Bond-Holders and Bread-Winners Urged by Southern Mercury
A erratic and educate theme dominates a drive for virtue sobriety and purity of home backed by the Southern Mercury. The piece urges forming a club to place ballots with women, cites Mrs Lemuel Abbott of Downs Ind as a contact, and references farm life and library assistance. It notes a Topeka Farm ers’ Wife ad and mortgage foreclosures in Aberdeen News.
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Alliance Library
Lemuel Abbott
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Topeka
Southern voices warn Democrats on Bland bill choice
The Denver News argues that if the Democratic convention ignores Southern sentiment shown in the Bland bill vote by nominating the Wall Street gold bug from Cleveland, the party will lose almost all Southern states except three.
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Denver News
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Wall Street
Cleveland
Tenants shift parties as labor speaks in tariff terms
The piece notes Tae Quenemo joining the People's party, counting seventeen old party papers switching sides since a stated date. It contrasts free trade rhetoric with German tariff policy and cites labor voices from Kansas City, Indianapolis, and Colorado warning of bread lines and high tariffs.
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Tae Quenemo Sentinel
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People’s Party
Kansas City
Kas
Sun
Hingland
Southern Mercury
Germany
Indianapolis
Colorado
Drunken man assaulted on Market Street by police
A intoxicated hobo was roughed by a patrol on Market Street in a vicious strike and heavy bleeding. He rose, then received another blow from a policeman’s club and was dragged toward the patrol as bystanders watched in shock.
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Bisu
Gutterward
Market Street
Yeu
Denver
Denver Road Opinion on Liquor Licenses and Taxation
A Denver letter writer blasts liquor licensing as a tax burden that funds police and courts. He argues for ending licenses, letting taverns run freely, making liquor cheaper, and holding sellers financially responsible for damages. He cites the perverse outcomes of taxation and urges reform to curb drunkenness and crime. The piece appeals to readers to question the current system and consider self‑regulated, liability‑based controls.
Hox E H Funston Secures Delegates for Re nomination
Hox E H Funston has a majority of delegates in the Second district and will be renominated on the 25th. He has secured a certificate of good character from the Capital saloon manager and will likely use it in his re election canvass.
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Hox
E. H. Funston
Mills
Dr Whitehall’s Meg icmine Promises Cures for Various Ailments
An advertisement from Hutchinson Kansas by Dr M Kozel claims to cure birth marks warts old sores tumors cancers and other chronic diseases in males and females. It urges sending 2 cents for terma stamp and promises headache relief and neuralgia relief with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
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Hutchinson
Kas
Whitehall
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Hodson
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Machine of Equity and Justice
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