Populists Debate Silver Ticket and Party Unity
The North Dakota Independent dispatch reflects Populist frustration with silver and electoral fusion talks. It urges restraint, warns against premature predictions, and calls for strong organization in townships and counties to resist external and internal pressures. It favors municipal electric light ownership as a possible policy.
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Cliptram & Washington Dispatch
Hatch
Kentucky
Teller
Colorado
People’s Party
Popullata
National Committee
Allver Ton
Vargo
North Dakota
Grant Speech On Coinage And Debt Policy After Silver Act
The article quotes general Grant claiming that with tree and unlimited coinage of gold and silver the public debt would be cleared by century's end. It argues the bill demonetizing silver would destroy half the debt paying money, and criticizes Wall Street investors for alleging the act was not sneaked through Congress by Sherman and allies from England.
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Wall Street
Congress
John Sherman
England
Populist fusion eyed as Cleveland era repeats across parties
The Chicago Opinion notes a looming financial realignment around a double standard and silver remonetization. It predicts Grover Cleveland and John Sherman may back Governor Morton for president, with Wall Street pressuring a Republican nomination and a new populist coalition winning key states Indiana Michigan and Illinois. It urges readers to join a bimetallic alliance and organize locally.
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Chicago
Grover Cleveland
John Sherman
Morton
New York
Wall Street
Washington
St Fe
Mississippi
Mason and Dixon
Oll
Bolters
Indiana
Michigan
Pingree
Detroit
Ailver
Illinois
Altgeld
Moloney
Hin- Fichaon
Henry M. Teller
Gol Rado
Repubican
Morgan
Alabams
Crisp
Georgia
Teller
Allyer
T. H. Carter
Republican National
Bis
Tom Reed Haa
Mel Kinley
Wall Shest
Miinaix
W. E. Harvey
Coin
Patriots of America
Jed Spalding
Robert Schilling
Wisconsin
Lke
Poffer
Kansas
National Legion Urges Rapid Organizing For 1896 Victory
A circular urges mass Legion growth and rapid organization across states to convert voters before July 22. It emphasizes unity, education in the faith, open doors to all regions, support for the Omaha platform, and dedication to a primed missionary effort to win the 1896 election.
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People’s Party
Greenback
Atnte
Ant
St. Loula
St. Louis
Populist Papers Face Ad Boycott and Self Defense
A long excerpt from the Times Echo of Eureka Springs Arkansas discusses how Populist papers carry few advertisements due to boycotts by partisan merchants. Editors defend readers as financially capable and intelligent, urging supporters to patronize advertisers who back their papers and adopt a tit for tat stance. The text also includes patriotic verse from the Atlanta Constitution.
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Times-Echo
Eureka Springa, Ark
Anya
Haunted Whitaker Home And Ghost Tale From Mount Pulaski
In Mount Pulaski, Logan County, a haunted old house linked to Col. Nathaniel M. Whitaker, murdered in 1865 for money, draws locals amid ghost stories. A recent prank had a staged haunting with lights, canvas skeletons, and onlookers fleeing as a bluish glow and eerie sounds erupted from the dwelling.
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Mount Pulaski
Logan County
Nathaniel M. Whitaker
America
Is Howe
Colonel Whitaker
Tilitole
Otto Christmann
Virginia
Mount Pulask
H. F. Lushbaugh
Pelied
Whitaker
Abraham Lincoln
Stephan A. Douglas
David Davis
Otters
Lagan County
Mount Pulanki House
Col. Whitaker
Ur Lees
Schweigekhardt
Dlecirliight
Arronta
Whitaker House
Mr. Lushbaugh
Murray Lushbaugh
Ge Pius
Christmann
A Nalueless Truck Sparks Curious Stroller Talk
A stroller remarks on a rubber-tired truck at Solseless Track calling it new and unusual. The signboard on the side hints at a rubber tire maker or dealer. The observer notes the tires look odd yet questions if all trucks would use rubber tires.
Peace with Security in Venezuela Boundary Dispute
The disturbance over the Venezuelan boundary dispute yields a useful result by urging Congress to provide for the prompt completion of an adequate coastal defense system, highlighting the need for a stronger national security framework.
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Congress
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Wis- Bo
Legion
Golden Mage
Paul van Dervoort
National Legion
Chelsea
Atlanta
Mount Pulaski, JH
Whittaker Home
Jexsons
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