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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1900
Page
5
The Democratic platform denounces imperial policies in Porto Rico and the Philippines, supports Monroe Doctrine integrity, opposes militarism and trusts, favors anti trust enforcement, and backs free silver with a bi metalic standard. It reiterates 1896 Chicago principles and calls for broad interstate commerce reforms.
The document attacks republican efforts to discredit the federal authority over money, oppose private bank paper as money, and demand retirement of national bank notes. It calls for a cabinet secretary of labor, insists on US control of the canal, condemns the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, promises statehood to territories, supports irrigation, Chinese exclusion, and Boer War sympathy, and urges economic restraint and unity across party lines.
A slender stranger explains he buys tickets in dollar lots after a New York seller swindled him with miscounted change. He recounts a past $5 bill incident and a concealed quarter, and says buying by the dollar prevents temptation and errors at the ticket window.
A British officer recalls siege hardship during Ladysmith. After a shell killed a mule, starving troops tore flesh with clasp knives, roasted it, fried biscuits in axle grease, and endured lack of fatty foods and vegetables. Only 12 horses could carry riders six miles for a sortie.
In Frederick's Memories, the author notes American private houses show warm hospitality yet are hampered by service difficulties. He recalls avoiding requests for hot water or boot cleaning, instead leaving boots outside the door and finding them rubbed or moved by morning.
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