Democratic Ticket Names Statewide North Country Slate
The article lists Democratic nominees for New York statewide offices including Governor Frederick EF White and Superintendent G F Reinhart, with other races for Lieutenant Governor Justice Supreme Court and Railroad Commissioner. It notes endorsements by national gold Democrats and remarks by Fred Thite on Democratic prospects. It also quotes the state treasurer on methods to address treasury shortages, favoring tax increases if Republicans stay in power.
Fourway mayor race for Greater New York
The mayoral contest will feature four candidates Gen B F Tracy Robert A Van Wyck Seth Low and Henry George. Van Wyck is believed to hold the best chances despite George drawing votes from the Democratic nominee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater New York
B. F. Tracy
Tammany Hall
Robert A. van Wyck
Citizens’ Union
Seth Low
Henry George
George
van Wycke
Poem Read At Ottumwa Sermon Draws On Clergy Austerity
Rev. Dr. Hinitt of the First Presbyterian Church in Ottumwa began a recent morning sermon with an anonymous poem. The verse depicts a parish priest climbing a high steeple to deliver divine words and questions divine silence as God answers from among the people.
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Hinitt
First Presbyterian Church
Ottumwa
Lattimer Murder: Grand Jury Indicts Sheriff and Deputies
The grand jury at Lattimer Pennsylvania has indicted Sheriff Martin and his deputies for murder. A coroner's jury found the miners were marching peacefully when shot, and that the killing was unnecessary, avoidable, and unjustified.
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Lattimer
Martin
Carter Harrison Seeks City Control Over Street Franchises
Chicago mayor Carter Harrison pledges vigorous action against corporate encroachment. He urges immediate teaching of corporations that ownership of streets rests with the city and that the people must be equal partners in franchises. He backs protection of public rights and fair city compensation.
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Carter Harrison
Chicago
No-To-Bae tobacco habit cure ad
advertisement for No-To-Bae claiming to cure tobacco habit for fifty cents to one dollar. notes guaranteed results and blood purity with a druggist sale.
France backs free silver with strong bimetallic sentiment
A Paris observer reports that in France free silver coinage enjoys strong support among leaders financiers and government circles. He notes a two thirds chamber vote urging international bimetallism and predicts a reestablishment of the policy, urging the US to elect a congress and president in 1900 to take the lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Republic
France
Paris
United States
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
M. Meline
Great Britain
India
The Mighty Dingley Bill In Chronicle Satire
The Chicago Chronicle lampoons the Dingley tariff claiming it sparked prosperity while causing drought yellow fever and sparrow disappearance. It mocks opponents noting grain prices harvests and streetcar labor shifts tied to tariff effects.
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Chicago Chronicle
Chicago
Dingley
Grant
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purifying Cures
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the one true blood purifier with a record of cures. It claims the medicine works when other remedies fail and assures impure blood patients it will do good.
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Hood
Medical advertised tonics and remedies spread in Fairfield
The notice promotes Hood's Pills for digestion at 25 cents and an anti diuretic by Dr E Dercu on curing nocturnal incontinence for 1.00 sold by Bradshaw and Thoma Fairfield Iowa It also touts Woolford's Sanitary Lotion for itching on humans and animals with a 30 minute cure sold by the same Fairfield druggists The Chicago Chronicle is suggested as a bright winter evening newspaper option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Dercuon
Bradshaw & Thoma
Fairfield
Lowa
Woolford
Iowa
Times-Herald misstates tariff impact on 1893 panic
The piece notes Chicago Times-Herald distortions in linking the McKinley tariff to the 1893 financial crisis. It cites corrected timelines showing the Wilson law not in effect during the cited losses, and argues the McKinley law was responsible for the downturn rather than the Wilson act.
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Omaha World-Herald
Chicago Times-Herald
Kohlsaat
McKinley
Times-Herald
Congress
Times- Herald
Washington
Wilson
B. A. M'Connell
The
McKinly
Chicago Chronicle
Chicago Dispatch
Tines-Herald
House
Senate
Chicago Times, Herald
Chicago Protection Organ
Bryan Targets Editors With Silver Policy Question
Sioux City Tribune notes that William Jennings Bryan closed his Iowa tour with a Socratic challenge to Republican editors. He asks why the federal administration sent a monetary commission to Europe for a bimetallic conference if the gold standard is sound. He accuses silver Republicans of being misled to sustain party power.
