Inside War History Reveals Kansans on Expansion Fears
Dispatches from San Francisco show Kansas volunteers returning from Manila skeptical of expansion. They blame colonial schemes for capitalist gain and warn against labor competition from Coolies. Accounts question General Otis and Funston's leadership and praise privates who earned true bravery at Calumpit and Malolos.
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Manila
Pacific
Spain
Caloocen
Otis
McKinley
Twentieth
Kanas Regiment
Washington
Bell
Stolzenburg
Nebraska
Funston
Malolos
Kansas
Frederick Fanston
Fanston
Fivnstun
Kansas City Company
Rio Grande
Calumpit
Hardy
Corporal Drysdale
Jack Huntsman
Clint Willey
Luzon
Little
General Otis
Lawton
Kansas City Times
Cattle price claims spark Kansas exchange of views
In July price figures trigger a lively dispute. EKimporia Gazette scoffs at $5.55 as the average beef price while Kansas City records $4.95. Ottawa Republican notes the beef rise tied to money supply and accuses the Gazette of false statements and political bias.
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Hove
Kansas
Ekimporia Gazette
White
Kansas City
Gazette
Texas
McKinley
the Gazette
Ottawa Republican
Republican politicians press for Harris seat bid
Some Republicans push J Rats Button to back Harris successor but he resists tactics. He vows to win Baker’s seat or bust a home-string, signaling he will not be swayed from his path.
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Som
J. Rats Button
Harris
Senate
Baker
English Socialistic Plan Draws Debate in Parliament
The parliamentary committee reports a new old age pension scheme for the deserving poor over 65, offering weekly 1.25 to 1.75 dollars. The bill, set for the next session, is seen as a Liberal demoralizer by Conservatives. Estimated annual cost is 20 million pounds with half to be borne by local rates, shaping election messaging.
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London
Kansas City World
Ground Wires on Barbed Wire Save Livestock
A Live Stock Indicator urges farmers to ground fence wires during storms to prevent lightning deaths. Connecting fence wires to moist earth with ground wires can divert electricity away from animals, making pastures safer than an ungrounded fence.
War Tax debate fueled by banker Downing’s plan
The article critiques a banker J F Downing of Kansas City proposing to make the Spanish War special revenue tax permanent. It notes administration hints to make the tax a fixed institution and cites legal opinions that tax incidence falls on the public, not just banks, with the stamp tax described as a nuisance burdensome to all while claiming it targets the rich.
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Congress
J. F. Downing
Kansas City
Downing
National Treasury
McKinley
Star
Kansan
The Merry Drummer Goes Quiet as Trust Talk Shifts
In Toledo on May 27 a windbag drummer from the 1890s returns to face reform and anti trust talk. He once prophesied ruin if Bryan won and praised gold bug arguments. Now worn, frayed, and with a grave air, he faces a shifting political mood as parties adopt anti trust reforms, with the Democratic line opposing trusts.
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Toledo
Ohio
Bryan
White County
Til
Populist Paper Compares GOP Trust Fight To Cautionary Fable
A Kansas Populist paper quotes Senator Young describing the Republican party in its fight on trusts as like a man who sawed off the limb he sits on or the climber who kicks away the ladder and ends up sleeping on the roof.
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Kansas
Young
Republican Party
Coming Age for August offers noted science and culture
The August Coming Age features Prof A E Dolbear on the universe through telescope spectroscope and microscope. Dr Edward Everett Hale contrasts The Boston of 4828 with today. James A Herne reviews a forty year acting career with vivid portraits and anecdotes. Other contributors include Malloy Buy Hedley Whiting Darlington and Dromgoole. Get a copy from your news dealer.
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A. E. Dolbear
Edward Everett Hale
Boston
Hale
James A. Herne
Chas. Malloy
Jean du Buy
James Hedley
Lillian Whiting
Nina K. Darlington
Will Allen Dromgoole
McKinley Promises Gold Value for U S Money
The Star and Kansar letter argues President McKinley could declare money interchangeable with gold only via enacted law, calling the move fat and questioning when money was not interchangeable, challenging the currency standard and federal policy.
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United States
Star and Kansar
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