Bryan Down East and Manila Speech in New York
A Bryan speech at Berry’s tonight drew Bryan’s praise for self-government while opposing American annexation of the Philippines. He warned against taxation without representation and urged support for liberty, opposing Britain’s actions in South Africa and calling for consent of the governed. Applause and calls for Bryan to run crowded the hall.
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New York
Society of the Genasee
Bherry's
Bryan
Que F. W Miame
Manila
Philijraves
Williams
Otlo
McKinley
Philippines
Bour
Ueraise
Rugland
Britain
South Africa
Mr. Bryan
England
Ladysmith
Audifree
Kruger
Omeone
Mr. Mryan
Britons favor thors quote sparks Tory dissent in parliament
A report notes John Burns of Baterton criticizes pro war rhetoric and press bias. He denounces jingo voices and urges restraint while Parliament debates policy, criticizing calls to double forces in Bou Africa and mockingly addresses crowd language. Speaker intervenes with order.
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Thors
John Burns
England
Joe Chamberlain
Bat ‘Ternon
Blackguards
Atward
Burns
Bou Africa
Stock Exchange
Fall of Sibley and party shifts amid reformers’ hopes
The Fall of Sibley describes Joseph C. Sibley of Pennsylvania losing reformer status and accepting a Republican nomination. It recalls past bids as Democrat Populist candidate and mentions 1896 talks of presidential or running mate roles with Bryan, amid reformer rivalries and political obituaries.
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Sibley
Joseph C. Sibley
Pennsylvania
Congress
Joseph
Potiphar
Ain
Republican Party
Bryan
Reform Party
Fragmentary quip targets Pfeffer Kye and Stbing
In a terse damaged line the writer attacks Pfeffer Kye and Stbing as hypocritical scoundrels. The text hints at farewell or exile but provides little coherent narrative or dates.
The Keg Picker by Chris Hawthorne
A verse fragment laments the market's greed and the burden on a woman named Jaden. It contrasts sacred miracles with commerce and warns of greed's ascent, calling for pause in toil and a challenge to the Sphinx riddle of desire.
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Chris Hawthorne
Gov Altgeld Sees End For Gold And Silver Money
In a late interview Gov. Altgeld argues that gold and silver will be abandoned as money. He says a rational circulating medium could be supplied practically free by government regulation, making bimetallism a wasted fight and shifting the struggle to the use or disuse of either metal as standard money. The Cedar Rapids Outlook notes the reform camp sees this as the trend.
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Gov. Altgeld
John P. Altgeld
Cedar Rapids
Trusts Buy Our Votes in Nebraska Campaign
The Nonconformist of Omaha argues trusts will fund a limitless campaign this year and asks farmers why they should vote Republican without pay. It urges voters to refuse coercion, demand their market share of corruption money, and vote only if paid, promising up to twenty dollars and a new dress.
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Nebraska
Saya
Omaha
Hoya
Mkinley
McKinley
McKinley,” Each of Them Will Get Money Enough To Buy A Handsome Dreas
Polis
Patriot wa Hypocrite in Rapid Political Shifts
A regional op-ed harshly criticizes political figures for changing positions. It accuses leading supporters of gold standard policy of flip flopping on free silver, and notes the president’s stances on Porto Rico trade and tariffs. The piece likens the politician to an April day and March wind, commenting on volatility and inconsistency.
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Congress
Box
Porto Rico
Wallowaide
Ares
Land value injustice under English tax law noted
A clipping from Citizen and Country argues England’s perpetual taxable value law cripples landowners while market values soar. It warns Canada could learn from England’s folly as vast estates and urban sites gain value yet remain taxed at fixed low levels, harming the common good.
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Mingland
William III
England
Toronto
Iit
Chicago
Labouchere Assaulted at Peace Meeting in England
An Omaha Nonconformist report recalls a peace meeting in Northampton where Henry Labouchere sought to speak but was blocked by drunken hooligans who threw chairs and missiles. The piece condemns mob violence in both England and America, likening it to historical persecutions and urging liberty and reform.
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Northampton
England
Henry Labouchereé
Truth
Labouchere
Prince of Pesce
Atlantic
America
Briteain
Stephen
Christ
Servetus
Sinscoli
Omaha
Carnegie sermon on poverty sparks debate in New York
In a Sunday School address Andrew Carnegie, described as worth about 900 million, argues poverty will end and questions where future inventors and artists will come from if the submerged are aided. A columnist quotes that Carnegie and his heirs will no longer benefit the world, urging redistribution to restore the industrious class.
