Disappearance of Oskaloosa Man And Fraudulent Checks
Ottumwa Courier reports Gid B. McFall of Oskaloosa vanished recently and left numerous worthless checks in small sums to people in Oskaloosa Hedrick and Ottumwa. Centerville money lenders advertise five percent rates noting a twelve year drop from ten percent. An exchange criticizes President McKinley for appointing a bank president who betrayed widows and orphans to Indian affairs.
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Gid B. McFall
Oskaloosa
The
Ottumwa
McKinley
Des Moines Leader Announces Low Yearly Subscriptions
The Des Moines Leader offers mail delivery for $4.00 per year for both daily and Sunday editions. The paper emphasizes its editing quality and predicts wide adoption across the state as a great value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Leader
Newspapers Vindicate Critics Of Army Leadership Declares
The text argues daily revelations justify newspapers claims about weakness and culpability of high army officials. It says the current stir in army circles was sparked by press reporting and that papers are being vindicated.
Acetylene gas touted as fuel and light in West
Experiments claim acetylene gas is feasible for fuel and illumination. Prof Freeman predicts it will rival gas and electric plants in the West. Carbide cost may drop to three cents per pound retail. A carbide plant is planned for Maquoketa, Iowa.
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Prof
Freeman
Armour Institute of Electrical Engineering
Maquoketa
Lad Swallows Silver Dollar Sparks Metal Mystery
In Ironton Ohio a boy accidentally swallowed a silver dollar and doctors are puzzled. A local man speculates the coin’s stamp was defaced before swallowing, claiming the dollar would shrink to forty five cents according to gold men, making ingestion easier.
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Ironton
Ohio
Silver battle to continue in Senate and campaign says Jones
Chairman Jones of the National Democratic Committee forecasts ongoing free silver strife in the United States Senate and the upcoming presidential campaign. He predicts a split Senate on gold and silver next March with the vice president casting the deciding vote, claiming bimetalism wins in close states this year and retirement of many gold standard senators in 1900. He asserts eleven silver men will be surely reelected and surrounding gains from states now gold standard.
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Jones
National Democratic Committee
United States Senate
Senate
William McKinley and His Prolific Commissions
The Chicago Chronicle notes that upon retirement from the executive mansion William McKinley will find a new field on South Water Street. It praises his talent for creating commissions to handle duties, listing the Hawaiian, Paris peace, Porto Rican, Cuban, war department probes, and potential Philippine and Samoan commissions, while accusing him of dodging responsibility and seeking glory.
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Willam MccKinley
Chicago Chronicle
South Water Street
William McKinley
War Department
War Investigating Commission
Manila
Lioilo
Samoa
Hood's Sarsaparilla Sells as Blood Purifier in Iowa Ads
Two readers from Iowa praise Hood's Sarsaparilla for scrofula relief and improved vigor. Advertisers claim it purifies blood and builds strength, with prices listed as one dollar or six for five dollars.
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Hood
Mars
G. F. Norris
Larabee
Iowa
Decorah
Onawa recalls Rev Newell Hillis early teaching stint
The Onawa Democrat recounts Rev Newell Dwight Hillis life in Onawa before his Chicago pulpit move. He was elected a Onawa school teacher on April 7 1876 earning 27 50 monthly, kept the job through April and May, and was not re elected for the next year due to limited experience. He later began ministerial studies after leaving Onawa.
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Onawa
Newell Dwight Hillis
Hillis
India Considers Silver Standard and Free Coinage
London dispatch reports an Indian Currency Committee member stating that a strong segment favors returning to the silver standard and reopening mints for free coinage. Currency experts recently examined by the committee back a US backed plan with China and India for 22 to 1 free coinage. Sir Robert Giffen and Sir David Barbour support free coinage for India.
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London
Indian Currency Committee
India
United States
America
China
Robert Giffen
David Barbour
Altgeld A Critic Of Party Loyalty In Chicago
The author critiques John P Altgeld for fanatical zeal and claims he aims to split Chicago Democrats to undermine Mayor Harrison and the party. The piece labels Altgeld as narrow minded and self righteous while urging repentance from such figures.
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John P. Altgeld
Harrison
Chicago
Altgeld
Democratic Party
Emilius Attacks Churches In Radical Chicago Chronicle
A Sunday Chicago Chronicle piece by Emilius denounces Christianity as a failure based on its fruits and accuses clergy of deserting the people to protect the rich. It targets both Catholic and Protestant churches, with sharper lines drawn against the Catholic church, and compares modern priests to Christ and the apostles. The radical essay aims to provoke thought and will stir readers despite coarse phrasing.
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Emilius
Chicago
Christ
John the Baptist
Joint Rates In Iowa Rail Freight Targeted by Critics
Iowa reformers denounce lack of joint railroad rates harming state shippers. They accuse politicians like John H. Gear and A. B. Cummings of pandering to rail interests while outside rates to other states undercut Iowa dealers. The Des Moines Leader notes coal rate abuses, including a $5 switching charge at Clarinda asylum that defeats cheaper long-haul options. The board of control urges the railroad commissioners to enforce section 2133 and 2126 to stop discrimination and protect Iowa manufacturers.
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Iowa
John H. Gear
A. B. Cummings
Palmer
Washington County
Tom Bell
Fairgeld
Blythes
Hubbards
Trimbles
Fairfield
John Downie
State Board of Control
Iowa Railroad
Des Moines Leader
Board of Control
Globe Coal Company
Burlington & Quincy
Clarindia
Southwest Iowa
Bussey
Council Bluffs
Marion County
Burlington
Des Moines
Albia
Clarinda
Vallisca
Clarinda Asylum
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder Endorsed Worldwide
The World’s Ideal Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder is praised for its purity and leavening power. It claims to keep baked goods moist, light, and fine while alum powders yield a bitter taste and quick drying. It notes top honors at the World’s Columbian Exposition and the California Midwinter Fair, with a gold medal and the slogan THE FOREMOST BAKING POWDER IN ALL THE WORLD.
Retirement Address by Governor Taylor of Tennessee
Governor Taylor delivers a retirement address praising public service while noting the perils of politics. He speaks of gratitude for support, the burden of criticism, and the hope of peaceful private life after a career marked by public trust and triumphs.
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Taylor
Tennessee
Speaker
Hood’s Sarsaparilla and Pills Promoted by Iowa Family
Mrs. Benjamin Kinsport of Iowa testifies that inflammatory rheumatism eased after taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla and her daughter’s nervousness and heart trouble improved. she also notes her husband’s dyspepsia relief. Hood’s Pills is praised as the best family cathartic.
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Daugter
Hood
Benjamin Kinsport
Iowa
Wisconsin Leader Edward Wall Breaks From 16 to 1
National Committeeman E C Wall of Wisconsin deserts the 16 to 1 silver policy citing it as undemocratic and unsound He hints at resigning from the national committee while affirming loyalty to Democratic principles and urging future convention reconsideration in light of the 1896 platform.
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Milwaukee
Wis
John Nagle
Manitowoc
Mr. Nagle
Jones
National Democratic Committee
James K. Jones
Senator Jones
National Committee
Sam
Edward
WALL
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Centerville
Dr. Price
California
Acs
Ion
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
National
E. C. Wall
Wisconsin
Northwest
Bryan
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