Bryan speech attacks trusts and government aims in Ann Arbor
In Ann Arbor Bryan rails at trusts controlling prices and power. He cites Ice Cotton and Salt Trusts, argues Republicans tolerate big monopolies, and proposes a license system and tariff-free trust articles as a remedy. He contrasts double standards in money and imperial policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Bryan
Ice Trust
Croker
New York
Omaha
Standard Oil Trust
United States
Cotton
Silver Coinage Argument in Political Speech
A speech defends free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 against government and human rights concerns. It urges the president to mint silver dollars at that ratio without foreign consent, stating the party has never proposed a change and challenging the party to act if 16 to 1 is wrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Senate
House
A Mild Winter Prophesied By Weather Clues
A rural weather note links thin corn husks and a lazy muskrat to a mild winter, with birds staying north and coal interests open to compromise. The piece cites warm rains and unusually muddy streets as signs that harsh cold is unlikely this season.
Week's History Telegraph News Boiled Down
A compact tour of notable incidents from abroad and the United States. Highlights include foreign crimes and significant domestic events, summarized to inform readers of the week’s most momentous happenings.
Russia hints independence from great powers over China
The dispatch notes Russia will act more independently in Manchuria, while France fears renewed war in China and consequences for Tonkin. The Chinese minister says negotiations or peace have begun in Pekin as U S diplomats distrust Germany's policy amid recalls and promotions. A hitch stalls armistice talks. Senator Manderson cites Anglo German accord as granting China leeway for voluntary reparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Manchuria
China
France
von Waldersee
Tonkin
Pekin
United States
Germany
Baron von Sternburg
von Bullow
Manderson
Annie E Springer Finds Cure in Dr King’s Discovery
Philadelphia woman Annie E Springer recounts a years long hacking cough relief after using Dr Kings New Discovery. She praises its chest and lung healing power and notes better sleep. Trial bottles are offered free at George D Clarke’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie E. Springer
Philadelphia
Dr. King
George D. Clarke
Madame Noel opens New Lippincott tale in November issue
The November New Lippincott Magazine features George H. Picard's Madame Noel. A Longfellow inspired Acadia tale follows four young people amid two houses a priest and an English clergyman. The story blends passion with remote idyllic scenery and lingering memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lippincott
Madame Noel
George H. Picard
Longfellow
Acadia
Mr. Picard
Boer Ambuscade Ends With Heavy Boer Losses
Near Vryheid a Boer commando was ambushed by Bethune's mounted infantry. Boers suffer 60 killed, 35 wounded, 65 taken prisoner amid a string of imperial and European political updates from Milner's governorship to Kruger's voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vryheid
Bethune
London
Sir Alfred Milner
Kruger
France
Belgium
von Hohenlohe
von Bullow
Marques of
Bute
Duke Henry
Wilhelmina
Ameer
Afghanistan
Kabul
Gelderland
Lourenzo Marques
Holland
General Weyler
Cuba
Madrid
What Happened to Jones Turns Up as a Theatrical Hit
The Columbia production of Broadhurst's What Happened to Jones drew record crowds and roars at the Crescent last night, proving a farce’s lasting popular appeal despite bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Evening Post
Columbia
Broadhurst
Jones
May Irwin
New Orleans
the Crescent
Bryan Winds Up New York Visit With Fireworks
Tammany welcomed Bryan to New York with a fireworks display as he gave four speeches to large crowds and attended a banquet. Col Bryan received enthusiastic greetings in the city during the campaign tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany
Bryan
New York
Henry Wynn
Congress
Massachusetts
Daniel N. Crowley
Democrats
Col. Bryan
New York City
Chicago
W. P. Dillingham
United States
Vermont
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Joseph A. Conry
East Boston
Marland
Greater
Franklin MacVeagh
Henry Payne
McKiney
Seven room house with summer kitchen and outbuildings
One seven room house with summer kitchen and coal and wood house, good barn for four horses and two buggies, nearly as good as new. 1118 C. C. WALKER, Fairfield, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Walker
Fairfield
Iowa
Confessed Youtsey plot and related trials across states