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Sioux City Tribune
Bryan
Iowa
Lincoln
Senator Douglas
Monetary Commission
Europe
Mr. Bryan
Ely's Cream Balm Trial Offer Clears Catarrh
When suffering from catarrh or head cold seek relief with Ely's Cream Balm. Trial size tests for 10 cents, 50 cent size available, mail order from ELY Bros., 56 Warren St., New York City. Testimony from Marcus Geo. Shautz of Rahway, New Jersey claims it cured his October catarrh symptoms including loss of taste and smell.
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Ely
ELY Bros
Warren St
N.Y
Elg
Marcus Geo. Shautz
Rahway
N. J
Passengers Benefit From Lower Pan Handle Fares
The Chicago to New York Pan Handle Route lowers ticket prices after the Pennsylvania Line set differential rates. Ticket agents of connecting lines will explain the change, or a prompt reply will be sent to all inquiries addressed to H. R. DeRING, Assistant General Passenger Agent, 248 South Clark Street, Chicago.
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Chicago
New York
Pan
Pennsylvania
H. R. Dering
South
Clark Street
First and only high grade baking powder at moderate price
The product is described as the first and only high grade baking powder sold at a moderate price. It claims to produce food free from Rochelle Salts Alum Lime Ammonia or any injurious substance and warns against baking powders costing 45 to 50 cents per pound due to excess Rochelle Salts remaining in food.
Cheap home seekers excursions on the C R I and P railroad
Oct 19 1897 excursion offers affordable trips for home seekers traveling south southwest west and northwest. For details contact M. O. Gay, agent, to learn routes and prices on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific line.
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M. O. Gay
Money to loan on farm security offered by J M Stinson
J M Stinson announces loan opportunities secured on farm property with a low interest rate for farmers seeking financial support.
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J.M. Stinson
Educate Your Bowels With Cascareta
An old advertisement touts Cascareta Candy Cathartic as a cure for constipation. It markets low prices 10¢ or 25¢ and promises a refund from druggists if it fails, while encouraging subscription to THE TRIBUNE.
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C.C.C
Boies administration left surplus then deficit amid tax refund use
The Dubuque Times misstates the direct tax refund of 384 274 80 claiming a Boies surplus. 284 498 was used to retire state bonds and the rest set aside for a soldiers monument. The refund was not ordinary revenue and helped reduce debt. in four years since, taxes rose about 45 percent and the deficit is about half a million.
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Dubuque
Boies
The Mass Heroic Phrase of Mark Hanna
The piece argues every great orator has a masterpiece and cites Demosthenes Cicero and Lincoln. It lauds Mark Hanna for a speech praising McKinley highlighting his self sacrifice and friendship while noting Hanna funded substitutes to serve in the war and portraying him as a patriot and fighter.
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Washington Democrat
Demosthenes
Philip
Cicero
Patrick Henry
America
Wendell Phillip
Webster
Hayne
Lincoln
Mark Hanna
Ohio
McKinley
Mekhinley
Mark
Washington the Sportsman in Woodrow Wilson Biography
In Harper’s biography George Washington is described as a hearty sportsman who loved horses and dogs. He hunted deer with George Mason near Gunston Hall then pursued smaller game, and favored long rides after dogs and quarry. His Virginia mounts, hunting dogs, and daily routines at stables and kennels are noted.
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George Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Harper's
Washington
George Mason
Gunston Hall
Virginia
Colony
Council is Supreme in Iowa under Republican Machine Ruling
Des Moines Sept 28 Special attention has been drawn to the executive council of Iowa which rivals the legislature in power. The council controls taxation revenue and spending, and has overridden legislative economies by transferring janitor payrolls to avoid true cutbacks. The state election board’s decision to let the People’s Party use the party name is slammed as partisan usurpation by a political machine.
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Des Mores
Executive Council
Iowa
Twenty-sixth
General Assembly
Capitol
State Election Board
People's Party
People’s Party
Des Moines
Madison County
Weeks
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Frederick EF. White
Benjamin A. Plummer
Justice Supreme Court
L. G. Kinne
G. F. Reinhart
Railrod
S. B. Crane
Fred Thite
Republcans
Lewis
J.B. Lewis CO
Boston
Mass
Dingley Bill
Hood's
Bozeman
Mont
National Bank
Denver
Milwaukee
Commercial Bank of
Capital
Vernon
Tex
Knoxville
Fla
Manchester
N. H
Indianapolis
Ind
First National Bank
Spokane
Wash
South Dakota
Montana
Ilinois
Kansas
Texas
New Hampshire
National Bank of
Akron & Western Railways
Wisconsin Central
Peoria & St. Louis
Cleveland
Canton & Southern
Evansville
Terre Haute
New York Stock Exchange
Tribune
Hanna
Royal
ROYA
Council
Stuart
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