Epworth League session in progress at Clear Take Iowa
A column of Iowa state news lists various local incidents and events: Epworth League assembly in session at Clear Take. Tri-City packing Co plant at Davenport for sale. missing traveler John A. Weiss from Kilonx City. new cold storage plant work at Glenwood asylum. fishery enforcement near Eldora. murder charge acquittal for Charles Rocker near Doon. false pretenses arrest near Sern Daugaard. farm accident near Brayton and Steambort Rock severe injuries and deaths. multiple deaths from heart disease including Wagene McCarthy and Albert Idings. chess club phone contest between Stuart and Guthrie with Stuart winner. Prof. Main to stay at Agricultural College Ames. poisoning incident in Kent. train accident fatality near Rockwell City. resignation request for W W B McNair. political move of Frank O. Louden. arrest of J S Millard in Cedar Rapids. Italian quarry violence near Marshalltown. love tragedy in Sioux City. theft incident in Cedar Rapids. miscellaneous odds and ends.
Chicago Buzz: Anecdotes and oddities in a political year
A string of humorous lines and sharp remarks about politics, law, and society circulate in Chicago. The notes reference Buller, a sharp wit, a long lived bachelor, a decisive woman, and the late Mrs. John Sherman’s involvement in her husband’s political life.
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Dom Paul
John Sherman
Sherman
Populist Platform Opposes Standing Army in Philippines
The platform condemns imperialism and the push for a large standing army as un-American. It argues that military expansion jeopardizes liberties and denounces the administration for seeking a standing army as a safeguard of the republic.
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Philippines
Democratic Platform Opposes Militarism and Conscription
The platform denounces a large standing army and a heavy tax burden, urging a small standing army and state militia. It praises volunteer soldiers and the national guard, warning against a shift toward universal conscription and the Philippine conquest era. It stresses free institutions and distrusts military expansion.
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Europe
National Guard
United States
Republican print fake fake. Webster Davis will not stump for Bryan
Washington special reports the Republican campaign machine is active while Democratic leaders denounce a rumor that Webster Davis, former assistant secretary of the interior who left the party over pro English anti Boer policy, is barred from stumping for Bryan. Democratic officials say the story shows Republican fear of McKinley defectors aiding Bryan.
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Washington, D. C
Democratic Congressional Committee
Webster Davis
Bryan
James Kerr
Davis
Brylan
Man rises to remark on weather and prayer meeting joke
A humorous note from The Indianapolis News compares removing a collar in warm net weather to a whispered joke at a church prayer meeting, framing the comment as casual amusement amid the church setting.
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Europe
Carl Schurz
Indianapolis
Income Tax Justice Advocated by William Jennings Bryan
Bryan argues income tax is fairest, better than property taxes, noting how internal revenue and import duties hit the poor hardest. He cites Smith, cites European precedents, defends exemptions, and warns wealth exerts political power, urging tax equity and a constitutional income tax.
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Adam Smith
Federal
Gresham
Prussia
Austria
Italy
Netherlands
Zurich
Switzerland
England
John Sherman
Ohio
New York
Massachusetts
Morton
Indiana
Howe
United States
Supreme Court
Vote in New York predicts Bryan landslide in November
A New York Journal straw poll reports Bryan ahead of McKinley in Greater New York by 2,556 to 1,802 among 4,358 votes. The test suggests Bryan could win by about 84,936 plurality if 1896 turnout repeats, with many first time voters favoring Bryan.
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New York
Journal
William J. Bryan
Greater
McKinley
Bryan
Nebraska
White House
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Manhattan Islands
Long Island
Manhattan
Brighton Beaches
Coney Island
Staten Island
New Jersey
Westchester County
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Clear Take
Tri-City Packing Co F
Davenport
John A. Weiss
Kilonx City
Glenwood Asylum
Eldora
Charles Rocker
Doon Towneship
Rock Rapids
Arne
Sion
Sern Daugaard
Brayton
Arjen Gwerdes
Steambort Rock
Wagene McCarthy
Cole
Pel
Albert Idiings
Red Oak
Stuart
Guthrie
Main
Agricultural College
Ames
The
State University
Hugh McCauley
Kent
Warren, Conlisk
Toledo
Illinois Central
Rockwell City
W.W. B. McNair
Willmar
Sioux Falls Road
Great Northern
Frank O. Louden
Senate
Shelby M. Cullom
Tlmois
Hardin County
Chicago
J. S. Millard
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Tony Coroda
Joe Seino
Joe Ria
Francis Bliss
Sioux City
Miss May Hale
Bliss
May
Mann
Miverside Park
Goodheart
Chicago News
Buller
Hearst
Chicago American
Democratic Platform
Bays Webster Davis
Srgan
Philadelphia
Indianapolis Journal
Harry
Harlem
W. Jd. Bryan
New York Journal
Col. Bryan
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