Fusion Fears and Prohibition Law Clash in Anderson County
The People's party denounces fusion with either old party and defends principles over spoils. It criticizes state officials for undermining the prohibitory law, cites county officials’ failures to enforce it, and endorses a clean populist ticket. Ottawa and Franklin county reactions include opposition to hop ale and brewery sales, with local churches backing removal.
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Ar Fual
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Moore
King
Fusion
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W. O. Knight
Sherill
Imamy Hoet
Anderson County
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Anhenser-Busch Brewing Co
St. Louis
Kansas
Ottawa
Franklin
Franklin County
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Mami Ry
Taxes Paid In Anderson County Draw Faint Praise
A Plaindealer item notes better tax payment in Anderson County of late, a surprising contrast since delinquent land descriptions number 268 and fewer town lots were delinquent than last year. The Capital clipping suggests county success rivals others, yet the piece questions whether the state rides prosperity via Redeemers and the fertile acres of Anderson.
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Anderson County
Hehan
Anderson
Redeemers
Seneca News backs People's party in shift from fusion
The Seneca News editor abandons Republican and Democratic ties, endorses a single People's party ticket, and denounces fusion as a past mistake. The piece argues wealth concentration threatens national health, warns debt bonds the populace, and warns of a looming national malaise.
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Kas
People’s Party
Kansas City Star Harsh View On Farm Papers And Populist Split
The Kansas City Star is criticized as cheap hogwash for farmers with hype and vanity, while Populists of Moston County refuse to fuse with Democrats in a split that echoes rural political tensions.
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MosTotweny County
New York Society
United States
Goulds
Astors
Vanderbilts
Be Still My Soul and Wait in Captive Flight
Poem reflects on freedom and fate as a bird and a person endure captivity. It contrasts human folly with faith, urging patience for a better day as life, death, or divine will provide solace. Mary Barner Dopor appears as a name within the verse.
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Dres
Dhelon
Afric
Death
Weill
Mary Barner Dopor
Ed Hoch and suffrage clash amid political din in Marion
A Marion editorial denounces Ed Hoch's suffrage stance and attacks male prerogatives, dress codes, and gender norms. The piece ridicules Gov Rekridge and mocks anti-suffrage arguments while urging unity among silver and free coinage advocates. It cites national politics, party splits, and a call for silver clubs to win free coinage through the People’s party.
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Partica
People's Party
The Record notes a push for women’s political equality
The Record highlights the idea that a woman is an autonomous entity with inalienable rights to pursue any vocation, vote in government, and control her own fortune. A Western Kansas stock raiser jokes about the Kansas Missouri line, reflecting the era’s attitudes.
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Topeka
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