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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1898
Page
4
The piece surveys 1898 election fallout with Tammany and New York state battles, noting Republican senate gains and silver defeat. It mentions McKinley’s cross-state support, Nevada’s Senate stability, and various regional results while lampooning the Sparks and political slogans. It closes with satirical quips about wheat, "seng roots," and the press.
The canvassing board reports 1055 votes cast of 1600 registered in Prowers County with Merrill Markham elected surveyor to fill a vacancy. Emblem ballots were common with 60 percent using emblems. 25 emblem ballots counted alongside several rejected. A stockholders meeting notice for The Fort Lyon Ditch Company sets December 1895 in Las Animas with a new board and annual assessment.
A compact reprint of a London Times extract warns that a fixed money policy would empower North America and topple monarchies. It cites Hazzard and Buell Bank circulars, English diplomacy, and mint closures tied to silver. The Cincinnati Enquirer is praised as a clear, profitable explainer.
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