Free coinage and tariff debate echo in Colorado
The article recalls debates on free coinage of gold and silver at a 16 to 1 ratio and the Silver dollar as legal tender. It notes Republican criticism of tariff policy under the gold standard and mentions Judge Bailey as a notable GOP figure in Canon City and Colorado politics.
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Senator Teller
St. Bowis
Democratic National Platform
United States
Judge Bailey
Canon City
Hin
Colorado
Vor
Pueblo
Fusion Fails in Weld County Politics Amid Party Tensions
The Trinum explains that county fusion among Populists, Republicans, and Democrats in Weld County collapsed over candidate choice, party loyalties, and distrust of McCreery. Populists pressed for fair representation and agreed on a joint ticket, but Republicans backed McCreery and Democrats refused to align, ending the alliance.
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Trinum
Triaone
Weld
St. Louis
Colorado
Greeley
The
Tribune
Teller
General Assembly
McCreery
Senate
Bennett
Freeman McCreery
The Poor Workingman and the Silver Debate
The piece criticizes politicians and employers who claim to aid workers while pushing McKinley and the gold standard. It cites cases from various firms, including Calumet and Hecla Mining Co, paying employees in silver to illustrate the silver debate and calls their motives hypocritical.
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Calumet & Hecla Mining Co
Michigan
Kind and Encouraging Words From an Eastern Friend
A private letter from Ralph Meeker of New York praises the Tribune's silver work and Captain Boyd's reply. Bryan is expanding rapidly and the countryside supports silver, with education about the issue increasing. Senator Wolcott boasts of election wins while denouncing Democrats and populists, and the potato crop outlook is examined amid price drops.
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Ralph Meeker
New York City
Greeley Trieune
Trieune
Captain Boyd
New York
Bryan
Catskills
Interior Counties
Potato Prices Decline Prompt New Market Warnings
The report from the Department of Agriculture shows declines across major regions from August levels. The Northwest acreage returns to normal but is twenty points below last year. California seeks potatoes from this market to supply Los Angeles where home stock sells high. Iowa and Dakota crops are light, Omaha dealers seek supply, while Tribune cautions against selling below fifty cents and urges farmers to resist dealer pressure.
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Department of Agriculture
Northwest
California
Los Angeles
Iowa
Dakota
Omaha
Trisune
Leadville Lead and party politics stir Colorado turmoil
The Denver Republican attacks the Lake County sheriff and Governor over Leadville unrest, condemning militia use and populist leadership. It questions party strategies, fusion moves, and the absence of independent voter power, urging vigilance against political manipulation.
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Denver
Pinkerton
Sheriff Bowers
Bull Hill
Newman
Pueblo
Leadville
Wilson-Gorman tariff debate eased by trade data from Weld county
The Denver News summarises treasury import export figures showing August exports at 66.7 million and imports at 49.5 million, eight month totals improving by 170 million in favor of the United States, noting prior 1893 McKinley bill effects and asking Weld county Democrats how leaders have treated them.
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Denver News
Treasury
Colorado University Ranked Among Top American Universities
The German yearbook of the Educational World places the University of Colorado among the first eleven American universities and the top four state universities. The ranking reflects standards, graduate work quality and faculty strength, signaling genuine university standards between the Mississippi and the Pacific coast.
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Educational World
University of
Colorado
Mississippi
Pacific Coast
Paderewski Presents New Minuet Menuet Moderne
Ignace Paderewski unveils a new piano minuet named Menuet Moderne dedicated to his American admirers. He claims it is his best work and should surpass his Menuet a L Antique from 1883, which sold over seven million copies in one year. The piece, his first since Antique, is written for the Ladies Home Journal and will appear in the October issue.
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Paderewski
Ignace Paderewski
Ladies Home Journal
Master Skylark Leads St Nicholas Volume Debut
John Bennett writes the leading serial Master Skylark for the new St Nicholas volume about Elizabethan romance with Shakespeare as a key figure. hero and heroine are a boy and a girl. William H Shelton follows with The Last Three Soldiers about three Union soldiers cast away in the Confederacy. both begin in November issue.
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John Bennett
St. Nicholas
September Table Talk promises up to date topics and style
The September issue of Table Talk debuts a new cover and timely content. Miss Elizabeth Grinnell discusses "The Pleasures of a Restricted Diet" while Mrs. Burton Kingsland writes "Friends in Council" at a luncheon table. The issue covers menus recipes juvenile world fashions and various entertainment modes. A sample copy is offered to readers who send name and address to Table Talk Publishing Co. Philadelphia Pa.
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Table Talk
Elizabeth Grinnell
Table Talk Publishing Co
Philadelphia
Porters Reminiscences to Be Published as Campaigning with Grant
General Horace Porter’s recollections of Ulysses S. Grant will be serialized by the Century starting in November under the title Campaigning with Grant. Porter recalls meeting Grant at Chattanooga and serves as a biographer and veteran observer of Civil War events.
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Horace Porter
General Grant
Century
Grant
Porter
Chatta
Rose of Yesterday by Marion Crawford begins in Century
Marion Crawford has written a new story for Century titled A Rose of Yesterday. It will begin in the November issue and run six months, opening in Lucerne. Though wholly romantic, some characters will be familiar to readers of Don Orsino.
McClure's October issue previews Ian Maclaren study
The October MacClure's Magazine will feature a biographical study of Ian Maclaren by Rev. D. M. Ross plus reminiscences from Edinburgh and Ottawa on the Lincoln and Douglas debates. It promises an illustrated article, a Kipling ballad Cholera Camp, Anthony Hope romance Phrase, several short stories, and confessions from Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
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M’clure
MacClure
Ian Maclaren
Bonnie Brier Bush
D. M. Ross
Ross
Ian Mac Claren
Edinburgh University
Linceln
Douglas
Anthony Hope
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Aid for Cuban insurgents urged as filibuster ships supply
The Chicago News reports that Spain will deploy 225000 troops by October first, while Maceo’s insurgents facing 80000. Volunteers in New York and Chicago collect cast off clothing for shipment via the Three Friends filibuster. A clothing drive at the local YMCA rooms accepts men’s apparel before Thursday noon to aid General Maceo’s troops.
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Spain
Maceo
New York
Chicago
Chicago News
Silver and gold exchange in political rhetoric
Bryan argues for silver as money while warning of privileged special interests. He proposes trade for property and a depot visit with a brass band to welcome silver buyers. Weed comments on heated politics and intemperate language from recent weeks.
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William Jennings Bryan
United States
Elias
Myron Weed
Bryan Speech Sparks Fight for Industry Rewards
A quote attributed to Bryan at Madison Square Garden asserts that society will not transfer the rewards of industry to idleness. The remark frames a debate on work and national policy with a call for merit-based gains.
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Bryan
Madison Squar Garden
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