The Youtsey case in Georgetown Kentucky resumed with the defendant brought in on a bed. Arthur Goebel testifies Youtsey confessed that Governor Taylor authorized William Goebel’s assassination. A string of criminal cases follows including porch thefts in Evanston and an extradition ruling in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youtsey
Georgetown
Arthur Goebel
William Goebel
Taylor
Evanston
Ills
P. L. MacKinnie
Federal Court of
San Francisco
Julian T. Bidulph Arnold
Edwin Arnold
England
Ferrell
Express Messenger Lane
William McDonald
Colfax
Wash
Brownaugh
Moran
C. A. Beck
Columbus
Ind
W. R. Barton
Beck
Kentucky
Beaten Suspect in Wed Night Assault
Wednesday night a suspect in an attempted rape case fled into a home and died by self-inflicted gunshot. Henry Bishop Perkins Jr., son of a Warren Ohio millionaire, is named in connection with the tragedy amid family illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bishop Perkins, Jr
Warren, O
Multiple Fatalities and Injuries in Midwest Disasters and Accidents
A Detroit factory blaze caused two deaths and eight injuries as workers jumped to escape flames. A freight wreck near Lincoln killed three. eight more were hurt. An Elyria Ohio crash claimed Martin Sayers and his wife. A Chicago area death occurred when Mrs. Bessie Goldstein was dragged by an electric car. Jewelry worth 20000 dollars and a butcher named David Richards are reported missing from a Bernardsville New Jersey home. A Newark storm toppled a building killing William Ruble Robert Ward and Joseph Baumgartner. Miss Alice Hammell died from facial burns after vitriol was allegedly thrown by a rival. Otto Carl, 24, a switchman in Sheboygan, was killed during a coupling attempt. John Scott a Chicago flagman was killed at his post. Henry J. Skaer, a Bunker Hill Ill businessman, died attempting to board a train at Alton. A streetcar collision in Indianapolis injured fifteen. The Galveston storm did 5 million dollars in farm damage. Four St Paul firefighters were killed fighting a blaze. William Lorfeld of Plymouth Wisconsin died from injuries after jumping from a moving vehicle. A locomotive derailed after hitting a cow near Howard Center County Pa on Bald Eagle railroad. engineer John Foster and fireman Daniel Snyder of Tyrone Pa were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Alton
Lincoln
Martin Sayers
Elyria
Bessie Goldstein
Chicago
David Richards
Charles Pitzer
Bernardsville
N. J
Newark
William Ruble
Robert Ward
Joseph Baumgartner
Alice Hammell
van Wert
Ohio
Otto Carl
Northwestern
Sheboygan
Wis
John Scott
Henry J. Skaer
Bunker Hill
Ill
Indianapolis
Galveston
Tex
Texas
St. Paul
Minn
William Lorfeld
Wisconsin House
Plymouth
Howard Center County
Bald Eagle
John Foster
Daniel Snyder
Tyrone
Notable Deaths Across North America and Europe
Multiple figures die from natural causes or accidents in diverse locations. George Duplas of Manitoba dies from an accidental gunshot wound near Winnipeg. Others include William L. Wilson in Lexington Virginia, Charles C. Everett in Cambridge Massachusetts, W L Thomas in London, Dwight T. Reed in Barcelona, Charles Dudley Warner in Hartford, John B. Adams in Boston, John Sherman in Washington, Menoah Beamer in Blackburn Missouri, Jacob Gale in Peoria Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Duplas
Manitoba
Winnipeg
William L. Wilson
Lexington
Poofessor
Charles C. Everett
Harvard Divinity School
Cambridge
Mass
W. L. Thomas
London Graphic
The
Daily Graphic
London
Dwight T. Reed
United States
Madrid
Spain
Peoria
Fires Ravage Several U S Buildings Across Cities
A series of fires caused substantial losses in Oshkosh Wisconsin Port Limon Costa Rica Muscatine Iowa Oat Meal Co Abattoir at West Philadelphia and Mishawaka Indiana Paducah Kentucky and surrounding properties. Totals reach around 1 020 000 with blocks destroyed including Morton Opera House and L B Ogilvie Co dry goods offices and several shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh
Wis
Port Limon
Costa Rica
Muscatine la. Oat Meal Company
West Philadelphia
Kamma & Schellinger Brewing Company
Mishawaka
Ind
Paducah, Ky
Morton
L. B. Oglivie & Co
David van Dulin
Police Chief Resigns After City Hall Riot
Chief of Police H. H. Harrison resigns after leading the force that attempted to defend Akron city hall during a recent riot. Nearly $4,000,000 in gold arrived in San Francisco from Australia aboard the Alameda. Barnum & Bailey’s famous gorilla Johanna dies of pneumonia in Nuremberg Germany. Sixty smallpox cases reported in Calumet Lake Linden Hancock and Houghton Michigan towns. The Rosslyn Ferrell train robbery trial at Marysville Ohio may not resume before next Thursday. Juror Shirk reported sick with measles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Harrison
Akron
San Francisco
Australia
Alameda
Shirk
Bank Robberies Blamed on Tramps in West
