Silver debate over 16 to 1 ratio fuels 1896 era politics
The piece argues for 10 to 1 coinage and rebuts Republican charges against Bryan. It cites the Sherman act and silver coinage of sixty to ninety million dollars, claiming 16 to 1 boosted prosperity and criticizing Republicans for opposing silver, while defending Cleveland and McKinley era policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican
Harp
Bryan
Geover Cleveland
McKinley
United States Senate
Republican Congress
McKinsey
Populist Naming Tricks Fuel Ballot Battlegrounds
The text critiques factional naming plays in a political split, contrasting fustonists and bolters. It notes attempts to brand factions with altered names like populists or allied Republicans and suggests reformers may resist corrupt leadership, highlighting Mark Hanna's influence.
Teddy and Towne Fusion Debate Feud in Nebraska
A clipped Omaha Bee item notes Teddy Roosevelt presses for a joint debate with Charles A Towne in Nebraska while Republicans avoid sharing the stage. Bryan supporters claim over ten thousand fusion voters would fund the Republican campaign if Roosevelt debates Towne at a central Nebraska location.
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Congress
Flrst
Omiaha Bee
Berge
Nebraska
Teddy Roosevelt
Charles A. Towne
Pettigrew backs Filipino Soldier of Fortune in Dewey era debate
The Omaha Bee notes Senator Pettigrew endorses the Filipino fortune phrase amid arguments over Dewey Aguinaldo and McKinley officials. It questions whether American leaders betrayed Filipino allies after aiding independence against Spain and fears promises to them were broken.
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Jonaton Pettigrew Ia
Admiral Dewey
Senator Pettigrew
United States
Omaha Bee
Dewey
Aguinaldo
McKinley
Manila
Pettigrew
Ieve
War money and waning hope in South Africa
The London supplement ary estimates total £34 5 00 000 voted for war costs raising army entitlements to £76 309 153. The South African conflict drags on with daily skirmishes. Boer success grows with raids severing lines and capturing prisoners as British supply routes falter. The piece mocks war optimism and questions the expertise of the era's war pundits.
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London
South Africa
McKinley
Lord Roberts
de Wet
Honingepeult
Protoris
Birds of a Feather Fusion Moves in Polk County
The Immaculate Republicans of Polk County Nobklahoma aim to fuse with the middle of the road Popists after six years of cursing fusion as a paralyzing force.
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Gath
Polk County
County Bryan Faction Faces 800 Vote Rebuff
Fragmentary notes describe local political lines splintering from Bryan supporters who oppose an allied group in Pot County. The text claims Bryan adherents will rally with a decisive majority against the “corrupt combination” of county Republicans, signaling a major split in local politics.
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Bryan
Pot County
Trusts Stamp My Life In Sizes And Ownership
A stream of claims lists countless items from bedstead to lamp, each described as produced by a named trust with huge capitalization. The narrator notes wearing and using goods funded by these trusts, culminating in living in a four room brick house and borrowing from a bank that controls all other trusts with a capitalization of 700 million.
Platform satire argues GOP prosperity claims mislead voters
A satirical piece critiques the Republican platform’s claim of long term prosperity under McKinley, contrasting it with the 1890s crisis under Cleveland and noting exaggerated export surplus figures. It humorously references two unrelated lines about a bride and groom.
Lubec Man Rescued After Ladder Incident at Sea
A Fat citizen of Lubec Maine slipped while reaching for a hammer dropped from a schooner. He wedged between a ladder rung and the hull as tide rose, was trapped for three hours, and rescued just before drowning with water two inches from his mouth.
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Lubec
New York Tribune
Notable Patent Cure Claim Adverts and Odd Local News
A scanned newspaper fragment touts Hall’s Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh and constitutional troubles, offering a $100 reward for a cured case and citing testimonials. The piece also notes Morton County Kansas as purportedly without doctors and recalls a smothering death of a bull from a collapsing haymow at Blackwood Pennsylvania.
