A Dirty Trick in Local Paper Edition
The piece condemns two patent side articles in the local edition printed by the Western Newspaper Union Kansas City. One titled Life Insurance Tragedy masks industry advertising against Insurance Commissioner McNall while the other Three to One backs railroad watered stock. The authors vow to discard patent content and print locally if repeated. They criticize the union and call for reformers to form a nonobjectionable newspaper union.
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Western Newspaper Union
Kansas City
Life Insurance
Hillman Insurance
McNall
Newspaper Union
Reformers
Governor Leedy Attacks Temperance Union in Topeka
Governor Leedy sharply criticizes the State Temperance Union in a mass Topeka meeting, calling it a Republican side show and alleging funds from temperance events supported Republican campaigns. The speech is not fully published this week but will appear next issue.
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Topeka
Leedy
State Temperance Union
Daily Papers
Republican Newspapers Attack Prohibition Criticism
A Topeka Capital and the Mail and Breeze excerpt omits remarks about Governor Leedy’s enforcement of the prohibitory law. The Ft. Scott Lantern contends Republican papers bias coverage. It critiques Western Union Telegraph stockwater and high executive salaries, arguing public ownership would lower rates and tax burdens.
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Topeka
The
Mail and Breeze
Leedy
Western Union Telegraph Company
Ft. Scott Lantern
Ingalls Attacks Sugar Trust Tariff Schedule
Kansas Senator Ingalls denounces the sugar schedule of the tariff bill as the brazen hold-up of the century. He urges Republicans to oppose the measure, accusing the sugar trust of greed and calling for financial independence from Britain. He cites figures on Topeka water works and streetcar law battles, and notes factory closures and rising cattle prices as economic pressures.
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Wasutxaton
D.C
Joli J. Tugals
Kansas
Exme
Ingalls
Senate
Allison
Towa
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Sigar Trust
Congress
United States
Kaiteas City Times
Wanamaker Speech Roils Business Men With Warning
Prataperrnta May 17. John Wanamaker’s sensational banquet address stirs local business circles as it critiques the 1896 campaign outcomes, warns of rising discontent, and forecasts a possible new party. The piece notes McKinley’s presence, cites labor and capital concerns, and comments on gold standard ties and party unity debates.
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Republican Party
America
Turkey
Cuba
Oll
Quay
Hannah
McKinley
Questions on Money and the Greenbacks Debate
An inquiry into monetary policy and legal tender, questioning the depreciation of greenbacks, the role of gold and silver coin, and whether law can create money. It asks if greenbacks were truly money and if bond payments and government debts were settled in paper currency, exploring whether currency policy affected prices, debt, and national finance.
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Great Britain
Hallormwill
America
Acta
Thaddeus Stevano
John Shierman
Senate
U. S
Honda
United State
Starate Haw
U.S
Evina
Turkey and Russia clash over Greece threaten broader trouble
Turkey refuses to back down from Greece while Russia intervenes warning Turkey to back off. The exchange heightens regional tensions as Ankara retreats from its aggressive stance, signaling a potential for wider clashes if limits are not respected.
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Turkey
Greece
Russia
Ant
Prince Louis Sale at Ins Farm Aims for Anderson Co. Fair
Prince Louis, a 4 black stallion weighing about 1700 pounds and standing 1 hand high, is entered for the 1897 season at the M Collins farm, north of Welda. The listed breeding traces to Beaulieu 6586 and Jean-La-Blanc lineage through Mignon. Dam is Fanvette with extended lines to Sultan and Bayard. owned by the Society of Hippique of Stre et Loin, Tiams. Insurance disclaimer places liability on no one beyond standard precautions.
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Ins Stable
Welda
M. Collins
Prince Louis
Anderson Co. Fair
PrinGrini—We
Risser Horse Co
Onarga
Beaulieu
Sultan
Vigowrenx
Coco IL
Viewx-Chassin
Coco
Mignon
Jean-Le-Blanc
Rosette
Vailant
Bayard
Mina
Society of Hippique of
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Garnolt
Kam
Postomlen
Ola
Governor Leedy
Sugar Trust
Indianapolis
Harrison
New Bedford
Massachresers
Eastor
Cai McKinley
Paola Times
Wanamaker
West Texas Sentinel
Rep
Tow Waton
Reed
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