Governor Francis Accepts Interior Post for Cleveland
Cincinnati dispatch reports Governor David R. Francis of Missouri accepted the secretary of the interior post, calling it a high honor and stating he is a sound money Democrat who never backed the Chicago platform. He will sever business ties in St Louis and will devote time to Washington and league efforts distributing sound money literature.
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New York
Cincinnati
The
Sun Telegraphs
David R. Francis
Missouri
Interior
Jamestown
Kh. L
Cleveland
Chicago
Mr. Francis
Prather
C. C. Moffitt
State Committee
National Democracy
St. Louis
Washington
Francis
Delaware Republicans split as Addicks and Higgins clash
New York reports Mark A. Hanna spent two hours trying to unite Delaware Republicans. Addicks demanded recognition as the regular party, while Higgins supporters stood firm. Hanna urged compromise to avoid double tickets for governor and electoral votes. Indiana's Fairbanks predicted a strong Republican year. Powell Clayton planned to deploy German speakers led by Frederick W. Hollis of New York.
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New York
Mark A. Hanna
Delaware
J. Edward Addicks
Mr. Hanna
Addicks
Republican Party
Higgins
St. Louis
Hanna
Do. W. Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Indiana
Bryan
McKinley
Powell Clayton
Republican
Frederick W. Hollis
Hollis
Boston State Democratic rift escalates over ratification stance
Boston August 26 Following a war declaration by George F Williams in Roxbury last Saturday the Bryan Sewall Williams Democracy plans to push changes at the State Democratic meeting next Saturday at the party HQ A resolution to force a Bryan and Sewall ratification report was tabled earlier and will be revisited The move to oust central committee members who opposed Chicago nominees is expected to fail keeping the status quo but the session is set to be lively
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Boston
George Fredy Williams
Roxbury
Bryan-Sewall-Williams
State Democratic Committee
Democratic
State Committee
Chicago
Williams
State Central Committee
Sound money Democrats in Massachusetts outline oversight plans
At Bosworth street headquarters the sound-money Democracy of Massachusetts discussed yesterday’s state convention, with many speakers and a large attendance. A committee on organization was formed including Fred F French, W G Brown, Dana J Flanders, L B Wright, and Patrick H Murray to coordinate forthcoming voter leaflets and an address to Middlesex district voters.
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Middlesex County Sound Money
Fred F. French
Winchester
W. G. Brown
Cambridge
Dana J. Flanders
Malden
L. B. Wright
Everett
Patrick H. Murray
Bedford
Bosworth Street
Business Men's
Sound Money League
Free Coinage Lie From Chicago Campaign Muckrake
The Republican literary bureau exposed an alleged London Financial News quotation on free silver coinage as campaign literature. A London paper released Aug 13 denies printing such an article and says the claim misrepresents its views. The Financial News warns against articles that could spur repudiation of English capital.
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Chicago
Republican Literary Bureau
London Financial News
United States
England
Financial News
Omaha
Silver craze denounced by New York financier in Greenwich
A. Foster Higgins of New York denounces the free silver craze in a Greenwich Graphic article. He argues the election issue is financial in nature, either gold monometallism or bimetallism, and condemns those who tie finance to broader social upheaval for personal gain.
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Greenwich
Conn
A. Foster Higgins
New York
Greenwich Graphic
Democratic state convention endorses Chicago declaration
Bay City Michigan reports that the Democratic platform aligned with the Chicago declaration. Adjournment was set for 8 o clock to allow a conference committee to resolve differences with the Populist and Silver conventions. Recess extended as talks stalled and the three conventions paused for today.
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Bay City
Mich
Chicago
Negroes Favor Sound Money In Southern Vote
Booker T. Washington, touring from Bar Harbor to Boston, told a Portland reporter that many southern Negroes favor sound money and could swing states for McKinley. He named Maryland and Kentucky as places where Black voters could influence a sound-money victory.
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Portland
Booker T. Washington
Boston
Bar Harbor
South
McKinley
Maryland
Kentucky
Ordnance Improves Gun Carriage For Battleships
Washington August 26 The spring return gun carriage was tested yesterday at Indian Head proving station with satisfactory results It promises to increase battleship battery efficiency and reduce danger of gun handling under battle conditions It eliminates hydraulic power with a spring system and electric rammers used to load projectiles weighing 300 to 1109 pounds Ordnance Bureau credits the project but notes that a young ensign named Strauss led the development as he nears a navy professorship in mathematics.
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Washington
Indian Head
Ordnance Bureau
Strauss
Navy
Rumor of Monocracy Loss Reaches Navy in China
Washington reports no official word of the Monocracy loss at Tien Tsin up to 145 p m though navy officers say they are not surprised by the rumor. The old third rate cruiser of 1370 tons carries six guns and rests on the Yueng Ling channel near the shallow rivers. No life loss is feared if the disaster occurred and officials would be advised.
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Washington, D. C
Tien Tsin
China
Navy Department
Navy
Yueng Ling
Peking
Kate Field’s Body to be Cremated in Honolulu
John Bowles, a Washington friend, recounts Kate Field’s belief in cremation. In her will she provided express provisions for cremation, and the New York Cremation Society stands ready to perform the rite when the body arrives in their custody in Honolulu.
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Washington, D. C
Kate Field
Honolulu
John Bowles
New York Cremation Society
New York
Kate Fiedl
Failure in Hoosier State at Wabash shop closure
Wabash Indiana August 26 the dry goods house of E H Murray in this city was closed yesterday. Liabilities are about 18000 with assets around 20000 largely for goods bought from wholesale houses in New York and Chicago.
