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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1896
Page
3
The passage argues against free silver, stating it would not ease labor, shorten hours, improve pay, or boost farming profitability. It claims free silver would alter values negatively, destroy confidence, and fail to advance national wealth, while noting the nation can build iron ships and sail them by steam as it did with wooden vessels.
The report cites Bryan as attacking protection as a vicious political principle while noting his upcoming campaign to win votes from workers idle or underemployed due to pro Bryanite protection destruction. The piece criticizes confidence and stability as the two factors to be judged by voters during the election period.
A letter from Cyrus J. Roberts, captain United States Army, praises William McKinley as a gallant, efficient staff officer who rose from private to brevet major during the Civil War. Roberts recalls McKinley’s service in the Shenandoah campaigns under Crook and Sheridan, and endorses him as one of the ablest men in public life.
The article argues that the revenue tariff endorsed by Bryan should raise funds to cover government expenses but, as shown by the Wilson-Cerman bill, it fails to achieve that single purpose and instead misses the mark.
An advertisement extols Armour and Co meat meal products like Ground Bone Meal and Sisters Bone Dissolved Bone with claims of purity and field trials. The piece also contains partial railway timetables and travel notices for routes from Blairsburg to Pittsburgh, with station stops and agent contact details. The text names Armour, Timothy Seed, and Thurston Watt and lists several rail departures and addresses in Pittsburgh and Blairsville.
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