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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1900
Page
6
Fragment texts describe a weaving figure moving through grass and mold. References to flowers, living gold cups and a white cold blossom appear. The speaker seems the weaver, shuttles flying, merging with wall and fate as life passes.
Harry and Katie, facing poverty after their mother's death, hope to send Katie to school with help from an unknown benefactor. Harry plots to work and earn money to support her, recalling Mina Bruce as a kind heiress who offered comfort. A letter and a $350 bill arrive, suggesting Miss Bruce’s possible generosity as Katie prepares to resume her studies.
In a seaside town tale, Harry Walker recalls a mysterious donor who left fifty dollars for a sister. The money funds a cottage and his rise to junior partner while the donor remains unnamed and remembered. Years later he seeks the donor’s identity, now Mrs Lambert, and confesses a lifelong affection. He asks for her hand, hoping the donor is the same woman.
Miss Estelle Reel cites about 250000 Indians and 250 boarding and day schools with over 2000 teachers. The program blends study with industrial work, teaching girls domestic skills and boys farming, plus higher branches at Carlisle Haskell Hampton. Advocates stress gradual assimilation and direct exposure to American life to reduce tribal camps and promote self-sufficiency.
An early note explains shoe wear ranges about two inches of leather worn away per year. It suggests boots meant to last a lifetime would need soles eight feet thick to endure common use.
The South’s largest orange tree stands fifty feet tall with a base circumference of fifteen feet in Terre Bonne Parish Louisiana. It has yielded as many as 10 000 oranges in a single year, proving extraordinary fruitage for a single specimen.
The National Watchman urges vigilance against Democrats who opposed Bryan in 1896 yet seek seats as delegates. It brands such individuals as unreliable, accusing them of secretly backing McKinley and aiming to thwart party unity to aid employers, trusts, and monopolies.
A Newark Ledger editorial denounces McKinley as costly to the American people in money and influence. It contrasts him with alleged rivals in the 1896 politics climate, targets Platt’s attacks, and labels the White House incumbent as the costliest investment in U.S. public life. It condemns trusts and government contractors backing McKinley while deriding opponents as powerless.
The Porto Rico bill allegedly raises some Dingley tariff rates. Goods transshipped via an American port to Porto Rico incur full Dingley rates plus 15 percent, while direct shipments from Europe to Porto Rico pay the lower rate. The Treasury order, seemingly authored to aid brewers and cementers, risks hurting U S shipping and enlarging trust leverage on the island.
A columnist contrasts Secretary Long’s praise of relief with criticism from the Omaha Nonconformist. The piece questions whether Americans, including mothers, feel content as a son is driven to insanity or death by the war, challenging optimistic rhetoric amid discontent.
The speaker decries renewed slavery in U S territories and questions public contentment as the Declaration of Independence is denied and the Constitution disrespected. He cites Iowa's unanimous censure of the president and Congress and attacks Republican newspapers for vacillation and cowardice.
The Sioux Falls platform calls for all tariffs on goods controlled by a trust to be abolished. It argues tariffs foster trusts and curb competition, noting English steel is cheaper than in the US, and asks farmers and laborers to support the Democratic party to end tariff support for trusts.
Defenders of trusts argue their chief advantage is eliminating middlemen profits. The Guardian notes middlemen profits vanish yet consumer costs rise, with jobbers' gains once in tin plate now funneling into trust profits via the public, implying no consumer benefit.
Commentary arguing that killing trusts targets a fictitious corporate entity rather than the natural person. It contrasts natural and corporate beings, notes corporate power can outlive individuals, and laments political alignment with corporate giants. The excerpt critiques perpetual corporate existence and accountability in life and afterlife.
Secretary Long in a Boston address claimed labor rewards are high while the Omaha Nonconformist argues wages rise unevenly. He points to miners and garment workers facing poverty, frequent strikes, and dire conditions as living costs climb and prices surge despite wages.
The piece discusses severe Cuban treasury looting by carpetbaggers and its political impact. It notes White House concern, pressure to suppress coverage, and fears for the administration and McKinley’s electoral prospects amid the scandal.
Notice to agents outlines bus and train stops from Blairsville to Butler Fittsbur and Indiana via Blairsville Intersection with listed times on weekdays Sundays and specific branches. Details include origins Blairsville Dessenters and Allegheny City schedules, with agent contact E Watt for Western District for passenger information.
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