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Hentinieat
Morton County
Kanes
Clitms
United States
Fragmented Tiny Patent Remedies and Ads in a 1900s Page
A garbled collection of patent medicine pitches, small ads, and odd product claims from a late 19th to early 20th century newspaper fragment. It mentions shoe fittings, a mattress with inflatable compartments, faceless dye refunds, teething powders for children, ironing aids, and various commerce notices, with scattered dates and company names. The tone mimics routine classifieds and consumer notices of a period paper.
Hindslane Chopped One Trem A Hawarden Elm Chip
A historical note reports Hindslane, an amateur woodsman, once felled an elm at Hawarden in 1880. A fragment of that wood sold for five shillings in a London auction room recently. The College of Science at the University of Sinots issued a circular on a four year course in natural science focusing on economic entomology.
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Hindslane
Gindstone
Hawarden
London
College of Science
University of
Sinots
Great Western excursion sale to Chicago for encampment
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers one fare round trip excursion tickets to Chicago Aug 25 to Sept 1 with extension option to Sept 20 for 50 cents. McKinley may attend the 34th National Encampment in Chicago Aug 7 to Sept 4. inquire via G W agents or BH. Lord, G P & T A, 118 Adams St, Chicago. Also brief plugs for Allen’s Foot-Base and Red Cross Ball Blue plus a note on Japanese farmers’ prosperity amid rising land tax.
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Chicago
Chicago Great Western Railway
Tself
Michigan
McKinley
Lord
G. P
Adams Street
German Marchers Barbers Cleanse Tools by Law
In Germany barbers must cleanse and disinfect combs brushes and razors immediately after use before they are applied to another customer. The note underscores strict hygienic rules affecting barber practices in towns across the country.
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Germany
The Great Medicine Helps Women Overcome Health Struggles
A period era health claim describes a tonic as restoring strength in pale and weak women. It asserts monthly pain and irregularities erase vitality, promising fuller freshness, improved complexion, and preserved form through natural remedies, with letters from readers endorsing its effects.
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Satan
Roadera
Mark Hanna
Teddy and
Towne
Lincoln
Republican Party
Trusts
Cleveland
Mangas
Mamina
Fintech
Howard
Louwt
Nasure
Aidrone FJ. Cheney &C
Minl
Frederick Slater
Blackwood
Tadtios
Alldrurgiste
Boe
Allen
Oliusted
le Rov
N.Y
Putnam
Monroe Drug Co
Unionvilla, Mo
Chile
Tomar
Nocus
Prion
Carter
Curwr's
Tok Co
Bowton
Lord Curzon
Roy of
India
Abar
Ores
Aecl Sky Lada
Dr. Moffett
Fauiltless
Grover
Lee
Alover
Pino
Aminneapolia
Minn
Wanthd
Teo Travel
Experimon
Malary
Ratpate Boa
Peerless Tulnaco Works
Hydford City
Wouraau
A A. R
Allen 8
Olmsted
Leroy
Japan
Fonauies Carter
Altea Pod
Carters
Ialeor
Thes
Wate
Willoci
Sheldiey
Kinams City
Lydia E. Pinkham
University OF Notre Dame
Notre Damit
Indiana
Cinsslen
Letere
Re. Edward's Mall
Loy'a Under 18 Clin 7Th Year Will Open September 4Th, 1900 Address Eae
Eee
Morrissey
C. C. Prettcee
ST. Mary's Academy
Notre Dame
Sisters of the Holy Crow
Thoro
Cous Va
Muse
Gywnawuny
Directon
Boston Normal School
Indiage
Dietore
X- Mt
Dax Tred
Lallowan
Mileuhae
Wee
N. Y
Kansas City
Winchester Repeating Arms CO
New Haven, Conn
Iinawe Senod
Business Sinarmann Ptuseansnieds
Priesmeyer
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