Powerful New York links shape Blaine nomination hopes
Powerful New York influences quietly back Mr. Boies candidacy. Blaine’s name served as a rallying cry in several Republican conventions, though he is now dead. The Blaine episode traces to Harrison’s refusal to promote Walker Blaine and Colonel Coppinger, with Mrs. Blaine’s lasting disapproval driving the friction.
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New York
Mr. Boies
Blaine
Harrison
Walker Blaine
Colonel Coppinger
Prohibitionists Target Des Moines Convention Maneuver
Iowa prohibitionists monitor Republican leaders seeking a June 20 Des Moines state convention that would omit prohibition. They pledge to attend caucuses and primaries to win delegations and press the party to uphold the prohibitory law.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Horace Boies Called Statesman By Peoria Herald
The Peoria Herald lauds Horace Boies as a trusted Iowa farmer who forsook the tariff party and its corruption to join democracy. It credits him with challenging a large Republican majority, praising his public speeches and papers, and noting his sympathy for oppressed and tax burdened farmers.
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Peoria Herald
Horace Boies
Boies
Iowa
Democrats and the Third Party in Alliance Dispute
The piece argues that a non partisan pledge binds only with prior consent and that Ocala demands violate the pledge. It warns Democrats against voting for the Third Party ticket, citing shifts toward centralized socialistic policy, a non labor backed currency, and support for woman suffrage, while urging loyalty to local self government and equal justice.
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Ocala
Farmer's Alliance
St. Louis
Farmer’s Alliance
District of Columbia
Democratic Party
Washington
Republican Party
Loan for World's Fair sought. Arizona New Mexico statehood eyed
Washington report notes a proposed loan of 5 000 000 to the exposition and discusses Arizona and New Mexico statehood, Blaine's resignation, Harrison's renomination tactics, tariff debates, flood relief actions, and congressional adjournment plans. The piece cites Mn political figures and Senate finance committee positions amid tariff and sub treasury discussions.
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Arizona
New Mexico
House
Washington, D. C
Blaine
Harrison
Akins
Far House
Simrall
House Committee On Appropriations
McPherson
Senate Financial Committee
Canada
Morrill
United States
Senate
Farmers’ Alliance
Ways and Means
Committee On Rules
Department
Minneapolis
White House
Representative Enloe
Congress
Representative McMillin
Taxable wealth per capita by state in 1890
Census bulletin compares per person wealth across states. Massachusetts leads with about 962 wealth per capita, Rhode Island next, while Illinois shows much lower figures due to undervalued land yet strong Boston secured assets offset. The report notes Massachusetts Rhode Island and New England states hold high taxable wealth per head.
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Census Bureau
United States
Maseaausett
Savie
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Massachusetts
Union
Rhode Island
Boston
New England
Harrison and Reid Steeped in Plutocratic Foes of Labor
The piece condemns the Minneapolis ticket as unpopular and weak. It attacks Harrison as personally unappealing and says Whitelaw Reid worsens the ticket, citing anti labor stances and ties to Wall Street. It warns big money and trusts back Harrison, urging democratic mobilization to resist plutocratic control.
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Mr. Harrison
Minneapolis
Whitelaw Reid
New York Tribune
Carrison
Blaine
France
Harrison
Republican Party
Reid
Lis
Northeast
Quay
Wall Street
Senate probes agriculture price slump and middlemen profits
The United States Senate committee on agriculture and forestry launches a major inquiry into the long standing low prices for farm products. It will examine grain gambling transportation costs land and machinery fees of middlemen and the role of irrigation and diversified farming in rising production and lower costs.
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America
United States Senate Committee On Agriculture and Forestry
Europe
Senate Committee
Congress
Senate Agricultural Committee
Grip's Stinging Toll Shapes Public Health Alarm
Physicians tally grim grip consequences from two harsh winters. Insanity and suicide rise as nervous collapse strikes sufferers. In Greece King George wins voter support amid turmoil while Greek finance improves on stock market news. Christian Union backs Sunday closing of the World’s Fair grounds. France’s Paul Deschanel praises Blaine’s political finesse.
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Pennsylvania
Grip
New York
Philadelphia
Russia
The
Christian Union
M. Paul Deschanel
France
United States
Mr. Blaine
Blaine
M. Deschanel
The Boys Who Never Came Back on Decoration Day Echoes
In New England the fast day has become a merrier holiday with baseball and dinners, transforming Decoration Day from a solemn memorial to a season of outdoor sport and social pleasure. Yet memories linger of fallen youths who would have been statesmen or poets, their sacrifices kept alive in the hearts of mothers, widows, and friends. Each year fewer recall those graves where sacred offerings once rested.
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Pennsylvania
New England
West
Mistory
Matrona
Money Lender and Borrower Exchange in 19th Century Satire
In a London Tit-Bits conceit a money lender boasts of a five percent monthly charge on a loan of one hundred pounds. The Innocent Borrower jokes that a two year term would yield more for the lender, prompting a wry exchange that highlights usury and risk in old finance satire.
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