Political ticker and industrial notes from Streator era
Chief Arthur urges workers to back the Republican ticket. Diaz’s long rule in Mexico is defended as dictatorship justified by ability. St Louis tornado losses tallied at 10.23 million with 821 houses destroyed and 8512 damaged across 33 miles. Labor pilgrimages to Canton push pro McKinley protection. Free silver debate highlighted by Kankakee Gazette interviews and mine owners hoping for mint profits.
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Diaz
Mexico
St Louis
Canton
Ohio
McKinley
Masslion Ohio
United States
Kankakee
DC. H. Cobb
Anaconda
Montana
The Other World and a Worldly Debate in One Page
A mixed page notes Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe's death and her devotional poem about the afterlife. It also discusses economic debates on free coinage and the gold standard, plus a Harper's Weekly report on Spain's Cuba crisis, Cuba’s unrest, and Spain's financial strain and chances for peaceful intervention.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Spain
Harper's Weekly
Span Eh
Cuba
Times
Bank of Spain
Free Silver Coinage and Its Global Effects
The article weighs free silver coinage advocating unlimited minting and its potential global impact. It discusses bullion flow to mints, possible price distortions, and the risk of inflation, arguing that a gold standard would be undermined and that benefits would mainly accrue to large holders and miners rather than the general public.
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Congress
Mexico
América
Europe
Kings New Discovery Promises Quick Cough Relief
James L. Francis claims Kings New Discovery is an ideal panacea for coughs colds and lung complaints after five years use. John Bargus a Methodist minister praises the remedy for speedy relief, inviting trial bottles at Stur Powell's Drug Store.
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James L. Francis
Chicago
Dr Kings New Discovery
Orother John Bargus
Hookuk
Towa
Methodist Episcopal Church
Stur Powell
Editors Demand Fireproof Homes Amid Midnight Burglary Satire
The Kankakee Gazette quotes a chaotic editorial voice from Herald editor Tom Morgan, lampooning readers with a wild midnight burglary scene and a call for editors to have houses built without doors or windows. The piece mocks press bravado and the dangers faced by journalists in a frenzied era.
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Tom Morgan
The
Herald
Kankakee
Harper's Bazar August Numbers Highlight Outdoor Life
Eha notes that August issues feature outdoor life articles and nature studies. Caroline A Creszey presents Birds no Midsummer, Marion Harland offers A Weathered Ishmaelite, and Ruth McEney Bruart contributes The Story of a Duck Farm. Craft readers gain Summer Embroidery by Candace Wheeler and Household Decoration by Mary Artois continues through August.
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Harper's Bazar
Candace Wheeler
Mary Artois
Illinois Republicans to hold state convention in Peoria
The Illinois League of Republican clubs will hold their state convention in Peoria on Tuesday Sept 1. The coverage quotes multiple editorials on tariff policy, McKinley’s prospects in California, and campaign strategy across several newspapers. It notes political capital frontrunners and wages a wider discussion on sound money and free silver.
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Illinois League of Republican Clubs
Peoria
Chicago
Los Angeles Times
McKinley
California
Kansas City-Journal
Wheeling
W. Va
Kansas City
Delaware
N. Y
United States
Cleveland
Ohio
Warrensburg
Standard-Herald
Democratic State Committee
Altgeld
Mississippi Valley
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Kansas
Rock Island Argus
Democratic Party
Congress
Man’s strange tobacco cure craze and odd habits emerge
An odd consumer reports trying a tobacco cure after chewing cents worth weekly, then eating $1.60 worth in two weeks and pennies of candy and cough drops. He also chewed erasers and pencil tips, browsed his mustache, and returns to tobacco for economy. The Landlord at Lion's Head serials will feature in Harper's Weekly this month.
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Howella
Lion's Head
Harper's Weekly
Chicago
Subscriptions Offer for The Henry Republican Bundle
Pitcher’s Castoria and child friendly ads aside The Henry Republican offers new subscribers or advance paying customers a bundle deal. Options include The Henry Republican alone The Weekly Inter Ocean News and The Womankind combined price The Henry Republican The Weekly Inter Ocean and The Womankind all for two dollars The Henry Republican and The Farm Journal The Henry Republican and Business Guide both priced at two dollars for full access.
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Henry Republican
Tm News
Inter Ocean
the Womankind
Tuter O
The
Farm Journal
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