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Carnegie
New York
Andrew Carnegie Ward
Carnegin
Southern politics and race rhetoric after the war
The paragraph asserts that Republicans dominated Southern states after the Civil War using "carpet-baggers," enlisting "ignorant Negroes," and plundering states. It claims people expelled them for thirty years, notes Kentucky as a later foothold, and condemns Northern and Southern parties as corrupt, ending with a warning that Southern Republicans are worse than Democrats.
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Kentucky
South
Parable of Philippines Theft and Local Bragging
A historical quip contrasts Republican arguments about claiming the Philippines with a parable on pinpin theft. A street scene on Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth shows boys debating stealing from an old lady’s tree, with a McKinley boy defending it, while a Bryan supporter warns against meanness. The Philippine commission reports a government form for the islands and calls for honesty among leaders.
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Philippines
Twenty-seventh
Bryan
McKinley
Enterprising Yankee Widow Wins Passage Monopoly
An old Connecticut widow, widow of a sea captain, lived alone on an island in Panama Bay. She forced Pacific Steam Navigation to grant her a life pass for her and a maid, then moved aboard their ships, traveling to ports like Guayaqui and Valparaiso. She pretended to hire maids, collected fares, and caused fuss when exposed, until her death a few years ago.
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Panama Bay
Connecticut
Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Panama
Valparaiso
Guayaqui
Callao
Steamship Company
Casey
Abe
Lge
Chicago
Feast of goat meat at public banquet shocks Sunset district
In Sunset district, about 200 residents and property owners attended a bizarre event following a goat owned by Philip Diez that plagued neighbors. After pressure, Diez sacrificed the animal for the public good with the plan to serve its meat at a banquet at Park View hotel with Diez as toastmaster.
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Philip Diez
Diez
Park View Hotel
P. J. Diex
Tle
San Francisco Chronicle
Type as Ammunition in Maori War Newspaper Offices
A historical note describes a newspaper office siege during the Maori war in New Zealand. Defenders and invaders clashed as Maori raiders lacked ammunition and used type and stereo blocks as improvised munitions. One white settler was wounded by a patent medicine ad and another permanently crippled by a bazaar announcement. the editor narrowly escaped a hitting from his own poem.
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New Zealand
Mawrla
9Ehureh Bazar
Funeral Syndicate Controls Paria Death Services
A single licensed funeral syndicate conducts all funerals in Paria with a formal tariff. A standard funeral costs 2000 dollars while a ninth class cheaper option exists at five dollars. The arrangement creates a monopoly over the local death services.
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Paria
Who He Was Visitor And Who Are You Mr It Te Mant
Cuthbert speaks with conscious pride claiming kinship as he meets Pittaburg Bulle in a brief dramatic encounter. The line hints at mistaken identity and personal revelation within a scene of intrigue.
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Cuthbert
Pittaburg Bulle
Noted Judge Saved by Peruna Remedy
A promotional piece extols Peruna as the universal safeguard against catarrh and colds. It claims Peruna cures catarrh and prevents colds, urging readers to obtain Dr. Hartman’s free booklet Winter Catarrh with lectures on catarrh and la grippe, address Columbus Ohio.
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Peruna
Hartman
Startman
Harteman
Columbus
Ohio
Forty Thousand Injured Yearly in New York Factories
The New York state commissioner of labor statistics estimates that no fewer than 40 000 people are injured in the manufacturing industries of the state each year.
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Commissioner of Labor Statistics For
New York State
Hull's Cat Werh Ure Mercury Free Remedy
Fragmentary ad copy warns against catarrh remedies containing mercury and promotes Hull's Cat werh ure by B J Chensy Co of Potedo as mercury free. It cautions reliability, claims no blood or bile impact, and advertises a price of 780 per battle with dubious claims.
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Hull
B.J. Chensy & Co
Anna Feta
Dragichita
Anna Y
Dormant American Volcanoes Likely To Erupt Again
Scientists assert that numerous dormant volcanoes in the United States remain capable of future activity. They warn that pressure and magma buildup could trigger renewed eruptions, impacting nearby communities and ecosystems.
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United States
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