The Gold Standard Debate and Republican Money Power
The piece argues the gold standard triumphed through Republican ledgers and Wall Street funding. It asserts 1896 campaign money from foreign and domestic sources purchased political support, aided by Hanna McKinley and party leaders. It alleges ongoing corruption and further subsidies to please trusts despite constitutional opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Times
Republican Party
Republican Campaign Fund
Gold Standard
Bankers’ Credit
Bill
Congress
Hanna
McKinley
Wall Street
Lombard Street
Bryan
the Times
Arm
Hanna-Payne
Trusta
Puerto Rico
Trust Amendment Moves to curb monopolies in Congress
Republicans push a constitutional amendment to regulate and dissolve monopolies and corporations, arguing the party failed to enforce laws in over three years. Critics accuse the move of courting trusts for campaign support while signaling broad broadcasts to sway voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay
Judiciary Committee
House
United States
Congress
Republican Party
Puerto Rico
Out of Employment and Labor Shortage Myth
The piece argues that widespread unemployment is a myth and wages are driven by supply and demand. It cites a pamphlet from Brooklyn City Mission and City Magistrate Jacob Brenner noting honest workers unable to find work or shelter, forced to seek court relief as a last resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Brooklyn City Mission Han
Jacob Brenner
Industrial conditions and tin plate costs debate
A statement sent to seven Brooklyn magistrates found six agreeing with Magistrate Brenner. The pamphlet includes verbatim magistrate remarks and corroborative city official testimony. The piece argues protective measures fail to create fair opportunities, citing higher U S tin plate prices versus international rates and the tin plate trust increasing costs for workers and households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Brenner
Ralph Hoyt
Rockefeller Joins Senate Cuba Inquiry Junket On Dolphin
New York News questions why John D Rockefeller Jr travels aboard the Dolphin with three U S senators and a Standard Oil representative. It notes a senatorial committee probes Cuba conditions and US relations to the oil tax land and asks who pays, who invites, and who authorizes the trip while stressing potential conflicts of interest and official duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocksteller
United States
Standard Ol
Washington
Cuba
Platt
Connecticut
Aldrich
Rhode
Ialandland Teller
Colorado
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Delhpin
Young Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
New York News
A Righteous Expansion Speech Against Imperialism
Hon J J Lewis of Ohio challenges imperialism and urges focus on domestic projects. He cites history of Romans and Spanish decline, and argues for national programs in education, postal service, levees, irrigation, and a Nicaraguan canal while advocating limiting foreign entanglements and reaffirming unity and liberty at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Lewis
Ohio
Europe
Spain
American Republic
Mississippi
Rocky Mountain
Berty
Monopoly profits and monopoly growth alarm McKinley
The New York World argues that the Chicago Telephone Company with a $5,000,000 capital stock and a market price of $225 per share issued 8 percent cash plus two 10 percent stock dividends, creating a yearly 6 7 percent return on par value. It cites Standard Oil and Carnegie Steel profits to question legitimate private competition and warn of monopoly influence on the 1896 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Telephone Company
Standard O11
Carnegie Steel Company
McKinley
New York World
Tin and protection sparks in Jamestown Journal debate
The Jamestown Journal quotes ten years of Democratic views on tin plate protection. It notes a large drop in imports by 828 million pounds and about 800 million pounds produced domestically in a year. The response questions accuracy and argues that the half-truths deserve scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown Journal
United States
Imperialism and the awakening against McKinley politics
Congressman Sutherland argues imperialism as a malignant influence in Europe and warns Republicans that President McKinley risks defeat. He cites dissatisfaction within the party and predicts a split between Hanta and McKinley factions could lead to destruction of the Republican unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Congressman Sutherland
McKinley
Hanta-McKinley
Iniu Hepublican Party
Polishing Device and Moon Weather Myths
A Cedar Rapids inventor offers a wire cloth holder to aid shoe polishing, replacing the old brush with a simple looped wire tool. The piece then discusses beliefs in the moon’s influence on weather, debunking tides in air and noting only minor atmospheric effects from lunar cycles supported by historical observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Raplia
Iowa
Moon’s Influence Still In Question, Hazen Argues
In a discussion on celestial impact, Prof H A Hazen asserts that the full moon’s effects on weather are not supported by evidence. He argues the accumulated data do not justify attributing weather changes to lunar phases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welles
Connecticut
Long Island Sound
Pacific
London
Earth
Bay of Fundy
Atlantic
St. Helena
Mid-Ocean
Lord Rosse
H. A. Hazen
Modern Explosives Lecture At London Institution Dundee
Mr J Brame gave a lecture on Modern Explosives at the London Institution Dundee detailing explosive chemistry from gunpowder to cordite and lyddite. He explained nitro glycerine gun cotton and vaseline, and described detonators for high explosive shells. The talk covered Melinite and nitric acid reactions with experiments and notes on future displays at the Paris expo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brame
London Institution
Dundee
Battle of
Cressy
Novel Candia t Holder Patented by New York Inventor
A New York City inventor patents a portable candle holder with two fixed wings to support the candle and an adjustable wing attached to the handle. The design allows candles of different sizes and facilitates removal and replacement, aiming to improve a long standing household item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Winslow Doubts Human Sanity Decline Fueled by Alcohol
Dr Winslow argues insanity rises and humanity degenerates under alcohol indulgence. He cites a string of geniuses as examples to link genius with madness and hopes his book alerts readers to early mental disease progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joaantty
Winslow
Lombroso
The E ffects of Mind on Body in Faith Cares
In the American Journal of Psychology Mr Goddard analyzes Christian science divine healing and hypnotic methods. He concludes all mental healing arises via suggestion and that the idea of health tends to produce health in the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faith Cares
American Journal of Psychology
Goddard
Youthful Whitecaps Patrol Love Fortresses in City
Arcola Correspondence reports a local youth group dubbed the whitecaps, aged 18 to 20, enforcing strict rules to protect members’ love interests from outsiders. Incidents cited include a beating, a brutal abduction to a cemetery, a masked “ghost” threat, and a display of fear to deter involvement, with leaders and members remaining unidentified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitecaps
Ghost
Mann
White Caps
Chicago
Warmth in Letters Drives Pleasant Relations
A woman with extensive experience argues that warm expressive letters, especially for gifts or favors, create goodwill. Cold formal notes feel like a blow and lessen future helpfulness. She advises prompt replies and genuine warmth, insisting daughters learn to respond immediately to urgent acknowledgments.
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Colt
New York
The Passion Flower as Seen by early Spanish settlers
The Passion Flower earned its name from early settlers who saw in its structure a representation of Our Lord's passion. They interpreted the filaments as the crown of thorns, the leaves and stalks as nails and the spear, and the tendrils and stamens as the tools of scourging and instruments of martyrdom.
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America
Anevior
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Republicad
Teeestry
Partes
Chiengo
Liverpool
Manchester
Leeds
Paris
Berlin
Tin Plate Trust
Buffalo Times
Astig
Champ de Mars
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