Corn Palace Planned in Sioux City and Political Echoes
Volume XIII notes Sioux City plans another Corn Palace while Senator Sherman predicts Harrison wins renomination on first ballot. A collection of Grover Cleveland letters is press bound, with 600 pages, signaling partial coverage. The Argus Leader criticizes a Minnesota land sale fraud as buyers slept. New York counties show Republican gains. Hill disputes new states voting in presidential election, claiming 23 electoral votes shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Cleveland
Argus
Minnehaha County
Hill
Publican critiques cordage trust praise and tariff debate
The Publican argues that the grip of the national cordage trust tightens on Northwest farmers with reformers of the Wardall Loucks stamp aiding it, while Maj. McKinley is not credited for his role. It questions why the cordage trust raised prices after the free twine bill passage in the lower house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argus-Leader
Mrrcumin Ri- Publican
National Cordage Trust
Northwest
Wardall-Loucks
Maj. McKinley
Cordage Trust
Republicans Attack Democratic Budget Soaring Past Predecessor
The current session’s appropriations exceed those of the prior session by 40 million dollars, a sign the Democratic drive for economy is a fraud and that the nation’s needs require substantial funding to run under Republican guidance, contrasting the Democrats’ spending with GOP stewardship.
Tensions Rise Over Harrison Nomination and State Bosses
The New York World cites potential resignations by Platt and Miller if Harrison is renominated, alleging their control of the state central committee would push friends out. The piece notes anti-Harrison sentiment may align with such tactics and predicts clearer answers in weeks about Pratt Quay and Cameron actions and the party’s path beyond bosses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Harrison
Messrs. Platt
Miller
State Central Committee
Minneapolis
Pratt
Quay
Cameron
State Board Offers Cash Premium for Editorial on Fairs
The State Board of Agriculture gifts editors a $50 prize for an eight hundred word editorial proving how state and county fairs advance manufacturing, arts, livestock, minerals, and overall progress. Two marked copies must reach the board by July 15, with awards announced during the Sioux Falls state fair week in September 1892. The Huronite is urged to consider carefully not implying paid editorial influence. Armist-Leader and Ruralist are noted as barred by virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Agriculture
South Dakota
State Mail
Sioux Falls
Ar*us-Leader
Reform movement tale from Ravenna farmer criticizes convert talk
A Ravenna township farmer, described as the Nasby of reform, recounts a humorous, rambling interview with a local figure about party loyalties, meetings, and accusations of insincerity. The monologue touches on trust, past disclosures, and efforts to influence reform leadership and plates.
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Ravenna Township
Sanborn County
Brother Liferote
Tom
Lizzy
Brother Life
Brother Joux
Willin
Huron
Brother Mires
Harden
warDell
Enny Stok
Ower
Hummins
Manny
Hart
Enny Sackryfise
Ower Sickerlers
Enny Kost
Alliance Hall and Independent papers clash over motives
Bret Loucks cites MITCHELL REPUBLICAN condemning Independent papers for attacking Auditor Taylor. Alexandria Journal argues the Independent papers have no role with the Alliance Hall and that officers campaigning as Independent candidates drew salaries as Alliance organizers, violating Alliance rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bret Loucks
Mitchell Republican
Independent
Taylor
Alexandria Journal
Alliance Hall
Alliance
Independent Party
Reform Party
Truth in the Matter at Carnegie Iron and Steel
Sioux City Journal notes critics overlook Carnegie's profit sharing linking wages to product prices. When steel prices rise wages rise and when they fall wages fall, explaining fluctuations. The paper outlines Carnegie's belief that wealth is held in trust for the public and will be distributed before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City Journal
Andrew Carnegie
Great Iron and Steel Works
Carnegie
Hoar Heads to Europe for Nomination View in Minneapolis
Senator Hoar departed for Europe and said he believes President Harrison will be renominated at Minneapolis. He argued the current administration must be credited for gains and the Republicans should support the president if he is their candidate.
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Hoar
Harrison Washington
Europe
Harrison
Minneapolis
On the First Ballot Harrison Favored by Many Delegates
Washington May 14 asserts that over four hundred delegates are instructed for Harrison with many more pledged to renomination. Georgia may add twenty six, bringing the total instructed to 442 of the needed majority, plus about 100 uninstructed delegates who back a first ballot vote. Two thirds of 900 uninstructed delegates reportedly favor Harrison. Also notes Tammany backs Cleveland and a People’s Party state convention planned for July 13 in St Paul. A separate report from Cleveland describes a May cyclone causing major damage in Corry Pennsylvania. In Lake Crystal Minnesota a shooting near Mankato injures a liveryman, deemed possibly accidental.
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Washieton
Minneapolis
Georgia
Harrison
White House
Alabama
Arkansas
Californi
Indiana
Iilinoi
Kentucky
Kauras
Maryland
Louisina
Florida
West
People's Party
St. Pau
People’s Party
Meighen
Lake Crystal
Minn
D.W. Bowen
Bowen
Here
Mankato
Five Drowned Boys Identified Off City Point
Boston May 17 Superintendent Bradley reports the bodies of five boys drowned April 10 at Thompson Island found floating off City Point. Identified as Frank Hitchcock 19 Charles H Graves 17 William Curran 17 and Adelbert W Packard 16.
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Boston
Bradley
Thompsons Island
City Point
Frank Hitchbock
Charles H. Graves
William Curran
Adelbert WH. Packard
Laughs at the Laws Allegedly. Ex-IBS Agent Claims 1000 Railroads
Alphonso Voullaire, jailed on forgery charges, says he has evidence to convict railroads of interstate law violations in as many as a thousand cases. Investigators recovered papers from West Shore, Erie, and others showing special rate rebates and evasion. He claims further documents and a forged order could implicate major firms including Armour, Swift, Morris, Farwell, Standard Oil, and Vermont marble outfits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Herald
Alphonso Yvuullaire
Michael Dillon
Voullaire
Interstate Commerce Commission
Percy R. Todd
West Shore Road
Voultaire
West Shore Company
Rs. Tilden
Evie and Western Railroad
Erie Road
Weeks
United States
Canada
New York State
Armour’s
Swift, Morris
J. W. Farwell & Co
House Prayer Mentions Death of Senator Barbour
In Washington on May 16 the chaplain referenced Senator Barbour's death during opening prayers. After journal reading, Mr Mere dith of Virginia announced the death. Resolutions were offered and the House adjourned.
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Washington
Senator Barbour
Meredith
Virginia
House
Waterspout Floods Hungarian Mines
Dispatches report a waterspout over Fuenskirchen flooding mines near the city. Between eighty and one hundred miners are said to have drowned or missing, with figures uncertain.
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Vienna
Fuenskirchen
Hungary
Attachments Plague Northwestern Spice Company in Sioux City
Five attachments were served in Sioux City against the Northwestern Spice Company. The Adamses of New York filed for promissory notes totaling 13,000 dollars. Joseph Winge attached the factory and stock for 8,000 dollars, and the First National Bank for 12,000 dollars. More liabilities are believed, with assets likely insufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spice Company
Sioux City
Northwestern Spice Company
J. P
Mary Adams
New York
Joseph Winge
First National Bank
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Sherman
Tammany
Cleveland
Renee
House Committee On Elections
NASBY
Champney Bros
Dept. Store
Mitchell
Dak
Iorrison
Chicago
Don M. Dickinson
Michigan
The
Richelieu
Dickinson
Pennsylvania
Corry
Dunham & Ford
Stennett
Morgaridge
Weeks Opera House
Laugit
New York Herald
Alphonso Voullaire
Congressional
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