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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1900
Page
18
Fragmentary patriotic verse celebrates the flag and national anthem while invoking victory, peace, and blessing on a powerful nation. The text mentions freedom, endurance, and the motto In God is our trust, though the source ends with the name MARTIN SANE in incomplete form.
A quoted political appeal contrasts McKinley and Bryan on jobs, industry, and prosperity. It questions grain and machinery, dining pails and hunger, schools and soup houses, national industry, and markets, labeling McKinley practical and reliable and Bryan an aspirant and risk. The call to voters emphasizes the role of the individual in deciding the outcome.
A historical piece discusses government expenditures and income across administrations including Harrison Cleveland and McKinley. It notes an increase of 2,731,721,766 and uses cigars per worker to illustrate production demands, asking who will bear responsibility for improving conditions.
The article lists numerous labor figures appointed by President McKinley as immigration and industrial commission members and inspectors from 1897 to 1900. It argues his administration gave more labor appointments than all prior presidents combined, citing names such as Peter B. Laird, David Healy, Cameron Miller, Frank Sargent, and Powderly among others.
A compilation of wage data and employment trends from 1890s United States, citing railroad wages, unskilled and skilled labor rates in the United States and Mexico, Michigan factory growth, and remarks attributed to President McKinley about currency and national credit, with references to Omaha and labor conditions.
Simon Grey faces estranged daughter Winnie as family tensions flare over Philippine policy. Ezra Grey returns, sparking reminiscence and economic talk, while Irish traveler Pat Murphy mocks anti expansion critics and defends U S action abroad.
The narrator compares shipwrecked sailors to stubborn men while recounting a comical exchange where a seafarer asks a native for government aid and declines it. Simon presses Mr. Murphy to retire as the house is small, suggesting he stay elsewhere.
In a dialogue between Simon and Ezra Grey the case for expansionism is argued citing Washington Jefferson Jackson and Texas annexation. They claim anti expansionists would have left vast western lands foreign and praise Alaska purchase while noting Bryan's anti imperial stance.
A fragmented, readable reminiscence details Simon Grey’s family quarrel over political alignments and publicans while a reunion with Vinnie and Glen brings tears and restored bonds. The scene features Cyntha Anna Mary Jimmie and Kept promises of earlier divisions fading in a hopeful gathering in 1900.
Fragmentary text from an old page shows unreadable characters and names. The readable portion offers no clear event, person, or place to summarize into a complete news item.
An 1899 union meeting featured President Melville urging workers to support free schooling for children and to seek broad opportunities. The talk emphasized avoiding camps and barriers to government service, with calls for employment, integrity, and national unity. The report also notes a preliminary bureau finding about factory sizes and shifts in the industrial landscape.
Fragmentary text warns of apocalyptic changes and economic decline with references to wheat prices, mortgage closures, imports, and banks. Includes scattered proper nouns and numbers that are illegible, creating a garbled snapshot of a sensational prophecy and financial fears.
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