Democratic Ticket and election notes
National ticket lists William J. Bryan for president and Arthur Sewall for vice president. State officers include L. H. Karr as secretary of state and W. Davis as auditor. The article notes fusion with populists in Missouri, predicts a Bryan majority of 70,000, and mentions New York Democrats backing Thatcher for governor and Bryan for president. It comments on Republican confidence and urges silver supporters to work harder.
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Missouri
Bryan
New York
John Boyd Thatcher
J. L. Hackley
McKinley
New York State
Miller
Platt
Kings and Queens
Harlem River
H. K. Thurber
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Delaware
Florida
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Seas
Nebraska
Nevada
Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
New Jersey
Campaigning Styles Showdown Between Bryan and McKinley
The piece contrasts Bryan touring to solicit support with McKinley staying home and having supporters brought to him by the car load. It argues the Bryan approach is superior and more effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
McKinley
Time changes everything in Buckner’s political fate
The article argues Buckner would have triggered a fierce backlash if placed on the national ticket years ago, with the bloody shirt as a central issue. Now he is seen as secondary to the Republican cause, drawing little opposition.
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Keosauqua
Buckner
Chicago
Des Moines News Predicts Post Election Economic Gains
The Des Moines News claims an independent investigation shows business would improve after the election regardless of the silver decision. It argues Bryan's win would spur demand for silver policy, lift silver mining states, raise silver value, and boost farm prices and overall industry.
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Des Moines News
Bryan
Your Boy Wont Live a Month He Recovered With Discovery
Mr Gilman Brown of 34 Mill St South Garden Mass was told his son would not live a month after typhoid malaria. Doctors exhausted 375 dollars and gave up. He used Dr Kings New Discovery his son recovered and now works again. Free trial bottles at Geo D Clarke s drug store.
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Gilman Brown
Mill St
South Garden
Mass
Dr. King
Geo. D. Clarke
Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer promise
Advertisement claims premature baldness may be prevented and hair regrown on bald heads using Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer.
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Hall
Thurber Urges Bryan and Free Coinage in Circulars
H K Thurber of New York, leading wholesale grocer, endorses Bryan and free silver. In letters to J S Hackley he argues McKinley cannot win New York state without labor and silver faction support, urging voters to back Bryan and Sewall. He distributes two circulars addressing friends and workingmen.
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H. K. Thurber
New York
Bryan
Hackley
Europe
McKinley
White House
Democratic Leader Recaps Bryan Majority Forecast
Chairman Jones of the Democratic National Committee issued an estimate last Thursday of Bryan's expected majorities in November. The brief figure outlines party expectations ahead of the election season.
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Jones
Democratic National Committee
Bryan
Europe Cheers Bryan in Silver Standard Debate
A Budapest dispatch to William Jennings Bryan via Chicago reports the National Agricultural Congress pledging to back silver restoration to world currency if Bryan wins in November. They warn that without restoration gold will stay premium and harm farmers in America Europe Asia and South America. Count Alexander Karolyi leads fourteen delegates.
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Europe
Buda- Pesth
International Agricultural Congress
William Jennings Bryan
Chicago
National Agricultural Congress
Buda Pesth
America
Asia
South America
Alexander Karolyi
Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Advertisement
Bucklen's Arnica Salve claims to cure bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. Sold by Geo. D. Clarke at 26 cents per box.
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Geo. D. Clarke
Tribune Slashes Subscription Price to One Dollar Annually
The Tribune announces a temporary four month reduced rate of one dollar per year in advance starting September 1. Existing arrears are billed at old rates until paid, with the lower rate applying only through December 31 and only for cash in advance.
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Tribune
Thatcher accepts NY governor nomination in letter
Democratic nominee John Boyd Thatcher states he will vote for William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall, calling the Democratic party a vehicle to carry the will of the people into effect and asserting the national convention chose the candidates by majority.
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John Boyd Thatcher
New York
Wm. Jennings Bryan
Arthur Sewall
Culbertson Bismarck Money Question Exchange Read in Dallas
Gov Culberson in Dallas last Saturday night read a correspondence with Prince Bismarck on money policy. Bismarck endorsed bi metallicism, urging U S action, saying it could influence international agreement among trading nations and favor monetary stability.
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Dallas
Texas
Gov. Culbertson
Prince Bismarck
Time for Building Up the System This Season
The cold weather drains vital forces and impairs blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as the great builder and the one true blood purifier and nerve tonic, promising to restore vitality and purification of the blood.
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Hood
Simmons Liver Regulator Crowned King of Liver Medicines
Hoods's Pills become a favorite cathartic and Simmons Liver Regulator is touted as the cure for malaria rheumatism chills and fever constipation biliousness sick headache indigestion and other liver related ailments with druggists selling at 25 cents. The ad claims it prevents and cures related sickness.
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Simmons Liver Regulator
Opinions of an European Monetary Scientist on 16 to 1 silver
W H Greenfell answers questions on free silver coinage in the United States and its effect on international bimetallism. He argues 16 to 1 could boost global bimetallic effort but doubts England can lead, calling for an American spark to motivate France Russia and Germany toward a worldwide bimetallic standard.
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W. H. Greenfell
General Council
Bimetalic League of England
United States
Europe
Greenfell
Gladstone
Ballard Smith
New York
London
Chicago
The
Press Publishing Co
England
House of Commons
Paris
Brussels
France
Russia
Germany
Cernuschi
Rogland
European
Sean
W.H. Greenfell
Free Pills Offer from Dr Kings New Life Pills
Send your address to H FE Bucklen Co Chicago for a free sample box of Dr King s New Life Pills. The pills help constipation and headache and aid liver and malaria issues. They are guaranteed free from deleterious substances and provide stomach and bowels with tone. Regular size 25c per box. Sold by Geo D Clarke druggist.
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H. FE. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
Dr. King
Geo. D. Clarke Druggist
Silver Basis and Wheat Prices Raise Farm Prospects
The piece analyzes a silver standard shift and its impact on farmers, arguing higher wheat prices and debt payments in silver, with increased demand for silver and lower gold value. It questions quick panics, mortgage foreclosures, and the broader economic effects on the Chicago market.
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Chicago
Robt. Lindblom
Liverpool
France
Germany
Chicago Board of Trade
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National
William J. Bryan
L. H. Karr
Clark
Auditor of State
W. Davis
Louisa
WM. D. Boies
Sioux
Charles Ruegnitz
Clayton
L. R. Bolter
Harrison
Amos Steckel
Davis
Thomas J. Denison
Fayette
Iger
Agency City
John Fullen
Palmer and Buckner
Senator Hill
Thurber
Polly
Sewall
H. K Thurber
Incouragement
Bucklen
Bismarck
C. A. Culberson
Friederichsruhe
Hoods
Leavening Powe
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