Charity or Justice The Socialism Aimed Toledo Mayor At Cincinnati
Advocates advanced socialism as a solution to poverty and crime. Mayor Jones of Toledo spoke at the Charities and Corrections conference in Cincinnati, urging collective effort and social science with the aim of eliminating misery and making wealth through universal employment.
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Mayor Jones
Toledo
Conference of Charities and Correction
Cincinnati
Ruskin
Kingdom of Heaven
Earth
Heaven
Trusts in national platforms next year
The Souther Mercury notes both old parties will declare against trusts in their upcoming platforms. Trusts expect this and will monitor for unified anti trust votes across parties to avoid accidental consolidation. They say actions matter more than stated positions.
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Souther Mercury
Quote on homelessness driving crime and shame
The passage portrays homelessness as a profound despair that drives people to crime and vice, describing the hunger and rebellion born from roaming streets and standing outside lit windows to hear laughter inside. It emphasizes the lack of ground to rest and the emotional toll of poverty.
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Hamlin Garland
Grass and match law arrests spark satirical note
During Grover Cleveland era Coxey was jailed for not keeping off the grass and another man jailed for striking a match on Daniel Webster's coat tail. The Alliance Vindicator mocks federal display, urging visitors to bring grass plats and scratch matches under their own coats.
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Grover Cleveland
Coxey
Daniel Webster
Washington
Alliance
Talmage Bids Monopoly Split Across Parties
In a quotation attributed to Talmage, the Southern Mercury says monopoly controls both major parties with Republican pressure in one pocket and Democratic in the other. It argues that any party led by stock-holders in trusts will not significantly harm trusts once in power.
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Talmage
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Southern Mercury
Debs Quips On Dreamers And Social Justice
A quotation attributed to Eugene Debs frames Tam as a dreamer, with Debs saying he would rather dream of a righteous social system than endure today’s cruelty and injustice. The remark echoes early labor movement rhetoric and debates over reform.
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Tam
Eugene Debs
Ex-Senator Peffer Cites Faith In God To Endure
The Southern Mercury quotes former Senator Peffer declaring belief that God reigns and will sustain the nation through trials, reflecting a temperate yet resolute viewpoint amid unsettled times.
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Peffer
Southern Mercury
Dark propaganda fears in Philippines over liberty texts
A historical editorial warns against exposing Filipino readers to American revolutionary writings. It cites Jefferson and Henry as incendiary, argues for keeping such materials out of Asiatic provinces, and praises the president’s prudence in suppressing treasonous sentiment amid anti colonial tensions.
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Antipodes
Atkinson
Aguinaldo
Jeffson
Patrick Henry
John Adams
Swamp Fox
Philippines
Francis Merion
Carolina’s
Manila wages and labor conditions critique in Review of Reviews
The text argues American workers should stay home given Manila wages and living costs. It notes best Manila labor earns about 15 per month, average under 4, clerical workers 30 to 60, few Europeans in business, and Europeans not needed. It Praises coastal workers as skilled makers and compares them favorably to Cuba and Hawaii, while mentioning Dewey is sick in the Review of Reviews.
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Manila
Philippine Islands
United States
Philippines
Orient
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Mayor Jones Sounds Call for Reform and Public Roads
Toledo mayor and reform victor argues that economic hardship stems from failed competition and neglected infrastructure. He cites impassable northern Ohio roads, low brick prices, unemployment in shoe and clothing industries, and coal shortages as evidence of systemic neglect, urging a shift to a better, public-centered system.
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Jones
Toledo
Brooker
Baltimore
Ohio
Massachusetts
Illinois
Treasury in Kansas Doldrums Under Stanley Rule
Lawrence Jeffersonian Gazette denounces Kansas Republicans for fiscal mismanagement under Stanley. The piece recalls past warrants stamped not paid for want of funds during Morrill and contrasts with current excesses from recent legislature. It blames Republican extravagance and predicts deeper treasury peril ahead.
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Leedy
Morrill
Treasury
Congress
Curtis
Kansas
Stanley
Charlie Curtis
Lawrence
Jeffersonian Gazette
Plow Trust Advances Prices Amid Political Debate
The plow trust hikes prices over twenty percent while selling American plows in Canada for half the U.S. price, with Liverpool quotations underpinning farmer products. The piece criticizes farmers for backing a high tariff gold standard party and for supporting Stanley's governorship, urging them to accept responsibility.
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Canada
Liverpool
Stanley
Lawrence Jeffersonian Gazette
They Are Not Sincere on Trusts
A Non Conformist letter accuses Republicans of hypocrisy on anti trust pledges. It argues that with both houses of Congress the president and the Supreme Court available, a law could be passed now to curb trusts, branding any delay as fraud.
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Congress
Supreme Court
South Dakota Troops First Enter Malolos Say Sergeant
Sioux Falls May 23. Sergeant Roy Kelly of Company F First Regiment South Dakota volunteers writes that South Dakotans, not Col. Funston and the Kansans, were first into Malolos. He praises Col. Funston for his press agent and claims history will credit the Dakotans.
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Sioux Fallis
S. D
Roy Kelly
First Regiment
South Dakota
Beef scandal denounced as sham by Army critics
The article attacks Roosevelt and McKinley era critics who claimed army beef was rotten and sickening. It reports the white wash committee found the beef okay and dismisses Miles’s charges as unworthy, arguing the investigation concealed rot beneath Washington's surface.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Mr. McKinley
Gen. Miles
Washington
Hiawatha Democrat
W Eugene Stanley Dates At Schools and Fairs
W Eugene Stanley schedules a dozen speaking dates across this month and the next at high school commencements and church fairs. The Kansas Democrats will not cancel his invitations, keeping events active across communities.
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W. Eugene Stanley
Democrats of
Kansas
Kansas City Times
Combined steel trust gains control of iron business
A new steel trust with capital of six hundred millions gains total control of the iron industry. Iron prices rise from twenty five to fifty percent. The change is described as another Republican victory in the Lawrence Journal-World Gazette.
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Lawrence Jeffersonian Gazettee
Alger's senatorial boom weighed by canned beef surplus
The Kansas City Times notes that Alger's bid for the Senate faces trouble from an excess supply of canned and embalmed beef, a factor Pingree believes hampers momentum.
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Alger
Pingree
Kansas City Times
Jurors Named for June Term of District Court
Jurors listed for the June Term include RAMb LOWNSHI LosTORFIET W Ferguson John Allman Garnett Northcott C. A. Choreh Lone Elm Northcott J Sharron Rich Kineard et al. from Garnett and surrounding townships. The list features residents from Indian Creek Tadian Creek West Indian Creek Ona Colony and nearby communities.
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Kanvas
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