Bryan Wins Support as Democrats Pivot to His Silver Platform
Kansas City July 2 The Democratic National Convention leans to Colonel Bryan's silver plank insisting on free and unlimited coinage at 16 to 1 without foreign consent. Leaders yield to Bryan's terms though some fear splits as ex Governor Altgeld and Tom L Johnson back him. Sulzer Towne and Harrison emerge as VP contenders.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Bryan
Major McGuire
Syracuse
N. Y
Senator Jones
National Committee
Stone
Missouri
Thomas Gahan
Ilinois
Cato Sells
Iowa
Love
Kansas State Committee
Richard Croker
Lincoln
Hill
R. L. Metcalfe
Omaha
Mr. Metcalf
Mr. Bryan
Altgeld
Illinois
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Philippines
Sulzer, Towne and
Harrison
Armstrong and Clayton Bride Wed in City Last Thursday
Thomas H. Armstrong and Miss Eva B. Clayton were married in the city last Thursday evening by Rev. Dr. Magill. The groom is a progressive farmer from Wapello county and the bride recently moved here gaining friends with her winning ways. An guests gathered to wish the couple happiness and blessings.
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Thomas H. Armstrong
Eva B. Clayton
Magill
Wapello County
Grain-O praised as coffee substitute by boy’s letter
In Buchanan Michigan on May 22 a letter from Fannie Williams of Le Roy New York praises Grain-O as a coffee substitute. She notes her mother was a heavy coffee drinker but now drinks Grain-O and has given up coffee, with the family consuming a package weekly.
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Buchanan, Mich
Genessee Pure Food Co
le Roy
N.Y
Fannie Williams
How Needles Are Made in Modern Factories
Needles are manufactured by machines from rough steel wire. The process cuts wire to length, files the point, flattens the head, pierces the eye, sharpens and polishes the needle. A separate machine counts and places needles into sale papers, then folds the papers.
That Family Skeleton in the Closet Scares Mary
The Baltimore American notes a child fearing a skeleton in the closet amid a bedtime scene. The mother reassures, while Mary explains her fear stems from a rumored family skeleton.
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Mrs. Whistler
Mary
Mamma
Solitary Angels and Moral Lessons in Collier's Weekly
A playful exchange between Eva and her mother discusses telling lies and heaven. The dialogue invokes historical figure George Washington and appears in Collier's Weekly. The line hints at moral instruction framed as a child’s question about honesty and afterlife.
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Mamma
Eva
George Washington
Collier’s Weekly
Bryan Roundup Brings Money Plank to Kansas City
The Democratic platform favored by W J Bryan is to be brought to Kansas City by R L Metcalfe from Omaha as Nebraska representative on the resolutions committee. The platform reiterates the 16 to 1 money plank but faces strong opposition from leaders and delegates who fear a blunder if it remains. The document also opposes imperialism militarism and trusts while showing sympathy for the Boers.
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Kansas City
Bryan
R. L. Metcalfe
Omaha
Nebraska
Metcalfe
Lincoln
Democratic Party
McKinley
South Africa
Jones
Arkansas
Stone
Missouri
Campau
Michigan
Johnson
National Executive Committee
Reading clubbing list for Tribune readers
Our Clubbing List presents joint subscriptions for THE FAIRFIELD TRIBUNE and Homestead, THE TRIBUNE and St Louis Semi-Weekly Republic, THE TRIBUNE and Des Moines Weekly Ra hi beet ks, and THE TRIBUNE and Cincinnati Enquirer. Offers apply to renewals and new subscriptions with savings on other papers.
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Tribune
Fairfield Tribune
Homestead
Cides
Steeds
St. Louis
Republic
Des Moines
Kate
Cincinnati Enquirer
To Cure Constipation Forever Cascarets Candy Cathartic
Advertises Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a guaranteed cure for constipation. Claims a refund from druggists if it fails. Mentions price 10c or 2c with C. C. C. initials.
Italian Demands Music for Five Cents on Brooklyn Car
A Brooklyn trolley conductor explains to an Italian passenger that he miscounted fares. The Italian insists on five cents back claiming he should receive music for a nickel. The conductor shows there were seven fares and that giving his would cost a nickel, prompting the man to exit still arguing.
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Brooklyn
Italy
Tva Centa
New York Sun
His Touching Appeal
A humorous exchange unfolds as a young man urges Miss Genevieve to teach him how to love her. She declines and offers to consider the request, highlighting a playful tension between romance and persuasion in a Chicago Tribune style snippet.
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Miss Genevieve
Moral of the Garden Proverb on Patience
The weekly Bouquet notes that growth in a garden, like life, requires time. Buds open slowly and cannot be rushed. forcing them only causes damage. True results come from steady, regular progress.
Mistress Bridget Keeps Hostage of a Woman’s Identity
The excerpt shows Bridget refusing release as the mistress declares she will stay until another girl is found. Harper's Bazar presents the dialogue highlighting control and gendered authority in a provocative social scene.
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Bridget
Harper’s Bazar
Solomon the wisest man and his writing style
A historical note praises Solomon as the wisest man and highlights his method of breaking text into short paragraphs to aid reading, attributed to the Boston Transcript.
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Solomon
Boston Transcript
Pleasant Quick Cure Ad Offers Dollar Box Draft
An ad promotes Mull's Pioneer Cures with separate pills for kidney and bladder liver impure blood stomach and dyspepsia rheumatism and female complaints. Pills are chocolate flavored vegetable and mild and sold 25 cents or one dollar with a doctor’s prescription implied.
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Mull
Rock Island Wall Map Offered for School Use
The Rock Island Wall Map of the United States advertised as ideal for teachers and offices, available postpaid for fifteen cents. Also notes T. G. Foote’s improving health, organ lessons, and silverware plating services with kitchenware prices. Contact at Parsons College vicinity in Chicago and local notices on political books.
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Rock Island
United States
John Sebastian
G.P.A
Chicago
Ill
T. G. Foote
Parsons College
Clydesdale Stallion Royal Rover Offered at Fairfield Fair Grounds
For 1900 stallions on the Fair Grounds in Fairfield Iowa a bay Clydesdale named Royal Rover 9060 is offered. He foaled May 28 1892 and weighs 2000 pounds with lines tracing to Mount Royal and Sunflower and purchased from Alexander Gilbraith the Wisconsin importer. Terms include fifteen dollars to insure more with foal.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Breeders’ Gazette
Chicago
George Bean
Balquham Mains
Pitcaple
Mount Royal
Sunflower
Prince of Wales
Kate
Glenglee
Maggie
Farmer Drumore
Alexander Gilbraith
Wisconsin
Royal Rover
Edzardus No 152 German Coach Horse Featured
Edzardus No 152 is a German Coach horse weight 1500 pounds noted for black points and fine action. Terms include ten dollars to insure mare with foal and county forfeit insurance. Care limits liability. offering a free second service next season for mares or colts with bad luck.
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Edzardus
Elcraig Colvin
Jeeson
Enduly
Craig Colvin
Henry
W. Tier
Carleton A. Nebrone
Tuntove
Scotland
Lively
Lily of
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