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Wabash, Inf
E. H. Murray
New York
Chicago
Do You Know Them Lowell People Cured by Deans Kidney Pills
A long list of Lowell residents and neighbors endorses Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney disease. The ad claims varied urinary symptoms from back ache to sediment and pain lead to diabetes or Bright's disease, urging readers to buy at 50 cents or mail order from Foster Milburn Co and Carter and Sherburne as U S agents.
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Lowell
Dean
Mark Walsh
Central Street
Chas. Slowey
Market Street
G. S Emerson
Westford Street
H. Doyle
Middlesex Street
Mary Traynor
Pearl Street
A. Lewis
Grand Street
Martin Canning
Whiting Street
Thos, Burke
Garnet Street
H. B. Richardson
Dexter’s Grocery
F. D. Sawyer
Walker
Bright
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S
Nashua Farm Inspection Highlights Horse Teams and Fire Drill
City officials toured Nashua farm observing four two horse hitches and one four horse team in fine condition. Cattle were praised, and a rapid fire drill showcased a well equipped truck with 500 feet of hose. Prisoners and workers staff the fire corps, drilled and efficient. A road between the farm and Main Street is under construction, while upcoming Nashua driving park races promise local rivalry and fast horses.
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Nashua
N. H
Buckham
Remembrance of William Joseph Rogers in Middlesex County
Middlesex County mourns William Joseph Rogers son of Timothy and Mary Rogers. His death touches a broad circle of friends and a large, devoted family. He was educated at Howe, Boston Latin, and Harvard College with plans for autumn attendance. The community recalls a diligent home life, strong study habits, and service at the Lowell postoffice. Also noted are local church activities, family sorrows, and upcoming historical society events at The Wayside with other regional notes.
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William Joseph
Timothy
Mary Rogers
Howe School
Boston Latin School
Carl Burtt
Lowell High School
Harvard College
Postmaster Lyons
Lyons
D. W. Hardy
Christian Endeavor
Mary Kinney
S. D. Anderson
First Baptist Church
Christ
James v
Charles L. Burton
Arthur L. Blodgett
White Mountains
Jennie Blodgett
George Greenwood
Oliver
William Stuart
Stuart
James Leslie
Billerica
Andrew Benson
Annie Stuart
M. O. Simons
Hugh Coulter
Roland Holden
J. Jaquith
Fox Hill Cemetery
Concord
Continental Hall Fund
Old Concord
Asa Pollard
Railroad Seeks East Cambridge Land for Station and Tracks
Middlesex county commissioners filed a return with Clerk Hurd on Boston and Maine railroad petition to take several parcels in East Cambridge bounded by East North and Water streets. The railroad seeks the land to erect a station and lay tracks to improve freight handling on the western division after settling with owners.
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Middlesex County Commissioners
Hurd
Boston & Maine Railroad
East Cambridge
Water Streets
Canned Meat Prices at The Banner Grocery
Advertisement touts low prices on Finnan Haddies at 10 cents P C sardines 23 cents corned beef 10 cents luncheon beef 12 cents red salmon 12 cents deviled ham 5 cents kippered herring 20 cents and soused mackerel 23 cents. The Banner Grocery No 68 to 78 Prescott Street.
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Finnan Haddies
Banner Grocery
Prescott Street
The Way of the Transgressor Adventures in Crime
A student of criminology becomes oddly entangled in a bold robbery attempt. The plot unfolds with noted ingenuity and sharp, amusingly satirical twists.
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Gold Democrats
Hoosier State
Carter & Sherburne
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D. C. Moore
Weirs
Harry O. Blunt
Portsmouth
W. M. Jones
Helen Richmond
Jennie Craig
Maine
Jospehine Hodgdon
Col
E. J. Copp
Weirs Teay
Alice M. Tolles
Long Porch
Annie White
H. M. Willoughby
Ned E. Rogers
Salisbury Beach
W. B. Ritch
Medford
D. F. Healey
Manchester
Flossie Atwood
Springfield
Mass
Annie Fasset
Nahant High School
Frank L. Johnson
Reading
George W. Colburn
A. P. Dowing
Famiy
Vermont
Charles Holman
N. W. Goddard
Amesbury
Lizzie Somers
Cora Brown
Marblehead
Patrick Barry
Lowell & Haverhill Street Railway Company
Cordavia Carpet Company
Worcester
Ernest C. Lord
John O. Marshall
J. D. Chandler
C. H. Avery
R. T. King
Leo Gayette
Benjamin Laraine
Middlesex County
Glen Forest
Merrimack
Thoreau
Chelmsford
Dracut
Lido
Syracuse
Rhodes
Sachem
Wannalancet
Tahatawan
John Eliot
Baxter
Gookin
Wamesit
Pawtuckett Falls
Mer
Rimack River
Pasaconaway
Pawtuckett
Richard Daniel
Brother Eliot
Miantonomo
Winthrop
Webster
Mount Hope
Bunker Hill
Pawtucket
America
Middlesex Turnpike
Frederick Faulkner
Asa Pollard Society of Co. A. R
William B. Morton
Baron Steuben
Columbia
James
Fluvanna
Rivanna
Cols. Sincoe and
Tarlton
Charlottesville
Gov
Jefferson
Morton
Point of Forks
C. A. RB
Howe
Mr. Kelley
Peabody
Centre Church
C. H. Stickney
Willis Burnham
Waltham
Elliot Morgan
Hillside
Hobart
Peter Bolton
Hildreth Street
Dr. Seth
Arnold
Bartlett's
Gilman Bros., Props
Harriet Prescott Spofford
Mock
Andah
Jules Verne
H. G. Wells
Mrue Anyss
H Howard
Fielding
Charles Kelsey Gaines
Jack
Owen Hall
Allen
Assas
Happy Wearer
Anna Katherine Green
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