Des Moines reports Bankers Mutual Casualty Co investigates recent western bank robberies. Detectives conclude many suspects are tramps using nitro glycerine to blow old fashioned safes in small towns. Nineteen convictions show seventeen are labeled bums. Some learned explosive use while working on the Chicago drainage canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Bankers’ Mutual Casualty Company
Casualty Company
Middle West
Chicago Drainage Canal
Whitford Sues Harlan Estate for 27000 Over Twenty Years
J C Whitford nephew of late senator James Harlan files suit in Mount Pleasant district court seeking 27000 for services over twenty years. He alleges a will existed but is missing with the estate going to Harlan's daughter Mrs Robert Lincoln as administratrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
J. C. Whitford
United States
James Harlan
Whitford
Harlan
Lowa Wesleyan University
Mighty Hard Boy to Kill Exploit on Fast Train
Johnny Barrett a 17 year old boy was hurled from a fast moving express twelve miles east of Washington Iowa while traveling with his mother from Morris Illinois to Kingfisher Oklahoma He survived the fall as railway workers later found him on the track crying The boy and his mother continued to Oklahoma by train
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnny Barrett
Here
Morris
Ills
Kingfisher
O. T
Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific Road
Oklahoma
Iowa suffragists adjourn as hog car sent to New York bazaar
Des Moines reports the state convention of women suffragists of Iowa adjourned with fair attendance. A motion to send a car load of hogs to the suffrage bazaar in New York to raise funds for the cause passed without dissent. Farmers' wives present sparked the idea and majority approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Towa
New York
Northwestern Iowa Teachers association closes with address by Edwin E Barlsparks
The Northwestern Iowa Teachers association met in Clinton on Sunday October 25 with an address titled American History as Seen In American Literature by Edwin E Barlsparks of the University of Chicago. Officers elected include President H L Adams West Union vice president Miss Pierce Cedar Falls secretary O H Brainerd Clinton treasurer T N Irish Dubuque and executive committee chairman J f Stout Grundy Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Northwestern Towa Teachers’ Association
Edwin Ebarlsparks
Chicago University
H. L .Adams
West Union
Jmss Pierce
Cedar Falls
O. H. Brainerd
T. N. Irish
Dubuque
J. Fb. Stout
Grundy Center
Attorney Sues Archbishop Estate Over Attendant Bill
Dr Slattery through his attorney files a bill for attendance on the late Archbishop Hennessey in Dubuque Iowa October 19 The suit is against the estate for 4625 covering service from March 23 1809 to March 4 1000 per period described by the claimant
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Slattery
Hennessey
Northwestern completes purchase of Wisconsin Central system
Fond du Lac Oct 20 report from Waukesha claims the Chicago and North Western Railway has bought the entirety of the Wisconsin Central system, surpassing earlier news of plans to acquire the Wisconsin Central shops at Waukesha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond du Lac
Fond du Lac, Is
Waupkesha
Chicago and Northwstern Railroad Company
Wisconsin Central
Waukasha
Northwestern
Potatoes Yielded Big Harvest Near Cedar Falls
Crop near Cedar Falls produced 3,000 bushels from fourteen acres as farmer W. T. Owings pays 4 rent and could earn about 1050 at current market prices. The yield is about twice the regional average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
W. T. Owings
Iowa Library Association Elects Officers at Sioux City Meeting
The Iowa Library Association unanimously elected President A. P. Fleming of Des Moines and Secretary Treasurer Miss Harriet L. McCreery of Cedar Rapids. Burlington was chosen as the next meeting site. A primary school project was projected to cost about $5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa Library Association
A. P. Fleming
Des Moines
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Sanford Zeigler
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Sanford Zeigler & CO
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Bradstreet
Ico
W. Schoenhut
Eldora, Iowa
Prince of Hair Growers
Aylmer L. Hunt
Russell
Mich
Sterling Remedy Company
Montreal
Red Cross
Vin de Cinchona Co
U.S
Ton Co. A, Snow & Co
U.S. Patent Office
Washington, D. C
Bradshaw & Thoma
Vur
Tribune
Fairfield Tribune
Homestead
St. Louis
Republic
Cincinnati Enquirer
the Tribune
Cotton Trust
Cotton Bale Trust
Luzon
James O’ Hearn
Landrones
Sherman
Manila
Aguinaldo
General Foreign News
S. Yd
Burling Remedy Co
New
Empire State Sugar Company
Lyons
N. Y
Reading Company
Menomonee Falls
Menomonee
Wisconsin Sugar Company
Mitchell
Odds and
Owa
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