Local Store Promotes Samples and Summer Resorts
A spirited sales pitch touts six sample items including 50c yard silks and 25c organdies, promising quick delivery on request. It then profiles northern lake region summer homes across Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan, noting proximity to Chicago and Milwaukee via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway, with free descriptions and rates upon request. The piece also advertises low rate excursions to the South via Louisville and Nashville Railroad and ends with a brief health ad for De Witt’s Itch Hazel Salve.
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Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
Dakota
Lakea
Chicago
Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Wm. Kelly, Jr
Exchange Street
Buffalo
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
C. P. Atmore
Louisville
Jackson Smith
D.P
Cincinnati
Speech by W J Bryan at Chicago Convention on Gold Standard
W J Bryan defends Democratic platform and money policy in Chicago. He champions silver coinage, income tax, and opposition to life tenure in office, arguing for broader business support, farm and pioneer interests, and national sovereignty in monetary policy. He vouches for bimetallism and condemns reliance on foreign powers, urging unity and self government.
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W. J. Bryan
Chicago
Jefferson
Washington
Crieg
New York
McKinley
St. Louis
Republican
Napoleon
Waterloo
St. Helena
You shall not crucify labor on a cross of gold
A speech asserts the unity of producers and laboring interests behind the people against the gold standard. It promises to resist demands by declaring workers must not bear the burden of what is described as a crown of thorns and a cross of gold. The rhetoric targets monetary policy and the burdens on labor and industry.
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Sampes
New York
Senator Hill
Democratic Party
Carlisle
Soe
Massachusetts
England
United States
Bryan Silvers Hope Chicago Platform Suited
J H Turner longtime secretary of the Populist National Committee urges Populists to support William Jennings Bryan for president. He argues Chicago aligned the Democratic platform with Populist aims, urges unity, and warns McKinley would spark revolution. Turner notes Bryan aligns with Populist principles and opposes Wall Street influence.
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Turner
National Committee
Populliste
Bryan
Wall Street
New York
New England
Democratic Party
Great Plain
Oid
Chicago
Uryano
Lan
Lave
Republican Party
United States
McKinley
Thirteen Grocers Arrested For Wrappers Sale In Findlay
Toledo detective Horne Fordham filed affidavits charging thirteen Findlay grocers with selling cigarette wrappers without licenses after a law change extended licensing to wrappers. Detectives say violators face fines from 100 to 3500 dollars. Fordham plans to seek state guidance in Columbus before action.
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Findlay
Horne Fordham
Toledo
Metcalf
Columbus
Columbus Brew Tax Protest Talks With Officials
A conference in Columbus involving Attorney General Monnett brewer Nick Schlee and attorney James Allen plus Gallia county treasurer discussed the Dow tax on wholesale and retail licenses across counties. Schlee will pay the Dow tax under protest while the Brewers' association weighs further action. Monnett aims to settle the dispute.
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Columbus
Monnett
Nick Schlee
James Allen
Gallia County
Schlee
Brewers’ Association of
Mr. Monnett
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Business Directory
RozziEt H. Folger
Absormoy
U. S
Pennsylvania
Sotary
Rudolph
South Erie Street
Massillon
Stark
Nion National Bank
Ohio Jos
Coleman
J. H. Hunt
W.H. Kikland
East Main Street
Ohio
Conrad & CO
Main Street
Essell & CO
Xillon Rolling Mill
Jos
Cornson
Ssillon Glass Factory
Jewelers
Atwater & 80N
Tcs
Atwater
von Kanel
East Side
eEast Main Street
Oseph Coleman
Erie Street
Boggs & Buhl
de Witt
Z. T. Baltsly
G. B. Fulton
Spa
Congress
Memphis
Peter the Hermit
Russell
Board of Trade
Atlantic
Robespierre
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Thomas Benton
Cicero
Rome
America
Bryan Silver
Brewers’ Association
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