Political Trades and Reform Ambitions Across Counties
Dispatch from Emporia Kansas details Democratic and Populist conventions trading endorsements, with critiques of Omaha platform alignment and calls to uphold reform principles. It cites railroads' capitalization and labor layoffs, urging unity among reformers against Wall Street influence and GOP shifts on tariffs and empire.
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Kansas City Star
Emporia
Kas
Txe
Martin
John H. Martin
Register of Deeds
T. L. Ryan
Democratic Committee
Omaha
Associated Press
Sedgwick
Lyon
People's Party
New York Voice
Staten Island
Hood
Wall Street
Kansas
Alver
Local agitant echoes silver conspiracy and political satire
The Kansan letter from July 19 1805 cites claims that a global conspiracy would ruin metallic money, criticizing legislation and European plots. It recounts a Chicago debate note, a Wichita joke about buttermilk in a Populist rally, and a critique of Morrill’s redeemership in Kansas reform.
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Europe
Bellaire
Ohio
Holy War Rants and Political Quips From Era
A distracted letter mocks Reconstruction era politics with a barrage of sacred rhetoric. The author lampoons McKinley, Grover, and union soldiers, pairing religious fervor with harsh racial slurs. A separate dispatch notes shortages in Meade and Royce records and hints at a forthcoming legislative session amid political tension.
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Worrors
Bill McKinley
Ottawa
Rus
Union
J. Tamra
Rocking the baby next to mine and longing
A lyrical reflection on a woman rocking a baby in the adjoining room, the speaker’s yearning, and the loneliness of an unfulfilled embrace. The piece dwells on motherhood, desire, and the emotional pull of a distant gife.
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Phatas
Mamima
Heather
Helen M. Gougar
Egypt
Turkey
Old World
New York
Mr. Monk
Georgia
TL. E. Holden
Cleveland
the Plain Dealer
The Pool Room Door Whittler and the Suffrage Debate
A village scene contrasts a man who mocks women's suffrage with a woman teacher who argues for rights. He doubts voting changes yet votes as he believes, while she advocates for reform, praying for state benefits and urging wife and mother suffrage. A London-area tale adds a curious tax-evading husband, jailed while his wife runs the shop.
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Diethenwell
London
Lamb
Sedalia Fire and Miscellaneous 1890s News Tangle
Sedalia Missouri reports a $50,000 fire, plus a string of diverse incidents and notes. Items include deaths from dog attacks, a Moberly farmer shooting his wife and himself, a Fourth of July sermon incident, Chauncey Depew Europe tour advice, Earth Commissioner Breidenthal in Chicago, a cave-in at Iron Mountain, bank closure at Puget Sound, a real estate dispute in Lawrence, a Fort Scott suicide attempt, Stanley the explorer elected to Parliament, Idaho silver Republicans, Massachusetts Populists convention, Cincinnati blaze with fireman deaths, a Santa Fe freight train wreck at Monument Colorado with multiple fatalities and injuries.
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Sedalia
Topeka
Moberly
Joseph Cook
Addrean
Honolua
Willis
Cleveland
Salvation Anny
Kansas City
Chauncy Depew
Europe
Chauney
Earth
Breidenthal
Chicago
Harvey-Horr
Iron Mountain
Mich
Puget Sound National Bank
J.D. Kenyon Lawrence
Eugene Walte
Ft. Scott
Stanley
Gov. McConnell
Idaho
Massachusetts
Boston
Cincinnati
Monument
Cols
Veral
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Garnett
Carlisle
Chicago News
Wichita
Lewelling
Kan Sax
Morrill
Redeemer Board
Reformatory
Hutchinson
Mat
Jones
Old Business
Dorothy's Department
Sault Ste. Marie
Meade
Royce
Land Office of
Ete
Stearly
Upper Peninsula
HJ. Landing
Barber County
Amd
A. G. Porsey
Sumner Oventy
Wieter
Gov. Morrill
el Dorado
Philadelphia
Ranwar
Hughton
Harrie Homer Lowman
White Water
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