Cause of the Boers and Monroe Doctrine in Foreign Policy
A historic editorial argues McKinley's cabinet should resist British expansion in Africa. It cites the Monroe Doctrine as guiding policy, warns against imperial entanglements, and urges decisive nonmilitary action to trim Britain’s colonial growth before it threatens republican stability worldwide. It recalls the Venezuelan affair as a precedent for firm, peaceful diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
United States
Africa
America
Europe
Great Britain
Republic
Olney
Cuba Our Nation's Shame and American Trusts
The New York News argues Cuban protests target Washington’s plan for a stable government under Republican rule. It links post office fund thefts, franchise giveaways, and syndicate grabs to U S policy and calls for a Democratic president to end monopoly power and restore Jeffersonian Jacksonian ideals.
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Cuba
Washington
Weyler
United States
McKinley
White House
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
New York News
Senator Penrose Comment Sparks Investment Holdings Debate
The Troy Democrat criticizes Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania for confusing holdings with investments in last week’s senate remarks. The piece argues many investors hold large sums in paying stocks while cash paid was far less, a practice blamed for harming workers and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doube
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Senate
Khave
Troy
Famine in India Tied to Wage Crisis and Silver Policy
Lord George Hamilton led a London meeting on Indian famine relief noting it is a wage famine as well as a food famine. He warned that closing the mints to silver coinage worsens the crisis, arguing contraction of the circulating medium drives hardship, while suggesting renewed silver coinage would prevent wage famines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord George Hamilton
India
London
Lord Hamilton
Union I¢ Strength speech at Omaha by W J Bryan
W J Bryan speaks at the Peter Cooper Club in Omaha stressing unity among silver Republicans populists and democrats not on every issue but on the major questions before the country. He argues cooperation was wise in 1896 and remains essential today noting differences yet shared priorities and the need to act together on key matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union I
Republican Party
W. J. Bryan
Omaha
Peter Cooper
Bad Beginning in the Cuban Post Office Scandal
The piece argues the Cuban post office scandal shows failures from the spails system in distributing offices. It notes initial incompetence or corruption in colonial administration, worries about American versus Spanish conduct, and warns imperial rule breeds corruption, as the proconsul is surrounded by satirical buzzards.
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St. Louis
Carmack speech rails against imperialism and flag rights
Hon. RR. Carmack told the Tennessee State Democratic convention that U.S. government aims to seize distant lands and extend citizenship through conquest. He warned against imperialism and insisted the flag and constitution must reach any territory where the people are subjects of U.S. governance.
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Tinpovielleno
United States
Democratic Party
Philippine Islands
R. Carmack
Tennessee
McKinley Accused of Trust Ties in Letters
The Dallas Gazette counters that McKinley has no principle, calling him a man whose policy is a blank check for friends in exchange for campaign funds. Newark Ledger notes claims McKinley supports capitalization of trusts, stressing that “interest” rather than principle troubles him.
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McKinley
Dallas Gazette
Newark
N. J
Pensions Granted and Coal Deals Stir Keystone State News
The week saw pensions awarded to numerous individuals across towns from Sharpsburg to Rochester totaling varied sums. A major coal land sale of 1,000 acres along the Monongahela near West Brownsville fetched about $275 per acre, with Phillips realizing roughly $168,000. The era also reports severe hail in Ligonier valley damaging crops and property, a fatal self-inflicted death in Armstrong county, industrial strikes at the Humbert plant, and bids to build a public library in Huntingdon.
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John Gruden
Emlentan
John Arnold
Sharpsburg
Gad C. Cooper
Canneattville
Mary J. Jones
Homestead
James Bush
Verona
Thomas Wheeler
Indiana
Fletcher I. Chalfant
Brownsville
Samuel Greelman
Wilkinsburg
Samuel Burkhart
West Newton
Thomas J. Korsteter
Franklin
Adolphus Lavine
Sharon
Elizabeth Kearney
Monongahela
James M. Campbell
West Elizabeth
Charles Snyder
St. Marys
Daniel Schoonover
West Franklin
George F. Lukens
Rochester
Samuel C. Hill
Blairsville
Eliza Campbell
Francis Powell
Rural Valley
Lewis Martin
West Freedom
Michael Hutzel
Sand Patch
Benjamin Henderson
Elderton
Dennis McSweeney
John A. Murray
Beaver Falls
Samuel W. Pryor
Pleasantville
Minor
John F. Ganster
Etna
Rhoda Eshenbaugh
Noble TF. Sanford
Jesse J. Sanford
Carnegie
Moon Run Coal Company
Washington County
James A. Phillips
Monongahela River
Fredericktown
Phillips
Sanford
Ligonier Valley
Frank McConaughey
Ligonier
Frank Brown
Pittsburg
Youngstown and
Ashtabula
Brown
Mahoningtown
Allegheny Coal Company
Cleveland
Allegheny River
Hite
Springdale
Charles Uhlinger
California Pioneers’ Association
Ponce de Leon Springs
Meadville
California
James Sheakley
Greenville
Alaska
Pattsville
Skibo Castle
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Huntingdon
Pauline Howard
Juliet Conner
Uniontown
New Salem
Miss Howard
Miss Conner
Green Tree Borough
Central Luther League
Sunday School Association
Southern Lutheran Conference
Pittsburg Synod
Greensburg
Fragmented ad text with legal threat and numbers
The passage parrots a damaged advertisement proposing refunds and urgent actions. It mentions banks and express companies in Chicago and cites large sums over 700000 dollars. The noisy mix includes music gear pricing and scattered organizational names.
