Old Soldiers Letter Attacks Parties and Money Question
A fragment from an old Democratic era screed accuses Republicans of using tailored campaign literature to sway voters on the money question. It suggests party operatives will tailor reading material by voter to push silver or gold standards and labels the plan as a campaign program overheard from a central committee member.
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Redeemer
Joe Hudson
Salure Mill
Topeka
Republican Party
Chicago Inter Ocean
New York Tribune
Central Committee
Poputiat
Diay
Pougile
Sulier
Vond-lalder
Wysth
Trigg
Republicat
Topeka Capital highlights political satire and readers' reaction
A Topeka Capital excerpt mocks capital timidness and railroads its foes while criticizing Chicago schools and saloons boosting child neglect. It praises the Daily Co-Operator, notes Col Fred J Close as business manager, and urges Populists to subscribe.
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Porunists
Topeka
Fred J. Close
Jas. Butler
C. J. Lamb
Wred J. Close
Distillery Plans and Political Sparring in Kansas Notes
Kentucky distillers Bross & Co submit a 100000 dollar proposal to build a Wichita distillery if city leaders guarantee security from Prohibition enforcement. Teavenwort plans another 100000 dollar distillery. Morrill administration influence cited amid partisan chatter as Topeka Capital critiques rival papers and Populist leanings surface in Dickinson Cherokee counties with endorsements and ticket formations.
Populists Criticize State Committee for Convention Move
A Kansas press item condemns the state central committee for refusing to call a convention to nominate a chief justice candidate. The piece argues Populists should field a ticket against Judge Martin, noting his sympathy with Populist principles is lacking yet acknowledging his personal probity. It criticizes supporters of Trigg and asserts the party must act to advance its platform and veterans’ interests.
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Cental
Ehief Justice
Kansas City
Kaa
Martin World
Martin
Lne Felornir
Ohio
Chinaman and Town Folly in Chinese Laundry
A chaotic scene in a Chinese laundry district shows a mixed cast of locals and a Chinese cowery with misunderstandings about leaf plants clothes and money. Gee and Wee Gee observe while a bicycle rider passes as tensions rise over thefts and fear of Chinamen, ending with a day’s routine in Spagnetian Review.
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Mir
Roy
Alllee
Chung Hart
Wee Gee
Chung
Jenn
Tine
Tadee Tikee
Lawkee
Getter Lnk
Maker Liu
Kickee Chinaman
Lalee
Minkee
Blessgetlee
Miik
Ani
Glibbee
Chinaman
Jatin
Wack
Iekee
Jay Man
Ladee
Ehesay
Mui
All
Thors Faye
Spoencame Spagestiian Review
The Sunbonnet Vote and New Woman Debate
The report describes a nominating convention in New Zealand where a candidate opposed to women’s education won broad backlash. Sunbonnet fashion spreads through towns as gossip, and households unite to discuss the result. Separate notes praise Miss Will Allen Dromgoole for remarks on the rising “new woman.” A column critiques overconfidence and economic optimism, warning it may hinder recovery.
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New Zealand
N.V. Mail and Express
Will Allen Dromgoole
Capital College
Atlanta
Anthony
Atpan
Ax Mons
Miseniah
Tiait
Atepa
Adam
Wanan
Hoston
An Angel in the House Poem Fragment
A fragmentary verse speaks of an angel visiting a room to bring news of loved ones and a future, imagining angels in the hearths and the possibility of loved ones returning or being reborn, with reflections on daily life and unseen presences. The piece alternates between longing and pensive wonder about family, love, and mortality.
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Handsbury
Miss
Tribune
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Peffer
Iy Penn
Augusta
Rumpurel
Dorothy
Anout the Niw Woman
Cunnaman
Sunbonnet
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Kansan
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