward closing the Ber Harbor tow path, bay crop estimates, and a veteran tale of a Hancock native in the 9th Infantry at Tianjin. Also recounted are a Bangor fisherman’s comical nap bite, a private party itinerary to Quebec and Montreal by C. W. Robbins, and local fishing lore from Green Lake.
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Ber Harbor
Bar Harbor
Hancock County
Hancock
Aroostook
Franklin
Piscataquis
Somerset
Washington
York
Green Lake
Bangor
Stern
C. W. Robbins
Old Town Enterprise
Quebec
Montreal
Montmorency Falls
St. Anne de Beaupre
Lachine
Robbins
Mount Desert Ferry
Old Town
Sergeant Hegyi Dead at Fort Knox Guard
Leopold Hegyi ordinance sergeant at Fort Knox Bucksport died Tuesday night last of apoplexy. Born in Hungary February 28 18M he joined military life in 1848 under Louis Kossuth, later emigrated to the United States. He rose from private to ordinance sergeant serving nearly thirty years at various posts before moving to Fort Knox eleven years ago. Survived by a wife two sons and a daughter in New York.
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Fort Knox
Leopold Hegyi
Bucksport
Sergt. Hegyi
Hungary
Louis Kossuth
Pennsylvania
Oil City
United States
Middle
New England
Hegg
Portland Harbor
New York
East Maine Seminary Opens New Era At Buckeport
East Maine Seminary at Buckeport will open Tuesday with Rev. S A Bender chosen as president. A Dickinson College and Drew Theological Seminary graduate, Bender is praised as capable. The school, founded in 1851, has produced many graduates now prominent across business, law, medicine, ministry and public service as it enters its half century with strong prospects. Democrat nominee Dr C Littlefield of Bluetill was named representative by Dedham Surry and Bluebill Democrats at Surry. An advertisement discusses posters and newspapers as advertising tools, praising The Best Remedy for Troubles Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, sold in Ellsworth and Bluebill.
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson
Cleveland
Civil Service
Stevenson
Towne
Bryan
Sun
Cuba
United States
East Maine Seminary
East Maine Conference
Buckeport
S.A. Bender
Dickinson College
Drew Theological Seminary
Dedham
Surry
Bluebill
Dr. C. Littlefield
Bluetill
Chamberlain
C. W Wakefield
Columbus
Gro. A. Panciter
Ellsworth
W. I. Par- Ridge
Hal's Catarrh Cure Ad Offers 100 Dollar Reward
An old advertisement claims a one hundred dollar reward for any case of catarrh that Hal's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It identifies Cheney & Co as proprietors and lists West & Txa and other wholesale druggists in Toledo. The copy asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, with price per bottle and free testimonials.
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Hal
FS Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ed Cheney
West & Txa
Wholeare
Kinxan & Mayrin
Republican Caucus to Nominate Representative in Ellsworth
Republican caucus of Ellsworth voters will meet at Hon Cock hall on Tuesday July 31, 1900 at 7 30 p m to nominate a candidate for representative to the legislature and to transact other business as may properly come before said caucus per order American City Committee dated July 34 1900 Subscribe for The American.
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Ellsworth
Hon. Cock Hall
Auromiicas City
District Court of the United States
Haycock
Aurnap G.tovews
Alfred
State Street
Maine
Joan B. Rupwas
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Ellsworth, Maine
Falcock County Publishing
O. FW. DoLtine
Bittersod Manager
Tipand Sur
Hancock Goester Protisms@ Co
Ellesworth
National
POR
William McKinney
Ohio
John F. Hill
Augusta
Congress
Edwin
Burleigh
Ounty
Albert R. Buck
Orland
Nibal E. Hamlin
Charles P. Dorr
Howard F. Whitcomb
Charles H. Drummey
Nahum Hinckley
Omar W. Tapley
Peking
State Department
U. S
Conger
Mary L. Burnham
China
Charlemagne Tower
Rssia
McKinley
Chi
West Sullivan
Franklin Stone-Cutters
John Moore
9Th Infantry
Tien-Trin
Bernard B. Monaghan
T. F. Monaghan
Randolph
Stephen Mona Ehen
Young Monaghan
Bluebilin
Manila
Sergeant Hegyi
Ness
Surreys
Concords
Surreys and Concord
Henry E. Davis
Franklin Street
de. GA. Paititrs
Elleworth
Meosexca
Avarcan
A. Kespew
Bucsport
Matoe
Hancock Hall
Gorton’s
Minstrels
Atame
Organization In All America
Gorton
Southworth Bros
Middle ST
Portland
Hansock
Marinville
Aurora
Amherst
Treatom
Waltham
H.C. Milliken
West Hancock
Hancocks
Lamoire
Auroral
Trenton
C. A. Chanrace
Stephen Sh. Wowlward
Oman
Harger
J. Heney
Bucksad
Contention Cove
Tuewousy
East Surry
Franklin Sieret
Kilnworth Water Tayale
A. W. Cosmay & Sons
Masanle Block
Hancock County Publishing Co
Joms B. Rennan
Elute
Kibeworth and
Deer Isle Telegray
Sedgwick
J.J. Storrean
Mys
Griando
Keacor
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