Review of Trade Signals Wheat Losses Hit Northwest Bourse
R G Dun weekly review flags northwest wheat crop damage as the main event, with speculative markets showing large moves. Wheat futures rose sharply in Chicago and locally, with expectations of a crop year shortfall. Steel producers cut prices for beams and angles in Pittsburg, while rails and tin plates hold at peak levels amid wage questions and potential full shutdowns by July 4. Hoops and blacksheets quoted, merchant steel varied. pipe prices nudged lower but demand still weak. Minor metals quiet with few transactions. Weekly failures total 179 in the U S and 25 in Canada, compared with last year.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Northwest
West
Chicago
Pittsburg
United States
Canada
Youthful Murderer Caught in Virginia
Arthur Waddell an eight year old boy from Grayson County is jailed in Independence after enticement of Bettie Hampton a three year old colored girl. Authorities report the boy killed the child with a rock and hid the body under a tree. The youth shows little understanding of his crime and said he killed her because he did not like her mother.
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Virginia
Arthur Waddell
Independence
Arthur
Grayson County
Bettie Hampton
Germany to Fight England Naval War Urged by Reichstag Editor
Berlin sensation as Herr Mertel, editor of Deutsche Tages Zeitung, declares in Ebernburg that the next war will be naval and against England. He says the government gave assurances, prompting Agrarian lawmakers to support the naval bill.
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Berlin
Herr Mertel
Reichstag
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Ebernburg
England
Train Schedules and Transfers From Blairsville and Pittabur
A fragmented passenger notice lists train departures from Blairsville to Salteburg Paulton Risktininetan Junction and Allegheny City with weekly weekday times and Sunday runs. It also shows Blaireville to Trntler Butler Branch and to Pittabur with multiple weekday and Sunday slots, plus intersections for Aliana Bly Hin and Indiana routes and a note for detailed info to Ubos. B Watt, Agt. Western Dipmol Corner Fite.
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Blairsville
Salteburg
Paulton
Risktininetan
Opringdabang Alegheny City
Blaireville
Butler
Pittabur
Aliana
Pittsburg
Indiana
Biafraville
Ubos
Watt
Paes
Western
Dipmol Corner
Fite
Se Hood
Nauayer
Panee Beh
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Keystone State News
Narecy Carson
Trwin
Samuel Fry
McSteen
Oil City
Peter Moon
Sharon Water Company
Floyd L. Kinner
Bradford County Republican Committee
Athens
Bellevennon Gas Company
Rostraver
Westmoreland County
Ted.s
Eati
Elgin Creamery
Cceereesene
I'nancy
Ohio
Ang New York
Ewe
Lqgb
ATS Sane
Butler —Onis Creamery
Philadelphia
New York
Eptral
Libadyz
Henner
Mars Money
Partite
Jane
Depontt
Mont Dur
iHifnl
Panoa
Haig
ORME
Rank
Xchange Bank
Ann Express Company
Bears, RI
WE Ani
Digi
Seara
Woebuck &Co
Debuck & CO. (Inc
Fulton, Desplaines
Wayman Sts
Chicago, Ill
Daugherty
County
Www
S. Daugherty
Uakea
Lewins
Ag Sermnats
Burdick
Americas
Utah
Ndchine
San
Sears, Roenuck & Co
Moiter
Sears, Roebuck & CO. (Inc
Carriar, Pitent Neadle
Review OF Trade
Germany
Ennsylvyanta & North Railroad CO
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Bellwood
Coalport
Berwindale
Mahaffey
Punxsutawney
Fordham
Elk Run
el Run
Anita
Adrian
West Eureka
Gastram
Beech Creek R. R
Madera
Irryone
Burnside Curwensville
Cherrytrea
McGees Mills
Janesville
Maliy
Utahvile
A. Ford
F. Lewis
ELEN
Ranma
Ibia
Vears, Roebuge & CQ. (Inc
Tirie Howback & Cie
Ion
Beit
Son
Shove Stram
Denys
Juelssen
Gualantee
Sears, Roebuck & CG
Ok & Cow
Nhsylvania Railroar
Aca
Tavue
Oir
Smith
Oraf
Iain Ev
Ley
Bor Cokeville
Blaizaville
Vievo
Eek Dayar
Acg
Korteward
Lyes
Cokeyville
Moe
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